The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXIV, nearly a classic.
The Simpsons annual Treehouse of Horror episodes stand apart from the rest of the season.
Immune if that particular season isnt as inspired as the year before.
Guillo Tine del Toro directed this years opening couch gag sequence and it is an instant classic.
It opens with a nibble fromWorld War Zand plows through classic horror like a chainsaw in Texas.
Except at the Simpsons place.
Bart, Lisa and Maggie have the mumps and Marge is out on the prowl.
The Simpsons release the animals from the Zoo for the Animinally Insane but still feel empty.
Bart loses his head while flying a kite and to save him, it is sewn onto Lisas body.
They finally take the joke that theyve now stretched out for two episodes to its final conclusion.
Except one lingering running gag in …
The best is the last.
Company parties always get weird when you work at a freak show.
Freaks no Geeks is a take on the Tod Browning horror classic,Freaks.
Mr. Burns is running the The Burnsum and Bailey Circus through Springfieldland in the 1930s.
It is shot in faux-black and white with some reds thrown in.
In this case, the simple act of wearing a top hat proves too much.
The best part of any circus is the Freak Show and Mr. Burns has some doozies.
Dont feel bad, they knew what they were getting into when their parents sold them into the circus.
Principal Skinners mom is The Lady That Wouldnt Die.
Skinner is The Spineless Man.
Lenny and Carl are Pinheads.
Barney is the Human Torso, who makes baking cookies look harder than lighting a cigarette.
Bart is part of a Running Gag.
Homer is the strongman and the wronged freak with the big emerald is Moe.
In the sideshow world of freaks, Superfreak by Rick James, is the traditional wedding song.
WhenThe Simpsonscommit to a joke, they commit.
The staff writer was Jon Children of the Kern.
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Rating:
4.5 out of 5
