The two sides of Mike Judge
B&B stemmed from Judge's funny cartoons about brain-damaged a-holes in the stix. Those of us who grew up in the stix and were routinely tormented by similar "pay it forward" abuse victims laughed out loud at those early cartoons.

David Yates
After Chris Columbus surprised the known universe by actually demonstrating a bit of wit, dramatic flair, and (almost) passion directing the first two movies, Cuaron did the third. He begged to be allowed to do the rest, and the studio balked, for reasons I don't know.

I love ya but you missed this one
What makes a show "dated" is what makes most TV cruddy. The jokes, or the drama, rely on audience preconceptions of the era. Let's take the ancient Thursday-night NBC lineup for an example. John Larroquette's horndog on "Night Court" was supposedly amusing because only a clod in the…