How the fuckballs did he not get paid a cent for “I’ll Be Missing You”?  That was way after samples had to be cleared and licensed.  Did the label flat-out own the rights?

Riiiiiiiiiiiinger! Never Forget the Ringer pilot's boat scene CGI.

Riiiiiiiiiiiinger! Never Forget the Ringer pilot's boat scene CGI.

Bemused: profligate.  Hurrying!

Bemused: profligate.  Hurrying!

AMC has been blessed with a crop of shows that any other network would kill for.  I think it is clear that they need to get a team of actual showbiz industry creative execs in there to nurture and maintain these fantastic shows, and fire all these penny-pinching shitheads who keep trying to ruin and change everything…

AMC has been blessed with a crop of shows that any other network would kill for.  I think it is clear that they need to get a team of actual showbiz industry creative execs in there to nurture and maintain these fantastic shows, and fire all these penny-pinching shitheads who keep trying to ruin and change everything…

@avclub-a1967e6de4ca99fb2635d94b99453928:disqus @avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus Wait, you're both me?  Hundreds of times. I am always surprised it's a flop - it's really well-voiced, funny, and the story moves swiftly. And all the songs (except the slow love song in the dim woods) are catchy and…

@avclub-a1967e6de4ca99fb2635d94b99453928:disqus @avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus Wait, you're both me?  Hundreds of times. I am always surprised it's a flop - it's really well-voiced, funny, and the story moves swiftly. And all the songs (except the slow love song in the dim woods) are catchy and…

There's so much guaranteed upside.  Even if it don't turn out so great, like for instance you maybe contract the bubonic plague, it's not all bad, because hey, free dead marmot.

There's so much guaranteed upside.  Even if it don't turn out so great, like for instance you maybe contract the bubonic plague, it's not all bad, because hey, free dead marmot.

We don't! But it still insists on terrorizing us during commercial breaks and other times the TV accidentally is on AMC after recording something good.

We don't! But it still insists on terrorizing us during commercial breaks and other times the TV accidentally is on AMC after recording something good.

I think that's all explained in the Book of Lost Tail.

I think that's all explained in the Book of Lost Tail.

@avclub-7aee1b75b527e215f31e20a5c4e7a768:disqus , I love your work, you are one of the great things about this great site - but you really get yourself on these mental prediction rails of "The show really has to do this next", or "The producers definitely won't…"  instead of just seeing where the writing takes us next…

@avclub-7aee1b75b527e215f31e20a5c4e7a768:disqus , I love your work, you are one of the great things about this great site - but you really get yourself on these mental prediction rails of "The show really has to do this next", or "The producers definitely won't…"  instead of just seeing where the writing takes us next…

I'm gonna use your head for a bucket, and paint my house with your brains!

I'm gonna use your head for a bucket, and paint my house with your brains!

@avclub-64eec0c3fb6b12c43f51ec9e9c773fed:disqus Coppola, the wine guy?  He directs movies too?