3/20 - DOUBLE FEATURE --------------------- 7:00 - Angry Dad: The Movie (NABF07) "The Simpsons are going to..." the Academy Awards when an animated short based on Bart's "Angry Dad" comic gets nominated for an Oscar, but after Homer steals the spotlight from Bart at one too many awards shows, Bart finds a way to keep Homer and Marge "otherwise occupied" on Oscar night
8:00 - The Fool Monty (NABF01) When Mr. Burns discovers he has little time to live and most of the townspeople think that even that's too much, his suicide attempt leaves him alive but with amnesia; after Bart takes him in, Homer and Marge decide to let the town decide what to do with him, and they do - everybody takes turns using him for their own purposes
3/27 - DOUBLE FEATURE --------------------- 7:00 - MoneyBART (MABF18) Bart's Little League team makes it to the state championship game, but Bart won't be in it after a falling out with the team's new manager - Lisa, who gets the impression that there is no such thing as "too many extracurriculars" on an Ivy League application
8:00 - Love is a Many Strangled Thing (NABF10) After Homer gets caught on a giant video screen choking Bart, they see a therapist who tries to get Homer to see what it is like to be in Bart's position, only for Bart to take advantage of this and end up becoming a bully
For those of you waiting to see the "sneak preview" of "Terra Nova" in May, Fox just announced that it is not happening, and the show will premiere in the fall. They claim that it is because they need more time with the special effects, but I remember that excuse being used when they took Futurama off the schedule briefly after it premiered, only to bring it back in the 7:00 Sunday timeslot.
STUFF for "A Midsummer's Nice Dream" (NABF09) --------------------------------------------- Written by Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta Directed by Steven Dean Moore Special Guest Voice: Thomas Chong, Cheech Marin Also Starring: Chris Edgerly, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille Billboard: Springfield Wax Museum / We Fixed Our Air Conditioner Blackboard: "DAYLIGHT SAVINGS" IS NOT A FAILED BANK Couch: Everyone sits, then the cushions spring them into the viewer's screen Overseas Animation: Rough Draft TV Rating: TV-14-DL
Even though the show was rated TV-14, there was no "Viewer Discretion Advised" warning. (Ironically, this aired just after the first "Glee" episode that did have a warning, even though every episode is TV-14.)
Even in Springfield, Blockbusters have closed.
High Times magazine gives Cheech & Chunk 2 1/2 Bongs.
-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M49 Did I ever tell you about the time I was in the same restaurant where they had the Nash Bridges Season 2 wrap party that night?