“You took a new job in a strange town without discussing it with your family?” – Marge Simpson “Of course not. I wouldn’t do that! Why not?” – Homer Simpson “We have roots here, Homer. We have friends and family and library cards. Bart’s lawyer is here.” – Marge Simpson The most obvious option for doing a Compare & Contrast for “The Town” would be to a travel episode that’s actually coherent, say, “The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson” or “Bart vs. Australia”. These kinds of stories and jokes work better if the family has an actual reason…
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Behind Us Forever: The Town
“Hey, ma, I’m on TV!” – Drunk #1 “Hey, where’s that weather chick?” – Drunk #2 “Ooh, this is some wicked party!” – Drunk #3 “Hey, have you seen Sully?” – Drunk #4 Zombie Simpsons has settled into its rut well enough that they have a “travel” episode pretty much every season. This year, they went to Boston, though in a break from tradition they also had the family move there for six minutes of screen time. Other than that weirdness, it was a very typical travel episode: a few real things and people got renamed, everything was pretty nice,…
Sunday Preview “The Town”
Homer plans a family “hate-cation” trip to Boston in an attempt to show Bart that Boston is a terrible city. I guess Homer catches Bart rooting for a football team that is not Homer’s favorite, so it is time to crap all over Boston the way only zombie Homer can. Maybe this time they will spring for the bus with bathrooms, unlike the time Homer hated on a major US city 19 YEARS ago. But I digresss.