From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu

Pretty good, with a coherent plot and a bit of a classic feel. (Still unreasonably short, but you know.) I see Nancy Cartwright is the credited writer, making her the second cast member I'm aware of to pen an episode. Well,
solidly done. I also
appreciated the fairly natural and no-hard-feelings resolution that didn't just
come out of nowhere at the 20-minute mark. But who was Dave Matthews voicing?

Another weird opening sequence variation, with yet another couch-gag-but-no-TV as well as shortened transitions (clouds to blackboard is not new by a long shot but feels strangely done).

Previous episode stuff
RABF16: (if I have the episode right) the "one of us" parody returns
2F03: The Shining bartender/kill your family parody done again (without Moe) DABF18/EABF07: "Sketch 'n' Etch" recalls the couch gag's "Sketch-A-Etch" (interestingly, EABF07 was another Lisa episode with some plot similarities)

Meta stuff
Blackboard gag: I am not a grandmother (in the vein of "I am not a 32-year-old woman"); is Nancy by now?
Mr. Largo calls attention to the mystery instrument Milhouse plays in the opening sequence (no one knows what it is)
Homer has been eating so many eggs he thinks it's turning his skin yellow
Hans Zimmer is mentioned (so he also exists in this universe as well as scoring
The Movie and being music producer after Alf Clausen was canned)

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From: pschleck@novia.net

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In <8b7b19ba-0aa1-47b9-ac69-99376f501e2c@googlegroups.com> Matt Garvey <mxg77@po.cwru.edu> writes:

[...]

Previous episode stuff
RABF16: (if I have the episode right) the "one of us" parody returns
2F03: The Shining bartender/kill your family parody done again (without Moe= >)
DABF18/EABF07: "Sketch 'n' Etch" recalls the couch gag's "Sketch-A-Etch" (i= >nterestingly, EABF07 was another Lisa episode with some plot similarities)

[...]

9F18: Billboard at intro, "Come for Whacking Day, Stay for the Snake
Chowder," recalls this annual civic event (thought to be a
Jebediah Springfield-era tradition, but debunked by Lisa and
supposedly canceled by the town because it was actually invented
in 1924 as an excuse to beat up the Irish).

8F06: Homer takes an unsustainable, sleep-depriving second job at the
Kwik-E-Mart at night to buy a horse and riding lessons for Lisa.

KABF08: Sarcastic/abusive musical director Victor Kleskov recalls
similarly temperamental ballet instructor Chazz Busby.

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