Yay!
Awesome awesome awesome. I cannae wait. That's a great looking soundtrack, and I'm delighted to see The Bluetones get an outing on there too…

It's so unfair!
A couple of things:

Way off topic request…
…Well it had to be as I barely know who Dick Clark is…

Best… Simpsons… well… in a hll of a long time anyway. I just thought it was a fantastic return to form.

Throwaway??
I have to say that this was one of my least favourite episodes this season, the multi-layered structue zipping backwards and forwards didn't really do it for me. Though I do marvel at the writing techniques behind it, it felt like a writing exercise rather than a great episode. Perhaps I need to see it…

No no no no no no
"There's a lot to like about Weitz's adaptation" - like what?

Ok - just to amend my above post slightly - the first 'look' I caught was when they were in the bar discussing Cathy's talkative nature.

Love is in the air…???
Did anyone else pick up on there being a little something between Barney and Robin? There was a moment right before (I think) the second ad break where they exchanged a look [I say I think it was right before the 2nd ad break because I was watching a download in the UK with the ads edited out].…