The Star reviewed six cut-above burger joints in Toronto. Top of the list: Oh Boy, which opened recently on Queen W. just slightly east of Portland St. (they started working on the space more than a year ago).

But old favourites like Utopia on College St. W. aren't included in the mix. I guess Dangerous Dan's really doesn't qualify as gourmet.

However, the Roxton (on Harbord, just east of Ossington) is reputed to make a great burger, but it's left off, as is Beer Bistro at King E. and Victoria.

Some like Allen's on the Danforth (south side, block or two east of Broadview, great patio!), but I don't count myself as impressed with theirs.

A commenter on the story reminded me that Epicure on Queen W. near Portland also serves up a good burger. Some other pointers from commenters, although not necessarily to gourmet burgers:

• Watermark Lounge in the Radisson Admiral Hotel --- 249 Queens Quay West.
• Sandwich Box on Richmond/Bay
• Mitzi's Sister for lamb burgers
• The Burger Shack, Oriole Parkway/Eglinton
• The Artful Dodger, Isabella/Yonge
• Hair of the Dog, Church/Carlton

The trusty old Downfall clip has been pressed into service again, this time to have Hitler ranting about the Toronto Maple Leafs.

However, the value of the clip is less in its hilarity, which is modest, than how it lays out the club's long history of drafting ineptitude: (Seen first at Toronto Mike)

I should say the Leafs did defeat the Washington Capitals in a shootout on Saturday night. As a result, they increased their total number of wins by 33 per cent in just one game!

SNL did a very funny parody of the movie trailer for 2012, incorporating everyone's plain-talkin', moose-huntin' ex-governor, Sarah Palin: (seen via Twitter)

And if you want an entertaining analysis of the Palin Phenomenon, check out Matt Taibi's take at True/Slant: Sarah Palin, WWE star.

There were two takes in Saturday's Globe and Mail:

• Rex Murphy - Obama inspires, Palin connects
• Tabatha Southey - Why women can't afford to ignore Palin's ego trip

... Reads Lady Gaga's Poker Face out loud:

And if that's not enough, here's a dose of the real thing: the Lady herself performing Love Game, which includes the following unforgettable verse:

Lets have some fun
this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride
On your disco stick

Globe and Mail corro Doug Saunders, travelling through Romania, found that cab drivers loved that tune (Saunders is doing 20th-anniversary coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall).

When I said in a tweet I could only take 10 seconds of that song, he replied: "10 seconds is all it takes."

From YouTube:

The Telegraph story is here (seen first on Twitter).