From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   ...not 37ABF05 as previously reported!   
      
   Decently enjoyable episode, maybe nothing mindblowing for the   
   (unintended) milestone (of a sort), nor as heartstring-tugging as   
   perhaps the dog story was hoped to be. But as a Philadelphia (more or   
   less) native I enjoyed that a bit. (Did you know that one of the many   
   Springfields in America is also a Philly suburb?) In fact, I had a hunch   
   and was correct that this would be written by Christine Nangle, who   
   (IIRC) is from the area and has gotten some mileage out of it (writing   
   and acting), for example on Kroll Show (Pawnsylvania) and American Dad!   
   (Smooshed: A Love Story, which was probably a funnier cameo for the city).   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   7G08, 2F09, FABF15: obviously fake 4:3 "historical" clips over the years   
   as prologue set during these episodes   
      
   Goof/trim   
   When Marge first spies Homer's to-do list, it's folded neatly in   
   quarters, but in the very next shot, it's crumpled into a ball before   
   Homer picks it up. Possibly a comedic beat was cut?   
      
   Goof of another sort   
   There was a LOT of bottom third promotion tonight, as opposed to the one   
   or two distractions we usually get. Of note, though, about 2 minutes   
   into act 2, the wrong promo for Universal Basic Guys played, suggesting   
   it was coming on at 8:30 (when really it was 9[:02])! At least that's   
   only Fox's mistake.   
      
   Milestone   
   This was promoted, not terribly heavily but somewhat, as being the   
   show's 800th episode, with a proclamation in the opening too. Well, for   
   once the creative accounting department has a bit of a point. See my   
   notes on 37ABF04, but although that's a pretty sensible episode to point   
   to, it is true that this was the 800th episode broadcast ON FOX,   
   ignoring the streaming-only episodes. Funny though that what was   
   previously being reported as the 800th episode (which would have been,   
   in production order) hasn't even gotten on the schedule yet. More   
   thoughts on that in my notes on next episode.   
   And by sheer chance I had the TV tuned to Fox at about 2:15 this   
   afternoon as the episode was being promoted and someone in a Bart   
   costume was shown getting ready to wave the green flag to start the   
   Daytona (500, not 800). And then he did. Didn't know that was going to   
   happen. Did anyone else?   
      
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