I only knew bits about the Ellen story, but knew enough to get the references. I feel like The Simpsons has got hold of something South Park has been doing well for at least the past seven years: making episodes satirising very current things, so it's social commentary on something that's trending or in the news this year, or even recently before the episode airs. I like that approach. Can't the reviewers who keep coming back on here every time to write, "Worst, episode, ever!" realise that they are Comic Book Guy? He was created specifically to mock them and their haughty attitudes. Having never created anything good themselves, they constantly moan about how terrible other people's creative work is. Worst reviewers ever. The Simpsons isn't in decline. It's still good. That many people who love it have written it off years ago and won't watch the new episodes is sad. They still write good stuff. Yeah, there are a few duds, but there always were a few. Often, they hit the mark.