I was ok with Armisen being there, as long as he's not doing his Obama impression. I didn't watch the NBC Live Sound of Music. Did Carrie Underwood do a British accent?

Gentle ribbing and inoffensive humor that barely induces chuckles do not make a worthy episode of any comedy show, even mid-life-crisis SNL. I'd grade this turd a C- at best. Too bad, because Paul Rudd did a decent job. The writing and the obnoxious guest spots ruined it.

Oh, and between guest spots and ads, Will Ferrell is already on all the shows. Having him on SNL last night helped fuck things up.

I freakin' hate Kristen Wiig, and think the best thing about SNL this season is that her hacky schtick is gone and over. And this is one of her worst characters. Why does Lorne Michaels love her so? Does she give him tiny little handjobs or something?

With all the peaty goodness of Northwest Washington?

I don't get the "attractive" part. His intelligence I can understand, he can be a decent human at times, but his "bad elements" far outweigh any good, in my opinion. His misogyny is particularly off-putting.

Martin Mull's comedy albums from the 70s are fantastic. Funny funny stuff.

I'm all for him losing his mind and his shit. I've never liked him, don't really plan on starting now.

That baby name and spit take were waaaay telegraphed, but still hilarious.

Dunno. It came in my RSS feed. I ignore the big pictures.

Is there anyone radical enough to play King Radical, though?

Perhaps AV Club's PD-N is more stoned today than we thought.

I have to imagine that if Nick Offerman were chopping off the heads of bad guys, he'd turn them into tasteful furniture pieces for the den.

I can't devote that much time to High School USA, though. I'd rather see more Axe Cop. All things should be Axe Cop. If there's a thing that's not Axe Cop, somebody should say "This needs Axe Cop" and put Axe Cop in it.

I already pointed this out on the What's On Tonight thread, but the only thing that disappoints me about Axe Cop is that Sockarang's sock arms always stay attached to his body. How can you have Sockarang without the "arang"???

While Nick Offerman is the only human alive who could conceivably voice Axe Cop, Axe Cop is to Nick Offerman as Nick Offerman is to us mere mortals.

The only thing that disappoints me about Axe Cop is that Sockarang's sock arms always stay attached to his body. How can you have Sockarang without the "arang"???

Axe Cop never arrests anybody. He chops their heads off. They should have a body spray episode.

You can watch all episodes of Axe Cop at Fox's ADHD website, http://foxadhd.com

Also: End of year television is typically abysmal. So much Christmas programming. Even the rerun channels rerun That One Episode everybody's seen a kajillion times already at Christmas. Time to fire up the Netflix machine.