She of Little Laughs

Firstly, did it have a plot? Yes and I am grateful for that. Secondly, did it build on that plot

with a lot of humor? Not really. I found it less funny than the past few weeks, and overall, much

less funny than say, if I watched Lisa the Vegetarian again even for the 20th time. However, these

did tickle my funny bone...

Hey Wine! (Gets into bum-like position on street curb) Marge: This is the worst thing you've ever done. Homer: You say that so much it's lost all meaning.

Homer: Well as long as you're in my house, you'll do what I do and believe what I believe. So butter

your bacon.

We'll return to this film after these very loud messages. Bart: Is Dad's credit card number 578436534341709? Lisa: You know it is.

Mmmm Pie Pants Milhouse: Did you see that Yaw Control? Homer: I have eyes don't I?

Burns (to God): You'll get yours (shakes fist). Burns: We highly value your input... until you sign the deal. Lisa: I feel like I wanna throw up. Lady: Then my work is done.

That's a false analogy. No it's not. It's apt! Apt!

Lisa: ...I believe there must be another path to him, or her. Marge: Her? She's just kidding Mr. Lord.

Rod and Tod: When can we come out? Flanders: Maybe never. R&T: Yay!

Lisa: I'm a Buddhist. Homer: That's it. No more chat rooms for you.

I'll tell you someone who cares. He's got long hair, works as a carpenter, has a lot of crazy ideas

about love and brotherhood. Jimbo: His name's Gunner and he's dating my mom.

6-8 weeks later Richard Gere does one situp and they played it 1000 times. "The Goggles do nothing!" sort of I did it. I found our dog. Now our Christmas is complete. (First ep) Zip Boys (from THOH VI, 3F04, Attack of the 50-foot Eyesores) Overall similarities to Lisa the Vegetarian

Bart: She already ate 3. Marge: That's sensible.

Marge: Let's just write to David Bowie again. Lovejoy: No, he's done enough for this church.

Marge pretending to be God. Burns just gives them the money. Angel barks Jingle Bells? That makes no sense!

Homer flosses? Who woulda thunk it.

Kearney cares about the church?

Have the bullies ever beat up on each other before as they did to Kearney here?

The Noid? I suppose he's been out of work for a while and needed this break.

Act 2 was really short.

Is there a name for this common joke theme in the Simpsons when you think it's deadly obvious that one thing is going to happen and then it's something else. For example, Homer talking about believing what he believes, and it turns out to be buttering Bacon. Family Guy does it too, for example when Peter wants to direct the parade to his house, he takes the sign that points them where to go, turns it, and when they arrive, hits the leader on the head with it and puts on his clothes.

First mention of Christmas: 8:25pm.

Lovejoy: Lick it. Lick it. (Should've said Lick it good!)

If anything was intended to make a crack at the newsgroup (a la alt.nerd.obsessive), I believe it's

Lisa and Marge walking in the last scene in front of a background that obviously doesn't fit any of

the floor plans that no doubt some of you have drawn of the Simpsons house. I'm surprised more people haven't obsessed about it yet. But that's a good thing.

Grade: C+

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Hmm... I'm not sure what the name is, but I think it's spelt I-R-O-N-Y.

(Surprised look on face) Irony?! What's that? I have never heard of irony before. No wait, that's sarcasm. Nevermind...

"Surly" wrote in message news:hntT7.15464$[email]...

so

Drunk and full of pie, Amir wrote:

It's also a way to avoid predictability. If you're absolutely sure that something is going to happen, that is, and the opposite happens. This style of joke has been around for ages, and it's one of my favorites--especially when it's cleverly integrated with the plot.

"Surly" wrote in message news:hntT7.15464$[email]...

I don't think so because irony mean something happens that is opposite of what you'd expect. Buttering bacon is not the opposite of what any of us would possibly think of as a result. So I consider this "butter your bacon" gag to be a swerve, not irony.

Tempora wrote:

Irony is simply a descrepency between what IS true and what IS BELIEVED to be true, it doesn't have to be the opposite. We believed Homer was talking about something more serious and then it turns out to be about buttering bacon, something very different than what most people would guess he was talking about...that is irony.

Kevin

No, irony is like rain on your wedding day. It's a black fly in your chardonnay It's a death row pardon two minutes too late It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take It's a traffic jam when you are already late It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

oh, wait... she didn't get it either.

But really, the humor there was more just pure misdirection than irony. For it to be irony, Homer would have had to be thinking of something different, not the audience.

Planning for sun on your wedding day and getting rain is unfortunate and could be funny, but isn't ironic.

dave

Actually the audience can be involved in irony, it's called situational irony where you expect one thing and something else happens. This can either be personal or observed. In the case of the bacon scene it is observed. This technique is used often in literature. To quote from a literary dictionary: "The irony is generated by the surprise recognition by the audience of a reality in contrast with expectation or appearance, while another audience, victim, or character puts confidence in the appearance as reality. The surprise recognition by the audience often produces a comic effect, making irony often funny."

Kevin

That's not irony, that's just a bunch of bad stuff that could happen.
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If love of money is the root of all evil, why do churches want it so badly?

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Drunk and full of pie, Amir wrote:

I laughed hardest at that. There was a novelty record where dogs barked "Jingle Bells". It's the kind of thing Homer would really, really appreciate--like his piggy cufflinks from [2F15] Lisa's Wedding. Naturally, Homer felt that this "high class" item would bring Lisa around. The angel barking it out and Homer dancing was really funny (to me, anyway).

I thought that was hilarious as well.
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If love of money is the root of all evil, why do churches want it so badly?

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Sydney Assbasket wrote:

Am I the only one that thought that the song sounded like Homer recorded it??

BTW, churches, at least the good ones, don't love money. Money is a necessity for spreading the word of their religion. Pamphlets don't print themselves.

Drunk and full of pie, Greg Bair wrote:

No, I heard that too. That made it funnier. It wasn't Frank Welker's "SLH" voice; it was Homer's barking voice.

Neither do themeparks and huge fucking mansions.
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If love of money is the root of all evil, why do churches want it so badly?

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Sydney Assbasket wrote:

Like I said, "good ones". I know many churches struggling to make ends meet that are great churches.

Mansions have no role in running a church. However, if you look at the deeds for the mansions owned by religious leaders, you'll see that they are paid for by (usually) the leader of the church, and most of them make money by having outside jobs, even if it is being a telelvangelist. What's wrong with religious leaders being rich? And as far as the theme parks go, those churches think that they will win converts that way. If they think that, it's not your money, so why do you care? If by mansions, you're referring to the churches themselves, a lot of people believe that by having a glorious place to worship in, you are showing the glory of God. I myself don't believe that, but again, it's not my money. If you feel your church is ripping you off, find a different one.

Drunk and full of pie, Greg Bair wrote:

Meanwhile, animals are crapping in our houses. Did we lose a war? That's not America. That's not even Mexico!

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Wasn't the wino in the gutter, a younger version of the guy who invented Itchy?