Compare & Contrast: Moe Pulls a Gun

“Hey, there’s something wrong with this guy, he’s not falling down!” – Kearney Sr. “What to Expect When Bart’s Expecting” was such a shambles of a story that trying to compare the whole thing to another episode would be futile.  Finding just a few coherent seconds is hard enough.  But there was one moment that lines up perfectly: Moe pulling his shotgun on people threatening Homer.  Moe did almost the exact same thing in “The Homer They Fall”, only there it was quicker, funnier and made more sense for all involved. To start, compare why Homer is there in each…

Behind Us Forever: What to Expect When Bart’s Expecting

“Gotcha!  It’s April Fool’s for two more minutes.” – Homer Simpson “Dad, it’s May 16th.” – Bart Simpson “You were in that coma for seven weeks.” – Lisa Simpson This week’s pile of horseshit starts with Bart’s chalkboard saying “You Can’t Play April Fool’s Jokes on April 27th”, which is their way of telling the audience that even they recognized this one as a wretched and unwatchable entry.  Homer and Bart serenade a horse in a cheap, wannabe Les Miserables parody, but that’s after Bart gets a bunch of people pregnant with voodoo, which was itself after they fell back on referencing…

Sunday Preview: What To Expect When Bart’s Expecting

  Bart can’t stand art class. So he makes a voodoo doll of his art teacher. But when his spell makes her pregnant instead, he becomes a savior to Springfield couples trying to conceive. Then, he’s kidnapped to help conceive a thoroughbred race horse. Cool. I was hoping there would be some voodoo this season. I guess I am slightly curious to find out what kind of spell Bart was attempting that would backfire and create life.  Only slightly though – only slightly.