agree that they still seemed to like him overall in earlier seasons—at least til maybe the Christmas Party ep where they think they're not invited and are all like Damn why aren't we invited? we're not that mean to him!

that's one of the reasons why Steve Carrell really excelled in the US remake—-when the writers inevitably tried to soften Michael Scott up and make him sympathetic—they had an actor whom they were able to make that work with. Can you imagine Ricky Gervais trying to make himself that genuinely likable and not just…

but again wasn't the whole thing how sweetly oblivious Jerry was to the whole thing? Like he invited them to his Christmas party that time—he considers them all his friends! Has he ever even given an indication that he's fully aware of how little the others actually like him?

well she doesn't call herself Jessica Lovejoy for nothing!

a lot of the one liners were pretty top notch—like there were a number of really solid ones throughout the ep-but i'll be damned if I can remember any of the ones I especially liked now goddamnit!

see I didn't remember that—throughout the episode I kept thinking—wait is Jerry aware of their constant mocking him? well yeah of course—he's not an idiot—but what gives with the "save yourself" treatment? has he exhibited that kind of self awareness on that level before? Even with his wife—the whole joke was that he…

I wasn't so sure I understood this one in all honesty. I kept thinking there'd be more—and the end reveal that the rival was trying to poach intel from the company they were suing barely registered with me. Also the central gambit on his part to ensnare Harvey and Mike was not at all clever and I can't believe it took…

you tell 'em Randy.

ohh yes…the studio audience responded roughly the same way too if I remember right—I fully believe that that's why it was always cut out of the comedy central reruns of it.

its strange to see an article that talks about how dangerous it is for a sitcom to indulge in a trope that could be very harmful in the real world and not mention the one instance in which this trope was actually taken to its full and terrible logical end.

the way they wrote Charlie's character that last season—having him get together with his stalker and run away to Paris with her (WHAT???) made zero sense whatsoever and had absolutely no consistency with what the show had already firmly established about Rose over the past 7 or so seasons

btw I realize that this is THE perfect example of the kind of nonsense that has been permanently wedged in my brain for years now that probably shouldn't be!

I've mentioned this before but when Paul Reiser hosted SNL at one point during the run of Mad About You they did a sketch that always got cut from the comedy central reruns of it but I always treasured the memory of because it was sooo stupid was basically a cut and paste of Mad About You and Aliens—

Excellent interview—his recollection of just being so thankful that he got a part in anything let alone a Steven Segal movie or a Van Damme movie makes me think that that's what I'd be like if I were an actor—amazed that someone would actually think to put me in something.

They Might Be Giants (Flood and John Henry were my go to albums during 8th and 9th grade! and they were both favorites of my older sister's—whose copies of those albums among others I totally stole and copied onto cassette tape before putting them back and listening to them over and over and over again on my Walkman…

yeah I also said ahh good Blossom won when she won. My mom made no blossom related comment but said "good..she deserved to win cause the other guys were stupid" she was right! "I'll make a true daily 800 Alex" (Dude could've doubled his 12 thou and owned everyone going into Final Jeopardy—of course he probably still…

Ehhh at least its watchable. I'll take blandly but serviceable over train wreck any day. Wait, No I Wouldn't! (no its I suppose comforting in a small way to know that there's at least one genre of movie that Hollywood can do exactly the way it means to without dropping the ball on it or something I guess I don't know…

the fries or the movie?

So the only other movie I can think of in this genre right now is of course Lost In La Mancha—-are there any others that I'm overlooking? (Genre being films that depict films that almost were)

I liked it a lotttt better before I actually read the book(s) After I finally read it (after many many attempts at starting it) all I could think was goddamnit did Lynch blow it!