Unlikely theory: homage to the Dude, who we never actually see bowling.

Can confirm. Yes. The actor is Tobias Segal. It’s not only the same actor. It’s the same actor in the same wardrobe.

celebrating a half-remembered, half-imagined era when the owners of publications actually gave two shits about their writers and the subjects they wrote about.

If Nandor had to be permanently done with WWDITS for fucking Cruella 2, that would elicit the biggest “fucking guy” from me that the world has ever heard.

Just to answer that world tour locations question, here’s a snippet:

i’m going to try to work “fucking guy” into more of my conversations.

Not a voiceover! That was Kayvan Novak doing impressions of his castmates, he and Guillen have discussed it in a few interviews.

I had two major geek out moments when I saw this. The first was that I went to the Landmark Theatre in L.A. to see this right after a screening that included a Q&A session, so I ran into Ron and Russell Mael at the escalator. They’re just as cool in person. Second, that opening number one-take is on Santa Monica…

I was struck by your comment about Mrs. Lindbergh. Maybe I’m misreading her scenes, but I see her as complicit with her husband; her role, however, is to be the velvet glove around the mailed fist. She is just polite and friendly enough to assuage Bengelsdorf (and by extension, any supporter with a hint of concern…

Your assertion that the United States was “overwhelmingly non-interventionist” prior to Pearl Harbor is demonstrably false, as indicated by opinion polling at the time. While it is true that at the beginning of World War II the American public favored remaining neutral (in an October 1939 Gallup poll 71% opposed…

This is an absolutely ludicrous take, especially given the fact that we know the ending: isolationism was a hopelessly naive and misguided attitude that, had it remained U.S. policy, would have led to an absolutely nightmarish outcome for world history.

I think he intentionally gets hit by the beam, not because it wasn't avoidable, but because it was necessary. Why? We just don't know yet.

“Fred” is very obviously Fred Trump (note the “F.T. & Sons” sign on the warehouse). Maybe very nearly the pig his inspiration was.

It’s apparently totally CGI, since a real mirrored mask would reflect all the cameras and crew.

Respectfully going to have to disagree. Beginning a series with an over looked massacre, examining how reparations would impact the culture, and casting a 48 year old Black woman as your super hero lead is bold.

We’re 2 episodes in to a 9 episode season. I’m guessing subversions will reveal themselves in time, after normalcy has been established. (Much like the comics didn’t start really getting into deconstructing tropes until a few issues in.)

So, did they do a time jump in this episode? Because I don’t think Johnny Seasons’ church would lose members in a couple weeks, especially since it was over 1,000 at the beginning of the show. And Judy seemed a lot more confident in her dancing than before.

Nice try at getting hired by the AV club with this regurgitated review but it’s a swing and a miss.

It’s always funny to me when a particular dish started out completely unlike what it eventually became. Club sandwiches starting out as a single layer ham and turkey sandwich is one. It took decades for beef Wellington to accumulate the traits we associate with it today, too.

Also, maybe Look Around You? Its second season isn't terrible, but the half-hour format hurt the incredible pacing it had, and it became far too reliant on callbacks and gimmicks. I *much* prefer it as a weird collection of 8 episodes satirising high school science videos.