Upcoming Episodes plus STUFF for "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" (GABF02)

2/13 - DOUBLE FEATURE --------------------- 8:00 - Pranksta Rap (GABF03) When Bart sneaks out of the house to attend a concert by 50 Cent (who voices himself), he fakes a story about being kidnapped to cover it up, and ends up hiding out in Milhouse's father's apartment 9:30 - Midnight Rx (FABF16) When Mr. Burns cuts off the plant employees' prescription drug benefits, Homer (soon joined by Grampa, Apu, and Ned Flanders) finds the solution: get a fake Canadian Health ID card and buy them cheaply up there

2/20 - DOUBLE FEATURE --------------------- 8:00 - There's Something About Marrying (GABF04) When Springfield legalizes same-sex marriages, Homer becomes an ordained minister (through some online church), just in time to tie the not between Patty and a female tennis professional 9:30 - All's Fair in Oven War (FABF20) Marge enters a baking contest, but when the other contestants try to sabotage her entry, she fights fire with ear medicine; Bart and Milhouse adopt swinging bachelor lifestyles after Bart reads about it in Homer's discarded "Playdude" magazines (although I wouldn't be surprised if the show the "American Dad" pilot again, considering it started at about 11:15 PM Eastern time the first time it aired)

STUFF for "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" (GABF02) --------------------------------------------------- Written by Tim Long Directed by Steven Dean Moore Blackboard: none Couch: Everybody gets on top of each other and forms a totem pole Special Guest Voice: Tom Brady, LeBron James, Michelle Kwan, Yao Ming, Warren Sapp Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott Overseas Animation: Akom TV rating: TV-PG-LV

REVIEW: A-minus - looks like somebody got the "formula" right.  They
        didn't pad out the carnival bit to the entire first segment,
        the guest stars weren't just one-line wonders, the ending...
        well, okay, the ending felt rushed, which is why it's not an
        A.

REFERENCES
Super Bowls I - XXXIX
"Donkey Kong" (Homer was rolling garbage cans at Mario, who was
        jumping over them and then hitting them with a mallet)
Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man (wedding at a Super Bowl halftime show)
"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (Michelle Kwan tells a judge to
        feel "the wrath of Kwan")
"Dennis the Menace" (on the cover of "The Bible for Wise-Asses)
1F04 (Ned as the Devil)
8F12, AABF08 (Super Bowls seen on Simpsons episodes)

DYN
...when the episode first aired, it started at 10:44 PM Eastern?
...Comic Book guy has a name (and it wasn't somebody listed in the
   closing credits)?
...either somebody did some quick animating, or it was a coincidence
   that one of Homer's end zone dances had the player mooning the
   crowd?
...there is no reference to which teams are in the Super Bowl?
...in the second half, points count double?  (I guess that was to
   make sure companies didn't all demand for early-game commercials in
   case of a blowout)
...on the cover of "The Bible for Wise-Asses", the Bible is held by
   Dennis the Menace?
...the figure skating competition Michelle Kwan was in was using the
   "old" (6.0-based) scoring system?  (Actually, the U.S. Figure
   Skating Championships used it in 2005, albeit for the last time)
...in the Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man wedding, the Ms. Pac-Man ghosts were
   used?  (There was an orange ghost, but not a white one)
...at the Super Bowl, the field had all of the lines?  (Usually on the
   show, football fields have lines 10 yards apart)

WHERE IS SPRINGFIELD THIS WEEK? Somewhere where it doesn't snow - Super Bowl XXXIX is in an outdoor stadium in Capital City, but the Super Bowl is not held in places where it might snow unless it is a domed stadium. (Must be all that global warming.)

GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT The "pills" were too small to be Reese's Pieces (which are larger than peanut M&Ms).

Ned should have known that Cain and Abel weren't Adam and Eve's only children; they had a third son, Seth (Genesis 4:25), as well as other sons and daughters (Genesis 5:4).

In Yao's basketball game, the semicircle under the basket is too big; it should not reach all the way across the free throw lane.

There are only 24 owners at the meeting; there are 32 NFL teams.

-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M42 Bonus "American Dad" goof: there was no Winter Olympics in 1986 - Winter Olympics held in even-numbered non-Summer Olympics years did not start until 1994

Don Del Grande ([email]) writes:

They've actually revealed who it will be? I thought they'd wait till the actual airing to let us know which of the familiar characters enjoyed same sex activities and/or relationships.

Michael

Don Del Grande wrote:

What size Reese's Pieces do they manufacture near you? If I recall correctly, they're really about the same size (perhaps a little thicker) than regular M&Ms. Though the pills are a bit too small, I noticed the odd shape and color instead.

"Matt Garvey" wrote in message news:[email]...

(re: Reece's Pieces)

That's because Malcolm and Dewey have kicked him there so many times that......oh wait you're talking about candy???

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

The American Dad pilot IS being shown again next week...on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim (that was fast.)