From: dave@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Dave Hall)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Misc DYN/FF #10
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 11:04:27 CST
Organization: System 6626 BBS, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

Well, it's here...Mr. Hall's 10th issue for truly diehards.  Some slight
changes here & there, but I like to think for the better.

(Yes, I still wonder if I have cult following...)

[SIMPSON NO-PRIZE AWARD]
 Nobody got the award for naming the second episode in which explains how
 Bart jumps over the wall in the title sequence.  8F06 is the episode
 pointed out by Raymond Chen, but there is an earlier episode.

 I'll try this Award-thingly again by giving a hint - the episode is from
 Second season.


SPOILERS
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 Dave Hall's Misc DYN/FF Vol.10  This volume|       Homer the Heretic [9F01] |
--------------------------------      covers| A Streetcar Named Marge [8F18] |
 DYN: abbrev. Did you notice,   \   episodes|             Kamp Krusty [8F24] |
              or didja notice.   \___________________________________________|
  FF: abbrev. Freeze frame fun.

     ``Never attempt to listen to rock music with headphones when you
       have a headache--it'll make even good music sound bad.''
                                                                - Dave Hall

 {General} Didja notice from recent episodes...

  ...OFF seems to be a bit older?
  ...Marge seems to be have enough time to sit down for breakfast, now?

 {Homer the Heretic}

     ``Dear Lord, may your loving hand guide Homer to the mattress
       square and true.''
                                                            - Ned's prayer.

  [Didja notice...]
   ...how blissful Maggie looked with eyes closed, arms folded,
      fantasizing about hell?
   ...Maggie's protruding lips on her pacifier--as if her suck was frozen
      in transit?
   ...the classic car-chase goof of a hubcap falling off (Ned's) car,
      only to appear on the car in the next scenes?
   ...Maggie bodily disposition as she laughed at the I&S cartoon?
   ...Rev. Lovejoy >had to refer< to a paper (10 commandments) taped to
      his book stand when shouting out the 3rd Commandment?
   ...how joyous Homer looked & sounded when singing the jingle during
      the fire?
   ...how contented Barney looked sitting at the back of the fire
      engine, taking in the view, sipping on beer?  Or his burp later?
   ...how the fire spark >jump up< onto Homer's other strain after
      burning the first?
   ...the people standing in front of the house didn't bother to help
      save Homer?
   ...After saving Homer's life, Ned said `Heck'?
   ...Barney scrutinizes Marge's hot chocolate?
      (I guess it's not his cup of tea.)

  [Freeze Frame/Slow-mo Fun]
   Johnny Calhoun's album cover for "These things I Believe" shows him
   sitting between the statue of Abe Lincoin legs.  Johnny wears a suit
   with stars & strips.

   The expression on Maude's face after Ned plowed through a train's open
   box cart.  (Note: none of them wore seat-belts.)

   Homer's car dashboard had bits of litter scatted about.

   A sign on top of warehouse (at Springfield Harbor) reads:
                       `Smoke on the water'

   The `Total Disaster Insurance' patch depicts a tornados with a house
   flying around it.

   Slow-mo fun worth seeing:
      Homer's football victory jig.

      Homer's gleeful dance around the over-turned tanker truck (that's
      gushing out beer).  (Note his entirely.)

      For Maggie Watchers - Maggie during all of kitchen scene.

     >Ned falling through floor.  (Do it, you'll be pleasantly amused.)

     >Whole scene of Homer falling from from window, onto mattress, into
      Dinning room bay window.

   FF worth seeing:
      The `Municipal Roundtable' visual.

      Marge praying at the bedside.

     >Lisa's gapping expression when Rev. Lovejoy announces the devil is
      among them.

  [Animation/Continuity goofs]
   Homer's Sunday tie disappeared from the hanger when he held up the
   itchy church pants.

   It's below zero, with snow falling, yet outdoor scenes depict clear
   roads. (Think about it.)

   Different scene angles depict a different position for the waffle
   maker's power cord.  In some cases--not even there.

   Rev. Lovejoy stood at the back of the church, next to the stain-glass
   windows, yet the eager people emerged from behind him.

   TV remote vanished from Homer's hand after the football announcement.

   Maggie wore a bonnet, but briefly at the front door she didn't.

   The usual kitchen/dinner scene goofs (with eating utensils).

   Inside the Kwik-E-Mart, (through the binoculars) Apu seen an
   unobstructed view of the Simpson house.

   Ned shouldered Homer's body, holding him with both hands, but the shot
   of Ned backing up depicts one hand at his side.

   In some scenes, the parked fire engine switches directions.

   Questions:
      I wonder how icicles formed on Rev. Lovejoy's book stand?
      (leaking roof?  Spilt water?)

      Homer held a coffee mug before searching for the record, but didn't
      when he called the station.  Where did he place it?

  [Personal Comments & observations]
   How wasteful that OFF threw away a whole fish so that polar bear could
   find it.  (I guess Burns has found a mate for his office.)

   Marge yanked out Homer's suit from the master closet--which only
   contained *men's* clothing.

   Rev. Lovejoy performed service while wearing adequate protection
   against the cold, yet didn't at least provide the same for his
   freezing congregation.  (I thought, at least, the church had
   blankets?)

   Loved the whole kitchen scene of Bart's spiritual uplifting in hearing
   Homey's sermon.

   Loved Homer's strategy of coaxing Marge into bed by playing with her
   hair.

   I don't know why the producers even bothered to hide God's identity if
   they're going to show a thick, white, bushy beard.

   Although Homer appears semi-nude in this episode, I've never seen him
   with a belly button. ( Hmmm?)

   With an empire grossing 1.3 billion dollars a year, you would think
   Krusty could've easily bankrolled the whole brotherhood of jewish
   clowns rather than canvass door to door for money?

   The car chase ended with Homer landing his car on a barge headed for
   *AN ISLAND*!  (Something for you `Where is Springfield' fans to think
   about.)
 
   Boy, that >lone duck< sure has a lot of ducklings to feed.  (I wonder
   whose the father?)

   Notice how convenient that none of the flames actually touched Homey?

   Hearing Krusty's sob story makes me wonder how 75 jewish clowns got
   stuck in tornados in the first place.
 
   Downside: Homer has 6 months left.

  [References to other episodes]
    [8f10] Barnacle Bill coffee mug (unconfirmed)


 {A Streetcar Named Marge}

                  ``Will this bewitching floozy, seduce this humble newsie?''
                                                              Apu as Steve.

  [Didja notice....]
   ...the low-cal TV dinner was placed in a rather large box?
   ...Dreaderick Tatum missy hand writing while the other judges had
      neat ones?
   ...Mr. Sinclair wore something different each time we saw him?
   ...Chief Wiggum came to the audition in uniform?
   ...The old bullet wounds on Apu's body?
   ...Marge's finger play on the phone cord?
   ...the males didn't bother to redress after Ned got the part?
   ...none of the babies talked?
   ...at the play, Maggie fearfully watched Ms. Sinclair sit down in
      front of her?
   ...Apu's costume pants covered most of his chest?
   ...Marge's quick glance at Homer just after she kissed Apu?

  [Freeze Frame/Slow-mo Fun]
   Homer's key-ring held 4 keys on it.

   After Homer bid Marge good night, Marge appeared to have a rather
   long neck.

   Ms. Sinclair & Homer appears to have the same set of keys.

   When Maggie tossed out the pacifiers, it was always in threes.

   Mr. Hitchcock seems to have a funny walk (ie. his head doesn't bob up
   and down).

   Some people in the audience:
      Sanjay
      Abe
      Selma & Patty

   Slow-mo fun worth seeing:
     >Every scene with Maggie.  (Maggie watchers bliss.)

      Homer beating up the Candy machine.  (Classic Homer at his best :)

      Marge attacking Ned with bottle.  (Note the terror in Ned's face.)

     >Every frame of Marge approaching Ned with the broken bottle
      (at his house).  Who said OFF didn't think evil thoughts?

     >Marge's descent into madness.

   FF worth seeing:
      The look on Marge's face when the kids ignored her.

      For the Maggie Watch: At the breakfast table.

      Marge's expression when telling Homer he was bored during the play.

  [Animation/Continuity goofs]
   The VCR on top of the TV wasn't shown in the close-ups.

   During the Pageant, Maggie only appears for that one scene with the
   toy xylophone.

   Marge was carrying a purse when she walked across the TV room, but not
   in later scenes.

   Mr. Sinclair produced that play review out of thin air.

   Otto took his shirt off, though left his headphones on (which weren't
   connected to anything).

   As seen from front, Ned stood next to Otto; but from behind, Otto
   stood alone.
   
   Frame goof: When Wiggum asked to taste Marge's cookies, his index
               finger under-laps his fat cheek.

   When Marge attacked Ned, her right hand was really her left hand.

   Homer entered & exited through an unmarked door, yet on other side of
   the stage, was a door with `EXIT' on it.
   
   The usual kitchen/dinner scene goofs (with eating utensils).
   
   Marge only wore her watch during dinner.

   The ventilation duct crossed the path of the window.

   It was nighttime when Homer went to pick up Maggie, but inside the
   daycare the windows depicted a day view.

   Questions:
      How Mr. Sinclair got on stage from the seating area?

      I wonder where Marge got money for the pay-phone?

  [Personal Comments & observations]
   Worth listening to: Marge talking on the phone;
                       Apu's `floozy' line;
                       Marge's ravings.

   I wonder who won the Miss American Girl Pageant?

   The Community Centers' interior looks different from its exterior.

   I wonder who voiced Ms. Sinclair?  (John Lovitz?)

   Maggie had two perfectly good baby bottles yet she wanted her
   pacifier.

   I felt the Maggie sub-plot didn't make sense, logically.  Maggie went
   home every day, so the pacifier had to be returned to her; or she
   could have easily gotten one from home, in which she could have easily
   hide in her baggie.

   Ned's chest seems to have healed nicely within 24 hours.

   When Homer & Marge stood outside the Community Center, you see the
   `EXIT' sign on the door (which really should be on the inside).

  [Movie/Other References]
   The pop-up book had a ``Life in Hell' rabbit.


 {Kamp Krusty}
                      ``...It's fat-camp for daddy's chubby little secret!''
                                            -Martin tells it the way it is.

  [Didja notice...]
   ...at breakfast, Bart's Rodney Dangerfield-like tug at his collar?
   ...Homer ate sausage & eggs with a spoon?
   ...at breakfast, Homer leaned on his plate of food?
   ...the forest scenery as Otto drove the school bus?
   ...on the bus, all the kids were cheerful except Bart & Lisa?
   ...Bart used a pencil to forge his grades?
   ...the cactus plants in Krusty's commercial?
   ...Otto drove the bus to camp?
   ...the gun at Krusty product testing? (Every clown has the right to
      bare arms?)
   ...some of the fat boys had their pants down between their ankles?
   ...SBII's nodding action as Homer did pushups?
   ...one of the kids held up a tennis racket (when they torn down
      Krusty's totem pole)?
   ...the bare skin showing through Krusty's makeup?

  [Freeze Frame/Slow-mo Fun]
   In Bart's dream, the little girl's chain-saw doesn't have a guard.

   33 kids were at the sing along.

   The flying cows.

   The boy guard's red dot moved.

   The Bad department:
      The lettering behind Milhouse's legs when his head's in the toilet.

      Krusty toy cannon (just before Sideshow Mel get's shot out).

   Slow-mo fun worth seeing:
     >Lisa thinking she feels dirty at getting a B+ in Conduct.

      For Maggie watchers: During dinner & her fall with drumstick.

     >Homer & Marge's cheerful waving after the bus left for camp.

      The whole scene where Lisa justs about to take a dip.

     >Lisa in the moonlight.

   FF worth seeing:
      Look on Lisa's face when Mrs. Hoover handed out report cards.

     >Marge in the shower when Homer enters.  (And just after Homer
      kisses her.)

      What the camera saw after Krusty hit the camera man.

  [Animation/Continuity goofs]
   In Bart's dream:
      Ms. K handed the first report call to Bart, but after Bart very
      briefly read it, other other kids had theirs too.

      A red marker replace the report cards in Ms. K's hands.

   The rolled-up newspaper only appeared when Homer needed it.

   Homer's lotto ticket mysterious appear in his hand.

   Bart's locker was first shown to be the 3rd from the end, but later
   its somewhere in the middle.

   Bart placed the rather large math book on Ms. K's desk, but the scene
   before shows an Bart being empty handed.

   Bart's pencil disappeared after forging his grades.

   Homer stopped mowing at one end of the yard, but after Bart handed him
   the report card, they both at the other end.  (Also Bart entered the
   scene from the direction of the yard rather than the house.)

   The report card disappeared once Homer handed it back to Bart.

   Several scene angles depict two sections of log benches, while others
   depict only one.

   The shower head is too low.

   Bart's hand isn't dirty after he rubbed the dirty off the Krusty Seal.

   Lisa's right hand is actually her left hand.  (Seen when frog jumps
   out of soup.)

   The cabin door had no latch or lock, yet Jimbo distinctly locked it.

   The kids threw stuff (including logs) at Mr. Blackwell (on stage), but
   this stuff didn't actually land.

   Martin's pocketful of pens are missing when he ate gruel.

   Questions:
      How does the bus return if the bridge is out?

      If Martin was a prisoner at the Weight Loss Center, how come he was
      at the sing along?

      What happened to the kamp Krusty flag after Bart replace it?

  [Personal Comments & observations]
   Mrs. Hoover didn't bother to read the names on the report cards that
   she handed out.

   How would Marge kneel?  (Think about it.)

   One of the parents waving (bye-bye) at the fleeing bus sounded a lot
   like Yeardley Smith's real voice.

   For the `Which is Better' Department:  The Simpsons roll their toilet
   paper over handed.

   Marge stated that she's finished showering yet she didn't wash her
   hair.

   IMHO it's a stupid place to hang a towel bar.  (Think about it.)

   I doubt very much that the Queen would be sitting in third row at
   Wimbledon.

   I like Lisa's new hair-do (that messy look).

   I wonder where Lisa got that bottle of booze?  (From Bart?)

   Nelson didn't go to camp, but his two cronies did.

   If the phone call for Krusty came a little later, we'd probably now
   know him is Sir Krusty the Clown.

   I find it extremely funny that Bart would merely hope on getting
   better grades--rather than actually try to improve his grades.  It's
   almost like he's watching the same video tape of a ball game ever and
   over again, secretly wishing that perhaps this time, his team would
   win.

  [References to other episodes]
   [8F17]  Lotto Ticket
   [8F01]  Bart's slingshot (seen in locker)
   [7G02?] Bart's potato (seen in locker)
   [7F14]  School Bell Tower
|  [8F03]  Kid running nude (on Otto's bus)
|  [8F08]  Krusty punching out a photographer.
|  [8F05]  What Krusty says (``Hey, not the face!'')
|
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                                         ``You see, but you do not observe.''
                                                    - Sherlock Holmes, ASIB

  Misc DYN/FF lists Copyright 1992 by David Hall.   Not to be redistributed
  in any forum without permission.  (The various quoted material are the
  property of The Simpsons.)


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