There are two other points where George's unwillingness to read is a source of comedy - when he forces his way into watching Breakfast at Tiffany's the movie instead of reading it, and when he is unable to read the book on risk management.  Clearly it's funnier to imagine a George incapable of enjoying a book.

Seasons 8-9 have episodes where none of the subplots work, and it rarely has an episode where all the subplots work. but the cartoony show can hit some home runs.  I'd probably feel differently had I not started watching the show in syndication.

I don't know what they're operating out of, but I do know they are cluttering up the comments section every week.  As a Sims-basher in recovery I'm beginning to understand how difficult it is to review these episodes, even if I am sent into a white-hot rage at not considering 'The Summer of George' a classic.

haha, that episode was just on yesterday on TBS and i was like 'wow, that's a hacky observation even for jerry seinfeld'

Pretty much everyone I talk to about TV binges on TV shows, and I've never quite understood the phenomenon - it seems like a good way to grow tired of irritating characters and to miss larger points about the show.  Recently, I binged on the first 3 seasons of Breaking Bad and I feel like I'm missing a lot as a…

In the world of Louie, Louie is a nobody though.

Meh, I'm with Sims on this one.  I understand that it's persisted in Internet culture, and I'll grant that it's memorable, but I don't think it's very funny.  Although the punchline of 'I should knock your teeth out, you anti-dentite bastard' is pretty clever.

Yeah, Swearengen could've been a fascinating, multi-leveled character.  Or he just might've become one in Seasons 2 and 3.  I guess you'll never know.

Okay, admit it - you're one of those Sopranos 'fans' who fast forwards through the therapy scenes.

Todd Van Der Werff has a word or thirty thousand to have with you.  But seriously, Deadwood's awesome.

You neglect to mention his awareness that it's simply not profitable to transport empty bottles from New York for a $.10 refund in Michigan.  But yeah - I know Kramer knows weird things, but this is odd even for him.

That's exactly why all the posts on addiction here are wrongheaded.  Technically, no one does.  Whether or not sex addiction exists doesn't make Shame a good or bad movie, it's not a fucking documentary, it's a MOVIE.  You should at least be able to admit that the possibility of something LIKE 'sexual addiction'…

Rebecca DeMornay, the woman who works at the homeless shelter, appears twice.

No one's mentioned my favorite line from 'The Nap':

I don't think the opening ambiguity was there to pad the film, but I do think it was trying to make the audience think 'wtf is going on?' - I don't think it's easy to jump into this guy's world.

Yeah that was a great scene.  The tenderness exhibited by his office mate is a total boner killer.

Yeah, he gets laid a lot, compulsively and without joy. It's called satyriasis in men, nyphomania in women.

I hope the Spinal Taps don't play too loud.

Okay, I'll say it - it sure sounds like you were already sailing on the seas of cheese before you bought that Primus album.

I just watched the next episode and I suspect it's going to get worse before it gets better.  There's a school of thought where showing the slightest bit of intolerance or closed-mindedness is a gigantic affront to any thoughtful person, and apparently a lot of the writers here went to that school. The irony is that…