After we sat through Sunday’s “Rednecks and Broomsticks” Dave and I cleared our heads with some regular Simpsons. We decided that we should watch a good Lisa episode to cancel out the bad one so we threw on “Lisa vs. Malibu Stacey”. It didn’t occur to me before we picked it but both of these episodes have extended scenes with the family in the car. In the Zombie Simpsons scene the only thing that happens for almost a minute is the kids playing the “Bonk It” game. It goes on and on (and on and on) and there are less…
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Synergy Lashes Out
Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Robotskirts. “Let’s come to our senses everyone, this witch hunt is turning into a circus.” – Goody Simpson Once again setting aside the ridiculously high number (6.1), this is now the third week in a row that IGN’s Simpsons review has been downright harsh. Not only did they think Cletus was overused, but they hated on the Wiccan storyline almost without exception. There’s no doubt in my mind that this isn’t going to be a permanent trend, but it still makes my job easier and as a profoundly lazy person I…
Crazy Noises: Rednecks and Broomsticks
“Marge, they don’t have anywhere to stay. And they’re geniuses! They’ll solve all our problems, they’ll elevate us to the status of kings on Earth!” – Homer Simpson “Mr. Simpson we all have nose bleeds.” – Black Nerd 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…
People Like Witches (Sort of)
The numbers are in and last night’s gruel-thin effort at witch humor managed to entice 8.99 million viewers. That’s the third highest all year and brings the Season 21 average up to 8.39 million. In addition to that small triumph, Zombie Simpsons not only managed to out draw The Cleveland Show (giving it a commanding 5-2 lead in their increasingly lopsided ratings duel), but also beat Family Guy by more than half a million viewers. That’s the first time in a long time a first run Zombie Simpsons has done that. Oh well.
“We’re 13 minutes short, does anyone have any ideas on how to make this longer?”
Let’s start with the good stuff. Dave and I both laughed when the car hit Bambi. That was funny. Um, then there was the “nipple slip hotline” on Flanders’ speed dial, that was . . . okay. The rest of the episode was so thin on ideas and humor as to be transparent. Clock eating, comedy free sequences include: Long ass traffic scene at the beginning The “suspense” sequences surrounding the witches The “Sideways” moonshine/wine-tasting montage The pointless, yet exposition heavy, trial in the courtroom Moe’s two bizarre scenes, especially the mob one that pushed this tired thing over the…
Sunday Preview: “Rednecks and Broomsticks”
Another Sunday is upon us, which of course means there’s a new episode of Zombie Simpsons waiting in the wings to ruin our evening. There’s no promo picture for me to bloody up, but there is a description (courtesy of Simpsons Channel) that we can all point and laugh at: Just as Lisa is about to become involved with a group of practicing Wiccans, they get arrested for witchcraft and Lisa becomes the star witness in their trial. Right, because we’re all looking forward to what sounds like a 22-minute ToH segment gone bad. I’m also quite certain that making…