Alistair Campbell is Scottish, and so is Tony Blair. Also Gordon Brown and Alistair darling. A bit of a cabal.  

Alistair Campbell is Scottish, and so is Tony Blair. Also Gordon Brown and Alistair darling. A bit of a cabal.  

I didn't realise that the AVclub was where people came to tow a party line, I stand corrected!

Flash has some great moments, like when he tries to convince Green Lantern to become a hard travelling hero with him, or the line I give completely devoid of context:
'No, because I'm evil!'
The Great Brain Robbery is definately my favourite comedy episode of the DCAU.

Sinestro was in the DCAU, he turned up in the Superman episode with Kyle, and I think he came back for the last series of JLU. He wears an old costume, and isn't very recognisable to fans of the rainbow rings saga.

I think the show was probably picked up on the basis of similarities to Mad Men, and the publicity push before the first episode seemed to focus on this too. With that in mind, behind the executive machinations the two shows have very little in common besides the period setting. The most important difference for me is…