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   Well I guess there were in fact bedbugs after all. As for the rest,   
   that was an interesting installment - reminiscent of, for example,   
   4F18 (In Marge We Trust), with other bits of intrigue (the Homer/Ned   
   rivalry, itself reminiscent of previous episodes, and the brief   
   teaming-up of Bart and Ned). Overall I enjoyed it.   
      
   DYN:   
   ...Corporal Punishment is still around?   
   ...Moe is still a snake-handler?   
   ...the way Lisa phrases it, it sounds like the garbageman took the   
   dress *after* she talked to him?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   8F23: New couch (this time in the same style, though)   
   3F01: The way Bart is blamed for giving Milhouse bedbugs reminds me   
   that Milhouse gave Bart lice in a similar way (remember that wicker   
   basket from Pier 1?)   
   LABF05, PABF19: The Parson returns   
   FABF15: Pie Man costume   
   CABF03: Edward Norton guest voices again (not as the same character)   
   (this would add additional meaning to his mention of Fight Club too)   
      
   DORIS   
   HABF15, JABF02, KABF06, LABF08, MABF12, NABF11, NABF13, NABF15,   
   NABF16, PABF06, PABF15, PABF19, RABF03, RABF09, RABF10, RABF11   
   If you go in production order (CAN IT), that's three episodes in a row   
   now. Ugh. Couldn't help but notice that Tress's silly Manjula voice   
   showed up here too, though that's not quite the same situation.   
      
   Meta   
   -The line between the opening and the first act was quite blurred;   
   we've had some clouds-and-couch-only openings recently, but in this   
   case the couch gag seemed to be "real" and drove the action. (At the   
   same time it had a silly premise - the skydiving - and the typical   
   couch gag music. If I hadn't been keenly aware from promos that the   
   bedbugs came from a new couch, I would have been more surprised.)   
   -Helen: "Why won't someone blame the children?"   
   -In the dry cleaning are lots of Lisa's red dresses and "Sunday Best   
   Bart" suits (not the first time Sunday Best has been a joke); some   
   mileage also comes from Marge's canonical shotgun wedding dress   
   -Homer refers to his tendency to take new jobs easily, referring to   
   popular ones such as snow plow driver (9F07) and astronaut (1F13)   
   -Ned now has a whole history for the founder of Springfield's mashup   
   religion, Martin Presbyluther (first used as a joke in BABF22, though   
   Presbylutheran also sounded at the time like it could have been an   
   umbrella term)   
      
   By the way   
   For what it's worth, the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time would be in late   
   July.   
      
   Credits follies   
   No preview of next week's episode in the credits this time around (see   
   RABF07), though I was kinda worried when the credits showed up white   
   again. Why did they? Because Al Jean's credit showed up while action   
   was still onscreen?   
      
      
      
   RABF05 (Hardly Kirking) airing #2   
   It was tonight at 7:00. The premiere was very short because the Maggie   
   short (The Longest Daycare) was airing between it and Bob's Burgers;   
   this time around, the only difference I could detect was that the   
   opening was full-length. And I do mean full-length. The components   
   that were already there (Lance in the clouds, the couch gag) remained;   
   but in addition we got   
   -Ralph: "aah!"   
   -billboard: Dr. Nick's valentine hearts   
   -blackboard: I will not tweet as the principal's toilet   
   -Barney: burp   
   -solo: tuba (haven't checked vs. other tuba solos)   
   -Otto: "mmm"   
   -Stu: "oop!"   
   -couch gag: long Game of Thrones one (PABF09), though I don't remember   
   offhand if it ended with the beheading knight the same way there (this   
   may be useful for Don's list if it *is* the same, so he can count them   
   properly)   
   The opening was 1:52 longer, which brought the episode time up to a   
   barely-squeaking-by 21:01 (with credits). So now you know.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)