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24-hour banking? I don't have time for that.

Just thought I'd mention that I love the part of the opening sequence, where they tell Selina's backstory through past newspaper headlines - the one hilarious headline (made so by the quotes), "Meyer 'Proud' to be Veep" accompanied by a shot of her frowning in abject misery - that is just really funny.

Talk about easy pickings. This whole series of columns is like that. Who doesn't hate "Piano Man"? (I'd say "Start the Fire" is worse because it seems a lot longer.)

Me too.

I think Marianne is on to something. Louie was trying to step up his game and act a little aggressive, but he really moderated it by announcing explicitly that he intended to take control; announcing before he did it his intention to kiss her, and actually then finally asking for and receiving permission before he

I remember in an earlier season, I was struck by the fact that two episodes in a row showed Louie doing some of the same standup bit! I thought this was just a great, fascinating choice, emphasizing the reality of standup in a way that wouldn't have been done in any of the similarly-formatted "standup sitcoms."

Oh and also Charles Grodin's speech about how he would give anything to experience intense love and heartache again was a magnificent piece of writing, darn near profound, and performance. What a fantastic piece of casting and a fantastic performance his role in the series has been, hilarious and so real.

That's right - I thought this scene was going to branch off into an adventure where Louie and Pamela tried to do their civic duty and report what they heard to try to stop a murder - but it was just abandoned.

Oh yeah, also - loved that little quick bit where he was quickly assembling his "go-bag" for survival on the streets - but I didn't realize they were birthday candles as pointed out in this review, I thought they were two joints - which didn't make much sense, Louie's character does not partake regularly.

"Given the fast-and-loose way this show plays with language, she and Evanka might not even be speaking Hungarian.)" sounds like Erik hasn't been reading the comments here, where we have been graced (thanks guys!) with translations of some of Amia's key lines. (Haven't read the comments on these new episodes yet,

Okay, this is a good time for me to throw this in the mix. I remember seeing this on tv when it happened in the 80's, and haven't heard anyone in the world, then or since, comment on what happened, maybe I am the only one in the world who noticed it. So just now all these years later I searched for it on youtube and

They killed themselves understandably!

It's the same as "flipped" but more interestinger.

Yes….although you misspoke slightly, those who can't appreciate the hilarity of the series aren't necessarily insane, but they might be philistines without a very well-developed sense of humor.

That is awesome! Thanks!

"Hurricane Jasmine Forsythe has sunk 90 percent of the Florida peninsula, but of most importance is that it killed LeBron James and everybody else on the Miami Heat." …. and (I think the newscaster then added) twelve million other people!

Brian May is "allowed" to do all of this but I would respect it so much more if he showed the confidence in himself to continue his musical career without having to rely on using the Queen brand name. Form a new band or do a solo thing (heck his own name is both recognizable and damn catchy in its own right!), maybe

What did Peggy mean when she said to Don, lamenting the state of her life, something like, "I went to Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and looked into so many station wagons." She couldn't have gone to all those places in the course of her Burger Chef market research??

Very old joke, I've told it for years except in my version the subject is (we) "keyboard players." (Usually told as part of a set of similarly old jokes, one about each band member)

"Madness is a kind of freedom." is not a sentence fragment.