From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   It took long enough and it's finally here (and with a prestigious   
   writing/directing group, too). Pretty decent, pun not intended, but so unlike   
   most of the show it's hard to compare with what we've seen before.   
   Interesting, with not a bad resolution,    
   some nice moments, and a fair amount of chuckles. If I knew ST:TOS better I   
   bet I'd enjoy the end credits even more, but they were cute. I'm just not sure   
   even after seeing it WHY it took so long to air; does anyone know?   
      
   DYN:   
   ...Kang's voice sounds a little different from usual?   
   ...Nancy Cartwright does a rare girl voice on the zoo customer mom, though   
   (despite precedent) the Rigellian version of Lisa is not voiced by Yeardley   
   Smith?   
   ...Kang (near the end of act 3) seems to say Rigel with a hard G?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   1F13: the famous potato chip waltz is recreated...   
   2F18: ...and the way Bart snatches the chips from Homer is very much like the   
   scene with the puppies   
   1F17: Lisa has trouble playing with a ball provided by a superior mind   
      
   Meta   
   Various things, including "this isn't halloween!", "The Simpsons" title-logo   
   font on the zoo exhibit, "why you little...", and the attention drawn to the   
   fact that as the memory fades it will seem as if none of this ever happened.   
   Also considering Akira was first voiced by George Takei, it's kind of a   
   casting gag to have him as fencing Sulu in the credits.   
      
      
   Long gap   
   The bigger point is the question of why this episode aired so late (a year to   
   a year and a half late), but if anyone wants to read my ramblings about other   
   long delays, look at my notes on RABF21 (Brick like Me). That's all for now.   
      
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