@squid genius: Comments like this make me seethingly angry with PETA for duping the general public into thinking vegetarians are that moralistic! I am a lapsed vegetarian who still struggles with the choice of whether to return to it (and to what extent). I am currently a meat-eater who is concerned about factory…

That last quote could, I think, equally apply to a movie or TV series.

Anniversary
Today is the day after the anniversary of his birth and I am posting on a "dead" link. Fitting, I think. I discovered the AV Club only a month ago, but Kurt Vonnegut has been my personal "discovered" hero for many years now. This inventory once again transported me to the place where I think about the…

Smuggy McSmuggerson!
Can we ban the word "smug" on these boards, please? Yes, smug people surely exist, but Foer never comes across as one of them. Yes, he wrote a book about what he believes, but he tries repeatedly to convey that it is a personal story and he does not think he's better than meat-eaters. In fact, one…

So many comments, so little time.
Seems like everyone has some kinda beef with the list but I just want to express my appreciation for this fun trip down memory lane. Most of my favorite shows ever were on this list and for the ones that didn't make it, I understand why not. Good work, guys!

Wow. I'm a little sad that I never heard of Late World until reading this comment board, but happy that it reinforced the importance of always reading all the comments at the AV Club! That show is a gem!

Feeling like a tool posting to dead thread notwithstanding, I just want to add the curious footnote that, to date, I saw Clerks 2 and loved it but have yet to watch the original Clerks. My first Kevin Smith movie was Dogma, followed by Jay & Silent bob. My point being that I'm genuinely confused by the way every…