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[vovat]

By now, you probably know that I like to say a bit (or sometimes a lot) about every new Simpsons episode, and last night's is no exception. I actually like it when they do callbacks to previous episodes and characters, and I think the plot of the most recent show fit with what we know of Lurleen Lumpkin from her original appearance. I liked the gag about her only dating men who look like Homer. Taking the episode on its own merits, well, I didn't laugh that much, and the plot kind of stagnated after Lurleen's father came back, and then rushed through the conflict at the end. I still enjoyed it, though. And I'm sure this is kind of mean, but Natalie Maines might be one of very few people who actually looks better as a Simpsons drawing. :P

No new Family Guy or American Dad to discuss, but bethje and I did watch the beginning of The Ten Commandments. Believe it or not, it was totally a coincidence that it came up on our Netflix queue so soon after the death of Charlton Heston. I knew that movie was long, but we're two hours in and Moses hasn't even talked to the burning bush yet.

Comments

[kristenjarrod.livejournal.com]

>>And I'm sure this is kind of mean, but Natalie Maines might be one of very few people who actually looks better as a Simpsons drawing. :P<<

She's an ugly woman. She always looks like she's smelling shit all around her.

I knew that movie was long, but we're two hours in and Moses hasn't even talked to the burning bush yet.

Wasn't that a joke on Simpsons once? The Simpsons was watching some sort of religious movie and it took them all night to watch it and when the credits were rolling, Kent Brockman was giving a preview of the morning show -- that was coming up next.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was the Noah's Ark movie at the beginning of "Das Bus." I think Charlton Heston often has a similar tone in his voice to Troy McClure's. (Yes, I know it's really the other way 'round, but I'm more familiar with Troy.) I actually don't think Edward G. Robinson has sounded that much like Chief Wiggum so far, but then he hasn't said his famous "Where's your messiah now?" line yet.

[kristenjarrod.livejournal.com]

Oh, I liked that Moe line, "are we broke broke, or OJ Simpson broke?"

[yosef.livejournal.com]

So Lurleen wasn't spending any more nights in a ditch with a voice similar to Lunch Lady Doris?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

She was probably still spending nights in a ditch, since she was homeless at the beginning of the episode. Beverly D'Angelo came back to do her voice, though.