A pretty good observation there. It also often went to an emotional well, though it was nowhere near as gut punching as BoJack is at its best.

Pretty much everything on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon before the mid-2000s was a rip-off of Ren & Stimpy, so I'd almost say that was the most influential animated show of the 1990s.

Planet of the Apes is an obvious one. The Statue of Liberty is right on every DVD cover it ever had.

I was listening to the first season commentaries the other day and The A.V. Club got called out in one of them.

That is true, but from what I can tell Melora Creager is the only permanent member, and it's her baby.

I saw Rasputina in concert last night. Hadn't heard of her before, just looking for something to do. She was amazing.

"And this Jay Sherman roach spray just turns the roaches into Jay Sherman!"

They shot the guy who was tied down to the bed (could have been an accident, I suppose).

Five stars is the highest rating. They had a meeting about it.

I think, in general, the Forrest MacNeil version is better, but definitely in this case Myles Barlow did it better. That was a far more ambitious segment.

I think the Myles Barlow version of Starting a Cult was better, but this was definitely a lot of fun. "Orange Hulk" Andy Daly trying to fight with the cult leaders was hilarious.

I think about that episode all the time when on the A.V. Club.

You're the best man I know, and I know God.

I always loved that commercial, just because the interviewee was so damned happy to be calling the guy a dumbass over and over again. It was apparently for A&W root beer. https://www.youtube.com/wat…

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Son of Frankenstein is pretty much the source material. It's also the first Frankenstein movie with an assistant named Ygor. It's Fritz in the original and, I think, Karl in Bride. I think the name Ygor for Frankenstein's assistant was popularized more by Young Frankenstein, though.

It took me a long time to get over saying, "ACHAM" whenever I cleared my throat.

Ha ha! Multiple entendre!

RIKI TIKI TAVI, BEAATCH!

Literally think of that every time I park anywhere where I'm afraid I won't remember.