"The Funny Little Quirks That Are The Only Things That Make You Discernable As You!"

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because my grandfather's clock was too tall for the shelf, so it sat ninety years on the floor.

I was considering making some comment on Muir's witless HCR bashing, but then it occurred to me that Jan's opening remarks are a pretty blatant demonstration of Muir's limitations as a writer. Jan brings up marketing in a situation that has nothing to do with marketing. Why? Because 'marketing' (or Muir's rather poor understanding of it) is what she's about, a sort of rudimentary version of a character trait. So, she brings it up whenever she can, even if it really doesn't fit the subject or the conversation. Because--that's what she does. The fact that it's a laughable demonstration of her failure as a character--well, Muir doesn't notice that.

This is why Zed and Sam were often obsessed with how old they were, by the way, and now see fit to remind us that they're ordinary Joes.