The fact it received an A- from the reviewer and B+ from the readers
tells me most you all are just on autopilot when grading this.

I've got it, too. But I appreciate the gesture nonetheless.

Well, then, I'm off to drink, cry, and watch this:

Oh, man, Troy McClure was fantastic in What's-His-Name and the Applesauce Girl.

That's the only time I've had the pleasure of chatting with him - I interviewed each of the victims immediately after their demise on the show - but he was fantastic: http://www.premiumhollywood…

Oh, God, it's gut-wrenching at times, yet it also manages to be uplifting in the end. Heaven forbid that I should ever find myself in the same situation, but I'd use that thing like a bible if it ever happened.

@avclub-f73c955e2c1f51451a682f5c1ce0e867:disqus I get that. But it seems like they'd have some system of checks and balances in place at a publication as notable as the Washington Post where the news goes up before the opinions do.

That, and the later reference to MTV's press release about Gandee's death mentioning "brightly" that the series had been renewed for a second season. 

If it had been a opinion piece done after the news had broken, that would've been more understandable, relatively speaking. But from what I can tell, this was the Washington Post's initial coverage of the kid's death. (It appears that the AP article didn't go live for a few more hours.)

I wouldn't say so. Sean didn't get snarky within his piece.

I'm not a big reality-TV fan, and I get that it's easy to make light of the death of someone you don't know, but even so, I can't believe that the Washington Post's coverage of Gandee's death started out snarky from the get-go:

Molly Ringwald agrees with you. Jon Cryer, however, does not.

Unfortunately, the quality's not all that great…or at least not great enough that the AV Club would probably want to post it. It was an in-person interview during the TCA tour, done in a huge room on my little digital recorder, so while it's audible enough to transcribe everything, it'd probably be more annoying than…

@avclub-fec1b8d3fbc08f27a84e5a334d45bb5a:disqus I'm not saying that you don't remember reading/hearing that somewhere, but having done Random Roles with Jon Cryer recently - look for it soon, kids! - I can assure that, based on our conversation, you may be misremembering. Molly Ringwald always thought Duckie was gay,…

Asked about it last time, or else I would've.

Only 'cause we talked about 'em last time: http://www.avclub.com/artic…

Hello, good evening, welcome to nothing much…
Man, I love 1992: The Love Album…

I still break out the Spent Poets' album once a year or so. All it takes is "Mr. Einstein" to remind me how much I love that record.

We're totally battling with that right now, with our daughter being an absolute angel at school, then roaring like a fucking lion once she's home. Someone told me that it's because she knows we love her unconditionally and therefore she can get away with acting that way. If this is true, then I'm on the verge of…

I'm not going to lie to you: whenever a celeb calls in for an interview using their own phone, I still allow myself a tiny geek-out moment when I look at the caller ID. (Example: "Omigod, CHRISTOPHER CROSS IS CALLING!")