What Happens in Vegas, a kind of similar, slightly cynical rom-com from just a couple years earlier (so probably very fresh on everyone's mind in, say, 2009/10 when they were likely starting these negotiations) was shockingly successful. Like, $80MM US on a $35MM budget.

I guess the corollary to that question would be, Why were they willing to pay Ashton Kutcher so much more? Where was the impetus for them to move to a different star with a lower commanding salary?
Basically, what about market forces make studios more willing to pay top dollar for male actors on an (apparently)…

Nope, thanks for the recommendation!

Raging Bitch is the shit.

When they removed the caffeine they stopped being worth it. IT's hard to get through more than one and a half without passing out now.

A lot of it comes from two things:
1. Fear of sexual freedom in women.
2. Fear of race-mixing

$5!?! Where do you live to get tickets that cheap? Crimea?

Jon Polito is my guess for who's going to get Farina'd.

Hey! That's true!

I always confuse Katee Sackhoff with KaDee Strickland. That is all.

The Gang Runs for Office is pretty solid. It really gets into the characters and has one of the funniest things on the show: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare is a great primer to show how dark it can go.

Weird, The Gang Gets Taken Hostage is my least favorite episode and The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis is my favorite.

That and her wacky arm inflatable person impression are why I think Katilin Olson might be the best physical comedian working today.

Yea, sometimes episodes don't hit for me and it's when they go off the rails in weird ways. For some reason the McPoyle Die Hard episode falls super flat for me. But other totally silly episodes work fine.

I actually liked that one. If only for the genius of Jon Polito's casting.

"writer Simon Davis tracked the relative prevalence of phrases other than “passed away” or “died”"

Is "died" really a euphemism?

They shoulda gotten Chris D'Elia to play him
https://twitter.com/chrisde…

Dammit! That's what I get for getting all my jokes from the sidebar with headlines in them.