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   nm@epix.net to Matthew Garvey   
   Re: RABF07 (Love Is a Many-Splintered Th   
   11 Feb 13 10:22:09   
   
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   On Feb 10, 8:41 pm, Matthew Garvey  wrote:   
   > Well, OK. One nice thing about bringing Zooey Deschanel/Mary Spuckler   
   > back for a third appearance is that we can jump right into the plot   
   > without introducing someone new (and have a deeper story with her).   
   > Bart's Woody Allen narration device was certainly interesting. That   
   > much I did like. I wasn't crazy about the men-of-Springfield-suck-at-   
   > relationships story (along with its similarity to I'm with Cupid   
   > [AABF11] in particular, other stuff like Moe Letter Blues [MABF13] as   
   > well), and little bits throughout just kind of rubbed me the wrong way   
   > (themselves balanced by some decent gags). Thus, OK, but I like the   
   > spirit.   
   >   
   > Also, like this post, it's very short. Good night.   
   >   
   > DYN:   
   > ...another Wilhelm scream in another video game on the show?   
   >   
   > Previous episode stuff   
   > 3F18: Mary's "call my mother" gag (where it turns out she's just   
   > yelling) is very similar to her dad's   
   >   
   > Meta   
   > In additon to a number of running gags and catchphrases in the   
   > episode, Mary mentions that she can't tell where Bart's hair meets his   
   > forehead (interestingly he has slightly a different yellow color for   
   > his Woody Allen hair).   
      
   I turned this off half way through. NCIS reruns were more interesting.   
   Seriously time to pull the plug on this show   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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