Smashed and Gleeful: some notes on a tiny genre

Torchwood: In Hell

If Rachel wakes up, will I disappear? Going to see Glee Live.

Oh, please let this sitcom crash and burn.

Yesterday, for no particular reason, I was trying to work out what were the biggest pop-culture influences on the way my generation talks. I came up with Eddie Izzard, Blackadder, maybe Yes [Prime] Minister? Monty Python? Star Trek? What else?