it's also vaguely similar to the Dave Foley christmas special (https://www.youtube.com/wat…, although the lack of Jason Priestley is a bit sad…

4 H's? 4 Washington Lane! The Archmage of the Aether is at the White House!

LOOK OUT EVERYBODY THIS GUYS GOT APLOMB!

oh, we learned all about him when we were in London a few whiffins past!

wolves can enjoy it too!

"I’d spend literally hours pushing them, pushing them as far as they could go"
was just so damn clever. and i'm very smart and very funny for getting the joke. i love the stupid lengths bobdavid go to for some very silly wordplay.

ok, first off, great comment. mr. show already kind of did a third main guy, Kedzie Matthews, which isn't exactly what you're referring to, as Kedzie was the opposite of a straight man. but it was probably close enough that it could feel like they were rehashing some ideas from that bit.

wengert!

"so, Mr Poe, where did you grow up?"

oh and don't forget about the apple pie. very tempting, y'know. apples. let's see, how does that go again? adam tempts eve with pie and we have to start wearing loin cloths? hmm, makes you think… a previously seen naked and carefree evie eats some pie and the next thing you know, bam. she gets disappeared.

and Arli$$ made Cheap Seats look like Mr. Belvedere!!

total goal! you reached outwith your heart and stick in your hand. and then. a slap dunk shot. major goalie!

i don't have "TIME" for that happy crappy

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honestly, i loved this ep. Uzo was amazing, Middleditch freaked me out, and the ending was fantastic. making Hodgman a Futurama writer was not a jab specifically at Futurama, whose writers (in particular david x cohen) would be able to explain any of their ridiculous time travel plots to you, charts and graphs…

…a coherent visual aesthetic for The Brew, right down to the logo that betrays its secret in every shot"

it's actually pronounced "i.e., at pants" :-/

three hams will fill him! three hams will thrill him! why don't you feed him…. three hams!!!!

i know, i know, don't yell at me!

you could take the idea of influence even further back to Cartoon Planet if you wished… i mean, zorak know it, moltar know it, even brak know it: the whole gang was there and wikipedia thinks it began airing in sept '95, so there's that.
i personally remember many a saturday morning being tickled to tears by brak's…