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To look at your growth and strengths and weaknesses and how they all played out.
To do some self-assessment, honestly, and think of ways to use this knowledge to improve going forward.
It is also a time for lists.
Bests, worsts, all of it.
Thats what were all doing right now.
Reflecting and making lists.Mostly just making lists, actually.
Maybe Ill reflect next year.
For now, it is my great pleasure to present this years Very Specific TV Awards.
But thats why you would never leave her off your list.
Because youre scared, sure, but mostly because it was just that good.
These are the primary takeaways fromMr.
The first dates, the bathroom-sharing, the real feelings that can develop over time, all of it.
A success on a number of levels, really.
Did you guess 15 minutes into the series premiere?
Because if you did, you were right.
This wasnt even the only penis-related injury inthe first chunk of episodes.
We could have dozens if the showmakes it through three seasons.
Why not do an extended riff on him incorrectly using the term raw dog?
Why not have him say the collection of words up there in that screencap?
The only limits here are the furthest reaches of your imagination.
Dont act like youre not picturing it in your head right now.
I smiled so damn wide when I realized what was happening.
Im smiling again now.
Ill probably keep smiling every time I think about it.
Best Second Life As a Meme:Shogun
BLACKTHORNE: A meme?!
What is this godforsaken tomfoolery?
We did a real show!A good one, with swords andcannonsandcultural differences!
It wasa damn epic!
A …triumph of television!
And you choose to honor us with … a meme?
This is treachery, thats what this is.
I wont stand for it.
Get me my ship!
Well blast you all straight to hell to meet the devil himself!
LADY MARIKO:The anjinappreciated your jokes.
Will I miss this delightfully silly little show about horny vampires bumbling around Staten Island?
Did I bark and clap like a seal when they briefly brought backJackie Daytonaand his toothpick in theseries finale?
I think you know I did.
Best Secret Cameo:A Man on the Inside
Okay, see that?
Does it look familiar to you?
I think you’ve got the option to tell Im headed somewhere here.
And the place Im headed is … good.
Im headed toThe Good Place.
Im glad everyone is having fun here.
Mostly might be a bit of an overstatement.
He does use words.
When he has to.
I feel like this was the year we truly started to appreciate what a treasure that man is.
It took us too long, sure, but the important thing is that were doing it now.
Good for all of us.
Butespecially good for Richard Kind.
Best Unrelenting Earworm: Sushi Glory Hole
Hear us out.
Repeat continuously in your head from now until the sun swallows the Earth whole.
Best Angela Bassett: Angela Bassett
Do you … do you realize what happened in 2024?
Do you see now?
I hope season nine opens with her going to the moon.
I dont really see how it cant.
Its not an easy thing to do, either, being a weasel like this.
You have to commit.
You have to do it knowing the audience will hate you and groan every time your face appears onscreen.
Its not a glamorous gig but it is an important one, and a useful one when done well.
I wanted to hit this character with a shovel.
Watch this clip with Bill Hader.
Then go to YouTube and watch a dozen more clips of Jiminy Glick interviewing celebrities.
Then send them all to your friends.
Then maybe watch them again.
There are worse ways to spend an afternoon.
