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   Matthew Garvey  wrote in news:5caa0a77-065d-4612-   
   be36-691f808806d6@b8g2000yqh.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > We sure have a lot of family history episodes these days. This was   
   > decent, I guess. I don't think I'd peg Homer as particularly apathetic   
   > to SLH typically, though. I have to point out, though, how incredibly   
   > short the episode was (about 12 seconds below syndication length),   
   > even with the inclusion of the minute-plus "fiscal cliff" video we   
   > probably won't see in repeats. Maybe the opening will be lengthened   
   > for those instead of being 6 seconds long? Time will tell.   
   >   
   > DYN:   
   > ...yet more conspicuous looping on several lines?   
   > ...a Wilhelm scream in Villageville?   
   > ...McDonald's gets mentioned again (as opposed to Krusty Burger)? (How   
   > the "soup" line is meant I suppose depends on whether they currently   
   > serve soup - do they? I do remember in the late 90s a big deal being   
   > made about putting it on the menu, but if it's still there I am not   
   > sure.)   
   >   
      
   ...Marge seems to know that Homer is playing Villageville when she   
   returns with Grandpa even though Homer himself didn't know what it was   
   earlier?   
   ...Homer drinks window cleaner without any apparent effect? (He also   
   mentions things tasting like cheese but the bottle only said cheese-   
   scented)   
   ...Was Snowball really missing for three weeks, that is, not seen for at   
   least two episodes? (Although since this is the first true episode of   
   the season he could had been missing during the "summer break.")   
   ...Homer was a newborn baby during 1967-75, the years Mannix was on   
   (assuming Abe and Mona were watching during the original run)?   
   ...the irony of Grandpa's boxes labeled "Useless Memories" when so much   
   information is in them (books and postcard plus Grandpa's story)?   
   ...Grandpa never showed the postcard to Homer before? Why not?   
      
      
   > Previous episode stuff   
   > 2F19: Perpetual motion machine that appears to be genuine   
   > 4F02: Slight "Genesis Tub" vibe in Homer's game, the way the villagers   
   > interact with him   
   > 8F17: The group petting scene reminiscent of the end of this episode,   
   > with Homer's behavior unusual both times   
   > MABF04: One of the book titles we saw ("Postcards from the Hedge")   
   > riffs on the same source ("Edge") as this episode title ("Wedge")   
   >   
   > Meta and show mythology stuff   
   > -Lisa notes how stupid and long SLH's name is, which probably wasn't   
   > thought through when it first came up   
   > -The name Bongo is a favorite of Matt Groening   
   > -Krusty used to have a much bigger monkey (the fact that the current   
   > one is named Mr. Teeny isn't explicitly pointed out, unlike some other   
   > stuff)   
   > -Herman gets a last name (Hermann - in the vein of Lenny and Carl)   
   > -Not only do we get some "origin stories" (Herman's arm, Ralph's name,   
   > Lou) but Bart has a checklist to tick them off ("Wiggum" is on there   
   > too but we've seen plenty of his history before)   
   > -"Simpson, release your hound"   
   > -Grampa's slippers and bolo tie are explained   
   >   
   > The sequences with "Me and My Arrow" must be a reference to an old   
   > animated special, "The Point", where the song was used as the main   
   > character played with his own dog (Arrow, named in part because nearly   
   > everyone and everything in the land had a point of some sort). The   
   > slight change in drawing style is explained by this too, since it was   
   > a kind of cheaper/messier look and had lots of cross-hatching around   
   > the edges (and mouth corner shapes like Homer was sometimes drawn with   
   > in these sequences).   
   >   
   >   
   > So, I didn't get to see the episode air on Fox. (See my other post   
   > tonight and Wiseguy's responses.) According to Wiseguy, some areas did   
   > get the entirety of the Fox lineup, according to the plan I was told   
   > Fox would be using - but while those areas would have seen Bob's   
   > Burgers stop around 8:32 (Eastern) and resume 24 minutes later, to   
   > cover just Obama's contribution to the memorial thing in CT, in   
   > Cleveland anyway the regular programming was interrupted at 7:36 for   
   > even longer coverage (and picked up, with the 3rd minute of Bob's   
   > Burgers, at 8:56). Ugh. I am not sure this is strictly a time zone   
   > thing (ET vs. CT anyway); maybe there was some other reason we got a   
   > different version of the network feed. Anyway, thanks to the wonders   
   > of the internet I was able to see the episodes tonight. And now you   
   > know the rest of the story.   
   >   
      
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