*checking answer key* Yes, Mr. Von Salsa is correct. JC for the win.

I think this one's an A: callback to something in the article, good pun, and pretty concise. Boffo.

"a.v. focus: funny people" - subtle product placement ad?
Did the "Funny People" producers and/or marketers pay the site for the special section of articles featuring the cast?

Something about trying to see his sugartits…
There's a joke in there somewhere, but I'm not sure of the precise phrasing.

The full casting notes fill in the differences:
Middle Eastern = swarthy with mustache
Arabic = swarthy, mustache, wearing ghutra
European = swarthy, mustache, eating spaghetti

Sorry - Africans, Latinos and Australians are not needed.

Agreed that the framing device of the lecture is a little gimmicky and annoying, but the defense I halfheartedly make in my mind is that it lets them change up the narrative from the usual (Monday Morning… Tuesday Night…). And an evening lecture with someone like Josh would draw a crowd of polisci geeks, especially at…

I'm not sure it's Fox playing hardball. I'd think that they would realize doing something like this would spread quickly on the internetwork (exactly as it has), which would get the fanboys all riled up (exactly as it has), and actually increase public support for the original cast. This scenario results in an…

I was thinking we can get those Sprouse kids to play Hal and Mario. Any more casting suggestions?

I'm skeptical that it's a coherent film
It read as a collections of essays. But if it works, I'm moving forward with my option to adapt Infinite Jest as a Disney Channel sitcom. It's about an endearingly dysfunctional family and their hijinks running a prestigious tennis academy.

You damn dirty…uh…monkey.

Getting better
Thanks Steve.

Ren & Stimpy - Space Madness
Rabin, you eeediot, the R&S reference was classic.

I would like to hear david caruso's thoughts on this.
Bonus points for avoiding boob jokes.

Mother! Gawd, yer so embarassing!!!

Excellent
I'm also looking forward to the Criterion reissue of "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties."

Wait, we had a President who was a moronic shitbag? I don't know what you're talking about; Jed Bartlet was a great and thoughtful president for the eight years before a minority first-term Democratic legislator was elected over an elderly long-time Republican Senator.

I'd imagine
that in order to successfully work for a person such as Ms. Paltrow or Ms. Ciccone, you'd have to be this borderline insanely smug. It's like asbestos for your ego; otherwise your soul would burn from exposure to the aurae (auras?) of such talented superbeings.

(But note the first rule of TV Club is to talk endlessly about TV Club).

Less recap, more thoughts + analysis
Steve, I realize you're just getting started with this series, but you're spending too many letter-shaped pixels on plot regurgitation. The point of TV Club seems to be partly to recommend/dissuade new viewers of a series, and partly to provide a discussion forum for dorks who have…