It was also the night the lights went out, so …

Victor Buono was only in his 40s when he died. And he played everyone's old Dad. Weird. Anyway, on with the comments.

Jon Lovitz FTW! That is one of my favorite sketches ever. Bonus points for Jan Hooks' "I am a barfly." (RIP)

I clearly remember this episode. When Charles Pierce took off his wig and was the bald man, it scared me to death and I ran out of the room. Good episode other than that trauma.

I would have run to the jail. The clips I saw of Steptoe online were extremely bleak. I guess I'll try this episode.

Yeah. Burn After Reading was a depressing depress-o-thon.

I think those Est sessions in the 70's where they didn't let people go to the bathroom all day and told them how to win at life induced mass hysteria. Also, the snake-handling religious services.

A lot of alliteration from anxious anchors placed in powerful posts!

I love/hate when I look up someone on Facebook and find people who say they went to "The School of Hard Knocks" or "The University of Life."

Giant Spider Invasion?
I think I'll take that tea, now. (It's funny because I didn't want tea and now I do).

I'm an icky elf!

I'll do the dirty work!

The reunion show was terrific! I recommend seeing the re-watch.

cca!

Bobby Newport has never had a real job… in his life!

I still remember a family car trip out west when one of our stops was kind of an iffy motel, but when I found "Taxi" on TV in the room, I felt everything was going to be fine.

Yipes. Stripes!

Hell, I was hoping for Johnson's character to turn out to be a literally insane person who ends up getting hospitalized at the end. I like dark comedies.

Yeah. It was a bit much with all the whooping and hollering from the audience every time anybody said or did anything. We get it, sitcoms are silly.

Your framing device is "El Paso City," Marty's follow-up song set in the present day, where he has visions that he was the cowboy who died in a previous life.