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   Overall pretty good. Certainly nice to see Homer being competent and   
   thoughtful and still resulting in comedy. I liked both plots. (The   
   involvement of Lovejoy in restoring the train was a nice touch.) I   
   didn't know till tonight that Seth MacFarlane was going to be guest   
   starring - so I guess the demonstration of no bad blood continues   
   (interestingly, I spied Hank Azaria's name in some Family Guy credits   
   tonight, though I think that's not a first). I noticed that he did a   
   voice unlike those he usually tends to do, though his singing voice   
   and Stewie-esque voice did creep in. The only thing that bugged me was   
   the way the tech worked - the inclusion of speech on the cheating   
   website somewhat and certainly the way Ben's vision worked in the   
   webcam window (looking up into the corner where Marge was, seeing   
   Homer's photo, and especially peeking around the other window when it   
   covered his). Oh well.   
      
      
   DYN:   
   ...Patty pronounces Mozart without the "tz" sound (moes-art)?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   4F17: The train (and apparently inspiration for her name) is called   
   Li'l Lisa   
   (EABF18: Connecting Bart with San Francisco's BART)   
   3F05: Imagining of fat Homer with a cleaning stick, like Bart   
   imagining fat Bart with "a rag on a stick"   
      
   Meta   
   -Marge is a fan of animation   
   -Marge returns a message from Convict RABF17 (see also RABF14 earlier   
   tonight)   
   -"Finally, a reason to watch TV on Sundays" (says Seth MacFarlane, for   
   good measure)   
   -Homer's suggestion that he's singing a song because it's in the   
   public domain might count   
   -"You think we'll last 25 years?" "Nothing should!" (with a painfully   
   self-aware glance at the viewer)   
      
   No act 4   
   Unless you count a 23-second head start on the credits (given that the   
   Executive Producers showed up at the beginning of that segment, this   
   feels more like an extended credits sequence). See my notes on RABF14   
   earlier tonight. If there is a return to a 3-act format I'll be cool   
   with that, as long as the credits don't get lost in the shuffle.   
      
   (The silly clouds-and-couch-and-no-TV opening we've been getting   
   several times lately, on the other hand...)   
      
   Couch gag   
   So, weren't we supposed to get a fan-suggested couch gag for the   
   season finale or something? Was this it? Or was it attached to RABF15   
   (originally scheduled to be the finale) and going to be used whenever   
   that runs (air season 25 premiere maybe)?   
      
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