Club. That The Simpsons’ 6. Treehouse Of Horror” is for the best, ultimately.

Milestone episodes, event episodes, episodes built around a huge guest star—these are not generally great Simpsons TV, as the show tries to craft a story around something external. While the annual “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes traditionally get decent ratings, and have produced some classic scenes over the decades, the expectations are lower regarding character development, plot, or general coherence. The Simpsons’ Halloween tradition is for quick- hit horror and sci- fi parodies, a heap of references, some gratuitous bloodshed, and the occasional actual smidgen of heart.

Grading on that curve, the 2. The promotional materials, including the usually amusing snarky screener announcement sent to critics (or “critics” as such people are called within), hyped the return of still- hotly- debated Homer nemesis Frank Grimes, or at least the poor guy’s ghost. And the opening segment sees the Simpsons in costume, buying Christmas trees on Halloween, as Homer says, “Because in America, everything’s way too early.” (He’s wearing an “Ivanka 2.

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America at this point.) There, they’re confronted not only by the ghost of Grimes (“Who?,” asks Homer, to the ghostly Grimes’ chagrin), Sideshow Bob, Kang (or Kodos), and that leprechaun who tells Ralph to burn things, who proclaim themselves the family’s four evil nemeses before being immediately slaughtered by Maggie. The pieces that follow all partake of the same strengths and weaknesses. Longer than the average episode by a minute or so, each of the four has a little time to breathe, which the writers use to pack in plenty of references, both to Simpsons lore and the movies being parodied. I say “reference” because that’s the level they’re all operating on, more or less. On a normal episode, Homer (as Woody Harrelson’s drunken mentor from the Hunger Games movies) pronouncing “Also, I sober up in the middle with no difficulty just like real alcoholics!” would be more tiresome in how it draws attention to itself without being especially funny.

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2. That The Simpsons’ 600th episode falls on a “Treehouse Of Horror” is for the best, ultimately. Milestone episodes, event episodes, episodes built around a huge.

On a “Treehouse Of Horror,” there’s no time for subtlety, so the joke gets the nod of recognition it’s going for before the segment marches on. Lisa is the Katniss of the story, naturally, with Mr. Burns’ monopoly on drought- stricken Springfield’s water supply bringing in Mad Max: Fury Roadgags aplenty once Lisa and her now- trained gladiators storm Burns’ reservoir. Not having seen any Hunger Games (sue me), the series has yet reached the level of cultural ubiquity to spot the gags in Marge’s outlandish hairstyles, the two cute boys (both named Peeta, either for the animal rights organization or the “healthy bread”), and all the child- murder. Poor Milhouse stubbornly refusing to abandon his skin- stripping Slip . Best of all is Harry Shearer’s Burns, taunting his subjects’ thirst by drinking then smashing a glass of water, hosing off the water, then hosing off that water with a bigger hose.

Here, there’s less pressure to adhere to the details of a specific horror story, so the writers find some inventive ways to screw around with the whole “evil imaginary friend” idea. At Janey’s funeral (bloodily mowed down by Homer’s Flanders’ lawnmower), Lisa weeps, “I mean, it’s a great college essay, but it’s not worth it!” Sent to therapy after replacement besties Sherri and Terri are immediately smushed by a falling gravestone, Lisa sees her understanding therapist killed in front of her by a falling “It gets better” motivational poster, Yeardley Smith making Lisa’s comprehensive cry of grief, “Ms. Mancuso- Gluckman!” specifically funny. And Chief Wiggum, skeptical of Lisa’s realization that Rachel’s involved, gets a number of great Wiggum lines, telling Lou “The only invisible killer I believe in is God,” and asking for Lou’s help once he gets lost in his own mocking insult. Watch You Can`T Take It With You HD 1080P there.

Rachel’s revelation that she comes from where Lisa’s “darkest thoughts live” is evocative, especially when we see Lisa’s dream of driving with a dead deer strapped to her pickup, running over the Buddha, and a whole lot of saxophones. Once Bart helps her escape from jail, her realization that her imagination can will things to life sees her conjure up a motorcycle that runs on pony- smiles, which is just right. And, while not overdone, Lisa’s complaint to the vengeful Rachel, “Why can’t a real person like me this much?,” at least puts an emotional bow on the story. And the fact that Homer’s imaginary friend who (unsuccessfully) comes to the rescue is a giant wiener named Sergeant Sausage made me laugh. Watch Namastey London Hindi Full Movie more. Training Bart as their new agent in order to find out who killed agent Homer (Bart never believed he died while jogging), they discover that the Blofeld- ian leader of arch- nemeses REMOH is, in fact—wait for it—Homer! But that’s a lot of television, and this annual celebration of the fanciful fringes of the show’s world might not have been the best, but it wasn’t the..

At this stage, I’ll take it. Stray observations. See, Fox? Send out a screener once in a while and you get a screencapped sign gag! The Fox shows that The Simpsons have aired promos for (and long- outlasted) over its 6. Drexel’s Class, Babes, Herman’s Head, Woops!, Too Something, House Of Buggin’, Sit Down Shut Up, Celebrity Boxing, The Littlest Groom, Man Vs. Watch The Road To El Dorado Online on this page.

Beast, and Allen Gregory, plus The Critic, Futurama, and “Untitled Seth Mac. Farlane Show 2. 01. The couch gag takes the form of “Planet Of The Couches,” where the Simpsons flee in a world where couch rules man. Despite its having helped them escape, Homer brains their couch and they al sit on it.

Poor couch. Grimes, contemplating the show’s history (and FXX’s marketing strategy): “In Hell they make you watch them all in a row!”I know he’s just here as a gag, but lumping Grimes in with the likes of Sideshow Bob doesn’t sit right. Grimes’ kid, maybe, but this just seems another injustice heaped upon poor Grimey (as he liked to be called). Lisa refers to the parched Springfield as being in a “drought of Chicago Cubs- like proportions.” So, considering the show’s scientifically documented history of completely, 1. Cubs fans? Ms. Mancuso- Gluckman is played by singer songwriter Judith Owen, who also happens to be married to Harry Shearer. Everyone in Sherri and Terri’s family has rhyming names, so Drew Carey (as himself) mistakenly shows up at their funeral. Which is about as funny a joke as that sounds. Sergeant Sausage, being stuffed in the microwave by Rachel: “No!

No—cut slits in me first!”“Violence never solved anything!” “Don’t use math on us.”Secret agents include: that barfly in the baseball cap (whose name is Sam, apparently), Barney, Carl and Lenny, and Gil (codenamed Old Fashioned), Wilie (Rob Roy), Moe (Toilet Gin), and boss Highball (home base is an Apple store). Deceased agents: . Marvin Monroe, Homer (revealed as traitor in this episode!)“Meet Q. Here, its a pool cue. That’s your weapon.”Evil Homer got his Blofeld scars from his appropriately evil cat. Happy 6. 00th everyone.