But that was when he was a complete unknown who somehow was thrown into a lead role on a sitcom and was likely given no influence over it. If he's able to craft a show to his personality, it could be successful, especially since by now he has a stable fanbase.

This may be the first TV Land series that doesn't have to get over the "I'm pretty sure the star died three years ago" hurdle.

You mean some things aren't meant to be read in Jon Lovitz's voice?

Counterpoint: I used to (and may still) freelance and found it be underpaying and still filled with the soul-crushing and micro-management of having a real job.

Semi-serious question I'm wondering about: Will I have needed to see the first one to understand the new one?

I just lost interest when I realized he was never actually going to shoot anybody.

I can't believe a comic strip would violate the laws of internal continuity.

The AVClub already did that Inventory:

To my archives!

So is the one in my trunk.

Full Moon Fever was not a Heartbreakers album (in name anyway).

It's relatively easy if you just focus on US ship and Cuba. I couldn't name a transport used in the Bay of Pigs invasion and even if someone could it doesn't really make sense that significant remnants of it would be maintained as any sort of faux monument.

I think we all expected you to be setting up a "Show me the money" in that comment.

Eisenhower had a machine to constantly audiorecord himself in the oval office. Kennedy had it removed. Nixon had it put back in.

Somehow I feel a little better knowing this won't actually air as a Simpsons episode. Still, I hate that it's airing at all.

Aside from "The Hunt," Hamner's work for the show is pretty subpar ("Stopover" is okay, but I don't think of it as a great episode), but "Black Leather Jackets" shows he should have had a great career writing and directing MST3K-grade B-movies.

"She told me to come but I was already there."

Did Saturday nights then have the barely on life support position for TV they do now?

I'm just going to assume the Las Vegas Sting was a poor attempt by Sting to branch out into American team sports that failed to pump up fans with long lute solos.

Of course, there's that whole moving it to Toronto rumor.