From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   Pretty good, minus a bit of a dip halfway. I'm familiar with these podcasts   
   and that helped, but it was mostly just an enjoyable little mystery in classic   
   style. I know I tend to fawn all over Selman episodes, but on top, a writing   
   credit for David X.    
   Cohen? Not a bad combination.   
      
   DYN:   
   ...as the show ages it's less and less believable for Abe to have fought in   
   WWII (he'd have to be at least in his 90s now)?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   FABF18: another Broadcast News title parody (both owing, one assumes, to the   
   James L. Brooks connection)   
      
   Meta   
   Yeardley Smith appears as herself because she has a true crime podcast (I   
   didn't even know this), coyly denying being known for anything else.   
   Episode production code ZABF22 is Abe's mug shot number.   
      
   The voice mystery continues   
   Is Harry Shearer still the voice of Judge Snyder and Dr. Hibbert in this   
   episode? They both sound like they usually do, but between the later   
   production order and calendar date, I would have expected a swap by now. I see   
   Alex Désert (apparently only new    
   Carl) credited, maybe for crowd scenes, but no one else that might fit the   
   bill. Previously recast voices, I think, had all been Hank's. If it's not   
   someone new, did Harry have more contractual pull, or what?   
      
   Transmission error   
   Did anyone else experience freezing and stuttering in the Fox feed just before   
   and during the start of act 2? Maybe it was my local station or cable company.   
   But I guess that's another reason to tune in for the rerun (see below)...   
      
   A dedication I've waited all week for   
   Alex Trebek died, or at least the news broke, last Sunday afternoon,   
   presumably not quite enough time to stick a dedication in. This week, we get   
   the usual "in loving memory of" before the Gracie logo, with a wide shot of   
   him (and Marge and other    
   contestants) from 5F07. Expect that to be gone next time.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)