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Shirley the Cloying
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As a West Coaster, I pretended Kim Kardashian didn't exist. Then the next day I read that SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY was on the East Coast version, and I screamed at my computer and contemplated writing Tina Fey an angry letter for daring to equate a Kardashian with a Beatle. I still gave it an A though, especially after

My favorite part about Shirley Van Buren was how when they went behind the "mirror" during in interogation the shot was framed EXACTLY like it is on the show with the camera sort of looking down because she's shorter than the detectives.
Also, I actually screamed when Rodgers showed up. My mom looked at me and said,

I forgot about that! Maybe I'll record it and watch it during The Office instead of watching that live. I know BBT doesn't get a lot of love here, but I think at this point in their respective runs BBT is generally funnier than The Office. Really, I just wish Parks was on at 9:00 instead, followed by a random rerun of

Between Law & Order: Greendale, 30 Rock Live! featuring Donald Glover, and a Poehler-penned Parks and Rec, this may be the best night of television ever!
Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating, but it'll still be awesome!

I'd also like to add Gilligan's Island to the best theme song category. Seriously though, I've sang all three on multiple occasions…

I miss when TV Land used to show this. The theme song was awesome, like most from its era. Between Green Acres, I Dream of Jeanie, Get Smart, The Beverly Hillbillies, Gilligan's Island, and Hogan's Heroes, 60s sitcoms seem much more imaginitive than most of those we see today. I think that because I grew up watching

My parents were laughing at me during this entire episode. From placing the paper so it was perfectly in line with the porch to being too afraid to run through the sprinklers, yeah, that would have been me.

Kenneth was just on fire this episode. I was laughing so hard at "cluster-whoops" that I didn't hear anything for at least three minutes.

Clearly I watched too much TV Land growing up because I always felt plugged into the "TV past." I Love Lucy, Gilligan's Island, Get Smart!, and The Mary Tyler Moore show still make my list of favorite TV shows, even though I wasn't alive when any of them were originally airing.

My favorite part of this scene was Tracy's continued obsession with Richard Nixon. One of my favorite 30 Rock scenes ever is when Tracy hallucinates Jack as Nixon while listening to Billy Joel, and I thought of that immediately when he mentioned Nixon.

As little screen time as she had, she gave me my favorite joke of the night: her sitting in the Law & Order courtroom gleefully promoting herself as Michael Cutter obliviously lawyers on.

All throughout the show, I kept telling myself that if you tube had existed when I was a little kid, I would totally have made that flag show. And thank you for reminding me about Nepal's flag! I could picture it in my mind, but I couldn't put a name to the country.
Honestly, it's little hyper-specific geeky things

This episode just seemed off to me. The characters didn't seem to be acting like the characters I've grown to love over the course of the series. I'm not sure if it was the slapstick or the incompetence or what, but it felt like an episode of a different show. Reading here that it was written by a Simpsons writer,

I too loved the whole "Red Dead Redemption" scene. Sometimes video games can be a good escape from reality when you're sad, but I liked that instead of escapist fantasy (like Skyrim) Sheldon chose the most mundane/real life things to do in a video game; it's still an escape for him since he rarely drinks in his real

I completely agree, especially this season. The Hecks just feel more relatable to me than any of the families on "Modern Family", and I love watching this show with my parents. We usually spend about half of the episode poking each other when one of the characters says/does something we would do in real life. When