"The alternative pinup" is the nicest thing that's ever been said about Chris Kirkpatrick.

AV Club: stop trying to make The Middle happen.

I'm genuinely surprised I'm the first to make this comment (as far as I can tell) — they totally ripped off a joke from Louis C.K.'s "Live at the Beacon." It was the stuff about Columbus and Indians and etc.

I'm genuinely surprised I'm the first to make this comment (as far as I can tell) — they totally ripped off a joke from Louis C.K.'s "Live at the Beacon." It was the stuff about Columbus and Indians and etc.

It's ukUlele; it means leaping flea.

It's ukUlele; it means leaping flea.

get a roooom

get a roooom

This episode hit a lot of the good notes that Garden State does.

This episode hit a lot of the good notes that Garden State does.

It was her voice that I couldn't take any longer.

That was some paiiiinful television.

That was an interesting silent exchange—he let it sink in, raised his eyebrows, and she seemed to realize her mistake, but didn't apologize or backtrack.

I agree, I thought he had gone the way of the Dunkelman.

I had this awesome character for the roleplaying game the HERO system. He was a crazy American Indian shaman who could channel his grandfather and become a bear.

"So… boring, cliched plots are ok if they are shot in the most obvious, simplistic way possible?"

Whoa, it is? Crazy!

I'm okay with a show that doesn't make me laugh that much, but it hasn't made me feel much, either.

I'm probably alone in this, but Shoshanna feels like the most real or familiar character to me.

And this is not even that long after a similarly impressive challenge in Toronto, though obviously Chapman > J. Manual.