It's a great idea in concept, but has a flaw:

Whoa, ass ahoy.

I don't think that was a gag as much as it was done so they wouldn't have to draw the edges on all the previously animated shots.

In a previous episode (I don't remember which one), Stewie said "I'm only one year old," to which Brian responded, "Still?"

Yep; he'd be dead if his driver hadn't been hung over.

There's "stopping WWII", and then there's "characters realize stopping WWII was a bad idea because doing so causes much more death and stop themselves from stopping WWII and cheer about it". If that were made in 1955.

Oh yeah, since nobody's mentioned it yet:

I actually might feel offended by the 9/11 jokes this time. I'm not sure; it's been so long since I've been offended by something that I've forgotten what it feels like.

I like to think that, in the universe of The Simpsons, the Chinese knockoffs have somehow become as high-profile as the companies they mimic and organized their own entertainment expo. It's the only way to explain the multiple mentions of Nintendo in previous episodes.

Since Tim Heidecker was able to shove his hilarious and very distinct humor into his brief appearance in The Sarah Silverman Program, I had high hopes for his and Eric's guest appearances, but of course they took the same approach they always do now and gave the guest stars minimal dialogue that could have been given…

Any finale that ends with a character looking nostalgically at an empty room from the doorway one last time before turning off the light and leaving. Then the studio audience applauds.

"Restless" is all about the characters. You actually get to go inside their heads and see the characters as they see themselves and their friends, filtered through their desires and anxieties. Most impressively to me, it captured the feeling of being in a dream better than any other story I've seen that takes place in…

Everyone seems to rank the first season quite low (usually worst or second worst) and to dislike the sillier monster-of-the-week episodes, so I'm very curious: Does anyone else here actually like cheesy monster movies?

Cowardice: The Other Unknown Ideal

I'm pretty sure you're far too late to be the first to say that.

Hey, now. A story can still be about self-sacrifice, but in a negative way. Like how, say, a story of Nazi Germany doesn't have to be about how great it was. Or a story of anything else, but Nazi Germany's the go-to example for anything bad, right?

I have really ambivalent feelings about the finale. It was generally satisfying, but it did violate its internal logic quite egregiously. I know Whedon said he did it on purpose because the message of empowerment was more important than continuity, but I feel like if you have to violate what you've established to…

It's been a while since I've had any enthusiasm for new Simpsons episodes, but if they manage to translate the feeling Tim Heidecker brought to his cameo in The Sarah Silverman Program into The Simpsons' animation then I'm excited.

Yes, that was the joke.

“Well, here I am,” said Jeff Winger in the dreamatorium doorway. “Oh, hello.” He stared at Troy and Abed seated in the center of the open glade eating a little picnic lunch. Beyond them was the water hole and the yellow veldtland; above was the hot sun. He began to perspire. “Where's Annie?”