Deadpool kind of reminds me of South Park. Funny and occasionally inspired, but not as interesting as it thinks it is and has an ardent fanbase that seems perpetually stuck at 14 years old.

Reynolds' acquits himself even better in the test footage here. It's only voiceover work, sure, but it's pretty spot on.

Yeah, I'm not saying that Reynolds is great or anything, but Deadpool aligns with his strengths more than pretty much any other comic book character.

I've always assumed that it was because used up everything that was interesting in her life to write Mockingbird and nothing else happened to her that she wanted to write about.

Huzzah!

But…but…poopie suits!

I love how so many of those sketches involve Joel and the Bots performing scenes or songs or giving presentations. The Joel-era host segments have that same "Let's put on a show" attitude of classic Muppets.

"Arnold Schwarzenegger!"

I've always thought that the less-polished charm of the Joel years was what made the skits work. There's something crucial about how all the host segments seemed as ramshackle and low-budget as the movies themselves. What I like about the Joel-era host segments is that they seemed like a celebration of creativity. The…

I think he deserves a bit more credit than that. He's got a great sense for melody. His music isn't innovating or anything, but it's well-crafted.

Dammit, that's what I get for typing without thinking. Fixed.

I really wish these guys would get together and release another album already. Let's Stay Friends is one of my favorite albums.

"Tom…I don't get you."
"Nobody does! I'm the wind, baby!"

And the MC is Daran Norris of Veronica Mars and The Fairly Oddparents.

I will say, though, that that the "Crow, I don't get you" bit from "Monster a-Go-Go" is one of my favorite pieces of sketch writing ever.

I've always been of the opinion that the riffs are a bit stronger during the Mike years, but everything else is stronger during the Joel years.

Monster-A-Go-Go and I Accuse My Parents are both stone-cold classics. I think my favorite is still probably Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.

Right? What with all the people Breaking Glass and Always Crashing the Same Car?

This is that guy from Tin Machine, right?

Self-deconstruction is a good way to put it. This episode is chock full of Moffat tropes but uses them in service of telling a very different, more personal and human kind of story.