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'THIS… IS MY ICE SCRAPER!'

Is there any other show where the line 'HE HAD SEX WITH MY MAMA!' would fit in so well??

I think the bigger the name, the tougher it is to make the character work. I was pretty taken aback that they brought Ian McShane on board this year, but not surprised at all that his role is small and limited to one season. (though I did think he would have made a pretty sick Victarion Greyjoy)

I'd like to see Ray Winstone redeem himself from his ridiculous role in whatever the major-network-"GoT-Lite"-Bible-epic-pap show was. He could easily be any number of Northern nobles and do it damn well.

This might be the greatest AV Club headline of all time.

Wait—you mean Trump's entire campaign isn't one giant tribute to the enduring legacy of "Idiocracy"?

"We need two presidents in this country. One who, y'know, runs around and get his dick sucked and we all love him… and one who kills people." — Patrice O'Neal

"…plus we made Malia listenin' to 'Crystal Ball' back in '98. That shit is the shit."

The construction obsession is pretty fantastic, I must admit. Not only does have have the theme song to the early-'90s Canadian series "Mighty Machines" committed to memory, he also corrects me — in a really haughty, shitty voice — if I happen to say the wrong name for a piece of machinery on the side of the road.

It doesn't matter where they put the gift shop — he will want to go there. It can be at the end.

I couldn't get him to focus on any exhibit for more than five minutes. Oh except the "make-your-own-nature-diorama" one, where he removed all the animals and added all of the fake rocks.

From an old playlist labeled "Hippie Starter Kit":

My wife said at some point during whatever dream I had Monday night, I was mumbling, "I will kill you." Can't remember the dream. Unnerving. For me AND probably for her.

Joby Warrick's history of ISIS' rise in the Mideast, "Black Flags." Very, very interesting.

Love me some Chinookie from the Full Pint brewery in North Versailles.

Dear Local Museum: Why must you walk through/past the gift shop before entering the exhibits? YOU ARE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING MY 3-YEAR-OLD SON TO THE MUSEUM BECAUSE NOW HE THINKS WE ARE AT A TOY STORE THAT JUST HAPPENS TO ALSO HAVE DINOSAUR SKELETONS!

Since this run of episodes was so short, I've been re-watching 'Venture Bros' on DVD. For some reason, I can't stop laughing every time I think of this S2 exchange:

Sonofabitch, I heard he was sick, but I hadn't heard he died. That sucks. The '30 for 30' about the history of the Big East was one of my favorites. As much as I hate Villanova, seeing them win the NCAAs this year did give me a brief moment of former-Big-East pride.

No, he was the cop that takes them to the mayor's office. This guy was one of the mayor's aides — Tommy Hollis, maybe??

Does this mean I was supposed to be paying attention to all those "Flight Whatever-the-Number-Was" mini-sodes? 'Cause I totally wasn't doing that.