"My player piano!"

No Rollerblading!

Ha, I remember that!  Or rather, I remember not watching it, because even the preview looked way too scary.  And I was 12 or 13.

That's a fair point; I guess what strikes me as closer to science fiction is how thought-out the menace is, and how it affects the structure of the story, and how the Doctor's solution cleverly takes advantage of their nature.  Even if the premise is fantastical, the rigor with which it is treated is refreshing.

I just saw this episode fairly recently—my wife has gotten on the Doctor Who bandwagon in a big way and we've been watching it on Netflix—and while I think this is a very good episode of television, I didn't find it that scary.  It's a very clever premise for an enemy and I like that it feels like a science fiction…

How about one of the early Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" episodes? 

I actually don't think I've seen that one, which is weird because my 7-year old is currently obsessed with Spongebob and I feel like I've seen every episode three times.

"Itchy's a jerk."

It worked for all those Silver Age comic book covers: NOT a dream!  NOT an imaginary story!  ONE HERO will DIE—because YOU demanded it!

It's us.  They're going to kill us!

I kind of like the episode where Gil moves in with the Simpsons, if only for the "Krusty's Khristmas on Ice" show, which has my favorite post-classic Simpsons joke ever: Matrix Poochie!

My sister works at the National Archives, and is furloughed, but she still had to go in for a few hours this morning for "essential shutdown duties" (like turning off the lights, I guess).  She spent the rest of the day getting drunk.  

And the winner is . . . carbon rod!

I want one who can finally create a rock so heavy He can't lift it.

I seem to remember Sting showing up to single-handedly rescue Bart from a well, and that wasn't that late in the series, was it?

Ha ha, the actress that played Maude thought the show wouldn't be able to continue without her!

It had better not, it took me five hours to download the video!

You sound like the same kid that convinced me to get a Commodore Amiga instead of a Nintendo!

I'm guessing Zoidberg.

I think they already proved how much they hate her in the '90s, and she wasn't even president then.