From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   Liked this overall, and in a pretty unequivocal way. Homer's teaching story   
   (and the setpiece about various inspirational movies) in act 2 won me over   
   pretty well and though the plot about the college scam was paper-thin the   
   parade of guests in act 3 was    
   fun and felt more like the higher-brow style of classic years, without getting   
   ridiculous. A little heavy on meta gags but they were fun, and a few of the   
   easily-offended students' complaints were more legitimate than silly, but it   
   struck a good tone.    
   Not super short either, though pushing it.   
      
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   4F05: Lindsay Naegle seems to feel Burns is childless, but...   
   1F20: Homer's previous teaching gig   
   DABF04: Another parody of the M*A*S*H helicopter lift farewell message   
   AABF12: Homer wonders if he may pee in an object of a certain type (the   
   sensory deprivation tank, some sort of cryofreeze schvitz)   
      
   Meta stuff   
   Release me, you hound (also Burns does release the hounds on the Whiffenpoofs   
   at the end).   
   Homer shows his class a "first lesson" consisting of the part of the title   
   sequence where he gets the rod stuck to his back (complete with music and   
   sound effects), and says he does it every week (though that's far from true   
   and it was a short opening    
   this episode too).   
   Homer's voiceprint is from 1989 and he has to dip into "frosty chocolate   
   milkshakes" voice to get a match.   
   Guest Robert McKee thinks the (act 4) tags are pointless. They are. Thanks,   
   Fox. I know it's been 7 years.   
      
      
   And one more quick note   
   Funny that this episode had a joke about the retirement of the Vin Scully   
   impersonator. Last week was the first repeat of Dad Behavior (WABF01), and   
   unlike episodes dedicated to people who've died, this actually kept the "we'll   
   miss you Vin Scully"    
   moment at the end. I guess that's just part of the episode officially. OK then.   
      
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