The Simpsons celebrate the town of Springfield and more in the latest episode.
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And between the two disruptions, they set it right.
It is especially effective when prescribed by a student therapist.
Hire a student professional.
Theyre learning to be competent practitioners of whatever specialties they took some classes in.
Lenny hired a student dentist, who fitted him with a removable cap.
Lenny hired a student paralegal to sue the student dentist and lost.
It looks like Lenny didnt learn a thing.
Its not that all of them dont know what theyre doing.
The student dog groomer trains Bart into quite a good dog.
The art therapy brings out latent talents and psychic wounds.
Marge is quite the artist.
Ringo Starr liked one of her fan paintings and that dont come easy.
Montgomery Burns, the wealthiest man in Springfield, once hired her for his official portrait.
Burns, a man of taste, knows what he hates.
And he didnt hate Marges painting.
Bart and Homer have already gone down this road, from a different angle, with theirMad Dadcomic books.
Cleveland file clerk Pekar caught the neurotic need to control an uncontrollable world in the most mundane of prefs.
Lisa fights a losing battle and her mom turns it into art.
Lisas fragile psyche is being crushed under the weight of her own expectations.
Lunch is hard for a sad vegetarian in a meat-byproduct world.
Finding a friend to sit with is a miserable frustration and even the twins close rank.
Selling books that depress young readers is like shooting fish in a barrel, to paraphraseThe Simpsons.
When Lisas innermost feelings are unleashed as a graphic novel it captures the zeitgeist of the times.
The book becomes a small-town smash, and the Sad Girl at the center becomes a sensation.
Before you think thats just a kink reference, Kumiko explains theres nothing sexy about shame.
Except in Japan where its a thing.
First, the ever-underappreciated Marge tries to branch into her own POV stories.
Lisa read the synopses and flubs that she sees a lot of great stuff.
This is perfect because this is exactly what Marge was going for.
This encapsulates an essence of Marges humor, the hysterical beauty in the obvious.
Julie Kavner can bring the most intellectually infused enthusiasm to the most mundane of generalizations.
It is a wonder of simplicity.
Some of the funniest bits on The Simpson happen without dialogue.
He has no respect for boundaries and the frenetic drawings capture his anti-commercial sensibility.
Springfield Splendor was written by Tim Long and Miranda Thompson, and directed by Matthew Faughnan.
Hank Azaria plays Kirk Van Houten, Chief Wiggum and Moe.
Harry Shearer is Kent Brockman, C. Montgomery Burns and Waylon Smithers.
Marjane Satrapi as herself and Martin Short as Guthrie Frenel.
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Rating:
3.5 out of 5