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   Matthew Garvey  wrote in news:8a607615-e620-4bbe-   
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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?   
   >   
      
   ...During the bar montage, the number of Homer's beer mugs goes from one   
   to three to several but then in the next shot it magically goes back to   
   three but not quite in the same positions as the previous time.   
      
      
   > 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.   
   >   
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