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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: A lot of the comedy [[ClicheStorm comes off as pretty cliched now]].



* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: A lot of the comedy [[ClicheStorm comes off as pretty cliched now]].



* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Moomer is seen by most as being a talentless hack, rather than being sympathetic.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Moomer is seen by most as being a talentless hack, rather than being sympathetic.sympathetic.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Series/DrKildare, which is mentioned a lot in this episode, doesn't have much of a following these days.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Rocky Rhodes (played by Creator/BurtReynolds) is the one thing everyone can agree is good about the episode.



* SpecialEffectsFailure: It is obvious that John Williams is wearing a bald cap when playing Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: You'd think that a Twilight Zone episode about a bad writer who summons Creator/WilliamShakespeare would be about Moomer learning to be a better writer from him, with Moomer teaching Shakespeare about television. However, Moomer just keeps on summoning spirits, never learning from his experiences, and Shakespeare doesn't have a single problem understanding television.

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* SpecialEffectsFailure: It is It's obvious that John Williams is wearing a bald cap when playing Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: You'd think that a Twilight Zone episode about a bad writer who summons Creator/WilliamShakespeare would be about Moomer learning to be a better writer from him, with Moomer teaching Shakespeare about television. However, Moomer just keeps on summoning spirits, never learning from his experiences, and Shakespeare doesn't have a single problem understanding television.television.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Series/DrKildare, which is mentioned a lot in this episode, doesn't have much of a following these days.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Moomer is seen by most as being a talentless hack, rather than being sympathetic.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: A lot of the comedy [[ClicheStorm comes off as pretty cliched now.]]

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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: A lot of the comedy [[ClicheStorm comes off as pretty cliched now.]] now]].
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: It is obvious that John Williams is wearing a bald cap when playing Creator/WilliamShakespeare.

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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: A lot of the comedy [[ClicheStorm comes off as pretty cliched now.]]
* SpecialEffectsFailure: It is obvious that John Williams is wearing a bald cap when playing Creator/WilliamShakespeare.Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: You'd think that a Twilight Zone episode about a bad writer who summons Creator/WilliamShakespeare would be about Moomer learning to be a better writer from him, with Moomer teaching Shakespeare about television. However, Moomer just keeps on summoning spirits, never learning from his experiences, and Shakespeare doesn't have a single problem understanding television.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/BurtReynolds played Rocky Rhodes.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: It is obvious that John Williams is wearing a bald cap when playing Creator/WilliamShakespeare.

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