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   From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
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   I liked this. A little bit of mystery (which the show can do well), an   
   offbeat premise with focus on a secondary character... a few moments   
   of Lisa acting like a kid... it was certainly not a shock, then, to   
   see Matt Selman EPing (as pretty much every time). The question of how   
   truly the guys are friends is interesting, to be sure. I do have to   
   point out that they're not just drinking buddies (like the barflies -   
   see the end of Duffless [9F14] for example) but, to Carl anyway, Lenny   
   would be a long-term pal and workmate, and Homer would be at least a   
   workmate (depending on when you decide they met), and they have had   
   adventures in the past (Half Decent Proposal [DABF04] comes to mind   
   with places almost swapped). Still, the whole story is not so black-   
   and-white, so I can work with that.   
      
      
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   8F17: Lottery fever (they do have a knack for getting screwed out of   
   winning!)   
   1F22: The Simpsons want a pool   
      
      
   Meta   
   RABF14 is the license plate on the Icelandic rental car (see also   
   RABF17, which aired right after this)   
      
      
   The binomial distribution   
   Doesn't sit well with me. That looks like a normal distribution, which   
   can look like what we saw, but binomial wouldn't be demonstrated by   
   the plinko-type method we saw, while normal would.   
      
   "Act 4"   
   That has to win the prize for shortest act (at 32 seconds). At least,   
   it did until later tonight. I noticed as the plot resolved during act   
   3 and the timer ticked later and later that act 4 would be very short,   
   and indeed it was more like a short credits bit many other shows do.   
   Considering what happened with RABF17, I wonder if this is the start   
   of a new format. I certainly wouldn't mind a return to the 3-act   
   structure after almost 5 years.   
      
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