The grounds on which Nixon was impeached were ridiculous:

Caught a glimpse of the aftershow: remind me not to get underfoot of Steve Franks. He might accidentally step on me. Fe fi fo fum.
The beginnings and endings of series regularly turn out awkward. Because TV time is apparently expensive, new shows have to accelerate the character development to get a hook into the…

"sons beat each other up" = ordinary roughhousing, not abuse

I think the code to watching this show that it is a virtual family, with the DiNozzo-McGee interaction supposed to be viewed in a big brother-little brother dimension, which would allow for a wider variety of interaction (including the bullying) that you wouldn't see on, say, Criminal Minds, where the characters are…

I don't know if that's accurate, and I'm not sure what we're labeling as "glam metal". I mean, is a lot of this image based on the music videos showing the band at the party that never stops? By the late 80s/early 90s, the L.A. bands associated with this genre had changed.

Yeah, I don't understand this either.  I don't even know what the connection is between the Family Guy writers' humor and real life.  A lot of these jokes could have been regurgitated in any episode.  (Does a dramatic nose-pick need context?  Probably not.)

Something was off about that BTTF cutaway - Lorraine only knew Marty as "Calvin Klein" - how would she insist on giving their son a name she never knew him as?

Is there a count on the number of Bob's Burgers episodes that end with the whole family fleeing the scene?  Just curious.

I'm late to this, but just a few thoughts:

The plot for this episode is particularly derivative.  Stripped from the headlines, 1994 version:

I used to think the cover of "American Woman" was awesome, until I realized it was basically Led Zeppelin's "Custard Pie" (a song I like) with a disinterested drum beat.

I tapped out of the last season until the last two episodes.  I will probably catch up on that.  This was a satisfying ending, if not perfect.

I suppose the appeal to Westerberg/Replacements is the angst and yearning (in the early years) and the irony and self-consciousness (throughout - for example, "I'm past my prime / or is that just a pose / It's a wonderful lie / still get by on those").  His great talent for writing a hook doesn't hurt either - it made…

After watching the two re-runs on Fox tonight*, and after viewing the clips here, the difference between early Simpsons and now couldn't be more obvious.  The "New job? Marge is pregnant!" and "Get your bowling!" gags, as Adams pointed out, have such carefully crafted setups that pay off so well.  The "Knightboat" bit…

Don't know if it's already been said, but whatever quality the rest of Ringo's album may have contained, "In My Car" is a catchy tune. 

I'm thinking of adding the title photo as my avatar on my Twitter feed.  It will make my political comments that much more persuasive.

Had it been around at the time, this would seem like the perfect product placement opportunity for Febreeze.

Random curiosity question: one of the pictures on the wall of Moe's was a picture of a younger Moe in an Army uniform.  Is there any Simpsons history behind that?

A plot point involving an espresso machine?

Earlier in the season, the show's segue sequences were interrupted little blips of blue screen with the text of the system's "memories".  I thought it was something wrong with my TV at first.  It was neat how the show slowly introduced the malfunction.