64 posts tagged “simpsons”
...which is not a sequel to I, D'Oh!Bot. (That's the episode where Bart entered a battling robots contest, and Homer masqueraded as the robot.)
Today's Simpson's episode is a rerun (stupid World Series!), so I watched Battle of the Blades. Sadly, CBC has not seen fit to put Sanjaya on the show. Reality TV just isn't reality TV without Sanjaya. No one has rocked the ponyhawk yet, either.
There was some commentary about the remaining five couples from RandyPaulaSimon, uh, Dick Button and Sandra Bezic. I didn't bother watching it. It made my brain hurt.
Yu-Na Kim (current world champion) will be skating on the results show, hopefully not to "Pauler" music or anything written by Krappy Kara.
Ken & Jodeyne (James Brown's "I Feel Good") - I have no idea who either of them are. They did a nice flippy thing at the end and she stuck the landing. The judges liked them.
Shae Lynn & Claude (Stevie Wonder's "Superstition") - Shae Lynn looked like she stuck her finger in a light socket. A ponyhawk would have looked a lot better. Unfortunately, I was so busy mocking Shae Lynn's hair that I forgot to watch the program. Claude had a nice shirt on. The judges were relatively mehh. I think.
Marie-France & Stephane (James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World") - Enjoyed it, although I thought it relied too heavily on the lifts. The judges enjoyed it, too.
Interesting bit where Paul Martini was showing the guys how to deal with a lift gone bad.
Tuffy (Christine Hough) and Tie (don't know the song) - Okay. Relied too much on the lifts, too. I like Tie Domi, though.
Jamie and Craig - I can't stand Jamie Sale (she and David have given me serious hypoglycemia from their syrupy skating over the years), so I hate anything that this team might do. I actually didn't watch them because I had to take a phone call during their program.
ETA: Ken and Jodeyne were eliminated. I still don't know who either of them are. Since the Simpsons are in reruns for the next 2 weeks, I will get to watch next week, too.
I saw an article in the Globe and Mail about the Simpsons' 20th anniversary this year. Has it really been that long? Bart and Lisa should have moved out years ago!
And Marge is in this month's Playboy! I thought she hated Playdude, I mean Playboy. There was an episode where she trashed all of Homer's vintage Playdudes (Bart salvaged them and converted his tree house into the Playdude mansion).
Once again, I am missing Battle of the Blades to watch the Simpsons. The "Treehouse of Horror" episode aired early this year. Stupid World Series.
In the first part, Lisa and Bart spoofed "Strangers on a Train." They made a deal to get revenge on each other's adversaries: Lisa would get Mrs. Krabappel and Bart would get Miss Hoover. Only Bart actually killed Miss Hoover (and Principal Skinner, too). In order to fulfill her part of the bargain, Lisa would have to kill Mrs. Krabappel. Lisa decided to go after Bart instead.
In the second part, Krusty introduced the Burger-Squared at Krusty Burger. The cows used in the Burger-Squared were fed meal made from other cows (ewww!). When Kent Brockman took a bite, he turned into a zombie. Soon, the rest of the town turned into zombies too.
Part 3 was a musical that seemed to be a spoof of "Sweeney Todd." In this case, Homer was accidentally killed when he fell onto the beer tank at Moe's. The errrr, enhanced beer turned out to be a hit. And Marge found Moe less creepy after she had a sip of it.
Oh, and Kang and Kodos made an appearance, too.
Battle of the Blades is okay, but there's nobody really BAD on the show. Someone needs to pair up with Sanjaya. It's not a reality show unless Sanjaya is on it.
The shows were broadcast in the same time slot, so I did a lot of channel switching.
Mrs. Krabappel (who has the stereotypical miserable life of a Singleton - whatever happened to Principal Skinner?) got annoyed with her class and confiscated their cell phones. As revenge, Bart had the class collect as much booze as possible, and substituted it for her coffee. Mrs. Krabappel was fired for channelling Wing & Lowe, and Bart felt guilty. So he decided to help her with the help of a book called The Answer (a parody of The Secret).
The episode was pretty good, but felt like a mix of "Bart The Lover" (Bart answers Mrs. Krabappel's personals ad pretending to be a millionaire) and "Seymour Skinner's Badasssss Song (Bart gets Principal Skinner fired.)."
Bart has an iPhone or Blackberry Storm - how could Homer afford it?
Battle with the Blades pairs up female figure skaters with hockey players. This week was arena rock week. Sadly, Sanjaya did not show up to sing "You Really Got Me." So I actually don't remember what happened. (Note to CBC: get Sanjaya.) Next week is Frank Sinatra week, and Don Cherry will be a judge.
Anyways, Adam and Allison didn't perform "Slow Ride," so I have nothing more to say. I didn't vote. (I don't like Jamie Sale or Barbara Underhill, and I would rather listen to Archuleta music rather than vote for them. And there's nobody Vote for the Worst-worthy.)
I still think that Wing & Lowe should get their own reality show.
Comic Book Guy created a comic book starring "Everyman," a superhero that takes on the powers of every comic book he touches. (It was published by Bongo Comics, which also publishes the Simpsons comics. Matt Groening was quite happy because Everyman was making him rich.) He then negotiated the movie rights with a Hollywood studio, and had the option of picking the actor cast as Everyman. Homer blundered into the auditions, and A STAR WAS BORN.
The producers wanted Homer to get into shape for the part, so he started working out with a personal trainer (who was a name-dropping phony). In a miracle only achievable by animation, Homer became as ripped as Ned Flanders. Unfortunately, once the personal trainer left, Homer returned to his old form (undone by cheese cubes!).
You can get collectible Simpsons figurines with KFC Family Meals. Too bad I don't like KFC, or KFC Family Meals.
Homer decided to try losing weight the bulimic way, with a little help from Apu (buttermilk from 1961). It didn't work. So he went inside his trailer and refused to come out. (He wasn't as fat as he was when he became obese so as to be classified as having a disability.) The producers decided to try a little creative editing.
The producers made another deal with Comic Book Guy - if he could convince his legions of internet dweeb fans that the movie was the greatest movie ever, he could direct the sequel.
Overall, a pretty good episode. Homer was a twit, but not Jerkass Homer. Comic Book Guy was pretty funny (usually, he's annoying.) However, I wonder why the Android's Dungeon still exists. Didn't it go out of business when Coolsville came to town?
The Simpsons Archive has a list of all the Simpson family's vacations! I will have to bookmark it somewhere so that I can refer to it while planning my own vacations!
Homer Simpson may have to reconsider his dislike for New York City. Tomorrow, 12 Tim Hortons outlets will be opening in Manhattan. Sadly, I have never seen donuts with pink icing at Timmie's. There are many other flavours, though.
(Bart's chalkboard gag for the week.)
"There are only two commandments, and the other eight are just filler." So sayeth Reverend Lovejoy.
Speaking of Reverend Lovejoy, it turns out that there was a problem with his certification, and that anything he did over the previous few months was invalid. (Also, Helen's a hot tranny mess. Hee.) Which meant that Homer and Marge's re-marriage was also invalid. So they decided to get re-remarried. Homer wanted a rocketship cake, but was overruled. And Marge became a Bridezilla. (Exactly how could they afford the wedding? Didn't Homer finance his Mardi Gras parties with a home equity loan?)
And since when did Krusty and Sideshow Bob kiss and make up?
Anyways, the evil Patty and Selma kidnapped Homer in the hopes that Marge would dump him. (They later released him when Homer said that he missed Marge so much, he even missed her sisters.) Bart and Lisa found out about their evil plan and made them pay--for a new wedding reception. Marge got her blue roses, and Homer got a rocketship cake.
Overall, it was a very sweet episode. (Homer and Marge In Love episodes often are!)
So now everyone knows where I stand on the show. I wouldn't pick Hokey Gokey even if the choice were between him, Mikalah Gordon, and Janay Castine. Hokey has a decent enough voice, but he used his dead wife to pimp for votes, he wears stupid glasses every week, and he completely traumatized me on Wacko Jacko Week with his awful pelvic thrusting during the group number. Then again, Wacko Jacko traumatized me on Wacko Jacko Week, and he wasn't anywhere near my T.V.
Anyways, I am tweeting the show again. Tonight is Motown Week. The Idol contestants went to the Motown museum in Detroit and met Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy. Lucky them! And Smokey Robinson is this week's mentor.
Pauler came out in a dress that looked like she mugged one of Wing and Lowe (I'll leave it to you to guess which one). She was hitting on Ryan.
Megan sang "For Once In My Life." The judges hated it. I thought it was entertaining, if stylishly inconsistent.
My picks: Adam, Allison, Anoop, Kris...and Megan. (Everyone else was mehh, and Hokey needs to put the Go in Gokey.)
Homer Simpson would really like this: chocolate-covered bacon. Really.
Somehow, the Simpsons managed to extend their line of credit to buy a hot tub. (If they couldn't afford their house, how can they afford a hot tub?) They were so busy enjoying themselves, they forgot about Grandpa. They decided to make things up to him by indulging his wish to have a last drink at Tom O'Flanagan's pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland. Marge wouldn't let Bart watch Krusty in German, and forced the kids to go sight-seeing. They ended up at the Guinness factory, where Lisa learned the secret formula for the black stuff. And Bart painted his butt grey at the Blarney Stone site and gave a whole new meaning to the Gaelic phrase "Pogue Mahone." If I ever go to Ireland, I won't kiss the Blarney Stone.
After an evening of drunken revelry, Homer and Abe found that they had purchased the pub. They should have called in Gordon Ramsey, who could have sworn at them. Instead, they called in Moe as a consultant. Moe suggested that they let patrons do what they're not allowed to do elsewhere - so Homer and Abe let the patrons smoke. (Well, there wasn't much else that was forbidden.) They were chucked into jail and deported afterward.
It was amusing, but I still think I'm going to Japan.
Next Sunday, the Simpsons take Grandpa to a pub in Ireland so that he can have one last drink.
I will have to postpone making a decision about where I will go on vacation this year until after that episode.
John Doyle from the Globe and Mail mentioned the show in his St. Patrick's Day column (it was on the portrayal of Ireland on T.V.).
The Simpsons is about to do an all-Irish episode. It will be shown in Ireland before it airs on Fox in the United States.
Springfield's most famous family travel to the fictional village of Dunkillderry, where a drunken Homer and Grandpa end up buying O' Flanagan's pub. Marge, Lisa and Bart also travel to the Guinness Brewery, where the secret ingredients to the black stuff are revealed as bog water and chocolate syrup.
The Irish are cool with it. This is good. The Simpsons has touched on matters Irish on several occasions and the result has usually been riotously indecent.
While I wait to see the episode, I'll share some Irish music. (The Commitments were the Hardest Working Band and the purveyors of Dublin Soul. The book was excellent. The soundtrack was excellent. The movie...well, just read the book.)
