This was one of the most brilliant episodes of any comedy I've seen, ever. It ranks right up there with the very best Seinfeld episodes. (Kramer Pimp, anyone?) Thank god for DVR, I might never erase this one. Alec Baldwin was beyond brilliant in the therapy scene, and I must have watched it four or five times already. I just love how Tracy gives him that description of his dad, and then Donaghy is like, "I think I can do this." Best line? "Never go with a hippie to a second location."

This was a great episode, and had so many great lines. I voted for "Never go with a hippie to a second location," but you forgot about this gem:
"Is that man carrying a gun?" "Yeah, but don't worry...he's not a cop." The therapy session scene was amazing! I've never seen anything like it! Oh, and that "chiffarobe" line was a reference to "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee. Go read it, it's a great book.
Anyway, the page-off was a great subplot too. Carrie Fisher was okay, but there wasn't much to the role. Even so, I thought that this episode was near-perfect, and Alec Baldwin continues to amaze me with his acting skills! No episode until November 8th...but that one sounds funny too.
Why didn't I watch this show last season? (I watched the entire first season online this summer, and have watched on TV this season...but to think I someone ignored this
show...unbelievable.)

LIZ: I got into this business to be like Rosemary, to make people think.

JACK: No, no, you got into this business because you’re funny, and you’re weird, and you’re socially retarded.

Ice Cube
The " Still Busting up chiffarobe " line is in a song called "US"

Its a "To Klil A Mockingbird" Reference

Yeah, he said 'busting up your Chiffarobe' as a classic reference to 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Since according to this weeks episode of 'The Office', I'd be considered "Urban" and further, because I've been listening to Hip Hop since day one and have never heard the term "Chevarole" on wax or from another fellow "Urban" citizen, I'd have to say 'busting up the Chiffarobe' wins the prize.

I believe the chifferobe line is a reference to To Kill a Mockingbird. When poor black man Tom Robinson is asked to "bust up ... a chifferobe" by a white woman, it sets in motion the events that drive the main plotline in the book and movie. I don't believe Jack's line is a direct lift from the movie script, but I'm not sure.

Again, I may be wrong about this, but I believe Jack said "Chevarole" (spelling?), which is urban slang for "Chevrolet".

That pronounciation has been used in a couple of popular songs in years past, and I've been beating myself up since last night trying to remember the songs.

Anyways, that was my interpretation of the line, and it makes (enough) sense in the context of the dialogue from that scene.

That therapy scene was pure, unadulterated GENIUS. How does Doaghy even KNOW a word like "chifferobe"??

I have to wonder if there was some sort of subtext to Baldwin's character remarking that dog-fighting appeared to be the only thing a celebrity couldn't bounce back from. I mean, he himself was in the news last spring for some fairly horrendous behavior, and it never managed to make a dent in his career (despite his fall-on-my-sword offer to resign from the show).

Baldwin deserves an Emmy

KATIE:

I'm probably off-base here, but the mailbox joke was about HR Haldeman, who was Nixon's Chief Of Staff and essentially the fall guy for Watergate - he did a couple of years in jail while Nixon himself was pardoned by Ford.

I couldn't make the connection between Haldeman and a falling mailbox (aside from something to do with him being the "fall guy"), but I came to the conclusion that the joke itself was a commentary on television writers who sometimes think they're more clever, hip, savvy, and politically aware than they really are.

In other words, sometimes a falling mailbox is just a falling mailbox.

I am probably wrong about all this, but there ya go.

My 2 cents.