Bart picks up a new habit, Homer kicks an old Abe.
Here is our review of The Simpsons season 26 episode 20.
SPOILER ALERT: The big reveal tonight is that Grandpa used to work with turtles.
Yes, that was the point.
I wish this episode went further with the Destroy All Birthdays theme.
I knew they were going to veer away from it, but I was anticipating a littleDestroy All Monstersaction.
The headlines declared Another Bad Birthday.
Dr. Hubbard pronounced Nelsons party dead from rice cake pinatas.
I was excited as soon as I heard the line you have meddled with the primal forces of nurture.
But for all the fire and brimstone intensity it turned out to be merely tepid.
Kids birthdays are a racket and Homer is absolutely right.
They would have had just as much fun sticking pins in a donkeys butt.
Homer channels freaking Lewis Black in his freaking rant.
I am so glad Homer rattled off the list of dystopian movies.
Im beginning to look forward to a dystopian future where these movies will be nostalgia.
I wonder if thisExhaustiblessegment will fit into the ongoingMcBainmovie.
Is it a sequel?
This episode presented a bit of a moral rubber band theme.
On the one side, we get a lecture about e-cigarettes and Netherlandian superiority.
(Why are they called Dutch anyway?
Its kind of like Ralph Fiennes pronouncing his name Raif.
People from Africa are called Africans, Italy Italians, Ireland, Lapland, etc.
Are jokes about Lichtenstein considered racist in the Netherlands?)
On the other side,The Simpsonsare playing incest like a family game.
I dont have a problem with it, just pointing it out.
I only say this at gunpoint, but I didnt love this episode.
Of course, Milhouses Dutch cousin would like that there were new things to complain about.
The ssh lady after the credits should have been vaping, Im just saying.
Hank Azaria plays Chief Wiggum and Moe Szysla.
Harry Shearer is Ned Flanders.
Guest stars: Carice van Houten as Annika Van Houten.
Glenn Close as Mona Simpson.
But It All Went By So Fast:Milhouse Berry Blast.
Party Animals: They Look Sad But Theyre Not.
Springfield Shopper, Another Bad Birthday, Wendell Demands Inquiry.
Fly Your Own Drone (No Terrorists).
Magazines in Apus store: Elevator Music, Boats Magazine, Corporate Monthly, Fashions, Architecture.
The Exhaustables 3: Arthritis Will Unite Us.
The Chafing Chaps Riding Club.
The Wont Make It.
Rating:
2.5 out of 5
