Harry Chapin, "30,000 pounds of bananas"

You would put Basie ahead of Ellington?

I got a headline notification for this?!

Herman Cain = the fifth Beatle?

This is coming out on 9/9 at 9?  I'm going to go ahead and assume that Herman Cain is involved.

NO I DO NOT WATCH WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE!!!

AP: an empire of dirt

I loved the form of this episode.  Aside from the cold opens, BB's strongly narrative framework means that it doesn't do a lot with creative structures, but I thought the way they told the story stemming from last week's cliffhanger from two simultaneous perspectives was brilliant.  They also did a nice job…

Jr. = Heisenbacon?

"Walt finds himself a runner-up in the art of using people, outpaced by his wife and brother-in-law."

#NuancedDiscussionsOnTheVirtuesOfChildPoisoning

Speaking of Marie, I thought it was great how, in the scene with her therapist, all the throw pillows were on the opposite end of the couch.  I found it to be a call-back to that great scene from season one (the talking pillow) and a subtle depiction of the extreme change in the relationships between the families.

hope she has green beans!

The theme song will be Twaughthammer's seminal classic, "Pharisees"

I don't know that I root for Walt, but I think there's a sort of reverse Stockholm Syndrome gravitation that I have towards him.  He starts out as sympathetic and becomes evil, as opposed to growing increasingly sympathetic.  Oddly, it has a similar effect.

Based on his near appearances thus far, I bet the vacuum fixer disappearing guy is actually Bill Hader as Lindsey Buckingham

"Have you been burned by a Cornballer?  Better call Saul!"

We're going to need another Timmy (er, Holly)!

Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire

…and that's why you never drive without car insurance