I am going to prepare for the "The Thick of It" reviews by practicing holding down shift-I for a long time.

I am going to prepare for the "The Thick of It" reviews by practicing holding down shift-I for a long time.

If there's one place you can usually count on a fair, even-handed, historically accurate treatment of stuff, it's in an Oliver Stone movie.

If there's one place you can usually count on a fair, even-handed, historically accurate treatment of stuff, it's in an Oliver Stone movie.

I have never heard it pronounced any way other than the former, and I've heard it pronounced at least once.

I have never heard it pronounced any way other than the former, and I've heard it pronounced at least once.

I missed the show, and would have liked a blow-by-blow recap of who sang what with what celebrities, so's I could YouTube those things. But in a *review*, not a recap, what would a fan who enjoyed the show say about tonight's episode that this reviewer didn't?

I missed the show, and would have liked a blow-by-blow recap of who sang what with what celebrities, so's I could YouTube those things. But in a *review*, not a recap, what would a fan who enjoyed the show say about tonight's episode that this reviewer didn't?

"multi-time Grammy nominee Mandisa"
Is that true? Well, okay. That's the sign I needed. Suicide time.

"multi-time Grammy nominee Mandisa"
Is that true? Well, okay. That's the sign I needed. Suicide time.

Depends how you define "playing the game". I think Cook, Allen, and DeWyze *all* did their let's-rearrange-a-classic schtick in order to curry favour with the Idol-audience equivalent of the hipsters. Sing something that was originally Kris Alleny, you're an artist (of sorts). Rearrange "She Works Hard For The Money"…

Depends how you define "playing the game". I think Cook, Allen, and DeWyze *all* did their let's-rearrange-a-classic schtick in order to curry favour with the Idol-audience equivalent of the hipsters. Sing something that was originally Kris Alleny, you're an artist (of sorts). Rearrange "She Works Hard For The Money"…

That's one of the saddest things in the world to be a fan of. (Not as sad as being a fan of Rabin, mind you.)

That's one of the saddest things in the world to be a fan of. (Not as sad as being a fan of Rabin, mind you.)

Wallet Inspector: Bart Simpson is voiced by a woman doing the voice of a 10-year-old boy. The girl on Bob's Burgers is voiced by a 30-something man doing the voice of a 40-something man. It's distracting and awful.
Also: THAT'S not the wallet inspector!

Wallet Inspector: Bart Simpson is voiced by a woman doing the voice of a 10-year-old boy. The girl on Bob's Burgers is voiced by a 30-something man doing the voice of a 40-something man. It's distracting and awful.
Also: THAT'S not the wallet inspector!

I also loved The West Wing a lot, but its speeches had exactly the same problem as the Studio 60 sketches: *way* overhyped. Remember the episode where Toby explains that he can't afford for Sam to leave, because Toby and Sam are literally the only two people in the universe who write well enough to write the…

I also loved The West Wing a lot, but its speeches had exactly the same problem as the Studio 60 sketches: *way* overhyped. Remember the episode where Toby explains that he can't afford for Sam to leave, because Toby and Sam are literally the only two people in the universe who write well enough to write the…

So Luca in this book is "brain-damaged, slow of speech, and dim of affect", eh? Well, they do say to write what you know.

So Luca in this book is "brain-damaged, slow of speech, and dim of affect", eh? Well, they do say to write what you know.