From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   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?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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