one thing i love about bco is after it gets posted, people flood it with more awesome stories. it's the gift that keeps on giving.

That film is fascinating. Despite being an ad, it follows the 1950s dichotomy of the way suburban dads are portrayed on TV vs film (including Goofy, who was more scandalously boorish than Ward Cleaver).

That baby grab-box is a good idea, though. Everyone laughs about how babies just like the packaging anyway, right?

There's a musical about her life - narrated by her murderer - in which Death is a main character who is wooing her - and still the musical is more authentic to her life and her person than any film adaption I've ever seen. Look at how pretty it is.

The series finale better end with a time jump to President-Elect Leslie Knope giving her acceptance speech on Election Night 2040.

That sounds almost like an Archer joke. "Yes, I was cheating with your sister - your twin sister, which means I obviously still find you very attractive."

To me that's always the creepiest thing about adding a baby to a sitcom - its silence, or even worse, its perpetual absence. It sort of ruins it for me if both parents are in a scene and I'm too distracted by "but who's watching the BABY?" to enjoy it.

I love both Parks and Rec, as well as Modern Family. But objectively? Parks and Rec is LEAGUES AND MILES AND PARSECS ahead of Modern Family in terms of smart comedy. It's much less sitcom-y as well.

Baptists: taking things that are not all that fun, and somehow making them less fun, since 1609.

Listen, Ubertrout, you clearly did not grow up saddled with a large number of teetotalling Baptist relatives, because then you would realize that there is something worse than fruitcake, and it is GUMDROP CAKE. It is pound cake, or possibly yellow cake mix baked in a loaf pan, and bereft of a rum or brandy marinade;…

That's why i think meeting for coffee on a first "internet date" is a good idea. Work up to the dinner date.

"I'm sorry, but you just look so... much... like... Angela Lansbury."

Back when I was young and single, I dated mostly people I knew (college or work acquaintances) and I found the whole process pretty horrible. I'm terrible at small talk and I dread going through all the awkward get-to-know you crap only to have a person, a few dates later, say something so galling, you really hope you…

My Tinder dating life is more like 'Hey, how's it going? What do you like to do for fun? That picture of you is hilarious.' And then a lifetime of never hearing back.

Dear Moms of All Politicians Everywhere,

I wish every single pundit/politician on earth lived in fear of their mom calling them publicly on their shit.

"it's mom..." I can only hope to embarrass my kids, on that level, at some point in their lives.

I love this mom. And by love this mom I mean that I really do love her but I'm so glad she's not my mom.

The funny part is that when she said she wanted to be his valentine, she made sure to point out, "but not in a gross way."