After some quick googling, I found the song.  And I'm pretty lenient about sampling songs and such.  This is not a parody, and it's not a sampling either.  It sounds like the exact music of Hotel California, with the same melody, re-written as a different song.
http://soundcloud.com/i-d-o…

I don't think of this as an especially weak episode.  I think there's one joke that I don't like, and that's the milkshake one.  What makes the episode feel good is that there aren't many gags that bother me.  I find everything fairly funny, even if it doesn't make me laugh.  Some of the gags have aged very well, and…

Also one of my favorite episodes of The Critic.  It strikes a pleasing balance.  I also love the fancy version of Yankee Doodle.

The one time I saw The Room in theaters, at the perfect moment, just as everyone quieted down, someone yelled "Release the Kraken!" and it brought the house down.
…"That's gotta hurt!"

The show is a peculiar one, since I rarely find myself laughing out loud.  There are many jokes that feel dumb or predictable, but the quality of the voice work is so compelling and memorable that I return to the DVDs now and then.  The show is more like a warm blanket, and it's hard to explain the charm that it holds.

It seems strange to me that this episode isn't better-liked.  I really like this one.  It's paced well, and there aren't many gags in it that drag things down.  I especially liked hearing Jay sing Going Out Of My Head, and all of the Eleanor stuff is just spectacular.  The horse being held hostage rings true to many…

This show - like Big Bang Theory - doesn't work nearly as well if you watch an episode a week.  The show actually works better if you watch it in longer sittings.  When I started watching the show, I would go through usually two episodes a day, sometimes three.  Something about this pacing made some of the quieter…