sconn: "Go get 'em, tiger" was first said by Roger to Sally when he asked her to collect business cards in her purse.  Sally was calling back to this moment when she quoted the line back to him.

I'm guessing that the setup for Megan's ultimate dilemma is, would you rather be mediocre at a job that you love, or excel at a job that you don't?

The episode title "At the Codfish Ball" is taken from a song from the Shirley Temple movie Captain January (1936).  I actually saw this many moons ago, but my memories of it are spotty at best.  The only slim connection I can come up with is that young orphan Shirley winds up being rescued from a life at a boarding…

The Zeiss lens for Barry Lyndon was a modified lens originally built for NASA.

Christ, I forgot that Tony Hale was on an episode of Justified, and on the same episode that Robert Picardo guested, to boot.  Thus confirming that the coolest job in show business today is that of casting director for Justified.

Ahem…not that I wish to be a shill, but…

Triangle Man > Particle Man

By gar, unless someone else made another smog comment that would have been me.  And now I'm going to keep watching for smoke-related clues over the next few weeks.

Vincent Kartheiser and Benedict Cumberbatch are mano a mano in the Ultimate Man-Name Cage Match final.

Quote attributed to "The Clams of Howard Johnson's" by Dave Algonquin, Atlantic Monthly, October 1966.

Re Semi Chellas: The Eleventh Hour is pretty good.  Compares well with other early/mid-decade Canadian dramas (Da Vinci's Inquest, Intelligence).  Actually, from the looks of the new Sorkin show, I'd say The Eleventh Hour is similar in some respects save for the acerbity. She also wrote The Life Before This which I…

Yes, they are indeed.  The retro candy store in my neighborhood sells 'em.

Yes!  We saw that ad as well, and near-simultaneously wondered if Laurie and Lou were that hard up for cash.  Or maybe it's a clever foreshadowing of the final episode of "Mad Men," which flashes forward to 1981 and has Megan performing "O Superman" at Don's 55th birthday party.

I was just going to point this out, and if memory serves, it took a veiled threat from Bert about knowing Don's true identity to get him to do it.  So despite Bert's genteel and occasionally befuddled demeanour, he has the capacity for nasty.

I'd actually originally written an apology within my comment for my brute obviousness, but then thought, nah, go for the gusto.

I'd tap that!

I believe that you first need to work as a vagina associate for a minimum of six months.

I'm thinking that Boston Market may have found themselves a new pitchman.

That's unfortunate.  As a very, very occasional poster and longtime reader, I do enjoy following your posts; I certainly wouldn't think anything of it if you do change your mind and return to these boards.  Also, it kinda sounds like you've had an absolutely shitty week; maybe stepping away from the computer unless…

Call me crazy, but don't I remember Mad Men to have irregular time jumps between episodes in a season, sometimes as much as a month? (I could be entirely mistaken, of course.) Having said this, the killer smog that hit NYC in November 1966 would also make for a grim and atmospheric capper.