Ah, To Live And Die In L.A….featuring Willem Dafoe in peak supervillain mode as Bobby Peru's urbane, art-school educated twin brother…and then there's William Peterson telling his new partner "you don't got the nuts!" 

I always dug the scene where Hudson meets Berenger in the principal's office for the first time…a few quick glances and they realize that they're two badasses that are gonna have to tangle…

I always dug the scene where Hudson meets Berenger in the principal's office for the first time…a few quick glances and they realize that they're two badasses that are gonna have to tangle…

"Garth Brooks…he's very talented."

"Garth Brooks…he's very talented."

"He's number one with a bullet…with butterfly wings."

"He's number one with a bullet…with butterfly wings."

They deserve the week to week treatment…the show keeps getting better after an uneven first season…not an innovative paradigm-shifting comedygasm, but a solid show that's a lot better than the initial comedy central frat-bro ads suggested.

They deserve the week to week treatment…the show keeps getting better after an uneven first season…not an innovative paradigm-shifting comedygasm, but a solid show that's a lot better than the initial comedy central frat-bro ads suggested.

His impressions rule…dude can kill at comedy as well as drama…someone get this guy a lead role already…

His impressions rule…dude can kill at comedy as well as drama…someone get this guy a lead role already…

Talented dude…he makes the most out of his roles…great as the hissable villain on the Good Wife…according to the six degrees of Deadwood, it's about time he shows up on Justified…a season-long arc would do just fine.

Talented dude…he makes the most out of his roles…great as the hissable villain on the Good Wife…according to the six degrees of Deadwood, it's about time he shows up on Justified…a season-long arc would do just fine.

But will it have the 1983 version's beyond creepy sister subplot with that massive wall of evil synth sounds whenever we're subjected to one of scarface's Incestovision moments…yech.

Yep, y'all are right about Sandler's superstar status and his ability to build a loyal audience over a long career by delivering consistent, predictable product.  I just mentioned him because Swarsdon seems convinced that critical hatred of gross-out comedy in general is one of the reasons why his movie bombed. …

Folks, the first season of Wiseguy is worthy.  Compelling characters with cool names:  Vinnie Terranova, Sonny Steelgrave, Mel Profit, Frank McPike, The Lifeguard.  Great supervillian turns by Ray Sharkey and Kevin Spacey.  Jonathan Banks knocking it out of the park in one of his best roles.  Plus plenty of pulpy…

Attention TV Programming Overlords:  Banks and Ironside together would be a good thing…just make sure the scripts are decent and let these dudes work.  

That was powerful stuff…didn't Vinnie say something like 'I wish it was you' as Frank walks him away from (ANCIENT SPOILER ALERT) Sonny's body?  I think my favorite McPike moment also comes from that episode as he's (ANCIENT SPOILER ALERT) riding in the cop car convoy to the mob meet.  There's a great scene where he…

Sandler's gross, lazy flicks are consistently destroyed by critics…and consistently make over one hundred million domestic…less folks see tree-of-sandler movies like Deuce Bigalow but they do have an audience…perhaps Swarsdon is suffering from some sort of ptsd after realizing that more people are gonna watch Big…

Yep.  If those critical folks with all their fancy criticizin' ways can't take a little bawdy gross-out humor…I mean, remember the universal scorn for Bridesmaids…wait a minute…