“Vital organs they are what we’re dressed in/ the family dog is eying Bart’s intestine/ Happy Halloween!” – Simpson Family & Groundskeeper Willie 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 “Halloween”). What a complete waste of a Halloween episode. We weren’t really expecting anything different, but in a format where, as Dave points out below, you can essentially do whatever you want it’s pretty remarkable that they had to resort to chase scenes and a poorly produced fake musical to fill the time. Charlie Sweatpants: So, first things first, did anyone skip this piece of shit? Dave: Nope, I endured it. Mad Jon: No, sadly I watched it. Charlie Sweatpants: Okay, then this’ll be like group therapy. Dave: Isn’t that what this is always like? Mad Jon: Shall we start at the beginning? Charlie Sweatpants: “Show me where Zombie Simpsons put the firecracker?” Mad Jon: I have always hated the four act Zombie, and this is just more proof Charlie Sweatpants: That opening sequence did seem to drag, though I’m not sure if that’s because it sucks or because it was actually long. Mad Jon: The first part was as meaningless and stupid as anything Fox has had the gall to air to date Dave: I don’t know that the quarter-act did much, other than set the stage for disappointment Mad Jon: And sell more commercials Dave: Marge’s warnings, Homer lighting himself on fire – both are infinitely more effective Mad Jon: But didn’t you see homer had x’s on his eyes and that led into the Simpsons XX Halloween special? After he died? Charlie Sweatpants: Oh, I got it. Mad Jon: When the Monster wives came to admonish their husbands? Charlie Sweatpants: I just checked, the opening for this one, that monster party, was substantially longer than the intros in the old seasons. Like, twice as long. Mad Jon: I would have bet a lot of money on that Dave: Same Charlie Sweatpants: So it wasn’t just you imagination, it was long AND crappy. While were on the topic of ways this episode frittered time away to fill its contractually obligated broadcast slot, I thought it was particularly lazy that they had two chase scenes. Dave: I didn’t even notice. Mad Jon: Hmm, funny enough I don’t remember either. Oh wait, there was one in the Hitchcock act wasn’t there Charlie Sweatpants: Yeah, Lisa chases Bart through all the Hitchcock scenes and then they flee the zombies with Apu in the second segment. Dave: All three segments were lazy. Referencing something isn’t enough to make a joke Mad Jon: Oh yea. Charlie Sweatpants: It’s…
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flicker user Roger Lancefield. “Aah! OK, don’t panic — remember the advice your father gave you on your wedding day.” – Homer Simpson “If you ever travel back in time, don’t step on anything because even the tiniest change can alter the future in ways you can’t imagine.” – Memory of Abe Simpson
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“Don’t bitch to me boss man. Thanks to the latest budget cuts I’m down to using Grade F meat.” – Lunchlady Doris Doris Grau would’ve been 85 today. Happy Birthday.
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flicker user Rich_Lem. “This house has quite a long and colorful history. It was built on an ancient Indian burial ground, and was the setting of satanic rituals, witch burnings, and five John Denver Christmas specials.” – C.M. Burns
Zombie Simpsons: Copy & Paste FAIL
What to make of the images below? Were these clever throwbacks designed to be shoutouts to long time fans? Or was it simply a copy and paste job done out of laziness? The rest of the episode, a hodgepodge of chases and exposition, sucked too. Given last week’s dismal viewership I’m going to be hopeful and set the over/under at a flat 6.00 million viewers. C’mon under. Update: TV by the Numbers says, “I just received notice that the Sunday Night fast affiliate ratings that we use for our posts have been delayed due to Nielsen processing issues. No ETA on when they may be available, but I will post as soon as I can. ” There also weren’t any overnight numbers yesterday, so I’m taking the no ETA thing seriously. Still hoping for under six million though. Wednesday Update: The numbers are finally in and the wait wasn’t worth it. The over has it at 6.55 million viewers, oh well. While I’m here, since Monday I’ve figured out something that was bothering me about the above set of images. The older two images are from episodes which are, for lack of a better word, “imaginary”; the one on the left is from a possible future in “Lisa’s Wedding” and the one on the right is from a Treehouse of Horror. Conceptually that makes them a lot different than an ordinary family living in a town called Springfield, which is what The Simpsons used to be about. Zombie Simpsons, on the other hand, operates in a reality where wild craziness is just assumed to be part of the normal world.
Quote of the Day
“If you ever travel back in time, don’t step on anything because even the tiniest change can alter the future in ways you can’t imagine.” – Abe Simpson