They talk a lot about how much various bits of music cost Community in the commentary tracks (and how they sometimes couldn’t use what they wanted) and this definitely is on the level with that.

That’s one of those Screenplay Writing 101 rules: don’t get married to a specific song in your script or you’ll get raked over the coals. Louis CK says he got “Who Are You” for $9000 only by pestering Pete Townsend over the phone.

Not to mention stuff like that is often budgeted in a use-it-or-lose-it kind of way. Like you have a music clearance budget, so this is how some of it was used. They didn’t lose a cast-and-crew ice cream party. From the rights-holders perspective the cost comes with a thought on “how important is the song to this…

“...was a fever dream prior to the lobotomy, exactly like the end of cinema masterpiece Sucker Punch.”

Actually the whole trilogy occurs in the split second between when Buzz is knocked off the window sill and lands on the driveway. Working title, An Occurrence at Andy’s Room Window.

But Mulan was always such a great title. Why’d they have to change it to Screw You Single People?

If you always watched movies by yourself, never ate any refreshments, and didn’t have to pay parking or transportation of any kind, sure.

It explains the deleted scene where they are all brought together in a church and walk towards a white light

This is a very well-written tribute.

It would have been some pretty impressive foresight if it was.

Which Doctor?

The White House is officially Bizarro Jurassic Park.

One of the most disturbing things about Trump is how often he uses phrases like “I have that authority”.

In other Bryan Cranston news from AV Club’s sister publication:

Well, shit. Glad he got through it. I wish everyone else was so sensible.

I (MUnknown) just want to eat. All I want is a little breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and delicious swimmers keep coming into my ocean. Now three guys in a boat (that’s nowhere near big enough) are trying to kill me. AITA?

Oh it’s obvious they don’t watch anything. They recognize the name on the ballot, it’s why he got the nomination. The fact that he got one in a season where he didn’t have that much to do, especially in comparison to Jonathan Banks, Michael Mando and inhale TONY fucking DALTON exhale is telling. Same thing with…

This is why Best Cast should be a thing at the Emmys. Although it would be hard to pick between B99 and The Good Place.

Cool for Andre Braugher to be nominated for B99, but Stephanie Beatriz & Melissa Fumero are equally deserving & keep getting snubbed & hack sitcom actresses nominated in that category

My biggest surprise today was finding out the folks behind Deadspin are starting up their own site called Defector. They’re going with a subscription-based scheme that they own. A year is $69 and comments come with a higher tier at $99.