There was an episode many years ago where the "myth"they were busting was "a rolling some gathers no moss." Was this something anyone had ever wondered about? I'd rather watch episodes of "FX Busters" than "Idiom Busters."

I think any Spielberg hate is leftover hipsterism from the 90s. Back when the indie movement was just taking off, he was the archetype of the director who made super eexpensive, polished nearly to the point of impersonal blockbusters. There was a perception among those who liked to consider themselves connesseurs of…

Is that really a Jack Handey bit?  I swear I heard that back in the 80s or even earlier.

So, with your post I just discovered that The Dissolve exists (and that all the writers that had disappeared/are disappearing here are now there).  How did you keep on top of this stuff?

As far as I know, AVC reviews every single movie that is released that exceeds a "number of screens" threshold.  I use AVC as a review source, but also as a "here's what came out this week in the world of film.

"requiring one person on each team to drink a mixture of their own urine and muddy water, heated to 95 degrees for sterilization"

"When there’s hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars riding on
them being open, you sometimes kind of have to force that a little bit"

I'm not really falling for him. You can chalk up most of my enthusiasm to beer goggles.

I think Harry Crane gets a little too much hate for his worldview.  I worked in the heart of corporate America during the 1990s, and the stuff that Harry says is small potatoes compared to the casual racism & sexism I'd hear from male managers when they felt they were among friends.

It think it goes back to the scene where he confronted Bob, and told him to just leave Pete out of his machinations, since Pete knew he was outclassed by guys like Bob & Don.

I didn't see it as a cost issue, but more of an acceptance of the situation.  Just acknowledging the fact that they could have Manolo killed seemed to be enough to slake their bloodlust.

At the risk of pointing out something everyone else saw as obvious, I saw it putting Peggy in the place of the classic Mad Men silhouette that we saw Don occupy at the end of "The Jet Set".

"… the episode certainly brought him enough of the way to the brink that this was ultimately a very, very minor quibble …"

Jimmy Fallon's "Nick Burns" character he did on SNL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wik… ) from 1999 - 2001 was pretty much that guy.

@avclub-d8d493015b17b3d57108edefa356d573:disqus: That maps out pretty close to my version, only I always put the Riverlands as Ireland, and the Stormlands seems pretty Teutonic.  And you didn't mention the Vale, which I've always pegged (rather obviously) as Switzlerand/Austria, even though it didn't have neutrality…

@anamoureuse : That maps out pretty close to my version, only I always put the Riverlands as Ireland, and the Stormlands seems pretty Teutonic.  And you didn't mention the Vale, which I've always pegged (rather obviously) as Switzlerand/Austria, even though it didn't have neutrality reputation during the Middle Ages…

We noticed something was screwy when the show seemed to start in media res. Fortunately, we live in an era of not only DVRs, but BitTorrent. It took less time to download the ep than it did for us to figure out something was wrong.

@cutlass12 : Actually, Angela's rejection of her baby was one of the most genuine notes in the show, harkening hack to the "uncomfortable truth" comedy the show was built on. I can easily see my wife uttering the same sentiment were she suddenly in the same position. At 1.5 years old, a kid is way more of a burden…

There is also the theory/fact (depending on your reading) that Robb's love affair with Jeyne Westerling was brought upon Jeyne's mother, who slipped him some love potion to get him to bang his daughter.  It's entirely possible he wasn't really in his right mind when he decided to change wedding plans.

I'm not positive, but I think Mark also says "the sweaty grip of THE moron," not the "a moron.". Using the definite article sounds more distancing, like he's a different species.