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   Well, not bad, but not super - the mob story was fine, and I'd like to   
   have seen more of Lisa's. Guest appearance by Steve Carell also fine   
   (if a little dominant). Episode itself very short - unless I added it   
   up wrong it's a little below syndication length. Couch gag was pretty   
   good.   
      
      
   DYN:   
   ...Fat Tony on this episode's billboard (and in the A story)?   
   ...the mob for some reason is meeting at Luigi's now (not associated   
   with them despite the name) rather than their basement social club?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   3F05: Muumuu Homer in opening   
   3F10: Pin Pals and Holy Rollers seen again (also, incidentally, this   
   was the episode dedicated to Doris Grau)   
   LABF05: The Parson is on the Holy Rollers now   
   3F03: Lisa specifically mentions her vegetarian conversation with Paul   
   McCartney   
   5F07: Alex Trebek returns (see below)   
      
   Lunchlady Doris update   
   Ugh, ugh. Now she gets a whole scene. She said the union wouldn't let   
   her talk to a student this long; if only it didn't let her talk AT   
   ALL!   
   HABF15, JABF02, KABF06, LABF08, MABF12, NABF11, NABF13, NABF15,   
   NABF16, PABF06, PABF15, PABF19   
      
      
   Meta   
   -Blackboard gag says Bart doesn't know what state he's in   
   -Lisa talks directly to the camera, expecting bloggers will weigh in   
   on whether her grasshopper raising makes her a farmer or a rancher   
   -Homer says he never thought Homer Simpson would be part of the day of   
   the locust; in that book/movie, there is a character with his name. (I   
   know this only from a capsule note in 3F13, when Donald Sutherland   
   guest starred, since he played the Homer character in the movie.)   
      
   Goof   
   -Why call it an insectivore society when they're also eating not only   
   spiders (a common mistake) but also worms??   
   -An ear piercing gun wouldn't work that way - you need something   
   behind the ear to hold the backing.   
      
   The Godfather   
   -Accountant Dan seems to be missing the idea of the horse head scene -   
   it's not just to frighten someone (with a mob-provided horse), but to   
   exact revenge on the target by killing his *own* prized horse (and   
   then some)!   
   -Act 4 opens with a cross-cutting scene of assassination (attempts)   
   and upstanding citizenship and so forth; on Jeopardy this week, that   
   scene (from the movie, not this episode) was actually used as an   
   example of the technique, so it's interesting that Jeopardy (with   
   returning guest Trebek) was on in one of the parts.   
      
   Finally   
   I misheard the line at first and thought we were watching a show about   
   "AFI's 100 greatest movie screens" (not screams); while at least   
   "screams" was relevant, I wouldn't have been surprised at "screens",   
   with the joke being that they'd run out of things to rate.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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