I would buy that poster. And frame it. And display it prominently in my household.

AV Club: Casually racist?

^^^This. I'm actually really shocked that DiabetesMan doesn't see the resemblance.

From what I read he'll be doing both shows, but Hannibal gets first priority hence him being listed as a guest star on "black-ish".

It was kinda jarring to hear him still keep the mushmouth sound w/o the beard. IDK, I guess I thought the beard was keeping him from properly enunciating…

So reading the comments this week and last week cements an idea that came to me the other night: This show is like the comedic version of the uncanny valley. Just like the theory of the uncanny valley in robotics, the closer a comedy gets to replicating reality's disappointments and frustrations, the more the audience…

I'm okay with the situational set-up of the show. The lack of build-up is part and parcel with the aesthetic of the show. Everyday life is disappointing enough for the four protagonists even without having a specific narrative arc.

Thank you! That was the second thing I noticed (the first was…well, you know…). I didn't immediately recognize her so I thought maybe this was one of the first times she was on the pipe so her body hadn't gone to shit yet. IDK, weird rationalizations…

Even though I've outgrown listening to current rap, I might check this out. I really enjoy Jeezy since TM 101(but not the Boyz in the Hood days). His song, "I'm Back" from the Can't Ban the Snowman mixtape may be, no exaggeration, one of the best rap songs ever when it comes to 3+ min of straight flow. Also, good call…

True (I used to watch reruns of Las Vegas and, while it was a terrible show, he was the worst regular. Yes, worse than Molly Friggin' Simms) but every one else attached, now including Oswalt, will keep me interested. But really how high can his expectations be if he willingly married Fergie?

Welcome to The A.V. Club: "We're like the garage sale of jokes".

I would have never selected him but after reading that analysis, I can't unsee the comparison. Very spot on…

I'll disagree with you here. I have a disdain for shows/movies where the stakes don't correlate with the characters' socio-economic status but I fail to see how the Married characters have "great lives". This episode proves that point best: Making adult friends, dealing with a divorce by making increasingly poor…

I remember seeing the trailer as a 10yr old and thinking "Man this looks awesome, I'll definitely watch this when I'm older!" Then I got older….

Isn't that just cinema verite?

So this was the first episode of YtW I saw when it first aired and I thought it was pretty funny. But having caught up with the series, it was so much funnier the second time around with the added context. Especially the last scene.
Stay Observations because I'm too lazy to visit imdb:
1) The actor playing Sam had…

I've been making a similar mistake. I never knew what French's book was about so when I heard the synopsis, I just shrugged it off but when I heard about this movie being a musical I was thoroughly confused. Thanks for clearing that up.

See I didn't really notice it in this episode as much as the pilot. And I don't mind if it gets dropped in conversation, because I've been around people who speak in such hyperbole (especially in college). Everything's "the worst" "the best", "the funniest". It's like they describe their life using HS Yearbook…

I enjoyed the pilot and this episode as well. The exchange with the daughter is what really sold it for me though. It was really on the nose but played with such earnestness from the daughter and a sort of melancholy from Faxon's Russ. Perkins' description about the reconciliation of dreams with adult reality is what…

I don't think anything takes him off the table as a viable villain. Ahnold +terrible writing just made that iteration bad but if you grew up in the '90s you also had the chance to see Mr. Freeze portrayed in Batman: The Animated Series and his introductory episode was truly heart-breaking.