From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu

I don't see a question mark in the episode listings, but there has to be one, right? Right?? Anyway, this was wildly up and down. Setting the first five minutes entirely in the past was a bold move I thought had potential; Homer's debilitating trauma
upon recalling this traumatic childhood event seemed like CABF21 (The Blunder Years) but worse; the attempt to track the bots down still seemed like a nice gesture; the fanwank over JJ Abrams and getting into obsessive nerd culture straightforwardly was
annoying; but then the actual ending and resolution seemed like it had something useful to say (and showed a little more satire of crazy fandoms). By the way, consistency with contexts of characters' pasts is always going to be hard when the characters
don't age, but it seems as if the series HAD been doing OK with this - compare high school age Homer in the 70s in season 2 and in the 90s in season 19 - but teenage Homer is still from the 90s now? It feels really weird to note that it should be 00s,
but it should, even if that wasn't the heyday of the animatronic pizza joint for kids.

DYN:
...this, like several recent episodes, is rated TV-14 for what is to me no clear reason? (All the cocaine?)
...the protesters seem to WANT creepy-design Sonic and the original BVS? Do they feel those are the original unsullied visions, or are they just being contrarian?

Gone but somewhat forgotten
These dedications are really racking up! Tonight's was to David Richardson, a name I did not recognize, but apparently supervising producer for the first half of season 5 (and writer of the second half's Homer Loves Flanders), who died back in January.
Well, he certainly contributed to the golden age of this show. (I'm not sure if this dedication was postponed or the news just didn't get around rapidly.)

Knock knock. Who's there? Cargo. Cargo who? Car go beep beep and run over time slot!
The Nascar race was clearly over when I checked in on it several minutes before 7, but that still didn't stop all the ads and brief commentary from running till about 7:05. The whole schedule here got shifted, with Simpsons running from 8:06 to 8:36.

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From: eichler2@comcastsucks.net

On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:03:11 -0700 (PDT), Matt Garvey
<mxg77@po.cwru.edu> wrote:

the fanwank over JJ Abrams and getting into obsessive nerd culture >straightforwardly was annoying

Considering how many fairly nasty jabs they took at Abrams, I figured
that couldn't actually be him doing his own voice. So I was surprised
when his name popped up in the credits. Guess he has a good sense of
humor about all the crap fanboys say about him online.

but teenage Homer is still from the 90s now? It feels really weird
to note that it should be 00s, but it should, even if that wasn't the
heyday of the animatronic pizza joint for kids.

My daughter was born in '99, so I can confirm that animatronic pizza
joints still existed in the 00s. I think the 90s setting was more to
explain why teenage Homer was suddenly into hip-hop and rap.

The Nascar race was clearly over when I checked in on it several minutes be= >fore 7, but that still didn't stop all the ads and brief commentary from ru= >nning till about 7:05. The whole schedule here got shifted, with Simpsons r= >unning from 8:06 to 8:36.

Same here. I've just gotten into the habit of setting the DVR up to
record all the Sunday animated show slots plus the hour-long slot for
local news afterwords, so as to catch everything.

-- Bob

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From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu

On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 9:03:12 PM UTC-4, Matt Garvey wrote:

...the protesters seem to WANT creepy-design Sonic and the original BVS?

And apparently this is Justice League, not BVS, oops. I can't keep this boring BS for babies straight.

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