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   	- The first joke (unless Tivo cut off one) was ``you're an   
   accountant. You go where the numbers take you.''  The second was about   
   watching Judging Amy.  Clearly, this is to be a character-oriented show.   
   That fits Conan's comments about his favorite sitcoms of the past and   
   their bias towards shows that don't really have punch lines per se, but   
   rather just people carrying on in amusing fashion.   
      
   	- In fact, the talk-show clips were pretty much the *only*   
   pieces of the show that could be excerpted and presented to an ordinary   
   audience.  The rest you really have to watch most of the show for them   
   to make any sense.  That's fine for the construction of the show, as it   
   was very nicely written, but it does make promotion all the harder and   
   given there's already one ``web exclusive'' episode this could make the   
   show an awfully hard sale.   
   	   
   	- Andy went all-out on the furniture for his office.  Dressing   
   for success or too much startup cost?   
   	   
   	- Miss Congeniality 2: Andy likes it, Video Guy hates it.  Maybe   
   we can have lunch at the Kebab place sometime, sure, but it's 4:30.   
   	   
   	- Buying an ad on a Mexican radio station seems odd, since Andy   
   Barker isn't a particularly dumb guy, to appearances, but would this be   
   his target audience?  It can't be that it was the only radio channel he   
   could afford, after all, there's the padded office desk and whatnot that   
   he could swing.   
   	   
   	- ``These are my files,'' feels like an Andy improv.   
   	   
   	- Kebab is a really good meal option, by the way, if you have   
   the choice.   
   	   
   	- Andy Barker hasn't seen Chinatown; surprising that Video Guy   
   didn't slap him.  ``This man came to America in the wheel-well of a   
   jumbo jet and he's seen it.''  I haven't seen it either, but I've heard   
   abundant references.   
   	   
   	- Good of Andy to start by looking the guy up on Google.  In at   
   least one scene, Andy's web browser is Safari, a Mac-only browser.   
   That's no 404 page any real person ever saw, though.   
   	   
   	- Good job going to the newspaper archives.  The clerk was   
   dead-on perfect.  This clip was used either on Leno or O'Brien.  The   
   quick slap is a hit.  So to speak.   
   	   
   	- The landlord is pretty quick on the rent, unless we're to take   
   that there's a whole month gone by.   
   	   
   	- Video Guy despises 'Meet the Fockers'.  I haven't seen it.   
   	   
   	- Going through tax returns and other accounting details *is*   
   probably good practice, but how amusing can it be for long?   
   	   
   	- ``Quickly, please, I'm cooking hamburger.''  ``Yes, of   
   course.''  That's the sort of exchange Police Squad did so very well.   
   	   
   	- The back-alley scenes were a *bit* too dark.  I can't stand   
   dark, black scenes, which made so much of Modern Star Trek shows   
   unwatchable.  When did the guy's fake wife express her son's concern?   
   	   
   	- Andy's wife doesn't quite have a pleasant voice, but her   
   concern about Andy doing pot was funny.  I like Andy's choice of   
   metaphors.   
   	   
   	- ``You from the County, is this about the smell?'' sounds like   
   a cheap, lazy joke at first, but it's got a sharper undertone to it.   
   ``Let's see if you got the Mike and Ikes to get him out'' ... I wonder   
   if that's more a Conan line or a Jonathan Groff line.   
   	   
   	- How can Nixon see the parking lot from his alley?  I'd grumble   
   about the use of magic-enhancing technologies, but then we don't really   
   know what hardware the creepy paranoid guy would install.  Note Video   
   Guy's pickle-snatching.   
   	   
   	- Video Guy rolls across the hood for his own amusement.  Thug   
   is upset about his back, and needs more potassium.   
   	   
   	- Andy asks a fair question about who owns the warehouse.   
   ``Boy, do I have a bone to pick with you; you lied to me!''   
   	   
   	- For a moment I thought they might have had the building   
   actually surrounded, since calling police to do obviously dangerous,   
   police-related work does seem to be such a rare thing in detective shows   
   or movies.  Cute little musical interlude, too.   
   	   
   	- Why does Andy have a car seat?   
   	   
   	- The 2:30 meeting with Ron was also a clip, I think on Conan,   
   and was a great pick.   
   	   
   	- I'm curious how accurate Andy's accounting advice is.  Were I   
   writing the show I would make it as precisely accurate as possible,   
   since authenticity adds to the humorous value, and getting it exactly   
   right would delight the people who actually knew what he was talking   
   about.   
   	   
   	- ``Cut you like a fish just for the hoo-hahs''?  Funny line,   
   yes.  Lew's rather confident about Andy's reaction, and closing on a ``I   
   got hot links I was gonna grill'' while eye of the Tiger plays was   
   great.   
   	   
   	   
      
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