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A little uneven but surprisingly interesting, even though I barely cared about act 2 and didn't know the background for act 3. Ned's new personal history was about on par for the current era, and we've definitely seen his un-moustached lip with no scar
before, but anyway, overall a decent installment in the anthology(esque) style of episode. Interesting as well that it combines actual characters in one act with the historical recreation of those usual styles in the last two. (The Bob's Burgers couch
gag was on the odd side. Episode running a little short?)
DYN:
...Ned actually notes that cops shoot innocent people?
...Ned also refers to the recent Gunsmoke episode count record the Simpsons recently beat by painting it as a "long quagmire" of the 70s?
...Meaux really distorts the pronunciation of Pierre (for the sake of the joke)
the second time he says it?
Previous episode stuff
1F05: Trampolines
8F16, BABF04: Times we've seen Ned without his moustache
Goof
Rainier Wolfcastle's character pronounces Fräulein as "frow-line" instead of "froy-line" (even funnier considering that he's supposed to be a German in the context of many Americans trying to play French).
Timing notes for the night
Here in Cleveland, the football game ran long and the 7:00 slot was preempted. (As a result, the third airing of XABF11 didn't run. I was hoping to see if the
R. Lee Ermey dedication that stayed in the second airing stayed yet again! If anyone in a
different time zone/market can tell me if it did, I'd love to know!) The lineup
began at 7:30, but The Simpsons didn't really start until 8:01. And it ended at
8:29! Bob's Burgers ran from 8:29 to 8:54, and had very very short commercial breaks. 8:55 to
9:00 was a long sneak peek at a new Hulu show, so I guess that explains the compressed timing, but nothing in the shows seemed shortened, at least mathematically. How odd.
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