The Slate re-design is unreadable.

That and the fax machine line are really the only examples of that in Almost Famous, though, to be fair.

Three Sundays is one of my favorite episodes. Judging from these comments, season two seems pretty underrated in general.

Thanks for letting me know.

They're not acrobatic feats like Eminem songs can be, but songs like "All Falls Down" or "Gone" or "Power" are extremely well written.

Yeezus is a much stronger, more coherent album.

That's the worst thing about books like this and Slimed. Despite their subpar quality, their existence prevents other, better books being written about the Simpsons or Nickelodeon for at least five or ten years. I suspect we'll see a good Simpsons book if the show ever ends.

I think the worst oral history I've ever read is the Simpsons one from a few years ago. The author didn't have the participation of Matt Groening, Sam Simon, OR James L. Brooks, he devoted an entire chapter to Conan O'Brien (presumably because he could get him), but barely mentions far more formative writers like John…

This book fails on almost every conceivable level. Absolutely no context is given as to who these people are. It jumps around from show to show, topic to topic, era to era seemingly at random. It gives zero insight into how the network actually started and has a fairly limited idea as to what constitutes Nick's…

It's hard to imagine a show like this anywhere on television. As great as the post-Sopranos era has been, most of those shows are fairly traditional narratives which contain little of the beauty and strangeness of Twin Peaks.

He was worried he might actually have to try.

Peanuts was always dark, all the way to the end. A common trope in the '90s strips was Charlie Brown laying alone in bed and questioning the point of his existence.

Fox and the Hound!

Season 9 is pretty dire, but I think Season 8 too often gets unfairly lumped in with it. It has one of the most focused and satisfying mythology arcs the show ever did and Dogget's a good new character. Mulder's still around just enough that it doesn't feel like a completely different show. Overall, I think it's…

They aren't. I never shop there for that reason (among other, more boring and practical ones).

It's amusing to see people attack the show as a misrepresentation of nerds, as though around the turn of the century all nerds magically turned into hip, socially aware people who just happen to have "nerdy" interests. In reality, that's a sub-subculture at best. I live in a mid-size city (about 100,000 people), and…

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Chuck Lorre was pretty great at one point (Roseanne seasons 3-4, Grace Under Fire), so who knows?

Oh, someone please give the Wire its due!!!!

Where was he in Frances? I can't believe I missed him.