@avclub-7e889e891520b7c5763271f21d3261b9:disqus A statistic about WW2 I love is that in 1941, when the Germans invaded, the Russians were in the process of producing more tanks in factories than the Germans had deployed on the ground.  It didn't matter how badly they needed the oil, it was insane to go to war against…

@avclub-7e889e891520b7c5763271f21d3261b9:disqus A statistic about WW2 I love is that in 1941, when the Germans invaded, the Russians were in the process of producing more tanks in factories than the Germans had deployed on the ground.  It didn't matter how badly they needed the oil, it was insane to go to war against…

Too obvious.  Hanks and Kemper are both seem so incredibly nice that they have to be covering for something.  And a buddy of mine knows someone who manages Stiller's Alaskan refuge, and he says that Stiller brings a prostitute (male or female) up to the cabin every week, and then proceeds to release them into the wild…

Too obvious.  Hanks and Kemper are both seem so incredibly nice that they have to be covering for something.  And a buddy of mine knows someone who manages Stiller's Alaskan refuge, and he says that Stiller brings a prostitute (male or female) up to the cabin every week, and then proceeds to release them into the wild…

Nah, that's crazy talk.  First, the Japanese tried to surrender to the Russians for months before their surrender to the Americans, but Stalin refused, mostly because he promised at Yalta he'd enter the Pacific theater after the Germans were defeated.  Second, the Japanese had already withdrawn their troops in large…

Nah, that's crazy talk.  First, the Japanese tried to surrender to the Russians for months before their surrender to the Americans, but Stalin refused, mostly because he promised at Yalta he'd enter the Pacific theater after the Germans were defeated.  Second, the Japanese had already withdrawn their troops in large…

That would be a very, very short episode . . .

That would be a very, very short episode . . .

Or, hell, that the Soviets teamed up with the Germans to massacre the Poles, Finns, Estonians, Lithuanians, etc., or that they'd happily have gone along with every Nazi and Japanese atrocity if Hitler hadn't broken the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact for his own insane reasons.

Or, hell, that the Soviets teamed up with the Germans to massacre the Poles, Finns, Estonians, Lithuanians, etc., or that they'd happily have gone along with every Nazi and Japanese atrocity if Hitler hadn't broken the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact for his own insane reasons.

Yeah, it's like saying: "Man, wouldn't it be great if Spielberg/Hanks could make a miniseries about the Rape of Nanking?

Yeah, it's like saying: "Man, wouldn't it be great if Spielberg/Hanks could make a miniseries about the Rape of Nanking?

The part of JFK that pissed me off the most:

The part of JFK that pissed me off the most:

Well, if you consider the war in the Pacific at all important, America deserves a shit-ton of credit.  Sure, shooting the Chinese tied down a large portion of the Japanese army, and Australia and Britain did their parts, but that front was almost entirely an American victory. 

Well, if you consider the war in the Pacific at all important, America deserves a shit-ton of credit.  Sure, shooting the Chinese tied down a large portion of the Japanese army, and Australia and Britain did their parts, but that front was almost entirely an American victory. 

Except I'm pretty sure Whitford and Hanks wouldn't have been on it if it were just a basic cable show.  And their performances (especially Whitford's) were the best part of the show.

Except I'm pretty sure Whitford and Hanks wouldn't have been on it if it were just a basic cable show.  And their performances (especially Whitford's) were the best part of the show.

Other way around.  First was dingy, second was gleaming white. 

Other way around.  First was dingy, second was gleaming white.