Of all the phrases I've written or copy-pasted here since the end of 2001 (yes, BCK's been online THAT LONG -- I NEED A LIFE), one of my favourites has to be "she started loving the horse more than Jesus." I don't know why. I guess it resonates with me. Or it's just funny. Or I need a psyhologist. It comes from a 2006 interview with Dino Stamatopoulos (comedy writer, creator of the animated series Moral Orel, and an old friend of Charlie's):

Dino S.: Charlie Kaufman actually had a great idea for one [episode] but he's very busy. I might write it and bounce it off him a little bit…. [The idea] was based on his wife buying a horse from this woman. This woman sold it to Charlie's wife only because she started loving the horse more than Jesus. I wanted to do a show where Orel has a pet of some kind because I wanted to bring his mother into the whole episode. I have this idea that his mother hates animals and wants them around only for eating. So I always liked the idea of Orel owning a dog. Right now it is still a germ but it's going to be about Orel having this puppy that he loves more than Jesus and what he goes through because of that. (Source - link possibly NSFW)

Every so often, someone will email me and ask if it ever became an episode - or they'll email me and let me know that it did become an episode. And I forget to mention on BCK that it became an episode. And I figure maybe I ought to do that now, because I'm procrastinating and waiting for a pot to boil. So:

It did become an episode, #202, entitled "Love." (Scroll down a little once you get there, assuming you click.) I've never seen an episode of the show. Steve tells me:

Orel became a great series in its second & third seasons (before being cancelled by Adult Swim for having too much pathos & not enough pee jokes)... I'd strongly recommend seeking out the second & third seasons if you can find them - I think you can view the episode “Love” on the Adult Swim website or on the second disc of Moral Orel - Volume 1.

And now I've told you guys. And I'm still waiting for that pot to boil.