From: et472@ncf.ca   
      
   On Mon, 19 Oct 2015, Matt Garvey wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
   >   
   Well maybe it begins to make up for all those years when "Halloween came   
   late", ie the Treehouse of Horrors would come after Halloween.   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   
   I thought Supernintendo Chalmers was just in a generic bondage outfit, as   
   much "Mad Max" as anything else.  I certainly did wonder if he was just   
   playing dress up, or if it revealed something about his home life.   
      
      Michael   
      
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