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Ron is such a total professional.

Ron is such a total professional.

'Amyl', kid.

'Amyl', kid.

Bud Cort is is session!

Bud Cort is is session!

"HE'S A ROBOT!"

"HE'S A ROBOT!"

Also, he seems to know how to handle a combat knife.

Also, he seems to know how to handle a combat knife.

Hurwitz certainly did like to torture his actors by finding the most vulnerable part of their personas and then punching it repeatedly:

Hurwitz certainly did like to torture his actors by finding the most vulnerable part of their personas and then punching it repeatedly:

"But it's still under discussion."

"But it's still under discussion."

The 'Boy Michael' and the 'Girl Michael' was one of the few, very few devices that just didn't work. By no stretch of the imagination - and barring very few completely unorthodox parents - is 'Michael' a girl's name. The odd thing is that if Hurwitch had used 'Mickey", 'Mike' or 'Mic' instead, he might just have got

The 'Boy Michael' and the 'Girl Michael' was one of the few, very few devices that just didn't work. By no stretch of the imagination - and barring very few completely unorthodox parents - is 'Michael' a girl's name. The odd thing is that if Hurwitch had used 'Mickey", 'Mike' or 'Mic' instead, he might just have got

"Parks & Recreation, 30 Rock, The Office, Community"He didn't mention these shows because they've all already been ruined by lazy writing, generic sentimentality and flabby, artificial, over-extended story arcs.Meanwhile real comedies that have avoided these traps - Wilfred, Archer, Web Therapy, Peep Show in the UK -

Perhaps one day you'll have a real girlfriend. Ha ha. I'm kidding of course. You never will.

It's stunning to me how incredibly boring this series is and has been right from the start. Is Lucas  selling it at a discount to the TV channels so he can sell toys off the back off it? Because otherwise I just can't see how it can remain on air.

It's not always funny and it's not always clever and it's not always on point, but when it is funny, clever and on point, there's nothing better or like it on TV. Strange that it should come from a stable as hackneyed and clapped out as Lorne Michaels'.