All of whom had fairly miserable experiences (twice, in Shearer's case).

It's also fun to watch these writers stretch a little bit by handling genres that would've never fit in Breaking Bad, like the stuff in season 2 that could be straight out of (a really good, low-key) romantic comedy. I don't know how Vince Gilligan got this staff together, but it's a hell of a versatile crew.

With each passing day I draw closer and closer to being the last person on earth capable of playing Kirby's Tilt and Tumble.

Excellent points all around. Thin as Knuckles may be though, from a gameplay perspective I think him and Tails work nicely in Sonic 3 + Knuckles as playable characters. Both characters' abilities add some flavour while really only being nominally different from Sonic, and you don't lose out on the core speedy…

Rarely has more effort been put into a game mechanic that matters so very little. The "bad futures" are completely re-textured and re-scored, and there is essentially no reason to visit them.

I stumbled upon this the other day and it has very quickly become my everything. Atypically for the channel, the edgiest, most subversive thing about it is that it never takes a hard right into standard (albeit often very good) Adult Swim absurdity or violence. Instead, it's steady and endearing throughout, occupying…

I wouldn't quite call season 3 my favourite, but on a week-to-week basis it's gotta be the season I had the most fun watching. At times it felt like an anthology series with a different protagonist and type of story each week, but all set in the same universe. I had no idea what to expect each week.

That was exactly the kind of joke I could see them cutting because it has nothing to do with the story, but man, I am so glad they left that in.

Yeah, season 5 might just be my favourite due to its variety of stories and overall humour, but I'm intrigued at what the "big picture" of season 6 is going to look like when all is said and done. I was a little worried that these episodes were starting to feel kind of samey, but I'm realising now I should probably be…

She's also John Ennis' daughter, who's the only person besides Bob and David to appear in every episode of Mr. Show.

Yeah, the course correction they pulled on him starting in "The Cones of Dunshire" kind of turned me around on the character, and I love his final scene in the extended version of the finale. He never worked as a formidable opponent for Leslie, but really, Chris Traeger in "The Trial of Leslie Knope" was the only…

There's an extra in the background who just can't hold back his smile, and I can't decide if that makes the scene worse or transcendent.

Mr. Show callback I haven't seen anyone mention here yet: John Ennis' Incomprehensible English Guy from the Fifth Beatles sketch is the same Incomprehensible English Guy from The Fad Three sketch in "Please Don't Kill Me". Clearly he's known by the media as the guy to interview about non-essential Beatles.

These episodes were great and made me laugh a lot, but that offhand riff might've cracked me up the hardest out of anything.

It's kind of a turning point for Homer Gets a Job episodes, too: They take the time to set up why he's not at the power plant which rarely (if ever) happens after this, but they don't bother to explain how he gets rehired at the end. Whether this matters or not is debatable, but it definitely points to a new attitude…

That one's probably just a syndication cut, since that whole Mr. Burns scene is pretty extraneous anyway.

This is easily one of my five favourite episodes of the season, and probably the last time the show was on the cutting edge with their cultural satire. And even though this beat a lot of shows to the Scientology punch, it could've happened even earlier — Bill Oakley has alluded to George Meyer outlining a…

I'm not quite down with the Kermit characterization thus far, but I have faith that they'll calibrate it correctly soon enough. He's a tricky character to get right — some of the best moments in the Henson era involve his freak-outs and begrudging tolerance of the weirdos around him, and the character definitely…

At the moment it feels like it's occupying a spot right between The Office and 30 Rock. Now, as much as I adore those shows at their best, it's not quiiiiite right for The Muppets. If they pitch it a bit more towards 30 Rock and openly embrace an absurdist streak with spurts of anarchy, I think they'll be exactly…

It's easily one of my five favourites of the season, and probably one of the last times the show's satire felt really fresh and ahead of the pack.