2/21 - The Color Yellow (MABF06) Lisa discovers the diary of Eliza Simpson, which tells the story of how she, as an Underground Railroad member, and her family helped a slave escape to freedom
2/28 - The Devil Wears Nada (LABF17) When Marge poses for a charity calendar rather seductively, she ends up as the talk of Springfield; Homer becomes newly-promoted Carl's executive assistant
3/7 - DOUBLE FEATURE (of repeats - what did you expect against the Academy Awards?) ---------------------- 8:00 - Pranks and Greens (LABF18) When Principal Skinner tells Bart about a student whose pranks make Bart look like Lisa, Bart tracks him down, and when he discovers he's not exactly grown up, he gets him a job working for Krusty...but was that a smart thing to do?; Marge becomes a health food nut after her "Midday Mommies" daycare group scolds her for her unhealthy snacks
8:30 - Homer the Whopper (LABF13) ** THIRD AIRING ALERT ** Homer is cast as the title character in "Everyman," a movie based on a comic book by Comic Book Guy who can touch a comic book and have that character's powers, but when the personal trainer hired to get Homer into shape leaves in the middle of filming, will Homer have the willpower to stay thin?
STUFF for "Boy Meets Curl" (MABF05) ----------------------------------- Written by Rod Lazebnik Directed by Chuck Sheets Billboard: none Blackboard: none Couch: everyone is a Tarot card (Homer as King of Cups; Marge as Queen of Cups; Bart as The Fool; Lisa as High Priestess; Maggie as Death) dealt onto a table; Grampa turns the Death card around and pushes it back to the fortune teller, who dies Special Guest Voice: Bob Costas Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott
REFERENCES The Movie (Homer's "therapist" in Vancouver) 3F24 (Marge mentions her "soulmate") "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (opening) "The Real Housewives of New York City" ("The Real Housewives of Shelbyville") The Three Stooges ("Curly Trials")
DYN ...they do use the term "Olympics", although they never say "Olympic Games" (Costas says "2010 Vancouver Games") ...at the Curly Trials, Moe does an impression of Moe Howard? ...SPR played BIL in the finals of the trials? ...you never see Marge slide any stones?
GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT There were any number of mistakes involving curling: * At one point, Marge bounces a stone on her broom; curling stones are far too heavy to be able to do this * All of the stones had red handles; in fact, one team uses red, while the other team uses yellow, as you need to tell them apart * In the finals of the trials, there were some ends (periods) where both teams scored, which is impossible in curling * In some cases, the stones went through the air after being released; this never happens - they are always slid * All sweeping was done perpendicular to the stone's direction, which is fine if you want it to go faster, but not if you want it to slow down * Marge made an indentation in the ice to make a stone increase its velocity, but there isn't nearly enough ice on a curling rink to do this * Costas said that Homer had to get his stone into the center, but all he needed to do was to get it closer than the opponents' stones * In Homer's final stone, there were three stones in the house when he let go of his stone, but only two when it reached its target
Agnes blamed Seymour for losing the gold medal in pole vault in Helsinki, but (a) there was no women's pole vaulting event in 1952 (and she would not have been nearly good enough to qualify for the men's event), and (b) remember, Principal Skinner is really Armin Tamzarian - it wasn't him inside her at the time.
You don't win medals in an exhibition sport - Canada won one of the curling competitions at the 1988 Winter Olympics, but is not credited with winning a gold medal for it.
At one point, Lisa says there is no dress beneath her pins, but you can see the top of her dress briefly.
Since curling is already a medal sport, mixed curling should also be a medal sport, as it is not a new sport, but a new event in an existing medal sport.
-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M48 That's funny - I could have sworn that said M47 last week...