No way.  I'm pretty sure there was no rap when Stan was a teenager.  The funkiest things got back then was Chuck Barry.

No way.  I'm pretty sure there was no rap when Stan was a teenager.  The funkiest things got back then was Chuck Barry.

Also: here's a brilliant idea for a Disney sitcom!  This family owns a parrot, see, but it's the smartest member of the cast!  Boom-shaka-laka!

Also: here's a brilliant idea for a Disney sitcom!  This family owns a parrot, see, but it's the smartest member of the cast!  Boom-shaka-laka!

Oh come on, ALF was a little contrived (evidently the character was originally created just to annoy Paul Fusco's friends… mission accomplished!), but that show was nowhere near as awful as Small Wonder.  Also, the two cartoons it spawned actually WERE pretty good, thanks to the first being set on Melmac and both…

Oh come on, ALF was a little contrived (evidently the character was originally created just to annoy Paul Fusco's friends… mission accomplished!), but that show was nowhere near as awful as Small Wonder.  Also, the two cartoons it spawned actually WERE pretty good, thanks to the first being set on Melmac and both…

Peanut butter and jelly costumes for the twins.  Oh man, that is so adorable!

Peanut butter and jelly costumes for the twins.  Oh man, that is so adorable!

As a child, I had an odd fascination with this show and its host, and I'm glad the writers of AV Club were willing to examine it through an objective lens.  It would have been easy to get lost in Downey's abhorrent political views, but Murray resisted the urge to dwell on them and instead analyzed the series as a…

As a child, I had an odd fascination with this show and its host, and I'm glad the writers of AV Club were willing to examine it through an objective lens.  It would have been easy to get lost in Downey's abhorrent political views, but Murray resisted the urge to dwell on them and instead analyzed the series as a…

As a child, I had an odd fascination with this show and its host, and I'm glad the writers of AV Club were willing to examine it through an objective lens.  It would have been easy to get lost in Downey's abhorrent political views, but Murray resisted the urge to dwell on them and instead analyzed the series as a…

As a child, I had an odd fascination with this show and its host, and I'm glad the writers of AV Club were willing to examine it through an objective lens.  It would have been easy to get lost in Downey's abhorrent political views, but Murray resisted the urge to dwell on them and instead analyzed the series as a…

I think their contempt for the overweight outweighed (heh) any objections they may have with the policies of this administration.

I think their contempt for the overweight outweighed (heh) any objections they may have with the policies of this administration.

I really miss the old days of television, before the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the corporate feeding frenzy that followed.  Sure, TV is sleek and shiny now, but the quirky personality and creativity of the 1980s and early 1990s is markedly absent.

I really miss the old days of television, before the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the corporate feeding frenzy that followed.  Sure, TV is sleek and shiny now, but the quirky personality and creativity of the 1980s and early 1990s is markedly absent.

I don't think the media ever thought it WASN'T okay.

I don't think the media ever thought it WASN'T okay.

The complainer's sense of self-entitlement is stunning.  "You're not attractive enough!  Get off my television!"  Listen, this woman does not owe you a boner, so shut the hell up.

The complainer's sense of self-entitlement is stunning.  "You're not attractive enough!  Get off my television!"  Listen, this woman does not owe you a boner, so shut the hell up.