After a dismal sixth season, 24 is going through some radical retooling in preparation for the next The latest development is the announcement that Janeane Garofalo will be joining the cast, and unless the new script involves her receiving multiple thigh shootings in every episode, this ain’t good news. Janeane was likeable in her Nineties movies. (Yes, I liked her in The Truth about Cats and Dogs. Go ahead and shoot me in the thigh.) Since then, she’s developed a persona that, to put it nicely, really doesn’t wear well. Her stints on The West Wing and Air America’s Majority Report coincided suspiciously closely with the demise of both shows, and 24 doesn’t need that kind of help right now. Janeane might be better off focusing on her standup career. She did make Comedy Central’s list of the 100 Greatest Standups of All Time—at #99, just ahead of Gallagher.

Also, look at her. Gad. I can’t believe there was a time when I thought Janeane was sort of cute. She looks like she’s spent the year since Majority Report got canceled sleeping all day, hanging out at 24-hour tattoo parlors, and obsessively scrubbing her face with the exact opposite of Stri-Dex Medicated Pads. Jimmy Dean Original Pork Sausage Patties, I’m guessing.