Great first half. Real comedy gold. Ending was kind of a downer though.
Homer: This is what all those hours of Tetris were for.
Ralph: Even my boogers are spicy.
When did Ruth go to jail? I don’t think that was ever mentioned before. And I guess Otto is out of the closet as a pot head.
Otto: What am I smoking? [Holds up a doobie] That’s right, pot.
All in all, an 8.5/10.
Otto out of the closet? There have been several Otto pot references on the Siimpsons. There was the Homerpalooza episode where Lisa sniffed the air and said it smelled like Otto’s jacket. There was the episode where the kids were allowed to each take a package from the post office’s dead letter room. Ralph’s was addressed to “Otto the bus driver - Springfield Elementary.” Police dogs instantly alerted on it.
And then, of course, there was the episode where Homer was prescribed medical marijuana and Otto became his pot buddy.
Tonight’s episode was pretty funny. I liked Marge’s bumper stickers:
“Moms Against Meth”
“I’m Anti-Crank and I Vote”
“Talk to your kids about HUFFING”
Does anyone know what song was playing in the background as Marge surveyed the destruction she had done to Moe’s Tavern. It was something orchestral, sounded like something I’d heard on a movie before. It was playing while she had one of the barflies above her head, if anyone knows it, I’d appreciate finding out the title.
My husband thought the song was from “Platoon.” We have it on a classical CD called “Hearts of String.”
Samuel Barber’s ‘Adagio for Strings’.
8.5? That’s too high. The humor was blunter, and the timing sucked. Part of the greatness of the Simpsons was its wonderful patience, but lately the episodes have been one quick gag to the next, like any FOX commercial.
I loved the Godfather scene when she beat up the mugger in the street.
I liked the chalkboard writing. Paraphrased: “The school does not need a ‘regime change’.” Nice.
Another good one. I especially liked the postman trying to read the Twilight Zone magazine. Especially funny when you realize Twilight Zone has been defunct for at least a decade, which means he’s been carrying it in his bag all that time.
Actually, I thought that was a contrived set up to point you to the fact that they were doing a parody of “Time Enough at Last” with Burgess Merideth. I hate when they feel they have to slap you in the face to make it obvious that it’s a parody. Just do the parody, and whoever gets it, gets it, like with the “Platoon” bit later on in the show. That’s what happens when you don’t trust the comedy.
that tertris bit would have been funny 12 years ago.
i think i remember about three funny parts, which is actually pretty good for the simpsons as of late.
I got a kick outta Homer limping the next morning after Marge forced herself on him the night before.
More “straddling” than “limping,” I thought.
How come Marge didn’t get another necklace off the ball? 
A friend of mne pointed out the evolution of the show’s focus, from Bart to Homer and now possibly to Marge. This is even more apparent when Fox reruns “Marge gets breast implants” right after “Marge gets ripped.”
Favourite line: “You’ve just been Marginalized!”
Futurama did it a little better:
Man in post-apocalyptic library: At last, I can read all these books. [glasses fall off and smash] It’s not fair! It’s not fair! Wait, my eyes aren’t that bad. I can still read the large-print books. [eyes fall out] It’s not fair! It’s not fair! Well, good thing I can read Braille. [hands fall off] AAAAAA! [tongue falls out, head falls off] Hey, look at that weird mirror!
Nice rip job on the bodybuilding and supplements “business”.
I thought the first half was a bit slow, but enjoyed the payoff.
Loved the “Eye on Springfield” intro. The Rainer Wolfcastle lines were pretty good.
Pretty good overall. 7/10.
Rainer Wolfcastle “Can I help you pick through the tattered remnents of my life?”
Ralph Wiggim “Even my boogers are spicy!” (after Marge sprays him with pepper spray)
paraphrasing
Homer: "Do you have an heterosexual porn? (referring to Wolfcastle’s collection of early porn he had starred in.
Wolfcastle: “What’s there is there.”
Funny little reference to the rumors about Ah-nold.
I was a bit confused about the sign on the church.
No Outside Eucharist?
I don’t get it. Somebody clue me in.