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Sherminator
09-23-2007, 07:16 PM
If you don't get the opening sketch, where've you been all summer?
Turtleboy
09-23-2007, 08:06 PM
Meh.

Is this the first time in years they had a premire before Treehouse of Terror?
Skittles
09-23-2007, 08:22 PM
Oh man, this was one funny episode.

"Homer, you smell like Chicago. Did you fly there on a commercial airline?"
"No way. Commercial is for losers and terrorists."


I had to pause it, I was laughing so hard. So wrong, and yet... so hilarious.

I really enjoyed the modified opening, too. The return of Plopper was great. :D

Is this the first time in years they had a premire before Treehouse of Terror?No. They've done this for the last few years, since Season 17 started in 2005.
nataylor
09-23-2007, 09:19 PM
The opening bit was great. Also loved the "attention customers, iPhones are now 20 cents" at the beginning.
uncdrew
09-23-2007, 09:21 PM
The opening bit was great. Also loved the "attention customers, iPhones are now 20 cents" at the beginning.


Don't we wish. :o
betts4
09-23-2007, 10:05 PM
Good way to start the season!
USAFSSO
09-23-2007, 10:23 PM
Have they gone with the computerized animation finally. It looked different. It was somewhat topical with the iPhone thing.
GTuck
09-23-2007, 10:31 PM
Oh man, this was one funny episode.

"Homer, you smell like Chicago. Did you fly there on a commercial airline?"
"No way. Commercial is for losers and terrorists."


I had to pause it, I was laughing so hard. So wrong, and yet... so hilarious.

I really enjoyed the modified opening, too. The return of Plopper was great. :D

No. They've done this for the last few years, since Season 17 started in 2005.

It was an awesome episode. :)

"It's the difference between champagne and carbonated pee."
Jesda
09-24-2007, 03:47 AM
Beer you, beer me...
Donbadabon
09-24-2007, 08:08 AM
Beer you, beer me...

Now replace all the words with just 'beer'.
Skittles
09-24-2007, 08:12 AM
Now replace all the words with just 'beer'.I forgot the words!
scottykempf
09-24-2007, 08:45 AM
I really enjoyed the modified opening, too. The return of Plopper was great. :D



"Hes not Spider-Pig anymore. Now hes Harry Plopper."
Pralix
09-24-2007, 09:51 AM
Have they gone with the computerized animation finally. It looked different. It was somewhat topical with the iPhone thing.


I noticed some rotoscoping like they used in Futurama. Looked pretty cool.
FilmCritic3000
09-24-2007, 12:43 PM
"Is Uncle Fester still alive?"

This is a great episode, full of laugh-out-loud jokes.
MegaHertz67
09-24-2007, 01:00 PM
Have they gone with the computerized animation finally. It looked different. It was somewhat topical with the iPhone thing.
Voice overs can be dropped in at any time, but it was funny.
dslunceford
09-24-2007, 01:05 PM
I didn't even realize Simpsons and Family Guy premeires were last night.

Somebody please tell me football didn't pre-empt and they ran on time in D.C. so my SPs would catch them in entirety!
MegaHertz67
09-24-2007, 01:09 PM
I didn't even realize Simpsons and Family Guy premeires were last night.

Somebody please tell me football didn't pre-empt and they ran on time in D.C. so my SPs would catch them in entirety!
They were right on time in Miami. They have a 30 minute program called The OT which lets them show highlights if everything runs on time, and gives them a buffer if the game goes long.
ToddAtl
09-24-2007, 01:59 PM
I didn't even realize Simpsons and Family Guy premeires were last night.

Somebody please tell me football didn't pre-empt and they ran on time in D.C. so my SPs would catch them in entirety!

They were on time in atlanta and I believe the Falcons-Panthers game ran later than the Redskins-Giants game so you should not have any problems. Fox basically programs NFL post-game until 8 pm unlike CBS and their insistence that 60 Minutes be seen in its entirety!
forecheck
09-24-2007, 02:54 PM
Good episode, loved the beginning!
betts4
09-24-2007, 03:05 PM
I didn't even realize Simpsons and Family Guy premeires were last night.

Somebody please tell me football didn't pre-empt and they ran on time in D.C. so my SPs would catch them in entirety!
They ran on time in Baltimore.
LlamaLarry
09-24-2007, 03:13 PM
Somebody please tell me football didn't pre-empt and they ran on time in D.C. so my SPs would catch them in entirety!Ran on time OTA on Fox 5.
NoThru22
09-25-2007, 08:08 AM
I noticed some rotoscoping like they used in Futurama. Looked pretty cool.
That is not rotoscoping. It's straight up cell shaded computer animation.
windracer
09-25-2007, 08:34 AM
If you don't get the opening sketch, where've you been all summer?
I haven't seen the Simpsons movie yet, but I'm guessing something happens in it that would explain why Springfield was all trashed.

Colbert was pretty funny ...
DevdogAZ
09-25-2007, 03:10 PM
I liked it. Not among the best ever, but definitely a good episode.

I also haven't seen the movie, but I gathered that the different opening would have made more sense if I had.
Worf
09-25-2007, 10:56 PM
Yeah, I'm waiting for the DVD of the Simpsons movie ...

but even if you didn't see the movie, the trailers really offer hints - Springfield being destroyed is one of them, plus "Spider-Pig".
windracer
12-25-2007, 11:53 PM
My siblings really wanted ringtones of Spider Pig, so I made one for them for Christmas. ;)