I knew he wasn’t settling in for another 15-year run, but the reboot failed to make the most of him while they had him. Steven Hill was getting close to 80 when he left, and he still got some great lines and zingers for his one or two scenes per episode.

They said they had done some work there post-Katrina before the summer, so (benefit of the doubt) they probably just have the year off and mean 2006. It’s sort of easy to conflate times when thinking in terms of school years (like, “summer of 2005" = summer after the 2005 school year).

“Dr. Mumbles.” Since you’re so into clear and intelligible communication: SPACES GO AFTER PUNCTUATION, NOT BEFORE.

They came up with a good ending for Laurie vs. Michael, and a clever way to continue the series post-Laurie & Michael (the town pushing people to become the next killer), but those things did not work well all mushed together. “Kills” should have ended with the meat grinder scene, and this one should have been Laurie…

And, like, if the lack of lid is to save plastic or cost, then *why waste plastic on a useless fake lid.* Commit one way or the other.

“Some of yall are exaggerating.” Oh, so your daughter is literally thin as a rail?

Communion FREAKED ME OUT as a kid. Recently I had the thought, “I wonder what Whitley Strieber’s been up?” and apparently his current thing is claiming his dead wife’s ghost is co-authoring his novels. I was like, “Oooooooooooh he’s been bullshitting this whole time, huh?” and a huge weight lifted off my soul as I…

That wish fulfillment season is so weird. It felt like it was made by TV writers who only hung out with other TV writers in the same income bracket.

This is almost certainly the explanation. The props department frankensteined a bottle they liked with a cap that would give a better squirt.

No, what he said was that no steak should ever be $70. Not, “Most steaks aren’t worth $70,” or “I would pay $70 for a great steak experience, provided I got $70 worth of value.”

Also, if there’s a ceiling to what things should cost and a sandwich should never be $18, why should a talk show host cost $30 million/year? Surely they could grab a host from the Comedy Store for around $100/night.

Yeah, going to Six Flags Magic Mountain, especially on a weekday, is way more similar to driving up to a mall or big box store than it is to going to Disneyland.

The Nanny shot in Los Angeles and I don’t think Mallomars were sold in California. I remember some other sitcom (Seinfeld?) mentioning them and being like, “What the hell is a Mallomar?”

Exactly. “Starr who?” would fit with that—it sounds like he didn’t speak up or raise objections.

Yeah, I’m sort of shocked it’s had such a comeback—when it went off the air people were like, “Jeez, let it die.”

If it’s cold, you put a scarf over your face. It has fuck-all to do with personal freedom, it’s a basic health issue.

They have been proven to do that, dumb-butt. Cases dropped 75% in AZ once masks were mandated in public.

The correct option should be to make another menu item that uses it!

There was already a Rick Moranis cartoon.

Deaths and hospitalizations are tied directly to age. The first wave hit the most vulnerable populations (e.g., nursing homes) first and hardest. Now, community spread is happening through social activities (bars, restaurants, etc.) and the infected population is therefore skewing younger. (That does not mean it will…