I vaguely recall Aunt Hetty being a force to be reckoned with.

God's in his heaven, and all's right with the world.

The Wahpeton Daily News. I totally agree — it's great having rapport with my regulars.

They did a truly amazing article examining how Us covered Britney Spears' dating woes and eventually mental instability. It was a surprisingly biting take on supermarket aisle journalism.

I'll write the theme song!
"This is a film 'bout Garry's life
The film 'bout Garry's life
Garry made you laugh but never trusted how his hair looked
We're up to '86
He's on cable TV
How do you like the film 'bout Garry's life?

Mrs. Carlton was played by Marge Champion, an MGM veteran. She also played the hostess in Peter Sellers' The Party. And, holy cow, she's still alive — age 97.

Oh, I'll be interested in seeing that one.

George. As it turns out, the baby's name is Barbara Jean. She was sitting in hand-me-downs. Interestingly enough, we don't see the mother come back for her. Joel returns to the office and learns from Marilyn what happened.

Yes, Pennies from Heaven is very depressing. But, boy howdy, Bernadette Peters was hot in it.

You know, that's the nice thing. Here I was, despairing that I was falling so far behind and annoying everybody, when I actually did a good thing.
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“My Mother, My Sister”
— It takes a village … throughout this episode, Cicely’s residents care for a six-month-old female baby left at Joel’s office. The baby, whose name presumably begins with a “G,” offers the likes of Maurice and Joel the chance to show a softer side. Not before Joel tells Ed all about horrible…

The Week in Journalism:
I’ll be glad once our special sections — four, count ‘em, four — go to press next Monday. Trying to get them wrapped up before my Tuesday field trip to Bismarck, to observe the state Legislature. We’ve got another special coming soon after, and my top source is on vacation. Same song, different…

Placeholder, "My Mother, My Sister." Gimme a half-hour.

Thoughts on Northern Exposure, episodes 32-33
“Lost and Found”
— In a refreshing twist, Joel’s storyline was this episode’s strongest. He discovers a man named Jack committed suicide in his cabin back in 1948. Initially spooked, Joel gains sympathy for Jack, especially once learns the late man was young, single and far…

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A cheese-hamburger patty-hash brown-egg-sausage patty combination sounds like it would kill me, but damn if I wouldn't try it once.

I'm guessing this was the split second before he went edgy.

Looking up the event in the past, there are some truly interesting emcee/talent combinations:
1945: Sinatra, Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante, Fanny Brice, Danny Kaye and Garry Moore
1963: Merv Griffin and Barbra Streisand
1968: Richard Pryor
1976: Bob Hope and Chevy Chase
1994: Al Franken

*sounds alarm for @avclub-eac75edc18b8546c46893fe4b75ab995:disqus*

I have to give the Shonda shows props. I was nervous they couldn't hang on, but here we are.