Not usually a grammar Nazi, but this piece needs an editor.

How un-80's is it that both Absolut and St. Pauli Girl is mentioned during the waitress contest?   Nobody in an 80's sitcom asks for an actual brand of beer, even beer afficionado Norm.   And the beer that Sam did a commercial for was some generic not actual brand.

Two 'bifurcated's in this writeup.    You guys have been reading too much Rabin.  

If Grantham is so worried about the honor of Mrs. Patmore's coward nephew, wouldn't it be much easier to just lie to her about it?   Why go through the whole wink wink, nod nod routine?

How ridiculous is it that Frank is receiving, rather than giving the bathroom head?  

Yeah, you have to figure that Diane is 25 or so, as she's clearly too old to be an undergraduate.    Before she got the part-time waitress job, who was paying for all those post-graduate classes?    

Wikipedia (which is never wrong) says it mentions he pitched from 72-78, and bought the bar while he was still playing.     So say maybe he's 24 when he was first called up and maybe he's 35 now?

Second best line of the MTV book, some flunky from Squier's record company saying

Best quote from the MTV book.  Doc McGhee, who managed Bon Jovi and Motley Crue and Skid Row in the 80's:

Okay, he's the oldest looking 22 year old in the history of well, whatever.

How the hell did Bedford Falls have a pool underneath its gym with retractable floors in 1935, and in 2011, I still have never heard of such a thing outside of this movie?

From an Alice fan site (Yes, even Alice has fansites) :

Not the biggest Alice fan in the world, but I remember at least one recurring customer.   Guy with glasses, blue uniform, worked for the phone company maybe?   But I'm sure the guy never had his own plots or anything rivaling that of Norm or Cliff.

Does "Alice" not count?   Mostly set in a diner. 

Maybe next season will just be Tate Jr. killing a nanny or gardener or other domestic help every week, and Charles S. Dutton looking all grumpy while he gets nowhere questioning Constance about it again.  

There's entertaining scenery chewing, there's dumb pointless monologues, and then there's Constance talking to the mirror at the end of this.    It felt like an eternity.  

So are we never going to see the masked dude with the pruning shears from the opening credits?

Do the inanimate objects appear to an alive person?   Could you walk in there and see the tree all set up?    And why are these ghosts in need of sleep and drinking coffee? 

No, there's no logic to any of this.    Also, Thaddeus was killed as a baby and still grows up, everyone else stays the same age.  

I know Tom Walker was in captivity for a while, but has he ever seen a spy movie before?   You hand over a phone with the Big Bad on the other end to someone and DON'T put it on speakerphone?    You're as good as dead, dummy!