They would end up being long, thoughtful conversations about Marc Maron.

NEW OZ FAILS TO SYNC WITH PINK FLOYD, OR AUDIENCES

My local bookstore was selling remaindered copies of his short story collection on the "Last Chance" cart outside, for the princely sum of  $1.  I passed on it.

A really great example of the "shift in perspective to a minor character" episode is "Kim Kelly Is My Friend" from Freaks and Geeks.

It's called Stockholm syndrome.

The real equivalent to what the article's referring to would be if they did an episode following Creed around all day.

"Eeez it safe?"

Another Sam Firsternberg classic! Dudikoff may have been the lead, but Steve James was the real badass.

Yeah, the Turner networks aired that one constantly in the 90s. I first saw it when it aired on Joe Bob Briggs Monstervision "Summer School", with Ice-T there in the studio for "Black Studies Night".

Yeah, it's not like he used his ill-gotten fame to raise millions of dollars to fight cancer or anything.

Well, your new girlfriend's going to seem less "exciting" than your ex with Borderline Personality Disorder, but at least she's not going to keep trying to cut herself.

THAT particular joke has stuck in my head for years longer than most from the series. I can't explain why but it's genius.

He's too busy riding his bike around the suburbs with his friends, discovering kindly aliens and treasure maps!

"Before Get Shorty wowed critics and audiences alike, Leonard’s novels tended to be adapted into B-movies"

Beastmaster! (But that's a given.)

He's too busy on twitter, live-tweeting Jeopardy every night and inviting followers to call him on phone.

Not just Judi Dench frowning, you forgot Judi Dench reciting Tennyson!

think I've discovered an Oscar Rule, see if you guys think it holds up:

See: last year's winner.

It's sad because things didn't used to be that way.  Look at all the great 70s films - Best Pictures like Midnight Cowboy, French Connection, Patton, The Godfather I and II, The Deer Hunter. All end on beautiful ambiguous notes. None of them really tell you how to feel about what you've seen, you have to make up your…