Go easy. The pros have to be nice to everybody they might actually need again in real life. It's our job to point out that Chris Elliot is good at being goofy, but not a great actor.

I agree that I like the basic idea and I also remembered Moore's implying something similar for the PS (and didn't Neil Gaiman suggest something at least fallen angelic? I know the PS makes a cameo in Sandman somewhere). I've always liked the PS but even more so the Spectre. The Spectre provides a little of the edge…

I agree that I like the basic idea and I also remembered Moore's implying something similar for the PS (and didn't Neil Gaiman suggest something at least fallen angelic? I know the PS makes a cameo in Sandman somewhere). I've always liked the PS but even more so the Spectre. The Spectre provides a little of the edge…

And he speaks Dutch! Nobody speaks Dutch unless they are Santa Claus. Oh, and he gives them a house.

And he speaks Dutch! Nobody speaks Dutch unless they are Santa Claus. Oh, and he gives them a house.

Yeah, you missed out not mentioning DeLillo and the first chapter of Underworld. It was originally published in Harper's as "Pafko at the Wall" and as a stand-alone piece it is just breathtaking. It would be my answer to how to introduce someone to Don DeLillo.

Yeah, you missed out not mentioning DeLillo and the first chapter of Underworld. It was originally published in Harper's as "Pafko at the Wall" and as a stand-alone piece it is just breathtaking. It would be my answer to how to introduce someone to Don DeLillo.

Your professor wasn't Emanual Michal at Indiana University, was he? When I was growing up in we had a neighbor who was a medieval lit professor who obsessed about the Cubs to the point of updating every player's batting average continuously after each at bat. And this was before pocket calculators, let alone…

Your professor wasn't Emanual Michal at Indiana University, was he? When I was growing up in we had a neighbor who was a medieval lit professor who obsessed about the Cubs to the point of updating every player's batting average continuously after each at bat. And this was before pocket calculators, let alone…

Didn't Bunuel also say "Thank God I am an atheist"?

Didn't Bunuel also say "Thank God I am an atheist"?

The Narnia series was a disappointment not because they were no good but because it got unfairly axed when Prince Caspian wasn't a blockbuster. TLTWaTW was a great movie and Caspian was way better than the reviews suggested.

The Narnia series was a disappointment not because they were no good but because it got unfairly axed when Prince Caspian wasn't a blockbuster. TLTWaTW was a great movie and Caspian was way better than the reviews suggested.

My favorite Chris Elliott bit on Dave was Flunky the Clown.
DL: So, Flunky, what's new?
FtC: Oh, I just got this new tattoo  (this is back when tats were still pretty much just for creepy people)
DL: Well, can we take a look at it?
FtC: Nah, It's kinda infected.

My favorite Chris Elliott bit on Dave was Flunky the Clown.
DL: So, Flunky, what's new?
FtC: Oh, I just got this new tattoo  (this is back when tats were still pretty much just for creepy people)
DL: Well, can we take a look at it?
FtC: Nah, It's kinda infected.

No, it is not you. And thanks for reminding me. I think I'll go home tonight and listen to it.

No, it is not you. And thanks for reminding me. I think I'll go home tonight and listen to it.

I am sorry to say I've never met any of those men.

I am sorry to say I've never met any of those men.

I remember seeing the movie adaptation on TV and feeling rather frightened that I could be reduced to a pile of powder by a dehydration ray.