Spiritually, yes.

That's not all he loves, if I am to believe the rumors I've heard.

"Back to you, Ollie!!"

Are you wearing a hat, or have you taken to not shaving the unibrow?

You didn't feel pathos when he explained his non-punishment for his mad pooping with a monotone, "My family moves around a lot"?

Yeah, I figured there were some more specific similarities to be had there, but unfortunately, despite my best efforts (seriously I once got it off Netflix or something but I think the disc was unplayable maybe?), I have never seen Midnight Run. Sounds like fun, though!

Oh sure. I just appreciate that she was so level-headedly mundane, even while flying in Santa's sleigh.

I'd also say the fact that Frost was in such heavy Santa makeup made him even more of a secret weapon. Santa was just so much fun, and I kept having to remind myself that the obvious reason why is that he was played by one of my favorite comedic actors.

Did it take just under 90 minutes with commercials for the episode to air? Because, if so, you should have seen it in its entirety. I'll admit the necessity of including commercial breaks where no organic positions for breaks exist can get wonky though.

It was absolutely delightful that her plans consisted of nothing more than texting each other and going for a curry. Shona is the best!

I'm afraid I'm going to have to Mark you all as in a Heap of trouble if you keep going with these silly puns, though.

Sadly — and I say this as an Isaac Asimov super-fan of the highest order — I believe this is untrue. I'm doing this from memory (a quick Google search will give the correct version of this), but I believe he doesn't have any entries in philosophy, which is … the 200s? Unless one of the 50 or so posthumous books you…

No, that was actually just a one-off review of the premiere.

I mean, I'd argue Cary Grant had an impeccable Cary Grant accent. His transatlantic sound was a big part of the whole Cary Grant mystique.

Wait, you're telling me Jimmy Clausen has to keep defending me on that extortion charge even after getting his bell rung? I'm starting to feel gloomy about my chances.

Honestly, because I assumed the former would be taking Christmas Eve Eve off, and because I wasn't aware we were still reviewing the latter. Apologies for the oversights on both fronts, and they're in there now.

Honestly, I only wish I was smart enough to come up with that intentionally. Though I am glad to know I'm smart enough to come up with that unintentionally.

I mean, I will freely own the fact that I called it "12 Days Of Non-Denominational Christmas," because I'm just that kind of exquisitely thoughtless, but I really ought to save a bit of work for whatever copy editor is theoretically working on Christmas Eve Eve.

"Yeah, but he didn't know that."

Honestly, why the hell didn't we call it that? Even so, I should probably go fix that.