I think it's a joke about how TV screens are getting bigger.

"NBC is…Cummings…down our throats"

There was a little Spanish flea
A record star he thought he'd be
He heard of singers like Beatles
and The Chipmunks he'd seen on TV
Why not a little Spanish flea?

Yeah, he's not a leading man anymore, but he has a pretty good thing going as a character actor. Still, I don't think he was planning on quitting to be a movie star again; the implication was that he wanted to go into politics. Which is way, way worse.

Sequel
There was also "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss", which I believe was a PBS original movie about the same family going on a summer vacation.

I agree with that—on one hand, it's funny to see Leslie act out of character, because it's unexpected and surprise = humor. But on the other hand, I think it sells her out a little, because if you do that enough (more than once or twice), it BECOMES part of her character, and we all know that's not who she really is.

Curly Oxide
At some point, Tina Fey was supposed to be writing an adaptation of TAL's "Curly Oxide and Vic Thrill" story, that was to star Sasha Baron Cohen. Anyone know if that's still a thing?

This article might as well just say "PIXAR STILL IN BUSINESS."

Bloodbath & Beyond

I never heard of this show before
I was hoping it would be a starring vehicle for perennial Adam Sandler sidekick Allen Covert.

Mickey
I'd argue that he's the funniest "Seinfeld" recurring character, maybe tied with Newman.

Jim Varney
I would just like to note that "Ernest Goes To Jail," arguably the best in the Ernest oeuvre, received the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score (13) of them all. Yes, lower than "Scared Stupid," (20) "Ernest Rides Again," (14) "Slam Dunk Ernest," (20) and "Ernest in the Army" (17).

Also, you know, she's better known as a TV actress, which of course doesn't factor into this at all. I wrote a letter of protest to FOX when it looked like "Party of Five" was going to write her character off.

Also, no one else can get her voice right. Go Frank Oz or go home.

She'll do the right thing in the end, there's no doubt, but Leslie has had lapses of judgment in the past. That's one of the strengths of the show's writing—she's a good person, hyper-competent at her job, but she's not perfect or a complete saint, either.

I agree that the whole "forbidden relationship" angle is kind of contrived for plot drama, but I'll buy it because it's the government, not some inter-office romance at, say, Dunder-Mifflin.

She seems likeable enough as a performer, but that's exactly what it felt like: a performance. Leppo's right, the format didn't do her any favors: having each guest star show up and do a couple minutes of schtick made this feel more like an SNL sketch, and she was the Vanessa Bayer of the group.

Creed
I know a little goes a long way, but Creed-as-boss was the funniest thing this show has done all season. I'd take him over any of the other options from tonight.

In my opinion
James Spader looks like Christopher Walken and Darryl Hammond had a baby.

I took it more as, Leslie isn't the kind of person who likes to let anyone down. She'll make crazy promises up front, and we've gotten to know her well enough to know that she'll figure a way out of whatever mess she gets herself into. So I think that when she said she had nothing to hide, she was just stalling for…