From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   Well, it took 25 years but we finally have a Halloween episode that isn't a   
   Treehouse of Horror. How was it? Not too shabby, and with an oddly realistic   
   element of danger. I enjoyed both Bart and Lisa's challenges (the latter   
   particularly, also with    
   shades of GABF16 for example), and with Selman helmin' that's not a surprise.   
   Also rather liked the concept and (short-and-sweet) execution of the Time Warp   
   parody (NC-17 Halloween), as well as several of the costumes in it. But what   
   is that epilogue    
   with Maggie a reference to?   
      
   DYN:   
   ...there seems to be a new font for the ratings bug (though the Brooklyn Nine   
   Nine episode right after it is using the old one)?   
   ...Homer refers to non-Halloween as "puzzle Wednesday" even though Halloween   
   is a Saturday this year?   
      
   Previous episode stuff, sorta   
   GABF16: Lisa conquering her fears   
      
   Meta   
   -Of course, Flanders asks Homer if they're going up in the treehouse for three   
   stories; Homer says it's next week (and gives three fake plotlines for that),   
   and notes that people seem to like it.   
   -Apu has a fake scary name on his badge (like TOH episodes tend to have)   
   -Homer can't tell the Flanders kids apart, like many fans and some more   
   official sources (though he calls them Rod and Max here)   
   -Martin's got a Bender costume   
   -Lenny and Carl show up as (generic aliens suspiciously like) Kang and Kodos,   
   and Lenny's doing Kang's voice (Harry Shearer provides both)   
      
   Of all the obscure costumes to use   
   Chalmers as Zed from Zardoz has to take the cake. I'd seen it before, but this   
   year a fancy limited edition Blu-ray came out and it's been on my mind since I   
   rewatched it a month or so ago. I'd have recognized it instantly regardless;   
   that is a weird    
   movie that does not easily become forgotten.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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