When I saw them do "Withered Hope" live with a horn section, it rocked my face off. You wouldn't expect a song about a picture in a book who's in love with a motorbike to make you jump up and down like that, but it works.

I always thought the titles got dumber as the series went on, almost like they were trying to be as vague as possible. Smashed? Wrecked? Spiral? Those don't really tell you what the episode is about. The Puppet Show — now there's a title that tells you exactly which episode it is.

I don't remember anyone trying to get into the girl's bathroom, but there was a character named Merv who hosted a series of "Merv-umentaries" about school life.

Welcome Freshmen was a sketch show in the early seasons, but in later years it became more of a Saved by the Bell-y sitcom, and some of the characters were replaced. Fortunately, Vice Principal Lippman remained. That guy was hilarious.

But you know what was awesome in that book? The part about Conan O'Brien and Jeff Garlin playing a talk show game in their old apartment where the guest was always an increasingly irritated George Takei. I would love them reenact that on TV.

One thing that really struck me reading The War for Late Night was Conan's blind, naive devotion to the idea of The Tonight Show as some sacred institution. It seemed like he thought he was inheriting this legendary show at its peak, directly from Johnny Carson himself… but in reality, he got it after decades when…

Now let's rank the Rutles! I'll go first:

I can never remember which one was Red Skelton and which was Red Buttons.

Seeing "Signs" on DVD recently, I thought it was kind of silly, but man, in the theater it was thrilling. The alien on the video made every single person in the theater jump out of their seat.

Perry Tyler Moore?

There can never be enough Weird Al. This was great… I can't believe how many obscure songs are in this thing. Midnight Star? I'm Such a Groovy Guy? Awesome.

It's actually a four-hour British documentary about the Black Plague. The Muppets show up at the three-hour mark to do one three-minute musical number.

I hope a seagull shows up in this movie.

A friend of mine made me a copy of "Mickey's Splashdance" a few years back, and it's one of my favorite albums of all time. I think "Digital Duck" is my favorite track.

I used to collect some of those sticker albums Panini made in the 80s. I had the Thundercats one and the ALF one.

The Dark Crystal wasn't included in the sale… The Henson Company still owns it.

Most of the songs in the show are about as exciting as the one on the Tonys. There's a lot of angsty Peter Parker singing about his angst. The stunts are cool, though!

Urkel-Os
They were gross. They were kind of like Froot Loops, but all the same flavor, which didn't taste like any identifiable fruit. The box came with some really cool "Urkel for President" stickers, though!

Speaking of extras
In the DVD commentary for "Lucky Burger," they talk about an overzealous extra who walked right up between Maura Tierney and Stephen Root during their scene in the restaurant to grab a straw. And then in the gag reel, you get to see that take, plus a later (planned) outtake where the same guy walks…

Muppet Treasure Island isn't an excellent Muppet movie, but it's a pretty good comedy-adventure-musical that happens to have Muppets in it.