"All of them" is a pretty big quota.

"All of them" is a pretty big quota.

You know, reflecting on that scene, I can see why some don't like this episode as much as other classic episodes. It's so damned earnest. The setup, as you describe it, is like a rake gag—-it's funny that it just keeps going on—-but what's actually happening is these one-off characters whining about their lives. It'd…

You know, reflecting on that scene, I can see why some don't like this episode as much as other classic episodes. It's so damned earnest. The setup, as you describe it, is like a rake gag—-it's funny that it just keeps going on—-but what's actually happening is these one-off characters whining about their lives. It'd…

@avclub-e576423831e043f7928d9ac113abbe6f:disqus That's your favourite Simpsons scene ever? After all the comic gold in the first third of the series, that…makes me really sad. That's like if your favourite Simpsons scene ever was that one time Homer said "the".

@avclub-e576423831e043f7928d9ac113abbe6f:disqus That's your favourite Simpsons scene ever? After all the comic gold in the first third of the series, that…makes me really sad. That's like if your favourite Simpsons scene ever was that one time Homer said "the".

Thank you, Red Road. That Lisa plot is my least favourite thing in the first seven or eight seasons. See also: Homer giving up beer for a month in "Duffless". They sure enjoyed going to the "stop doing this thing for an arbitrary amount of time and then you'll be all better" well. But at least the Duffless plot was…

Thank you, Red Road. That Lisa plot is my least favourite thing in the first seven or eight seasons. See also: Homer giving up beer for a month in "Duffless". They sure enjoyed going to the "stop doing this thing for an arbitrary amount of time and then you'll be all better" well. But at least the Duffless plot was…

Maybe you all are homosexuals too.

Maybe you all are homosexuals too.

"Probably the least realistic part of West Wing—which I totally understand—is that Leo would still be in his job 4+ years later."

"Probably the least realistic part of West Wing—which I totally understand—is that Leo would still be in his job 4+ years later."

Yeah, I think Steve's totally misread Hoynes here on a bunch of levels. He *was* saying that Josh would have been his chief of staff - SPOILER, something he reiterates later when he launches his own campaign for president. Also, I can never remember a single solitary instance of Hoynes "making it very clear that he…

Yeah, I think Steve's totally misread Hoynes here on a bunch of levels. He *was* saying that Josh would have been his chief of staff - SPOILER, something he reiterates later when he launches his own campaign for president. Also, I can never remember a single solitary instance of Hoynes "making it very clear that he…

I'm on Team Pennypacker, due in large part to the routine Montypark quoted. (And I hope Montypark quoted it for that very reason.) Like, really? Really, magical world-ending dragons singing in Engrish? What the hell show is this? I'm sure there were other terrible parts, but that's the jockey-elf part for me.

I'm on Team Pennypacker, due in large part to the routine Montypark quoted. (And I hope Montypark quoted it for that very reason.) Like, really? Really, magical world-ending dragons singing in Engrish? What the hell show is this? I'm sure there were other terrible parts, but that's the jockey-elf part for me.

Wait, is there more to it than "Homer doesn't want to hear a poem"?

Wait, is there more to it than "Homer doesn't want to hear a poem"?

Me too! I've always assumed it was a very specific parody of something, but have never been able to unearth what.

"Football in the Groin" has a football in the groin.