It's a double-edged sword, IMO. On the one hand, the show can be judged as the best of the competitive genre, since it's won all but once in that category. On the other hand, sometimes I think voters would rather slam their heads through a wall than even think about the genre. TAR winning all the time would be…

This might be denial, but I'm not down on TAR at all. Okay, so Ethan & Jenna wiped out too early, the Snowboarders won too many legs (at least three because of the mistakes of others), and the non-elimination legs felt like they kept popping up. A mediocre season of TAR is still better than most reality TV. Seriously,…

I really don't want to think about Mr. Hankey. I almost threw up when I first saw him. I'd rather have Santa getting tortured, Christmas in Canada or the Woodland Critters than Mr. Hankey.

I only got started on this show thanks to the Comedy Central reruns, and this is the first season I've watched "live." Question: are there any redeemable characters on this show? I mean the recurring/tertiary kind, because I know the main quintet is basically the Seinfeld gang taken to the raunchiest extreme. I'm…

Did anybody else listen to the album from this special on a record while painting plaster ornaments for class?

I know about Tintin, mostly through the HBO cartoon in the mid-Nineties. At least nobody asked, "Why are we dressed like Hitler?" [/Archer]

In big-time series, I always go for the funnier episodes over "mytharc." I never thought Ein was that special, given the hype about being a "data dog," but he's still a damn cute Corgi, and a perfect sidekick for Edward. I got a sketch of Ed a while back. The biggest regret: not getting Ein in it.

I don't think he actually dropped the quarter in the slot. He was about to do that, thought it out, then called 911 with the bomb threat. I might be wrong, though.

Am I crazy, or do three-sided chess sets exist? I remember reading about a three-way set, with black, white and grey pieces.

Plus side: this episode got more out of Neil Gaiman ("British Fonzie" . . . oh, Moe) than they did from Alan Moore. And I'm still wondering how a mediocre American city got Alan Moore to have a signing at a local upscale comic shop.

I think there isn't an affection for The Princess Bride going on, but rather an open admission that Segal couldn't pull off wearing Andre's wrestling unitard.

This would be better news if the show hasn't hit a nadir. Aside from Sandra Diaz-Twine winning Heroes Vs. Villains (where she was clearly miscast as the latter), what good has come from this show? We had Russell Hantz stinking up three out of four seasons, Russell showing the lack of ingenuity of the production team…

I didn't think it was that great. I mean, I'll take it over the "Stan grows up, and everything's shit" mini-arc, but I wouldn't call it a slam dunk. Cartman-centric episodes are fun, but this one felt a little too scattered for my tastes.

Out of curiosity . . . . was anybody else disappointed that there wasn't a Watchmen spoof after seeing a promo pic of Homer as Dr. Manhattan? C'mon, he works at a nuclear power plant! That's half the battle already!!

In regards to Ridiculousness . . . yes, I've seen some of the clips on Tosh.0 already. Yes, Chanel's laugh is annoying. And yeah, bringing in Caite Upton for an episode was not a good thing (am I the only one who remembers TAR16?) I will say this: anything Rob Dyrdek does on MTV is usually the best thing on the…

I might be weak, because I'm not getting a TAR8 vibe at all. I mean, as bad as Laurence can be, and that accent isn't helping, he can't hold a candle to the five alarm fire that was Linda Weaver. Maybe I have faith . . . or I'm just waiting for Marcus to get out of Chip Mode and start being a jerk. Besides, all that…

Um . . . first?

The first Survivor cast members on TAR were Rob & Amber, and they came in second in the seventh season. They also won the first three legs in TAR11 (the "all star" season . . . gotta find that in quotes, since it included Eric & Danielle and Teri & Ian), before a needle-in-a-haystack Roadblock doomed them. Are you…

I know Ethan & Jenna were examples of stuntcasting. I know they each won a million bucks, even though I know they don't still have that in their banks. However, it sucks that we get four weeks of Russell Hantz last winter/spring, but only two of a rather functional couple. Ethan could beat cancer, but he couldn't beat…

Alliances are possible. Teams can and have worked together, sharing information for their mutual benefit. One example is mismatched brothers Ken & Gerard teaming with twins Derek & Drew for most of TAR3. Ethan & Jenna were probably thinking they would be shut out by the other teams.