I think also that Gaiman really doesn’t want to cut any more of Pterry’s contribution to the book (which I’m assuming comprises a significant portion of the narration just because it’s very much his “voice”) than he has to out of loyalty to his friend (and the fact that he’s no longer around to fight about it). I can…

I hear he knows his way around an organ.

Previously I was impressed with the casting of the two leads (in fact last time I reread the book a few years ago, I saw Michael Sheen and James McAvoy in my head.  McAvoy’s probably a bit too pricey now so Tennant’s a good alternative), but McKean’s Shadwell might be the best casting of the series.

Wow. Tough crowd.

Kayvan Novak saying the word “semen” is almost as funny as Matt Berry saying the word “vagina”.

For some reason I can hear Paul Lynde in my head:

I’d respond with some Sonichu images but it’s unseemly to bag on the severely autistic.

What an amazing shot

His performance in Sam Raimi’s underappreciated 2000 thriller The Gift is among his best. It’s the film I point to when people say he can’t act

I was disappointed that despite an episode containing Dean Winters and beepers, there were no Dennis references.

That vote isn’t for another year and a half and we’re watching the bedrock of our democracy being eroded away by venal, greedy grifters and grasping authoritarians with dreams of hegemony.

Or a Shakespeare adaption only it’s...get this...you ready? Are you sitting down?

I hope we get an origin story this time.

This is a music competition, not a Presidential election

“Dog” from Good Omens.

If you weren’t expecting Dany’s heel turn, you haven’t been paying attention.

If you weren’t expecting Dany’s heel turn, you haven’t been paying attention.

Best friend dead, two “children” dead, allies and advisors plotting against her, her lover rejects her.

And finally iso-ball is dead and buried.

An article about touring Oxford that notes His Dark Materials and not a single mention of the bench?