Well, I agree with those generalizations, but maybe resist reaching those conclusions about this narrative in particular until you've seen the episode (or even series). I've only seen the first two, and I too hope the series doesn't fall into predictable gender stereotypes and double standards. At this point I'd Matt…

Yeah, but somebody got paid a lot to choose and sequence those particular 90 seconds. I could make my life look livable if I could be that selective.

"When SNL plays it safe and steady—I’m thinking of the Billy
Crystal/Martin Short ringer year under Dick Ebersol’s aegis—what results
is often as conventionally entertaining as it is forgettable."

I figured you did. I was just being silly. I apologize if I was out of line.

I didn't like Osgood's demise, not because it was sadistic or mean (it
certainly was on the Master's part, but not Moffat's), but because it
was bad writing. Osgood had just demonstrated her competence to the
Doctor, having discerned the Master's identity. Given their familiarity
with the Doctor's past/history, it was…

He was in Saturday Night Fever, too.

I recall the local Boston station did hesitate to air it, given the tension over busing, but I think they relented soon in response to how quickly it became a success elsewhere.

I'd say "Hogan's Heroes" is the apotheosis of taking a loaded concept and playing it for laughs.

yeah, then Tommy got his tonsils out

Could Bill Pullman have played Matthew McConaughey's role?

King comes across as pretty cranky here, but that movie was full of obsessive cranks who were so certain their arcane interpretations were the only/true ones. So, yeah, watching a film that indulged them was a waste of my time. Funny how Earl Morris' "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control," also arguably about people with a…

With apologies to Nat X, my Top Five observations:

Joe Morgan? I'd say it's Grady Little level incompetence.

Better pick something good for March, because February and April are going to be dire. (Although I like Kroll, except for the poorly realized monster and the insensitively rendered "swampies.")

"two ludicrously “sexualized” numbers whose elaborate, overdramatic
choreography (miraculously) doesn’t affect the Australian rappist’s
ability to produce studio-quality vocals."

That's horrible. The Krumrie and Theismann inury videos are terrible, too.

being Grudened causes more brain trauma than a concussion

pyrrhic victory. Lucy's a deluded fool

#4 was the other shoe I was waiting to drop. I thought we'd see a shotgun divorce on the same day of the wedding. may still happen… (?)

Actually, I think it was more about his disappointment in Thack than Lucy's rejection. He's the proverbial "bigger person" among the petty, vicious characters on this show.