Unlikely, if thing are happening in real time. We leave Joan and her giant calendar in November 1970; "I'd like to buy the world a coke" didn't come along until 71.

I would love for it to be Louis CK, and all of a sudden this show exists in the same universe as Parks. That's a long, long, long shot though.

Is it kind of funny that they don't know who the new captain is going to be before he/she shows up?

I have an idea that the new captain has to be a character we've seen before. Otherwise, the line "Who do you think it's gonna be?" feels out of place.

I think he said "B-day."

Great job, "Great Job, Internet!"

Rob Thomas universe building. I approve.

I got to where they said "pedals" instead of "petals" and gave up. How hard is it to find someone who can proofread in the AVC office?

In the wider canon, George named his kid Fred. So it might be weird if there were Freds who were cousins. Not saying they couldn't have come up with a better name, or at least split the "James" and "Sirius" between the boys. What really annoyed me is that none of those kids were named Molly. Mrs. Weasley was a…

At least some wizards thought it was a good idea, and implemented it. There was a minority who were resistant.

I can forgive Harry forgetting about the mirror- he never opened the gift and didn't know what it was. But it's a complete narrative cheat that Harry talks to Sirius through the fire, and Sirius doesn't say, "Why didn't you just use the magic mirror I gave you?"

On the other hand, recycled dialogue: "Life's short, then you die," was a line Thomas already used on VM.

Then how do you explain Aberforth's inappropriate goat charming?

I'm willing to forgive a lot of the quirkiness of "it's a community that doesn't keep up with the modern world, etc.," but it really bothers me that they don't use pens. You look around the world, you adopt cameras and indoor plumbing and trains, good choices, but decide to stick to feathers dipped in ink as a…

Last time I read some of the books, I tried to keep that in mind, and if you know what you're looking for, it's slightly more apparent. Fred is a little crueler, more gregarious, and often the twin who speaks first. In the argument of "whether or not we should blackmail Ludo Bagman," Fred was for, George was against.

So I completely missed that the first time, and upon rewatch I came back here to make sure someone commented on it.

My point was, the premise might not offer all the information you need to make a call like that.

You know what else I hate? Personal attacks in otherwise civil conversation.

What happened to her teaching job? I remember how she showed up "inappropriately" and then bargained her way back in by hugging people who wanted miracles. I don't remember anything happening after that.

I hate this argument. How do you know if you'll like a show before watching it? What's the TV equivalent of judging a book by its cover?