Jack and Dan look out the window at the old cemetery, then watch “Bart-Mangled Banner,” a season 15 episode that skewers post-9/11 patriotism in George W. Bush’s America. Surely mid-series “Simpsons” does political satire with deftness and subtlety, right? We discuss the show’s reliance on episode-ending musical numbers, how dark is too dark for a Moe joke, and start writing an episode called “Bart Goes Deaf at the Talent Show.” Why did we not cut out a lot of crazy nonsense about “ALF” from this episode? Does anyone else measure American history by the Harold and Kumar films? And was suspending civil liberties in a charged post-9/11 world a necessary evil to protect the American citizenship? (Why would they put a real one in with the joke ones?) Enjoy our latest “Worst Episode Ever” and see if you agree with our assessment of “Bart-Mangled Banner.”
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I personally love that Moe joke, it might be a little dark, but far less so than when Moe sues a rope company when the noose breaks as he is trying to hang himself. Maybe fore the next episode you could do this upcoming Futurama crossover, or “Springfield Up” from season 18 I think. that episode has one of my favorite lines in it, from the last 15 years, I live the initial concept of “Springfield Up” but felt they abandoned it way too soon, for a story about Homer breaking into Mr. Burns’ summer house. Keep up the good work guys!
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I think you guys clearly owe a belated Halloween WEE! for the horrible Treehouses we’ve had to endure in the current run.
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You’re reading our minds… Tomorrow’s new episode will indeed be a Halloween show. We’ll be watching “Treehouse of Horror XX” and you can pre-watch it on Simpsons World here: http://www.simpsonsworld.com/video/262634051998
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