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Agree, she definitely does not deserve the old heave-ho.

Like @Zella, I've heard "well and truly" a lot in pretty informed circles. FWIW, the context in which I hear it most is "We're well and truly f**ked."

Having now read the material that immediately precedes the paragraph, I agree with you.

That use of "So" doesn't bug me, but the use of "So" to begin the answer to any question has become something of a universal tic. ("So, there are many reasons for that, Stacey.") I do it myself in emails and message board posts all the time, probably to create an informal tone. (I don't think it through, but that's probably why.) I suppose, in the example you cite, the word "Therefore" would be a more formal way to start, but I feel like "So" and "Therefore" and "Thus" have become true synonyms in that context.

And just as Alex Moffat was wasted in Bad Monkey! 😡 (Although the show wasn't bad.)

Do any Brokenwood actors turn up in it? I'd like to see what they can do outside the confines of that show.

In a show filled with great comedy moments, I think my very favorite was the close-up push-in on his reaction shot. It's imprinted on my brain!

Not as "refreshed" as Cheri Oteri's. I get why Kristen did it, I guess. But both of them were funnier when they looked like themselves. Neither one was "funny-looking." That wasn't why they were funny. But whatever unique comic sensibility exists within someone funny, that very individual comic sensibility--for reasons no one can articulate--has to match nature to work as it should.

Agree with the general thrust here that it was a really good, if uneven, show. (Major cringe for me was the Black Jeopardy sketch, with only Eddie Murphy's fantastic impression of Tracy Morgan saving it.) What I found especially interesting was that there were no fewer than three entries that probed what it's really like behind the scenes at the show: the Anxiety film by Andy Samberg; the song by Adam Sandler; and the bit with Fred Armisen desperately trying to get a new draft of a sketch approved by Lorne.

Aha! Thanks, @AnimeMania. So when one of the characters described The Iris as "you know, like The Portal, that thing that happened last year," they were referencing reality. I love how this show does that. Very cool. It's hard to tell from the photo in the article, was the image quality as high-def as The Iris was depicted?

I immediately went "I can't believe they're using a Nancy Wilson track!" So yes, having been a fan of hers since both of us were young (although she had some years on me), I recognized her. That was what I metaphorically went squee about. She's well worth checking out, especially her 1960s jazz-inflected work. (Not pure jazz, but jazz-inflected.) Now, back to the storyline: Has there ever been anything in real life like that Iris installation? I don't care if the answer is no, I still loved it, but if the answer is yes, I'd love to know more about it.

The times I've seen her, she's done the increasingly uncommon thing of letting her interviewees and guests have more time for their answers than she takes for her questions.

You're correct, @shapeshifter. But it's fuzzy. The number of votes is a large enough number that it feels like one mass. If it really were one mass, "less" would be correct. ("A dozen eggs is less than a gross of eggs.") That's why one can hear "less" in the sentence you cite and not have it feel like chalk on a blackboard.

No. People with the initials MS are beyond criticism.

That's why I loved her character. She was disgusting and despicable and that made her comeuppance delicious!