The trouble is that Father Ted requires at least a passing familiarity with Catholicism and/or Irish life. I was introduced to it by friends in England.

You should watch My Stepson, My Lover if you haven't yet. It ends with the stepson trying to kill the stepmom for the inheritance, only he falls off the cliff instead, and ends up a quadriplegic. No, really.

Have you actually watched/listened to his standup in the last 20 years? He REALLY didn't like gay people.

It's a show I enjoy in spite of Guy Fieri. I was probably agnostic on him till I learned he's a massive homophobe and can't stop staring at womens' breasts.

"Anyways as used to be the case before delivery services, it was custom to sit, partake, and hang before leaving."

My wife got me into The IT Crowd (I'd never seen it despite having seen Father Ted and Black Books, probably because Cory Doctorow was always pimping it on BoingBoing and it looked like a more Inside Baseball version of TBBT), but I couldn't get her into Father Ted (she HATED it) or Black Books (she barely tolerated…

I have no idea why John Cleese thought that would be better than something else in the AFCW universe (sequel, prequel, Ken's origin story, whatever). No idea whatsoever.

Why would Stanhope be difficult? Start with "What if Louis CK was an even bigger misanthrope?" and if that doesn't work, try the Bingo in a Coma ep of his podcast.

Women with those manicures that are like French manicures, only the tips are dark colors instead of white. I don't think I've ever seen one of those outside of porn, honestly.

It's not really his mom.

Gonna burn off my skin tags…

Neil Patrick Harris?

Yeah, that's a good line of demarcation.

I, too, liked the first season of Nip/Tuck.

"Do you think he knows about the A-B-O-R-T-I-O-N?"
"Audition? No, he thinks I'm offer-only."

"Who knew my sister had the legs of a thoroughbred? Am I right?! Am I right?!"

I think I've been to the casino they filmed that scene in. It was on the Strip just south of Mandalay Bay. They did not have Guess Which Hand or Rock Paper Scissors, but it was just as much of a shithole as they made it look in VV.

Also, "I ALWAYS notice the bored look in her eyes."

You're right, nothing is worse than Fierce Creatures. Not even the Holocaust.

You mean like how The Girl Next Door uses Under Pressure to indicate that, yes, Emile Hirsch is indeed under pressure?