@avclub-600a51b7602a94be94712bbf272284a2:disqus If you have been conditioned to think that the cold open "slammed Obama mercilessly," you may have just made his point.  And the fact that he doesn't have an obvious personality trait to latch onto means that the writers have to actually write jokes - something they seem…

So I assume this is the first time you've heard of Al Franken, @avclub-14e4cee178d88fb9aa346dbcc11f2873:disqus ?

So I assume this is the first time you've heard of Al Franken, @avclub-14e4cee178d88fb9aa346dbcc11f2873:disqus ?

No, Tarantino is the Fatboy Slim of cinema.

No, Tarantino is the Fatboy Slim of cinema.

New game: aging pop-punk band or women's studies department? 

New game: aging pop-punk band or women's studies department? 

I won't disagree with anything @avclub-dc955b7f2360f5ac6560ddd8272f6800:disqus said, but I think that BBT provides about as good an example of TV mischaracterizing how much people make as anything.  Even in an expensive city like Pasadena, or LA in general, accomplished research professors are going to live…

I won't disagree with anything @avclub-dc955b7f2360f5ac6560ddd8272f6800:disqus said, but I think that BBT provides about as good an example of TV mischaracterizing how much people make as anything.  Even in an expensive city like Pasadena, or LA in general, accomplished research professors are going to live…

@avclub-d009e8b6ce98ad61a7b7a69cd1ad10d9:disqus That's a pretty good point, especially because many terms are not intuitive or defined differently by different sources.  The interquartile range (middle 50%) of household incomes in the US would go from about $25,000 to $80,000 annually.  Median household income is…

@avclub-d009e8b6ce98ad61a7b7a69cd1ad10d9:disqus That's a pretty good point, especially because many terms are not intuitive or defined differently by different sources.  The interquartile range (middle 50%) of household incomes in the US would go from about $25,000 to $80,000 annually.  Median household income is…

Yeah, it seemed like two AV Club favorites, New Girl and Bob's Burgers, are great examples of lower-middle class comedies. Even Community has plots and character points about money consciousness - Annie's apartment, Jeff's downgraded lifestyle (though that kind of disappeared after season one), etc.  I guess…

Yeah, it seemed like two AV Club favorites, New Girl and Bob's Burgers, are great examples of lower-middle class comedies. Even Community has plots and character points about money consciousness - Annie's apartment, Jeff's downgraded lifestyle (though that kind of disappeared after season one), etc.  I guess…

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It was apparently Arizona State U. denying Obama a fake degree that made both Amy and Seth play the First Black President card.

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It was apparently Arizona State U. denying Obama a fake degree that made both Amy and Seth play the First Black President card.

But it still ended with everyone agreeing Romney would be worse, so any bite at all was immediately invalidated.  Even in a sketch about Obama failing to deliver on any of his economic proposals was still pro-Obama.

But it still ended with everyone agreeing Romney would be worse, so any bite at all was immediately invalidated.  Even in a sketch about Obama failing to deliver on any of his economic proposals was still pro-Obama.

So The Office and 30 Rock are declaring this to be their final seasons, Up All Night and Parks and Rec have bad ratings (and, at least around these parts, souring attitudes about Up All Night living up to potential), and former Thursday-nighters Whitney and Community have been sent to TV purgatory on Friday night. …

So The Office and 30 Rock are declaring this to be their final seasons, Up All Night and Parks and Rec have bad ratings (and, at least around these parts, souring attitudes about Up All Night living up to potential), and former Thursday-nighters Whitney and Community have been sent to TV purgatory on Friday night. …

"Whatever.  I just had a dream that I was a real president."