They also played it on SNL if I recall correctly.

I dunno, I bet the combat has been ramped up quite a bit. Up until the advent of free agency, the salaries of pro athletes were comparable to those of reporters, and athletes were more likely to be chummy with the people who covered them. The dynamic is a little different when athletes in top sports are so way up…

As BB points out downthread, Lynch is making their jobs easier in a way, as he's providing fodder for an obvious column for someone who's lazy and has already exhausted his deflategate quota.

I was a little surprised at how Reed seemed pissed about the Clash comparison in the quote this story recycles. I could have sworn I remember hearing a quote where they took it in stride with something like "If we were a baseball player, we wouldn't mind being compared to Willie Mays." I guess you just get tired of…

His avatar clearly is bracing for some sort of reprisal…

I read it the same way, and I'm just as confused as you.

I think the number-crunchers generally say that going for it on 4th and one is usually the higher-percentage play. Especially on the road, facing a team with a good offense, don't you have to try and win the game right there?

I seem to remember thinking the second was better, but it's been years since I listened to either.

So what genre is Mad Men? I don't disagree with your description, but I'm struggling to understand what "category" you're putting it in. [I would say "soap opera."]

But doesn't that make Star Wars *not* science fiction? Isn't it just a big, dumb fairy tale? (not that there's anything wrong with that) It's been years since I've seen those movies, but I don't remember anything very science-y. I guess I would put it in the "fantasy" category with Game of Thrones, not sci-fi with…

Yes, NYPD Blue definitely was a prestige drama of its time. No idea how well it holds up.

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The Coens are two of the four people who co-wrote the script. Not sure why they were involved at all, but the collaboration might explain why the screenplay doesn't stand out.

So I guess they just invited back everyone who ever appeared on the show, and a few hundred took them up on it? Has anyone explained the story behind this?

Is it just me, or did he break character a bit at the end? I thought I detected hints of a South Carolina accent, which may have been my imagination as I'd never noticed that in any of his out-of-character interviews on other shows.

Holy shit, really? I live in the deep south, and I don't think I've ever heard anything that bad.

I'm with you on "saving xmas;" from what i've read, I'm not sure it counts as a real movie. But the rest are fair game, and that "left behind" piece was pretty funny.

It was my first time seeing the Jacob sketch, yet I also found it tiresome.

That was a great sketch. The joke was that they couldn't function once the teleprompter went out. By the end of the segment they had resorted to cannibalism.

My reactions to his special last year:
1. I was disappointed, although my expectations may have been unrealistically high.
2. I found him funnier when he was miserable, and I'd rather not think too hard about what (if anything) that says about me.