C & C " The Simpsons" Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind (12-16-07)

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Simpsons Season 19 Archive

 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)
 
This is the first new episode of "The Simpsons" I've watched since GABF19 "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" in Season 17. I was worried that it'd be just as mediocre as the show was back then, but I was pleasantly surprised. This is one of those format-bending episodes that I always enjoy watching, and a goodly amount of the humor connected in the way it was intended. Nothing felt drawn out, even the scenes that obviously were meant to pad out the episode's running time (the Ice Age parody at the beginning, Homer's life flashing before his eyes, etc.), and I quite enjoyed Homer's characterization - a man worried about his actions and terrified at the notion that he may have done something horrible without knowing. I like it when Homer is good at heart, and this episode proved to me that he still can be. And yeah, the ending was nothing I haven't seen before, but the humor was strong enough to redeem it.

I'm beginning to think I should start watching new episodes of "The Simpsons" on a regular basis again. I'm actually a little bummed out now that I'll have to wait for the Season 17 and 18 DVDs to catch up on what I've missed.
 
A decent episode and one of the better ones so far this season. A good premise that comes around full circle by the end (although yet another cheap swipe at the Irish :mad:) but the montage of Homer's life was hilarious :D. And the scenes when Homer is flying through his memories was nicely done. Also good to see Duffman again, (it's always good to see Duffman). :)
 
This was an excellent episode, I really enjoyed it. Can't remember last time I really enjoyed a Simpsons episode this much. loved the opening gag as well.
 
While there was a few good laughs in the episode (especially when Homer has his mind trip), four things kinda ruined it for me:

1. The lack of the family in Act 1;
2. The fact that Marge's black eye was obviously accidental, and that the whole "family dispute" thing was just a coincidence;
3. The It's a Wonderful Life parody (do we really need yet another parody of a highly overrated film that is only big because of the fact that it played on almost every network around Xmas time when it was in the public domain?);
4. The cop out of having Homer being saved by a moon bounce.
 
Definitely a step above the usual new Simpsons episode in that it clearly had a lot of thought put into it. However, in terms of overall effectiveness I still prefer "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and the Sideshow Bob one, from this season. I guess the problem is that it aimed high but didn't quite make it. It was just too obvious that it would be a misunderstanding. I'm not sure they could have possibly gotten us to believe that Homer abused Marge while also making us laugh, but I still sense they could've done better. I saw the alternate meaning of Duffman's "I'm giving it to your wife! She'll be sore in the morning!" coming from a mile away.


Does anyone know if there are any more completed episodes after this one? Because the "The End?" text got me wondering...
 
Spluh? Read the title again. The only relation between that film and this episode is that someone wants to kill themselves via a bridge.

And It's A Wonderful Life is one of the greatest films ever, THAT'S why it's popular. Anyone who doesn't get it must have a perfect life or something.


Yes, I agree with that. This was a good plot, but the show's so old, it can't surprise us anymore. Of COURSE Marge didn't cheat, because she'd never do that.

I doubt they'd be able to fully animate "The End....?" from the time they knew the strike was coming until now.
 
I gotta admit - I was dissapointed by the time this episode wrapped up. Something about it just didn't seem 'as good' as I thought it would be. But then, I watched it again, and it settled with me. This is the best episode of season 19, no doubt (at least so far) but it's not the 'A+' episode I was praying for. I kind of resented how the episode kept trying to be funny in moments where they really should have held off of that (Homer's suicide, for instance, shouldn't have been accompanied by jokes).

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Really great non-liniar storytelling here. I really liked the Ice Age Scratt Cameo (much better than the Family Guy one, which seemed forced and tacked on for marketting purposes).

Anyway, The only thing I truely disliked was the Cell Phone commercial joke that ran on too long. To me, that ended after the "4 free Downloads" line.

But I kinda liked that random Youtube joke (which totally segwayed into KOTH's B plot). And other than the fact the ending seemed very weak, and the set up was much much stronger than the end result, a very good episode. This has been a real uneven season so far. A few good ones, a few bad one... but still improving just a little.
 
First, when I said the "It's a Wonderful Life" parody, I wasn't referring to the episode altogether, I was referring to just the bridge scene.

Second, two reasons why a person can hate It's a Wonderful Life:

1. It takes forever just to set up the reason why Clarence is being set down to help George Bailey;

2. The whole "never been born" bit from the film has been done to death, with it reaching the point where it becomes rather annoying (even when it comes to the original film).
 
I missed it last night because I had to work and I really wanted to see it, luckily I found that fox on demand had it online.

I thought the episode would be a little more serious than it was by how it was explained in the promo card, but I still liked how it was handled. It was a different kind of story that made it unique from the past episodes. I thought it was really neat watching Homer grow up in that one short skit as he saw his life flashing before his eyes, and his hair disappearing.

one of the best season 19 episodes, right up there with I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
 
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