“Okay, folks, look, I called the police captain in Shelbyville. He says he hasn’t seen our kids, but if they show up in the morgue, he’s gonna fax us.” – Ned Flanders
Posts Tagged ‘Lemon of Troy
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Nov
12
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Jul
12
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“People, our search is over! On this site we shall build a new town where we can worship freely, govern justly, and grow vast fields of hemp for making rope and blankets.” – Jebediah Springfield
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May
12
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“What ever happened to good old fashioned town pride?” – Marge Simpson
“It’s been going downhill ever since the lake caught fire.” – Lisa Simpson
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Jan
12
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“The town of Springfield was born on that day. And to mark that sweet moment, our people planted this lemon tree, lemons being the sweetest fruit available at the time.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
“What’s normal to him, amazes us.” – Future Guy #1
“He will be our new god.” – Future Guy #2
“Yay!” – Future Crowd
I’ll start right off by saying that this is easily the best Zombie Simpsons episode so far this season. That alone isn’t much of a compliment (if it is one at all), so let me clarify by stating unequivocally that the “First Church of Lard Lad” is the funniest thing I’ve seen on Zombie Simpsons in a long, long time. Even better, it was accompanied by a couple of other decent little set pieces that were more than a little reminiscent of some of the less boring new Futurama episodes. The show only really had one kind of joke (“look at how things in the future are exaggerated versions of things now”), but did wring a few entertaining iterations out of it.
Sadly, all was not smiles and sunshine. Many of those same set pieces either didn’t work at all or were dragged on far longer than they should have been. The plots, three of them in one tangled mess, didn’t make any sense individually or as a whole. Half the ideas were directly or indirectly recycled from “Lisa’s Wedding”. And by the end it felt like they were ticking off a list of their most used characters just so we could check in with the future versions of all of them. The Ralph one was as painful and long as it was predictable, though, to my surprise, Comic Book Guy didn’t rate an appearance while Lenny and Carl did.
Sadder still, this was basically a Futurama episode and they can’t do that every week, so it doesn’t bode well for the rest of the season. When they’re stuck back in present times in boring old Springfield we’re all but guaranteed to be back to getting the kind of undifferentiated garbage that we’re accustomed to on Sunday evenings.
Anyway, the numbers are in, and, as expected without a late FOX football game, they have plummeted back to earth like an insane airliner with the cockpit windows boarded up (which was funny). Last night’s trip through time caused only 6.45 million viewers to wonder if Zombie Simpsons will be on Season 53 in 2041. That’s back to being well below the Season 22 average of 7.10 million viewers, and it’s lower than any fall episode in either Season 21 or Season 22. So while for one night I didn’t totally regret watching Zombie Simpsons, I’m still glad only a few people bothered to do the same.
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Aug
11
Quote of the Day
“This is my fault. I tried to teach Bart about town pride, but the power of my words filled him with a sort of madness.” – Marge Simpson
“Now Marge, you can’t blame all of Bart’s problems on your one little speech. If anything turned him bad it’s that time you let him wear a bathing suit instead of underwear. And let’s not forget your little speech.” – Homer Simpson
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Apr
11
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“A car impound lot, the impenetrable fortress of suburbia.” – Martin Prince
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Feb
11
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“Like Stonehenge, this site will forever be a mystery. Who was Bart? And how did he manage to write his name in solid cement?” – Future Tour Guide
“He must have been much smarter than his sister Lisa, about whom we know nothing.” – Future Guy
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Nov
10
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“You just got citric acid in my eye! You’ll pay for that, Springfield.” – Shelby
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Aug
10
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“Okay piglet, start squealing! Where’d you get the lemons for this lemonade?” – Martin Prince
“This is Country Time lemonade mix, there’s never been anything close to a lemon in it, I swear!” – Shelbyville Kid
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Mar
10
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09
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“If you get lost, remember, you can always find east by staring directly at the sun.” – Bart Simpson
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Aug
09
Quote of the Day
“Is this the untimely end of Milhouse?” – Milhouse van Houten
“But Milhouse is my name.” – Shelbyville Milhouse
“But I thought I was the only one.” – Milhouse van Houten
“A pain I know all too well.” – Shelbyville Milhouse
“So this is what it feels like . . . when doves cry.” – Milhouse van Houten
