I'm with you on the weakness of the Sci-Fi years. They nearly completely stopped making obscure pop culture references from before about 1980. It was as if they couldn't allow any jokes that younger people might not get. And as you say, the jokes became generic. To me, that's still what Rifftrax sounds like. I…

Since the hockey Rangers play there and the baseball Rangers play a thousand miles away, it should have been entirely obvious.

She was an old pro. I have a feeling it didn't faze her.

If you watch the whole series, you realize that Rory is a Mary Sue, the proxy for the show creator who can do no wrong. I can live with that because the rest of the show is so good.

It's a comedy.

To me, most of the appeal of the series is the wonderful world created by the writing and the sparkling dialogue. The writeup here focuses on the comings and goings of boyfriends for Lorelai and Rory, but I just saw those stories as devices to drive the plot. The real story is the town and the impossibly quirky and…

There's a similar story behind the Pledge of Allegiance.

They should have stuck with dropping the cow.

All true, but Indians as a general term isn't a slur. It's used regularly.

Crackers and Redskins are ethnic slurs. Indians isn't. The logo has to go, though.

YOU'RE THE PUPPET!!!!

But they can only gerrymander because Dems don't come out enough in off-year elections. That's part of Gus' point. Repubs understand the importance of down-ballot elections and the average Democratic voter doesn't.

When Trump supporters can give reasons to vote for him that are grounded in reality and not made-up conspiracy theories, then I'll believe that their support comes from a place other than racism or misogyny. Until then, they only get scorn from me.

"Here in southern Texas, they have an additional problem." "Texans!"

What's it like to live in a civilized country?

Some of us were there.

If he thinks it can keep him in the headlines a few more days, I could see him trying to denounce the results of the election.

You seem to have a low opinion of 8th graders.

I really enjoyed Weekend, even though it meant there was no SNL that week. Jumpin' Jack Flash!

There was a time when it was considered uncivilized to serve items from their original packaging. That time is long past. Canisters survive today for times when you don't want bugs to get into something, let's say cereal.