Brownnose.

But the opinion is also poor.

"Four episodes in, Veep is having one hell of a third season. The structure provided by Selina’s presidential bid has focused the series, adding urgency and stakes that were sorely lacking in much of seasons one and two. "

This episode began very strongly - an original premise, a coherent small town context, credible behaviours that are in character. This was a return to Old Simpsons values. Then suddenly we leap to a third act which returns us to the infantile surrealism that has so degraded the series in modern times. I got the strong…

I think that was actually a pop hit, a disco standard, of the time.

Then what is 'Comparative Literature'?

Your memory may be short.

No, I think that's a pretty fair description of ejaculation.

The first class dining carriage on the Orient Express on that fabled journey that saw the repulsive murderer, Casetti, himself repulsively, and, perhaps deservedly, murdered. Sure, I'd join in if I was asked.

Of course, you'd want to make sure the kitchen threw out any cutlery he touched. He had tertiary syphilis.

Well there's always Senor Ferrara's Blue Parrot across the road. Entrance free to anyone carrying a Maltese Falcon.

To be frank, Ballin Mundson's Buenos Aires casino in 'Gilda' (1946) is as cosmopolitan and classy as Rick's in Casablanca, though it is owned and operated by Nazis,

But you were given the best table in the house, by the band. Knowing you would take it anyway.

Todd is not a good de facto editor.

Yes, but in the opera - I am assuming you're referring to La Boheme - Mimi is usually played by someone who can sing.

Also The Grand Hotel in Berlin from 'The Grand Hotel' (1932)

Never been able to watch that movie.

You're right. The AVC on culture is all too often like reading Laura Ingalls Wilder on Paris Fashion Week. That's not to say it's not funny though, sometimes.

As real as anything else these days.

" 40 fruitless minutes"