So glad to see Mr Belvedere finally gets the Random Roles treatment.

Apart from earning the "class act" award, his complete brevity in stating that fact so clearly and succinctly just underlines how adept he is at understanding narrative and character.  He's a working artist who still gets the big picture.

Apart from earning the "class act" award, his complete brevity in stating that fact so clearly and succinctly just underlines how adept he is at understanding narrative and character.  He's a working artist who still gets the big picture.

A BRITISH TAR IS A SOARING SOUL, AS FREE AS A MOUNTAIN BIRD….

A BRITISH TAR IS A SOARING SOUL, AS FREE AS A MOUNTAIN BIRD….

And sometimes a cigar is a big, brown dick.

And sometimes a cigar is a big, brown dick.

Mayor Quimby's Reelection Jingle
Flaming Moe's Theme
Monorail.
It Was A Very Good Beer.

Mayor Quimby's Reelection Jingle
Flaming Moe's Theme
Monorail.
It Was A Very Good Beer.

Is there any version of that song, either in the episode, or on "Songs in the Key of Springfield," where Azaria's voice during that ending doesn't crackle just a bit, or is it just poor mixing?

Is there any version of that song, either in the episode, or on "Songs in the Key of Springfield," where Azaria's voice during that ending doesn't crackle just a bit, or is it just poor mixing?

But then you have to contend with Dress-Head, the manic female beast that is but two bodies reflected vertically.

But then you have to contend with Dress-Head, the manic female beast that is but two bodies reflected vertically.

Possibly my favorite little gag in the whole episode.

Possibly my favorite little gag in the whole episode.

That's why I chose to buy her new, pay-as-you-like album with a digital hug.

That's why I chose to buy her new, pay-as-you-like album with a digital hug.

@avclub-e7be8d8e2b9e28afea9bd38a675cd65b:disqus 's above scrip IS three and a half hours.

@avclub-e7be8d8e2b9e28afea9bd38a675cd65b:disqus 's above scrip IS three and a half hours.

A personal caveat to Semley's notes on Paradise Lost: I don't feel it's an appropriate series to marathon, since it's always felt akin to Apted's Up Series — for one, each film fills you in on the previous ones (which means if you marathon it, you're rewatching a LOT of footage), and two, the time between viewing…