I think that might be because FOX has control of the syndication rights and they want people to buy the DVDs.

Great point. And I loved that show - I totally should have thought of it. Maybe I tend to lump it in with the Simpsons and animated stuff because it was on Sundays on Fox, but then, so was Arrested Development.

You know, AD gets a lot of credit for pioneering the current era of the single-camera sitcom, and I'm sure it's ultimately been more influential in that regard, but Scrubs was definitely doing it first.

One example among many is that Scrubs never resorted to what TVTropes called "magic paddles." When the defibrillator came out on Scrubs, the guy on the table was almost definitely gonna die. So many shows that claimed to be good on the medical stuff (ER, Grey's Anatomy, etc.) treated a stopped heart as if it was a car…

What gets me is the bit after Fred tricks Wes and Gunn and they stop to agree with the woman wearing her sweater that Jasmine is "so wonderful."

Don't they have the Armando Iannucci/Julia Louis Dreyfus thing coming up too? That's the one I'm looking forward to.

About halfway through right now, and a lot of this is really different from the first album, which I really really liked listening to this summer (I missed it when it came out last year). I was kind of apprehensive about the release date, because their first album is so summery that I thought I wouldn't enjoy this as…

Seriously, what is it about Deschanel that inspires such stalkerism? Have you ever read YouTube comments on She and Him videos? People are creeeeepy.

I don't think there's much to scientifically support the concept of gin "bruising" but either way shaking chips the ice and generally waters down your drink. This will happen with either gin or vodka.

The pod race was our go-to back in college for testing the latest configuration of my roommate's home theater system. There is no better way to tell if your subwoofer is working properly or if your speakers are in the right location than to use the surround-sound mix of that scene.

PC - I've had a similar reaction to Infinite Jest. It's one of those things (like, in a way, The Wire) that when you're done with it, it makes you look at everything around you in a different way. I can't tell you how many arthouse movies are ruined for me because they look too similar to JOI's stuff.

It Returns!
Sean O'Neal's Big Red NO makes a comeback.

I agree with Janet. The character's kind of like Ziggy on The Wire in that he's not supposed to be likeable. I think Kartheiser did a pretty good job, and once you know where the character is going (pre-season 5, anyway), it's impossible not to see the tragedy and pain in both the writing and the performance.

Alexa Davalos wasn't the hottest actress, but Gwen Raiden was the sexiest character on either show. Those pants were great (and conformed to the Buffyverse wardrobe rule on alignment and leather pants).

THE SPOILER CONTINUES

Connor and Cordelia
SPOILERS ALL DAY EVERY DAY

"…maybe peter king just doesn't want China seing the inside of a MH-47 Chinook, because the army is gonna let a film maker faithfully recreate that."

Yeah, it's also the "Recovering Alcoholic Jug Band" which is funnier because they're shown playing empty liquor bottles.

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, he's all healed up and back for more - let's give a big, drunken welcome to Yodelin' Zeke."
"Yodel-ay-hee yodel-i-hee-hee, odel ay - AH"

Great Simpsons Movie Titles
Ernest Meets the Pope is my favorite non-existent movie.