"I liked the kid, but I don't like how he was with that guy. I'm like, 'Run!' "

"…I do not remember that macaroni portrait."

Which is the setup for "I paid for the Groupon!" Mike is the exact kind of person who would consider using Groupons as a pretext for conversations two birds with one stone.

You gotta admit, Wikipedia towers over the older, more pedestrian works in two respects: It's slightly cheaper, and has a large friendly letter-filled globe on its front page.

A character on Cop Rock was named for my grandfather.

My pick for the morally best person on the show is always Ben - he's not heartless, but he's not clueless either, which makes him stand out.

So, podcasting?

There ain't no monorail on Earth-1, and there never was! (slams door of STAR Labs monorail station)

Z-double-oh-M, box three-fifty, Boston Mass! 0-21-34!

That was some real Guardians of the Galaxy shit in the vortex at the end, right?

And how do you have a name that isn't appended by "Mighty Pirate"?

I don't know, I found the reply pretty ricible…

Stalin is essentially "Man of Steel" in Russian, which Mark Millar took notice of in Red Son…

The Two Faces of Darren Stevens

True story: In Chinese versions of Iron Man 3, the Mandarin was referred to only as "Man Darren" so as to not associate a supervillain with that language.

I regret his not being on TV in general, but I especially regret his not being on TV to do any kind of tribute to Garry Shandling, because that would have been hilarious.

The A.V. Club
Why am I persecuted?

"I wish I had a daughter, so I could forbid her to marry Ted Cruz…"

Got into them recently, thanks to the word of mouth from their BvS episode, and currently going through their backlog. Surprised their Moontrap episode didn't make the cut, since it had the birth of so many recurring bits - the standout, of course, being sex-crazed movie executive Martin Cinemax III.

For legal reasons they have to call it This Ain't The AV Club, featuring "Who are you Doing This Weekend?" "My World of Dongs" "Random Holes", and, completely unchanged, "Savage Love".