From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu

Interesting to think of this episode as one of a spinoff or companion show about the Flanderses. I often think that following tales of other Springfielders would be an interesting way to keep some freshness in the series, after all. Despite the surface
changes (special title sequence, chorus for music), though, there was still a lot of Simpson in it, and after the first act it felt roughly like any other episode with the Simpsons helping a side character. Even so, despite a few odd turns, the plot felt
reasonably compelling, between Todd's crisis and Ned's reactions to it. That was good. I'm not sure why Ned kept making confused faces at the "camera", but there were some better gags I appreciated too (nirvana is for closers, and the very sweet notion
that one of Homer's heavenly shows has everything look like Marge's hair).

DYN:
...not only is Glenn Close back yet again as Homer's mom, but Marcia Wallace gets a standard guest-starring credit just for a tracked Edna "ha!"? (Meanwhile, Maggie Roswell as Maude is still just also-starring.)

Previous episode stuff
2F11: I'm sure it wasn't intentional, but Dr. Hibbert says "que sera sera" over
Ned's body, and I link the song of the same name quite readily to Ned's emotional rendition of it when the town is about to be hit by a comet


Watch this future episode in the past!
Tonight's repeat of the season premiere, YABF19, was joined in progress here about halfway through, with the usual 32-second version of NABF21's opening. But it came up just in time for me to confirm that the Homer-buys-a-boat promo teasing the 11/3
episode stayed in place, exactly as presented before, even though 11/3 has come
and gone! Neat. The dedication to Mike Mendel is now gone, however, with previously compressed credits relaxed to fill the space.

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