Thanks for the NewsRadio reference, Noel. Stay warm out there.

I think I'm the Donna De Varona of internet comment boards.

The strongman competition where the trolley they're pulling almost runs over some people is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on television.

I love Chris Elliott, but he has not worked well on this show for some reason, I agree.

Good catch on Teddy KGB.  The best part of the "on da peen dance" bit was Barney repeating it, but that's a little difficult to convey in print.

Reminding you of Frasier is very high praise.  We watched about five Christmas-themed episodes of Frasier in December, and my God, that show was top-to-bottom brilliantly executed farce.  I'm experiencing withdrawal symptoms all over again.

Oh — then please direct your ire specifically to Ryan McGee, not "guys"! *stepping carefully away from the hot zone*

I don't think the commercial referred to pinch hitting, did it?

It's a solid move back toward the show's demonstrated potential. I thought about B+, but I thought that last ensemble scene was so well choreographed and executed that it deserved a bump.

See, I thought that was an honest moment, not a heartwarming one. No music swelling up behind, no footage of happy times with voiceover, etc.  Just a bit of honesty, very nicely done.

The phone call/flight to London timing bothered me for about 2 seconds, and then I decided the doctor called him from the airport. Not sure that's such a big deal.

Philip Baker Hall will always be Nixon to me. 
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By the end, Phil is clinging to only a 5% shot at life.

There are no dry ones.

I watch Once Upon A Time avidly, but I live for the infrequent appearances of Giancarlo Esposito and Robert Carlyle in Storybrook.  Carlyle isn't as appealing as Rumpelstilskin, but as Mr. Gold he is positively electric.

Like ALICE?

In this case, the volleyball coach from Conway, Arkansas hasn't coached volleyball or lived in Conway, Arkansas for twenty years, since he was in college.  He's a singer-songwriter who lives in LA.  (Yep, I know the guy.)

Hey, I genuinely love Royal Pains. Campbell Scott, that's all I'm sayin'.

I didn't turn in my ballot in rank order, but in "this is the order I wrote them down" order (with point totals beside each one).  We didn't know the ballots were going to be posted when we sent them in.  Later we had an opportunity to add comments, but I didn't realize that my ballot was going to be printed in the…

It's not a perfect world, Antoniooo, but MLP:FIS will appear in one of the TV best-of lists.  Merry Christmas!