In case nobody mentioned it previously, The John Larroquette Show had an awesome first season before the network decided to "fix" it. Naturally, it made JLS so much worse. But boy, that first year.

Four little letters. WKRP!

Sounds like it could have been put on one of the Toy Story movies. Maybe the Ken doll getting badass.

Check out Irresistible. Gets more into psychological profiling and "typical" police procedural, but it leaves the paranormal stuff out of it (outside of a brief scene at the beginning which can be explained by a frightened person's behaviour/viewpoint). There were a few other ones which dialed back the paranormal, but…

Although not quite as scientifically involved as these shows mentioned, X-Files wasn't exactly shying away from the science 20 years ago. Do you think Scully became a sex symbol just because of her red hair and sensible outfits?

Seeing as how in my sports dreams, I'm usually a frustrating knuckleball pitcher (the most confounding, and maddening for all sides, pitch in baseball), I'd go with Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. The quivering clarinet note which opens his masterpiece is a wonderful musical representation of that fluttering, meandering…

Holy Crap on a Cracker, Gargoyles! The best animated show I ever saw. Sign me up for season 2 now, please, please, please. I was bummed when the X-Files reviews were finished, but a summer (and autumn) of Gargoyles will make that loss easier to swallow. All Hail Greg Weisman!

Oh, he will crash and burn, I have little doubt on that. But I think he could also take a person or two with him along the way. Who that person is, and the surrounding circumstances, could be very interesting, if not terrifying. He's a bit of a loose cannon at this point, Alison's guiding hand notwithstanding.

As much as we may make fun of Donnie and laugh at his tough-guy routine ("Don't throw up now!"), a repressed man who suddenly finds power and becomes drunk upon both that power and new possibilities can be dangerous, at least for the short-term. It's just a matter of time before he flips out on someone (Deangelis,…

That was actually brought up in last week's comments. The Accidental Assassination Couple indeed.

Now there's a guest star slot waiting to be filled. Coming this week, Rob Ford is found wasted with Vic and covered with glitter.

But someone who can handle it is infinitely less fun then someone who can't, but then keeps doing it anyway, even if unintentionally. Especially if Allison is pestering him the whole way.

Exactly! He does the deed, she plays Winston the Wolf. A perfect team.

Allison and Donnie: The Accidental Assassination Couple. I smell spin-off!

I'm surprised that you would mention Flea's appearance in Big Lebowski without mentioning his role in Back to the Future 3. He was certainly closer to an indie rocker when they made BTTF.

I want to personally thank Zack and Todd (and Keith, too) for their tremendous work, over many years, with these very well-written reviews. It's clearly been a labour of love, and I'm glad they were done by people who love the show as much as I do.

I'd go stronger than unfortunate. Insane, maybe. It's not as if they ignored dead English writers (kudos for the Samuel Johnson inclusion), so to leave him off the list is an unbelievable exclusion. The piece could have been named the Shaw memorial article, he was that large of a literary and cultural figure. His…

Both Pearl Jam and Nirvana have sold more than 50 million albums worldwide (I've seen numbers ranging as high as 100 million). Not arguing with Kenny G having the biggest sales figures (sigh), but 50+ million is nothing to disregard.

I think much of the contention around this discussion/reviews is how one determines what is "realistic" in television shows, particularly sitcoms and the fashionable "one-camera, no laugh track/studio audience" approach against the traditional multi-camera, studio audience/laugh track manner of doing things.…

That is a FANTASTIC comparison. Watching Newhart deliver a simple line in a way that slays everything in its path is very much like seeing an 81 MPH Maddux fastball leave the best hitters in baseball shaking their heads as they walk back to the dugout. Pure art at its best.