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   Matthew Garvey  wrote in news:be9e85d5-c84a-4e7a-   
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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?   
      
   ...both of the potential guardians are left-handed?   
      
   >   
   > 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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