To be fair to Hammett, most of the time he didn't write the songs or arrange them. If he got a long solo on a song, it's because James and Lars wanted a long solo there. Hanneman and King were great at writing together and writing songs FOR each other to solo over, while generally never overstaying their welcome…

I have never understood why people think Mustaine is "better" than Hammett. Faster? Probably. But he has never proven himself capable of writing a memorable guitar solo. A more chaotic solo? Absolutely. But Hammett would write HOOKS within his solos, something that Mustaine never really did nearly as well.

Yeah, Hammett only started learning from Satriani AFTER Kill 'Em All came out. And you can tell, because his melodic sensibility on Ride The Lightning is miles ahead of his phrasing on Kill 'Em All (which, to be fair to Hammett, he was basically trying to copy Mustaine's original solos from the demos for the most…

Starr insisting that they keep calling China back near the end of the episode was hilarious to me, because I probably would have been asking for the same thing after hearing Middleditch's "China" impression.

I hope Tony Macaroni/Pepperoni get to meet Joey Tortellini on CBB some day.

Exactly. Don had the benefit of a Ghost Cooper to tell (sing to?) him, "You just signed your life away for all the money in the world AGAIN, and guess what? You still won't be happy, you dumb, stupid idiot" at the end of the first half of this season; Ken unfortunately doesn't seem to grasp how horrible the decision…

Shrunken Chesticles would be a hell of a punk band name.

I remember a lot of Season 6 but when I was re-watching the first episode of Season 7 the other day and saw Ken's eye patch, and they acted like Ken was the only guy doing accounts in the office in NYC, I started remembering "OHH, Season 6 is when they opened up a west coast office and did all that Chevy stuff…" but I…

Joan's indignation when she found out about that, oh my god what a scene. I think I need to rewatch Season 6 and the first episodes of Season 7 again before Sunday.

Joan as the old Jewish neighbor lady. "How 'bout a bowl of chicken souuup?"

Chaough's look to me always read as "THIS is the guy I've been trying to beat? The guy I've been trying to BE all these years? I really have to rethink my priorities." And then of course Don helps him do just that (my memory is hazy, I can't remember if he told Ted he'd be going to California before or after the…

You can tell Roger is genuinely curious about Don's past, and has empathy for him, but is still pissed that he lost the business.

I distinctly remember Don and Joan sharing a Canada Dry in the hospital after Guy's foot got mowed down, and seeing a Canada Dry commercial right after. It's definitely a bit of both.

The fact that he has a mouthful of a sandwich while he says that line makes it even funnier. Stan is the best. I love how he morphed from over-confident, sexist jock asshole to laid back chubby stoner hippy.

"Direct marketing! I thought of that!"

Reading all of these (great article, by the way) made me tear up a few times. That Hershey's pitch always kills me. When Don drops the facade and turns into Dick Whitman, it is absolutely devastating. This always seemed like Don's ultimate rock bottom moment to me. I forget the exact quote, but I feel like there's a…

This was one of my first episodes ever of DLM. I was blown away. I had just started getting into CBB and I instantly went back and downloaded all of PFT's CBB episodes after listening to that DLM ep. Solid C+

Fair points. I'm just a mark for his whole vibe and how well of a performer he is. I can see that people don't buy into the character as much.

I get that they were supposed to heel it up to draw out Rock to speak for The People, but when their off-screen, shoot roles are still the same as their kayfabe roles (exec VP and COO), it's a slippery slope between kayfabe and shoot. They try to act like really nice people in all the out-of-character stuff, but then…

Plenty of people I'm friends with are still into the character. He plays the role of the menacing, scary, mind-game-playing heel, with a semi-supernatural twist. He has a great entrance that always gets a good reaction, and he's a great big guy heel in the ring. Am I supposed to not like him now because the fans you…