From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   The concept was good, including the way the Simpsons were barely present in   
   the episode (except a few lines from Bart and Lisa and the coda) to focus on   
   Skinner and Chalmers, but the plot points, obstacles, and gags were just...   
   not. Even the reversal "   
   Chalmers!" didn't come out well. A misfire from Mr. Selman. I actually found   
   the end credits to be the most stimulating and fun part. Speaking of:   
      
   Cast credits fun   
   Joining 7F17 and the movie, the only similar instances I can think of, we had   
   some clear actor/role credits this time, as part of a weird set of end credits   
   (with a different font, music I don't know, and an apparent homage I don't   
   get) with every single    
   actor shown with a clip of one of his or her characters. But it was the most   
   relevant character for the *episode*, and in a show largely not focused on the   
   Simpson family, that was a fun wrinkle. As well, apart from Jason Bateman and   
   a few Also Starrings,   
    I did identify the special roles for the regular cast as soon as I heard   
   them, believe it or not, including/especially Julie and Yeardley, since they   
   don't do a lot of voices. It's an odd thing to hear a turkey gobble and think   
   "was that Julie Kavner?",    
   but I did, and this was before I even noticed the family wasn't showing up.   
   For what it's worth, here's the full list:   
   Dan C. as Fenimore the cop   
   Julie K. as the emotional support turkey   
   Nancy C. as Bart   
   Yeardley S. as first hitchhiker   
   Hank A. and Harry S. As Chalmers and Skinner, naturally   
   Jason Bateman as himself   
   Hannibal Buress as Principal Finch   
   Pamela Hayden as second hitchhiker   
   Tress MacNeille as judge   
   Chris Edgerly as paralympic vet (could easily have been Agnes, but this works   
   too)   
   Grey Griffin as Sherri and Terri (I guess she took over more than just Martin)   
   Kevin Michael Richardson as angry bicyclist with heart-monitor watch (a white   
   character, minus the end of the world)   
      
   DYN:   
   ...hitchhiker 3 performs a classic MISquote of Hamlet (there's no "well" after   
   "I knew him")?   
      
      
   ZABF04 repeat   
   The 7:00 airing of season 31's Todd/Forsaken Me was run into by a football   
   game, as expected. The game ended at 7:16, and with an alacrity I wish I saw   
   more often on new-episode-delay nights, the usual 33-second abridged NABF21   
   opening ran at 7:23,    
   followed immediately by about 2 minutes of act 3 and then the coda/credits.   
   I'm not sure why they didn't just round out the half hour. On the other hand,   
   it gave me the chance to observe that this airing was ALSO compressed (likely   
   to a 21-minute runtime)   
    like several other recent reruns. Bah.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)