Well, not bad, but not super - the mob story was fine, and I'd like to have seen more of Lisa's. Guest appearance by Steve Carell also fine (if a little dominant). Episode itself very short - unless I added it up wrong it's a little below syndication length. Couch gag was pretty good.
DYN: ...Fat Tony on this episode's billboard (and in the A story)? ...the mob for some reason is meeting at Luigi's now (not associated with them despite the name) rather than their basement social club?
Previous episode stuff 3F05: Muumuu Homer in opening 3F10: Pin Pals and Holy Rollers seen again (also, incidentally, this was the episode dedicated to Doris Grau) LABF05: The Parson is on the Holy Rollers now 3F03: Lisa specifically mentions her vegetarian conversation with Paul McCartney 5F07: Alex Trebek returns (see below)
Lunchlady Doris update Ugh, ugh. Now she gets a whole scene. She said the union wouldn't let her talk to a student this long; if only it didn't let her talk AT ALL! HABF15, JABF02, KABF06, LABF08, MABF12, NABF11, NABF13, NABF15, NABF16, PABF06, PABF15, PABF19
Meta -Blackboard gag says Bart doesn't know what state he's in -Lisa talks directly to the camera, expecting bloggers will weigh in on whether her grasshopper raising makes her a farmer or a rancher -Homer says he never thought Homer Simpson would be part of the day of the locust; in that book/movie, there is a character with his name. (I know this only from a capsule note in 3F13, when Donald Sutherland guest starred, since he played the Homer character in the movie.)
Goof -Why call it an insectivore society when they're also eating not only spiders (a common mistake) but also worms?? -An ear piercing gun wouldn't work that way - you need something behind the ear to hold the backing.
The Godfather -Accountant Dan seems to be missing the idea of the horse head scene - it's not just to frighten someone (with a mob-provided horse), but to exact revenge on the target by killing his *own* prized horse (and then some)! -Act 4 opens with a cross-cutting scene of assassination (attempts) and upstanding citizenship and so forth; on Jeopardy this week, that scene (from the movie, not this episode) was actually used as an example of the technique, so it's interesting that Jeopardy (with returning guest Trebek) was on in one of the parts.
Finally I misheard the line at first and thought we were watching a show about "AFI's 100 greatest movie screens" (not screams); while at least "screams" was relevant, I wouldn't have been surprised at "screens", with the joke being that they'd run out of things to rate.