Yeah, I found that odd….is he saying the Palme only went to a woman director once? Because it's only gone to cast members once, and it was two women, and it was this year. And well-deserved.

Before he joined SNL, his day job was as a research technician at a laboratory. I think they did mostly research on corneal transplants. He talks about it a lot on Probably Science, the podcast he used to do, and it featured in a lot of his Vines.

I always liked him on Probably Science, except for the month-long periods when he'd disappear because he got dumped. Sadly, I think he's likely shortly to be dumped from SNL - he hasn't caught a single break there.

How did Hardwick have a rough year? Seems like everything came up roses for him.

Except that they admitted that in their test sites, the conversation rate was like 98%, because we're all destructive pricks.

No Alunageorge, Queens of the Stone Age, Jamie Lidell…at least a few people put down MSMR, Disclosure, and Naked and the Famous.

Not a terrible list, though I think half of Yeezus was so weak, it brought the whole album (and there were some gems) down to "mediocre" for me.

Been loving this album all year, seen em twice live. Have come to the conclusion that "Lungs" is the best song on the album, and live. And not just because of the Zelda magic rod sound effect.

I went with:
209 - The Bisco Boys (Don't Stop Or We'll Die, Howard Kremer)
211 - April Fools! (Jon Hamm, Nick Kroll)
215 - Time Bobby 2 (Bobby Moynihan, Paul F. Tompkins)
222 - A Peanut In The Rain (Paul F. Tompkins, Gillian Jacobs, Mike Hanford) - Hanford's character puts this over Gary Unmarried for me.
232 - LIVE from…

Actually, Sarsgaard came two years before Hamm, and that sketch was KILLER.

All of these are excellent, and reminding me how good this year was. I'd add the one-two punch of: San Diego Comic-Con (I had to pull over my car with Andy Daly's "Hot Dog" sneaking onstage with ShaNaNa) and Royal Watching, with Odenkirk's best appearance this year.

Yes, it's Gyatso. When Aang finds his body in the Air Temple, it's surrounded by a bunch of Fire Nation solder skeletons, suggesting that he killed them before, presumably, one of them got to him. I think it was stated by one of the creators that he sucked the air out of the room, which would have the effect of…

I thought it was established that Aang's mentor (I forget his name…was it also Tenzin?) killed a room of firebenders by sucking the air out of the room.

Which begs the question if the author forgot that Longshot does have another mutant power - he can read the emotional memories associated with inanimate objects. Actually, I'm fairly sure Claremont forgot that power after using it like twice.

Totally true. Austin was a nightmare, and apparently working out too many family/relationship issues when writing it. When you compare it to the concurrent Morrison, it's even worse. The Romeo and Juliet story featured public statutory rape (or, at least a 30-something Angel having sex with a teenage Husk in front of…

Let's have this same conversation about every hetero sex scene in movies. I mean, people ALWAYS keep their bras on during sex, right? In case kids happen to be watching? And the penis is usually located somewhere on the right thigh or the bellybutton, given blowjob locations.

So, she's the Rick Jones of the MCU?

If you weren't already aware, and want your mind blown, I was drunk and watching "A Knight's Tale" a month ago, and couldn't believe how many famous character actors were in it. Other than Alan Tudyk, Paul Bettany, Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, the main characters in that movie were Robert Baratheon from Game of…

Definitely see if your kid is ok with the preceding series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, which has a much lower level of violence/adult themes, yet is incredibly complex and emotionally resonant. Korra, while I'd say is watchable down to maybe age 9, has a much heavier romance aspect, as well as pretty strong-handed…

I'd agree here - CBB has a very high bar to entry, and it basically took me listening to about 30 episodes of the podcast to get into it. Now it's easily the most consistently funny podcast I listen to. The TV show is similar - you should give it about 5 episodes to understand its rhythm (or lack thereof)