I laughed for about five minutes over the exchange between Prince and John Wayne. “Your wife likes it.” The whole episode was worth it for that.
Ah, so that’s what that was. I’ve never seen “Mad Men,” so I thought it was a reference to some Hitchcock/ Bernard Herrmann film.
I thought it looked and sounded James Bond-y. Still pretty cool even though I didn’t get it.
Postin’ “me too,” like some brain-dead AOLer.
Eh, Robot Chicken did it first. 
A light frothy soufflé of an episode, however.
Here is the Mad Men intro that was being parodied for those who haven’t seen it.
They all essentially sucked this year. I didn’t get a big thrill out of the Peanuts spoof cuz I never really was a fan, but it had a few funny points scattered in unfunniness.
See post #15. 
I thought it was a solid episode, best in a while.
That’s outstanding.
I’m surprised by how few of us have seen “Mad Men” apparently, because it’s supposed to be such a great show. It’s on one of those “way up there” channels I never get around to watching though.
This episode brought in 12 million viewers, a record for the show in its past few years, and third in the night, I believe.
In a related matter, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network issued a press release regarding Nelson’s use of the word “gay” as an insult. GLSEN (falsely, I might add) claimed that Nelson told Milhouse “that’s so gay,” commenting, “Nelson’s use of ‘that’s so gay’ in a negative way is not surprising considering that 90% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth say they hear the term used this way frequently or often at school. Nelson should visit ThinkB4YouSpeak.com where he can send an apologetic e-card to Milhouse. GLSEN would also welcome Nelson’s participation in our next PSA so he can make amends by helping to educate young people about why such language is wrong.” Although I agree with the organization on the fact that “gay” should not be used for a synonym for “stupid,” what Nelson actually said was “The Grand Pumpkin’s super-gay.” Not only was this insult directed towards the Grand Pumpkin and not Milhouse, it could be interpreted as either meaning “The Grand Pumpkin is stupid” or “The Grand Pumpkin is a homosexual” (both of which, granted, are meant to be insulting.) Plus, the Grand Pumpkin eventually got back at Nelson by eating him, which I’m sure GLSEN would find a just punishment for someone who probably wouldn’t apologize in the first place- I certainly do.
Yeah, that was really ridiculous, particularly since many Internet outlets ran the story with a clip from the show, and anyone who watched would’ve noticed that the group didn’t bother to get the quote right.
Without quibbling over which cartoon character was being insulted, it’s a silly complaint because in context, Nelson’s quote wasn’t presented in a positive light. It’s the same thing as the controversies you periodically see over the horrible things Cartman says on South Park - the joke is that he’s a horrible person for saying them. I don’t even watch South Park and I understand that, so why it escapes so many others is beyond me. If a character makes a comment that is offensive and is presented in a positive light for having said so, that’s different and more likely to be deserving of condemnation. Instead, and I say this as someone who cringes when I hear kids use “gay” this way, GLSEN ends up looking like a crusading group in search of its next outrage.
Two seasons ago The Simpsons did an episode where Kent Brockman curses on TV and ends up getting fired because Ned Flanders is compulsively scouring every channel for objectionable programming so he can report it to his fellow moral prudes. GLSEN comes off as the Flanders in this tiff.
(The episode wasn’t great, but that element was very funny- especially when Ned explains he is “Imploring people I have never met to pressure a government with better things to do to punish a man who meant no harm for something nobody even saw!”)
Since Nancy Cartwright, who voices Nelson, is a Scientologist, I rather suspect that she would decline the invitation to lend her talents to such an apology.
I could be wrong, though.