So did Dilbert.

"Or maybe the problem was that Better Off Ted was trying to be about something, at a time when even the brightest sitcoms on television were content to coast on attitude?"

As I understand it, in the beginning, D&D wasn't nearly as stigmatized as it became.  Ignoring the whole Satan thing, I get the impression that it was just like a complex board game.  It kind of evolved into the "Nerd" thing later.

Just because something is free, doesn't mean it's immune to criticism.

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I'm detecting some ennui today, Todd.

I always do this, I always gorge myself on Whedon, and then I have to take a nap, and then I have to poop.  Then I do it all over again.

Ugh, pilots.  The only pilots I've ever seen that were as good as the actual rest of the show were those for "Cheers" and "Battlestar Galactica."

I liked Better Off Ted a lot (especially Portia Di Rossi, who was awesome in it), but I think the incredibly episodic nature actually turned me off of it. (That, and the cliche will-they-won't-they with what's-her-name).  I LIKE story arcs and complex characterization, dammit!  Not everything needs to be compressed to…

Steven has one excellent point and one absolutely terrible one.

Episode 2: Pick-Up Game, where his friends try to teach him how to hit on women in bars.

Episode 9: Around the World, in which the road trip from episode 8 continues, and our hero finds himself experiencing a myriad of different cultures and situations.

I mean, I grew up watching Saved By the Bell, but there's no way I can say with a straight face that it was a "good" show.   It is, however, ridiculously insane.  I recommend this retrospective: http://sbtbqotd.blogspot.com/

It's also important to remember that there's a REASON why Sopranos can be considered "when television got good"

Did anyone else read that as Conan O'Brien?

This Community news update makes up for the iPad one.

Jesus Christ people, lighten up a bit

Eh, the writing definitely improves as the series progresses.  Both the plots and reading level were elementary school-level in the first two books, then things got more tweenish for books 3-5, and 6-7 were for… 15 year olds, maybe?

Would not be surprised at all if there was some incredibly-awkward-to-read eroticism.

I read this as "Ben Stein" for like 4 minutes.  It was surreal.