Upcoming Episodes plus STUFF for "Margical History Tour" (FABF06)

2/15 - Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore (FABF07) (Some TV listings just say "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here") Milhouse moves to Capitol City, and gets "a new persona"...and a new hair color; Bart decides to go "in-house" for his new best friend - Lisa; Homer has to beg in the streets for the money for Marge's anniversary present

2/22 - Smart and Smarter Simon Cowell guest voices as the head of a nursery school that Homer and Marge are trying to get Maggie into (and who isn't particularly pleased that Maggie can't talk yet) [note: this could be the subplot]

Note that "The Simpsons Channel" reports that "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" will air on 2/29 - I for one am surprised Fox won't concede the night to ABC's "All-Star Tribute to 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", better known as the Academy Awards. (I'll be even more surprised if it doesn't win Oscars for both Best Picture and directing.)

STUFF for "Margical History Tour" (FABF06) ------------------------------------------ Written by Brian Kelley Directed by Mike B. Anderson Chalkboard: none Couch: a tray is placed in a microwave, and everybody rises from the tray Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott Overseas Animation: Akom TV Rating: TV-PG-DLSV (and that was probably all just for the Henry VIII segment)

REVIEW: B-plus - yes, even anthology shows can be "meh"; however, part
        of that might come from an overindulgence in trying to find
        historical inaccuracies (Carl as half of Lewis & Clark
        notwithstanding) rather than enjoying the episode for what it
        is.

REFERENCES "Magical History Tour" (title) Yu-Gi-Oh! (the library has Yu-Gi-Oh! price guides) "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" (song Henry sings) "Annie" ("A son'll come out...tomorrow") New Yorker magazine ("The Yorker magazine") Marine flag raising on Mount Suribachi (the flag being raised in the background when Lewis and Clark meet the Indians) "Amadeus" (Lisa mentions the movie) Land-O-Lakes Butter (indian woman on a butter box) "Animal House" (Homer mentions the movie) "Futurama" (joke involving a play on words and being fired out of a cannon - when Fry asks what would happen if he didn't accept his chosen job, Leela says "You'd be fired...out of a cannon into the sun")

DYNs ...Itchy & Scratchy is on Tuesdays? (They have their own show? Aren't they on the Krusty the Clown show every day?) ...Nelson gave a half-hearted "huh-huh" instead of his usual "Ha-ha!"?

GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT In the opening scene, the librarian's lips didn't match the voice.

Only two of Henry VIII's wives were beheaded.

Salieri was (a) male, (b) not directly related to Mozart, and (c) far from being Beethoven's competition, Beethoven was a student of his.

-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M41 If they really are going to have somebody "go away forever" (my guess: Milhouse's "weekend" dad), it's ironic that they're going to "kill" somebody off on Matt Groening's birthday

Don Del Grande wrote:

That's a good observation - interestingly, each pun involved a different word in the phrase...

I was wondering that too - maybe they have a separate I&S-only show (a spinoff even) on Tuesdays in addition to the daily KtC bit...or, even though there should be hundreds or thousands of episodes, maybe they aren't in daily reruns on the show and (like most animated shows) only a once-per week schedule can work...I can't remember any specific evidence that it was on every day...or if it was, then maybe Tuesdays were the oddly-chosen "new episode" days...eh, idle speculation...

Don Del Grande wrote:

That's a good observation - interestingly, each pun involved a different word in the phrase...

I was wondering that too - maybe they have a separate I&S-only show (a spinoff even) on Tuesdays in addition to the daily KtC bit...or, even though there should be hundreds or thousands of episodes, maybe they aren't in daily reruns on the show and (like most animated shows) only a once-per week schedule can work...I can't remember any specific evidence that it was on every day...or if it was, then maybe Tuesdays were the oddly-chosen "new episode" days...eh, idle speculation...

"Don Del Grande" wrote in message news:[email]...

I think Magical Mystery Tour is probably what it references...

"Duff Man" wrote in message news:[email]...

It could also reference Tragical History Tour by the Rutles.

Homer (as Henry VIII) made some lyric reference when he was in bed dreaming about having a son. He said it either while he was dreaming or when he woke up. Something about a "son to call my own." Any ideas?

Duff Man wrote:

And it's what I meant.

-- Don
"Sure, it is..."

"Don Del Grande" wrote in message news:[email]...

I think it was b/c he was in the library...although no one else was especially quiet...

In article , Don Del Grande wrote:

Not just "The New Yorker" in general, but also a parody of a specific cover, "The View of the World from 9th Avenue" by Saul Steinberg. Unfortunately, I can't find a good copy of it online.

In alt.tv.simpsons, on the "Upcoming Episodes plus STUFF for "Margical History Tour" (FABF06)" thread, Don Del Grande wrote:

Maybe Lisa was successful in growing a penis, after all.

Other goofs: Catherine of Aragon did not smother her ex-husband with a pillow. Sacagawea was not eight when she assisted Lewis and Clark. Neither Lewis nor Clark were black. Mozart never wrote an opera about farting.

Seriously, I'm inclined to count "errors" like these as artistic license needed to tell the story.

Now, that's a goof.

Benjamin Robinson:

Maybe there should be a separate section for "inaccuracies" when doing capsule submissions for episodes like this. That could lead to people pointing out really obvious stuff, but certain indications as to what was accurate and what wasn't could be interesting.