It's the comedy writer's equivalent of getting an opportunity to eat a can of frosting.

This is true. This "commodification" (pretentious word, but it fits) also leads to underpaid adjunct professors (not necessarily youthful grad students) teaching advanced math (or other subjects that require scholarship and mastery), while an increasing number of fancy new buildings are constructed, and many, many…

Yeah, especially because he didn't insist that Something Has To Be Done, he just said "I'm out".

It's not completely unheard of.

Funny thing about Emily. I was accustomed to Ed Hermann and Kelly Bishop being great actors, perfectly capable of handling Sherman-Palladino dialogue with aplomb.

"Headaches with pictures."

Scary Terry: You can run, but you can't hide, bitch!

Yeah. I'm sure partly because consensus has it that Jared's living in the right neighborhood now.

It's funny that I didn't even think of Trump for your "predator roll call".

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Be that as it may, it appears that I should not be ignorant of it.

Two things.

Is "Cosby-esque" in common usage yet?

As mean girls go, Madeline and Louise are fairly chill.

If any new DFW essays are uncovered, I can imagine one whose title refers to Michiko Kakutani, but has nothing to do with Michiko Kakutani.

I'm cultivating font snobbery.

That is just about note-perfect.

That's what has to be kept in mind. Emily is very meddlesome. It's just how she thinks about how to be proactive and helpful, and the mindset permeates everything she does.

I'm not saying it would be an even remotely good idea, but Madeline or Louise might just be up for anything.

And, because I forget that this isn't obvious to others, I'm about to watch the revival on Netflix. I have a "canonical 7 seasons" perspective, which might change…