Oh, sorry. I wasn't suggesting that they are really the same; more that it's fun to tease the Dutch. You know, like suggesting that Canadians are pretty much just Americans with weird, colored money. And free health care.

What's that sound? Oh yes, it's the sound of thousands of Dutch heads exploding with anger. I knew a Dutch woman, and it was very fun to refer to her as German:

Recent revelations indicate that the blood was, in fact, lukewarm.

Dowd: "DOUBLE F? My God—she's years ahead of us!"

I've only seen the first two episodes of the new season so far. My girlfriend likes it, so I watch it even though it annoys the hell out of me. I don't think it's Clare Danes' fault, but her character Carrie is getting pretty threadbare. I imagine a director saying "ok—you're balking, you're balking, more balking,…

It definitely takes the prize for the worst opening credits I've ever seen. I had to stop watching the show, I hated those credits so much.

well I suppose I could always go back and check the transcript of the 1950 State of the Vagina Address.

will do.

I keep telling you, Travalena and Stephenson are already dead. And rather pungent, as I recall.

I just mentioned him as an example of good improv. There used to be a youtube video of one of his improvised routines involving an iceberg and him being raped by giant turtles, but I couldn't find it today. I think for the most part he's not that great; it's just that he's amazing at improv. He does a southern…

That sucks, but you know, as they say, there are plenty more sturgeon in the mighty Neva.

Oh? I hadn't heard that. That's too bad. Maybe he was just having a bad night—who knows what's actually happening in anyone's life? Or maybe he's just an arse.

PantsGoblin with old-timey muttonchops and sleeve garters: "I believe I'll whet my whistle."
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Scene of PantsGoblin dancing around a maypole.
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*scans for sarcasm* It's clean! May I say that I'm grateful to you and your fellow a.v. club writers for keeping me entertained, informed and in a near-constant state of alarm. Have a great break!

Well I would hope that we're better than that. *goes back to writing his screenplay about interracial sex in South Africa, entitled "Cry, the Beloved C*nt"*

Ha, yes I forgot about that. I like that the chap who voices Garfield starts laughing at the end—it makes it even funnier to me.

I can't tell if that's a knock against him or not—I've never seen it. I've seen him live a couple of times, though, and when he starts wandering off script it's generally incredibly funny. I don't like his musical comedy stuff as much.

For the most part, yeah. I think there's a certain glory in Rixty Minutes' "Two Brothers" trailer that specifically comes from it being improvised, but I thought the other trailers etc. in the episode would have benefitted from a bit of editing and revision.

When it's done well, there's an agreeable giddy madness to improvised comedy—I'm thinking specifically of a Canadian comic named Sean Cullen, with whom I would be delighted to eat psilocybin mushrooms. That said, 99% of all improvised comedy I've seen has been excruciating, as the performers generally went for easy…

Yeah, you don't have to scroll down very far to find ~words like "manosphere".