Nabin: I was disappointed that you did not end this piece by telling us what's going to appear in the next installment and that, if memory serves, it's a good one.

In the Alphabet Song, they skip G. There goes my plan to teach various toddlers the alphabet via this video. :(

In the Alphabet Song, they skip G. There goes my plan to teach various toddlers the alphabet via this video. :(

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SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMS!

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMS!

I don't wanna wait! La la la la la la la la! I want to know right now la la la la!
(On the DVDs for the later seasons, the iconic theme song which I have rendered above is replaced by some crap by Jann Arden. I'm not sure if Jann Arden is famous anywhere outside of my/her native Canada - I hope not, it's bad enough…

I don't wanna wait! La la la la la la la la! I want to know right now la la la la!
(On the DVDs for the later seasons, the iconic theme song which I have rendered above is replaced by some crap by Jann Arden. I'm not sure if Jann Arden is famous anywhere outside of my/her native Canada - I hope not, it's bad enough…

I can't agree to that.

I can't agree to that.

@avclub-8485e79dd4e6b0d529430cf3d37f1498:disqus Dawson is an acceptable and believable amount of insufferable-douche for the naive teenager he's supposed to be. It's the fact that JVDB was in his early 50s at the time that leads people to hold Dawson to a what's-okay-for-an-adult standard, and by that standard, yeah,…

@avclub-8485e79dd4e6b0d529430cf3d37f1498:disqus Dawson is an acceptable and believable amount of insufferable-douche for the naive teenager he's supposed to be. It's the fact that JVDB was in his early 50s at the time that leads people to hold Dawson to a what's-okay-for-an-adult standard, and by that standard, yeah,…

@jerodast:disqus From the "truth is stranger than fiction" department: I remember various internet wags at the time saying it was unrealistic for them to give Charlie a staff job. Then, at the end of his second term, G.W. Bush made his body man his deputy chief of staff. If Bartlet had made Charlie the new Josh, there…

So when Leo, Toby, C.J., and Will left, they were replaced by…C.J. and Will? I really think they should have brought in new people and just treated them the way they treated Bartlet's post-Charlie body man. "This is Muffy, the press secretary." Then you never hear from her again.

@avclub-705562aaa4a5b85bfa44373d8e6bf234:disqus  Yes - Lowe left mid-season 4, Sorkin left after season 4. Not sure if it was Sorkin who made the decision or the network, but how to write Sam out was definitely Sorkin's call.

@avclub-705562aaa4a5b85bfa44373d8e6bf234:disqus  Yes - Lowe left mid-season 4, Sorkin left after season 4. Not sure if it was Sorkin who made the decision or the network, but how to write Sam out was definitely Sorkin's call.

<butt-head>Ball State.</butt-head>
(You think YOU think that's juvenile, you should've heard my grandma's reaction to it when they sent me an admissions flyer.)

<butt-head>Ball State.</butt-head>
(You think YOU think that's juvenile, you should've heard my grandma's reaction to it when they sent me an admissions flyer.)

Well, then, your problem could be that the fellas in your life don't want you to be Mr. Plow. Maybe *they* want to be Mr. Plow. If you know what I mean.
Also: that's OUR word for makin' fun of YOU. We need it!