Magnificent.

RSPMILF? Recipe MILF?

Brilliant. This reminds me of Peter Sellers asking for Glenn Miller's "In The Mood" to be played at his funeral, since he hated it so much.

+1, even though I've yet to catch up with Breaking Bad. Seems only appropriate.

Dan Castellaneta, like it or not.

Please, call me Garry.

I can tell you, from personal experience, that all of the albums between (but not including) Can't Buy a Thrill and Aja make surprisingly great workout music.

@gloriana232:disqus Huh? Have I missed an episode? He's never been on QI, as far as I can tell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Quite funny, but the whole Blue Collar Comedy Tour thing make one more inclined to draw lookalike comparisons with present-day Kirstie Alley.

@avclub-6a2122265ccf2e14e3ce86a1c356a462:disqus  Damn, you're right. I always get those two confused.

Heh. I think John Oliver had similar worries - when all you do is snark at people and things, it's hard to tone that down and take an actor/musician/author seriously (or at least appear to do so) during a real interview. To his credit, Hot Rod acquitted himself well, although his guests have been real gimmes so far -…

Holy shit, that's great. Never knew about the Letterman-Montana connection - thought he'd go back to Indiana on his time off.

Just finished watching John Oliver's first four episodes. Solid B+. Only failing - he gets a little too shouty at times (which John Stewart does as well, although it's somehow more noticeable with Oliver). Also, egregious lack of Zaltzman.

See, this is why I'm not sold on Jimmy Fallon. He does amazing stuff like this (and his Neil Young impression, and Tebowie, and the History Of Rap), but his interview and monologue segments - the meat and potatoes of any late-night talk show - are just pure awful. Weird.

For me, it comes down to that old maxim - judge people by how they treat their inferiors, not how they treat their equals. In so many cases, we see Larry dealing with (or being forced to deal with) people lower down on the socio-economic and/or fame scale than he, and no matter how uncomfortable he is while doing so,…

Letterman is clearly a big influence, though, not to mention a standard Larry aspires to - witness the backstabby mayhem of "Larry's Big Idea".

As far as the music goes, I think it's just another meta joke. Taking Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Handel's Messiah, one of the greatest, most recognizable pieces of music ever written, and having the chutzpah to crowbar it into the theme tune of a second-rate late-night talk show? Brilliant.

My favourite exchange of the episode, possibly of the season:

His descriptions of the musical acts are great, too. Spot-on parodies of teen magazine cover articles. "The home-schooled heartland heart-throbs of Hanson", among others.

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