Because “small town” is just a dog whistle for a sundown town.

I think you misunderstand:

Finally...the perfect running mate for George Santos.

Both of you are probably just absolutely insufferable to be around.

You are reading wrong.

Dan is kind of an 80s “greed is good” New York Republican and a sexist creep, but isn’t a part of the culture war lunacy that grew into the hot mess we have today.

Dan was creepy, but he also (eventually) accepted when his best friend came out to him as trans. So, still better than 90% of modern-day conservatives.

Uhh...

I completely agree with you.

Also better awareness of sun damage/better sunblock, I believe.

People just looked older decades ago. Part of it is styles we associate with older people, and part of it is the prevalence of smoking. Part of it is the perceptions we had of peoples ages relative to our own when we first saw them.

Considering the first couple years of Night Court, it’s kind of amazing that the last two survivors are the bailiffs.

But how many Texas Chainsaw Massacre trailers has she narrated?

Also one of the better, catchier theme songs of any sitcom ever.

Wow, I just realized all the Night Court alums who showed up for the 30 Rock episode are dead now.  :(

Well, if they portrayed Dan that way, it wouldn’t be a “ret-con”, would it?  It’d just be the same Dan.  

Do you not get that “die hard sitcom nerds” refers to you and everyone you know in Generation X?

Season 8 of the original show did give Dan an extended redemption arc that turned him from a cartoonist sleazebag into an equally cartoonish do-gooder—but then the show unexpectedly got renewed for season 9 and they walked it back.

You do realize that Night Court was a sitcom and not a documentary, right? Or are you the Neil deGrasse Tyson of the AV Club?

It’s been 30 years. He could have learned to keep his mouth shut in public.