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 The Simpsons 196-200 This Little Wiggy This episode premiered on March 22nd 1998. The lead in show was The World's Funniest and it was followed by the pilot episode of Damon (A short lived police sitcom staring Damon Wayans). The show ran opposite The Wonderful World Of Disney (The Little Rascals, 1994), 60 Minutes and Dateline. The title comes from the poem This Little Piggy and is a joke on the 60's slang term for the police. The chalkboard gag is "I was not told to do this" and the couch gag is a repeat of Bart doing graffiti.  Mrs. Krabappal is teaching kids how to do math on their calculators. Skinner brings in Robbie the Automaton, a promotional robot for the Springfield Knowledgeum. Bart spots the operator in a nearby tree and hits him with an apple, the robot goes out of control and tries to kill Skinner. At the museum Homer tries the ovulation simulator but fails. Bart uses the Mars Rover for a skateboard. The bullies shove Ralph into the ear display, when t...

 The Simpsons 191-195 The Joy Of Sect This episode premiered on February 8th 1998. The lead in show was The World's Funniest and it was followed by King Of The Hill. It ran opposite The Wonderful World Of Disney (Aladdin and the King Of Thieves), The 1998 Winter Olympics and The NBA All Star Game (East 135, West 114) The title of this episode comes from the 1972 book The Joy Of Sex. The chalkboard gag is "Shooting paint balls is not an art form" and the couch gag is the family is shrunken down and can only get on the couch by Homer boosting them up. After they pull him up a full size SLH comes in and carries him off.  Homer and Bart go to the airport to see the team coming home from their road trip, everyone has shown up to throw rocks at them after their loss. The bullies are there stealing luggage and when the pimple faced security guy asks to see their claim check they all punch him in the stomach. Apu is at the snack bar praising the high prices. Dolf finds a liver tr...

 The Simpsons 186-190 Lisa The Skeptic This episode premiered on November 23, 1997. The lead in show was The World's Funniest and it was followed by King Of The Hill. It ran opposite The Wonderful World Of Disney (The Santa Clause), Touched By An Angle and The NBC Sunday Night Movie (Legends Of The Fall). The chalkboard gag is "I will not tease fatty" and the couch gag is the family runs into the (sauna) living room wearing towels but there are three guys already on the couch so they turn around and walk back out. The Springfield Police department is holding a "Boat Giveaway Today" however it's a sting to catch people with outstanding fines or warrants. Despite the family's warning Homer shows up. Snake is ahead of him and even though you can see him being arrested Homer still goes through the door to the back room. He owes $175 dollars in unpaid fines and writes a check (remember writing checks?) but still wants his boat. On the way home they drive by t...

In which I review The New Doctor Who I just finished watching The Giggle and I have mixed feelings about the show. As far as the New Doctor goes I'm a "wait and see" kind of person, after all there have been plenty of replacements over the decades and usually they start off with the fans saying "I like the current Doctor, why do they have to replace them? I know I'm going to hate the new Doctor" and then they repeat it every time the show changes the face. Considering the new Doctor usually shows up at the end of an episode and hasn't been on any adventures yet I think that's stilly, at least watch them in action first. And to give a little perspective, I liked Jodie Whittaker just fine but I felt the scripts were heavy handed on their "social messages", so I drifted away from the show, but I've enjoyed the last three episodes which were classic, just for fun storylines, although I have to wonder how many people realized that the Toymak...

 Indiana Jones and the Review From Me. This weekend I watched Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny and like anyone else on the internet I felt that it was my right, nay my duty to review it. I can get away with this because nobody really cares what I put in my blog thus no negative feedback. Since the movie came out in theaters in June and on streaming a week ago I figure people have seen it so this post will be full of spoilers. Advance at your own discretion.   The film opens during the collapse of the Third Reich in 1944, or as I like to call it  Indiana Jones and the Facelift Of CGI Indy has been captured by the Germans and is about to be hanged, but is saved by a bomb attack, or as I like to call it:   Indiana Jones and the Escape Scene From The Good, The Bad And The Ugly The Germans are loading stolen loot onto a train bound for Berlin. Indy sneaks on board because he's looking for The Lance of Longinus or The Spear of Destiny, you know, the artifact...

 So I stepped in it and now I have to give a lengthy explanation of my position. Namely, Doctor Who and Sir Isaac Newton.  Oh look, Doctor Who is back! The story isn't about the environment, or toxic masculinity or racism, instead it's about aliens and how the Doctor, plus Donna, have to use their intelligence to overcome them. Thank goodness....except. There is a throw away joke in The Wild Blue Yonder, hardly important and if they had cut it from the show nobody would have noticed, instead it sparked a major argument in which everyone has to take a side, even people who don't watch the actual show. The TARDIS crashes into a tree, an apple tree, the very apple tree Sir Issac Newton just happens to be sitting under. Donna then makes a comment about "the gravity of the situation" and Newton is inspired to create his greatest scientific achievement, the theory of relativity. So what's the problem? Sir Issac Newton is played by a Black actor. And why does this be...

 The Simpsons 181-185 Lisa's Sax This episode premiered on October 19th 1997. The lead in show was The World's Funniest and it was followed by King Of The Hill. It ran opposite Sabrina The Teen Age Witch, Touched By An Angel and Game 2 of the 1997 World Series (Indians 6-Marlins 2) The chalkboard gag is "I No Longer Want My MTV" and the couch gag is the family appears as Russian nesting dolls starting off with Homer. Only the top halves go on the couch with the bottom half remaining standing. Maggie is left with the rest of the legs. The show starts with a take on the opening credits of All In The Family with Marge playing the piano and her and Homer singing a Simpsons version of Those Were The Days. References including The Bee Gees, John Travolta movies, Elvis' weight, Gentle Ben, Sheriff Lobo, the song Disco Duck, Fleetwood Mac, Eight track tapes, Michael Jackson (still was Black) "The Simpsons is filmed in front of a live studio audience" Homer calls...