Season five of Childrens Hospital took the doctors to a medical base in Japan for a year (for no other reason than to do it). This season saw some fresh stories stemming from the relocation, as is the case here with Glenn trying to put together a USO Show sort of thing. Meanwhile, Owen is pretty sure that he’s stuck in a time loop (he’s most definitely not) with the episode immediately addressing and having fun with the stupidity of all of this. A lot of great jokes come from here, and this is coming from someone who is not at all a Diablo Cody fan (she’s the writer of this episode, believe it or not). She undeniably gets the voice of the show though, rallying off plenty of clever wordplay and entendre, while also indulging in the intensely silly whenever possible. It’s worth mentioning too that this whole thing is predicated on a solid M*A*S*H homage, where a plane full of hologram performers has gone down overseas, so right from the jump the tone of this is pretty clear.

Things move along nicely and Glenn begins worrying over the success of his show rather quickly. There are some Bieber gags that date the episode slightly (and yet the M*A*S*H reference feels timeless), but so much is going on here that it’s hardly something to get held up on. The end of this episode truly does not give a fuck and it’s one of my favorite moments within the series. A number of celebrities come at the last minute to save Glenn’s big show in the form of Madonna, Rhianna, Freddy Mercury, Kate Upton, and Louis C.K., all of which are being played by the versatile James Adomian. Somehow this is the show’s version of the day being saved, but really just marveling at this spectacle is what it’s all about.

A Lot of Brouhaha Over Zilch (Season 5, Episode 11)

Written by: Rob Corddry; Directed by: Ken Marino

“We’ve got fairies right here in the real world, my friend. You just gotta know where to go.”