In the book "Orange is the New Black" (not that great, but not that bad, either) Piper Kerman has a hilarious interlude about seeing a movie starring The Rock screened in a women's prison. The place went fucking apeshit. Lesbians included. The man has a certain magnetic appeal, it is undeniable.

I say, let's band together and express-mail Mr. Greene all eighty-seven volumes of "Jock Jams."

Good episode! But Update is still limping along. Some of the anchor jokes were just awful. I think I finally put my finger on what's wrong with Che—he had this awful habit of trying to milk Jost's (few) real laughs and then undermine Jost at the same time. There's something middle schoolish about it, like he's the…

Strong's performance was great here and not just a series of random chav references. Google "Amy Childs" or heck just "The Only Way is Essex" and you'll see what a studied and perfect impression this was.

There's alway Barney Rubble, untitled freeflow, ca. 1992:
"I'm the master rapper and I'm here to say/ I love Fruity Pebbles™ in a major way."

No early years caveat needed: Jerry Seinfeld's acting is like a diaper pail on fire.

Hey now contrarian haters also gotta go to work, gotta go to work, gotta have a jaaaaaaawbb!

I love how they decided to make disappearing/murdered trainers a running gag. I see it as the ultimate writer's joke, making fun of convenient personnel openings that serve the main character.

Anyone else astounded at how well Abbi pulled off the kettle-ball mirror shatter? For obvious reasons, you really want to nail that on the first take. I feel like Abbi and Ilana's physical comedy talent is at a kind of prodigy-genius-Chaplinesque level.

YES! That scene from 30 Rock has one of my favorite lines:

"EVERYONE who has seen the film will have a strong opinion about interpretation of this scene’s reality: They will say that anyone who disagrees with them or their interpretation of the film’s final moments is not merely wrong, but has missed the point entirely.

But that scene can actually give you a rush of some sort. I mean, I don't the execs are exactly being stupid here, they're saying, can you edit movies so they're tense, suspenseful, and make your heart race? Of course, I get Schoonmaker's objection: if you do that for the whole run-time, it's exhausting and numbing…

Agreed, that sound mix (along with the percussive score) were so key in creating that immersive, wait-was-that-real? feel. I actually saw the movie on a laptop, with headphones, While it was soon clear how much I was missing by not seeing it in a theater, I soon grasped that there was a whole lot of trickery going on…

I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but I really liked it just for being such an elegantly simple jack-in-the-box kind of joke, with a long, hyper-sincere wind up. The sentimental delivery of "Death to America" after the reveal was a great cap.

Which did you think was shaky, the writing or performance? Because I watched this again and Mooney's commitment to the role really had me laughing.

I do want to give this episode a little gold star for not having any alums drop in. (Even if that saving grace is only due to it coming on the heels of SNL40.) Anyone not in the weird little SNL culture can plainly see what a horrible practice that is, not just because it's lazy but it sends a clear message to the…

This episode stayed afloat on the fact that Dakota Johnson is likable and very very nice to look at. I actually liked her in the otherwise stupid Net Neutrality skit.

I clearly love the show. I'm obsessed with it, and if anything am only guilty of holding it to outrageously high standards of comedy because they've been so consistently great. I opened my comment with the list of things I loved. I also don't think there is any genuine issue here with their trans jokes. I'm not…

Oh for sure, guilty as charged. That's why I'm pontificating on the internet. But, and I'm being sincere, I'm not exactly sure why this post just explaining why I thought some jokes didn't work drew such a strong response.

"B" is totally fair (by Broad City standards).
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