This thread is like every annoying conversation I have with my friends, the ones where my girlfriend clocks out and heads to the kitchen to drink white wine with all the other ladies. It is awesome and I feel closer to you all. Except for this Rodeo Clown character. He's like that one guy who nobody actually…

I just read a little further down in the comments about "Ignoreland." DGL, I look forward to a discussion. *I* say: you are wrong!

I think this conversation may have ended a little while ago, I don't know, I was watching TV. But I'd like to take a moment to chime in and agree that HDB should probably take a moment to download, at the very least, all of the IRS albums and root around in there for a good month or so. I think you will find…

I got a chance to see this last week, and both Garland and Ishiguro were present for a Q+A afterwards. In the film, the twist is revealed pretty much immediately in the first act. It's maybe the second or third scene.

but come on, he won't do *that*.

Withrow And I
Gonna take a moment (while drunk) to commend Ms. Withrow on a well crafted essay. Particularly like the alliteration ("fixed, first foundation" and "don't determine destiny" leap to mind), and the density of the sentences, which forced a close reading. Bully for you.

That Buffy reunion was my entree to the whole shebang. I've since been back for Dollhouse and Dr. Horrible (sue me I like the guy), and a few other things, most recently last year's Community panel, where if I'd known VanDerWerff was there I woulda bought the guy a Coke.

If nothing else (and there's lots else), "You're Breaking My Heart" is one of the funniest songs ever written:

The Paleys are good people.
I have been going to the PaleyFest for the last few years, and the presentations are usually very interesting and intelligent. So it's not out of the realm of possibility that they might do something not awful with this.

And yet his new TV show has "a computer-generated talking dog, a sidekick, called Barko, who is [his] beloved bull terrier." Thank god he'll never read this—I can safely say that this sounds like the dumbest fucking idea I've ever heard.

Man, I wish I would have known that at the outset. I could have done so many other things with those hours. See, if you guys had covered this show, I would have known. Come on Todd, don't let me make decisions like this for myself. I am clearly not ready for it.

Weird; I was angrier at the outset than I was by the end. It was like I had processed all my frustration at the bad parts, and just settled in to watch what good stuff I could filter through the sieve of my rage.

A summer show, I know.
But since we're all hanging out and talking about TV today, I thought I'd ask: did anyone else watch "Persons Unknown"? I mean, anyone *here*.

I was just wondering
Sheltie, what's that drawn across your face?

You guys don't quit with these awful puns, you're gonna need an Asgard.

I can back you up on this. Jose was not in the opener.

The looks on those babies' faces when they realize they've been Baby Pranked is HILARIOUS.

I would say that "sing-along" is a misleading way to describe that scene. One character breaks, uncomfortably, into a Joni Mitchell song at the dinner table, lost in a private moment. Another character, trying to forge a bond, awkwardly joins in, mumbling a couple lines before trailing off. The other characters…

@Yep—

No no, that's the *Mayor.* I'm the Deputy!