Sean.

Yeah, I was really disappointed in this article because it turned into another circular contemplation of "what is overrated?" and "is it bad to be good but not great, because evil is so good and being wrong is right and that's good again, which is the evilest thing of all!"

NOT FUNNYS JOKE

On the internet, no one knows you're a talking lemon.

I don't think my explanation is exactly what was going through Gaiman's head, but it's in keeping with what was going on with comics at the time and in line with Gaiman's view of storytelling and borrowing of other stories.

He is preempting criticism (most clearly with the Jim story; that's exactly the way a critic would "prove" that all of the stories were male-focused, even when some of them are about women.) But Gaiman is responding to it in the comic because he's seen it before. He's responding to the old familiar "Comic books are…

I really liked Jumper, but thought Reflex was pretty awful and unnecessary, like most belated sequels.

I've already gotten Hulu ads that begin "The following program is brought to you by… The Following."

Russell Crowe mistook him for actual bacon and consumed half of his body weight before realizing his error.

In America as compared to elsewhere, different issues are partisan and different issues are sacred cows. Democratic socialism and/or social welfare is a sacred cow in Europe, so it's not as important to the left/right split there, while pure capitalism has more supporters in American politics. Regional self-governance…

Unfortunately, our sources say no…

Every joke in that sketch that played off the premise of treating it as a sports press conference was funny. Every other joke wasn't.

Was Ruby Rhod from The Fifth Element a descendant of Roby Roy?

Correcting people with "Actually, Jim Jones gave his followers Flavor Aid, not Kool-Aid," makes people wonder why you're an expert in Jim Jones poison mixology.

Yes. He recorded this with his own equipment, in under a week, eight years ago. I don't see why anyone sees the point of criticizing the quality of the cover.

Don't you see? Any album recorded there will be condemned by music reviewers as derivative of Arcade Fire! At best, your album will be interpreted as symbolic of an artistic statement of your vow to destroy the Canadian indie-rock establishment.

It gave us dozens of Weird Al songs that never appeared on any of his albums! It was a miracle program, I tell you!

FIX IT IN POST! WE'LL FIX IT IN POST!

#objection

If it matters, the Newt Gingrich cameo was not scripted- he was at the restaurant where they were filming and agreed to do a scene.