I, too, had genuine emotion at the passing of the historical von Trapps over the Alps, but I don't see how Mandela's death was "cynical, manufactured holiday sentiment."

I would've suggested "Assassins," but something tells me lines like "I deserve a fucking prize!" and songs about guns wouldn't fly on NBC primetime.

Was your professor Jake Jarmel?

Henchman #21, the movie!

The only moral bears are the ones who maul godless heathen children.

I was really surprised about that DD wager in that category, since it was a pretty easy category if you have the time to think about the answer.

Jan 1!? Thanks, Obama.

Maybe it's just me, but all the content on the front page is out of date by a few days, reviews included, even when I scroll down (yay scrolling!) to the list of "recent reviews."

Don't know why you got rid of the "All Shows" button that let you easily find all the reviews of a particular show in once place. Now all we have is the search bar, which not only brings up irrelevant articles where a link to the show was shoehorned in (this is, of course, a rare thing at the TV Club!), but there's no…

Hark to the tale of Nelson,
And the boy he loved so dear.

fucking guy didn't think of criminal fucking conspiracies when he wrote his fucking rules

Really? Brack Friday Bunduruu is offensive? I doubt there's a Japanese person in the world who thinks so. Seems like a minor nitpick just to have a criticism in a really good episode, especially compared the previous 6 or whatever.

Probably "Treading on Solar Rays" by Bobby LaFontaine

Next season, on Louie…

A-haha-a-haha-haha-a-haha-a-ha-haha-ha-ha…

Maybe he just thought Byck was really Santa. Maybe he just wanted presents for Christmas!

Liked for Satan using "heck" instead of "hell"

Gen Smarch!

Meter, O'Neal! Meter!

It seems like a lot of people don't know what blackface means anymore. There's a reason even black performers were known to perform in blackface years ago: it's not simply wearing makeup designed to look like a black person. I have a hard time believing anyone, having actually watched the show, would find this hateful…