Natalie is making the case that they shouldn't be singled out for underperforming: “Every show on this network is in third place, we’re a third place network!”

Brad Garrett and Elizabeth Perkins KILL on that show. Well worth the price of admission.

Strike that "by far."

Update: Captions apparently not in my power to change.

You're right about the quote, don't know why I noted it down wrong. Especially when one of my favorite Bob and Ray routines, "The Green Pickerel" ("fop, charlatan, or whatever he was") features the phrase.

Captions not my responsibility, happily. I'll change it, though. To Don Was, of course.

I'm digging myself quite a hole for when the call goes out for cricket analogies in association with the Red Stripe sponsorship.

True, but too convoluted for a parenthetical. Had to go with punchy brevity.

If they'll have me, I will.

Trust me, Lurky. Have I ever lied to you?

95%? First two paragraphs and last paragraph are all analysis, and there's analysis sprinkled into the summary as well. Plot summary does have its place for the historical record, but that's far from all that's here.

Ah. We only heard the intro, I believe, so my tin ear was not able to differentiate between the original and the sample.

I liked the pole joke better than the nipple joke. Plus, it's the one he couldn't resist; he said it even though he knew it was unwelcome after the reaction the first joke got.

Noel and I yelled "Sing!" right at that moment.

See it here!

"The Nightman Cometh," Season 4 Episode 13.

Ha! That was a slip, wasn't it. Will fix.

Oh, the second one is where I knew him from!

The joke made me wince a little. I'm a huge fan. Aja at the top for me.

When he tore off the dickey—revealing that it was a dickey—I lost it.