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We have a youngish adult in my office who does this. I grew up being constantly corrected on this, so it bugs me to no end. Plus, it's kind of a sign to wear grown up shoes in a place of business. My pet peeve is people who ask slightly personal questions and then turn them into extremely personal questions by not accepting my answer. "Are you married? No? What about kids? No? Really? No?" Do they want an explanation? Do you think I'm lying? Soon, I'm going to start reply, "Oh, yeah. Sorry. I forgot. I am married, and I've got triplets too."

Option C I was planning to watch Comedy Central until Colbert starts and then decide between the two after Colbert settles. However, I'm not enjoing what's on CC now, so it'll be Stephen or nothing. Not that I've watched him at the new timeslot, but I was hoping Jimmy K would be more like Dave. But they also seem to be chasing the viral video thing now just like Jimmy F. I still think Dave would have been popular on social media back in the day with all of his stunts, but there's something off-putting the way things are in late night now.

I feel the same way. This weak all around. I'm not necessarily offended, but if you're going to do "I'm kind of racist" or molestation jokes, knock them out of the park. I'm not sure I laughed one time. I appreciate the Buy Wood bits but the rest was just flat and seemingly unrehearsed. This whole season, I've felt like I've had to work to find this stuff funny. The only things I've really loved are the pretaped pieces. If this is the cast and writing going into next year, watching is going to feel like a chore.

I would love to see a Norm Macdonald as Letterman cameo.

No more semi-major new characters No more new non-music curve balls for anyone. There's already enough that needs to be resolved for everyone. Work on what's left and focus more on the characters in the music industry.

Here are NPR's two pieces: David Letterman Looks Back On Career David Letterman's Top 10 Late-Night Memories

Norm damn near broke me! When I was growing up, my dad and I bonded over two things: David Letterman and Norm Macdonald's Letterman sketch. Next week's going to be rough. Question: Has John Witherspoon been on in this farewell batch of shows? [Edited because crying and reading tweets and typing don't go together.]

Would Dre and Charlie have watched Fresh Prince? Have they referenced it. I could see them being too cool back in the day for that show. I have to admit that I had a similar reaction of disbelief the first time I met a black Republican (same for a gay Republican). I just kept asking "are you playing a joke?" If you quizzed the black people in my family, a lot of them would probably need to switch parties. But I'll never tell them that.

The two aren't mutually exclusive. It's sad that there's such a stigma with abnormal behavior like this (probably a biological/psychological disorder). The fear of a restraining order and no support is why so many people don't speak up. Now that I read some replies to a comment I made earlier, I see that the problem some people have with Juliette is the OTT, uneven writing. I hope that the they write the resolution to this storyline in a way that doesn't just leave people thinking Juliette is just a crazed bitch who doesn't need support and help. That's a disservice to people really dealing with this issue.

I never cursed at my mom or took it to crazy levels, but I spoke back to my black mom. But my mom was more Bow than Ruby. I remember one instance where i did something fairly tame around my other black friends. They were in shock when nothing happened. I think they took cover. We have a pick-your-battles-policy in our family and I fared the best behaviorally among the cousins and parenting styles. "Get out, Mom!" would've been no biggie. Driving at 15? I would still be grounded now 15 years later! I'll bet they get to it sooner rather than later, but the grandparents are going to have to be present for it to brought up. But they covered some of that ground with the corporal punishment episode, didn't they? OhioMom, although it doesn't represent a lot of people's experiences, just about every episode has had something that I experienced in my life. So the reason for the show is probably 1) to be funny, 2) to tell a story that hasn't been told yet on TV. Life is messy. The topics addressed on the show don't have clean explanations or solutions. I too was worried that the pilot was too "in your face" for people who don't know what it's like for some of us. But I think race issues are so often looked at in a sad light. Sometimes, the race and cultural things are really funny in retrospect or even in the moment. I hope white people don't feel attacked by the show. But they do, it's because of the baggage they're bringing to the table. Everyone is lampooned on Black-ish.

This could leave room for them to explore the people here in Nashville who fall in between country and adult alternative/contemporary. I'm thinking of a Kacey Musgraves situation. We have a popular local independent station that picks up this type of artist. He keeps his country audience that doesn't care or supports him and picks up non-country fans who support him and/or just like his songs regardless of his genre. I thought that's what they were going to do with Avery in the beginning.

She'll continue to spiral, get help, flashback to the Hell that was her childhood and we'll feel for her again. I really surprised of the universal hatred of her all around. I see someone who was already a mess and now has hormonal postpartum stuff on top of that. I feel so badly for her. But it's good that Avery, of course, didn't play around. Three strikes and get the baby away, for now at least. I wonder how shows shot in places like Nashville control spoilers. I'm betting on Beverly dying too or the transplant to being viable. I'm afraid if I see one or both of them around town or a friend posts something from the set, the jig is up!

I looked it up. The "dig two graves" quote apparently means one thing in the English translation and something different in the original language. I won't be rewatching, so can someone remind me, what Emily VO'd the other grave to be for?

Yeah. I'm not sure I understand the two graves thing when her father developed cancer (could happen to anyone) and she got to live happily ever after with an occasional bad dream. Maybe Victoria's heart will make her pay. Does Margaux get away with her actions? Do Nolan and Emily and Jack for the jail break? Poor Nolan. It was a better ending than most, but the bar was pretty low for this show.

I get what you mean, but in 2015, most of the women I know gay or straight are beer and liqueur drinking sports fans who can build things or change fuse.

This episode hit so closely to home, that it almost wasn't funny. Thank goodness the twins' storyline was there for extra comic relief. I'm worried about how street dumb they're making Junior. I'm a bit confused about the moral of the story for what Dre did at the table. I almost did that IRL, but was warned never to out someone, even if everyone knows already and even if you end with a somewhat happily ever after resolution.

Drew is on because his Loveline cohost is married to Bianca Kajlich.

Congrats to everyone who called the nonsense that is Victoria still being alive. One more episode is too much for this show.

I have a small question/nitpick about the last segment. That male outfit that he presented from the GAP costed something like $12. T-shirts alone from there cost $30. Just last week, I heard a guy trying to return some ill-fitting pants. He comment that he'd spent $75 for pants that he can't ever wear again. Did I miss something? Were they all joke prices?

I don't know if I've ever been this excited for the cancellation of a show I still watch and...appreciate (for what it was).

Sorry, it's the Denzel Washington is The Greatest Actor of All Time Period podcast that was discussed a few times up thread. I just wanted to see if I could write it just the one time. My brain is bruised from typing it.

I kept expecting him to say that he had to break things off because all of he Emily drama would mess with the adoption, making Nolan finally realize enough is enough with her nonsense. I guess, "I need to focus" is a nice guy thing to say though.

You've just reminded me of something I must have buried. At one point in my early childhood, I was kind of fascinated with both. Good grief, children are dumb! They showed Roots in schools? That would be a no-go where I'm from. But, my family still puts at least part of it on every Christmas. I didn't know it wasn't required viewing. But, all of this Roots and DWITGAOATP talk is making me want a Black/[insert race] People Homework thread for TV. @DearEvette, you may be right. There was so much going on in this episode, that I think it deserve a rewatch.

This is the second time this month I've heard of a grown black person who'd never seen Roots. The other was the co-host of the Denzel Washington is The Greatest Actor of All Time Period podcast. It happens. And, trust me, I know people who have no business liking Sarah Palin or Sarah Palin-type people, but do anyway. Could be rebellion, could be misinformation, could be influence from friends, could be that she's a little girl. Vanilla Ice is back in the news with TV shows, nostalgia concerts and arrests. Kids have infinitely more to catch up on than we did. They're bound to get something mixed up. Some of it's a stretch, but it's a sitcom.

@ridethemaverick, I'll just have to take your word for it. These upset black men need to be more vocal and jump into the eligible bachelor dating pool, because I don't know where they are! You snooze, you lose. Not to veer off-topic, I thought the issue people (including myself) had with Scandal, was more about the nature of that relationship rather than merely just the race of the two characters.