Parks & Recreation Avoids the Scott Adsit ProblemI’m a little late discussing the departure of Paul Schneider (Mark) from Parks & Recreation . Here’s the long Los Angeles Times...
For Students of the Laugh TrackI’ve talked a few times about the differences between real laughter and canned laughter in television (which are often spoken of...
Special Mailbag: Dear Prime MinisterThe Prime Minister is scheduled to go on YouTube tonight to answer the questions of Canadians and be mistaken for the grown-up...
Stoners demonstrate surprising initiativeThe Prime Minister’s YouTube chat is this evening at 7pm. He will apparently "answer a selection of your top-voted questions."...
Free speech and propagandaBuried in a Liberal motion yesterday was a proposal that the House direct "its Board of Internal Economy to take all necessary...
The Commons: Wait and seeThe opposition persists in its questions and the government insists on dismissing those queries
Making the Transition: Episodic to SerialThere’s been some discussion of whether Fringe , whose "mythology" episodes are consistently better than its stand-alone...