"I'd like to return this quote-unquote 'Ultimate Belt."

In Alessandra Stanley's review in the NYT, she mentioned that the episode ended with a message something like "Now Stay Tuned for Three Seth McFarlane Shows!" Was this supposed to come after the "Thanks, the best is yet to come" message? If so, that would have been pretty funny. And was the joke taken away just…

I was also glad to see "A Serious Man" so high, but honestly I think their writeup is pretty facile. I realize they only have a paragraph, and so they have to simplify a complicated movie, but to say that the movie responds to the theodicy/Book of Job problem with a relativist shrug seems a little sloppy to me. I…

When the Truth Is Found To Be Lies
I'm disappointed not to see "A Serious Man" getting best screenplay, director, or film nods. I thought it was really outstanding, even by Coen Bros. standards, and I thought they might have established themselves enough by now to allow me to hope they'd get more sustained awards…

Re: Garfield: Apparently there was a bizarre week or so of strips in the 80s which some fans interpret as suggesting that Garfield was dead or dying. Despite being a big Garfield fan when I was a kid, and owning a lot of the books, I didn't know about this until I read about it here:

Yeah, me too. I remember noticing during the last episode or two that he hadn't appeared, so seeing him mounted had me more worried than I otherwise would have been. On the other hand, what would be the point of getting rid of him altogether? They can just use him whenever they feel like it, right?

I guess heaven's easier to get into than Arizona State.

I liked the movie scenes: "Actually, it's ripping off the rich history of Hong Kong torture films." And the fact that Bart and Charlie paid to see "Diversity Kittens." (Tagline: "Tolerance has nine lives.")

An episode of infinite jest
Yes, American Dad was incredible. The art and the tone in the armageddon scenes were impressive.

@Mustard & texasannie: The Major telling Bobby his dream (and Bobby's reaction) is probably the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on TV. I loved reading your story, annie.

Albert's monologue is one of my favorite scenes in a show filled with absolutely stunning moments. And I think it's believable: though his character is awfully prickly and misanthropic at a face-to-face level, Albert is, like Cooper, wholeheartedly committed to excellence in fighting violent crime. He knows Cooper…

Surely you could only have that reaction, Doc, if you haven't seen "Twin Peaks"? Because if you had seen it, you would never fuck it. You would beg it to make slow, sweet love to you, and be grateful if it looked you in the eye even once during the two minutes it actually granted you.

The 'yakity sax' reference/image here made me burst out laughing.

This is a fun list. I don't tend to get a lot of new music either, partly because, as Bob Dylan once said, "it's not that I don't like new songs—it's just that there are so many more old ones." This year, though, a decent number of the albums I got into were actually from 2009.

I still care! And I was also sorry to see the Decemberists left out. I haven't heard nearly enough albums to be able to say they belong on this list, but I think "Hazards of Love" is great. It's lyrically powerful, it's got some great individual songs ("The Rake's Song," "Wasn't It a Lovely Night," "The Wanting…

I always assumed (without any actual knowledge of the band or album) that "Cookie Mountain" was a reference to Super Mario World; the band must have decided it sounded better than "Return to the Donut Plains" or "Return to Choco Island."

At 29, I think I may just barely qualify as "this generation" (at least around here), and thus I feel entitled to say that:

A parliament of prostitutes?

Nostalgia
People, can't you see this new game is tearing us apart? Let's pause for a moment to bathe together happily in the awesomeness that was and is Super Mario World.

That's interesting if you're being serious. The NY Times reviewer's article last week was largely focused on how impossibly difficult it was.