From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   Eh, OK. Not quite as interesting and sweet as the original set of flashback   
   episodes (or even some recent-ish ones like KABF04/KABF18), and also just sort   
   of meh with things falling flat and more manufactured drama than necessary.   
   I'm not sure I buy 2-   
   year-old Lisa acting this way. I did like some references to older things that   
   weren't shoved in our faces. I did not like how excessively short it was. I   
   also don't know what the deal is with the "4th act" at all, especially how   
   it's supposed to be set "   
   6 years ago" with that particular Hibbert hair and Seinfeld-inspired music.   
      
   DYN:   
   ...the clouds opening has Frink as a fake Iron Man the same week the second   
   Avengers movie is to open?   
   ...the couch gag seems to fit right in with the rest of the episode, showing   
   Homer's/the Simpsons' path from high school to present in the Life board game?   
   ...Marge pronounces Brisbane (Australia) incorrectly, with a long A?   
   ...Homer is apparently known for exclaiming "hell's bells"??   
   ...6-years-ago Kearney seems to know he'll be a young dad (or is actually   
   expecting then)?   
   ...a "Fotohut" is shown existing 6 years ago (funny considering how the   
   flashbacks were prompted)?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   9F09: "third heart attack" for Homer in the couch gag may take place after the   
   two in that episode   
   8F20, 3F20: Homer's got souvenirs from Selma and Bob's wedding and (first   
   mentioned here but not seen on screen) Selma and Stu's   
   1F10: note about when Apu let Homer have the expired hot dogs could be a   
   specific reference to this episode   
   9F08: Bart's clown bed, and Grandma Flanders ("Hello, Joe!")   
   3G02: conspicuous background air conditioner may be something of a reference   
   (that took place when Lisa was 3 3/8, not 2, but they did mention having a   
   previous one years ago in that episode)   
      
   Meta, along with other town history gags   
   -Lisa joins Bart in the blackboard gag in the opening   
   -Moe's "Matt[e] finish" includes signing "Matt" in the corner of the photo   
   similar to the style of Matt Groening's official signature   
   -Homer's first(?) "why-you-little" strangling shown, in slow motion, to the   
   tune of Also Sprach Zarathustra   
      
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