I remember reading somewhere that "The One Where No One Is Ready" is actually the writers' way of paying homage to SEINFELD. I unabashedly enjoy FRIENDS and I thought the "bottle episode" they were going to go with was the one where Ross and Rachel break up, while the rest of the cast is trapped awkwardly in Monica's…

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I showed a few friends the self-contained-at-the-time DOCTOR WHO episode "Blink." They all loved it but when I encouraged them to go back to the beginning of the reboot and watch it it was met with lukewarm enthusiasm.

Great show, second only to
THE ADVENTURES OF PETE AND PETE. Similar in tone and concept—bizarre small town escapades, but without the ongoing mythos. My favorite was the "The Call" in which a lone ringing pay phone has finally driven the residents of Wellsville around the bend. Little Pete goes on a quest to answer…

I always have the "didn't study" dream. Then I wake up and realize I'm not in high school. Or college. And then I get sad for different reasons.

I kind of see where you're coming from, Byron, but "Normal Again" didn't come out and say "this is a TV show" which I think is important. Most meta stories, in my opinion, call attention to the mechanics of storytelling, while "Normal Again" simply called attention to the idea of storytelling.

I sought out this episode on YouTube so I would have a full knowledge of where Noel was coming from but, for most of the other VSE's the opening re-cap paragraphs and video clips are absolutely essential, especially for things like the MST3k column.

"who generally played* smarmy…"

Dash X was a bad-ass despite being played by the kid who generally smarmy, rich assholes.

I find meta gags to be pretty hit or miss, so the ones I love I really love. FRESH PRINCE had two really great ones: in one episode, Will went back to Philly and saw some people from the old neighborhood. They all gave him shit because he ran from a fight with Some Character (whose name I can't remember). When…

I like
this movie (somewhat…). I also like JJ Abrams. If you're looking for a movie that really heralds the filmmaker he will become, may I suggest JOY RIDE for a future I Watched This On Purpose. RIDE is not perfect by any means—for every good decision they made (Steve Zahn) they coupled it with a bad one (Paul…

Christy Moore - "Delirium Tremens"
"The Pope and John F. Kennedy were starin' in me face." Guy goes through DTs and the chorus is tragic but hilarious: "I could never figure out how yer man stayed up on the surfboard after 14 pints of stout."

Everytime I see a picture
of Jaden Smith, I think he is playing Riley in a live action BOONDOCKS movie. Now _that_ I would see.

Okay just watched it. I dug it. I give it about a B or B+. At first I thought I was in for another HAPPY TOWN, but I started to realize that this was a show that was much more adept at storytelling than HT.

Going off the comment that started this thread, Dr. B. Other shows that did this well:

I'm not even going to finish reading the rest of this review
until after I watch the thing.

This ep reminded me of
season 1's "A Date With The Health Inspector." In the beginning of that episode we are given a pretty clear premise: Huey has X amount of time to find the real Xbox Killer before Tom goes to jail. And then we end up on a freewheeling journey with Gin Rummy and Ed, fighting terrorists in a…

The dog scene left me reeling.

This episode turned took a sharp left every time I was expecting it to turn right. I totally thought it was supposed to be a Professor X joke also. And I thought some sort of USUAL SUSPECTS-type switcheroo would happen, and reveal that it was Riley who masterminded stealing the car while Lamilton was just an…

I thought the psychic pollen was a necessary bit of phlebotinum (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/….

I did not see the twist coming, but I'm happy to meet The Doctor's foil. I'd love to see more of him.