Fun fact: Saint Jerome is the patron saint of librarians.  The Ghostbusters script has LAYERS. 

Get Merchant and bring back Tim and Dawn and Gareth and I'm all for it, but unfiltered David Brent is excruciating.  Hell bring back that "looky likey" agent from the Christmas special too.  I liked him.

"Turns out Clancy Bouvier was a male flight attendant, though Dr. Zweig points out that was no longer a scandalous career choice by the time “Fear Of Flying” first aired. Or maybe that lack of shock is meant to underline the fact that Marge has some deeper-seated issues she’s yet to divulge. "
See, I thought that the…

@fineoakstructure:disqus What Thomas R said.   It wouldn't have killed Homer to say "This is going to sound stupid, but you sat on a piece of candy.  Can I have it back?"  Touching her ass, while very much in character (as Homer can't seem to wait 2 goddamn seconds to say that sentence) and actually perfectly innocent…

That's a great one. "Now, was it *your* idea to ruin the show?"  

Yeah, that bugs me a little too.   She absolutely has the right to get pissed off if(from her POV) a drooling creep grabs her ass (though bringing a group over to protest seems a bit much).

So did we.  It was like even the TV was telling us "For fuck sake, go outside kid!"

He would be pretty great actually.  It's weird you don't hear his name more often.

@avclub-42763705844bf5e2af4abd6c898f8dcb:disqus There is definitely a sex scene in the movie but they  didn't define themselves as gay. Anne Perry IRL is pretty emphatic that the relationship was not sexual, though.  It's a tricky movie to classify.

@avclub-5e5e0bd5ad7c2ca72b0c5ff8b6debbba:disqus Does Heavenly Creatures count?  Then there is My Summer of Love and Lost and Delirious (which isn't completely ridiculous).  Not the most positive portrayals of same sex relationships, but they are more than decent films for a week.

I've always wondered what Canadian lit they teach in high schools in Canada.  I heard Stone Angel mentioned a lot by Canadian friends but not much else, which is weird since Canada has turned out some great writers.

Ooh, Messina would have been good.

I pictured Paltrow.  Witherspoon would have also worked.  Pike doesn't seem to have that insane I MUST BE GREAT AT EVERYTHING! energy that makes Amy so interesting.   But I'm sure she'll be fine.

I think she's just really good at everything.

@avclub-ab60729bcbd8293eb5f31e5077c29049:disqus It all stems from this.  It was weird:

GODDAMNIT now that one is back in my head.  For revenge I would like to remind you of the F.A.O. Schwarz "Welcome to Our World of Toys" song.

He also brought the war pizza.

Totally.  Right up there with "the boys bully you because they like you".

The Jack the Ripper one really REALLY grossed me out, more than all the others but I have a low tolerance for eel pie references.

I love that line.  WHY?!?!