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3* The creators' [[TrollingCreator intended purpose]] for the short plays perfectly into the show's title; ''Too Many Cooks'' spoiled the viewer's late night television binge.
4* The idea of Intronitis being a problem, and its symptoms, are shown in the second sketch change to a police drama; normally a ''criminal'' character isn't going to stop what he's doing and smile at the camera for a credits sequence.
5* Bill's presence in the show isn't that much of a stretch. While [[SlasherMovie Slasher Movies]] aren't a TV genre, they were still incredibly popular in the '80s.
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7* The writer/director of the short explained the killer's story in an [[http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/too-many-cooks/ interview]]: though he tried to be a sitcom dad it wasn't meant to be, and implied that his killing spree was his way of getting revenge. Well, the killer's face pops up one last time at the end of the introduction, indicating that he's not quite dead after all. And whose head does his face appear over at the very end? The show's main ''sitcom dad''. Whatever that imagery implies, it seems [[TheBadGuyWins he got what he wanted in the end]].
8* Not that he wouldn't deserve it, but, given that his name always goes staticy when it appears, [[BodyHorror what would happen if the killer appeared in front of one of the credit people?]]
9* Katie Adkins and the doctor who catches Intronitis are [[AndIMustScream still aware even as they're forced to smile and pose]]. What must have a floating credit in front of you be like? It's the last remnant of your old self, a name only you know but no one else will call you by. And you can never make it leave, even if, like in Katie's case, the credit makes you easier to find.
10* At the end of the cop show part, we see the pie given its own credit. Unlike the coat though, we can’t see any actor’s face. Given what we see of Bill’s [[ImAHumanitarian meals]] later, this pie may be one of his early victims.
11** Not likely, given the deceased victims of Bill appear to be cured of Intronitis, (though it can also appear shortly after death, though only at Bill’s hands) [[EatenAlive unless…]]
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