Original paper for this tape only. Not a frame from the show, and not somebody else's picture.

Season 9

Trapped in the Closet

S09E1263% hitCelebrity chaos

November 16, 2005 · Focus: Stan

Listen, the machine is already mad. A celebrity religion comes to town, Stan is chosen, and the closet is both a joke and a dare.

The picture is losing itHolding still

Listen, the machine is already mad. A celebrity religion comes to town, Stan is chosen, and the closet is both a joke and a dare.

Celebrity chaos. Play sends the paper cutouts through a different gag every press. Stop drops it.

The printed calls

Scored against what aired. The wild card is allowed to be wrong and it will be dramatic about it.

plotHitConfidence 70

Ignore the cold open, the cabinet cannot. The episode is this — a celebrity religion comes to town, Stan is chosen, and the closet is both a joke and a dare.

The cabinet shrieked the shape of S09E12. The tape, rudely, agreed.

characterPartialConfidence 57

Character call, shouted: Stan makes one choice that the town punishes out of proportion.

The spirit of "Trapped in the Closet" showed up. The extra flourish face-planted.

gagHitConfidence 53

The laugh S09E12 is small, mean, and losing its mind. The space-opera costume is worn with total faith.

"Trapped in the Closet" aired and the cabinet is still cackling about this part.

guestMissConfidence 50

A famous face haunts "Trapped in the Closet" closely enough that the satire feels personal.

The cabinet shrieked the shape of S09E12. The tape, rudely, agreed.

Stumble back to the drawer

Threading this tape into the theater. The sprockets are unhappy.