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   Message 28,074 of 29,105   
   Matt Garvey to All   
   Notes for TABF18 (Treehouse of Horror XX   
   25 Oct 15 17:59:20   
   
   From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   Eh. I liked the Sideshow Bob story - after all these years it was a great way   
   to see Bob finally get revenge, though obviously the reanimation is a bit   
   far-fetched. Homerzilla was kinda cute but the whole remake twist seemed a   
   little drawn out. Telepaths    
   was fine. And I'm not a huge John K fan so the opening didn't do much for me.   
   Did like the slight jab at glory years from Kang & Kodos (funny, I was   
   actually thinking of "King Homer" from 9F04 [Treehouse of Horror III] during   
   Homerzilla and that's in    
   season 4!). Also, very short. (Don, note: football ended on time and the show   
   started at 8.)   
      
   DYN:   
   ...there is no episode title (or even "The Simpsons") in the opening?   
   ...Milhouse has his own emoji (and his cell phone is mentioned in two separate   
   stories)?   
   ...there are two separate and very conspicuous pages in the credits about   
   Hanna-Barbera's characters (usually they'd get their own, yes, but why not   
   combined)?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   4F18: Frank Grimes tombstone in opening (note also that the followup, EABF01,   
   included Sideshow Bob too!)   
   9F22: Die Bart Die, rake gag   
   CABF19: The leprechaun is back for yet another TOH   
   BABF04: Bob's way of getting revenge on Bart over and over is not unlike the   
   Itchy & Scratchy in "Tears of a Clone"   
   7G12: Reference to Bob's original attempt to frame Krusty   
   4F18: Mr. Sparkle ad (and the word "prefecture") of course appear in the   
   Japanese Springfield   
   7G02: "Skinner is a wiener" graffiti, mostly   
   AABF15: "Everything's coming up Milhouse!"   
      
   Meta   
   -Bart says "ay caramba" during one of his reanimations   
   -Lisa refers to "Jailbird" as if it's a name   
   -Homer sees the "reanimator" machine and scoffs, saying this animation looks   
   all right to him   
   -D'oh-jo   
   -The American remake of Homerzilla seems to have "TABF1" all over the boxes   
   they're dumping in the ocean, but why it's not the full TABF18 I do not know   
      
   Goof   
   In the credits, "That '70s Line" should really be "That '70s Line" (with an   
   apostrophe).   
      
   Hmm?   
   The episode description online suggests that one story is about Homer having   
   short-term memory problems, but that's not what his story is.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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