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   After a really bizarre first act, once this got down to business, it   
   was pretty interesting and also felt quite original and more in the   
   style of the earlier seasons (at least in the middle section). Some of   
   the gags didn't really do it for me, and the execution felt more   
   latter-season, but I still enjoyed it pretty much. The sequence of   
   evaluating all the awful possibilities for guardians was fun (though I   
   guess we're left to assume that total strangers would still be better   
   than Patty and Selma or the Van Houtens), and no one even mentioned   
   Flanders (except in an unrelated bit) despite "Home Sweet Home-diddly-   
   dum-doodily".   
      
   DYN:   
   ...many looped lines still (at least 3 or 4)?   
   ...Ling has aged considerably since she was adopted?   
   ...Bart's name tag is drawn in front of his seat belt? (I'd imagine   
   this is a goof, since it looks like a sticker and not a pin, though I   
   suppose the seat belt could cut underneath it without much trouble.)   
   ...Bart was kept away from the paperwork signing for... some reason   
   that was never actually explained?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   4F07: Hurricane/tornado driving the plot   
   BABF07: The board games no one likes   
   9F03: "Clearly the boy's in shock" reminiscent of Homer's followup to   
   "TV sucks!"   
   7F16, 8F23: Herb Powell tosses in a line   
   3F01: The idea of the Simpson kids being in another family's care   
   (wouldn't Ned be a decent and willing choice??)   
   DABF02: Homer's premature taunting about the terms of the deal is like   
   Burns with the church   
   9F16: Preparing the donut for druglike use is a bit like the science   
   class demo here   
      
   Meta   
   -Wards of the state: Connecticut? No, our state!   
   -Strangling stuff at end, I guess   
      
   Speaking of Japanese hot dog eating records   
   There was a plot element of that in tonight's The Cleveland Show (The   
   Wide World of Cleveland Show, 4APS07), in the segment set in Japan.   
      
   Deleted scene?   
   I don't know if it was for this episode, but considering I think i saw   
   the various winter sweaters in it, it probably was. In an ad earlier   
   tonight there was a short scene with Maggie holding up a piece of   
   paper with "suck" written all over it, and then she crossed one   
   instance out. Hmm.   
      
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