Gay marriage
Is it too hopeful to think that the meaning of the word "fag" changing is a reference to the meaning/definition of "marriage" changing? Like how South Park passed their word-changing resolution, similar to Vermont, Massachusetts, Iowa, etc., passing their resolutions for gay marriage?

CK: It's 50-50, I will or I won't.
Neither Mac nor Chuck understand how 50-50 shots work.

He did a lot of small characters on Conan, notably the shofar player

He did a lot of small characters on Conan, notably the shofar player

haha, first she's a pig, and now a gay country.

I took it as another aspect of Charlie's illiteracy/pronunciation problems.

David laughs so hard he starts falling out of frame

Showbiz references
I was getting flashes of All That Jazz, when all the potential new wrestlers were lined up for the tryout.

Butter and Clay
Dwight doesn't *actually* brush with butter and clay, that was Michael using a device called hyperbole to describe Dwight's weird, primitive earth-man behavior.

It started in the first Scott Aukerman episode, from the Handheld Comedy days, as Dark Passengerside Airbag has mentioned. He just started joking around on what it would be like to call some old classic actresses a shithead, and then it morphed into Willem Dafoe.

I assumed the extra-retro was a comment on the Midwest being behind the times.

Oh my goodness, JD Ryznar on network television?! That would be amazing.
Also I'm guessing Abed is named for fellow Channel 101-er Abed Geith? (Steve Perry in Yacht Rock)

I think real Celebrity Jeopardy has been stealing SNL Celebrity Jeopardy categories for a while now. They also had a category called "Surprise Me, Trebek"

He mentioned Welcome To Collinwood!
*le swoon*

I would see this if the female lead were anyone but Renee Z.

And Odie's up to *his* old tricks.

Aces, BMSFC.

The Old Dutch snack in the windmill pack!

People, please. It's "You save big money, you save big money, when you chomp my nards."

"You know what I'm really getting sick of? Guys named Todd."