Andy Bobrow

Consider the TV comedy, Community, whose characters were constantly discussing the structure and tropes of television itself.

In a twenty eleven episode, a character named Annie, curious where she fit into a friend's romantic life, asked him about the Annie of it all, the long looks, the stolen glances, the general atmosphere of would they? Might they? When fans started discussing her phrasing online, one of the show's writers, Andy Bobrow, dropped by to explain.

The X of it all is an annoying phrase that has started creeping into business speak, particularly in the meetings we had with executives, he wrote.

Typically, in reference to the process of making the show, we need to address the Bob Greenblatt of it all, or what are you guys doing about the budget of it all? It was super annoying to us, so we made fun of it.