I don't want it to be Mad Men (or West Wing, the series that this was inexplicably compared to in a lot of places beforehand in what may be how a future marginal NBA player gets compared to LeBron on draft day)… but is it too much to ask that the dialogue be punched up even to the level of Entourage?  The inside…

The opening of the episode was remarkably fast-paced for Mad Men: I think they got through ten different scenes in about eight minutes.  A refreshing change of pace, and a big contribution to the episode's overall success.

Wiig is replaceable at this point, but if Sarah Palin hadn't come along we'd be saying that Samberg's the only reason the show's still alive.  The digital shorts are about the only thing that breaks out from SNL anymore unless there's a particularly of-the-moment guest appearance.

What, you're not blaming it on Tiny Toons?

For me it's all about Gonzo and Rizzo's explanation of his name. That's the most beaten-to-death joke in Hollywood, but the Muppet version is still funny.

Also, I think Burns is a pretty good sign that actors or comedians are generally more foolproof hosts than singers, because the show can do a pretty good job of faking singing talent in just about anyone.  But there's some singers over the years that just aren't that funny.

"Unfortunately, this problem won’t be solved until the old coots are given their own verse in season five."

", and the series is drawing inspiration from Brian Michael Bendis’ excellent comic of the same title"

What's strange is that, given that SNL was often jokingly referred to as the most Canadian show on American TV, they don't really scout Toronto anymore. It's all Groundlings / UCB, all the time.  Second City Toronto has had a couple of good minority female players over the past five years, but as far as I'm aware no…

Hey, in eight seasons he's developed half of an additional facial expression to go with his default stoic stare.

Boring,  but still hot and not self-consciously aiming for quirky like her sister, so… you're certainly not the only one.

Castle started out pretty promising, but they did a pretty effective job of neutering the thing in recent years (likely because, as noted above, it's got a REALLY high percentage of older single female viewers who don't really get episodes where people are firing off Frank Miller jokes).  It was actually a pretty…

I always got mad that Martin doesn't play the end credits on the banjo, since Rowlf and the Electric Mayhem presumably had the night off. Or did he in the original and the credits have been changed in the years since?

"In terms of creativity, she’s close to where Don was when the series began, but she’ll always be limited by her gender."

Their goaltending is absurdly good this season, and unlike my Kings, they have been scoring all season in combination with said absurdly good goaltending. :)

All that AND his Blues are the best team in the NHL.  Talk about your enviable lives.

When the kid went on his big "you promised me a baby sister" tantrum in the second (?) episode, we literally were falling off the couch with laughter at how bad an actor he was. It's seriously Jake Lloyd-in-Episode-1-level awful acting.

That's because Davenport is, by far, the best actor on this show (I think Houston just doesn't care much anymore and is just hamming it up).

I will give this show credit - it's far more of an appointment TV type of thing than the boring mess that Castle's descended into these past couple of seasons.

Yup.  I think it just got released on DVD, too.