Ned's drinking
I've always rationalized Ned's drinking in the early episodes as just another example of Ned's Homer-incensing perfection: Ned can handle his alcohol, but Homer has a few drinks and he descends into all-out bacchanalia. It's just another good juxtaposition that shows why Homer's inferiority complex…

*fart horn*
Good voice performances by Benjamin and the ever-underrated Andy Kindler, but the humor was sophomoric and repetitive for the most part. Fox just doesn't breed great animated shows like it used to.

The Black Swan parody ripped off Kids in the Hall
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

fear-based ruling
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion, 2nd Court of Appeals in Manhattan.

Vitalogy may be Pearl Jam's best album, but if anything it proves their lack of versatility. Tracks like "Bugs" and "stupidmop" are examples of why some bands should stick to what they do best (anthemic guitar rock in PJ's case) and not try to show how arty they can be.

Drunk and Hot Girls
Any song that samples a German progressive rock band from the 70's and imbues it with crunk aesthetics is subversive enough to be considered inspired on at least some level, even if it is slightly annoying after a few minutes.

Typical lazy analysis of Revolution #9
If anything it works because of its sequencing - it's even more jarring coming after Paul's eerie untitled interlude and chased down with the soothing "Goodnight." In other hands, it could have been even more self-indulgent, but George Martin's supervision helped it shape into…

Colbert, anyone?
The Daily Show/Colbert Report have toggled the 1 and 2 spots on my list for the past five years. Consistently funny and topical; nothing else on tv comes close. Lost had its worst season ever - bad production values and sloppy plotting brought those of us who had a Locke-like faith in Darlton down to…

One more season
Please end it with a bang next year and don't drag it out forever. One of my favorite shows of the past ten years deserves a killer climax.

And that's the problem
"Did any one of these shows offer up an original satirical point of view? No! But that's often not what we turn to these shows for. What we turn to these shows for is sometimes just to see characters we've enjoyed before doing stupid shit together."

Dex killed a registered sex offender in sseason 4 for taking pictures of his kids, so he's killed non-murderers before.

The ghost of Michael Keaton
has begun to prematurely haunt a couple in rural Iowa. When reached for comment, the ghost said, "I thought this guy was dead, I mean, he hasn't done anything in fucking forever," thank you, ladies.

The continuity gripe is facetious - of course the Simpsons timeline is screwier than Doctor Who at this point. Reusing tropes that have already been done to death and an overall lack of comic inspiration are genuine complaints.

Hate to be the Comic Book Guy here…
But last night's Simpsons featured a trope that was done much better in the excellent Separate Vocations from season 3 and season 9 standout Lisa the Simpson - that is, Lisa fearing her intellect will be wasted and she will end up being a homemaker or a total cretin altogether. This…

Oh, Mars.
For some reason I got Veronica Mars confused with the Kirstie Alley sitcom Veronica's Closet, which I'm sure some malcontent somewhere would like to see made into a movie. Kirstie Alley chief among them.

Spot-on analysis
Dexter's story and its clusterfuck of complications was great, but the subplots, particularly the cliche-beyond-belief scene where Geoffrey Pierson's stock police chief character comes in to bust the crew's balls was lame.

@Frug - I think Matt and Trey have too much integrity to intentionally lower the show's quality out of spite. I think they've just lost the knack for writing episodes with the perfect balance of cutting social messages and toilet humor that defined the show in its prime. It's hard to throw these things together in…

One note?
If anything, the episode had the problem of having too many ideas thrown together in a disjointed way, not unlike the 200th episode two-parter from last season. You had the kids with their superhero alliance, references to recent celebrity scandals, the BP oil spill, nods to Stephen King's The Mist and…

An inspired Simpsons episode?
The autocollator says that hasn't happened since season 16!

Brown Submarine gunk?
At least half of that album is as good as anything from Alien Lanes or Bee Thousand. The BS albums all have their share of chaff, more of less on par with most of Pollard's output. Put together a greatest hits cd and that's one killer compilation for two years worth of output.