People who don't watch shows after bad pilots? but 'Firefly' had a great pilot.

One of the biggest donors was quoted as saying, "Hey, if we wanted to give money to liars, we wouldn't be making donations to a political campaign."

That sounds like a really interesting idea for a random scene, but it sounds like a very strange conclusion for a documentary about an actress.

I would find it very out of character for Theresa D'Agostino to suddenly get pregnant while running Carcetti's mayoral campaign, and she isn't a prominent enough character to do the thing where they have people act out of character for complexity.

Once the show does 8 more minutes that are worth watching, it will qualified for a TV Club 10.

Ennis also did a follow up to his vampire story in Hitman. I think the story is included in the "For Tomorrow" trade, but it might be in "Tommy's Heroes".

Following in Shatner's footsteps again, Mister Stewart?

You could watch "Masterminds" and see him cursing at children.

You should check out the stories behind that song. From what I remember, Mike Love either refused to record it or refused to release it in the form that Wilson wanted. [This is on either "Smile Sessions" or "Pet Sound Sessions"; Van Dyke Parks was more involved in it than the final track.] Eventually, he insisted…

Pet Sounds is puberty through losing your virginity; "Good Vibrations" is when they are Men.

I listened to the stuff from "The Smile Sessions" before really being familiar with the songs that were released (I knew up to "Pet Sounds" but nothing after that). That's probably the closest you'll ever find. I can't imagine there are people out there who would make it through four discs of "Smile Sessions" if…

Wilson wrote the verses and Love wrote the chorus.

Yeah, as much as I love pop and rock music, the older I get, the more I feel silly when I listen to songs about specific young ages. That is a great example — it's arguably a perfect pop-rock song, but I don't want to hear it because I have trouble enjoying it when it aspires to something I already have (age, that…

Have you heard the version from "Endless Harmony"? Give it a spin (it's on Youtube). I can't quite say that it's a better version, but it's surprising that it's even a contest.

The Smile Sessions is a four-disc box set where there are ten minute tracks of Brian Wilson talking to orchestra members for two minutes and then getting them to play the same note over and over for fifteen seconds, after which he gives them a bunch more notes.

"Fairweather fans, the lot of you."

First Tier: Do "Mona Bone Jakon", "Tea for the Tillerman", and "Teaser and the Firecat" in whatever order you want.
Second Tier: "Matthew and Son" is very enjoyable with a lot of good songs, but production-wise, it's not quite what you want/expect from him. Half of "Catch Bull At Four" is as good as the First Tier. …

I thought you were slightly more dismissive of their 1965 output in general than I would be, but I give you credit that you presented it as an opinion and justified it. I don't agree, but, as you say, there are fans for different phases, and I think I like the lead up to "Pet Sounds" where they're trying to get there…

I was surprised that there was no mention of "Forever" at all.

"There are some really nice performances on Stars And Stripes, too"