That's one of my hopes too, it's just the video game idea seems…dangerous.

I'm going to just come out and say it—the episode description for the Pierce-centric episode that will air on the last night of the season (sorry, trying to be unspoilery) sounds pretty bad.

I reviewed one of their albums several years ago.  I remember generally liking it, but not being totally blown away by it.  Must have been 2006? 2007?

I've been wondering if the end of RMT would come back, as well, and I think maybe it has, but not how I expected.  I, too, read that as Jeff being "the poison" of the group, and in a way, he is/was.  But I wonder if the results we're seeing with Jeff's attempts to improve his behavior, and finally making headway as he…

Rewatched BLU last night, and was more impressed the second time.  In fact, my own issues with the first watch—as with many others I just didn't feel like the parody was as well integrated as it could have been—were largely dismissed.

That's a good point—so much of what makes Seinfeld great is how big those characters and their world were, while still managing to feel pretty insular. I suppose there is a difference between character growth and character development.  I'm guilty of using the two interchangeably.   

An interesting conversation has evolved out of the different responses to Basic Canine Urology.  The conversation being—should comedy be more than simply funny.  tellfunierjokes isn't the first person to answer the question with an emphatic no (several posters here were making the point on the night the episode…

This may be true with some comedy, but look at some of the greats.  Look at Chaplin's films, Altman's MASH, Annie Hall, The Graduate, The Jerk, Groundhog Day.  Look at a huge chunk of The Kids in the Hall, or even some of Saturday Night Live's strongest work from over the years (think of the Chase/Pryor job interview…

I'm reserving judgement, but a similar thought has crossed my mind.  If the run through the end of the season stays at, or around the level the show has been on, I'll probably end up agreeing with you.  That being said, I always need distance before I can make claims like this.

Think of it this way—the classic era of The Simpsons was full of warmth and strong stories about family and what not.  That era of the Simpsons is widely considered to be the best.  Gradually, the show lost its emotional heft—and it just wasn't as funny as any more.

Comedy is never as funny to me when there aren't real stakes.  Example: The Family Guy. 

I think we all wanted Regional Holiday Music to be an A, at the time, due to the show's temporary departure.  In retrospect, it feels more like a B+/A-.

Right there with you.

I think it's spelled "behalvez."  Clearly the author of this article is a cat.

32.

If this week's episode is as good as it looks, I'd say the run from Subway -> Law and Order could come close to rivaling the run from Calligraphy -> Uncontrollable Christmas.  It won't quite reach that level and it won't be as consistent, trading 1 exceptional ep. for 2 pretty solid eps, but a run of greats including…

I was really hoping this was going to be in reference to the "Fugitive Alien" episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Yeah—I mean, I kind of half-knew/suspected that, that was the person who was going to die.  Was not expect such explicit confirmation from promo photos.

Yeah, the cummulative system only works well if you have enough voters.  Then the outliers get sorted out on their own. 

The preference response isn't a cop out at all.  I feel the same way—most of those choices work for me (though, like I said, the verdict is still out on the Chang story as far as I'm concerned).