Hmm. Those first two albums are just so good that I'm not ready to give up yet. Also, he was great in Funny People. But, if that's the criteria I'm using, I also need to desperately hold on to hope for Ray Romano's career as well.

Yeah. This is the first time in a long time that a review of a C-graded record has made me totally want to buy it.

Anyone else totally love Michael Pena in the second season of Felicity?

Are we an item? Girl, quit playing.

Happy Town is fun.
I've been enjoying it for one. It's silly and it sometimes rips off Twin Peaks super hardcore while forgetting that Twin Peaks was a parody of soap operas and not a soap opera itself, but I have fun with Happy Town. I wasn't clamoring for a second season or anything but, hey. I want to watch the…

Wow. Beaten to the punch with this ridiculous joke. Sorry, buddy.

I mean, this is something that happens. But it isn't quite as widespread as you seem to believe. There are still plenty of artists that can meet a weekly deadline. Most of them, in fact.

Alright, guys. I've got three more seasons of The West Wing to get through and then I'm starting Star Trek: The Original Series Season One. I am officially pumped.

It was until Up In The Air, which had a lovely sequence set to "Angel In The Snow."

Yeah. Thanks. Death Cab For Cutie closed with "Say Yes" and then Ben Gibbard got choked up mid-sentence and walked offstage ending the concert.

Elliott Smith
An ex-girlfriend invited me to go with her and her parents to this outdoor show called Field Day at Giants Stadium. Headliners included Radiohead, Beck, The Beastie Boys and Elliott Smith. On the day of, I decided not to go because it was raining super hard out and I felt kind of uncomfortable hanging…

Hold the phone here. Matt LeBlanc produced this! This has to be good!

I studied television in school and now I teach it, so I've seen pretty much every television show that I've been told is worth watching. So, I'm not turned off by the idea of really low lows. Lots of my favorite shows have had those (Buffy, Twin Peaks, South Park, The X-Files and All In The Family, to name a few) and…

And this would be the ultimate Gateway to Geekery. Star Trek is one of those things that, even as a guy who hits the comic book store once a week and owns shit like Threshold and Invasion on DVD, always seemed a bit too geeky for me. Also, I'm an absurd completist and, if I get into Star Trek, I know I'm gonna have to…

Whoa! Huh. I figured I'd start with Next Generation but the Original Series sounds fun as shit. I think I'll go chronological.

Well, thank you. This was totally helpful. But should I watch The Original Series or Next Generation first? Which is genuinely better?

"R.L. Stine? R.L. Stine? FUCK R.L. STINE!"
— Christopher Pike

Star Trek is Daunting
Hey everybody. So, this is my first ever post on the AV Club, but I've been lurking around forever.