[His] Lawyer Made [Him] Change The Name Of This [Book] So [He] Wouldn't Get Sued

This line of thinking is exactly why this episode didn't work on a structural level. When the entire plot depends on Joe's one line about antiquated divorce laws, and it still crumbles when held up to even the slightest scrutiny, there's just no hope for the episode to turn around at that point.

I will fully admit to not knowing that The Cleveland Show was even airing last night. I'm completely oblivious to the shows before the Simpsons/BobsBurgers/FamilyGuy/AmericanDad sequence. But considering how bipolar Family Guy has been this season, it might be worth another drop-in on Cleveland about now.

There was a definitely some Streetcar Named Desire/Cat on a Hot Tin Roof to the scene where Stan walks in and yells at Francine while blending together an entire bottle of bourbon for himself. He's even wearing the white wifebeater that goes with the Stanley Kowalski wardrobe.

I see it as something like the difference b/w when Jerry Bruckheimer or Stephen Spielberg produces a movie. Spielberg may be the architect behind the production, but once that thing comes together, the boat sails and it's up to creative forces writing/directing/acting/editing, whereas with Bruckheimer, no matter who's…

This song also notable for its inclusion in the Igby Goes Down soundtrack.

It definitely plays fast and loose with the idea of canon in the same way any long-running episodic animated show does.

I mean, he does take a bow during the end credits with the rest of the "cast," so I'm not sure he's supposed to have actually died. The question of canon is really interesting for this episode, and I'm not entirely sure how to interpret it.

My reaction to the preview of next week's episode: "Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeit."

As Jimmy Carr says, Chuck D is most certainly the man.

She got a 172 didn't she?. And she's probably applying to schools, who needs to see that?

This is probably my favorite episode the show has ever done, and I think I can even specifically pinpoint why.

The Braindead Megaphone is the most inconsistent book Saunders has published, but I think it says something that it's his only collection of magazine pieces/other nonfiction. He dabbles in literary journalism, but his strength is short fiction. Straying anywhere outside that wheelhouse diminishes his talent, even if…

This is my new favorite AV Club comment thread.

This is my new favorite AV Club comment thread.

Ha, I did say "just about every other musical."

Ha, I did say "just about every other musical."

I mean most prolific in the sense that so much of Bolaño's work has been posthumously published or translated in English. DFW has The Pale King, the new essay collection Both Flesh And Not, and some longer essays, but nothing close to the number of works released after Bolaño died.

I mean most prolific in the sense that so much of Bolaño's work has been posthumously published or translated in English. DFW has The Pale King, the new essay collection Both Flesh And Not, and some longer essays, but nothing close to the number of works released after Bolaño died.

I realized at the very end of the scene that the clock was running, so I rewound and watched it again to see the minutes tick by. AD consistently does endurance humor better than FG.