Upcoming Episodes plus STUFF for "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" (LABF20)

S21E10 Once Upon a Time in SpringfieldliveJan 10, 2010, 11:45 PM ET4 hours after the credits3 posts by 3 posters
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Don Del Grande

** SPECIAL NIGHT AND TIME ** WEDNESDAY, 1/13, 9:30 PM - Fox will be repeating "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" as the first two episodes of "Our Little Genius" have been pulled from the schedule after producer Mark Burnett discovered that some of the contestants may have been given additional information (not the answers, but possibly some of the questions, or at least a more specific description of the scope of the questions)

1/17 - PRE-EMPTED for an encore showing of the "Human Target" premiere (followed by the usual 2-hour "24" season premiere)

1/24 - PRE-EMPTED for the NFC Championship Game (local programming will air after the game in the west)

1/31 - Million Dollar Maybe (LABF03) Homer wins a million dollars in the lottery, but he can't even tell Marge out of fear that she'll get mad at him (because he was supposed to be attending a wedding with her at the time he bought the ticket) * In production order, this is the 450th episode

As for the following two weeks, 2/7 is Super Bowl Sunday (on CBS), so expect a repeat; 2/14 is Daytona 500 day (on Fox), so expect a new episode

STUFF for "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" (LABF20)
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Written by Stephanie Gillis
Directed by Matthew Nastuk
Special Guest Voice: Anne Hathaway, Eartha Kitt, Maurice LaMarche,
    Gary Larson, Jackie Mason
Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell,
    Karl Wiedergott
Songs "A Princess Knows", "Glitter and Sparkle", and "Watered With
    Love" Music by Alf Clausen, Lyrics by Stephanie Gillis
Opening flyby: Ralph, being dragged by a kite
Billboard: The Fox Network / Still Sucking After 20 Years (Maggie)
Blackboard: THE WORLD MAY END IN 2012 BUT THIS SHOW WON'T
Couch: Everybody is a sperm penetrating an egg containing a couch;
    the egg keeps dividing until it becomes a baby Mr. Burns
Overseas Animation: Akom
TV Rating: TV-PG-DLV

REFERENCES "Once Upon a Time in America" (title) 7F09 (Marge thinks humor can come from being nice) 9F09 (reference to their non-existent health plan) 3F17, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" ("Moon River") "American Idol" (logo of "America's Next Krusty") "America's Next Top Model" ("America's Next Krusty") Creative Arts Emmys (Krusty's picture) "Batman" (Eartha Kitt mentions a "cat-tastrophe") Titian (in Paris)

DYN
...Krusty's previous female performers, Tina Ballerina and Ms.
   NoMeansNo, are nowhere to be found?
...the America's Next Krusty judges are Kent Brockman, Ranier
   Wolfcastle, and Boobarella?

GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT Fox promoted this as the 450th episode, but it was the 451st to air and the 449th in production order. It is the 450th episode to air since the show started as a series (so the Christmas Special "doesn't count"); similar "Fox creative accounting" was done to make GABF10 the 350th episode. The 100th, 168th, 200th, and 250th episodes were based on airing order, including the Christmas Special (the 250th was also 250th in production order, again including the Christmas Special); the 300th was based on production order and not including the Christmas Special (it was the 302nd to air - something referenced in the episode).

The three donuts at the end were different when they were in the box, but they were the same when Homer, Lenny, and Carl were eating them.

-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M47 Since when does Homer need a headhunter to find another job?

Mark MellinDon Del Grande

In article ,

I missed the Vecelli reference, but Herge's Tintin and Captain Haddock were also featured at the cafe in Paris.

A recent essay in the New York Times book review discussed the renewed interest in Tintin:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/books/review/Handy-t.html>

  • Mark
Mark Mellin San Mateo Village, CA 94403 USA
Michael BlackMark Mellin

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, Mark Mellin wrote:

I figured it was product placement, with Steven Speilberg making a live action Tin-Tin movie.

I gather there is some speculation that Tin-Tin is gay, I can't remember if that's well argumented or if it comes merely from that Fringe Festival show a decade ago. Given that, I kind of expected Tin-Tin and the Captain to Kiss.

It never lost interest here. Every December they run the animated cartoons for the holidays, and sometimes they rerun the animated series.

Michael