"You never get used to sentences like 'Fat said to Chink that Dick should'….Jesus, it makes everything sound clunky as fuck."

Well observed (sincerely, having sampled all three).

I have had pleasure of watching Burnett a couple of times recently, both viewings of an underseen movie she did in the '70s with Walter Matthau called Pete 'n' Tillie.  That title may be why this film isn't a little more known or beloved, or perhaps it's the dramatic turn of the plot that would, to some, be morose or…

Mel Brooks was the best one.  The others tend to be good, but Brooks was the single one where I feel like missing it would have been a crying shame.

Also, Eddie Pepitone returned to the Todd Glass Show podcast, released yesterday.

Thandie Newton?  Isn't she a little old for you?

"Now how am I supposed to know that?" /adam's mom drop

There's some speculation that Jon Stewart is the big name Marc cited as not willing to come on the show, because of the way Maron used to shit on him  some years ago.  A buddy who used to listen to Maron on the radio told me Marc would shower Stewart with bitter derisiveness pretty regularly, I suspect in no small…

I enjoy Call Chelsea Peretti, but think it was hitting a better stride around episodes 4-5-6-7.

Judd Apatow just followed with his box set.

The cut back to Jeselnik, after the man had reopened his eyes with an understanding that AJ would now be hiding in the ball pit, made me laugh very hard.

"It's like the other day.  I took one of those—"
- "Four-year-old boys?"
"Yeah, and I just yanked him backwards, away from his mother, right, his hands are out in front of him like Superman flying, and he was hanging on for dear life to her, you know—"
- "Blue elastic sweater-dress thing?"
"Yeah… and the sleeve, you know,…

"It's like the other day.  I took one of those—"
- "Four-year-old boys?"
"Yeah, and I just yanked him backwards, away from his mother, right, his hands are out in front of him like Superman flying, and he was hanging on for dear life to her, you know—"
- "Blue elastic sweater-dress thing?"
"Yeah… and the sleeve, you know,…

@Beelzebot:disqus I loved Brett Gelman's bit, there, and when Comedy Bang Bang (nee Death Ray) counted down its year-end favorites, I kept waiting for it (and, when they hit #2 without mention, I figured "yup, I wuz right, it's the best, here we go…#1…") but it didn't chart. Hot Saucerman said they debated putting it…

@Beelzebot:disqus I loved Brett Gelman's bit, there, and when Comedy Bang Bang (nee Death Ray) counted down its year-end favorites, I kept waiting for it (and, when they hit #2 without mention, I figured "yup, I wuz right, it's the best, here we go…#1…") but it didn't chart. Hot Saucerman said they debated putting it…

Less than a year before he'll be able to counter @avclub-00aac26b51b1299deb39aefa7647eb5e:disqus with "I'm not old — I'm 37"

Less than a year before he'll be able to counter @avclub-00aac26b51b1299deb39aefa7647eb5e:disqus with "I'm not old — I'm 37"

Rabin's a pimp.  He never coulda outfought Crystal alone. But I didn't know until this day (that I heard Comedy Death Ray) that it was Brett Gelman, all along…
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Rabin's a pimp.  He never coulda outfought Crystal alone. But I didn't know until this day (that I heard Comedy Death Ray) that it was Brett Gelman, all along…
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Hey, is this payback for Crystal's City Slickers crack on Palance:  "Did you see how leathery he was? He was like a saddlebag with eyes!"