Sims actually deconstructed that bit in the review, in the first worthwhile thing he's ever written. I'm proud of you, Simmy. Let's hope that this is not one of those times when you change, but then quickly change back.

Why does Ross, the friend strapping enough to have Chandler for a snack if he so desires, not simply have Chandler as a snack?

I believe he is referring to ancient Earth's most foolish television program, on which Ross, the largest friend, does not simply eat the other five.

@avclub-ebb9a451961a45c69d22cbae34e9a281:disqus It's funny. That's one of those bits that, when compared to the artfully constructed genius of Classic Simpsons, seemed *terrible* at the time, because they've gone from a joke that works on countless levels to "Homer yells and is oblivious and boorish"…but when compared…

There needs to be a Butt-Head gimmick account for moments like these.

I don't know why, but I'm inexplicably offended by PDN's several-times-restated claim that this episode happened because the director, writer, and Conrad Bain were "untalented". I've never heard of the director or writer before, and I was not aware of any strong feelings about Conrad Bain, who I consider a genial…

Daffy, when I first entered this thread, I had not read your many, many responses in which you call everyone who engages with you "fuckhead". Truly, you are as smart as you are handsome.

@misterfilmgeek:disqus I believe Spiro Agnew was the first VP candidate nominated specifically under that strategy, and yeah, it's been used pretty regularly ever since. But the list of Biden quotations you provided? They're just not as funny as the things Quayle said. "He thought 'jobs' was a three-letter word!" and…

In this context, Daffy, I don't think people are being political. I just think "I didn't live in this century" or "happy campers you always will be" is a pretty hilarious thing for the vice-president to say. The only "really stupid" Joe Biden quote I can think of is that one about Teddy Roosevelt going on TV to…

This is time I could be working, Mommy.

Many of these roundtables spend a lot of time recapping the episode. Maybe this one could have had…some of that? Say, a sentence, or a clause? I haven't seen the episode, and now all I know about it is:

Okay, I'll bite. Which two season 10 episodes are among your favourites?

Thank you, fineoakstructure! I was just coming here to post that. It's one of my favourite jokes ever. As you say, if he'd just up and started *acting* like a chicken, that would've been a standard-issue sitcom gag. But announcing, "I'm a chicken, Marge!"? Genius. I can't pin down what it is about his tone - a certain…

Yeah, I tended to nitpick things like that when classic-era Simpsons was airing, too. If I'd known we were going to get, oh, fifteen seasons in which a random Steve Guttenberg reference would have been the high point, I'd have saved my time.

Or, as SIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMSSSSSSS will call it, "And Maggie Makes These". Or possibly "This Things I Believe".

I'm feeling you on the "peaking early" bit, K. Thrace.  Three people from my high school are getting PhDs as we speak, one of whom seemed borderline mentally handicapped, one of whom was kind of the quiet girl who had to strive to get Bs in grade ten English, and one of whom was a genius from the cradle. Everyone's…

I thank you for it, too - I'm in a fairly similar situation to what idiotking describes. I mean, I'm not there yet, but I'm on my way there. Living with my dad, just completed a fancy degree that theoretically qualifies me to be master of the universe and practically qualifies me for nothing except for…

This is ancient Earth's most foolish program, remember.

Why does Ross, the most contemptible Friend…oh, never mind.

I thought she was perfectly cast as your friend's sister who wouldn't be that hot if she wasn't your friend's sister, but that taboo elevates the hotness.