I assume it's one of those "name a random person half the audience has never heard of" jokes that Schwartzwelder is so fond of. And rightly so because it always makes me laugh.

From his response to the "are you human?" question, I kind of assume he's replaced most or all of his innards with robo-parts. Hence the external heart and breathing apparatuses.

Or just when they're being an ass to another human being.  Turk was right, it's not easy being a woman in a male dominated field.  It's also not easy being a man in a woman-dominated field, or, say, a single parent in most work environments.  Nothing wrong with pointing out some context to someone to show them the…

I probably won't bother with any Spider-man films or shows until they get the Spectacular Spider-man team on it. That show absolutely nailed everything that's great about the franchise (including, incidentally, the Rhino).  It's fun, but it never loses the focus on responsibility, nor the way that the combination of…

Typical villainous hubris. He probably could have won handily after Quimby went all Nixon in the debate, but he didn't want to leave it all to chance, particularly not when he had a Machiavellian scheme all mapped out already.  Same reason Bart was able to stall him out with Gilbert and Sullivan, really.  Bob's…

His expression when Bart cuts him off is great.

I had to pause for that one so I could finish laughing.  Because I, too, had completely forgotten it was a strength suit and there was no logical reason for him to be stuck behind bars.  Also his reaction time upon figuring that out was impressive. I'm really liking these competent Venture Bros.

This seems most likely to me. Jonas totally seems like the kind of father who sees that his boy needs friends and rather than providing him a chance to meet some real people, just whips up some almost-real people for him to play with.

Ahh, Doctor Turkleton.
Actually, sir, it's "Turk".
That's your first name.
You think my name is "Turk Turkleton"?

I liked that, actually.  It's a version of himself that the current Doctor rejects, but that doesn't change who he is (or was, I guess) to everyone else.  Classic denial, really.

The news that Hurt would be playing The Doctor in the special was already out there on rumors sites.  The reveal would have been completely ruined by November.  This way they still had a chance to catch some people by surprise with it.

It's a great running gag, but for my money nothing will ever beat "Let's just pray that, for once, when we get there he doesn't turn out to be me."

I remember seeing that scene and thinking "man, no matter where they take that joke it'll ruin it. If they play it straight it'll just be weird and not funny-weird, but if it's some sort of double-entendre it'll be lazy (and still unfunny)." But they took it nowhere, and that was perfect and I shouldn't have doubted…

That was probably the most Sealab-esque line, I think, both in phrasing and delivery.

I was actually very disappointed that he didn't reference it with disgust and/or disdain.

@avclub-78b6e39336f2cc0745a2944f919541a4:disqus That would actually make a lot of sense.  All the crap he's survived, how he's really good at things like counting shots and knows a bunch of weird random facts about things, the way he functions so well in spite of his insane alcohol consumption (and the way he sobers…

Yep that was the magic of early days Simpsons (and to a lesser extent, Futurama), something that probably has a real name but I like to call visual timing.  Knowing just how much attention to draw to a gag visually—too little and people miss it, too much and you ruin the joke by beating viewers over the head with it. …

This show is full of incredible line reads that earn Dan Castellaneta his place in voice actor immortality.  This is one of them.

The band made me realize how much I want to see Spinal Tap in an episode of Psych. I was really expecting a more direct reference to the movie when Lipps was showing off his guitars.

I thought Roger's costume was great for how effectively it undercut one of TV's biggest go-to "emotional" songs. It wasn't that he was dressed to look like the guy who recorded the song, it was his deadpan singing that really did it.