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phil riley
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Network Standards and Practices considered "asshole" to be more profane than "ass." It is literally dirtier.

You can't build a relationship on a shared appreciation of hoodies.

Drew Holt: Play-AH!!

She's pretty busy being in every other commercial on TV.

I actually though Allie Grant looked too thin.

Geez Louise! Have a dessert and get over yourself, Josh.

I seem to recall that there was an episode of America 2 Night with Martin Mull that had a woman who had sex with Bigfoot as a guest.

As indicated in the review, this episode demanded the most attention to the TV screen that I can recall for many years, and a lot more than I was prepared to give tonight.

Little known fact: Pretty Rapey was the original title for a very famous Julia Roberts movie.

I think the show is usually funny and often hilarious.
What I really like and appreciate is the elaborate conceptual comedy like last week's Sliding Doors parody and the mechanics/comedians. (All of which has to be scripted.)

I would have thought that since Sims was paid to write about CBB, he would be well informed about the production process, and he could educate me.

"Addressing a comment exclusively to David Sims and expecting it to not get any replies is very silly."

I thought his answer might be of interest to all readers.

Improv can be incredibly valuable to performers as a learning tool for acting.

I apologize for my rudeness.

First, thanks for replying to a post that I directly addressed to reviewer Sims.

David Sims,

If you're an attentive viewer who is knowledgeable about comedy, the laughs are bigger because the humor is more subtle and surprising.

Sims intentionally leaves out or downplays an obvious piece of information about the show in each of his reviews to generate a first comment complaining about it.
Last week he was trying to elicit complaints about barely mentioning Jim Gaffigan.