9/17 - DOUBLE FEATURE 7:00 - Regarding Margie (HABF13) After an incident involving a wrong address number, free maid service, and Marge mixing too many household cleaners together without opening a window, Marge gets amnesia, but eventually remembers everything except (a) that she's married, and (b) who the fat bald guy is * NOTE: Some cities in the Eastern and Central time zones (for example, St. Louis) will get this episode in progress or even pre-empted - to see if your city is one of the affected ones, go to the NFL broadcast maps site at GribbleNation (http://www.gribblenation.net/nflmaps), click on "Singleheader" in the Fox column and Week 2 row, and if your city is in one of the areas showing a 4:05 game (St. Louis at San Francisco or Arizona at Seattle), the episode will be joined in progress This applies mainly to the Eastern and Central time zones; it is possible, although unlikely, that a game will last long enough to affect the Mountain time zone as well Also note that the TV schedule tends to change pretty much right up to the last minute, so if you really want to know, I suggest you check the map on Sunday morning 8:00 - Jazzy and the Pussycats (HABF18) The White Stripes guest star as jazz musicians gather to be heard with the Simpsons' hot jazz musician - Bart, who has taken up drumming as a way to channel his aggressions , only to raise Lisa's jealousy, at least until one of Bart's arms is mauled by a tiger Lisa saves
9/24 - Please Homer Don't Hammer 'Em (HABF20) Nobody trusts a couple of kids - er, a woman, - to write for television - er, to do carpentry repairs - so Bart and Lisa get Grampa - er, Marge gets Homer - to front for them while they do - er, front for her while she does - all the work; Bart discovers that Principal Skinner is allergic to peanuts (Once again, from 7 to 8, the east gets the end of that day's NFL coverage plus the post-game show. while the west gets a Nanny 911 repeat from two seasons ago)
10/1 - DOUBLE FEATURE 7:00 - The Wettest Stories Ever Told (HABF11) While waiting for a reluctant octopus to let the Frying Dutchman cooks make dinner, the Simpsons regail us with tales of famous ships: the Mayflower (Lisa), the Bounty (Bart), and a certain fictional ship named for a god of the sea that flips over but isn't the Posiedon (Homer) * NOTE: Some cities in the Eastern and Central time zones (for example, Detroit - and if the Rams sell out, St. Louis again) will get this episode in progress (the map will be at GribbleNation sometime during the week before the episode airs - look under week 4 on Fox) 8:00 - Bart Has Two Mommies (HABF07) ...Marge, and a monkey at a museum for retired TV animals who misses her son (Mr. Teeny) and finds Bart as an acceptable substitute
10/8 - PRE-EMPTED for a baseball division series game
10/15 - PRE-EMPTED for a baseball League Championship Series game (I think AL Game 4 and NL Game 5 are that day)
10/22 - PRE-EMPTED for baseball World Series game 2
10/29 - if the World Series goes seven games (or game six is rained out), a World Series game airs; otherwise, a repeat (to be announced) airs
11/5 - Treehouse of Horror XVII (details to be announced)
11/12 - G.I. <D'oh> (details to be announced) (and for those of you new to the Upcoming Episodes posts, note that I do not use "(ANNOYED GRUNT)", which is what is says in the scripts when somebody says "D'oh", when it appears in titles)
5/20 (possibly) - 24 Minutes According to a press release, the 400th episode will have Jack Bauer and Chloe from "24" (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub) in it (note Fox could be using some of its "creative accounting" to air this before what should be the real 400th episode, especially as (a) the season finale of "24" probably airs the previous Monday and (b) the last episode of the season could be some sort of lead-in to the movie)
CALENDAR TRIVIA: The 2007 "mini-calendar" is pretty much a reprint of the 1999 full-size calendar; of course, the calendar pages themselves have to be changed as the days of the week don't match (1/1/99 was a Friday; 1/1/07 is a Monday), but the pictures are the same
STUFF for "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife, and Her Homer" (HABF15) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Written by Bill Odenkirk Directed by Michael Marcantel Blackboard: none Couch: There are four wooden chairs instead of the couch; everybody plays "musical chairs" Special Guest Voice: Michael Imperioli, Joe Mantegna, Metallica, Joe Pantoliano Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Russi Taylor, Karl Wiedergott Overseas Animation: Akom TV Rating: TV-PG-V
REVIEW: B - it <BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG> it was the best episode of the smipsons ever and they should nominate joe montegna mantegna whatever for an emmy. its bad enough the oscars rob scorsese every time. ill just take this cannoli and leave <THUD> Good thing I got the cannoli recipe from "The Godfather Part III". Anyway: Review: B - I think I've discovered what the problem is with newer episodes; they tend to stick to a single place for an entire act. For example, the first act was pretty much entirely in the school bus, the second act dealt mostly with Fat Tony, and then things picked up a little in the third act when Homer started acting like a mob boss, although they could have had another "collection" or two.
REFERENCES "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover" (title) "The Godfather Part III" (son would rather do something other than "the family business"; also, closing song) 2F12, "The Sopranos" (Sopranos theme played) 9F15 (Homer as a crime boss - this time, not a dream)
SACRILEGE Lunch Lady Doris SPEAKS! (Then again, I did mention when I saw 4F04 that Tress MacNeille can do a good Doris impression...)
DYNs ...Martin now plays a fourth instrument (French horn, to go with lute, triangle, and flute)? ...the Springfield Shopper is still 50 cents? ...apparently, everybody in Springfield except Homer thinks that professional wrestling is staged (as opposed to 7F06, when pretty much everybody in Moe's thought it was real)? ...Nelson says, "There is no Mafia", a possible inside reference to how nobody in "The Godfather" uses the word? ...Metallica's singers were not credited by name?
GOOFS, FREEZE FRAME, AND WHATNOT When Fat Tony hands Michael his math book, the spine switches from Tony's right hand to facing in front of him.
How did Bart reach the bus pedals?
Michael plays the clarinet with his hands switched - the left hand goes on top.
Some of the students on the bus are not seen getting off.
In fact, putting lots of vinegar and baking soda together is not good for the people around it, as the resulting carbon dioxide chokes off any oxygen nearby.
You would think with at least four Italians involved (Joe Mantegna, Michael Imperioli, Joe Pantoliano, and Dan Castellaneta), one of them would have caught this: at dinner, Fat Tony says, "Mangiare, mi amici," which means, "To eat, my friends." What he meant was, "mangiate" (all of you, eat), or, since he was eating as well, "mangiamo" (let's eat).
-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M44 Milhouse would have known to say "mangiate"