| Notes for HABF10 (Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore) [message #246279] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 02:27 |
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This episode featured two decent plot ideas; the outsourcing story is
timely, I guess, and given Patty and Selma's long-standing adoration of
MacGyver/Richard Dean Anderson, that was bound to become a natural guest
appearance. Overall, the execution was pretty good, with just a couple
of silly things that stood out near the end in particular. I was
inclined to give some leniency in my consideration when I saw who wrote
the episode ("A" for effort type of thing), but I didn't need to, as
this didn't feel as awkward as the writing team's last outing (FABF08,
The Ziff Who Came to Dinner) did at times. I can't think of much to
criticize in the B story, but the main plot fell apart a little bit in
the third act - the "Apocalypse Now" stuff wasn't too bad (barring the
Dixieland band), but the dance number reminded me of any number of
non-endings in both this series and Family Guy. (Now that I think about
it, didn't the last season of Duckman also feature a handful of silly
dance numbers?) The sequence was fun to watch, though even the simple
act of making it a credits "outtake" would have improved the ending a
good deal. So, was it a well-plotted piece of non-claptrap that never
made me want to retch? Not entirely, but like any concoction of rubber
bands and Slim Jims, I suppose it's good enough.
DYN:
....someone who looks like Karl (from 7F02) exits the plane just ahead of
Homer?
....Ling is back? (I know someone who will be happy... is this her first
appearance since GABF06?)
....the BNPP establishing shot uses a different sound effect, in a sense
a c_ow call?
Previous episode references
8F09: New national affiliation for SNPP (hey, bnpp.com is up for
grabs...)
8F20 et al: MacGyver a major part of the Bouvier twins' lives
7G12, 8F08, others?: Patty and Selma's exciting slide shows
BABF14, DABF12, FABF08, HABF10: The ongoing biennial writing
contributions of Dan Castellaneta and Deb Lacusta
DABF13: Anderson's never leaving reminds me of Stan Lee in this episode,
with a twist of Stockholm Syndrome
2F09: Homer goes mad with power, to paraphrase Moe
2F09, BABF08: Fighting monkeys under Homer's command
Goofs
Bart should know who MacGyver is, considering a pivotal scene in "Black
Widower." But that *was* almost 14 years ago...
Mostly unrelated note:
To anyone who saw both "Malcolm in the Middle" and "King of the Hill"
tonight, wasn't it sort of neat how both episodes revolved (in part)
around someone taking someone else's usual seat at a public venue?
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| Re: Notes for HABF10 (Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore) [message #246285 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 02:27 |
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"Matt Garvey" <mxg77 [at] po.cwru.edu> wrote in message
news:4439AD34.748D576B [at] po.cwru.edu...
> Mostly unrelated note:
> To anyone who saw both "Malcolm in the Middle" and "King of the Hill"
> tonight, wasn't it sort of neat how both episodes revolved (in part)
> around someone taking someone else's usual seat at a public venue?
>
I missed the first part of "Malcom" - what was the seat-stealing angle? I
saw Malcom trying to get to visit Stevie, and the dad with the RC boat.
That's all I remember.
-- R Flowers
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| Re: Notes for HABF10 (Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore) [message #246942 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 04:29 |
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Somebody claiming to be Matt Garvey <mxg77 [at] po.cwru.edu> wrote in
news:4439AD34.748D576B [at] po.cwru.edu:
> Goofs
> Bart should know who MacGyver is, considering a pivotal scene in "Black
> Widower." But that *was* almost 14 years ago...
He also knew about MacGyver in "A Star is Burns". However, perhaps Bart,
like Matt Groening, wants to forget that episode. :-)
--
Ted <fedya at bestweb dot net>
Oh Marge, anyone can miss Canada, all tucked away down there....
--Homer Simpson
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| Re: Notes for HABF10 (Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore) [message #246944 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 06:03 |
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R Flowers wrote:
> I missed the first part of "Malcom" - what was the seat-stealing angle? I
> saw Malcom trying to get to visit Stevie, and the dad with the RC boat.
> That's all I remember.
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It was part of the boat plot. If you were wondering why Hal was bent on
revenge, it's because earlier in the episode, he took Jamie to the lake to
try out the boat and set up on a bench, and was accosted by the kid, who
claimed it was *his* bench. The kid then capsized and sank Hal's boat with
his own.
Also, there are two "l"s in Malcolm, FYI.
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| Re: Notes for HABF10 (Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore) [message #246947 ] |
Mo, 10 April 2006 15:05 |
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"Matt Garvey" <mxg77 [at] po.cwru.edu> wrote in message
news:4439D906.BB1E2514 [at] po.cwru.edu...
> Also, there are two "l"s in Malcolm, FYI.
>
Thanks for the recap, and the correction on "Malcolm." I had never noticed
that before. It's funny when "the way something is" gets lodged in your
brain, you can ignore the evidence before your eyes.
-- R Flowers
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