That scene reminded me of the line in season 3 of Friday Night Lights when Coach Taylor declares to Principal Taylor that he needs not merely a drink, but a "Scotch-flavored drink."

Have any of the principals even been on any of the late night shows?

"Can't believe how young Linda Cardellini looks compared to when she was on Mad Men."

Not my president!

Exactly that sort of thing—Intruders— aired on BBC America just last fall. Or it was ostensibly that sort of thing. They gave it a lead-in from their highest-rated show (Dr. Who)and everything (which may not be saying much, but it worked well enough for Orphan Black). I don't know if it had any ratings success, or…

She was in Whit Stillman's Barcelona. Okay, not really representative of a big movie, but I remember liking it back in the day. Norma Jean and Marilyn wasn't terrible. Although also not big, it was well-received at the time, one of those movies HBO made around that time that they hoped would become the next The…

Right. How many of us would recognize a Simpsons quote from say, season 24?

Daniel Desario FTW! How has no one else pointed this out?

I remember loving that show. Or at least the idea of it. Of course, I was 9 or 10, so . . .

"Dark and gritty reboot of Little House on the Prairie"

Yup. A collaboration with Bach, so it was sort of a "Mach" piece.

Blasphemer! God had fuck all to do with it.

Actually the problem here is that I'm a dumbass, so it's all good.

Concern trolling ain't easy.

Ismailism? Did Raghib and Qadry found a religion when their football careers ended?

Also, too, BBCAmerica used to show bare breasts (cf. Sky TV's Mile High, and I want to say there was some in the one season of Shameless they aired). On basic cable, no less— the only such channel I can recall doing that.

Yes. Yes, he did.

No one who speaks German could be an evil man!

Tra-la, Tra-la.

I don't have an opinion about her one way or the other, but that statement simply cannot be true in a universe in which the likes of Peggy Noonan, Tom Friedman, Jonah Goldberg and Megan McArdle exist.