when did Bart get in 3rd grade?
I thought he was in 4th and Lisa in 2nd all this time

In the first episode of season 2, he nearly has to "repeat the 4th grade". Hmmm.

This episode sucks horribly. I watched it earlier. To answer the question how they end up together in the 3rd grade:

I think the episode is hilarious so far.

Japanese Friends.

For the most part - I agree with Skinner's final quote/last line of the episode. Summed up the ep almost perfectly.

Though there were some funny parts, it just wasn't very good.

I thought the episode was very good until the last act. It was a bit anti-climatic. Otherwise, this episode brought back good memories of the classic Simpsons episodes.

I agree. This was a good episode. The vomiting Tom Brokaw was classic.

I thought that it was pretty good. The satellite TV bit was done before when they got cable TV, but overall, it was a decent show.

It was better than the usualy "Homer does something stupid" episode. It reminded me of older Simspons episodes.

I also loved the cameo by Bender

I thought it was funny. The plot was kinda dumb, but I had a lot of good laughs.

Good episode. A lot of clever lines, like the "Bart mangled banner." Thoroughly enjoyable.

Ok, so it was a pretty stupid episode. It made me laugh, though. Not so bad, IMO.

I didn't like it. The best part of the episode was the opening like Get Smart.

I liked everything up til the presentation of the flag.

The final act was flat. But the first was friggin hilarious.

Decent episode, definitely made me laugh. I always find something to laugh at in this show, even if its horribly cheesy.

I agree 100%! I would kill for season sets of GEt Smart, but i doubt it'll ever happen. it definately wasn't a terrible episode, but I didn't find most of it all that funny.

I probably reminded people of the older episodes because it started the same as the one when they got cable. I found the whole first act irritating because it was almost like watching a rerun. It was like a typical Family Guy episode. The main plot was pretty pointless, but there were some hysterical moments like vomiting Brokaw.

I wasn't all that impressed with this episode. Sure there was some clever one-liners, but not a whole lot of laughs.

I thought this was both funny AND annoying. I thought I read somewhere that Groening believes that The Simpsons and Futurama co-exist... meaning that Futurama happens later in the future of The Simpsons timeline. Therefore only the Simpsons could show up on Futurama as a flashback or something like that.

Also I was disappointed with the reference to the current flag where someone said "but we're in the North" (referring to the confederate flag). The show so far has managed to keep ALL references to Springfield's location vague (e.g. the Edison episode where Bart and Homer pass a road sign that points to multiple known city destinations in a way that makes it impossible to figure out where Springfield is).

This epsiode overall was weak. I did laugh some but clearly it is falling apart (what was up with those hillbillies showing up at the last minute - and how did Bart and Lisa end up with backpacks instead of the fanny packs Marge gave them?). I actually just watched "Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" from Season 2 the other night on DVD and was saddened to see it rehashed like that.

It was so much better than Rock & Roll camp.... not the best, but I liked it

Actually one of the recent episodes had Homer wanting to drive somewhere and Marge saying "That's XX miles from here (like about 30)" or similar. Can't remember the city or the exact distance, but I do remember thinking that if I had a map of the US, I'd be able to work out what cities were within XX miles.

Damn_Futbaal game pre-empted my cartoons again. I missed this episode.

The only funny part of the Behind the Laughter episode was when they said they were from "western Kentuky."

As for this episode, I thought it was funny.

"Please God strike down these mountain folks!"

I thought it went something like "Futurama" was REAL LIFE and that "The Simpsons" were a show in the "Futurama" universe.


Fry did find Bart Simpson dolls on the garbage meteor.

"My T-shirt says 'Reggae Haircut Rock and Roll'! Could I be anymore Japanese?"