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Jodi BirkholmI totally agree, although I am a pop culture/historical junkie (as well as nonfiction in general), so they have me laughing all the time with their obscure jabs! I really enjoy watching the show in a demographic of varying age and people with knowledge in differing fields all in the same room. It's great when one person laughs, and nobody else "gets it". Then, the kids will laugh at something the "old fogies" might mot be well-versed in (perhaps a modern technology/fad/video game reference). This might be followed up by a joke that everyone gets. That, to me, is the quintessential nucleus of the show's genius! 
I must say that the last several seasons have lacked in quality, but something so special can't be expected to last forever. I think it's time for Matt Groening to flip his first basemen's mitt to Babe Dahlgren and take himself out of the lineup.