review for GABF12

Apr 18, 2005, 8:40 PM ET10 posts by 6 posters
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jsonitsac

ok, i lost my notebook so here's a short review:

typically i'm weary of these look into the future episodes, especially after BABF13. But this one seemed like an exception. It had a lot of good laughs and jokes. I particularly thought the Milhouse on steroids thing was funny (ok they didn't explicitly say he was using them, but based on his behavior you could infer it). The whole Marge and Homer splitting up angle seemed a bit odd, but I guess if I were her I'd leave his ass in a second. Loved the Bender cameo. Also, it seems the writers are finally attacking the President, albeit his stupid foreign policies. but the more criticism of the iraq war the better. unfortunately it did not seem as if this episode had what it took to be a classic. overall A-

Russell Flowersjsonitsac

"jsonitsac" wrote in message news:[email]...

Yes, they are FINALLY attacking the president, those right-wing neocons. About damn time the started CRITICIZING THE ADMINISTRATION. All that right-wing stuff was making me sick.

-Russ

GazorpRussell Flowers

I'm not sure if my sarcasm detector should be exploding or not?

NathanGazorp

foreign

neocons.

that

Honestly, the show has done surprisingly few Dubya jokes, compared to how many shots they took at Bush Sr. and Clinton when they were in office (and, for that matter, after they had LEFT office). It's obvious that the writers' politics are quite different from Bush's, yet I haven't really seen them mock Bush himself.

Nathan

GazorpNathan

[email] wrote:

Very true. Aside from "Welcome to Dick Cheney's America." and the Fox News jokes, there haven't been any.

Russell FlowersGazorp

Ok, you are right. But 'Bart Mangled Banner' really seemed like a screed to me - an unfunny screed. And there boffo reviews of that lousy episode in this NG. True enough, it was aimed at the Patriot Act and (unthinking & uncritical) patriotism, and not the President.

-Russ

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James Q. MorrisseyNathan

when he gets put on medicinal marijuana, homer says something about blowing dope smoke in the president's stupid monkey face, doesn't he?

which is really more of a playground jab than any kind of satire, but still.

JQM

Matt AwbreyJames Q. Morrissey

I always thought that in "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner," when Artie Ziff complains that twice a week he got an email from Homer of a monkey peeing in its own mouth, and Homer says, "Oh yeah, hehehhe, that monkey got America through some tough times," that it was a reference to Dubya.