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   Matthew Garvey  wrote in news:645f6a17-b080-432c-   
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   > Mmm, OK. I'm kind of bewildered that we'd get a relationship episode   
   > like this with an odd framing device so soon after "Love Is a Many   
   > Splintered Thing" - especially since in production order they're   
   > *consecutive* (RABF07). I don't understand why this one was narrating   
   > fairly obvious plot points - maybe it was part of a reference to   
   > something else? Still, unnecessary. The Milhouse/Lisa plot was a   
   > little more interesting, at least. I'm still not a fan of the more   
   > bizarre things, like Abe's appearing/disappearing act and the sushi   
   > coda. On the other hand, "Jazz from J to Z" certainly made me chuckle.   
   >   
      
   Why don't you write an episode so we can see a perfect one?   
      
   > DYN:   
   > ...this is rated TV-14-DLSV? (Why? Vaguely kinky sex stuff and a thing   
   > to please Marge that starts with F?)   
   > ...Akira's back (and voiced by George Takei)?   
   > ...Milhouse seems to retain the cupcake from the special Breaking Bad   
   > opening?   
   > ...another large number of looped lines?   
   >   
   > Previous episode stuff   
   > BABF02: Marge wants swimming lessons for Maggie   
   > 2F19: Lisa's announcement that her and Bart's lunches got mixed up   
   > reminiscent of this   
   > 8F18, 1F20: Big "A Streetcar Named Desire" references (I have to admit   
   > I was not expecting "Fella!" later on - it was amusing)   
   > 3G03: Bart is apparently not the only one who's good at "whipping   
   > cupcakes"   
   >   
   > Elsewhere on Fox   
   > Tonight's episode of The Cleveland Show (Fist and the Furious, 4APS15)   
   > just before this one included a tongue depressor (compare chopstick)   
   > walrus gag. It also heavily featured the recurring Bryan Cranston   
   > character (Dr. Fist), which is vaguely interesting considering the   
   > special opening here.   
   >   
   > Bedbug alert   
   > So, I was prepared for something to happen during the credits when I   
   > noticed that they were in white; little did I expect that to be a very   
   > short promo for... something. It would seem to be a straight ad for   
   > the next new episode (which is in 2 weeks, as it said), though whether   
   > it has anything to do with a bedbug invasion I am not sure, and if it   
   > doesn't, is there a joke I'm missing? If it does, that's   
   > disconcerting. Promos for upcoming episodes *over* or *instead of*   
   > credits are one thing; this is *in* the credits. (I saw the same sort   
   > of thing on the 4/4 episode of Community, which used a promo for its   
   > next episode and was pretty confusing. Hmm.) Well, we'll see what   
   > happens now (in other episodes and repeats of this).   
   >   
   >   
   > Don Payne   
   > There was no dedication to him in this episode - the first new one   
   > since he died. I guess the second airing of RABF02 a few weeks ago is   
   > all he gets. (I figured this might happen because Phil Hartman got one   
   > in the first repeat after his death as well as the first new episode.)   
   > Meh.   
   >   
      
   People had actually heard of Phil Hartman before.   
      
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