‘Member when the AV Club wanted us to like Dawes? Talk about a slippery slope...

A new Spider-man flick? Cool! They only come out with eight of those a year!

What groundbreaking criticism—a takedown of Episode I!

And in a deleted scene from the final episode, Shawna married Bobby Newport...meaning that as Sweetums owns the Pawnee Journal, Shawna arguably usurped Joan Callamezzo as the most powerful media figure in Pawnee.

Don’t forget Brandi Maxxxx! I always liked the theory that Brandi’s life was on a trajectory consistently parallel to Leslie’s—that whenever her life intersected with Leslie Knope, Brandi could have been starring in her own, concurrent show in which Leslie made occasional appearances.

What the hell is so goddamn “iconic” about Tom Parker (he was never a colonial in any military organization)? I’d swear that there exists a rule that every AV Club article must use that word at least once.

*shrugs* The manager of your local Dunkin Donuts could have won as many division titles as Bobby Cox did penciling in Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux into his starting rotation—and probably could have won more World Series titles than that wife-beating drunk.

Somebody needs to explain to me how any of this matters when a wife-beating drunk like Bobby Cox is in the HOF. I’d be a millionaire today if I bet against Cox in every post-season series he ever (mis)managed.

What’s a shame is that an in-depth review and analysis of the early 1980’s Atlanta child murders (and police investigation) are a terrific topic for a podcast. However, all I needed was to hear the name of Lindsey’s podcast—”Atlanta Monster”—to give it a pass, as it is the perfect example of his 2nd grade-level…

Payne Lindsey is a fucking moron

Actually, this was all detailed in the original Federal criminal complaint filed on August 16, 2001, and readily available on the internet for years. Does the AV Club not consider something to be “news” until the Daily Beast reports it?

Richard Pryor said the same thing 35 years ago:

Man...it sure didn’t take long for “Solo” to drop from public consciousness.

What troubles me about the film isn’t so much that it is bad, but that millions of dollars and countless hours of labor were dumped into its creation. Bad, low-budget cinema can sometimes be forgivable, but “Batman & Robin” comes off as a project that was never intended to be anything more than a massive tax write-off.

I’m kind of curious—from what I’ve been able to gather, this set appears to overlook the soundtrack work Springsteen did during this era—”Missing”, “Dead Man Walkin’”, and perhaps most notably, the Oscar-winning “Streets Of Philadelphia”. (“Secret Garden”, originally released on the 1995 “Greatest Hits” album, reached…

I’ve not seen this yet (I will!), but feel compelled to point out: Elvis really did not make “hours and hours” of appearances on variety shows, as Col. Parker, actively sought to shield Presley from TV overexposure (thus driving up his potential appearance fee).

Is “Dear White People” also on the list?

“Issue? Three letters. Can you guess what they are?”

“...like the significant portions of part two devoted to the production of DVD extras for The Larry Sanders Show...”

I’ve never bought into the critical trope that Bruce Wayne is somehow this incredibly deep, nuanced character to which each “Batman” movie must do justice.