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4.5
It isnt the best movie ever, nor will it make fans forget the shows early 90s golden years, but audiences will probably be too busy laughing to compla ..
Av Club
1.5
Pokey Mom starts well, but begins to feel tired and drawn out, and there just doesnt seem to be much of a story there.
Den Of Geek
0.5
But now shes just a stranger whose saxophone hes magnetized to him.
Den Of Geek
4.5
It shows how little anyone needs to know about what theyre peddling to move it.
Den Of Geek
1.5
All schools are kid prisons and even if youre learning geometry by shooting meteors in a multi simulator, youre still learning geometry.
Den Of Geek
4.5
The family shoots back a reminder of Marges own social media presence.
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4.5
The Simpsons extend that with a pretty good, but obvious visual joke about staring a hedge fund.
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4.5
This is a very veiled commentary on promising to lock up political opponents.
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1.5
Hes best known for yelling Skinner at Springfield Elementary schools Principal Skinner.
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4.5
Grandpa probably gets the best passing gags, first in a clueless babysitting aside.
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4.5
The godly Flanders family, of course, doesnt have a couch because Ned gave it away to a less fortunate family.
Den Of Geek
4.0
A Gobble Ypto A Gobble Ypto, a fowl takeoff of the 2006 Mayan empire adventure film Apocalypto, works without dialogue.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Hank Azarias Professor Frink does similar leaps, but doesnt break the laws of physics Homer leaps in single bounds.
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1.5
From Tex Averys works to tonights improbable but ultimately and squishingly icky conclusion.
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1.5
Whats not to like Marge doesnt have a lot do to this episode, besides making both consolatory and celebratory shish kabobs.
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4.5
Bart doesnt have much to do in this episode, so his contribution should be noted because it sets Lisa up to offer voter suppression.
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1.5
While it is certainly ripe for vegan ribbing, it doesnt make quite a strong enough impression for serious laughs.
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4.5
What we didnt know is Krusty the Clown costarred in a hit comedy film called Good Cop Dog Cop.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Her simple directives force him to skip the kids indulgence in favor of family approved fair.
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4.5
The episode itelf begins at KrustyCon, where its not weird to find yourself if youre an adult.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Ill tell you where Judd Nelson is, Krusty bemoans, hes on my show tonight.
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4.5
They face down something more formidable than a waste management consultant.
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4.5
Whats not to like A lot, apparently, as even The Walking Dead gets a C+ because theres too much walking and not enough dead.
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4.5
It has funny moments, and yet sustains a spooky veneer throughout.
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4.5
So fine she doesnt even balk at letting him do the Christmas shopping.
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4.5
He doesnt pray for Barts life, because as the title of the episode proclaims, Barts Not Dead.
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4.5
Its not because hes had a spiritual awakening, he doesnt believe in some dopey religion, its because only those crosses and the power of Homers socks ..
Den Of Geek
4.5
The future graffiti artist El Bartos slinging commentary devastates the entire scene, except for the sculpture Futility Number 37.
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0.5
And dont look at me like that, Homers gotten sexual with food before.
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4.5
But the jaundiced jester has gone deep into a nihilistic existential crisis.
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4.5
It isnt hard to believe Bart isnt planning a doomsday performance.
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1.5
It doesnt take into account traits like arrogance, slovenliness, health, hygiene, and altruism.
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4.5
He doesnt care if it is representational or not, he doesnt know what representational means.
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4.5
Evil isnt a choice, It is something we are born with or grow into.
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4.5
Its just too bad math isnt Homers thing, and I wonder if he carried the one after leap year.
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4.5
Sadly, the sequence doesnt have enough of the Tarantino touch to make it very funny.
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4.5
In a reenactment that probably didnt happen, Marge wins by a small landslide.
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4.5
Ringo Starr liked one of her fan paintings and that dont come easy.
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4.5
Locking pets up in cages until theyre put to sleep is horrible animal cruelty.
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4.5
Marge doesnt know Moe exists, which is the best thing hes got going for him.
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4.5
He doesnt even respond to his usual strangulation triggers and just wants to wallow in it.
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1.5
He flails and fails and still doesnt get the attention of his first agent, now walking Bob Hope to his first hole in heaven.
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4.5
Nothing succeeds like excess and Burns exuded it all back in the days of the flappers.
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4.5
He wasted his whole life on one paternity: Homer and hes too old to get straddled with another.
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1.5
Kirk tries to fit into Ned Flanders sweater in this episode and hes just a little too blue, and not green enough.
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4.5
They have cigars in Cuba The ongoing episode of I love Lucy is a new kind of gag, if you dont count MacBain, for the series.
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4.5
Homer gives a more than half hearted attempt at self improvement.
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4.5
Marge can finally avail herself to the culture shes so steadfastly visualized only peripherally.
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4.5
It doesnt matter if you learn it at a comedy club or on a cruise ship.
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1.5
Its not really Homers fault Marge doesnt get any excitement in her life.
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4.5
Frink doesnt ask for much, an android, perhaps, who can be programmed to never say no, but who always does.
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4.5
Lisa rewards Bart with unconditional love, the best excuse to revert to old patterns.
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4.5
Marge saves Homer from a lifetime of punitive hours by asking advice from Waylon Smithers, as if shed ever be guilty of glue soak through.
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4.5
Its because her well trained milk deployment unit doesnt need a harness.
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4.5
Hes learned its the only way to circumnavigate the perils of the matrimonial speed track.
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4.5
It mixes thrills and chills and spills that need cleanup in aisle 9, the candy aisle.
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1.5
It doesnt and therefore keeps a little integrity and a lot of recurring gag potential.
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4.5
Friend with Benefit was loaded with good jokes and sly cultural commentary, but it didnt have the incisive bareknuckle buffoonery that first set this ..
Den Of Geek
4.5
Are The Simpsons trying to tell us that progress doesnt always make things better Of course they are, Springfield is an old fashioned society with sma ..
Den Of Geek
4.5
Oh, excuse me, cant reference reincarnation because Jebus didnt teach that.
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1.5
Drinking beer, like last weeks premise, counting cards, isnt a crime.
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0.5
Theres no more lovable Republican than Monty Burns, except maybe Dick Cheney, hes such a cutie.
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2.5
It doesnt seem quite right that tightwad Mr. Burns would shell out the salary for two safety inspectors.
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4.5
The Simpsons, like almost all TV series, celebrate all the major holidays, like Greek Orthodox Christmas with special holiday episodes.
Den Of Geek
4.5
When Homer, in that episode, offers to build a killer robot, Bart says that its okay that Homer isnt handy, hes good at other things.
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4.5
It didnt Who was playing Stanley Kubrick School Is Hell Its good to see Beelzebart excel at school.
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4.5
Sure, hes bad enough to be barred for life from summer prison work crews, but he thinks about it.
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4.5
You cant do good voodoo without a little rum, like you cant make a good soup without killing a couple chickens.
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4.5
Sometimes faster isnt better, as I learned from Mad magazine (RIP Al Feldstein).
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4.5
When Marge asks Are you saying Im wasting my time Homer explains Im saying youre wasting everyones time.
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4.5
A Mr. Burns anti stress squeeze ball that warns one more squeeze and youre fired.
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4.5
Whether youre calling your bookie to bet against your favorite team or stealing a Bond movie where Bond just isnt Bond anymore, its the cool whip on t ..
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4.5
The Simpsons is subversive mainstream so Comic Book Guy getting married isnt really creepy.
Den Of Geek
3.5
Almost every line is a funny in this episode and if it isnt its only because its setting one up.
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4.5
Isabel Guiterrez (Eva Longoria) can make Bronte references, solve anagrams and she doesnt have a green M&M in her inner ear.
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4.5
As Springfields only criminal, hes got to watch for young talent.
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4.5
Money doesnt grow on trees, even if you are eating a bacon banana, it grows on threes, if you can bluff your way past Lennys 3D sunglasses.
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4.5
He didnt choke Bart after a fat joke (That kind of small scale violence solves nothing).
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4.5
Homer keeps finding Dan (You really should Tweet less, Homer says.).
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5.0
Groundskeeper Willy cant shave, Disco Stu cant dancemaybe civilization IS falling apart!
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4.5
Some things are wrong, but overthinking them not only isnt going to make them any less wrong.
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4.5
It is a rousing moment with a double entendre that misses its mark by about a discus throw.
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1.5
The show mixes some very interesting tidbits about the Renaissance artist.
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4.5
Not only that, he now stoically appreciates bad puns like Dont ask, dont Mattel.
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4.5
This isnt the first time the weight of the media has settled on a member of the Simpson family.
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1.5
This isnt Comic Book Guys first humiliation at the hands of his, for lack of a better word, peers.
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4.5
Its just what happens when you cant decide whether youre a pedestrian or vehicle.
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1.5
This is the worst thing to happen to this movie since someone wrote it, and Heartmark doesnt have the time, money, or creativity to fix a scenario, ar ..
Den Of Geek
4.5
Their haul winds up being the fiery centerpiece for a supercool skateboarding feat which no one will ever see.
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4.5
Marge, of course, doesnt remember that and Julie Kavner cuts her own comic timing.
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4.5
They are simple, painful and forged on generations of moonshine swilling.
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1.5
Moe can sense something is wrong because Homer doesnt spin Barnie on his barstool anymore, or drink beer from a crazy straw.
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4.5
She can glaze a ham until its radioactive glow cant even be contained at the Springfield Nuclear Plant.
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4.5
They really dont like me is a nod to Sally Fields memorable second Oscar acceptance speech.
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4.5
This pleases the nihilistic phantasm, I enjoyed that and I enjoy nothing, but doesnt play well with the administration.
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4.5
He peels out over Millhouses poignant inadequacy, and chills President Lisa Simpson out when shes on the edge with popularity.
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4.5
When Terrance asks what Abe did for a living, Homer says he doesnt know.
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4.5
Even Lisa pretends not to know her father, thats how effective it is.
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4.5
But it doesnt have the subversive danger which The Simpsons excels at.
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4.5
She feels a lot better about herself and much worse about everyone else.
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4.5
We cant fault the henchmen, Seamus and Collette, who mistake one Evergreen Terrace resident for another.
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4.5
The episode also faithfully recreates the sense of suspenseful buildups.
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4.5
But hes half the reason Homer can never quite get to the church on time.
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4.5
But the categories, like worst contract, appalling owners lifetime achievement award, and biggest entourage, work as easy field goals.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Although The Simpsons is probably the least politically charged and evenly balanced of all the major animated sitcoms, its creators have been under fi ..
We Got This Covered
5.0
This isnt even the first time that the internet has realized a connection between the pandemic and The Simpsons.
We Got This Covered
4.5
But theres another thing thats got people freaking out, too, and thats the fact that The Simpsons seemingly predicted Hanks getting the virus years ag ..
We Got This Covered
4.5
I think weve gotten to that point perhaps where we can let the Simpsons finally rest Media MAC (@MediaMAC4) November 28, 2019 I dont believe it, I can ..
We Got This Covered
4.5
And to be clear, the XXX signifies this is the thirtieth installment so dont expect anything of the, um, adult variety.
We Got This Covered
4.5
During a 2017 episode titled The Serfsons, which is clearly a parody of HBOs high fantasy series, theres a brief scene where a fire breathing dragon i ..
We Got This Covered
4.5
And then in the background, theres a Death Star with three finger holes like a bowling ball.
We Got This Covered
4.5
But it isnt Its peak Simpsons, with one of the most memorable Mr. Burns character arcs.
We Got This Covered
4.5
For me, the reason LEGO lives on and The Simpsons doesnt is because toys dont require stories.
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1.5
After 29 seasons, theres one gag that never seems to wear out its welcome.
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