5/15 - SEASON FINALE - DOUBLE FEATURE - TWO NEW EPISODES -------------------------------------------------------- 8:00 - Home Away from Homer (GABF15) Jason Bateman guest voices as himself as the Flanderses move away to Humble, PA when it is revealed that the two college girls they rented their rumpus room to are running a webcam from there, but when the neighbors prove too much for Homer, he begs Ned to move back 8:30 - The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star (GABF09) Liam Neeson guest voices as a hip young priest who befriends Bart at a Catholic school Bart attends after he is expelled from Springfield Elementary, even though Bart is right this time when he claims, "I didn't do it"
5/22 - PRE-EMPTED for "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones"
(what a surprise - it's three days after Episode III
premieres)5/29 - PRE-EMPTED for the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR auto race (which should
end by 8:00 Pacific, but Fox stations out west will air local
programming after the race)STUFF for "A Star is Torn" (GABF13)
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Written by Carolyn Omine
Directed by Nancy Kruse
Special Guest Voice: Fantasia Barrino
Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott
Blackboard: none
Couch: Homer goes through the "Get Smart!" opening, but when he falls
out of the phone booth, he lands on the couch (repeat of
DABF20)
Overseas Animation: Rough Draft
TV rating: TV-PG-LVREVIEW: A-minus - this episode had everything (well, maybe not much of
a subplot, but who needs it) - plot, music, Itchy & Scratchy,
Lisa in five different outfits, Maggie getting sick into a
jack-in-the-box...well, everything except an ending. (It
might have gotten an A had the end been a "real" Itchy &
Scratchy cartoon with Lisa in it.)REFERENCES 7F18 (Shakespeare's Fried Chicken) 8F23 (Maggie sucks on somebody's nose) 9F13 (mention of Lisa dating Ralph) 9F21, EABF13 (Homer writes a song) AABF20 (Lisa mentions having been to Tokyo in her song) EABF22 (Lisa mentions having been to London in her song) FABF17 (Lisa mentions having been to Paris in her song) "Batman" (scene change with broccoli in the middle) "American Juniors" (kids' version of "American Idol")
DYNs ...Buzz Cola has two catchphrases: "Brown, Fizzy, Real" and "The Official Cola of Prison"? ...Lisa wore five different outfits (her red dress, her teal bed clothes, and three different dresses in the competition)? ...they never do show Lisa in a "real" Itchy & Scratchy cartoon? MAGGIE ALERTS Maggie without her pacifier: pretty much through the entire "sick from vegetables" scene Maggie sucks on something else: a chicken bone, and Homer's nose Maggie Bits: when Bart waves his hands, so does Maggie; Maggie does "jazz hands" with Homer and Lisa at the ends Maggie falls: two, in the "jazz hands" at the end
GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT Technically, it's not a goof, as it was only mentioned in a Halloween Special, and Homer probably changed the lyrics for maximum pity factor, but Snowball died on Halloween, not Christmas Eve.
SOLG LYRICS - titles taken from the closing credits All songs music by Alf Clausen, lyrics by Carolyn Omine
"I'M TALKIN' SPRINGFIELD" I've been to Paris and London and Tokyo town But one crazy 'burg has 'em all beat hands down! I'm talkin' Springfield - you can buy chimichangas Talkin' Springfield - the chicks have big gazongas There's tires on fire, a guy named Apu And Skinner, and Grampa, and old Disco Stu Did I forget to mention you? I'm talkin' Springfield, where nobody sucks... except for Flanders
"MY KITTY DIED" My kitty died on Christmas Eve Daddy told me to be brave But instead of singing carols, I was digging Snowball's grave
"ALWAYS MY DAD" I'm in the final two - I should be happy But all I want to do is spend more time with my pappy Now that you're gone, Dad, I miss you so much And your threats against Teamsters and techies and such Your management style is like Atilla the Hun You were vicious, malicious, but you got the job done I'm sorry I hurt you, but please don't be sad You're no longer my coach, but you're always my dad
"PRIVILEGED BOY" I'm a privileged boy It's great, I gotta tell ya Privileged boy My dad can buy and sell ya It really doesn't matter That you're on the list in front of me I'm gonna get your table 'Cause I always tip the maitre d' And then I'll go to Yale Because I am a legacy I'm better than you
STUFF for Thank God It's Doomsday (GAB14) ----------------------------------------- Written by Don Payne Directed by Michael Mercantel Blackboard: none Couch: everybody has Moe's face (repeat of FABF22) Also starring: Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Karl Wiedergott Special Guest Band: Baha Men, Los Lobos Overseas Animation: Akom TV Rating: TV-PG-DLV
REVIEW: B - okay, the haircuts but was pretty good
REFERENCES MG18 (Bart gets a haircut that turns him nearly bald) 7F11 (Homer eats sushi)
DYNs ...there's a Bloomingdale's at the mall? (Skinner has a "medium brown bag") ...the scene change in "Left Below" is crucifix-shaped? ...in "Left Below", the Thompson family is similar to the Simpson family, although their baby is a boy? ..."Krusty the Klown" is spelled with two Ks (instead of "Krusty the Clown"? ...at the end of the "wait for it" gag, Homer sounded like the pimple-faced teenager?
GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT The caption says "MAY 18...JUDGEMENT DAY"; in the American language, it is spelled "judgment".
Nowhere in Homer's calculation did it have the number of people at the Last Supper, and even if it did, it would have had a much bigger effect than a few days.
Homer converted 3150518 to "3:15 PM, 05/18" - why not 3:15 AM? For that matter, why not 3/15, at 5:18 AM? On top of that, why did he assume that it was going to be this century? (Oh, wait, the "stars falling to the ground" thing...)
-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M43 With any luck, Carolyn might end up with Emmy-shaped bookends this year...and maybe even an actual Emmy or two to put between them