“Well, a fifty-nine, it’s a high F.” – Mrs. Krabappel In our continuing mission to bring you only the finest in low class, low brow, and low tech internet Simpsons commentary we’re bringing back our “Crazy Noises” series and applying it to Season 21. Because doing a podcast smacks of effort we’re still using this “chatroom” thing that all the middle schoolers and undercover cops seem to think is so cool. This text has been edited for clarity and spelling (especially on “non sequitur”). A few weeks ago, I wrote that while “Postcards from the Wedge” was terrible, it was…
Tag: Moe Letter Blues
Synergy Has a Small Suggestion
“There’s some candy right here, sir. Why don’t we eat this instead of stealing?” – Mr. Smithers IGN is finishing the season strong. Not only does this week’s agitprop praise transparently hackneyed story shortcuts (see: Moe’s interactions with the Lovejoys and the Nahasapeemapetilons), but goes so far as to offer a suggestion about how it could’ve been even better! IGN couldn’t ignore the stupidity of using an elopement with Moe as the plot fulcrum, but rather than ignore the awful fake tension it put on the rest of the episode, they offered up a little change and called it a…
3 Hackneyed Teevee Marriages for the Price of 1!
“I felt kinda guilty cause I was always trying to score with his wife.” – Moe I don’t mind exceedingly cliched cell phone shenanigans when they happen in dumb horror movies. We know the characters need to be isolated, and it’s not a big deal. In fact, the chronic failure of cell phones is the kind of thing a mildly comedic show might find some way to satirize. Instead, Zombie Simpsons played it straight, blundering into another pop culture faux pas without even realizing it. But that was only a taste of the horrifyingly unpleasant time to come: Moe…
Sunday Preview: “Moe Letter Blues”
Thanks to SNPP, we have a short preview of tonight’s Zombie Simpsons. There’s an additional “WARNING: FLASHBACK ALERT,” which in Zombie Simpsons parlance means revisionist nonsense and gaping plot holes inserted to advance a mediocre story. Don’t let the brevity throw you for a loop – it’s almost certainly going to be miserable: While Homer, Apu, and Reverend Lovejoy are vacationing together with their children, they receive a letter from Moe… who says he’s planning on running away with one of their wives. Who wants to bet Moe will attempt suicide in a desperate cry for attention? Remember when Moe…