Betty White/ Jay-Z is a favorite pairing of mine

"Dice" was a character. I remember at the time being amused that both fans and critics were taking the character way too seriously, as if he was an actual person instead of a exaggerated grotesque. Not that I thought that Clay's performance was cleverly observed or anything. As his career showed, his act really only…

You want a good, nutty (but dark) film about a hit-man? Watch The Matador.

I agree, Pegg's comic relief in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is so forced. Not that the film shouldn't have light moments, but there's no need to get hit on the head with them. In Star Trek he's just generally wasted and sounds really uncomfortable doing the Scottish accent. It is hard to blame him for taking…

I don't know how Freberg did it, but that wheeze of his as Pete Puma makes me laugh every time. It's the best random noise from a cartoon character I can think of.

I doubt he was in touch with the counterculture at all, but I do think that while he was a bit of a square, he used his squareness as a tool to carry off his subversive side, and because of that his comedy recordings are nothing like his contemporaries.

I'm familiar with some of Freberg's work (the Warner Bros cartoons, the comedy records) but while reading this I thought "That was Freberg??" about a dozen times. I wasn't aware of the true breadth of his career. It's easy to surmise that his influence in both advertising and comedy cannot be understated.

I liked when he called Sinead O'Connor (played by the late Jan Hooks) "Uncle Fester," among other things. That sketch still floors me, mostly because I remember when Luther Campbell and O'Connor were actually things.

It took me a number of listens to get that "Best" in "All for the Best" doesn't mean what you normally would think it means. (Wordplay!)

Bernadette gets to show a sweet side once in awhile, but that her default mode is being a manipulative bitch is a tad offputting. I can understand it cropping up once in awhile (Stephen Root being scared of her at work was pretty funny), but her treating Howard the way she does here is just mean for no justifiable…

When you serve the drink, do you then try to sell them crappy real estate? No wonder no one orders it.

I'm as un-PC as the next guy, but I agree with you: the notion that comedians today are some sort of oppressed truth tellers is really tiresome.

Of course there's 1984 (1984). Check and mate.

I appreciate the reference, but I don't recall Stephen Hopkins talking like a 10-year old cockney bootblack. I do love the idea of congress drinking during sessions. I would definitely watch C-SPAN more.

Even though they are relatively brief, the scenes with John and Abigail effectively show how devoted they are to each other, and also show their marriage was not one sided, but an equal partnership. It definitely keeps the character of John Adams grounded.

Nathan Rabin did a good "My Year in Flops" on 1776 about 4 years ago. It's worth a read:

VOTE FOR IN-DE-PEN-DEN-CEEEEEEEE

"They're going to- in the middle of the afternoon?!"
"Not everybody's from Boston, John."

VOTE YES! VOTE YES!

I'm not sure if that's meant as a compliment or as a sober commentary on Quinn's career- Tough Crowd ended 11 years ago, Remote Control 25 years a- 25 years???, Holy shit I went to a taping of that while I was in college. Damn I'm getting old. What were we talking about again?