You need to look at the underlying points, and trust me they are there. For one thing, the dog in the end, it is the end sequence, like every other show, it is the same. I am sure if you saw such shows as "Monty Python's search for the Holy Grail," or "Blazing Saddles," you may have a bit more desire to watch this show. It is not meant to be too mind provoking, it is meant to be a show that you can relax with. Also if you saw "Comic Party" you may appriciate this a lot more, the connections between seven cultures and a thousand parodies. You really need to be on your feet to make all the connections. Personally that is why I liked it, to understand it you must think a hundred miles an hour, and you need to make obscure and remote connections in a split second. If you were wondering about Exel's voice, it was recorded and then sped up, so when they translated it they had to slow it downl, translate, voice over, and then speed back up. It's the kind of humor that you can enjoy when you want to take over the world, one city at a time.