grinding an ax against MTV programming from 1986? Really?
There is a lot of unwarranted douchiness emanating from this review, but it's not from Matt Pinfield.

Thank you, Insert Pun. Academics are regular people too. Pretension is not a requirement.

Guys! CarolineEAnd gave you the definitive answer up there, from authority. Stop arguing.

It's almost worth having the dancers be in the closet to avoid having Nigel praise them on how straight-acting they are in an opposite-sex dance.

I think they didn't mention him because they most likely taped the Gaga performance the day of judging, if not earlier, and just forgot. Gaga was at Kimmel tonight.

When PR takes over your life
We were running not far from where they filmed the Harvest Festival, and saw a woman walking two miniature horses (there was a carnival nearby). My husband ran ahead and asked her if any of them were Lil Sebastian. No, they were not, and she was both confused and put out to be asked such…

indie films, mang
In fairness, the movie was written in 2002, when it's set. It wasn't intended to be a period piece, just took a long time to get off the ground & released.

I knew Simon would try to get me to care for Bodie's eventual death, but fuck Bodie. I will NEVER forgive Bodie.

Joseph: http://twitter.com/#!/dizzy…

Indeed, not managing to see Bowie in anything by now is a big knock on a TV reviewer. You don't even have to watch BBT — just Party Down! Childrens Hospital!

True Story: Besser disbanded Rich Sommer's Harold team after *one* performance.

If he really wanted to help her, he would make sure she got dance styles where her joker's grin would be an asset, instead of a distraction. To be fair, she fixed it this week.

melanie
I love Melanie like everyone, and am probably in the majority thinking she's the strongest dancer who will probably win. But this is the second week where it appeared that she was uncomfortable and tentative in dance heels. No one mentioned it the last time, so I thought I was crazy, but this week — same…

stinkbutt
It makes me kind of sad that Donna has come to the dark side of the disappointment of season five NR. But also pleased, because it's true.

An American host for QI: Hodgman or Stephen Colbert.

What Hawaiian said. Do you want to be like Lynne Truss, or do you want to be like Shakespeare? Calm down everybody.

so actually I remember that subplot not being that bad, but maybe it's just because
"I curse you…and your domain" is one of my favorite Tierney brilliant hand gestures.

It's entertaining and pretty funny. There's no reason to miss it. The rat symbolizes obviousness!

What about his embarrassment over a secret that had clearly been filmed? Melanie's secret, on the other hand — adorable.

you win the night