"Television is a goddamned amusement park."
I couldn’t take notes for the first eight minutes of episode five. My guffaws prevented all the writing I meant to do. In about 10 minutes of network TV excellence, we cover the following joke topics: rationalizing parenthood with sports paraphernalia-friends, wearing white after Labor Day, Rosa Parks defying segregation, and agreeing on rule-breaking as …
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Turns out GOB Bluth was right: Phil Miller has made a huge mistake. His wife and noted grammarian Carol is not the last woman on Earth. The other entry is January Jones. Her name is Melissa Shart (take that, Standards & Practices!), and she is, to put it mildly, hot. Whether it’s “Three’s Company” or “Community” …
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The writers’ room gave Kristen Schaal free reign over the first 12 minutes of this episode. And Carol Pilbasian returned it, beautifully wrapped, with a neat bow and handwritten card, because that’s what Carol does. There’s a generously bearded male cake doll too, and a pretty wedding cake covered in icing but made of lasagna. Schaal monologues …
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