PRISMOOOOO! RIP…

IDK I think a nice mix of down to earth elements and more fantastical elements is the best way to go. The giant coffee bean? GBF, Giant Bearded Face, or if you will Garret Bobby Ferguson?

I think Alasdair gave it a "B" because of its structure and how it used the characters, not on how funny it is. Humor can be very subjective and many reviewers try to stay away from how funny something is in their reviews.

If you haven't watched the episodes that lead into this one (Mordecai and the Rigby's, and This is My Jam.) it probably didn't have the same effect on you.

I get what Alasdair was getting at in the review, and maybe this is just the precurser to the story arc of Rigby getting together with Eileen, but the jokes in this episode, my god the jokes! I haven't laughed this hard in a really long time.

"I wouldn’t really describe it as any kind of satire." - Rowan Kaiser.

what's it about?

This episode wasn't as jam-packed funny as Regular Show can be - this is probably do to the goals and length of the episode.- What really sold this to me was the ever wavering time-frame. It was clearly 18/19th century, but the structure of the episode was that of a 80's teen-rom-com. Questions of authenticity go…

Exactly! Also it's improbable that 19th century light orchestral musicians would be playing Alphaville's "Forever Young" at the dance.

Declan Desmond is the greatest late era simpsons character. He's not over used and is constantly funny.

I think I'm going to have to disagree with you review this time Mr. Perkins, as much as it saddens me.

There's a loose continuity, or at least strong connection to the Christmas episode from a few years ago. I found it exciting that there was such a departure from the norm and a re-embracing of a different timeline.

This was… odd. I liked the fact the they shook things up, it was a continuation of the world established back in the future Christmas episode (which is a late simpsons classic). The jokes and story telling wasn't great, but I wasn't bored because of the strangeness and how the show kept me off balance.

I'm not much for classical music and that further step is very interesting. My musical taste sits firmly in the popular music category. The most likely sub-category with the pop-music genre to classify for art on a mass scale would have to be Jazz and Blues.

Right, because nerds can't get dates and their only friends are fictional characters. What're you basing this theory off of, Revenge of the Nerds?

No, Quantum Leap aired in March 1989 and The Simpsons (tv series) aired in December 1989.

Mozart, Schubert, Holst - each produced mass entertainment

yes, and some teach the politics of South Park, but those are both modern T.V series still running. We need a academic look at I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners, Columbo and McMillan and Wife, Macgyver and Quantum Leap.

I think you're in the right area, but recently mass entertainment has gotten a re-evaluation. Comics, pop-music, video games, T.V, cartoons etc.

I'd stop talking to him if I were you.