It causes me actual pain to do this, but didn't they bring Surly back a year or two ago? He didn't have a whole episode or anything, but he was prominently featured enough that he's no longer a "single-use" character. (Similarly, you know who was positioned to be one of the all-time great single use characters? Disco…

It causes me actual pain to do this, but didn't they bring Surly back a year or two ago? He didn't have a whole episode or anything, but he was prominently featured enough that he's no longer a "single-use" character. (Similarly, you know who was positioned to be one of the all-time great single use characters? Disco…

No, we don't! You ever hear Conan say, "This Al Jean guy, he's way funnier than me"? When some new guy (and don't kid yourself, it's a guy) is out-gimmicking you, you don't admit it. You don't let the bastard grind you down. You just get back off the mat and be the best gimmick you can be.

No, we don't! You ever hear Conan say, "This Al Jean guy, he's way funnier than me"? When some new guy (and don't kid yourself, it's a guy) is out-gimmicking you, you don't admit it. You don't let the bastard grind you down. You just get back off the mat and be the best gimmick you can be.

@avclub-ad45e11f2e88b8963920c79cd1d8755e:disqus Yes, on this network you can.

My issue is more with the lameness of some of the writing/his arguments. The flipside of "this is a criticism site, not a fan site" is that "South Park sucks because it's mean to celebrities, rakka-rakka-rakka" is not criticism. There's little I love more than genuine criticism of stuff that I like. Lots of things…

My issue is more with the lameness of some of the writing/his arguments. The flipside of "this is a criticism site, not a fan site" is that "South Park sucks because it's mean to celebrities, rakka-rakka-rakka" is not criticism. There's little I love more than genuine criticism of stuff that I like. Lots of things…

When I was but a lad, I always thought that in "the bowel obstruction that killed her", "her" was the iguana. Then I thought, wow, that dead iguana's moving around a lot.

When I was but a lad, I always thought that in "the bowel obstruction that killed her", "her" was the iguana. Then I thought, wow, that dead iguana's moving around a lot.

(Read the review again. It totally is.)

(Read the review again. It totally is.)

SIIIIIIMS, I see where you're coming from, for the most part, in these reviews. I disagree with you, but i can see where someone wouldn't find "Not Without My Anus" funny or would find the "is it…?" gag tiresome.

SIIIIIIMS, I see where you're coming from, for the most part, in these reviews. I disagree with you, but i can see where someone wouldn't find "Not Without My Anus" funny or would find the "is it…?" gag tiresome.

"So much of The West Wing happens at night—late at night."
You know, it's funny - when I think of The West Wing, I think of first thing in the morning. Of, it's 9:02 and everyone's coming into the office and we're already dealing with these eight crises. This is one of the few truly night-y episoes.

"So much of The West Wing happens at night—late at night."
You know, it's funny - when I think of The West Wing, I think of first thing in the morning. Of, it's 9:02 and everyone's coming into the office and we're already dealing with these eight crises. This is one of the few truly night-y episoes.

I think it's pretty silly to refer to Dyess-Nugent as any variation of Dyess-Nugent, when clearly, we should all be referring to him as SIIIIIIIIMS, but:
1. I think there are lower common denominators than making fun of a guy's name.
2. "old chum"? Hey, everybody, Adam West as Batman is here!

I think it's pretty silly to refer to Dyess-Nugent as any variation of Dyess-Nugent, when clearly, we should all be referring to him as SIIIIIIIIMS, but:
1. I think there are lower common denominators than making fun of a guy's name.
2. "old chum"? Hey, everybody, Adam West as Batman is here!

(In the next episode Nabin reviews, in fact.)
Anybody know how long that will be? At this point, his honeymoon has lasted longer than I expected his marriage to.

(In the next episode Nabin reviews, in fact.)
Anybody know how long that will be? At this point, his honeymoon has lasted longer than I expected his marriage to.

His Seinfeld reviews. Now, Rabin's Simpsons writeups actually annoy me more than Sims's Seinfeld reviews, but Sims didn't come up with "Manic Pixie Dream Girl", and it's also very fun to yell SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMS. Sims's current gig (that British political show, whatsitcalled) is actually not…