11/18 - Husbands and Knives (JABF17) When Springfield's boys abandon the Android's Dungeon for Coolsville, the new comic book store in town, Comic Book Guy plots his comeback; Marge opens up a gym for "regular women"
11/25 - TRIPLE FEATURE ---------------------- 7:00 - You Kent Always Say What You Want (JABF15) Kent Brockman is fired after Channel 6 is fined by the FCC after he swears on the air, thanks to Homer knocking a cup of hot coffee into his lap * The 7:00 episode will be joined in progress, if not pre-empted, in cities where Fox is airing an NFL game that starts at 4:05 Eastern
7:30 - He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs (JABF20) As a reward for saving Mr. Burns from a mall fountain, Homer is flown to Chicago on Mr. Burns's private jet, and Homer likes it so much that he wants a job where flying on private jets is all he does
8:00 - Funeral for a Fiend (KABF01) Sideshow Bob tries to kill the Simpsons by running ads for a new family-style ribs restaurant and then lying in wait, but it's Bart who ends up delivering a fatal blow...supposedly; "Frasier" castmates Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde-Pierce, and John Mahoney voice Sideshow Bob, his brother Cecil, and their father
12/2 ** SPECIAL TIME: 8:30 ** Homer of Seville (JABF18) Mr. Burns discovers that Homer has an excellent operatic singing voice when he is lying on his back, and soon Homer is the talk - er, aria - of the town, complete with a groupie that doesn't take his rejection of her advances too kindly * Fox will air the BCS Football Selection Show at 8:00 Eastern (I assume it will air 8:00 Pacific/7:00 Mountain as well)
NOTES ON THE SIMPSONS (VIDEO) GAME - WII VERSION Besides the fact that I've found two bugs in it already (in one, it locked up the Wii to the point where I had to unplug it), the one thing that captured my attention is, the cut scenes between the playable rounds put the TV show's animation to shame (and it's not HD, although it is 480p instead of 525i). As for the gameplay, I've managed to get through six levels in about six hours, mainly because I played level six three times before I figured out what I was supposed to do at the end (I kept thinking I had to smash the ape with that thing you pull out of the "moat", before I noticed (a) there was no way to put it anywhere where you could pick it up when you needed it, and (b) the symbol that appeared on the screen for what I needed to do).
STUFF for "Little Orphan Millie" (JABF22) ----------------------------------------- Written by Mick Kelly Directed by Lance Kramer "Beautiful Eyes" music by Alf Clausen, lyrics by Mick Kelly Blackboard: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN iPODDY Couch: The couch is on the cover of Modern Couch Gag Magazine Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, Russi Taylor, Karl Wiedergott Overseas Animation: Rough Draft TV Rating: TV-PG-DV
REFERENCES "Little Orphan Annie" (title) "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (Milhouse's uncle dresses like Indiana Jones and carries a whip)
SELF-REFERENCE Homer comments that Kirk and Luann look like they could be brother and sister
DYN ...in the opening, Bart laughs, and as he passes the other characters on the sidewalk, they make noises? ...Reverend Lovejoy doesn't mind performing at an outdoor wedding? ...Milhouse dreams that he sleeps exactly eight hours? ...this is the first time in a while Lisa plays with Janey? ...according to the sign, Joe Quimby is the "acting mayor"? ...Lisa still has her ergonomic chair? ...Springfield Elementary has "periods" for its classes to have P.E.?
-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M45 How come they get all four of the stars to voice a video game, but only three to voice the second pinball machine?