“I got a wife and kids. Oh, that reminds me, they’re probably wondering where I went.” – Larry With its phony kidnapping and pointless police chase, “Burns, Baby Burns” does not have what you’d call a great ending. The story didn’t really have anywhere to go, so they had Larry explain that he had to go back to his home planet, turned up some music, and had Homer tell Marge (standing in for the audience), “It doesn’t have to make sense.” In other words, the admittedly nonsensical dance party was the Season 8 writers at least having the courtesy to…
Tag: Replaceable You
Compare & Contrast: Martin Prince
“You’re killing me, fish. Never have I seen a greater or more noble thing than you, brother. Come on and kill me! I do not care who kills who. To catch a fish, to kill a bull, to make love to a woman, to live!” – Martin Prince There was a great deal of nostalgia laden fan service in the (presumably) non-ironically titled “Replaceable You”, which means that there are a great deal of things that could be compared and contrasted. The nerds made an utterly pointless appearance, Homer got an assistant, and Mrs. Glick was apparently killed off while…
Swarming with Magic Robots
“See all that stuff in there, Homer? That’s why your robot never worked.” – Marge Simpson The chalkboard gag for Zombie Simpsons this week read “It’s November 6th – – How come we’re not airing a Halloween Show?”. Unfortunately for us, I think they may have actually been confused about it. How else to explain having what passed for the main plot revolve around switching magic robots from good to evil and back again? That wouldn’t have been out of place in a Treehouse of Horror episode and it felt more than a little strange in a normal one. What…
Sunday Preview: “Replaceable You”
Dave’s photoshop job. Prepare to not laugh at Jane Lynch: Bart’s science fair project, a mechanical baby seal, outshines Lisa’s brainy asteroid model and becomes a popular pet among the retirement home patrons. Meanwhile, Homer gets a new and eager assistant Roz (guest voiced by Glee’s Jane Lynch), but when Homer quickly loses his job to her and discovers her evil past, he and Flanders team up to reveal her true dark colors. Somewhere, Eugene Fisk weeps.