Thanks. Saw the episode the other night, which was the usual modern-Simpsons crappiness – suddenly it turns into this nonsensical story about Bart playing drums in a jazz combo and making Lisa jealous. Trust me, my description sounds like more fun than the episode was. The little Stripes vignette was well-drawn and fun but didn't do much to service the story, such as it was.

For those who need it for reference to understand the in-joke in the Simpsons clip, here's the Stripes' video for "The Hardest Button to Button".

Thanks for the link. My wife and I were feeling old when we realized that we obviously were missing some cultural allusions. BTW, was that the night the CIA advertised for recruits? Now that was funny (not in a Ha Ha way; more in our country is so screwed way)

What makes me feel old is that I don't know any of the songs that weird al is currently parodying. Wait a second, I rarely knew them when I was a teenager either. So maybe I've just regressed in a serious way.

Patrick, you should rent The Work of Director Michel Gondry and The Work of Director Spike Jonze if you want a crash course in cool music videos.