From: garvey@simpsonsarchive.com   
      
   OK premise, though with some disappointing execution. Even if I ignore the   
   obviously false personal history of Homer and SNPP, I am still let down by the   
   third act. The parrot that found the earpiece could have actually given Homer   
   wrong but plausible    
   advice and led him into dramatic and comedic depths (especially with a little   
   more time, say a shorter second act), but it took approximately the stupidest   
   possible path (having him repeat obvious nonsense and STILL easily know it was   
   coming from a bird)    
   before just crashing to a stop at the 20 minute mark. Oh well. Also, why say   
   it's the 691st time Homer's left SNPP for another job, when that's obviously   
   far too high to be accurate but not close to the real episode number (761)?   
      
   DYN:   
   ...Homer somehow used to be not only competent at work but third in charge,   
   while current Lenny (usually on par with Carl) is now third lowest, almost at   
   Homer's level?   
   ...a couple extra bit roles for Pamela Hayden (and women at that)?   
   ...the kitchen calendar during Homer's interview actually nearly matches the   
   current month (Feb 2024), except that it has 30 days (so close and yet so far)?   
      
   Meta (besides previous jobs on resume and in clips, and the non-episode count   
   above)   
   -"Life in Hell-sinki" book   
   -This probably isn't really meant this way, but I can choose to interpret it   
   so: Lenny's remark that (to grade Homer's performance worse than Z) they're   
   going to need a bigger alphabet comes at an interesting time, when The   
   Simpsons as a show has broken    
   the alphabet as well, using 25 of the 26 letters to designate seasons in   
   production codes before skipping the remaining one (I) and going back to   
   numbers just a few episodes back   
      
   One in, one out   
   The 7:00 repeat (surprisingly, not the 8:00 instead) on 1/21, airing 2 of   
   OABF20, swapped out the dedication to Suzanne Somers and instead put in one   
   for writer Reid Harrison, whose main connection to the Simpsons is the quartet   
   of Jean/Reiss 3G episodes    
   that aired in seasons 8 and 9. Given how long the wait was between NEW   
   episodes (another 8-week winter gap), I can see why this might happen.   
      
   Goodbye/bad bye   
   I've been using Google Groups to post to a.t.s for many, many years, I'm not   
   even sure quite how long (not the entire time I've been on the newsgroup), and   
   in a few days, it will look at usenet only in a read-only historical fashion.   
   What a time to be    
   alive. I know there are other ways to post to and read newsgroups, so I guess   
   I'd better check them out, ideally by next week! The whole group may be   
   practically dead but I still like it. If I don't figure it out, give my   
   regards to Space Museum.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)