More than in its first New Jersey incarnation, "Forever Plaid" gives off a whiff of nostalgia, a celebration of inanity instead of a submission to it.

What we thought was a satire of TV's inanity turns into an unironic celebration of greater inanity.

It seems safe to say that such a good time is being had by so many people (including the cast) at the Shubert Theater that this fitful, eager celebration of inanity will find a large and lucrative audience among those who value the virtues of shrewd idiocy, artful tackiness and wide-eyed impiety.

Such a good time is being had by so many people that this fitful, eager celebration of inanity and irreverence has found a large and lucrative audience (2:20).

Still, it seems safe to say that such a good time is being had by so many people that this fitful, eager celebration of inanity and irreverence will find a large and lucrative audience (2:20).