Today's Womp It Up was a nice bounce back from the last episode, which seemed a little flat despite Seth's appearance. Joe Bongo wasn't a fantastic Andy Daly character, but as always Daly's dedication to the character sells it. His "Can I jerk it to my greatest sadness?" line had me in tears. Did my ears deceive me,…

CBB's really been on a roll of late. Following the awkwardly unfunny Reggie episode, the last three have been fantastic, and they all seem like they should be locks for the Best Ofs.

I've listened to all but today's. The intros and interviews are consistently great. Even if the guests aren't always the most interesting, PFT is amazing at finding some angle to keep things rolling and hilarious.

Brutal Legend sequel. I know the original game wasn't perfect, but I still had loads of fun playing it. It's a shame they were never able to get Ronnie James Dio to voice a character as originally planned.

No mention of his consulting on Paul Blart: Mall Blart?

Watching celebrities look stupid on national television is fun, but there's a whole other level reached when terrible people like Blitzer and O' Leary totally embarrass themselves.

Given that Sweaty Ben was based on Ed Balls, and he just lost his seat last week it would be interesting to see how they could work that in. Balls' wife is seen as a leadership contender, so maybe this new TTOI Ben tries to use his wife's campaign (I know its hard to believe anyone would marry him, but just go with…

Conan's interviews are now (largely) as stilted and obvious as everyone else's. It really makes me miss the wild spontaneity that was Crag Ferguson.

No question, but I was merely trying to say that True Grit was a huge success for the Coens, but might do worse in this list due to the "freshness" of Inside Llewyn Davis. This is the same reason why I'm guessing a lot of the biggest films from last year haven't shown up yet.

I feel like Davis is the more polarizing of the two films. Critics either called it the best Coen Brothers film or *merely* a good one. If enough of the deciders are in the latter category, I could see it not making the list. Grit, on the other hand, was across the board considered a great film.
Of course, Davis has…

It's been a while since I've seen it, but I remember watching the infomercial/arrest scene and thinking it would be a great and satisfying ending. Then the film limped along for what seemed like an eternity and I quickly lost interest.

Had it been released just a few months later, A Serious Man would be, without a doubt, my pick for #1.

I've been surprised by the lack of Coen Brothers so far (I figured Inside Llewyn Davis would be on this part of the list, and am wondering if it cracks the Top 20 or is completely left off), but I'm guessing True Grit has to be near the very top, if not #1.

Likewise, I knew it was related to American politics, but couldn't shake before=avant, so I could only come up with the clearly incorrect "avant-garde" as a guess.

For a moment I thought it may have been Fredo-related, so I was considering Part II, but ultimately went with the original.

#classicjarles

Absolutely. To quote the very funny Bruce Arthur, "So Robert De Niro's agent died in late 1995 and was replaced by a howler monkey with a learning disability, right?"

After watching the trailer for this yesterday, I've been toying with the theory that recent Liam Neeson and Ed Harris are a lot like recent Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, respectively. Of course, the former are about 10 years younger and great (not all-time great) actors, but hear me out.

Clapton is truly one of the great punching bags in music. My personal favourite Claptonism comes from Anton Newcombe: "What has he ever done except throw his baby off a fucking ledge and write a song about it?"

Caught her last summer at Bluesfest in Ottawa and was blown away by the performance. I actually went that day to go see Fitz and the Tantrums and Neko Case play late afternoon shows and only stuck around because I came with my sister and her friends, who had came to see the Dixie Chicks (the headliner of the night).…