The intro to "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth" is fucking hilarious.  Otherwise, yeah.

I always wondered how that song by that German Communist entered the Great American Songbook.  You know, "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer."

Plus, the awesome "On a hot summer night…" intro to that song is so fantastic(ally hilarious).

@avclub-734ffb84cfa214922893511fae356b45:disqus The Big Bopper was inventing hip hop!

There's a pretty big separation between musicals and opera.  One is essentially a play with songs added, the other is a story entirely told through music.  Honestly, that sounds really pedantic but it's true.  When almost all of a character's emotion is coming through the orchestration and song (along with some…

@avclub-3521a3a5bcfea0fe1189f8bc13af1f99:disqus You can't categorically say that Andrew Lloyd Webber's career is a crime against humanity (my words) because Jesus Christ Superstar is legitimately amazing.

Does anyone not boycott StreetWise?

I think thought the implication was that that "bad news" was what made him the hotter one.

You know, the AV Club morphed into a hardcore sex website so gradually, I didn't even notice.

Watch out grandma, grandma is gaining on us!

I believe it's pronounced Ay-rab bashing.

@eric827:disqus Are you telling me that men don't choose when they are and are not erect?  What the hell have I been doing all these years!

Whenever I'm restocking Jalapeno chips at work, I want to pronounce them like Ricky does.

It makes you madder than a… yak in heat.

Winter is coming?

Damn you for beating me to a "Smell the Glove" reference!

Actually, "Mädchen" is the diminutive form of "Magd" which means that it literally means "young/little maiden."

How do you sleep at night?

Watch the episodes of "The Big Fat Quiz of the Year" with him (especially the two where he was partnered with Noel Fielding).  It's hilarious.

'e's 'avin' a laugh!