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James Allen
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Jimmy loves his lists:

Just watched again and I can't believe no one brought up (let alone I didn't bring up) this chestnut from the opening scene:

…W-X-eh-and (fart noise)

Yeah, Jimmy reading "My Struggle Book 1" by Karl Ove Knausgård was a lot to take in. Good thing Aya's boobs were there to help me focus.

"I should go with her! We could get post-abobo mani-pedis!"

Line of the night (well, the Lindsay line of the night):

It was an orange peel and that's actually a thing. He wasn't exactly doing it right, but being a bartender, I saw what he was going for. (Not that I've ever worked in a bar where I actually had to make such a thing.)

It took me a second to realize what she was talking about. Her casualness about it (particularly when it was on someone else's behalf) what practically horrifying, as well a darkly funny. This show can hit some really weird notes.

Yeah, I like how it seemed that was put there as a quick reminder that Gretchen and Lindsay are still jerks. The show makes you constantly question the idea of actually meeting characters like these and whether you'd actually want to or not.

I think it's great that Falk's given what seemed like one-note jokey characters some depth. Allan McLeod (Paul) has done a great job, and it was great to see Todd Robert Anderson (Vernon) get a nice moment, explaining his desperate, almost childlike, need to hang onto his buds (that was merely hinted at in "Fists and

I had the same reaction to the casual smoking. It's been so scrubbed from modern TV that it seems practically transgressive just to simply have a character with a cigarette in her mouth.

Gonzo IS Nathan Detroit (and of course, Pepper Steak IS the entree.)

Oh my goodness gracious. I remember reading that in the print edition while commuting into/out of New York City. I laughed then too. Wow.

Wouldn't the idea be to make Doritos out of Jesus? I would've definitely went to communion more often.

As much as I applaud Frito Lay's support for the It Gets Better movement, I fear that alienating the fat asshole demographic may seriously undercut their business.

I'm surprised the words "old chum" didn't appear in the decision.

I agree with you 100% about the Kermit/Piggy relationship. I always took Piggy's obsession with Kermit as insane, and when it was funniest, Kermit was just, as you said, bewildered and uninterested. Kermit only really responded to her when threats of violence were offered.

I know the Kermit/Miss Piggy thing has been a feature of The Muppets since The Muppet Show, but I'm not exactly sure when it had to become THE thing that it has to be the main focus. It's now, apparently, the dominating feature, weighing down the whole show. I thought it was a reasonable idea to have the series start

They don't look like Presbyterians to me.

I first saw the "Tit Willow" bit on the DVD, as it was one of the UK spots not seen in US syndication. Needless to say, it quickly became one of my all time favorite bits. Sam the Eagle's (voiced, of course, by Frank Oz) non-interest more than anything making me laugh uncontrollably.