If they don't review the tapes before judging, why have them?  It would seem to be significant.

Someone used this quote for another show but it fits here.  When President Clinton helped Lisa Simpson  win the band competition, his lesson was "If you don't get  what you want, keep complaining until  you get it".

Saw him in concert (I think he opened for Clapton) and his fans are the hardest drinking most gesturing people I've ever had between me and the stage.

Or in a vicious cult like in "The Final Sacrifice".  Besides, Robin's dad can be Canadian - he didn't use "eh" at the end of every sentence.

Sure it is.  Just like the time I "met" Eric Clapton.  And the other time I "met" ZZ Top

@avclub-b5e4a473ce68944972ab9392a4b04afc:disqus You're looking at it as the fun facts person.  Being on the receiving end is a nightmare.  You just want to ride the bus, or be on a plane for 14 hours and some maniac insists on showing you that he's actually read a book.  Also, trust me, they are not interested in…

Jeez, it's the Mayan Calendar all over again!

Have you ever been on a bus?

Anyone think of the scene in Surviving the Game where Gary Busey tells the story of his father testing his manhood with his bulldog?

I would have liked the one where Ted is being a douche on the bus, giving a lecture on architecture to disinterested riders, when the driver hits the brake and throws him to the floor.

The raspy voice only works for me if it's their real voice, like Polly Draper and Kathleen Turner.  Robin just sounded ill.

As long as Lily switches to watercolors.  You don't want all that turpentine around a baby.

The most recent episode of American Dad used the same idea - with Stan losing his aloofness if it's a phone call and not face to face, casually discussing his assassinations (and contradicting an earlier show), sex with his wife and even his urge to commit suicide.

A long time ago I read a message, I don't remember the forum, from a guy ranting about how all the people on the nude beach were ugly.  Someone had to remind him that the people were there for themselves, not for him.  Yes, there are hot chicks at topless and nude beaches but also regular people. 

The real point of this episode is that nudity is better in theory than in practice.

Exactly.  If the Soviets started shooting it wouldn't be one city but a dozen and then we'd have shoot back and it would be all over.  What was really tragic was Grotechele (sorry for the spelling) idea that the Soviets would fold because of what Marx said.  That idea, that the enemy is fundamentally different than us…

That's his problem.  Ours is an invasion of soulless Kojaks.

The same might be said of their plan.  One scientist starts a plan "for good" and another continues it - bad future.  It also kind of violates one of the theories of time travel - that you can't change the events, you can only be part of them, which includes causing them.

I'm truly surprised at how complicated and risky this plan is.  What if the scientist thought Michael was great and went through with the plan anyway?  What if the scientist never had the idea until he saw how awesome Michael is?  Wouldn't it be a lot simpler to just send a hand grenade through?  That would solve the…

@avclub-4fe860ecea409a11e44fa1f241f2ea0c:disqus Then complain about Surimi.  They take fish whose only previous use was to be dried and ground up for animal feed, dye it, shape it and call it "lobster.