Simpsons 3/14
 

Good one tonight. I especially liked the paradoxical opening.

Also my favorites were the movie names and movie signs-

Hard to miss:

You're in the Matrix Charlie Brown

and

A Matrix Christmas.

Someone get all the movie names?

I saw 'the Fashion of Christ'

"The Pianist Goes Hawaiian"

"Freddy vs Jason vs The Board of Education"

justin and kelly 4 or whatever the american idol movie was called

ok episode

Liked the movie posters and Homer in front of congress.

krusty showed up in congress....there is some continuity

Took a while to get that one. My brother asked, "Why is Krusty there?", and I had to think for a minute before I got it. ;)

Has Dan Castanella written a lot of episodes?

"The Unwatchable Hulk"

Best Opening Ever

According to IMDB he's written 2 other episodes.

An OK episode. According to Tivo and what Marge said (uncle Artie), Artie was related to Homer. I don't remember that? Is he really?

"Uncle Artie" was just a nickname, not his relationship to the kids.

"What would Jesus view?" :lol:

Castellneta also wrote the one where Barney goes sober, so I was anticipating this one would develop a character her voiced.

That's what I thought, but my Tivo lists Artie as being one of Homer's relatives. Must just be a mistake.

The opening was definitely one of the best ones ever done, and I liked how Patty and Selma were there since they havent been seen that often recently

I loved the opening (with the whole Contact thing) and the part at the movie theater. I was cracking up hard when they showed the novel "What would Jesus Watch: By Michael Medved."

Plus, how can't you love the scene at the bar with all of the characters Jon Lovitz has played over the years. Overall, very funny episode.

"Dudes, I think this guy is coming on to me"

I saw "Eating Nemo" at the theater :lol:

So he's the ******* that ruined Barney! ;)

Decent enough episode. I liked the idea more than the execution. I do hope the show continues to utilize its continuity in storytelling - it's quite an asset at this point, IMO.

I thought that was great. :up:

Loved all the movie titles as well.

One huge problem with that joke: Medved is Jewish.

You could tell that that one was added recently. All 3 sides of the marquee matched up, except for this one title.

Perhaps that was part of the joke.

Brett

Whoa. :eek:

OH MY GOODNESS. Everything was going great and it looked like it was going to be a great ep. But then, right when artie ziff showed up my tape stopped. Could someone tell me what happened?

Thanks!

as Brett said, the fact that MEDVED is Jewish is entirely part of the joke... it would be pretty funny if it was "What Would Jesus Watch by Michael Marshall" or something, but having that book be written by a Jewish author makes it even funnier... at least in my opinion.

A pretty decent episode. It certainly had it's moments.

MATT

Another Groucho sideswipe? ;)

Wow - I can't believe that no one has mentioned that the opening montage showed Springfield was by Wisconson (or somewhere by the Great Lakes)

Funny episode. Liked the appearence of Lovitz's characters. Also liked the kick in the nuts at the end of the show :)

I liked the bits more than the show as a whole.

Location of Springfield, like CPA-ESQ. said.
Opening montage....loved it : )
Movie titles--too fast, have to check the PVR, but liked what I saw.
Lovitz's voices, also.
Continuity.

But the actual 'story' didn't do much for me....How long has Artie been living in the attic? Is Homer *really* stupid enough to claim ownership of the company when a bunch of machine guns are pointing at him [Don't answer that...] And I was disappointed in seeing this classic show fall to the 'in bed on the first date' cliche. It seemed to wrap up too abruptly also.

I would have to say that comment applies to nearly every episode of the last couple years (if not longer). :)

How ever according to Marge, the simpsons do have an uncle arthur, who had a modo of "Kill them all and let god sort them out". And on "one grey december morn, he put his theory into practice", and it took 50 us marshalls to take him down.

Now let's never speak of him again.

That may have been accidental. The opening sequence was an homage to the short film "Powers of Ten" by Ray and Charles Eames. "Powers of Ten" started in Chicago.