My take on "Kill the Alligator and Run"
Curtis Gibby
... the show has now had three psychiatrists? (The dark-haired man in this
episode, Brad Goodman, and Dr. Marvin Monroe)
... the age-conscious admiral from [4F05] is in the jury?
Previous Episode Refs:
[9F09] A father outliving his children is discussed.
[1F02] "Louie Louie" is played.
[4F05] The debutante and Admiral Carstairs are seen.
[5F18] Homer doesn't trust an inanimate object. (The lawn-ornament
lumberjacks in the first show, and the sleeping-bag cowboys in this one.)
[5F21] A prediction is made on how long Homer will live.
Cultural References:
"Captain Jack," by Billy Joel
- Alligator's name the same as this song, which, incidentally, is about
masturbation
Goofs:
- The word "LOBBY" appears on the sign over the hotel door the second time
Homer leaves.
Review:
Season-11-itis: a distinct lack of finishing power in an episode. After a
silly-- yet genuinely entertaining-- first half, tonight's episode descended
into a terminal case of this deadly disease. Most of the time, a viewer
doesn't get the sense that the writers have no idea how to finish the show
until the beginning or middle of Act III, but the symptoms of this season 11
illness were evident in "Kill" as early as the middle of Act II. I enjoyed
seeing the Simpsons adjusting to life in the South at the diner, but that
was the only good thing about the last half of the episode. The guest stars
weren't bad, and I thought the relatively normal SNPP scenes were long
overdue. Grade: B.
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Curtis
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Curtis Gibby
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> >DYN...
> >... the show has now had three psychiatrists? (The dark-haired man in
this
> >episode, Brad Goodman, and Dr. Marvin Monroe)
>
> shrink who counseled Marge about her fear of flying?
Right you are. I apologize for not remembering good old Dr. Zwieg. Change
my DYN to read:
... the show has now had four psychiatrists? (The dark-haired man in this
episode, Brad Goodman, Dr. Zwieg in [2F08] and Dr. Marvin Monroe.)
Incidentally, Brad Goodman was the self-help guru in "Bart's Inner Child"--
"Be like the boy! Be like the boy!"
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Curtis
The Monkees weren't about music, Marge. They were about rebellion, about
political and social upheaval!
Scan
indigolem wrote:
> >DYN...
> >... the show has now had three psychiatrists? (The dark-haired man in this
> >episode, Brad Goodman, and Dr. Marvin Monroe)
>
> I don't know who Brad Goodman is, but wasn't there a female
> shrink who counseled Marge about her fear of flying?
>
> >"Captain Jack," by Billy Joel
> > - Alligator's name the same as this song, which, incidentally, is about
> >masturbation
>
> I never could figure out if it was about masturbation or Jack Daniels.
> Both seem perfectly reasonable and obvious.
or pot.
indigolem
Ray
dangib
Change
> my DYN to read:
Ville Kinnunen
Curtis Gibby kirjoitti viestissä ...
>Right you are. I apologize for not remembering good old Dr. Zwieg.
She was Zweig, not Zwieg.
Ochlocrat
"Ville Kinnunen" <ville.k...@pp1.inet.fish> wrote in message
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>
> Curtis Gibby kirjoitti viestissä ...
>
> >Right you are. I apologize for not remembering good old Dr. Zwieg.
>
> She was Zweig, not Zwieg.
>
>
Lowenstein..... Lowenstein
Ochlocrat
this doesnt get old, either
Jon
.>>"Captain Jack," by Billy Joel
.>> - Alligator's name the same as this song, which, incidentally, is about
.>>masturbation
Actually "Captain Jack" refers to marijuana. Masturbation is mentioned by
name in the song but the term "Captain Jack" is one of the many alias for
pot.
- Jon
Halter
The Incarnate
>And I'm not sure Brad Goodman qualifies as a psychiatrist or psychologist,
>because as he says, he does not have "credentials," or "training."
But he has a Phd... in pain.
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>
> She was Zweig, not Zwieg.
D'oh-eth!
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Misc. Comments:
-- "I had the blues like Chasen's had chili."
Interestingly enough, the same day that this episode first aired, there was
a question about Chasen's in one of the Q&As in Parade magazine. The
article mentions that this restaurant's chili was famous among celebrities,
like the Hollywood producer in this episode.
--
Curtis
Time for chili.