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   Matt Garvey  wrote in   
   news:6074ad22-bbaa-47bc-80af-1b7e6eef9561@googlegroups.com:   
      
   > I liked the idea for this episode, having Homer and Marge (and   
   > everyone, really) find some new and unexpected insights about/during   
   > the holidays (some of which was touching), and even the basic   
   > misunderstanding wasn't handled too poorly, but the execution was   
   > pretty bad and the whole thing was chock full of stupid gags and   
   > things that made no sense and I shan't list them all. It was also   
   > ridiculously short and needed weird padding to get even up to 21   
   > minutes (some establishing shots and the like dragged out, plus the   
   > promo at the end).   
   >   
      
   The episode was fine.  If you don't like The Simpsons review something   
   else.  Still haven't seen an episode of your perfect series than ran 26   
   years.   
      
      
   > DYN:   
   > ...the "Cosmic Wars" Holiday Special is presented 4:3 as appropriate?   
   > ...Dr. Hibbert's note to Hans says to call him first thing January   
   > 3rd, suggesting that's his first day back after the holidays, though   
   > it's a Saturday in 2015? ...there are Kang and Kodos/Rigellian   
   > gingerbread cookies (more than 2, I think)? (Appropriate, given the   
   > promo at the end.) ...Homer's line about Isaac Newton's birthday   
   > (12/25) seems to have been something else before? ...the police Secret   
   > Santa exchange apparently never reveals the pairings? ...Homer's   
   > weight is still 239? ...the mall worker party does not seem to be   
   > remotely full of people dressed like food?   
   >   
   > Previous episode stuff   
   > 9F22: Sideshow Bob rake gag enacted with gingerbread cookies   
   > CABF21: Burly paper towels at the Kwik-E-Mart   
   > (5F23)/GABF02/KABF03/?: "Jerkass Homer" fan epithet specifically used   
   > BABF21: Load-bearing item on gingerbread house (candy cane/wall)   
   >   
   > Meta   
   > Maggie's star-shaped head silhouette, Jerkass Homer, the remark from   
   > Marge about his escapades sometimes being crazy and entertaining.   
   >   
   > Promo   
   > Between the execs and the rest of the credits, we got an 18-second   
   > promo for the next new episode, the long-delayed "The Man Who Came to   
   > Be Dinner" (RABF15) on 1/4, with the episode title and date (minus the   
   > year). It's about a year to a year and a half late, and I don't know   
   > why it's been delayed so much or if this airdate is particularly apt,   
   > but I didn't think anyone who needed this alert would have known of   
   > its existence let alone been waiting impatiently for it. The real   
   > question, though, is if it will stay around on repeats; the only other   
   > episode I know of to specifically promote the next one is RABF08 (the   
   > bedbugs bit during the credits), and that has stuck around for good,   
   > though this mentions a date. Is there anything else along the same   
   > lines? NABF15's couch gag contest bit changed to be fairly   
   > self-referential in repeats...   
   >   
      
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