WHOOSH: 2001. Matt enters the crowded writers' room and says he's just returning from Jack's office, where he was told that they will put on a show this week and also that they have some content restrictions. Andy seems to be the only person who thinks "content restrictions" is as big a deal as it is, but Matt's like, "You know, lay off Bush and the White House. We knew this." Hairy Garcia suggests a sketch riffing on Bush's infamous "Shopping keeps us free" statement, but Matt's like, "What did I just say." Other items in the news during the fall of '01: Barry Bonds hit his 73rd home run (boring), Eminem and Kim Basinger signed on to make a movie together (but not until '02), and finally, Karl Rove made a trip to California to ask the movie studios to make more patriotic movies. "Shopping and movies," scoffs Hairy Garcia. "That's exactly how we won World War II." Then John Wayne shows up, kicks the shit out of him, and asks the rest of the writers to buy some war bonds. Matt says to stick a pin in that idea for this week, because Jack was pretty clear, but you can see the wheels turning in his head, and he asks to see the newspaper. Somebody's feeling subversive as we fade to commercials.