Besides giving them an excuse to plop us into those outside camps & give a glimpse of all the wonkiness - I think the trials he goes through in those scenes go some way towards explaining what he ends up doing at the episode's end.

It was The Damned who lit his shoelaces on fire, not The Clash.

Why is this such a sticking point? There are so many comments dedicated to this it is absurd. Here is a theory: Eddie Winslow was shown as a con-man, so perhaps they were led to believe they were renting an entire house, when in reality it was just the top floor! (Or, you know, maybe they were just saying "We rented a…

I don't know if anyone will even see this all the way down here, but next week is apparently a more stand-alone episode focusing on Tommy & Laurie. Those episodes were highlights of the first season, however I can see people getting frustrated as we wait even longer to pick up from the end of episode one… (I think…

I believe John was initially speaking to him about some issue he needed to fix in order to rent it out, prior to getting his palm print read.

Well, I don't know how reliable this is, but Wikipedia lists the budget of Django Unchained at $100 million… I think the point you were trying to make is an apt one, though.

Oh, really? My bad. (I think there are only a few other directors with the clout to pull such a thing off.)

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Where are all the Dingus comments, ya Dinguses?!?

No one else is going to shout out Craig Wedren's lovely song that plays over the credits and that Rudd sings in the episode? I thought it was swell.

A seemingly endless number of movies are announced, written, etc and never see the light of day… I can easily see this being one of them,although on the other hand you don't hear a lot about PTA projects that don't end up coming to fruition, as least not as often as with most other 'indie auteurs'. But… yeah. Reallly,…

His involvement probably would've made the exact same film a financial success… (At least as close to the exact same film as one could make with a completely different lead actor.)

For what it's worth, I had no idea you posted here - which is cool of you - but was impressed/amused enough to look up your IMDB page in order to credit you by name instead of writing 'Garrett' or 'the guy who plays Garrett'… I sincerely hope you get the opportunity to do more in different projects in the future.

Between this episode and the stand-up bit a little while back, I have a bit more respect for Erik Charles Nielsen, who plays Garrett. Dude obviously has a somewhat limited range, but his delivery is just golden sometimes.

Ohhh, Look at These Pants! Mow-ow-w. He Should Keep on Wearing… KEEP ON WEARING, His Pa-a-a-ants!!

This is as good a place as any to point out that CBS - or my local affiliate, anyway - is showing reruns of The Mentalist in Letterman's time slot for the rest of the week… I ask you: What the fuck?

Come to think of it, Diedrich Bader is exactly the type of actor who'd pop up in an episode of Community… I'm sort of surprised it never happened.

Yeah… My pick for worst might have been the puppets, or the Spacetime convention one, or even where they revealed Jeff's father simply because they took that opportunity away from Harmon (not that anyone would've predicted he'd be returning), but if you told me before the episode you mention that Chris Elliott would…

Maybe some of this perception has to do with where they are shooting? Just hankering a guess, because they are now on a completely different sound-stage than seasons 1-5.

Exactly. And I would hardly call a man with hair like that random. Or a writer. Though I guess he was pushing his book when he made that comment…