9/25 - DOUBLE FEATURE 7:00 - Future-Drama (GABF12) Thanks to Professor Frink's astrology-based future-predicting machine, Bart and Lisa get a look at themselves eight years from now, where they are both graduating from high school together, but when Bart saves Mr. Burns from a robber, Bart gets the scholarship to Yale that was meant for Lisa * NOTE: Some cities, including Dallas and New York, may get this episode "already in progress" because of NFL football on Fox 8:00 - Milhouse of Sand and Fog (GABF19) When Maggie gets chicken pox, Homer comes up with a brilliant idea: throw a party for the town's parents so their children can get the disease now as well
10/2 - A Star is Torn (GABF13) "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino guest voices as a contestant in the "Li'l Starmaker" competition, in which Lisa (with Homer's help) makes it to the finals (and sings the Emmy nominated, but not winning, "Always My Dad"), but when she thinks Homer is abusing his position and lets him go, he goes to work for her final opponent
10/9 - PRE-EMPTED for Baseball Divisional Playoffs
10/16 - PRE-EMPTED for a Baseball Championship Series game
10/23 - PRE-EMPTED for Baseball World Series Game 2
STUFF for "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" (GABF16) -------------------------------------------------- Written by John Frink Directed by Raymond S. Persi Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott Blackboard: none Couch: a group of clay balls roll around on the floor, eventually becoming the family - and Gumby Overseas Animation: Akom Claymation Sequence (the couch opening) by Chiodo Brothers Productions, Inc. In Loving Memory Of James "Jamie" O'Brien (Assistant Director) TV Rating: TV-PG-LS
REVIEW: B-minus - this episode started out pretty good with the "don't
build the stamp museum here" bit, although it ended a bit
abruptly, and while the "Lisa is an eight-year-old, so maybe
she should act like one on occasion" storyline was a nice
touch, everything came to a screeching halt in the dream
sequence followed by the "walking hand in hand into the
sunrise" ending.REFERENCES "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (title) "Sesame Street" (Maggie watching The Count) "Where the Wild Things Are" ("The Land of the Wild Beasts") 9F08 (Homer makes Bart a bed) Nick at Nite TV Land ("Rerunland") Jack in the Box ("Quack in the Box") 8F06 (Homer choking Bart on a Lisa video tape) 9F12 (Lisa thinks she can solve a problem by doing something for one night) "Spider-Man" ("Dr. Octopus") "Cats" (Scratchy goes to see the musical)
PROBABLY NOT A REFERENCE
"Red Dwarf" (Slug Milhouse says he doesn't know how I reproduce, but
he's going to enjoy finding out; on "Red Dwarf", Lister says
something similar when he sees into the future and discovers
he's going to be a father)DYNs ...Carl's home is a 40-minute drive from Homer's? ...somebody let Homer and Marge into the cemetary?
GOOFS / FREEZE FRAME / WHATNOT Lisa says only her window looks out over the cemetary, but Bart's window looks out over the backyard (in "Bart of Darkness"), so he should be able to see it as well.
-- Don S1.1 MAG+++ LIS++ BAR+ SKI+ MrsK+ MissH+ P&S# FLA- (heresy!) f+++ n+++ Ilps(w) $+++ M43 Say what you want about the show, it's still MUCH better than that "King of the Hill" episode that aired tonight