2/1 - Dangerous Curves (KABF18) A trip to a forest cabin brings back memories (and flashbacks) of Homer and Marge's previous visits there - first with newlyweds Ned and Maude Flanders, and later with another man and woman they met at a party
2/8 - Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words (KABF19) Lisa makes it to the finals of Springfield's crossword puzzle competition, where Homer takes advantage of (a) the underground betting ring there, (b) the wad of cash he made with his "professional breakup message delivery" service, and (c) the knowledge that Lisa has a habit of folding in big moments like this, to make some extra cash * Yes, this episode did air (for the second time) three weeks before this
2/15 - Take My Life, Please (LABF01) When Homer discovers that the high school class president race he lost was rigged, a little help from some "magic pasta sauce" gives him a glimpse of what his life would have been like had he won * NOTES: Starting with this episode, the series will air in High Definition, and the show's opening is changing
STUFF for "Lisa the Drama Queen" (KABF22)
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Written by Brian Kelley
Directed by Matthew Nastuk
Blackboard: I WILL NOT USE PERMANENT INK ON THE CHALKBOARD
Couch: The couch is inside a "Couch Gag #429" box; Comic Book Guy
comments, "Worst Couch Gag Ever"
Special Guest Voice: Emily Blunt
Special Musical Guest: Fall Out Boy
Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell,
Russi Taylor, Karl Wiedergott
Overseas Animation: Rough Draft
TV Rating: TV-PG-LVREFERENCES 9F02 (similar title) KABF20 (Lisa's Mypod) M&Ms Charleston Chew Almond Joy "Wipeout" ("Folk Art" music inside the museum) Josh Groban Radioactive Man (Fallout Boy is his sidekick; Fall Out Boy played the closing theme)
DYN ...there was no commercial immediately after the opening (which is not the first time it has happened, but it is the first where the closing credits did not then come right after a commercial)? ...Marge says "Woo Hoo!" ...Apparently, neither Janey nor Allison are Lisa's best friends any more? ...Lisa referred to Equalia as a "queendom" instead of the more equal "monarchy"? ...the queens are Helvetica and Valedictoria, which seem appropriate for smart writers? ...there's a "Yo! Gurt" store? ...Homer has a cup with "Ned" written on it? ...at the dinner, Juliet appears to be a vegetarian like Lisa? ...Juliet says, "The real world is for people who can't imagine anything better," which sounds like the quote, "Reality is for people who can't handle (choose one: fantasy, science fiction)"? ...Josh Groban was not mentioned in the credits, even though his music was used? ...the rec center is named for Janet Mu�oz-Robbins, but nobody by that name appears in the credits?
GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT The box says that this is couch gag #429; while this is the 429th episode, there have been only about 240 different couch gags up to this point.
If Lisa is worried that Juliet might be allergic to nuts, then why did she choose an Almond Joy instead of, say, a Mounds?
The jesters' streamers change from each having multiple colors to each having one color.
-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M46 The first HD episode is just in time for the switchover to all-digital over the air broadcasts