Jon Stewart is now living in a cave in Pakistan

They're both numbingly repetitive though, and isn't that what really matters?

I just rewatched S1 and I thought the killing-Krazy-8 decisionmaking process was pretty dread/consequence-filled too… but mostly because Walt and Jesse had never killed anyone before (with the exception of the dissolved fellow, but his killing was less morally problematic because it's so easily justified as pure…

The MTV president (Winnebago Cooper, or whatever the hell his name was) ought to know better than to screw with Colbert. That's a battle no one can win.

The optimist in me that wants everyone to have some sort of redemption is hoping that, if Walt's going to die at the end of the series, it'll be because he (at least briefly) "broke good" and was trying to save someone from harm and ends up dead as a result, rather than because he did some devious thing that spins out…

It's too repetitive for me. If I've had a few drinks and am dancing, that's okay. I'm not anti-party or anything. But to listen to it as a standalone work, it's just sort of boring.

My only hope is that all this is leading him to write cool angry music instead of boring sad music

I honestly can't tell if he meant John Hodgman or Joel Hodgson, because I can see a resemblance either way.

Normally, yes. But they've drawn Judge Snyder…

If they think that's bad, wait 'til they get a load of my misogynistic 80s pop cover band, RAPE CULTURE CLUB!

BIG SHOVEL is ruining America. NO ONE DENIES THIS.

You're right; I'd give an arm and a leg to be with that guy. I'm blown away!

I think "will-call only" is an attempt to thwart scalpers. If the actual purchaser needs to show up at the box office with ID, you can't just scoop up a bunch and put them on ebay (unless you actually go to the venue with your scalpee to pick up the tickets).

Plus the booze is cheap as hell compared to the Strip

For his last solo tour, tickets were fairly cheap (at least where I saw him). It was like 30 bucks.

That was the second episode of season 9. There were still quite a few good or great episodes after that. See, for example, the very next episode, Lisa's Sax. I'd put the cutoff at around the tail end of Season 10, when Schwartzwelder started turning in scripts about the Loch Ness Monster and other such nonsense. Then…

I'm re-watching Season 10 now and it's surprisingly good up until a few episodes in the latter half of the season where things start to go off-the-rails wacky (which Season 11 would continue and take to unfortunate new heights). It's a step down from 2-9, but I'd definitely rank it above 1.

Joss Whedon is a pretty sad guy. As for a specific critique of the podcast (because I would be remiss in posting about Nerdist without criticizing something), I wish his disappointment with the final Avengers product would have been discussed a little more, since just about everyone other than the film's…

I'm assuming his remarks revolved around the collective commentariat's kind disposition and good humor?

It is a little amazing to look back and watch the episodes Scully wrote, knowing what would eventually happen during his reign as showrunner. Prior to his taking over the show, everything credited to him (Lisa's Rival, Lisa on Ice, Two Dozen and One Greyhounds, Marge Be Not Proud, Team Homer, Lisa's Date With Density)…