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Any reason why Sasheer Zamata couldn't have been, say, either one of the women at the table of the catering sketch? Or the reporter interviewing the 110-year-old woman? She IS in the regular cast, isn't she?

I'm surprised no one's mentioned "Lars And The Real Girl." When Ryan Gosling started dancing to that, in love for the first time, I absolutely lost it.

Will, I have wanted to say this to David Morse face-to-face for 35 years, so I'm hoping he reads the comments. He may not remember me personally, but I think he might recall our meeting.

One insane car chase that hasn't been mentioned below is the opening scene in Jackie Chan's first "Police Story" - when he cuts to a wideshot of the hillside village that's being decimated by the hurtling vehicles madly careening downhill, it's breathtaking.

I'd add the swordfight scene in "Die Another Day;" beautifully staged and choreographed (if I'm not mistaken, by the man who created the Darth Maul fight and many, many others), but especially good because, unlike just about every other faceoff between Bond and his adversary, they really look like they HATE each other.

I also want to call everyone's attention to a stunning jazz album by the German pianist Julia Hulsmann entitled "Come Closer." It's all Newman covers, sung by an amazing singer named Anna Lauvergnac. The highlight is "You Can Leave Your Hat On," which bypasses the joke and turns it into the sexiest version I've ever

That's absolutely it, thank you. It says it was broadcast on German television, but I can't find how I saw it. PBS would seem to be the obvious choice, and there's also an obscure DVD that contains it along with others, but I know I saw this 20 years ago, before DVDs.

I think Newman has always been underappreciated for his gorgeous string arrangements. I just found out that he arranged "Is That All There Is," and… of COURSE he did.

I like Neville's cover too, although he does change the lyrics to "what the river has done to this poor farmer's land," which of course softens the callousness of the president's comment. Marcia Ball's version is really powerful too, although she too alters the lyrics - the little man with the notebook is no longer

I've been trying to find it on the net, but all I seem to find are the actual lyrics; I remember a live performance on TV many years ago where Newman introduced "A Wedding In Cherokee County" and explained why he included the odd eastern-Europe influence of "I'm not afraid of the greywolf who stalks through our forest

On the other hand, an hour and a half earlier… my god, Gilda was brilliant.

Can EVERYONE get past the doorman in Alicia's building and show up at her door unannounced?

I wondered how Alicia and Howard's conversation could be "privileged" if she wasn't actually his lawyer. (Sorry, looks like that was asked already below.) And how popularly-available is facial recognition software? Terrific multiple-balls-in-the-air episode, though.

The Dairy Queen has something called the "$5 Buck Lunch." They're so confused when I ask for the Venison Burger.

I've always thought that the coolest thing would have been for Selleck to turn out to be the guy who gives River Phoenix the hat and the whip at the beginning of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

Oops. Thanks.

He may have been WITH the show longer, but he's been ON the show as long as Che. They debuted Update together.

On the other hand, Amy Poehler was promoted DURING her first season.

I must have some kind of comedy filter on my TV, because I'm reading recaps this morning that call this episode "perfect" (Salon) and giving A-grades to sketches like the baby shower and the airplane (Hitfix). Oh - and why is Jost now in the main cast and Che is still featured, given their identical screen time?

I think this is really interesting - I haven't read all 294 comments, but I haven't yet seen one that attacked the reviewer about giving a bad review of a faith-based film. The comments two weeks ago about "War Room" were scathing and personal ("Why didn't somebody else review it if you feel this way, you godless