Sir, you don't get to do the bong.  Only that one guy can do the bong.

Sir, you don't get to do the bong.  Only that one guy can do the bong.

I'm probably going to be there as well!  We should wear AV club hats!  They have those, right?

I'm probably going to be there as well!  We should wear AV club hats!  They have those, right?

@avclub-f7f8eb12e0f61a9321597157c0d61791:disqus, exceptions don't establish that rules must be true.  That doesn't make any Goddamned sense.  The phrase "the exception that proves the rule" is an antiquated stock phrase deriving from a time when "prove" had a different meaning, that of "put to the test."  It was only…

@avclub-f7f8eb12e0f61a9321597157c0d61791:disqus, exceptions don't establish that rules must be true.  That doesn't make any Goddamned sense.  The phrase "the exception that proves the rule" is an antiquated stock phrase deriving from a time when "prove" had a different meaning, that of "put to the test."  It was only…

I assume you mean that under all those uber-80's synths and drum machines there lurks what might have been the best post-Holland Beach Boys related product.  Brian has certainly done better since then.

I assume you mean that under all those uber-80's synths and drum machines there lurks what might have been the best post-Holland Beach Boys related product.  Brian has certainly done better since then.

I really feel like we've had this conversation before.

I really feel like we've had this conversation before.

I imagine you've got to go to great lengths.  Possibly make them yourself, if all else fails?

I imagine you've got to go to great lengths.  Possibly make them yourself, if all else fails?

History Channel did it first.  Sadly.

History Channel did it first.  Sadly.

Well, that flattens it a little too much, doesn't it?  If we take all the dialog at face value, Spock deliberately assigned her to a different ship to avoid the appearance of favoritism.  Browbeating him to put her back where she belongs isn't the same as browbeating him for something she doesn't deserve.

Well, that flattens it a little too much, doesn't it?  If we take all the dialog at face value, Spock deliberately assigned her to a different ship to avoid the appearance of favoritism.  Browbeating him to put her back where she belongs isn't the same as browbeating him for something she doesn't deserve.

Wil Wheaton is not Wesley Crusher.  This is, perhaps, his reatest asset in his "rehabilitation."  His second biggest is being a genuinely funny and intelligent guy.

Wil Wheaton is not Wesley Crusher.  This is, perhaps, his reatest asset in his "rehabilitation."  His second biggest is being a genuinely funny and intelligent guy.

Oh, why the fuck not.

Oh, why the fuck not.