Aisle 8-A: "Band-aids won't work. DON'T try band-aids."

* "Hank's Unmentionable Problem"—the constipation episode
* Whichever one was the episode where Bobby practices kissing with Luanne's makeup head
* The one where Bobby's kicking people in the nuts.

This is all true of early KOTH, and middle KOTH for that matter. But as the show evolved it became more Libertarian-ish. The humor became more and more about do-gooders and bureaucrats and how they keep bothering Hank. See "Racist Dawg" and the like. Not coincidentally, the show got a lot worse towards the end.

I agree of course that the Lifetime Channel is garbage, but what I'm arguing is that Douglas Sirk films are of a piece with the Lifetime Channel. And that the impulse to advocate for Douglas Sirk films is the same impulse that leads (many fewer) people to advocate for the Lifetime Channel. "This film is aimed at…

You can make a movie about women that isn't cheesy and crappy! I give you "All About Eve"!

So, very well-shot cheese.

Thesis for discussion:

Good Lord. This is the platonic ideal of twee.

Are we sure that's a real thing?

It seems like they have an intern that just refreshes boards like Metafilter and Reddit, and re-posts things. And some days that's half of what's on the front page here.

That column on The Bachelor was goddamn embarrasing. Worst thing on the AV Club since Sonia Saraya complained about "WKRP in Cincinnati" not being in HD.

Lavender.

I miss "Go On". Because that show was funny, and Laura Benanti is gorgeous. And because they were teasing a romance between her and John Cho's character that got abruptly ended.

If it's good enough for Jon Bon Jovi it's good enough for me.

I didn't tell anyone to eat a pizza. As far as I'm concerned you're welcome to live on coffee, nicotine, or whatever.

Oh yeah, Taylor Swift, sack of bones.

"Shut up and deal."

There isn't anything to see!

Ah yes, the record where she used the blood-spattered glasses of her late husband for an album cover.

The seven Lennon songs on it are good, anyway. The Yoko songs are, of course, turds. In fact, the reason they alternate is that Yoko insisted on it; she as well as everyone else knew that no one would ever listen to her crap if it were all on one side.