The Republicans have f*cked with Obama every way they could think of from day one. They see his mere existence as "a direct attack upon their party".

Yeah, they might have started a "Tea Party" movement or something.

I never called it a salvation, you called it a narcotic. I think to the extent it has an effect, it's probably a net positive. But I hold it responsible for the state of the sad state of American governance.

Hey, Stewart can be too much of a milquetoast for my taste too. But even so, I would hardly accuse him of inspiring "pox on both their houses" complacency. He can and does express a POV that government should be capable of doing good things for people.

You seem to be utterly convinced that Stewart has anything to do with low voter turnout.

More "complacency and apathy" than not mentioning it at all?

It's not as if the snark is preventing more substantial action.

That's actually something companies have to do to protect their tradmarks.

Because Ted talks need to be longer and even more pretentious?

Ah, I thought about using Dateline or Investigation Discovery instead, I guess I should have.

The "craze" part is that "respectable" people admit to enjoying it. Think about the way Serial is discussed vs. say, the way Court TV is.

I think that's why the Blue Fairy ending works. David's feelings are not real, anymore than Joe is really a sexual being. He's just doing what he was programmed to do. And he's capable of doing it for a thousand years at the bottom of the sea without let up.

The good news is, there's side boob. The bad news is, it's Aaron's.

Well they could have some hot bundling action. The CEO of Tits may insist on see through blankets and a glory hole in the bundling board.

It's a great (though apparently unintentional) metaphor for the idea that if you think you are hearing God speak to you, it's your own mental illness that's doing the talking.

In fairness, this was a last second desperation script because their totally original idea to do a Show Choir parody episode just didn't pan out.

The "classic" Superboy stuff has not aged well at all. I don't blame the showrunners from staying well away from it ("No tights, no flights" was their motto). Their basic approach was considered a huge success in the early years. The real problem with Smallville was that it just went on for years too long.

To be fairer, it's not like Superboy had an awesome bench of rogues to draw from.

That's an interesting point, and a good example of how our reactions to something like boredom can be counterproductive. (I'm not enjoying working on this, I'll just stretch it out even longer).

If it's that good, the TV series can do a alternate timeline/parallel universe episode, where Arya or whoever crosses over and witnesses how things might have been…