From: twl@8777.ch   
      
   On 5/12/24 7:55 PM, Matt Garvey wrote:   
   > A bit of a misfire, though not as bad as UABF14 a few years ago. There's   
   > some good commentary to be made about the problems with American   
   > capitalism that make high levels of tipping necessary (and some   
   > connection to say, a certain recent writers' strike, though that wasn't   
   > the union with the same initials, so maybe not), but surely a classic   
   > Simpsons setup where Homer is ostracized for *under*tipping would drive   
   > toward that point better than this one where he gets addicted to   
   > *over*tipping for a personal rush (and not even in a philanthropic way).   
   > The whole episode apart from the very beginning (the medical visits   
   > pointing out their own related problems) occupied an unrelatable   
   > wackyland too many modern episodes are in.   
   >   
   > I liked the Springfield Pub[ & Brewe]ry banner on the   
   > library-turned-restaurant. And I admit all three fakeout fantasies   
   > fooled me.   
   >   
   > Strange way to do the music in Executive Producer and the rest of the   
   > credits (after the break), since it seems as if it should be continuous.   
   > Most episodes these days have fully converted to the new format of   
   > opening+act 1, act 2, act 3, credits, after the transitional structure   
   > of a short 4th act (containing EPs) leading into the credits, but   
   > watching this now reminds me of watching old episodes in syndication   
   > where the music got split without originally being meant to. It's not   
   > the first time I've seen this in a new episode, but it's still a little   
   > silly. Would a streaming version or some other commercial-free   
   > presentation have continuous music here?   
   >   
   hi i am a small child who has never seen a full episode of the simpsons   
   is it worth watching nowadays, especially the new episodes   
      
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