Upcoming Episodes plus STUFF for "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" (EABF09)

3/16 - C.E. D'oh (EABF10)
    Homer attends a workshop on how to be successful, which works a
    little too well when he replaces Burns as head of the power
    plant

3/23 - PRE-EMPTED for the movie "True Lies"

Upcoming "Futurama" Episodes
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3/16 - Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles (4ACV09)
    Professor Farnsworth's "youth treatment" works a little too well;
    it turns the crew into teenagers

3/23 - PRE-EMPTED for the movie "True Lies"

STUFF for "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" (EABF09) -------------------------------------------------- Written by John Swartzwelder Directed by Lance Kramer Blackboard: None Couch: Homer uses the remote to switch the room to prehistoric times, then Roman, then back to the present (repeat of EABF01) Special Guest Voice: Joe Mantegna Also Starring: Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott Overseas Animation: Rough Draft Rating: TV-PG-DLSV

REVIEW: B - the "planes over the Simpson house" bit was overdone,
        there didn't seem to be any jokes in the election bit, and
        the third act looked like something you might see at the end
        of "Futurama".

REFERENCES "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (title) "The Three Stooges" (on TV) "Joe Millionaire" (the JM promo) "Life in Hell" (Lisa has a Binky doll) 5F06 (Cookie Kwan / Red Blazer Realty) 2F01 ("Yeah...looks like") 2F02 (Springfield Republican Party)

SELF-REFERENCE The "Joe Millionaire" promo was based on actual bottom-of-the-screen promos Fox used in past episodes

DYN
...the "elderly Stooges" were up to Curly #4?  (In reality, there was
   only one "Curly" in the shorts - the only other Curly, "Curly Joe",
   was only in the feature-length films)
...Lisa has a Binky doll on her dresser?
...Krusty's pictures included landing on the moon, planting the flag
   on Mount Suribachi (which is on Iwo Jima), and stopping tanks in
   Tianiman Square?
...Springfield, unlike most states, does not depend on its Governor
   to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives?
...Springfield has at least 24 Representatives?  (Not only is
   Springfield "its own state", it's the fourth most populous, after
   California, New York, and Texas)
...Lisa "corrected" Krusty - but technically, Senators are
   Congressmen as well?  (Okay, "congressman" usually refers to
   "representative")
...if you really want people to use dollar coins, do what every other
   country does, and get rid of the dollar bills?
...the Congressman who Bart framed with the tape was from Modesto,
   which was in Gary Condit's district?
...San Francisco's Fox affiliate did not do anything to the reference
   in the "United Nations" sketch?

GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT When Cletus talks, he has a full mouth of teeth, not just six.

Jets are too big to be able to taxi down Evergreen Terrace, turn, and run into the Simpson house, and that's the only way the jet could have crashed into the family room at such a low altitude and speed.

Jets are too big to be able to taxi down Evergreen Terrace, turn, and

You do know this is a cartoon right? It's not real.

Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky 4th wrote:

I suppose next you're going to tell me that Springfield isn't a state with at least 24 Congressmen.

Don Del Grande wrote:

Notice that his face was on _all four_ of the Imo Jima soldier's heads? LOL. Loved the disclaimer at the end..."Krusty's face has been added to photos."

Another reference was to "Citizen Kane". This is when Quimby says to his girlfriend "That's your voice? Now I regret building you that opera house!". Kane also built an opera house (or at least funded an entire opera) for his lousy-voiced girlfriend...

On Sun, 09 Mar 2003 21:22:27 -0800, Don Del Grande wrote:

Under the Constitution, governors can appoint replacement Senators (see Amendment XVII). House seats must be filled by special election (see Article I, Sec. 2).