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The classic to
clunker ratio is still extraordinarily
high, though The
Simpsons' sixth season could give
some devoted viewers pause. The show that
takes cheeky delight in mooning television
convention gives us "Another Simpsons
Clip Show" and its first season-ending
cliffhanger, "Who Shot Mr. Burns?"
And, as does Bart in "A Star Is Burns,"
we should all feel a little dirty at the
"cheap cartoon crossover" appearance
of Jay Sherman (Jon
Lovitz),
designed to give a boost to the ill-fated
animated series The Critic. But this is
just beard-stroking tongue-clucking regarding
a season that |
delivered
episodes that rank in the hallowed The
Simpsons pantheon, among them, "Homer
Badman," in which lust for a gummy
Venus de Milo, peeled from the behind
of an unwitting babysitter, makes Homer
the object of feminist protest and tabloid
TV fodder, and "Homer the Great,"
in which Homer is discovered to be the
Chosen One to lead the secret society,
"The Stonecutters" ("Who
holds back the electric car/Who made Steve
Guttenberg a star?/We do!"). Several
episodes take their inspiration from classic
films and books: Hitchcock's
Rear Window
("Bart of Darkness"); Michael
Crichton's
Westworld
and Jurassic
Park
("Itchy and Scratchy Land");
and Stephen
King
and Ray
Bradbury ("Treehouse
of Horror V"). |
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This season's
roster of guest voices is also especially
impressive, including Winona
Ryder
as "Lisa's Rival," Meryl
Streep
as Rev. Lovejoy's bad-seed daughter
("She's like a Milk Dud,"
a smitten Bart laments. "Sweet
on the outside, poison on the inside"),
the late Anne
Bancroft in
"Fear of Flying"; Patrick
Stewart
in "Homer the Great"; Mel
Brooks and
Susan
Sarandonin
"Homer vs. Patty and Selma,"
and Mandy
Patinkin
as Lisa's future fiancée in the
surprisingly moving "Lisa's Wedding."
There has, of late, been a feud a-brewin'
between fans of The Simpsons and Family
Guy.
Which show is funnier? Has The Simpsons
lost it? Is Family Guy a Simpsons-wannabe?
Hey; Can't we all just laugh along?
Best to just marvel at another exemplary
Simpsons season that, to quote Homer
in "Lisa's Rival," delivers
it all: "The terrifying lows, the
dizzying highs, the creamy middles."
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