Hall of Faces

As Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna's exuberant, complicated, hilarious rom-com-musical-psychological-comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend wraps up its four-season run on the CW, Allison and Clint decided to take some time in between main episodes to talk about the show's unsung (well, less sung, they all sing) recurring characters - from Michael Hyatt's sage Dr. Akopian to Rene Gube's divinely chill Father Brah.

But we can't help but wonder if there's someone we're forgetting, someone who shouldn't be ignored... Oh! It's George, he of the delightful ad-libbed songs about getting coffee, one of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's most beloved supporting players. And lucky for us, the one and only Danny Jolles joins us later in the episode to talk about George's curious evolution, the origins of his breakout on the show, and more!

Ten years ago, in March of 2009, a little show called Battlestar Galactica aired its final episode - a big, sprawling, controversial finale to the politically charged sci-fi drama that captured the imaginations of a post-9/11 America and helped legitimize science fiction television as legitimate prestige media. Developed by Ronald D. Moore as an update of the campy, short-lived 1978 space series, Galactica (which ran from 2003 to 2009 between a miniseries, four seasons and two direct-to-DVD movies) was never a huge ratings hit, but its combination of innovative space action and War on Terror allegories made it one of the most seminal and influential sci-fi shows of its era.

But it's the characters who made the show really sing, and Allison and Clint are joined this month by The Televerse's Kate Kulzick and USA Today's Kelly Lawler to discuss which character from the gritty space opera deserves a spot in the Hall of Faces. Is it Edward James Olmos' stoic, taciturn William Adama? Mary McDonnell's pragmatic Laura Roslin? James Callis' duplicitous Gaius Baltar? Katee Sackhoff's admirably flawed Kara Thrace? Or someone else in the Colonial Fleet's stellar ensemble?

Sit down with some ambrosia and hear out our arguments, as well as the best TV of February and what we're looking forward to in March. So say we all!

Welcome to the Hall of Faces, The Spool's monthly TV podcast! A spinoff of the short-lived Consequence of Sound podcast TV Party, Hall of Faces sees hosts and TV critics Allison Shoemaker and Clint Worthington build up a pantheon of television's greatest characters, one show at a time.

For our very first episode, Allison and Clint are joined by guests Kate Kulzick of The Televerse and Kris Vire, formerly of Time Out Chicago, to talk about Tina Fey's incredible NBC sitcom 30 Rock! Running from 2006 to 2013, 30 Rock offered up a witty, satirical spin on Fey's tenure as head writer of Saturday Night Live, quickly turning into one of TV comedy's most consistent and uproarious joke delivery systems.

Warping the ins and outs of a sketch comedy show set in 30 Rockefeller Plaza into high-concept farce of the highest order, Fey and co. also managed to craft a cast of TV's most wonderful characters, from Fey's high-strung Liz Lemon, to Tracy Morgan's gut-bustingly bizarre star Tracy Jordan, to Alec Baldwin's hard-edged ultracapitalist Jack Donaghy.

Which character makes the cut? Liz? Jack? Jenna Maroney? Kenneth Parcell? Tangiers, the super-gay lion? Take a listen and find out!

With the impending launch of The Spool (formerly Alcohollywood), Spool editor-in-chief Clint Worthington and TV critic Allison Shoemaker offer a brief sendoff for listeners of their previous podcast TV Party, and a preview of the fun to come in their reboot/spinoff/continuation, Hall of Faces!