Alan Ruck's thoughts about OccamsBlazer:

That Dean-Luke exchange was always one of my favorite scenes from Gilmore Girls.  Always felt so honestly pessimistic for a show that, even with all its drama, was normally pretty cheery and optimistic.

Oh, so now you want more light, huh, Mr. Primal Scream?

Want a second opinion?  You're also lazy.

Uh…do you mean…?  Hmm…

JoshWOW!

The really odd thing is that both this and American Dad! had jokes that involved rhyming "scotch" with "crotch".

Many people like something, huh?  Then he really should reconsider his opinion.

It's about time somebody stood up for the Beatles!

Shut up and give me your PIN number so I can get cash out of this ATM machine!

Of course!  Didn't you know that he wrote every joke in every episode of the Simpsons in the 90's?  Obviously, if anyone else worked on that show, they would have their own talk show, too, and I would've heard of them!

@avclub-4acd793a645f227d84ddb7c4c3f16603:disqus I mentioned this a week or a two ago, but yeah, "Scenes from the Class Struggle…" is probably the first episode of the golden age that I just do not give a shit about and only watch, rarely, out of a sense of completist obligation when I put that DVD in.

A Streetcar Named Marge is incredible and yet I still underrate it.  I have a weird history with the few episodes I managed tape on their original broadcasts that I watch shitloads of times before the show, I believe, was syndicated at all.  Streetcar was one of those episodes, along with New Kid on the Block and Mr.…

Well, that'll always be the dream…

Never finished the game?  What the hell does that have to do with it?!

I'm picturing a big billboard featuring Bart saying "Get Audited, Man!"

Iron helps us play!

Can't say that I hated it, but upon closer inspection, these are loafers…I mean, yeah, you're right.  Pretty lame gag.

Castellaneta's turn-on-a-dime loathing on that line reading is so incredible.

Though I grew up listening to a lot of oldies (courtesy of my parents' tastes and family road trips - oh, the days before people had TVs in their cars), but Tighten Up was something that never crossed my radar for whatever reason.  Actually, my parents were more into doo wop and early rock n' roll and soul, so that…