Others have pointed this out indirectly, but I'm fairly sure that TVDW was raised Christian, more than most.  (My addled memory might even ascribe him a very Fundamentalist upbringing, one where TV might have led to a path outside of his immediate surroundings.)

Yeah, we really need leaders to be untouchable — something other than human.  (Otherwise, why would we listen to them?)  Once the facade cracks, you really don't get another chance, not typically.  (Exception: the Evangelical community loves repentant sinners.)

Minor quibble — are we not up to a looming 4th season?  Or do I have to go back in time to discover Giamatti yelling at the contrived b.s. from the season that finally pushed us 2-3 quadrant viewers back out of the matrix?
Man, I love that concept.  And I'm so happy to really only hit 1 quadrant, just like a proper…

Bob Benson is the company man of the future!  All smiles, and glad-handling behavior — and in the end, he has you wondering who drove the knife in your back — because it certainly couldn't be the nice Bob Benson in front of you.
Great character — hate the archetype.  And it's really cool to see Weiner and co introduce…

Let's metaphor it somewhat — Pete can never change or reinvent himself.  He will always be stuck being Pete, no matter where he goes.  So going somewhere — regardless of medium — will always be useless for him.

When I got first hooked on Mad Men, I was extremely disappointed that there wasn't already TV Club coverage.  (I know the reasons, but still.)  The mere idea that it is coming, albeit as TV Classic — plus all the things that the collective AV Club will bring to the table as we pick apart the first season for portents…

To help with that confusion: believers take the extra-ordinary step of "believing that everything happens for a reason."  Even bad things.  Even for reasons we can't fathom.  
So the preacher getting punched = he actually got through to Don, so it was worth it.
Post-facto rationalization — a key tenant of true believers…

Going to go with "Since The Last Time" by Lyle Lovett.  (Followed by any number of Irish songs, particularly the Dubliners, the Pogues, etc.  No one gets the whole cycle of grief in music form as well as my kin.  And lots of fado — particularly songs of loss and yearning for folks lost at sea, but also the fun,…

There is a series called 3in1 (or something like that.)  Three separate designs with instructions for each one included in the same box.  They are a subset of the Creator (fan-designed) series.  
But I can't speak for all of them.  And certainly, the product tie-in ones don't have any alternate design pictures at all.…

@ToddVanDerWerff: do not go to Copenhagen with (or without, for almost the same reason) your wife.  It's a marriage breaker.  Both times I've gone I've been regaled with tales of men and women falling for their very seductive lifestyle, and leaving their spouses.
What's not to love?  Tall beautiful people from…

Yay!  I was just checking in to report this.  I can't wait to see some of those episodes again.  Netflix seems to really be dropping the ball lately.

The more I thought about this, I think you are dead on.  British folk excel at insult comedy.  But Green Wing was actually doing other stuff as well — I just didn't get it at first.  That's all.
Granted, I had a similar reaction to UK The Office at first, but have since learned (and laughed at) what they were going for.

To echo — we stumbled across Green Wing on Netflix a couple of months ago (it's been since removed), as I loved Black Books and have a crush on Tamsin Grieg.  I really hated the editing.  As many here have noted, it is flashy and distracting.  And initially, much of the humor was just people being mean to each other.…

I know I have tried to see the original UK pilot (on airplanes; Hulu; Netflix Instant).  But I never could understand what the hell they were saying.  The sound miking on UK Office was a little too realistic at times.  Very quiet voices, often mumbling.  And it wasn't the accents — I was raised on British TV imports:…

Catherine Schell, as Maya in Space 1999.  I know there were a few others right after her, but she was definitely my first crush.  Maybe even beat out actual human crushes by a few years.

And since many of the jokes/cues are aural — from the very beginning, each intro is slightly altered to include leitmotifs that pop up during individual characters ep — that bad syncing reduces ones chances of the catching the fun.  (The easiest one to catch is George-Michael's, but I've noticed them for Lindsay,…

Some of the jokes hit harder when you take the order into consideration.  (TVDW mixtape analogy is apt.)  For example, when GOB locks in the speaker's podium in # 7, and #8 solves that mystery — no wait time for the answer.  Watching the duck pop up — absolutely best in order.  (Though each duck appearance is funny on…

Liked for child-owner, particularly, but also the rest of the complaint.

I'm only up to nine currently, but I have watched the first 8 twice, and I loved GOB's one each time.  (Even 2nd ep is much funnier already, now that the progression makes more sense.)  It's hard for me to believe that all of that happened in one 35 min ep — on the 2nd viewing, I thought I was misremembering things.…

That's exactly what I thought — and it made me wonder if the "geniuses" who came up with the trailer actually know what the movie/story is about.
Instead, I bet makers of this did their trailer-makin' magic that they use for every movie — shitty music and action editing and all — just to attract a wider audience.  An…