The biggest problem with all the emphasis on his Chappelle's Show exit is that it distracts from how amazing his stand-up shows have become. I caught him in Pittsburgh and it was the hardest I've laughed in years. Some of the jokes still crack me up, just thinking about them.

I think his stand-up is actually better than his show.

Well, not solely, but a lot of the central characters are alcoholics.

For a show about addicts, Shameless does a horrible job of depicting actual addiction. You'd think the writers would get a consultant or something.

I 100% agree with this. The socioeconomic inaccuracy has always stuck out like a sore thumb for me as an ex-New Yorker. It's an important aspect of the show because it would explain why the characters behave as they do.

The only thing that could make this show work for me is if it emphasized—once and for all—that each of the characters has wealthy parents and a trust fund. That's the only thing that justifies the rampant narcissism and lack of self-awareness of each character. Dunham and Apatow tried to blur the lines—making her…

re: Sobriety — I loved that scene.

It's the "Boswell Sisters," not the "Bosworth Sisters."

Bring out Lorenzo Lamas.

Scat auto-tune… That's a new genre, yo!

My biggest problem with Girls is that I don't buy its characters' socioeconomic status. I know that sounds like a minor point, but it really undermines the storytelling for me. For example, Girls essentially tries to suggest that Hannah could afford a nice, two-bedroom Brookyln apartment by working at some bohemian…

He was hilarious in Prince Avalanche.

Why? Just… why?

Perhaps you're right!

You make good points. I don't disagree with any of that, really. I mostly was angry that this article didn't mention The Wire at all. Perhaps I overreacted. And I can see what's great about Breaking Bad.

And not Breaking Bad or Mad Men? Give me a break. They're all "overdiscussed." And again, why not mention it as being part of The Golden Age of TV?

How is it that we're having a conversation about the "golden age of TV" and there's no mention of The Wire? I'm getting so sick of people completely ignoring that show (yeah, I said it—it never got any awards during its run, and this article didn't even reference it once). Sure, it wasn't filmed in a flashy style,…

Just stop already.

Empirically, you're right to call the comparison between Breaking Bad and The Wire "apples and oranges." It's a purely subjective enterprise.

Yeah, that's true. I still remember some Hammerkatz sketches to this day; the guy is definitely very talented. I don't know if he deserves ALL of the attention he receives. But admittedly, that could totally be sour grapes on my part. To be fair, every time I spoke to him, he seemed nice on a basic level.