It depends on the makeup of the joke and the material. A lot of jokes are constructed to build at a certain rhythm that pays off in a punchline, and when you already have a rough idea where the joke is going it softens the impact of the punchline because you weren't really following along with the rhythm of the…

The only thing that leaves me optimistic is that the few people from this show not committed heavily to other series are all pretty much in the FX family or are at least not so essential they couldn't be pulled.

The only thing that leaves me optimistic is that the few people from this show not committed heavily to other series are all pretty much in the FX family or are at least not so essential they couldn't be pulled.

@avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f:disqus  In this case I'd be fine with it being straight to video. Of course down that road you might as well flesh it out & do a whole season.

@avclub-df80f70f60b1c678f8c91696f4a54f5f:disqus  In this case I'd be fine with it being straight to video. Of course down that road you might as well flesh it out & do a whole season.

I have the same fantasy that next season on Sons of Anarchy Lincoln Potter tells Rockmond Dunbar's character "Okay Mark, now that you're done with your undercover work here in Charming, they need you back in Ocean Beach. Apparently your old partner is at it again!"

I have the same fantasy that next season on Sons of Anarchy Lincoln Potter tells Rockmond Dunbar's character "Okay Mark, now that you're done with your undercover work here in Charming, they need you back in Ocean Beach. Apparently your old partner is at it again!"

It's a regular staple on Canadian rock radio, for some reason. I hear it all the time.

It's a regular staple on Canadian rock radio, for some reason. I hear it all the time.

He's not a regular member of QOTSA, he just sat in briefly. But sub in Them Crooked Vultures.

He's not a regular member of QOTSA, he just sat in briefly. But sub in Them Crooked Vultures.

They're doing the "no marriage until everyone can get married (in California, anyway)" thing. Howard Stern was giving him shit about it last week. His argument was that if this was the 60s and half his friends were black, he wouldn't have his wedding at the front of a bus. Dax sounds like such a fun guy to hang out…

They're doing the "no marriage until everyone can get married (in California, anyway)" thing. Howard Stern was giving him shit about it last week. His argument was that if this was the 60s and half his friends were black, he wouldn't have his wedding at the front of a bus. Dax sounds like such a fun guy to hang out…

Our local mall has a few anchors that are only there because the mall doesn't charge them any rent to stay there so they're ridiculously cost-effective even though they don't turn a big profit, and in between it's been overrun by locally owned stores selling knick knacks and antiques, mostly stuff that no one would…

Our local mall has a few anchors that are only there because the mall doesn't charge them any rent to stay there so they're ridiculously cost-effective even though they don't turn a big profit, and in between it's been overrun by locally owned stores selling knick knacks and antiques, mostly stuff that no one would…

@avclub-ac0cc045737916963285e58df2b820fd:disqus  She was in the Dacks and didn't come home drinking nothing but Magic Hat? How times have changed.

@avclub-ac0cc045737916963285e58df2b820fd:disqus  She was in the Dacks and didn't come home drinking nothing but Magic Hat? How times have changed.

Three, at my count, although the Miami Vice one is from yesterday I think.

Three, at my count, although the Miami Vice one is from yesterday I think.

Like I said, she knew what they were, she just would remember one thing that happened on 9/11 and one thing that happened on Columbine and get them mixed up. To me it seemed like it was just because she was a hair too young to have personal stakes in it, but maybe she was just a dumbass. But she remembered them…