Based upon this episode and few more about Diane, I'm pretty sure they're hammering the "self-serious L.A. progressive" pretty hard. It's very specific and character-based for her, so I'm not mad at it.

Goober reminds me of (and is probably based off) the actor that played Bud Bundy. I'm fairly certain he got involved in porn in some way or another, but I don't care enough to double-check.

Terrestrial radio is a hot garbage fire. I too was suckered in by the siren song of SiriusXM even though my commute is short, but now I'll listen to snippets on short trips when I don't want to deal with the hassle of hooking up my iPod.

Also, their lackadaisical norms regarding taking your cousin to KFC.

Great, now I want to see Lesnar/Merchant. Maybe for the next UK-based PPV.

Women's wrestling has changed a lot even in the last few years. Eventually, the WWE decided they should find women who know how to wrestle instead of being primarily eye candy (don't get me wrong, most of the women are still very pretty). Giving women's matches the spotlight is still a "newish" thing, though.

I think Awesome Kong/Kharma made a one-shot appearance at a Rumble later than 2010. Still, your point that it's a very rare thing stands.

I loved that jobber and hope he appears every week, whether needed or not.

I've seen fry stands that do corn dogs and pretzels. It's just fried dough. It shouldn't be that hard .

Dave Eggers's writing used to mean the world to me, but I've cooled on him in the last five years. It seems like he's been trying to hard to hit "The Great American Novel about the Way Things Are" now, and that makes his books difficult to get through once you know what he's saying .A Hologram for the KIng was 'eh,'…

Jessica Biel's one of those names I've heard from celebrity gossip, but I could never actually remember her in anything.

Chiang's one of my best go-to examples when people complain that women that are "drawn strong" can't be "sexy" or something similar. Diana is first introduced in the run sleeping naked, only to immediately wake up and confront another woman that isn't wearing pants (only a shirt and underwear), yet none of this is…

Well, if you traveled to a world without any humans, they might call you "Mr. Human" as a nickname. That's only slightly less offensive than calling Revolio Clockberg Jr. "Gearhead."

For a while, I was pretty certain the plotline was going to be "Lars and Sadie tried dating when Steven was at the barn, but it didn't work out and now they don't know what to say to each other." That would have been a bit more "mature" than what this show usually goes for; for a show in love with shipping, having two…

Koala's are so much better. They're cuter, more active, and don't look like big hairy drainclumps.

"The Rotten Forgotten" and "Enjoy the Violence" are such great horror movie gag titles they almost deserve more than a quick panover

I can see why Simon Pegg was mad about the marketing for this. In one TV ad, there's non-makeup Idris Elba talking into a camera, followed by Uhura going "IT'S HIM!"

I imagine the "name" or "new" Criterion movies will never be available for streaming. The rights to the Wes Anderson movies, Blood Simple, the 1950s Godzilla, and Videodrome, for a few examples, probably have much higher rights fees than older French films.

My problem with "Escape from LA" is that we all know what's coming and we all know why Bojack does what he does (he has a certain way of acting when others give him positive feedback), but he still does it. He was *this close* to a breakthrough, too.

Given the design and voice of the character, I frequently forgot that she's supposed to be of Vietnamese descent.