From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   After accepting the premise of the episode, the ol' hypnotism-gone-bad, I was   
   pretty pleased with how it went. Interesting developments between Homer and   
   all other family members (Maggie aside), though obviously the most with Bart,   
   and didn't get bogged    
   down in wackiness (though still sub-syndication length). I knew this was from   
   an old, old Judd Apatow script and I like him well enough but tried not to   
   think about that aspect too much. (I wonder, though, how much of the original   
   made it through.    
   Clearly some punch-ups like the 400-Year-Old Virgin booth at the circus, for   
   example, were not part of the 1990 version.)   
      
   DYN:   
   ...when Wiggum thinks he's a kangaroo, he briefly walks around with Maggie in   
   his pants?   
   ...Itchy & Scratchy Land is now really more of a Springfield thing?   
   ...Homer seems to know his predicament better once the hypnotist reappears but   
   before he's snapped out of it?   
   ...Stacy Keach does a voice that isn't Howard K. Duff?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   9F05: Apparently Mr. Burns now collects gold watches at retirement instead of   
   distributing them   
   CABF21, 2F09: Other notable hypnotisms of Homer   
   CABF14: Marge refers to the time Homer cut off his thumb (though she had a   
   hand in it)   
   2F18: Culottes (and frilly socks), now on Milhouse   
   2F01: A little visit to Itchy & Scratchy Land (funny, as we just had another   
   sorta-returning theme park in RABF15 last week)   
      
   Meta   
   Not a lot, even established personal childhood history of Homer, but...   
   -Bart's lucky red hat became part of 10-year-old Homer's attire   
   -El Barto and now "Homo"   
   -Lisa and Baker Street on sax   
   -Strangling Bart turns into hugging him   
      
   Je suis Charlie   
   At the end of act 3, for about a second, a nod to the Charlie Hebdo attack of   
   last week flashed on screen. Probably won't see that again... speaking of   
   which...   
      
   Repeat of SABF19 (Super Franchise Me)   
   The 7:30 second airing tonight, predictably, did not include the dedication to   
   Jan Hooks. As it had been squeezed between the credits and Gracie logo, the   
   difference is that each credit took a little more time while the audio   
   remained the same length.   
   I also noticed this time around: Cletus's commercial spells it "possom" (and   
   that hasn't changed between airings).   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)