LAST EDITED ON 12-24-12 AT 08:48 AM (EST)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpUDbfRrLAs&hd=1
Also know as 'Workaholic's Holiday'. The sad part? This is exactly in character for AJ. How do we have fun? By running everyone into a state of exhaustion where the only remaining logic is 'I have no strength, so I must have had a good time'! So who are you going to let plan your office party?
Word Of Storyboard Artist is that the shooting stars (seen twice: just before the credits and when Granny Smith is talking about everyone not potentially being there for the next reunion) represent Applejack's parents. This plus the painting on the wall is, given the original intended audience, as close as the show can realistically come to openly admitting they're dead.
I'm guessing that between normal wear and tear, the assorted disasters which regularly cycle through Ponyville, having Applebloom trying for her cutie mark on-site, and visits from Pinkie Pie, Sweet Apple Acres goes through about six barns a year.
Note that Babs pretty much said the CMC now has a Manehattan branch. I expect an episode about the city's destruction any season now.
...ponies have elbows? And enough with the human sitting positions!
So not only can you eat the rainbow, but certain kinds of rainbow may try to eat you.
I have no idea how long a local moon is either, but I'm pretty sure the premiere wasn't eight years back. Maybe that was just a regional gathering?
And with the Internet being what it is, there are already people swearing they heard AJ singing "Racist barn, racist barn."
Better tell Zecora.