His "They say laughter is the best medicine. Unless you're diabetic, in which case, insulin is the best medicine." joke from c. 1993 Just For Laughs specials remains one of my all-time favourite jokes, and he's only perfected the style since.

I feel the same way about Supreme Clientele… I had been primed to love it from friends who swore it was his best work, and I had loved Fishscale, but it took me a good five listens before I "got" it and now it's one of my top 5 rap albums, easily.

This is my favourite comment in sometime. Although I guess technically it was more a horde of alien-wizards?

I'll give credit to The Bridge for having one of the finest presentations of a newsroom on television. Lillard's character feels all too real — the number of single, drug- and booze-addled 40-something reporters out there is astounding — as does his partner, who nails the whole 'up-and-coming young lady journo' part.…