It's a British-produced cable series. Those numbers you quoted are American network numbers. I assure you that those are the max and it drops off considerably from there. The contract that Todd Margaret was produced under was almost certainly not the Guilds' network MBAs. I actually used to be a residuals manager, so…

Even the production is brilliant. That seagull flying across the scene is one of the funniest things ever.

You really think they'd be above having a David Cross ghost, zombie, or twin brother in the next one?

It still saddens me that the 'talk show in a lifeboat' sketch doesn't make it on to most peoples' lists of top Mr. Show sketches.

Let me guess: you consider yourself one of "the 53%"?

But he probably worked close to free on them. That's how it tends to work. You take the paycheck movies to have something to live on while you do the stuff you want to do for less than minimum wage.

Especially when we go out of our way to make some.

The Chipmunks movies likely paid for Todd Margaret and Bigger and Blackerer.

What? You mean to tell me that the mercenary producers of the second sequel of a lowbrow kids movie aren't the most pleasant people in the world?! Knock me over with a feather.

Barry: I don't think…
Darren: [cutting him off] He's a good mate. He is.

Kung Fu Panda 1 taught me that only good things will come from strapping myself to a chair covered in lit fireworks and rockets.

So how is Schmidt the rich one when it looks like he's a low ranking office drone?

I think this is one of the more subtler digs at the entertainment industry. Many who struggle to be in it would actually be a lot happier doing anything else.

Extras, all the way. If only because I can easily rewatch it. I've only been able to get through The Office twice, and it took all of my willpower not to fast forward through the most awkward, painful scenes (that is, half the show). I don't know how people can subject themselves to the "She said no" scene more than…

This. Darren was a shitty agent from day one. That was where the comedy came from. Plus, it's entertainment industry tradition to fire your first agent when you move up to the next level. Almost every creative goes through that gutwrenching "career or loyalty" decision process.

The Star Wars Christmas special, obv.

How many shots of the below-the-counter kitchen area would you expect to see? Maybe it's been there, but the camera has no reason to pan to it.

She's a Wharton business grad. She's supposed to know something about selling shit. But we've only ever seen an endless parade of terrible finacial, sales and purchasing advise from her. Obviously, it's all because otherwise there'd be no plot, but the show should at least write itself without dumbing down the lead…

You obviously don't understand anything about this show. Was Clive Owen's bit any less "plausible" than Kate Winslet being a dirty prankster or Daniel Radcliffe hitting on women 40 years older than him?

Andy's speech at the end is one of the most brilliant pieces of television ever and my favorite thing that Ricky Gervais has ever done. It's the thematic culmination of two seasons and a special and works on all sorts of levels.