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   (HEY FOX GET YOUR THUMB OUT OF YOUR ASS, see below for credits BS.)   
      
   Well, that was fairly enjoyable. Actually, all three stories - as well   
   as the opener (the Mayans dooming us all for 2012). I enjoyed the time   
   travel one best, since I'm a sucker for that theme. Yep. (Also, I was   
   just watching Poltergeist on Friday, so the house folding up into the   
   black hole was fun to see again.)   
      
   DYN:   
   ...we get two peeks into the past (act 3 of course and also Marge's   
   childhood in act 2)?   
   ...Homer and Marge are once again in high school in 1974 (as   
   established in season 2)? Once I saw the year, I knew what to expect.   
   This date may never technically been contradicted/updated (I forget),   
   but of course we've had other milestones (children's births, further   
   courtship) take place in the 80s and 90s. To further complicate   
   things, present-day Marge refers to how she should have gone with   
   Homer "20 years ago", which wouldn't have been right either, but does   
   roughly match their currently stated age (about 38).   
   ...Lisa Ziff says "ach'em" (as Jay Sherman does)?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   3F04 (also a TOH): rolling Lard Lad donut (in opening here)   
   7F12: Much from the canon established here, including Marge's entrance   
   and hair swinging, "Close to You" (though a new version now), and   
   Artie Ziff   
   DABF04, LABF01: Alternate timelines such as this explored (and in   
   DABF04 Homer quotes the "never be born" line)   
      
   Goof?   
   Mayan Moe suggests to Mayan Homer that the sacrifice will involve   
   showing the victim his beating heart, but that doesn't happen after   
   all.   
      
   Oh I don't like this   
   After many years of consistent "good credits" for the show - the last   
   combined text+promo credits seem to be in 2009 according to a quick   
   glance at my notes - what on earth is this? Even in the bad decade,   
   this show seemed to be in the unique position of getting to show cast   
   credits correctly, then production logos and the text credits   
   (actually South Park does something like this now, interestingly   
   enough). Tonight: Act 3 ends, Gracie/Fox logos immediately, then text.   
   It wasn't even a long episode (actually it was fairly short) - I guess   
   Fox reallllly wanted to make sure we come back in 2 weeks when new   
   episodes run, maybe.   
      
   But I see that the cast credits are missing completely... as if it was   
   meant to behave like the previous style, but didn't quite work out!   
   (As a result, there are no cast credits anywhere to be seen - doubly   
   annoying because they'd be special Halloween ones!) I am hoping this   
   whole thing is just a fluke, and that new episodes (and repeats of   
   this) will continue to have good credits, but ugh. I can't help but   
   think also of the Gracie quote slip-up in AABF01 (when the split   
   credits were new) - also a TOH.   
      
      
   A bit early for Halloween, isn't it?   
   This is by far the earliest premiere for a Treehouse of Horror   
   episode; previously it was LABF14 (TOH XX) on 10/18, and 7F04 (TOH)   
   and AABF01 (TOH IX) on 10/25. At least it's better than those several   
   years of November airings. I suppose it makes sense, if 10/14 and   
   10/28 are baseball, and 10/21 may also be baseball. Not that it   
   couldn't be a Wednesday special on 10/31, but... well, at least it's   
   before Halloween and the mood is in the air. The entire Fox lineup   
   tonight (except for Family Guy and maybe American Dad) is also   
   Halloween episodes - in fact, The Cleveland Show is #4APS04, which   
   would be a good code for an episode anticipated to air in late   
   October, if not for a season premiere.   
      
      
   Speaking of Family Guy   
   Homer made a cameo tonight (Ratings Guy, AACX01[!]) - voiced by Dan   
   Castellaneta - where he rushed in with the same problem Peter faced.   
   Peter was happy to note that this time FG beat OFF to it.   
      
      
   Finally   
   For Don: The third airing of TOH XXII (NABF19) was joined in progress   
   (in Cleveland, after the CHI/JAX game). At 7:19, the entire 2-minute   
   opening ran, then 2 minutes of commercials. At 7:23, there was a   
   "joined in progress" note (over visuals from the end of the opening,   
   containing the title), and it picked up in the Avatar story with Bart   
   mentioning the other side of the planet. Now you know.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)