• Notes for VABF14 (To Courier with Love) and additional notes onVABF12 a

    From Matt Garvey@1:2320/100 to alt.tv.simpsons on Mon May 9 20:38:16 2016
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons

    Episode was OK. I enjoyed the various France gags for the most part but the plot - its resolution in particular - was a little stupid. Very short still. Not a fan of that. Also, act 3 was under 2 minutes, which has to be among the shortest (non-vestigial-act-4) acts ever.
    DYN:
    ...another opening sequence wrinkle now (Lenny says "uh oh" as he falls)?? ...apparently no "Snakes on a Plane" reference when Lisa discovers it?
    Previous episode stuff
    CABF21: Burly Paper Towels in the billboard in the opening
    5F10: Jay Leno appears again (as himself)
    3F17: Acting as courier for free travel (and see below!)
    7G13: Cesar and Hugolin from all the way back in season 1 appear throughout as Homer's contacts in France
    Marge's list of other bad vacations (marked with ? if I'm unsure it's the one they meant):
    2F13: Australia
    DABF10: Brazil
    AABF20: Japan
    EABF22?: London
    GABF06?: China
    3F17: "That World's Fair Bart drove to" (which seems to be included almost solely because of the courier plot)
    BABF09: The land of the underground jockeys (even less a "vacation" than the Wod Fir)
    2F01: Itchy & Scratchy Land
    RABF15?: Outer space
    Slight update in Sam Simon EP saga for completion
    VABF08 repeated on 5/8 and, like its premiere, listed Sam.
    VABF03 aired for the third time on 5/1 and, like its second airing, also listed
    Sam (the premiere did not).
    Fun fact I forgot to mention two weeks ago
    VABF12 (Fland Canyon) premiered on 4/24/16. There are almost 600 episodes now, and apart from the summer and some holiday seasons, there are still a few days on the calendar that have never seen a Simpsons episode premiere; now 4/24 finally has!

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