All the good ones are either gay or have no face

[vovat]

I don't have a whole lot to say about this weekend, so I might as well just get to the cartoon reviews. Regarding The Simpsons, I don't think tonight's Sideshow Bob episode quite lived up to the quality of the earlier ones, but it was still a pretty clever plot idea. I guess the face-switching idea came from Face/Off, a movie I've never seen. The face removal and replacement scenes were over the top, but still funny, and I guess that's what counts. And I don't think Sideshow Bob's plot involving the five states really made any sense (killing someone would still be a federal crime, after all), but I did appreciate the callback. I'm also hoping we'll see Walt again at some point.

The Family Guy episode was all right, although for some reason it felt long. I did find the idea of an institute for developing dirty jokes was pretty amusing. Actually, I remember reading an old Dave Barry column about tracking the spread of jokes. I do find it a little odd that, after giving Cleveland his own spin-off, they still tend to use him quite a bit on FG. American Dad was a little disturbing, what with Roger trying to kill the people he lived with, but it definitely had its moments.

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I thought it was a nice little meta-joke that Walt and Bob looked almost exactly the same, minus the hair, and yet Bob goes all Face/Off. The bee under Walt's Bobface was eaaaaaugh, though.

Family Guy -- yeah, I pretty much agree. It was better than last week's meanfest, that's for sure. I just realized that Brian and Stewie weren't in it at all. It's kinda weird -- it seems that FG is going way, way down on the cutaway type gags. I don't really recall much of any. Perhaps that's why it felt long -- it actually told a story and got to the end of it.

Watching AD right now (I had a long nap after sleeping in, so I'm not TOO tired). So far it seems OK, but I am amused that Roger had the reaction to the roast that I would if I were to have one, but that's my sense of humor. To just do one where it's all "WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE SO HORRIBLE" and not betray the joke.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I thought it was a nice little meta-joke that Walt and Bob looked almost exactly the same, minus the hair, and yet Bob goes all Face/Off.

Yeah, I noticed they didn't look a whole lot different, and the Simpsons' universe seems to be one where people are fooled by rubber masks anyway.

Now that I think about it, it's kind of odd that Bart recognized Bob by his voice, when we know Bob is adept at imitating other people's voices. Just so long as he doesn't have to say "snot party," that is.

It's kinda weird -- it seems that FG is going way, way down on the cutaway type gags. I don't really recall much of any.

About the only one I recall is the one with Peter and Lois tied up together.