2/9 - DOUBLE FEATURE
8:00 - NEW EPISODE - Pray Anything (EABF06)
Homer discovers that he can get pretty much anything he wants by
praying for it - so he prays for a lawsuit against the church,
which ends up "under new management"
8:30 - The Great Louse Detective (EABF01)
When somebody tries to kill Homer, Chief Wiggum thinks "it takes
an attempted killer to know an attempted killer", so he gets one
with lots of experience - Sideshow Bob2/16 - GASP - TRIPLE CHOCOLATE - er, TRIPLE FEATURE
7:30 - How I Spent My Strummer Vacation (DABF22)
Sir Mick Jagger, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, Tom Petty,
Keith Richards, and Brain Setzer voice themselves as Homer goes
to a rock-and-roll fantasy camp
8:00 - NEW "Well, it IS the 300th if you pretend that 'Another
Simpson Clip Show' and 'The Principal and the Pauper' never
happened" EPISODE - Barting Over (EABF05)
When Bart discovers that he was once "Baby Stink Breath", the
pitchman - er, pitchbaby - for something that stopped babys' bad
breath, but Homer wasted all of the money, he gets legally
separated from his parents, and runs off to a loft where he
meets Tony Hawk and blink 182
8:30 - ANOTHER NEW EPISODE - I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can (EABF07)
George Plimpton guest voices as himself as spelling bee champion
Lisa enters the "Spellympics", only to realize that there may be
more to winning than being the best speller2/23 - DOUBLE FEATURE - SPECIAL TIME (because Fox is airing "X-Men"
at 8:00)
7:00 - Special Edna (EABF02)
When Bart nominates Mrs. Krabappel for the National Teacher of the
Year award, and the judges are impressed - impressed that there
really is a Bart Simpson, that is - "The Simpsons are going to
Orlando!"
7:30 - Bart vs. Lisa vs. Third Grade (DABF20)
Lisa is promoted a grade at the same time that Bart is demoted
one, and they end up in the same third grade class, where Bart,
who's been through it already, impresses the teacher more3/2 - A Star is Born-Again (EABF08)
Marisa Tomei and James L. Brooks (the producer of, among other
shows, "The Simpsons") guest voice as Ned Flanders dates a former
starletUpcoming "Futurama" Episodes ----------------------------------------------------------- 2/9 - PRE-EMPTED AGAIN because it's February and Fox STILL thinks more people would rather watch a "King of the Hill" repeat
2/16 - PRE-EMPTED YET AGAIN, but I think this time it's a new episode
of "King of the Hill" and not just a repeat (besides, "Malcolm
in the Middle" gets pre-empted by a "Married...with Children"
reunion)2/23 - At least this time it's for a Simpsons repeat (and both "King of the Hill" AND "Malcolm in the Middle" get pre-empted)
STUFF for "Pray Anything" (EABF06) ---------------------------------- Written by Sam O'Neal & Neal Boushell Directed by Michael Polcino Special Guest Voice: Lisa Leslie Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, Karl Wiedergott Blackboard: SPONGEBOB IS NOT A CONTRACEPTIVE Couch: Everybody is picked up off the couch by a (giant) baby Overseas Animation: Akom Rating: TV-PG-V
REVIEW: B-plus - this had the makings of a better than usual episode, until somebody decided to tack on an ending that's more suitable to "King of the Hill" or "Futurama".
REFERENCES "SpongeBob SquarePants" (blackboard) "Roots" ("more roots than a list of top TV shows") "Get Smart" ("Would you believe...") 9F01, 2F31 (ten-fingered/toed God)
DYN ...Ned called rhythmic gymnastics a "male sport" (even though it's limited to women)? ...the Monkey figure skating uses the "old" judging method, where they list which judge gave which marks? ...the dry wall cracks are in the shape of the painting of Washington crossing the Delaware? ...nobody thought of praying that Homer wouldn't sue? ...the 12 steps in the Community Outreach Center are in gibberish? ...Annie Lebovitz took the photograph of Reverend Lovejoy? ...Krusty bowled a ball across 11 lanes (from lane 2 to lane 12)? ...Ned used pool cues to make his cross?
GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT The WNBA court had an NBA-length 3-point circle.
Who videotaped Homer driving in the fog?