REVIEW: He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs

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[Stretch Dude]

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Overall, I am pleased. The movie-based opening was joy.

On to the episode: Firstly, let me say that I'm not quite sure what to say about Burns here. He wasn't Evil Burns, but he didn't seem like Goofy Senile Burns, either... In any case, I thought the story moved quite nicely, in that there was a singular plot. Colbert's character was fun (and not a clone of his Colbert Report self!), and I cannot express how glad I am that they didn't do a fart during the four-second-silence thing.

I liked how Homer keeping the family in the dark wasn't played as a zany scheme, but took a more natural route. Ah, sweet humanity. And continuing to keep Marge and Lisa in the dark all the way through? Nice touch. A couple seasons earlier, this situation would've somehow turned into another "THEIR MARRIAGE IS IN TROUBLE!!1!" episode. (Side note: I liked how the jet features Marge commented on were actually impressive. Scully Era/Early Jean Era Marge would've been amazed by cupholders.)

Also, some of my favorite lines:

"Hey, you're not a penny."
"...I forget what I do."
"Here's a tip: Don't do that."
"Did you just say 'Semper fudge'?" "No, I said the right thing."

Overall, a positive start to the new season.

[Lord Kingsley]

Dangit, I missed this one.  Wish I coulda taped it...

[gkscotty]

Hm, wasn't great IMO. The whole thing felt rather dry, especially the voice acting. Burns actually sounded bland...

[Lisabella]

This was yet another one of those "it could have been worse" episodes.  I got some chuckles out of a few things; the opening sequence was about perfect (the revelation about Mr. Burns and just how things are returning to status quo from the movie could not have been better).

Because I'm shameless, I also got a laugh out of Lionel Ritchie - a celeb cameo that makes some sort of plot sense is always worth a nod - Colbert's was neat, too, and I got a kick out of the too-knowing jabs at Second City.  The plot had some fairly bright twists - the Homer/Marge pathos was touching, and harkened back to the olden days.  Homer

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Spending all day at the Krustyburger after his job interview failed makes wonderful sense with the old Homer, though I'm surprised he didn't go to greater lengths to get a menial job to keep the family finances in tow.  That might have discentegrated into "Homer's Whacky Job #563" though.  Homer sitting in the Krustyburger watching a plane fly over was a neat touch.

And, whattya know?  A real reason for "everything is back to normal."

Still, overall, another middling episode, with good use of the strength of the Marge/Homer bond without testing it.  Overall, though, it's just worth a C.   Nothing too offensive, and I deem it entirely watchable, but no IT, especially after the movie's brilliance.

[Meghan]

 It was hilarious! To be honest, I am feeling alot of confidence for this season, maybe its because of the movie or maybe not-who knows?

 Speaking of which anyone catch thier reference to the movie throughout the show's introduction. With the town in ruins, the various movie characters and the couch gag with "Spider-pig" in it? At first I thought-"Wait, is this season going to pick up where the movie's storyline left off?" But when they didn't I was a tad disappointed, because I thought that would make for a pretty good series twist.

 Either way I loved it!

[Stretch Dude]

Speaking of which anyone catch thier reference to the movie throughout the show's introduction. With the town in ruins, the various movie characters and the couch gag with "Spider-pig" in it?

Yeah, I thought that was really subtle. No way everybody got that one.