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Notes for PABF17 (Treehouse of Horror XXIII)
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Matthew Garvey
Oct 7, 2012, 9:41:06 PM10/7/12
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(HEY FOX GET YOUR THUMB OUT OF YOUR ASS, see below for credits BS.)
Well, that was fairly enjoyable. Actually, all three stories - as well
as the opener (the Mayans dooming us all for 2012). I enjoyed the time
travel one best, since I'm a sucker for that theme. Yep. (Also, I was
just watching Poltergeist on Friday, so the house folding up into the
black hole was fun to see again.)
DYN:
...we get two peeks into the past (act 3 of course and also Marge's
childhood in act 2)?
...Homer and Marge are once again in high school in 1974 (as
established in season 2)? Once I saw the year, I knew what to expect.
This date may never technically been contradicted/updated (I forget),
but of course we've had other milestones (children's births, further
courtship) take place in the 80s and 90s. To further complicate
things, present-day Marge refers to how she should have gone with
Homer "20 years ago", which wouldn't have been right either, but does
roughly match their currently stated age (about 38).
...Lisa Ziff says "ach'em" (as Jay Sherman does)?
Previous episode stuff
3F04 (also a TOH): rolling Lard Lad donut (in opening here)
7F12: Much from the canon established here, including Marge's entrance
and hair swinging, "Close to You" (though a new version now), and
Artie Ziff
DABF04, LABF01: Alternate timelines such as this explored (and in
DABF04 Homer quotes the "never be born" line)
Goof?
Mayan Moe suggests to Mayan Homer that the sacrifice will involve
showing the victim his beating heart, but that doesn't happen after
all.
Oh I don't like this
After many years of consistent "good credits" for the show - the last
combined text+promo credits seem to be in 2009 according to a quick
glance at my notes - what on earth is this? Even in the bad decade,
this show seemed to be in the unique position of getting to show cast
credits correctly, then production logos and the text credits
(actually South Park does something like this now, interestingly
enough). Tonight: Act 3 ends, Gracie/Fox logos immediately, then text.
It wasn't even a long episode (actually it was fairly short) - I guess
Fox reallllly wanted to make sure we come back in 2 weeks when new
episodes run, maybe.
But I see that the cast credits are missing completely... as if it was
meant to behave like the previous style, but didn't quite work out!
(As a result, there are no cast credits anywhere to be seen - doubly
annoying because they'd be special Halloween ones!) I am hoping this
whole thing is just a fluke, and that new episodes (and repeats of
this) will continue to have good credits, but ugh. I can't help but
think also of the Gracie quote slip-up in AABF01 (when the split
credits were new) - also a TOH.
A bit early for Halloween, isn't it?
This is by far the earliest premiere for a Treehouse of Horror
episode; previously it was LABF14 (TOH XX) on 10/18, and 7F04 (TOH)
and AABF01 (TOH IX) on 10/25. At least it's better than those several
years of November airings. I suppose it makes sense, if 10/14 and
10/28 are baseball, and 10/21 may also be baseball. Not that it
couldn't be a Wednesday special on 10/31, but... well, at least it's
before Halloween and the mood is in the air. The entire Fox lineup
tonight (except for Family Guy and maybe American Dad) is also
Halloween episodes - in fact, The Cleveland Show is #4APS04, which
would be a good code for an episode anticipated to air in late
October, if not for a season premiere.
Speaking of Family Guy
Homer made a cameo tonight (Ratings Guy, AACX01[!]) - voiced by Dan
Castellaneta - where he rushed in with the same problem Peter faced.
Peter was happy to note that this time FG beat OFF to it.
Finally
For Don: The third airing of TOH XXII (NABF19) was joined in progress
(in Cleveland, after the CHI/JAX game). At 7:19, the entire 2-minute
opening ran, then 2 minutes of commercials. At 7:23, there was a
"joined in progress" note (over visuals from the end of the opening,
containing the title), and it picked up in the Avatar story with Bart
mentioning the other side of the planet. Now you know.
Well, that was fairly enjoyable. Actually, all three stories - as well
as the opener (the Mayans dooming us all for 2012). I enjoyed the time
travel one best, since I'm a sucker for that theme. Yep. (Also, I was
just watching Poltergeist on Friday, so the house folding up into the
black hole was fun to see again.)
DYN:
...we get two peeks into the past (act 3 of course and also Marge's
childhood in act 2)?
...Homer and Marge are once again in high school in 1974 (as
established in season 2)? Once I saw the year, I knew what to expect.
This date may never technically been contradicted/updated (I forget),
but of course we've had other milestones (children's births, further
courtship) take place in the 80s and 90s. To further complicate
things, present-day Marge refers to how she should have gone with
Homer "20 years ago", which wouldn't have been right either, but does
roughly match their currently stated age (about 38).
...Lisa Ziff says "ach'em" (as Jay Sherman does)?
Previous episode stuff
3F04 (also a TOH): rolling Lard Lad donut (in opening here)
7F12: Much from the canon established here, including Marge's entrance
and hair swinging, "Close to You" (though a new version now), and
Artie Ziff
DABF04, LABF01: Alternate timelines such as this explored (and in
DABF04 Homer quotes the "never be born" line)
Goof?
Mayan Moe suggests to Mayan Homer that the sacrifice will involve
showing the victim his beating heart, but that doesn't happen after
all.
Oh I don't like this
After many years of consistent "good credits" for the show - the last
combined text+promo credits seem to be in 2009 according to a quick
glance at my notes - what on earth is this? Even in the bad decade,
this show seemed to be in the unique position of getting to show cast
credits correctly, then production logos and the text credits
(actually South Park does something like this now, interestingly
enough). Tonight: Act 3 ends, Gracie/Fox logos immediately, then text.
It wasn't even a long episode (actually it was fairly short) - I guess
Fox reallllly wanted to make sure we come back in 2 weeks when new
episodes run, maybe.
But I see that the cast credits are missing completely... as if it was
meant to behave like the previous style, but didn't quite work out!
(As a result, there are no cast credits anywhere to be seen - doubly
annoying because they'd be special Halloween ones!) I am hoping this
whole thing is just a fluke, and that new episodes (and repeats of
this) will continue to have good credits, but ugh. I can't help but
think also of the Gracie quote slip-up in AABF01 (when the split
credits were new) - also a TOH.
A bit early for Halloween, isn't it?
This is by far the earliest premiere for a Treehouse of Horror
episode; previously it was LABF14 (TOH XX) on 10/18, and 7F04 (TOH)
and AABF01 (TOH IX) on 10/25. At least it's better than those several
years of November airings. I suppose it makes sense, if 10/14 and
10/28 are baseball, and 10/21 may also be baseball. Not that it
couldn't be a Wednesday special on 10/31, but... well, at least it's
before Halloween and the mood is in the air. The entire Fox lineup
tonight (except for Family Guy and maybe American Dad) is also
Halloween episodes - in fact, The Cleveland Show is #4APS04, which
would be a good code for an episode anticipated to air in late
October, if not for a season premiere.
Speaking of Family Guy
Homer made a cameo tonight (Ratings Guy, AACX01[!]) - voiced by Dan
Castellaneta - where he rushed in with the same problem Peter faced.
Peter was happy to note that this time FG beat OFF to it.
Finally
For Don: The third airing of TOH XXII (NABF19) was joined in progress
(in Cleveland, after the CHI/JAX game). At 7:19, the entire 2-minute
opening ran, then 2 minutes of commercials. At 7:23, there was a
"joined in progress" note (over visuals from the end of the opening,
containing the title), and it picked up in the Avatar story with Bart
mentioning the other side of the planet. Now you know.
Don Del Grande
Oct 8, 2012, 12:16:44 AM10/8/12
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Matthew Garvey wrote:
>For Don: The third airing of TOH XXII (NABF19) was joined in progress
>(in Cleveland, after the CHI/JAX game). At 7:19, the entire 2-minute
>opening ran, then 2 minutes of commercials. At 7:23, there was a
>"joined in progress" note (over visuals from the end of the opening,
>containing the title), and it picked up in the Avatar story with Bart
>mentioning the other side of the planet. Now you know.
10/7 was a CBS NFL doubleheader day, so any overruns were at a "local"
>For Don: The third airing of TOH XXII (NABF19) was joined in progress
>(in Cleveland, after the CHI/JAX game). At 7:19, the entire 2-minute
>opening ran, then 2 minutes of commercials. At 7:23, there was a
>"joined in progress" note (over visuals from the end of the opening,
>containing the title), and it picked up in the Avatar story with Bart
>mentioning the other side of the planet. Now you know.
level; I don't mention those, as there's no possible way for me to
know all of them.
-- Don
Captain Infinity
Oct 9, 2012, 11:47:32 PM10/9/12
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Captain Infinity
Matthew Garvey wrote:
>in fact, The Cleveland Show is #4APS04, which
>would be a good code for an episode anticipated to air in late
>October, if not for a season premiere.
Oh, man, you really need to get out of the house and get laid.
>in fact, The Cleveland Show is #4APS04, which
>would be a good code for an episode anticipated to air in late
>October, if not for a season premiere.
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Captain Infinity
aaronhi...@yahoo.com
Oct 15, 2012, 10:25:36 PM10/15/12
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Except for cinnamon, cinnamon, CINNAMON, CINNAMON, the first two vignettes stunk.
The third vignette is a takeoff on "Back to the Future".
In the third vignette we see Carl dressed in 70s clothes walking down the street, Flanders and Lovejoy sittin on a blanket in the part looking like hippies, and an AMC Pacer,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Pacer
A much younger Burns wearing period clothing is walking down the street with Smithers.
By “period clothing” I mean the stuff that Murray Hamilton was wearing in the movie “Jaws”.
Bart changes the future so that all the siblings are part of some sort of stereotypical Jewish caricature.
The Homers through history include:
Napoleon, Andre the Giant, Julius Caesar, Leif Erickson, some cowboy, Robin Hood, Don Tomassino from Godfather II, The Pope, King Arthur, a caveman, Friar Tuck, some guy who rows gondolas in Venice, Elvis Presley, a one eyed alien, an angel, and one of the Kings of France from the late 18th early 19th century, a punk rocker (couch scene), and some guy with a rag on his head (also couch scene).
Mr. Museum
The third vignette is a takeoff on "Back to the Future".
In the third vignette we see Carl dressed in 70s clothes walking down the street, Flanders and Lovejoy sittin on a blanket in the part looking like hippies, and an AMC Pacer,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Pacer
A much younger Burns wearing period clothing is walking down the street with Smithers.
By “period clothing” I mean the stuff that Murray Hamilton was wearing in the movie “Jaws”.
Bart changes the future so that all the siblings are part of some sort of stereotypical Jewish caricature.
The Homers through history include:
Napoleon, Andre the Giant, Julius Caesar, Leif Erickson, some cowboy, Robin Hood, Don Tomassino from Godfather II, The Pope, King Arthur, a caveman, Friar Tuck, some guy who rows gondolas in Venice, Elvis Presley, a one eyed alien, an angel, and one of the Kings of France from the late 18th early 19th century, a punk rocker (couch scene), and some guy with a rag on his head (also couch scene).
Mr. Museum
Captain Infinity
Oct 15, 2012, 11:42:52 PM10/15/12
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Captain Infinity
aaronhi...@yahoo.com wrote:
>A much younger Burns wearing period clothing is walking down the street with
with 3 DOTS ON HIS HEAD!
>A much younger Burns wearing period clothing is walking down the street with
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Captain Infinity
aaronhi...@yahoo.com
Oct 16, 2012, 2:21:57 PM10/16/12
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BTW, Captain Infinity, do you smoke? If you do, please quit immediately. Two of my younger brothers recently died from diseases caused by smoking.
Mr. Museum
Mr. Museum
Captain Infinity
Oct 16, 2012, 8:27:07 PM10/16/12
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Captain Infinity
aaronhi...@yahoo.com
Oct 24, 2012, 1:45:04 PM10/24/12
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> The Homers through history include:
>
> Napoleon, Andre the Giant, Julius Caesar, Leif Erickson, some cowboy, Robin Hood, Don Tomassino from Godfather II, The Pope, King Arthur, a caveman, Friar
Not Don Tommasino, Don Fanucci.
>
> Napoleon, Andre the Giant, Julius Caesar, Leif Erickson, some cowboy, Robin Hood, Don Tomassino from Godfather II, The Pope, King Arthur, a caveman, Friar
Mr. Museum
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