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I feel dumb: I had no idea Michael J. Fox had a serious drug problem. Is this common knowledge?

Let's be honest, Paget has more talent in one of her fingernails than Stamos has in his whole body, no matter how well-preserved that body may well. (And, full disclosure, I haven't watched this ep yet.)

Coming soon to a theater near you: Paraphrashing 2: Electric Boogaloo

When Squanchy turned into a monster it reminded me - deep, deep flashbacks here to my TV-addicted childhood - of the Thundercats TV show. And I in no way mean to sugest that is a good thing. (Even the animation was eerily similar. Roiland is a couple of years younger than I am, so I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't

Total Rickall is the best episode ANYONE has ever done. It was that good. (That said, I found this season, in general, very disappointing, compared to the first.)

This season went so fast. And season three is now so far away. The only saving grace is that Rick and Morty is probably the most rewatchable show in the history of the galaxy.

So is the general consenus that this was a good episode? Because I thought it was a a little weak. (I was exhausted when I watched it, so I probably should watch it again, to be clear.) I thought season one was far superior to season two (unlike, say, The Simpsons, where the opposite was the case), despite this season

Great comment, and I agree. My theory about last week's ep is that that's what happens when Justin Roiland has free reign without Dan Harmon counterbalancing him with a more humane, sensitive wit. (The problem with my theory is that Harmon was a credited writer on this last ep - so that blows my tidy theory to hell!)

But at its best it is better than pretty much anything.

The most recent ep of R&M was so overtly (almost gleefully) nihilistic that it turned me against the show (albeit temporarily). They need to produce another Total Rickal to get me back on side. (For what it's worth, R&M's first season was far more compassionate, with moments of genuine tenderness and poignancy. The

I get the feeling that he's bored of Community, too. Anyway, Rick and Morty is awesome (although far more inconsistent than Community was in its first - and best - seasons).

Will, I just read your mammoth Paget Brewster interview and it is superb. Possibly the best Random Roles ever (and that is high praise indeed). Brewster sounds like one of the coolest people alive. And, on the strength of your RR series, you are one of the coolest interviewers. Congrats!

Oh, thanks for the background. Devane's comments left me really confused who he blamed for the show's failure - I wasn't sure whether it was Richards or the showrunner - but your link leaves no doubt who the "asshole" is.

Yeah, me too. Everyone was calling for Bill Cosby's head when the revelations hit, but Cosby, sitting pretty on hundreds of millions of dollars, is not the one who suffers when his show is pulled from syndication. It's the rest of the cast, including actors whose careers have slowed down and may literally live on

Did you see "Along Came Polly"? Michelle Lee was great in that. I know a lot of people think that movie is dumb and lowbrow, but it's a guilty-pleasure watch for me, and one I have seen a bunch of times.

So what was the problem with The Michael Richards Show? I wasn't clear on that. Was Michael Richards the "asshole"? The showrunner? Both? I wish he had gone into this a little more, as I am now curious. (Never saw the show itself, but I'm guessing not too many did.) I thought it was empathic of Devane to note how the

What's not to love!

Yolanda Henderson, I am so sick of you and your ilk. (That is not racist, unless spambots are a race.)

Really? I've never seen A Chorus Line, but your description makes me want to go see it RIGHT NOW. I'm sold!

I remember really liking Gleaming the Cube when I was about nine or ten (I first saw it on TV). I was astonished, years later, to find out that movie was generally reviled.