I was never assigned 'Frankenstein', and only time I saw it on a course curriculum was for a Gothic Lit class.  I got assigned basically all of Poe's horror (along with 'The Raven', 'The Bells' and some of the other poems), at one point or another in high school, and haven't seen him taught at higher levels. (I think…

No, they haven't.  They're in completely different sections of the ensemble cast (Hendricks is the head secretary and Brie is married to one of the characters that works at the ad agency).

I assumed that Donna was just fucking with him because she found it funny.  As for Tom, either (1) they've been all over the place with his intelligence in the past or (2) he's so obsessive that he basically doesn't realize he's doing it/can't not do it.  The second possibility follows from the episode where he tried…

I'm not sure if it diagetically exists.  I think it's just supposed to be a story telling device.   That said, what happened to it?  How long long has it been missing?

cool story, bro.

Clearly Ben is largely ok with this he did marry her and all.  But in this episode it felt like they almost forgot to give Adam Scott lines and they completely forgot about Rob Lowe.  He was one of the people she had steamrolled and he didn't seem to object of even exist (outside of the awesome hand shake).

WTF happened to the documentary crew anyway?  I think these season (all 3 episodes) hasn't done a single 'confessional'.  Did they just abandon that entire basic structure of the series?

IMDB says Poonam Basu. She's been in just about nothing else.

I think a little less cynically, they had to sacrifice an April in Bloomington plot for the sake of setting up the Jones and Lowe departure, or at least that they had to quickly rewrite around the leaving and just kinda ran out of time.

But they've done that before, several times as part of his relationship with Leslie, April and Andy.

You need a criminal background check (called a CORI (pronounced like the name)) for any work with minors/vulnerable populations in the states, but there's no card. And often you don't need a degree per se, but a teaching certificate, which is usually around a two year degree with additional requirements (though with…

He also spent a fair amount of time recovering from being shot. Even though he continued case work (probably illegally, but in a way that would just get overlooked), and returned to work quickly.  Even if he was a bad detective (which he wasn't) he was a good employee (until his S4 promotion).

That is literally the worst use of the word literally I've seen all day.

@avclub-b3e157f795f95a0eeddae30fc92ebd3d:disqus, thanks for the breakdown.  I hated the first couple of episodes (both the animation style, and the type of humor).  I've been on the fence (and kinda remain so) about whether or not to give it another chance.  People frequently say it gets better, but ultimately, I…

In 2008 (the most recent number I've come across), Simpsons merchandising was at three-quarters of a billion dollars worldwide. In the states, I mostly see Simpson's tee shirts being worn (and sold) near tourist traps, but yes I've seen it in the last 15 years, though clearly it's in the trailing tail.

Does Letterman have a logical successor though? I mean somebody that CBS could reasonably get (I would love to see Conan take Letterman's spot, and I think Letterman is still pissed off enough that the idea would have appeal to him, but that's not going to happen).  Carson had a number of people that were being…

At least two aren't (Everybody Loves Raymond and Friends).

Are you sure it's the hair and not the blood-stained clown suit?

I remember this song. I remembered the controversy.  I don't think I ever cared enough to put the two together.

If you're interested, @avclub-a14343d7aea171bddd5aa6b80e500fd3:disqus, it's called "The Second Coming." It gets quoted a lot, especially the first stanza (which spawned at least two different novel titles).