The interview with Sepinwall that Todd referred to is pretty interesting. Everyone loved the US/Canada version because the idea of the environmental similarities, the ideas of coldness and isolation. But yeah, in the original version, I never quite could notice the differences between Sweeden and Denmark. It would…

No podmass last week, and this one came out too soon.. but I had to recount the awesome appearance of The American on The Bugle week before last. Here's my favorite bit.

It' the underlying subtext of "I can't believe I get paid to do this shit on tv" that creates an almost palpable joy in those guys.

Not to mention that the guy is a producer for The Bachelor, which… damn.

Genius casting, but in the movie, he's basically a bitch.

@avclub-6ffc79f9decf633c29b09e6c25621195:disqus  Some great stories with him. I laugh at just in the one I retold, a couple of other aspects to it.

But in the vision of future Stillson as president that was basically thwarted, he fucking launched nukes at Russia for no reason!

Ha, awesome. I should have read further down the thread. Should be close to the top of the list!

Although never US president, Sam Houston was President of Texas before it became a state (later was a US senator and governor), and he was also a comptratiot of Jackson. Before going to Texas, Houston was an agent for Indian affairs, with a Cherokee nickname that translated to "Big Drunk." A US congressman who hated…

"Don't drop that cake!"

Instead of the SNL Ex-Presidents, you should have just had Phil Hartman's Reagan impression, where he plays the doddering elder statesman to Jimmy Stewart, girl scouts, etc… but when the public is gone, Reagan is this super intense mastermind, running the Iran-Contra thing almost entirely by himself and making phone…

It was like that on the Nerdist a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't mind it. He could have maybe sat a foot or two further away from the mic, but to me, it made him sound more affable and likeable. Like he was enjoying the whole thing and his laughter brought that out.

After thinking about it, I think they should have let Tony Hale play young George Sr. Seth Rogen kind of imitates some of the mannerisms, but Hale not only looks more like Jeffrey Tambor. if he had a thicker wig, no glasses, and didn't ham up with the Busterisms, Hale would have nailed it. There are some moments later…

I rewound that part at least 10 times when I first saw it.

Heartily agree. It's really most of the way through the 2nd episode where I started to notice the things in the background and knew that there a lot of these would pop up down the road, you can tell that the stories overlap based on the things you see in the background. It's a lot more fun watching when you see the…

When he talks over them it's typically because he's saying the same line as the actor. It's an echo.

Kind of what I'm noticing. I found the first episode a little meh at first, but as you get through that ep and realize the way the tone and structure of the show will be, the ep got better. Especially the ending where he gets bowled over by the ostrich, which I swear I rewound and watched 10 times.

Aw, Die Hard 2 was pretty fucking awesome.

Oooo Rock me Dr. Zaius!

Yeah, notable. I think too that everyone else sees Pete as a slimeball, with enough juice and ambition to succeed, but just not quite good enough to be the silver tongued charmer like Roger or the mysterious dark and deep charmer like Don. But I think Joan somewhat recognizes that the thing that makes Pete a clumsy…