• Notes for 35ABF17 (Women in Shorts)

    From Matt Garvey@mxg77@po.cwru.edu to alt.tv.simpsons on Sun Nov 10 21:16:09 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons

    After a very vague description of what this episode would be, it was
    nice to see it was just basically a female-centric "22 Short Films..."
    (3F18), some but not all made of pointed commentary. And it was fine,
    the sketches (or shorts) varying in levels of humor, interest, etc. I do
    wish it had something of a framing device, nothing fancy, just to set
    the stage, but on the other hand, it wasn't hard to deduce the premise
    after a few sudden shifts. Nice to see the opening sequence make an appearance, even heavily modified for the occasion. And this may not be
    the intended point of the Hibberts' date night, but it seems important
    to note that there is a special place in hell for anyone who prevents
    doctors from performing lifesaving acts through ridiculous made-up
    rules, and Mamma-at-Law's brand of justice only skims the surface.

    DYN:
    ...the apostrophe usage on 'n' is not quite right in the Muntzina story,
    but is right a few minutes later on the "Sit ANA Shrink" jar in the
    tampon song?

    Previous episode stuff
    3F18: Similar survey of Springfield through unconnected stories (and at
    least one theme song)
    2F31: In a sense, we have seen Dr. Hibbert as a lingerie model


    The new Lunchlady Doris list:
    HABF15, JABF02, KABF06, LABF08, MABF12, NABF11, NABF13, NABF15,
    NABF16, PABF06, PABF15, PABF19, RABF03, RABF09, RABF10, RABF11,
    SABF07, TABF16, XABF21, ZABF06, ZABF08, QABF03, QABF12, UABF19,
    OABF15, 35ABF02, 35ABF05, 35ABF18, 35ABF17
    Except here it is definitely written as Lunchlady Dora... I had
    previously noticed this different form in RABF10, SABF11, and ZABF12,
    and wondered whether it was supposed to be a new character that isn't
    Doris (retired from speaking for a decade or so after Doris Grau's
    death) so it didn't violate that gesture. Or it could be a total
    mistake. I'm still on the fence, but I guess this does confirm what the
    name seems to be now, for whatever reason.

    Oh and being right still sucks.
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