Upcoming Episodes plus STUFF for "The Bart Wants What it Wants" (DABF06)

2/24 - DOUBLE FEATURE
8:00 - The Lastest Gun in the West (DABF07)
    Dennis Weaver guest voices as an aging movie cowboy Bart and Lisa
    try to help regain some of his former glory by getting him on the
    Krusty the Clown Show
9:00 - The Blunder Years (CABF21 - repeat)
    Homer is hypnotized and goes back to his childhood, where he
    recalls an incident involving discovering a dead body which may
    unravel a 25-year-old unsolved murder

3/3 - A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love (CABF18 - repeat)
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus guest voices as a woman whom Mr. Burns (with
    a little help from Homer) falls in love with, and she agrees to
    marry him, which isn't exactly good news for her ex-boyfriend -
    Snake

Upcoming "Futurama" Episodes ----------------------------------------------------------- 2/24 - PRE-EMPTED for what was supposed to be a Simpsons repeat, but was then changed to a King of the Hill repeat

2/28 - SPECIAL THURSDAY AIRING (9:30) - Put Your Head on My Shoulders
       (2ACV07)
    When Fry and Amy are involved in an automobile accident, Fry's
    body is crushed, so they transplant his head onto another body -
    Amy's

3/ 3 - Where the Buggalo Roam (3ACV10)
    When "buggalo rustlers" steal the Wongs' buggalo herd on Mars,
    Kif decides to prove himself to Amy's parents by going after the
    thieves

STUFF for "The Bart Wants What it Wants" (DABF06) ------------------------------------------------- Written by John Frink & Don Payne Directed by Michael Polcino Blackboard: THE GIVING TREE IS NOT A CHUMP Couch: the chorus line opening Special Guest Voice: Wolfgang Puck, Reese Witherspoon Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott Overseas Animation: Akom Rating: TV-PG-V

REVIEW: B-plus - one of the better episodes, but not quite "top level", probably because some of the scenes seemed to drag on, and when they didn't, they tended to blend together to seem like they did. They didn't show Bart and Greta really do very many things together, and in Canada, most of the time was used setting up the one gag. (And that curling scene brought back too many memories... mainly of the Canadians slapping the Americans around in their early-round match in the 2002 Olympics.)

REFERENCES "Life in Hell" (Bongo doll) "Frasier" (Ranier Wolfcastle was a voice) "Circus of the Stars" ("Circus of the Scars") "Seinfeld" (music and brick wall backdrop at Skinner's routine) 7G02 (Bart plays scrabble)

DYN
...Maggie had a Bongo doll?
...Itchy & Scratchy is available on DVD?
...the "Itchy & Scratchy" commentary included a "picture-in-picture"
   video commentary, which, in this case, was a benefit?
...Bart and Greta hold opposite hands (Bart's right, Greta's left)
   when they thumb wrestle?
...the left-handed Bart is thumb wrestling with his right hand?
...Bart got a legitimate 50-point bonus in Scrabble (playing
   "OBLIVIO" to turn "US" into "OBLIVIOUS")?
...Homer knows where Toronto is?
...there was no "hidden gag" in the FBI warning on the DVD?
...Bart's bumper car had a Mercedes logo, and Bart used it as a
   targeting sight?

GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT The Olympic rings were upside-down (as they were in an episode of "King of the Hill" that premiered just before this episode premiered on Fox), although it's probably because the "correct" rings are copyrighted. Unlike most "symbols" like, say, the Oscar statuette, which can (and have) become public domain, the Olympic rings and name are specifically protected under USA law.

Marge said "every four years" in referring to the Olympics, but, ever since 1992, they have been held every two years (in 1994, the Winter Olympics were moved from the same years as Summer Olympics to the current "in-between year").

The $100 bill Flanders won was actually a $50.

Ranier Wolfcastle mentioned that he was a voice on "Frasier"; a number of celebrities have their voices on that show, as callers to Frasier's radio call-in program, and most seasons' last episodes list most, if not all, of the celebrities who "appeared" this way in that season.

When the Simpsons arrive in Toronto, they (sort of) play the Canadian national anthem, which isn't in and of itself remarkable, but it first aired on the night Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier received their gold medal (and had the anthem played) following the 2002 figure skating judging scandal.

Canada's Olympic basketball team hasn't been THAT bad - they finished fourth in 1976. (Okay, maybe with the introduction of NBA players, most of which are from other countries, they've fallen a few notches...)

"Don Del Grande" wrote in message news:[email]...

That was his change. He paid $50 for it.

Drunk and full of pie, Don Del Grande wrote:

That was the gag, though, wasn't it? He bid $50 on a $100. Got the biggest laugh from me in the first act.

The Olympics 4-year thing may have been since the summer olympics happen when there aren't as many new episodes...whereas now it's sweeps.

Don Del Grande wrote:

Yep. I tried to point out the King of The Hill episode in my post... that I posted twice... that never appeared on the board for some reason.

Don Del Grande wrote in news:[email]:

And we beat Russia and Australia this time around before losing to *cough* France in the medal round.

Reagen Sulewski spewed forth in news:[email] on 18 Feb 2002:

Oooh, big deal :). You beat a bunch of drunks and kangaroo jockeys, respectively. J/k. Canada's team is at least better than the UK's.

Greg Bair wrote in news:[email]:

Well just to correct myself, we beat Yugoslavia not Russia, but we also won our pool. Not something that should be ignored.

If my memory serves me correctly, on Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:16:20 -0800, Don Del Grande issued the following challenge to face my invincible Iron Chefs:

Actually, the AMPAS has been VERY vigilant on the Little Golden Nekkid Guy and associated references. Anytime you see an image of the LGNG as a graphic in print or video, there is a '(C)AMPAS(R)' stamped on it.

But yeah, the YSOC and the IOC have been just as anal, er, vigilant. They've gone as far as sue Hellenic-themed mom-and-pop stores like 'Olympic Pizza'.

[email] wrote:

I thought I recalled a federal court decision that said that the image of the Oscar statuette was now considered public domain; I found a reference to it, but it may not apply to the Oscar statuette itself. (AMPAS sued a company that made a variation with the LGNG holding a star over his head rather than a sword in front of him.)

And let's not forget the "Reading Olympics" (and the "Gay Olympics", now renamed "Gay Games").

Don Del Grande spewed forth in news:[email] on 18 Feb 2002:

That's almost as bad as FOX suing the Duff brewery.

Don Del Grande wrote in message news:...

You can't copyright a symbol. The Olympic rings (and the word Olympic) are trademarked-as well as protected by law under the United States Code, title 36, section 220506.

If my memory serves me correctly, on 18 Feb 2002 07:41:56 -0800, Ryan W. Mead issued the following challenge to face my invincible Iron Chefs:

Next time you watch a McDonald's commercial, you'll notice "36US220506" in the lower right corner. That's the reason.