If you don't mind, what was the basic thesis of this paper? Were you viewing his timeline along historical lines, as your comment sort of suggests?

Someone told them about the Box of Faith!

This could definitely be good if it rachets up the unbelievability factor until that becomes the joke. I'm a sucker for seeing what Americans consider the most obvious stuff about our country.

Basically, Kroll Show is now the bar you have to clear if you want to make jokes about us, America. Good luck and SHOW US YOUR SONGS!

South Park took the idea far enough that I don't think there's any real comedic ground left. The double-standard already automatically makes me think of the asshole cops saying "niiiccccce" whenever it comes up.

I was surprised at how quickly that whole thing died. I had thought that it would hurt her reputation a lot more than it has (Joe Rogan has more insulation, I think).

Is that some weird, wild stuff? (Sorry.)

I do remember that it had one of my favourite Norm MacDonald sketch appearances. He was the gold medal winner for the luge and his entire bit was pretty much focused on how ridiculous the word "luge" sounds when you say it a lot.

Indeed. Perhaps worship is always a two-way street. Why try to appeal to supplicants if you don't need them?

It's true. Metal as a whole has this "searching for extremes" thing going on that sort of runs counter to the desire to find something that speaks to you in particular. The thing is, I guess, that regular reviews are just never going to speak to that aspect of it. Put another way: if Dave Mustaine being cranky…

Even if they cross over with Degrassi?

I get where you're coming from, but your example might well have a clue. All of that season 3 stuff involved things happening in the plot and presumably humourous situations coming out of it. The Changnesia thing was a word with the barest ghost of a plot attached. In a sitcom, situations are everything, and season…

Interesting twist on the unreliable narrator near the end, too. He's not lying or misremembering, just making reasonable surmises about what's happening that are disproven as he's saying them.

I turned that line over in my head endlessly as a kid. It really stuck with me, as it's something of a puzzle: "treat me like a king and I will treat you like a master". It's an abusive mindset revealed from a different angle. A tyrant is meaningless without a subject, after all, and Sarah's rejection smashes his…

I've noticed that early twentysomethings these days seem to treat Elf like one would treat a childhood perennial, so I'd imagine that that's joined the canon (I still haven't seen more than bits and pieces of it).

It's a good one. Not deep, but frequently hilarious.

I'd call the movie good, but not truly great, and the reason that it's good is entirely what you just mentioned. Jamie Foxx gave an unbelievable performance as Ray Charles. There was never any point during that movie where I wasn't convinced that I was somehow watching Ray Charles up on screen. The movie's…

Why is it so damned hard to make a really good movie about a musician? Music is inherently pretty well-suited to cinema, and performances tend to be the best parts of music biopics. Why do they constantly fall down on all of the other aspects? It's just strange to have a subgenre with so many decent movies and so…

Caine didn't really make good points, but one of them was very relatable. It doesn't help things to say "eh, who really cares about the Oscars", but I find myself agreeing at least a bit because I don't really care about the Oscars. I'm against the racism in the Academy, but it's pretty academic for me because I…

At least he's consistent, right? He consistently does not really give a fuck about the Academy Awards. If I were an actor, I think I'd rather be working than sitting through an awards ceremony.