The A.V. Club

...that officially, many people contend the decade doesn't end till the end of 2010.) Take it up with the good people at the great A.V. Club, who declare THE BEST COMICS OF THE '00s. (They dare ya to challenge their picks. They dare ya.)

In this article: Sweet potato and A.V. Club

In true Patton Oswalt fashion, Christmas is a time for reflecting on the banality (and startling non-Christian-ness) of pop culture--particularly a little ditty called "The Christmas Shoes." It's a terrible, terrible song that God surely...

In this article: Patton Oswalt, God, and David R. Ellis

...Dennis Sewell about the dark aspects of Darwin's legacy, including how it has been used to justify racism. In an interview with the A.V. Club, prominent atheist and Darwin proponent Richard Dawkins called that interpretation an...

In this article: Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, Time Magazine, Skeptic, Michael Shermer, Los Angeles Times, NPR, A.V. Club, and Richard Dawkins

...is with us in calling out the bad special effects ... but we are of two minds on the quality of the Slap Bet commercial. The A/V Club thinks a sequel to "Slapsgiving" was doomed to fail. BuddyTV is asking the important questions: were...

In this article: How I Met Your Mother, The A/V Club, and Ed Koch

Like many of you, we here at The A.V. Club were never really holding our collective breath in hopes of actually meeting our most (in)famous commenter, ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER, in person. We figured that his many comments and occasional e-mails...

In this article: Rob Zombie, Chicago, Aragon, Milwaukee, and New Orleans

...Never Been Kissed outgrossed Fight Club when both movies were released in 1999. To her credit, Drew has a good sense of humor about the whole thing. As a producer on the film, she gave the go-ahead for the prank. [A.V. Club via Yahoo Movies]

In this article: Fight Club, Never Been Kissed, Drew Barrymore, Blu-Ray, Yahoo Movies, and A.V. Club

...one to have: right before we take a two-week hiatus for Thanksgiving, and leading up to the winter finale. (Incidentally, the A.V. Club has a theory that we should only be watching the odd-numbered episodes of this show, because it's the...

In this article: NSA and Bob Dylan

...over his sister. And, oh, right: It looks like Rita is embarking on an affair with a recently dumped neighborhood dad. The AV Club damns the show's peripheral characters. The Ampersand articulates the boredom that we suspect led...

In this article: The AV Club, Tampa, Florida, and Miami, Florida

...cute receptionist, only both parties are far weirder and more oblivious than the original models. " Nathan Rabin at the A.V. Club thinks they're writing more for Andy than for Dwight this season. Margaret Lyons at EW.com says this one...

In this article: Dunder Mifflin, Pam, Bankruptcy, A.V. Club, Scranton, and Midstream

...salaried journalists engage with music, movies, books, TV and their makers. But A.V. Club has been building its own brand rapidly. "The A.V. Club audience has more than doubled in a year and a half," says Onion CEO Steve Hannah. The...

In this article: Dan Brown, Inventory, The Onion, Chicago, Woody Allen, and Cadre