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The Simpsons - 4/13/08 "Papa Don't Leech"
- Thread starter JoeBobWilly
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Too bad no one at the Simpsons brain trust though could of actually thought to have let the person who wrote the original Lurleen episode write this one. Who was it? Uh I think some guy whose had co-written some early scripts and then never really did any major writing on the show. Who was it? Uh I think he made a cameo later on but uh... can't remember...
... In case you didn't sense my sarcasm meter I'm talking about Matt Groening. Really should of had him write this one (or at least write it with the staffer) to at least show he still does something on that front in the show but no he's too busy... doing... uh I don't even know really. Something he could take some time away from though to write part of a script at least.
As for the ep, It's kind of sad this one backtracked a bit compared to the last episodes which had simpler (or at least more enjoyable) start ups and a fuller plot throughout. Or maybe that's because some of the later ones were more back to the roots eps with subplots to help out and this was a full out character revival that landed on the strength of Lurleen to see it through. I am glad at least they didn't put any martial strife in it (though unless Homer actually told Marge that Lurleen had tried going so far with him in "Colonel Homer" Marge shouldn't of been too mad considering the ending of the ep. I mean yeah Marge obviously has a dark side but threathening Lurleen like that seemed way too OOC for me to think of it as a good ending) and focused more on Lurleen's problem with her tax evasion and then missing her daddy and such. They really didn't need such a long beginning to get to the point (since besides Homer being happy about dream killing Grandpa and Quimby trying to get the money for Girl Scout cookies out the treasury there wasn't really anything good in the first part of the plot at all really) about reshowing Lurleen, but at least they did they're homerwork more on her return appearence then they could of. I also liked Lurleen falling for Homer lookalikes and the song number at the end of act two (though really with the Harry Potter refrence after coming from an ep that did The Simpsons harry potter variation Angelica Button they really to try to stick to one useage of the HP lore. Eh guess it costs less to parody something but if you can refrence it quickly it's okay or whatever) and the Dixie chicks beating up Lurleen's dad though in truth that plot turned kind of sour. I mean the quick reconnection and then leaving and selling out his daughter left a pretty bad taste in my mouth on how quickly it went (really could of spent more time on that and cut out some of the stuff in the beginning actually) but like I said at least he got a compuannce more then most Simpson scumbags we've seen. Overall a weaker ep then I had hoped espically after some of the better eps that have been around.
... In case you didn't sense my sarcasm meter I'm talking about Matt Groening. Really should of had him write this one (or at least write it with the staffer) to at least show he still does something on that front in the show but no he's too busy... doing... uh I don't even know really. Something he could take some time away from though to write part of a script at least.
As for the ep, It's kind of sad this one backtracked a bit compared to the last episodes which had simpler (or at least more enjoyable) start ups and a fuller plot throughout. Or maybe that's because some of the later ones were more back to the roots eps with subplots to help out and this was a full out character revival that landed on the strength of Lurleen to see it through. I am glad at least they didn't put any martial strife in it (though unless Homer actually told Marge that Lurleen had tried going so far with him in "Colonel Homer" Marge shouldn't of been too mad considering the ending of the ep. I mean yeah Marge obviously has a dark side but threathening Lurleen like that seemed way too OOC for me to think of it as a good ending) and focused more on Lurleen's problem with her tax evasion and then missing her daddy and such. They really didn't need such a long beginning to get to the point (since besides Homer being happy about dream killing Grandpa and Quimby trying to get the money for Girl Scout cookies out the treasury there wasn't really anything good in the first part of the plot at all really) about reshowing Lurleen, but at least they did they're homerwork more on her return appearence then they could of. I also liked Lurleen falling for Homer lookalikes and the song number at the end of act two (though really with the Harry Potter refrence after coming from an ep that did The Simpsons harry potter variation Angelica Button they really to try to stick to one useage of the HP lore. Eh guess it costs less to parody something but if you can refrence it quickly it's okay or whatever) and the Dixie chicks beating up Lurleen's dad though in truth that plot turned kind of sour. I mean the quick reconnection and then leaving and selling out his daughter left a pretty bad taste in my mouth on how quickly it went (really could of spent more time on that and cut out some of the stuff in the beginning actually) but like I said at least he got a compuannce more then most Simpson scumbags we've seen. Overall a weaker ep then I had hoped espically after some of the better eps that have been around.
LOS ANGELES
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It was aAn admirable attempt to revisit an old character, but nothing remotely above-average.