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Fat Tuesday
Feb. 24th, 2004 03:28 pmToday's Mardi Gras, isn't it? Not being a Catholic or an alcoholic party animal, this is of absolutely no signficance to me, but I thought I'd point it out anyway.
I've caught up on the recent Simpsons and American Idol episodes, so here are a few comments:
Last week's Simpsons episode was pretty good. Milhouse becoming a bad kid before moving, and his new Capital City image, were worth some laughs. This week's episode was the better of the two, though. The plot was good, and there were a lot of jokes that I keep thinking back on, my favorites revolving around the cops at the museum. ("I see a vase, but Eddie sees two guys in profile!") I had wondered whether they were going to make everyone recognizing Maggie's intelligence (which numerous earlier episodes have proven that she has, even if she doesn't know what color red is), but they resolved this pretty well. And I liked Simon Cowell's guest appearance, probably largely because it was actually relevant to the plot, and wasn't as tacked on like so many celebrity appearances on the show.
Simon Cowell provides a good transition into my comments on last week's American Idol. Quite unimpressive overall, as just about everyone seems to agree. I have to wonder how Matt "I was in the Rose Bowl!" Rogers got so many votes. I guess the public likes former football players. I don't really have anything against the guy, but his performance was quite lacking (I decided he was fifth overall, coming out ahead of Kara and the Roman brothers, but worse than everyone else), and Lisa Leuschner really should have made it.
I've caught up on the recent Simpsons and American Idol episodes, so here are a few comments:
Last week's Simpsons episode was pretty good. Milhouse becoming a bad kid before moving, and his new Capital City image, were worth some laughs. This week's episode was the better of the two, though. The plot was good, and there were a lot of jokes that I keep thinking back on, my favorites revolving around the cops at the museum. ("I see a vase, but Eddie sees two guys in profile!") I had wondered whether they were going to make everyone recognizing Maggie's intelligence (which numerous earlier episodes have proven that she has, even if she doesn't know what color red is), but they resolved this pretty well. And I liked Simon Cowell's guest appearance, probably largely because it was actually relevant to the plot, and wasn't as tacked on like so many celebrity appearances on the show.
Simon Cowell provides a good transition into my comments on last week's American Idol. Quite unimpressive overall, as just about everyone seems to agree. I have to wonder how Matt "I was in the Rose Bowl!" Rogers got so many votes. I guess the public likes former football players. I don't really have anything against the guy, but his performance was quite lacking (I decided he was fifth overall, coming out ahead of Kara and the Roman brothers, but worse than everyone else), and Lisa Leuschner really should have made it.
