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Old 12-07-08, 04:49 AM
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The Simpsons -- "The Burns and the Bees" -- 12/07/08

"The Burns and the Bees"
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During the annual billionaires' retreat, Mr. Burns wins the Boston Celtics in a casual game of poker. While hosting the season opener in Springfield, Mr. Burns witnesses the antics of Dallas Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban. Fascinated with his behavior, Mr. Burns decides to emulate Cuban's over-the-top crowd pleasing stunts in order to win over the hearts of Springfield's basketball fans. In the midst of his failing endeavor, Mr. Burns decides that the best way to win over the fans is to build a brand new, state-of-the-art sports arena. Unfortunately, the last remaining bee colony in Springfield is located on the proposed stadium site, and Lisa is single-handedly spearheading a movement to protect them. As Lisa fights for a safe haven for the bees, Homer attempts to help the quickly diminishing bee population by mating the Springfield bees with Africanized bees, creating a buzz worthy fiasco.

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This looks pretty good.
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Reminder that this episode will air at 8:30 pm EST instead of 8:00 pm.
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I didn't enjoy this episode.
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^ Same here. Wasn't very impressed.
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My station had this scheduled for 7:30 (instead of 7pm at normal) and then they showed a rerun of KOTH instead?
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A few funny moments (loved the bees attacking the stadium..."Uncle Tom"), but as a whole kinda boring.

I did notice it seemed like one of the best looking episodes though, especially the xmas beginning.
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I just got King of the Hill recirded. I'm in Pacific time zone and King of Hill was on at 8 and than again at 8:30...I'll have to record later tonight to see if it'll be delayed to 9 or 10

Otherwise...does anyone know where you can download Simpson episodes from? I've never missed an episode and don't really want to start tonight
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Hulu.com tomorrow
Old 12-07-08, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by dcprules
I just got King of the Hill recirded. I'm in Pacific time zone and King of Hill was on at 8 and than again at 8:30...I'll have to record later tonight to see if it'll be delayed to 9 or 10

Otherwise...does anyone know where you can download Simpson episodes from? I've never missed an episode and don't really want to start tonight
Well, I'm in So Cal, and they showed The Simpsons at 8, and I'm assuming KOTH at 8:30, despite what my DVR guide said.
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Yeah, my Tivo recorded KotH at 8:30 thinking it was Simpsons. This is the first time in 5 years something like this has happened, so I'm not gonna complain - especially since there's Hulu.
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I guess I was lucky. My Comcas DVR recorded it with no issues.

I loved the beginning, have they changed it before?
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I was kind of disappointed as I was hoping this would be a Christmas episode and their Christmas episodes are usually the strongest.

The Simpsons has been stale or bordering on stale for nearly a decade now. Still, it manages to be better than many shows on TV. Now I remember why I barely watch it and don't even record it.
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I thought the opening was fun (the winter in Springfield theme)

I liked the episode "ooh bees, now who will sting me and walk all over my food?"
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I am in the minority, I loved this one. Had me laughing out loud quite a few times.

"Howdy, I own a minor league hockey team"
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I was hoping that in the one year later sequence, we would see how much the billionaires were worth now.

I enjoyed the episode.

I liked Bart rearranging the bees on Lisa's face to make her look like Milhouse.

I also liked "drunk" Lisa demanding her keys back from Moe in the bar.
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Originally Posted by macnorton
I am in the minority, I loved this one. Had me laughing out loud quite a few times.

"Howdy, I own a minor league hockey team"
Yeah I thought this episode was pretty good too. Mukmu had a bunch of great lines:

"I have ten words for snow, but none for this unusual occurrence."

"I kill whales for fun."

My favorite though was when the queen bee landed on Lisa and Homer got set to take care of it saying, as he pulled on some black leather gloves, "And this time, no screwups."
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Originally Posted by zekeburger1979
I was hoping that in the one year later sequence, we would see how much the billionaires were worth now.
True, would have been perfect for a bailout joke.
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Burns: Yes. Was that a real gorilla

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Re: The Simpsons -- "The Burns and the Bees" -- 12/07/08

Something is afoot with Evil-Link's odd bumps. Evil? Is evil afoot?
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Re: The Simpsons -- "The Burns and the Bees" -- 12/07/08

Originally Posted by majorjoe23
Something is afoot with Evil-Link's odd bumps. Evil? Is evil afoot?
I dunno, it'd be hard to type if you're just a foot.
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Re: The Simpsons -- "The Burns and the Bees" -- 12/07/08

Originally Posted by majorjoe23
Something is afoot with Evil-Link's odd bumps. Evil? Is evil afoot?
what are you talking about?
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Re: The Simpsons -- "The Burns and the Bees" -- 12/07/08

A spammer kept bumping old threads with brief comments so that he could have enough posts to post a link. It seems someone higher up caught on and he is now gone.
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Re: The Simpsons -- "The Burns and the Bees" -- 12/07/08

And that spammer was from... [wait for it]... Philadelphia!
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