From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   Kinda OK, as far as the prank war/difficulty with the new teacher (felt a   
   little more classic), and the Burning Man/Blazing Guy setting allowed for a   
   freeform gag fest (although a little too free and not like the people who   
   don't care what you think need    
   to be taken down a peg). A little too out-there, though, with some gags that   
   really failed to land or seemed in poor taste, and I must note, extremely   
   short.   
      
      
   DYN:   
   ...Kang and Kodos "missed Halloween" (I didn't specifically note whether they   
   appeared in Treehouse of Horror XXV (SABF21), but just now I saw the opening   
   seems to contain only their voices, so maybe there's something to it)?   
   ...the calendar in Bart's room has not only a 23/30 square but a 22/29 (which   
   is never needed if the calendar has the usual 5 rows)?   
   ...everyone lines up for the "public phone" - including Bart - though Homer's   
   cell phone seems to work just fine (maybe everyone else is conscientiously   
   leaving that behind)?   
   ...no one put Marge in the car to go home while she was hallucinating?   
   ...these prisoners control their own lights?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   KABF11: Chalmskinn   
   7F76 (Deep Deep Trouble video): Bart's new haircut and the disciplinary nature   
   of it quite similar   
   SABF16 (just last week): "X IS A WIENER" graffiti (both probably references to   
   the "I AM A WEINER" bit in 7G02)   
   BABF11: Marge's pupil dilation a lot like the frog licking type   
   3F24: Homer's Coyote makes a cameo in Marge's hallucination   
      
   Meta   
   -Chalmers says every principal's name with the angry "Skin-NER!" tone   
   -Bart's lucky red hat (still rare these days) makes an extended appearance   
   covering his stupid haircut   
   -Bart's Homer haircut, Milhouse's resemblance to his mom (that he doesn't   
   mention his dad is half the joke, one assumes)   
      
   David Silverman is credited in the guest stars. I wonder what he contributed;   
   perhaps there was a festivalgoer who looked just like him (tuba guy?), or   
   maybe it wasn't that simple.   
      
   Lisa's sax solos   
   Following MABF05 and PABF13 at least, this episode contains at least part of   
   one of Lisa's opening sax riffs in the episode itself (when Lisa joins the   
   drum circle), I think #14 on the Simpsons Archive list.   
      
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