From: garvey@simpsonsarchive.com   
      
   Oof. I thought the Robert Reich episode (UABF14, season 33 closer) was a   
   clunky way to do a current-events message, but this was ROUGH. And I fully   
   agree with the sentiments in both of them, worry about the slippery slope,   
   know the messages need to get    
   out there... it just wasn't very good, AND it took the completely bonkers   
   route modern Simpsons tends to keep falling into. (Also, "critical brace   
   theory", really? What a shaggy dog!) Is subtlety dead, or is the idea that it   
   just won't work? Still, give    
   me Lisa the Iconoclast any day.   
      
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   9F10, PABF14: the gazebo disaster is compared to Springfield's other great   
   disasters, the monorail and Lady Gaga's visit (the latter of which seems to be   
   self-aware commentary)   
   BABF07: qualifying the bank as "the MONEY bank"   
      
   Meta   
   "1986: I was 2 years old then! Or was I 30?"   
   Kirk's conspiracy theory that Moleman is a "crisis actor" because the bad   
   stuff usually seems to happen to him   
   One of Homer's customizable shirts near the end says "annoyed grunt"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)