All Downhill

“Gimme your fortune or I’ll pound your withered old face in!” – Nelson Muntz “Oh, I like his energy.  Put him on the callback list.” – C.M. Burns Once the overwrought couch gag finally ended, and I think it may have been longer than Avatar itself, Zombie Simpsons had a secret media conspiracy inside the Statue of Liberty.  To my astonishment, it was actually funny.  To no astonishment whatsoever, the rest of the episode was not.  Even by the filler-rific standards of Zombie Simpsons, the last, oh, seventeen minutes or so of this episode were filler-rific.  Burns’ odd suicide alone…

Quote of the Day

“And lord, we’re especially thankful for nuclear power, the cleanest, safest energy source there is . . . except for solar, which is just a pipe dream.” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th anniversary to “Bart vs. Thanksgiving”!  Original airdate: 22 November 1990.