Do we become what we despise? I find myself cringing at my past actions more often than I hate what I'm currently doing.

Let's deconstruct this for a second. My first instinct was to reference "Radioactive Man" wherein Milhouse's existing scenes were poorly edited together. I also thought of referencing "Burns' Heir" when Michael Cain played Homer for Burns' fake surveillance footage. What did anyone else come up with?

In all sincerity, what exactly do you mean? What was SNL making fun of in the first place? I love the name and the avatar, by the way.

I found a transcript of the negotiations:

The show ended 10 years before 10 years ago. Shearer is more than KIND OF a dick. He is the platonic ideal of dick. His dick-ness can't be contained in the physical realm.
Also, when are they bringing back The Critic?

Interesting fact: Yeardley Smith does not get paid for her voice acting work on The Simpsons, she and Hank Azaria get paid for NOT appearing on Herman's Head.

Seth McFarlane just updated his Monster.com resume.

This is the television equivalent of losing your wi-fi signal on a plane that's plummeting into the ocean.

Should I watch Maron, or should I just re-watch the last season of Louie?

It's not "the hoi polloi", as "hoi polloi" means "the many" or "the masses".  So "the hoi polloi" means "the 'the many'".

Hey, AV CLUB.  The Internet from 1999 called. They want their article back.

Hey, AV CLUB.  The Internet from 1999 called. They want their article back.

It's long been a tenet of American thought that wealth and/or success is directly linked to one's moral character. Though thoughtful people are intellectually aware that we are agents born into and subject to the visscisitudes of forces beyond our control - historical, economic, sociological - scratch the average…

It's long been a tenet of American thought that wealth and/or success is directly linked to one's moral character. Though thoughtful people are intellectually aware that we are agents born into and subject to the visscisitudes of forces beyond our control - historical, economic, sociological - scratch the average…

"I listen to a bunch of Magic: the Gathering related podcasts"

"I listen to a bunch of Magic: the Gathering related podcasts"

Not wrong. Didn't finish this one, one of maybe a handful of Comedy Death Ray (no Bang Bang…that show doesn't exist) episodes I couldn't finish, Tony Clifton being the last one. Uninformed TV critics who mispronounce things? Ugh. Boo

Not wrong. Didn't finish this one, one of maybe a handful of Comedy Death Ray (no Bang Bang…that show doesn't exist) episodes I couldn't finish, Tony Clifton being the last one. Uninformed TV critics who mispronounce things? Ugh. Boo

Are all Honey Boo Boo episodes titled like episodes of The Wire?  The game is the game.

Are all Honey Boo Boo episodes titled like episodes of The Wire?  The game is the game.