"Sleepy?"

Good point. For instance, I never even really thought of it as a Norman Lear show, just one that kinda looked like one.

I'd call the original show "classic" Lear only in that it's from the past.
It's Lesser Lear. Hell, maybe even the Leastest.

What, "Mack" Phillips was there?

PEOPLE ARE WONDERFUL, BUSINESS IS GREAT, LIFE IS TERRIFIC!!

And in which they paradoxically drop not a stitch of laughter!

Jake's yer name! Wot wot?

I, FOR ONE, ENJOY BEING PANDERED TO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

"Now let me sing you a little song about it…"
(straps on acoustic guitar, as everyone else quietly begins to leave)

I was wondering that, too. Seems obvious.

Hey, 'Heavy Into Jeff' was a misunderstood classic!

Man, are we still acting like most of "Mulholland Dr." didn't suck?

Just went back and read most of the comment thread from the "CoM" kontroversy: you'll notice a lot of good people seem to have moved on from the bidness of commenting here, or perhaps they (like me) just have a different handle now.

(Bellona tribute account): Who?

AND SUCH IS DEATH.

Eyyy! I love Chevy too, man!

There is no reason at all that Mangelo couldn't have ended on 'Koyannisquatsi's' ending. Now THAT'S the fucking End.

Ah. There they all are.

It sounds like the movie is Bugfuck first. God being Octavia Spencer makes as much sense as anything else does.

The Holy Spirit, or "Schneider…"