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Simpsons Season 19 Archive

 Eternal Moonshine in the Simpsons Mind ( 12/16/07)
Funeral for a Fiend ( 11/25/07)
Husbands and Knives ( 11/18/07)
Little Orphan Millie (11/11/07)
Treehouse of Horror XVIII (11/4/07)
I Don't Want To Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (10/14/07)
Midnight Towboy (10/7/07)
Homer of Seville (9/30/07)
He Lovs to Fly and D'ohs (9/23/07)

 
Huh, the return of the Republican Party HQ and Barchibald T. Barlow. Interesting.

What... an ending without any particular conclusion about the issue. Not too sure about that.
 
Passable. The pacing was bad, but the Ralph bits were pretty good. Especially towards the end..."Maybe I want to use them"...that was kind of interesting...but then it ended on such a weird note. That was disappointing. The episode was just starting to get good...
Also, the return of the sinister Republican HQ was neat.

Uh...3/5 though it was nowhere near as good as "I Love Lisa"...
 
I laughed more towards the end, which is rare on the Simpsons (moreso in new episodes). The ending itself was sort of frustrating-- it opened the door to what could've been a fun plot, but then it just ended. I seem to recall that happening a lot last season

And yeah, I had no idea that was supposed to look like Jon Stewart until my sister said "hey isn't that Jon Stewart's voice?" I think his face was too long, and maybe a little too detailed.
 
I really liked this one, but I agree about the ending. It really came out of nowhere like that. Well, maybe reruns will help.

Jon Stewart also was a bit... Odd looking. But it was saved by the fact he was pretty good in his role.
 
I'm on both sides of the argument when it comes to the ending - part of me doesn't appreciate the sudden drop-off after the Ralph commercial, but another part of me doesn't care either. It was either that ending, or one where everything wraps up predictably. Lisa even said it herself - he's too young to run for president, so there's no way he'd make it in without some stupid reason. So, yeah, I can imagine how it would wrap up and I'm not too concerned with the rest of the plot.

But yeah, the pacing wasn't off, but there was just too much to get through in 22 minutes -- it wasn't helped by that couch gag either (even though that was a pretty creative intro). There were a ton of characters going in and out - while that certainly was part of the theme, the focus was going in and out on so many people that the episode really didn't have a sharp focus I believed the episode could have had, so we had Ralph as the episode's frontrunner but we spent more time with the media and then The Simpsons, and then all of the ancillary characters, and then Ralph.

The episode was funny though - and I appreciated the fact that they avoided mostly all the easy jokes (Bill was still in there but one of his jokes was good enough). I loved the Jerkass Homer joke, obviously a nice Nohomers jab if there ever was one. There was another joke aside from the Lenny comment on the political ad that I rolled with, but I can't seem to remember it. Also I liked Marge's jokes in this, and it was a little surprising that she brought up Ralph's past 'relationship' with her.

Overall, the episode was a solid B. I just wish they didn't have to use so many guest stars for these things.

I also noticed a funny change - during the commercial for the episode, the map was almost all red, but during the show it was red, white, and blue in different areas.
 
I'm wondering if maybe the sudden ending is because they plan to have a follow up episode next season when the election comes up (writers' strike permitting)? That could have possibilities.
 
Starting from the start, the couch gag was a nice variation on the theme. Is it just me, or are these getting even more elaborate? Anyway, the bulk of the episode was OK. The political humour of the show isn't as sublime as it used to be. And where were the real politicians (Clinton and Thompson aside)? Are the current crop off limits or something? There's no substitute for the real thing.

I agree with some other comments about Jon Stewart. Even though he was representing the Daily Show, alas he left his persona somewhere else :(



This left me disappointed and confused :confused: Is this a two parter? Because otherwise that ending sucked. The website for Ralph in '08 suggests that this may be something bigger. Here's hoping.
 
My take on the ending: the way the episode's ending is open-ended (and the fact that it aired before the New Hampshire primaries) suggests that "Wiggum for President" is going to be a promotional campaign that is going to run for most of the year (similar to how the Simpsons movie was promoted last year).

Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if "Ralph in '08" merchandise shows up as various stores (i.e. Hot Topic) in the next few months.
 
Strangely enough, I enjoyed the political farce and humor in this because it's not too far from some real-life voters. :D (I'm joking, I'm joking, please don't kill me!)

And I actually laughed at one joke out loud; it was the one with Nelson and the Washington Post reporter:

Nelson: Ha ha! Your medium is dying!
Principal Skinner: Nelson!
Nelson (to Skinner): But...but it is!
Principal Skinner: There's "being right" and "being nice"!

I don't know why, but I think it was because Nelson actually had few cases where Skinner actually agreed that he had some basis for his "ha ha". So this was a nice twist of irony.
 
If I didn't know better, I'd swear they just went ahead and did this episode without the writers. It would explain why the episode didn't even have an ending, or any real structure at all.
 
...or it's possible that the writers tried to get this episode completed before the following two things:

1. The New Hampshire primary
2. The Writer's Strike

As for the lack of ending, I explained my belief about that earlier in this thread.
 
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