I think the best thing Burrows does as a director for Cheers isn't in the staging, but is actually in the routine that he builds into certain elements of the cinematography and editing. Obviously the staging is very smart and effective, but I think it was more important that Burrows created a visual language for the…

How does everyone feel about Carla?

I'm in an almost identical position to you (about 7 or 8 episodes through Season 6), and I would rank it about the same except with 3 definitely below 2. The reason is that I felt the final few episodes of season 3 were just a bit weaker than the season as a whole and take it down.

I saw him as channeling some of his previous performances, particularly Madman Muntz in Barton Fink (I'll show you the life of the mind), and Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski.

My favourite Hank moment is the episode where he ends up drunk and sleeping it off on the Seinfeld set while the Look-around cafe is opening.

Another example of something that nearly ruined Twin Peaks: a lack of a good villain following BOB/Leland. Personally I thought Windom Earle was effective, but he took too long to show up

I know people who think that season 6 is the best season of Scrubs. From what they told me, they like the drama of it, such as Laverne's death.

I thought the backpack thing was from an early Season 5 episode.

The whole of season 8 is probably a step up from the preceding few seasons, not just the finale.

Watching their review, it is interesting to think how many of their suggestions were picked up in some way by the Critic. In particular, making Duke funnier (though not really smarter as Siskel suggested) was something suggested by the Siskel and Ebert review. They are also correct to say, though some may disagree,…

Pure egotism.

What about the recent It's always Sunny episode with the dead hooker?

I think looking at the Tyler Durden thing in greater detail, there is a nice parallel between Tyler blowing up the narrator's (Joe/Jack depending on whether talking about the book or film) apartment and Polly Prissypants burning Cartman's house.

I think season 2 and 3 best combine the gritty feel with comic rhyhtm. Later seasons end up too polished in my opinion, though that's not to say they still aren't really good.

The blu-rays are in 4:3 (I'm pretty sure they either used or protected for 16:9, so it's a bit odd), and I think are only for the first two seasons at this point. However, the blu-rays do have strong visuals and sound.

Has everyone else seen the direct-to-video Year One adaptation? I think Bale has ruined Batman voices, because suddenly everyone thinks a growling monotone is enough to be Batman.

So the Batman games are actually set in the DCAU? I thought they were using the writers and actors, but in a new universe.

One thing I found interesting when watching the Hitch-hiker were the similarities it had to Detour. The similarities are largely superficial (cross-country trip which goes from bad to worse), but make for interesting discussion.

I've recently been thinking about how influential Scrubs has been to other sitcoms, particularly with the moralising voice-over that is now a staple of comedy. I kind of hope you don't cover the entire series though, because it would be easier just to discuss the highlights of seasons 5,6 and 7 than trudge through the…

I loved how they just casually dropped in Merrily We Roll along into the bro fight, largely because I had just listened to it the night before and because it is generally considered one of Sondheim's weaker efforts (personally I thought it was really good musically, but I could definitely see issues in staging it…