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[vovat]

Last night's Simpsons episode wasn't the funniest of the season, but it had a strong, coherent plot, driven by the characters, and that counts for something, doesn't it? I liked that both Mr. Burns and Lisa were both inspired by the collapse of Geezer Rock. I wonder if anyone on the Internet has created an "Are you a Patty or a Selma?" quiz yet.

Has anyone else noticed that, whenever someone talks about the two previous seasons of American Idol, they always mention Clay as runner-up to Ruben, but never (or rarely, anyway) Justin Guarini as Kelly's runner-up? The reason almost certainly has to do with record sales, not to mention that Guarini is a dork, but it just strikes me as amusing. I mean, they were both in second place.

And finally, isn't microfilm annoying?

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[revme.livejournal.com]

I also liked last night's ep. I admit, I was a little surprised that it was actually on a Fox, what with, erm, Rupert Murdoch being pretty Burns-in-that-episode-esque and all. Although, I suppose they knew a bigger controversy would have erupted if Fox canned the ep, but still. And I suppose now Rupert can always go "Hey, we aired that one episode that said Media Consolodation was bad! See, we're not evil!" too. So perhaps it was all part of a nefarious plot.

Anyway, though, I thought it was a good ep, and hey, perhaps it'll get people thinking about this sort of thing, because it's pretty damn creepy when you think about it. (of course, a lot of people probably saw that and thought "ha ha! It could never get bad like that! Ha ha!")

Also, yes, I am also surprised if there isn't a Patty-or-Selma quiz yet.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I think The Simpsons can get away with pretty much anything, since they're such a big money-maker for Fox. I mean, they've been bashing the network since pretty early on.