I feel like this suggestion is too obvious. I know that Tom shies away from breaking the immersion of Jon Wurster's characters, but the Mountain Goats aren't quite so intimately connected with Wurster as Superchunk, and John Darnielle interviews are always adorable and great. I'm sure that it has already been set in stone that he won't appear on the show if he hasn't by now, but I figured it would be worth bringing up, if only to get a confirmation that it's a no-go, and lower my worldly ambitions accordingly.