The twentieth "Treehouse of Horror" episode included spoofs on Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, zombie movies like 28 Days Later and I Am Legend, and lastly a musical, similar to Phantom of the Opera.
We weren't really all that impressed with this year's "Treehouse" episode. Initially, we were so excited to watch it after Randall and I purchased The Simpsons Deluxe "Scene It" DVD game, the newly released "The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History" book, and the new Playboy with Marge on the cover. However, this new episode was kind of a let down...so unexciting that it's difficult to sum it all up.
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The episode begins with Marge and the ladies enjoying "crazy bowling" — a game Marge found on the internet after searching the phrase "Girls Having Fun" and then having to sift through thousands of porno sites. While at the bowling alley, the women realize there are no men and assume, since they are men, they are either at the bars or at a baseball game. But no, the men are...
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In this episode of The Simpsons, Bart and the kids get revenge on Mrs. Krabapple when she takes the kids' cell phones away.
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In The Simpsons' 21st season premiere, it's discovered that Comic Book Guy (CBG) has been writing his own comic book entitled "Everyman" for the past several years. Once the "Ginormous" movie studio catches wind of the comic, they are convinced it will be the next big thing and secure the movie rights. Against the studio execs' wishes, Comic Book Guy casts Homer (Springfield's own everyman) as the lead in the feature film. Will Homer continue his streak of being the butt of everyone's jokes or will he be the best action hero the movie community has ever seen?
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After a week off due to the premiere of 24: Redemption, The Simpsons returned to the airwaves with an episode that featured more than a few references to the Fox network's most infamous counter terrorism programming. No, not Fox News. 24! That's right. It seems as though Fox must be really scared their viewers have forgotten about Jack Bauer and all he's done for this great nation after his year and a half absence from the network. So, where else to find better advertising than in the shows you currently do have on your network?
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There are two ways of looking at my expectation level for tonight's episode after last week's shockingly bad trip into the pasts of the Simpson family members. You could argue that because things seemed so bleak last week, any speck of creativity or humor would shine in comparison. On the other hand, you could also say my claws were only sharpened for this week. Thankfully my praise for this episode is earned and there are few items which I can take my sharpened claws to.
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I'm invoking the inalienable right of every Simpsons' fan by using a phrase cultivated by writers of the show themselves via the character of Jeff Albertson, also known as Comic Book Guy — Worst. Episode. Ever.
To be honest with you I found the events of this week's episode so simplistic that I was utterly confused. I realize Springfield needs to be kept in a suspended state of present which always exists in whatever time period it is in our world...
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The Simpsons' aired their Halloween episode 2 days late or 363 days early. This 19th volume in the show's Treehouse of Horror anthology featured spoofs of Transformers, Mad Men, and, in the "can you believe it hadn't been done before" column, It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. This volume delivered some of the best Halloween laughs since the 12th season's Treehouse of Horror XI, featuring Homer telling Marge he just needs to get into Heaven, not "run for Jesus."
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After starting as a series of short wraparounds for The Tracy Ullman Show, this week The Simpsons begins its 20th season, tying the series-longevity record set by Gunsmoke. After a Boba Fett/Carbonite-inspired couch gag, the season premiere featured loads of action, a few cameos and even some light baking.
We return to Springfield to find the Simpson family attending the first booze-free St. Patrick's Day parade the town has ever held. Despite not having alcohol, Mayor Quimby is determined to make the parade a success with floats and folk dancing where you don't move you arms. The Protestants and Catholics won't let these pleasantries ruin their riot, however. Even Homer and Maggie get in on the act — the riot act, that is. Around the corner, Marge bumps into bakery owner Patrick Farrelly. After tasting Marge's cupcakes, he asks her to come work for him. She accepts the position and then sees her husband being placed in the back of a police car.
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