This was exactly what made me clock off R&M after the Heist episode. It was just a joke that became more and more tedious with each repetition. But this one for some reason landed for me, the escalating joke of the premise and the inventive variants of each cycle made this one joyous where the Heist was just mean…

It’s a 2-minute concept gag repeated and stretched out to 22 minutes

I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt this! Ultimately, I do feel like this episode might end up as a divisive episode. Some will laud it for its genius at pushing a concept as far as it can go while others will find it to be another example of R&M being too clever for its own good.

Man, there was just no narrative spine to this episode, was there?

The way this site decides what to review and not to review now is maddening. Honestly I think it’s just cheapness, in that they let reviewers pick their own shows to cover now, but only have the budget for a select amount. (Same goes for stupid BS “News” posts, really) The judgement for what they think people want…

I thought the lemon squares joke was OK funny in the commercials, but I have to say that "lemon-free" lemon squares made me laugh. 

Yeah. This was one of those return to the well, crawl up your own ass, and do the multiple versions fake out things over and over, again. Rick and Morty has done some variation of this to death at this point. There’s at least 2 a season, but then there are a bunch of fun ones to keep it interesting. 

You call them the “Summers family,” like, half a dozen times, but you also mention Summer, so. . . do you think her name is Summer Summer, or Summer Summers?

I kind of hated this episode simply because it bored me. It’s a 2-minute concept gag repeated and stretched out to 22 minutes, and most of the variations aren’t funny or interesting enough to justify the exercise. The chaotic escalation doesn’t matter once you understand the premise that whichever version of the…

Stern called his 2015 interview with Conan his best, and I’m inclined to agree. I’ve listened to it multiple times. He mines comedy so well from his rough early days, it’s incredible.

CONAN: I feel like people don’t like me and want me to go away.
THERAPIST: These are voices in your head. They’re not real.
CONAN: Fuck…

The part I love most about Ferguson talking about Britney is that it’s very empathetic towards a person in the public eye struggling while also being a genuinely funny (and heartening) re-telling of how he got sober.

“Also, parishioners complained of a hobo sleeping in the church graveyard! I had to pretend to go and…

You could argue that Craig Ferguson burned more brightly for a shorter period, but nobody has done it for as long as well as Conan.

The great thing about Conan O’Brien is like you said, his willingness to try anything. Travel to Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, guest star on a telenovela. I remember an episode when he went to Israel and he was listening to some Palestinians vent at him about Israel, it was uncomfortable and certainly not funny but it was…

“I can turn on the charm.”
“Is it on now?”
“Hunh. It’s warming up.”

You got me, Steve Martin! I’ll always give something with you in a go. 

I’m never not gonna give something with Steve Martin and Martin Sheen in it a chance.

Totally agreed, and interest in the show has dropped off big time. The first season is one of the best first seasons of any show in recent memory, though.

Making her a “time god” might add some dimension to her

I liked this episode, but also I don’t think I need to watch it again. I feel that way about more episodes each season, which is too bad. Rick and Morty used to be my go-to show for comfort re-watching, but maybe it’s out of tricks? A lot of the bits in this episode seemed familiar, especially the “completely…

It’s a funny cartoon. I don’t know why people feel the need to connect with the joke machine characters. None of them even resemble people, they all talk like Dan Harmon writes.

that seems entirely on brand for the show though