The lesson is
Sometimes doing something simple really really well is better than doing something complex very well. And in the terms of the contest, they wanted family traditions.

I enjoyed
I enjoyed this. I thought the redhead kid could have been a step-child which allowed for a little more uncertainty of Bobby being in fact the husband.

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
I agree on the lack The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Hanukkah'
Maybe its a good Hanukkah' episode since its the right time for that.

cold opening
I really enjoyed the cold opening tonight. It was very funny, had me cracking up. Good comic timing, and good editing. Kudos!

i liked this one
The satire, sorry, parody of the episode was obvious, but that was the point. The shoe was filled with laughs and stupid humor, which is good sometimes. It made fun of people that are okay to make fun of and sort of have a good message about relationships, and gender roles. Mayhaps I am reading to…

pacing and jokes
I don't know what you guys mean when you say the pacing is off. Even if the jokes are as you say "terribly predictable," they were still well thought out and still very funny. I was cracking up by myself several times near the end.

I'll write about it
If you guys want, I will start writing about, I've seen every episode and some of them more than a few times, and the JAG episode that was sort of the pilot. So give me time, to do a writing sample or something and i'll post.

i am sad for you
" after weeks of grumbling that its writers were ignoring all that ripe, low-hanging social commentary fruit in favor of plucking more warmed-over movie parodies, South Park finally gets topical, and the result is… another warmed-over movie parody"

Rabin is correct on one point
The movie is made for the fans, the geeks and nerds and all such things which would be redundant to list. However, Rabin missed out because most of the humor was not D+D based, but more geeky science and meta-science based. That is why I believe he missed the laughs (most of them not…

He was only in the second one. And he was perfect for the role. The voice actors for the first one were the usual suspects. Just go imdb. Billy West and Maurice LaMarche and David Herman. Educate yourself. The resources are at your fingertips, literally since you typed the comment.