Garofalo had a lot of things to say in Live From New York (a genuinely interesting look at the first ~25 years of the show; the same guys did the ESPN book Those Guys Have All the Fun, which is fantastic), and they were, of course, largely negative. Several other writers/performers who were on the show basically state…

This will be buried, but…

The remaining ones have the best armor: plot armor.

I don't think Lauren Graham was there, but yes.

The Santa was also (supposedly) drunk and causing disturbances, FWIW. Of course, I think that diminishes the greatness of fans throwing snowballs at Santa, but whatever.

It's almost like people have different opinions on things. Weird.

I experienced the wait also, and I was simply blown away. He does some really beautiful writing in that book, and I LOVE the fact that it shed light on the past.

Agree on the ending. It was perfect and I loved it. But man, the rage that went through the community about it was deep. And delightful.

Whereas I still believe that Wizard & Glass is the finest actual writing King has ever done.

Again, plans are often bad/stupid. In addition, if she was bathed and taken to him, there was no real opportunity for that.

Oh, sure…but most plans to kill someone are stupid, TBH.

If anything, I think the Ramsay/Osha scene makes me lean more towards there being a plot by Umber, etc. against Ramsay. Or, at the very least, I don't think it removes it as a possibility in the slightest. One of the "plans" could have been trying to get Osha alone with Ramsay, which, although that seems unlikely to…

Agreed. Sanderson has published like 20 novels in the time GRRM has published 2. It's bizarre.

After book 6, things went south pretty badly, with the 10th book being possibly the most torturous read I have ever experienced. Book 11, his last before he died, picks up considerably. Sanderson did some solid work in reigning everything in and completing it.

My father hung me on a hook once.

I find NV's map to be superior to the other modern Fallout games, but different strokes and all that.

Lifetime pass for being on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. And "Home By the Sea".

One of many reasons.

Jared, per someone commenting on the Whigs' FB page (in the comments on the link to this article), there is supposedly a 20th anniversary edition on the way in October. Not confirmed by any official source yet, but there you go.

Or their rousing live rendition of "Cocksucker Blues". Good times.