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   Matt Garvey  wrote in   
   news:32d26f92-2a82-49de-8637-e8dd6c07e141@googlegroups.com:   
      
   > Well that was a fun milestone-retrospective themed Treehouse of   
   > Horror. Generally pretty enjoyable first act (School Is Hell) with   
   > some dashes of meta stuff, I assume an exciting Kubrick parody in A   
   > Clockwork Yellow (I haven't read or seen ACO in over a decade and got   
   > some but not all of the other references), and a pretty fun trip down   
   > memory lane in The Others to go out with a bang.   
   >   
   > DYN:   
   > ...another TV-14 (DLSV)?   
   > ...a Wilhelm scream in hell (unusual for this show's use of it, since   
   > it's in the show's own world and not a work in it)? ...Marge is   
   > reading the actual Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange in that part?   
   >   
   > Previous episode stuff   
   > Clips of at least the first 6 TOHs and then scattered others (assuming   
   > the others were all real clips) in the opening montage 3F17: Naked   
   > Lunch comes up again (Martin's holding the book in reference to Bart's   
   > prank) 1F04: Homer's donut punishment is being used on someone else in   
   > hell 3G03: Shary Bobbins seen (and "Cut Every Corner" music heard at   
   > that point); not a reference at all but I was amused that cutting   
   > of/through treacle came up later 9F04: Among many many other A   
   > Clockwork Orange references in Simpsons history, this old TOH had one   
   > (Bart dressed as Alec) 2F03: It's hinted that Willie killed Maggie in   
   > act 3, and I can't help but wonder if it's "revenge" for "Time and   
   > Punishment"   
   >   
   > Meta   
   > A blackboard gag by a kid in hell ("Eternal torment is the only just   
   > punishment for the unbaptized") I didn't catch or analyze every single   
   > TOH credits name but "Every. Scully. Ever." is presumably a reference   
   > to FXX's marketing for their marathons of newly acquired Simpsons   
   > episodes (Every. Simpsons. Ever. - even if they're not presented in   
   > their proper format or uncut - and next week, as an ad tonight noted,   
   > every past TOH in its own marathon) Half the stuff in act 3.   
   >   
   > A few details on The Others   
   > -frosty chocolate milkshakes should tip off anyone about what's coming   
   > up -Married with Children (to go with late 80s early Fox)   
   > -obviously all the old designs, voices, catchphrases,   
   > characterizations of the Ullman shorts and to an extent very early   
   > Simpsons episodes (such as some Bart phrases and Marvin Monroe) -yet   
   > Lisa, who was much different in the shorts (more like Bart), gets only   
   > one line (a bland direct quote from MG25), rather than anything being   
   > made of her significant retool for the series (and old Maggie barely   
   > appears, without so much as a fork in an outlet) -the many new   
   > animation styles at the end are reminiscent of some Family Guy   
   > episodes of recent years, like the CGI versions in "Back to the Pilot"   
   > (which also shares the theme of meeting the very early incarnations)   
   > and the multitude of varieties in "Road to the Multiverse" -John   
   > Ratzenberger's CGI Homer voice might be a minor nod to the way he does   
   > a voice in every Pixar feature, but it might not (also he's appeared   
   > as his Cheers character in 2F08) -funny that there would be a long and   
   > fairly direct "Family Portrait" (MG25) piece to finish it up, since   
   > that was also the short used to open the 400th episode, JABF15 (You   
   > Can't Always Say What You Want)   
   >   
      
   JABF15 is "You Kent Always Say What You Want."   
      
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