Also, didn't make sense that all of the A&R folks were suddenly after Alona after a few bars of the song.

I figured that might have been because not only her voice but her looks were very well suited to country-music stardom!

I could listen to CK sing all day. Sometimes I do.

Alona Tal seems far too young to be kissing Elliot.

Yeah, I thought that too.

And I wondered about the whole instant-fanbase thing too

I was amused by that because it now appears to be a running gag with Eliot.

Also, didn't make sense that all of the A&R folks were suddenly after Alona after a few bars of the song.

Because she's pretty.

I cracked up over the 'pitchy' hissy fit. "I don't think that word means what you think it means." Princess Bride FTW.

Alona Tal seems far too young to be kissing Elliot.

eh...there's only 9 years difference between them. CK just hasn't aged all that well.

having this episode set in a town i spent most of my childhood in made the accents buuuuuuuuuuurn. especially Alona's.

also? i already have many issues with CK and find it hard to enjoy Eliot as a character. this episode did not help that. i'm still hella amused that he's calling 'The House Rules' a new song. our definitions of new must be vastly different.

having this episode set in a town i spent most of my childhood in made the accents buuuuuuuuuuurn. especially Alona's.

Not from Memphis, but yes. So wrong. Of course, "Worcester" didn't ping me at all! Heh.

It took all episode to figure out where I knew her from. I kept squinting, and being all "Where...?"

the accents buuuuuuuuuuurn

Early in the first season, I had to let go of the pain and decide that the accents must be deliberately awful to be so bad, and that the badness must therefore be some sort of knowing metacommentary on the grift. It was the Kentucky episode, now that I think of it.

Yeah, it wasn't very FUN.

Oh dear lord though, I did love Parker as the Icelandic rock star. "I don't think I'm being weird enough!" "Somehow I doubt that."

Also, her dancing pick-pocketing bit. And the brief look she gave when she realized it was Eliot singing for reals. Actually, pretty much everything with Parker in this episode made me laugh and laugh.

The stuff behind the studio glass when Eliot was fighting was priceless as well. And I did love the Princess Bride shout-out.

Alona Tal seems far too young to be kissing Elliot.

Who is Alona Tal and why should I know her?

She was Meg in Veronica Mars.

I agree that I loved Parker in this episode. The rest sort of fell flat for me.

I mean seriously - she has her own version of Bjork's swan dress with X-ed-out eyes and is also a squeeze toy? That alone would have made the episode for me (much as the Angel dancing scene in She was justification alone for that episode. Granted there I can just watch the teaser and skip the rest of the episode - except perhaps for the museum tour bit).