From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   Not a terrible episode, though a little all-over-the-place. Skinner's story   
   was somewhat interesting, even if the make-up with Agnes was completely   
   unearned, and Grampa's story, small as it is for titling the episode, was   
   fine. VERY SHORT, running just    
   under 21 minutes even with the first full opening sequence in a long time   
   (with extra long couch gag) and a direct reference to one of the original   
   episode lengtheners. Also, why not make the moon weight gag realistic (divide   
   a reasonable weight by 6)?   
      
   DYN:   
   ...that Szechuan Sauce everyone's going crazy about from Rick and Morty in the   
   opening sequence (in the checkout scene)?   
   ...Sideshow Mel's Uranus shirt doesn't help indicate the "non-naughty"   
   pronunciation very well, saying it's "UR-AH-NUS"?   
   ...Agnes calls Seymour's dream school just "Ohio State University" and isn't   
   corrected (people from the area tend to be pretty insistent that it's "THE   
   Ohio State University")?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   1F13: Homer gets an astronaut discount   
   KABF18: Bart's gum earplugs somewhat like in that episode, without the   
   disgusting bone gag   
   DABF05: Script in final scene reminiscent of the "play" "I'm Gonna Kill You"   
   9F16: Nobody Knows Hans Moleman (filler between execs and credits) is modeled   
   quite clearly on Everyone Loves Ned Flanders   
      
   Meta   
   At the end of act 3, we see that the scripted lines the family is working from   
   describes an episode tag (accurately), after saying the scene fades out (which   
   episodes don't do these days)   
      
   Finally   
   Alf Clausen, demoted/dismissed composer emeritus, still gets songwriting   
   credit in this episode for "Nobody Knows Hans Moleman", so that's nice.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)