Does he have to be silver? Can't he be copper or onyx? You know, for diversity.

I love the episode when all the grown-ups finally meet Snuffy — Susan, Gordon, and especially that jackass Bob staring wide-eyed, beating themselves up inside for being so shitty and dismissive to Big Bird over the years.

"The original Cutout Ralph T-shirt for some reason depicts a half-flayed, scissors-wielding Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons."
For some reason? Ralphie clearly got ahold of the Mommy and Daddy scissors while they were busy reading Truly Tasteless Jokes IV.

Matt Gourley is aware of this, right? And participating in the project?

Better choices for this list: "Letter B" by the Beetles and "Rebel L"

The Pee-Wee Herman Show ran on HBO when I was growing up. I remember it being the first truly edgy, "I'm too young to be watching this" thing that I really enjoyed. It was only on after 9:00, so I would sneak out of bed to watch it. I was utterly disappointed in Pee Wee's Playhouse because it didn't have that same…

You just wrote half of her next album.

Ugh… was referring to the Richard that came before him.

Sarcastic fart puns.

Ghostface Killah is perusing his rhyming dictionary as we speak.

Weapons. The wrist-mounted crossbow from "The Road Warrior." The Glaive from "Krull." The Noisy Cricket from "Men in Black." Chewie's Bowcaster. Mal's gun from "Serenity."

It's a fine line we're walking here. Like a sharp, straight, pointed, finely-honed blade. MISTRESS FOR CHRISTMAS.

Hotdog…

One of the best things ever crapped out of a television screen.

"Discs of Tron" without the correct controllers is just okay.

Stridency tends to create backlash.

So, all rap.

I think the number and quality of slow-burn gags with secondary and tertiary punchlines make this episode pretty remarkable. Homer rising through the amateur ranks (Boxcar Ira, Switchyard Sam) and treating himself to increasingly more extravagant car washes? That bit is in my Simpsons pantheon of jokes.

In a Band-Aid wrapper.

Boxcar Ira
Super Deluxe Wash
For Your Courtesy