From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   Liked the episode overall, mostly for the Homer/Lisa/Marge story - the way   
   Lisa likes boys like her dad, and the unexpected angle that Homer takes   
   offense to Marge's concern, plus the heaping helping of nervous date bits.   
   Bart and Snake was fine I guess.    
   Roadrunner/coyote bit seemed rather dark and out of place.   
      
   DYN:   
   ..."cuts of the potato" poster in lunchroom?   
   ...there seems to be a deleted scene right after Lucas remarks about eating   
   pizza a slice at a time (his mouth doesn't stop moving)?   
   ...Milhouse's foofy dog is noted again (after a very recent instance)?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   AABF07: mischief on playground after getting drunk similar   
   5F18: "cut me a switch"   
   KABF04: a little indirect, but Lucas's wailing of "brain freeze!" is   
   interesting in that it comes soon after his comparison to a young Homer   
   4F24 (among others?): fantasy of Lisa's adult life like her with Ralph   
   2F09: Milhouse has a revenge list (though it's much shorter than Homer's)   
   DABF06: Milhouse far too ready for swimming while visiting   
      
   ?: Lisa mentions a moment where Maggie saved the power plant (without Mr.   
   Burns' knowledge); I am trying to remember, but did that actually happen, or   
   is it a joke reference?   
      
   Meta   
   -SABF12 is mug shot code on the back cover of the book at the start   
   -"Jailbird, AKA Snake" is said, and now he has a full name: Albert   
   Knickerbocker Aloysius Snake   
      
   Promotional consideration   
   I've gotten used to that phrase in credits of other shows (the economics of   
   television has changed), but is it a first on The Simpsons? I was wondering   
   about the random Project Runway namedrop and the fourth-wall-breaking   
   "correction", but knowing there    
   was money involved only explains so much. Is there a joke here? Is it pure   
   product placement?   
      
   Fiddler on the Roof   
   Interesting coincidence of airdates: on Family Guy tonight ("Herpe, the Love   
   Sore" [sic]) there was a very similar joke of someone not really being excited   
   about seeing a character in a Fiddler production.   
      
   Don alert   
   In case it matters, in the east, the whole Fox lineup was about a minute (or   
   two) late; at 7 there was a brief note about the delayed Nascar race (which   
   was to be this afternoon and had been only local programming since 6 or   
   earlier) and where to tune in    
   for it. This sort of thing happened a few weeks ago with no delay, possibly   
   because there was still network coverage during the delay and the note could   
   be made at 6:59.   
      
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