# Simpsons 11/6 - Treehouse of Horror XVI **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846 "2005-11-07T01:16:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/21 "2005-11-07T16:47:49Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I’m hoping that this level of quality will continue. So that I can finally convince the friends I hang out with on Sundays to jettison The Simpsons in favor of Veronica Mars. \ Veronica Mars got moved to Sundays? I can now watch Lost and VM? Please say it’s true! \ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/22 "2005-11-07T16:50:26Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Fox shows the World Series then. Except that the World Series was not only over before Halloween, I don’t think there was any way that the World Series as scheduled could have run as late as the Sunday before Halloween. Fox schedules ToH for November because of sweeps. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/23 "2005-11-07T17:04:24Z")
If the World Series had gone seven games, it would have ended on October 30. ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/24 "2005-11-07T17:05:41Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > \ > > Veronica Mars got moved to Sundays? I can now watch Lost and VM? Please say it’s true! > > \ Not exactly. A lot of the UPN affiliates are rerunning the week’s VM episodes sometime during the weekend. For instance, my channel reairs it on Sundays at 7pm. I believe it’s purely a local decision as to whether they do or not, so I don’t know if it’s done in your area, but check your local listings. And I think that Game 7 would have taken place last Sunday if it had happened, but I might be wrong about that. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/25 "2005-11-07T17:17:17Z")
I liked all three segments, although the “Bartificial Intellegence” would have been better if they had done it last year. The “Hunt the most dangerous game–man!” cliche is one of my favorite horay saws from 70’s television. And come on! “Apu-D2” is funny! ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/26 "2005-11-07T17:29:31Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > I liked all three segments, although the “Bartificial Intellegence” would have been better if they had done it last year. The “Hunt the most dangerous game–man!” cliche is one of my favorite horay saws from 70’s television. And come on! “Apu-D2” is funny! I thought it was the best one in years. How about Lenny’s vision of heaven? ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/27 "2005-11-07T17:33:14Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > Sorry, I thought they were all pretty good. I guess that’s a minority opinion. I also thought this THoH was above average. And so, **BoBT** , I think it’s too early to say that this is or is not a minority opinion. ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/28 "2005-11-07T17:43:58Z")
> [@LateComer](#): > > How about Lenny’s vision of heaven? What were all the Carls saying in that? I couldn’t quite understand them. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/29 "2005-11-07T19:12:42Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > The “Hunt the most dangerous game–man!” cliche is one of my favorite horay saws from 70’s television. [It’s considerably older than that.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023238/) ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/30 "2005-11-07T19:15:41Z")
I thought it was about par for what they had been showing lately. I thought the funniest part was: Comic Book Guy: Five minutes of running? Just shoot me now! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/31 "2005-11-07T19:19:46Z")
About the only part I liked was the very beginning with K & K giving a poke to the World Series scheduling pre-empting their usual time. The rest was meh, meh, m-e-h, meh. There’s a 2001 made-for-TV movie called _Halloweentown II_ that pops up on the Disney channel that has an “everyone turns into their costume at midnight” plot point. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/32 "2005-11-07T19:22:25Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > [It’s considerably older than that.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023238/) [Or one could just read the original story](http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.6/bookid.1317/). It’s quite good, and not very long at all. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/33 "2005-11-07T19:34:45Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > What were all the Carls saying in that? I couldn’t quite understand them. Something about Lenny’s not wanting to be late for work at the plant. Lenny and Carl are so my favorite set of platonic non-gay boyfriends! ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/34 "2005-11-07T20:34:38Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > I remember that Buffy episode. I wonder if there wasn’t an earlier story somewhere with that theme. It seems pretty obvious but I can’t think of anything other than Buffy and now this THoH. I remember seeing a cartoon as a kid that used a similar idea at the end. I can’t for the life me of remember what it was, but it was a halloween show as well. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/35 "2005-11-07T20:45:01Z")
The “Greatest Game” segment got me thinking about how awesome a LOST-esque series using that premise would be. ---
**Author:** ![yukionna78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f19dbf/32.png) [@yukionna78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yukionna78)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/36 "2005-11-07T21:18:37Z")
Did anyone else hear the slightly out of place talking during the last bit? Where Bug Spray Willy is chasing around Oberon Fairy Marvin? A guy’s voice cuts in and says “Willy is dressed as a giant can of…” and then gets cut off. What was that all about? Oh and Lenny and Carl are so gay 😛 Even Marge mentions it in the episode where they did the whole gay marriage thing. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/37 "2005-11-08T00:09:12Z")
> [@yukionna78](#): > > Did anyone else hear the slightly out of place talking during the last bit? Where Bug Spray Willy is chasing around Oberon Fairy Marvin? A guy’s voice cuts in and says “Willy is dressed as a giant can of…” and then gets cut off. What was that all about? Must have been a glitch with your local station- I didn’t hear anything. The SAP feed for a number of television shows (including _The Simpsons_) has Descriptive Video Service, in which the show is narrated for the benefit of blind viewers. This track must have replaced the standard stereo audio track for a moment. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/38 "2005-11-08T01:56:47Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > The SAP feed for a number of television shows (including _The Simpsons_) has Descriptive Video Service, in which the show is narrated for the benefit of blind viewers. This track must have replaced the standard stereo audio track for a moment. I’ve always felt that they should subtitle the descriptions. For people who are blind and deaf. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/39 "2005-11-08T02:02:58Z")
I enjoyed the episode. No big laughs, but a lot of amusing moments. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846/40 "2005-11-08T02:32:25Z")
It was okay, but it’s nowhere near as good as some of the early ones. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-6-treehouse-of-horror-xvi/329846.md?page=3)