3/28 - DOUBLE FEATURE --------------------- 8:00 - Wandering Juvie (FABF11) Sarah Michelle Gellar guest voices as a girl who helps Bart try to escape from Juvenile Hall
8:30 - The Regina Monologues (EABF22) UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, author J.K. Rowling, and actor Sir Ian McKellan guest voice as themselves when "The Simpsons are going to Great Britain!" and Homer discovers he has a half-sister to go with his half-brother Herb
STUFF for "Co-Dependent's Day" (FABF10) --------------------------------------- Written by Matt Warburton Directed by Bob Anderson Blackboard: none Couch: Everybody grows old and turns to dust (repeat of EABF18) Special Guest Voice: Marcia Wallace; Brave Combo Also Starring: Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott Overseas Animation: Akom TV Rating: TV-PG-LV
REVIEW: B - this one started out quite well, although I think it was mainly for the reason that a number of others won't like it - having Marge "out of character" as being as drunk as Homer. (The only thing missing from 7G04 was her saying "alkyhol".) However, once the subplot died out quickly, it felt like they were stretching the whole drunk thing out a bit too long, and they didn't do enough in the rehab clinic for a satisfactory ending.
REFERENCES "Independence Day" (title - try pronouncing them before complaining) "Star Wars" saga (especially Episode II) (the whole "Cosmic Wars" thing) Skywalker Ranch (Cosmic Ranch in Northern California) "Alien vs. Predator" ("Teenage Sex Wager vs. Boner Academy")
DYNs ...there was a poster for "Teenage Sex Wager vs. Boner Academy"? ...Cletus's alien is a UPS delivery person? ...Fox is now a division of Orange Julius? ..."May the power be on your side"? ...Lisa is pretty good with the Star Wars sound effects? ...Comic Book Guy (along with Ham and Data) is in the front row? ..."Cosmic Wars" movies do not have episode numbers? ...Randall Curtis is an index-finger typist? (It's not exactly "hunt-and-peck" as he's quite good at it) ...First Church of Springfield gives out eucharist? (Besides the Catholic and Episcopal churches, which churches in the USA do it?)
THE MOVIE OPENING It is a time of uncertainty. The empire's ambiguous tariff statutes mandate close reexamination of galactic export quotas. Interim Princess Agoomba has co-chaired a subcommittee to draft amendments to existing trade policies.
Meanwhile, regulatory agencies are being heavily lobbied by a consortium of mercantile interest groups and their suppliers to streamline loading restrictions for class C cargo vessels. The shipping (that was the last line)
GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT Fresno is not in "Northern California wine country", and it's a bit of a stretch to say that it's in northern California (although it's probably mroe accurate than saying it's in southern California). The hot-air balloons and "wine valley" are associated with Sonoma and Napa Counties at the northern part of San Francisco Bay.
For the record, Skywalker Ranch is in Marin County (and there are plans to move part, if not all, of its functions to the Presidio of San Francisco now that the army has moved out), which is not "wine country" either.
"Fox, a division of Orange Julius" - which, in reality, is owned by Dairy Queen.
-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M42 Bernie Mac has moved to Mondays; looks like the double features may be around for a while (unless Fox moves Oliver Beene back to 8:30)