Love the Daria series. There was the episode where she would get a kind of red rash I recall, that concerned her feelings whenever a certain boy entered in the scene, which was one of many of those Daria vs Daria, or vs her feelings rising up. The whole series took a great balance between limited animation and yet…

The stand-out strength of Young Frankenstein versus Blazing Saddles is that it is written so well by Gene Wilder. According to Wilder's interview on it (Fresh Air) Brooks didn't want to initially direct it as it wasn't his own script. But he did it for the money, and his additions include "great set of knockers" and…

That can be said in general about Steven, he shouts out the obvious as if exposition, only it's rarely if ever vital information. It makes me wonder what an episode of SU would be like if those lines of his were silent. He may even come off … his age? I still don't feel any 14 year old vibe from him.

Essential Brown is a very good name. Could go either way (why yes, I'm referring as well to orifices)

Well I guess that's what an ad food-photographer does, photo filter or some balance or counterpoint with, don't know, nature's dressings? more accent on veggies, tomatoes, lettuce or whatever condiments could brighten up brown a bit…

No no noooo. Although the way the theme is handled here does feel kind of equivalent to "hate watching" programs, in that you still watch no matter what. But this was just an observation on fast food imagery not able to get past that essential brown.

The images really emphasize the overwhelming reduced brownish color palette to almost all of these choices. Appetizing.

Yeah, that part with the kids, and then followed up by the knock on the door, was definitely ominous.

Smits dissappeared into his character, that's for sure. I never thought about the resemblance to Irene Cara, but it's there. So attention Casting Dept of the Future: there's J.Smith perfect to play "Kid" from "Kid n' Play" and Guardiola as Irene Cara, make it happen.

Right, the way he's trying is too present, in the hands of another actor, there could be more possibility to show the growth. The club scene was especially nice in trying to capture some of the fluidity of club atmospheres, but really, everyone is not so much well-dressed as costumed, which isn't the same, plus this…

I agree it's mostly a beautiful mess, which can be attractive on its own right. At least it attempted to give a dizzying visual presence and style in the last part, but learning nothing from the music they portray, it is just alot of form, requiring so many economy sized vignettes all basically set up to hurry and…

Definitely. She seemed fairly hip to the idea of satire. Perfect casting of 80s (Fishbone, Pee Wee Herman, Lori Loughlin) then 50s/60s (Bob Denver, Most of Leave it to Beaver, Don Adams) and I had no idea "Jamaican Ska" was really a song she first did in the early 60s.

I could care less about Annette, but for argument sake, would give her some credit, first just for following through on how she wanted to be perceived on screen, and not resorting to augmenting her lack of voice and acting by exploiting her figure, which was duly present and noted by a certain age during her…

Yes the styling of SU is definitely smart about drawing on other-animation forms, I wonder if that pre-pubescent aspect with Steven helps to keep off network issues with implications of passing that growth spurt you mentioned, at 14, and then still fusing with Connie. I do feel that sometimes they act older, Connie…

Kirsty MacColl knows a thing about lyrics, great for covering by artists who need that assist.

I like cartoons for the possibility of authors subjectivity expressed in the drawing of the characters, meaning staying true to the template but having some freedom. But wow, those Steven and Connie characters look like two foot tall sometimes. Steven and Connie are drawn sometimes a bit more mature and sometimes…

Pretty sure something to do with contracts was mentioned in some overview of the situation. It also depends on when they come up for review or renewal.

"Panel proved taxing" —for viewers right? I felt it was a way to coast after the first part of the show. Just get shouty, interrupt points to make sure different topics are "discussed" and so on. I grew to like Wilmore's opening segment, although at first he had such a soft, drop-off voice that he just seemed too shy…

Granted, although Oliver did host the Daily Show but I generally agree. Apples and oranges, weekly and daily shows. I think they have that certain energy to make it happen though, but I really prefer the weekly longer form shows they have with some depth possible.

But there are great moments, like the Colbert opener about understanding Trump by reading all of his statements in a sarcastic mode, and then proceeding to act that out was Colbert in great form. And it seemed to give Trump an idea …