From: kfl@KeithLynch.net

Matt Garvey <mxg77@po.cwru.edu> wrote:

The 4:30 Eagles game ended at 7:56, but it still took until 8:06 for
the Fox lineup to start (in Cleveland). Of course.

It started at about the same time in DC, or perhaps a minute or two
later, also due to a football game (I don't know whether it was the
same one) that had ended before 8:00.

Once the game ends, they should know how delayed the following shows
are. Why won't they mention it on the bottom of the screen, or on
their website, or on their phone line? It would cost nothing, and
keep millions of watchers from being really pissed off, or even
turning off the TV for the night rather than watching random crap for
an unknown period until Fox deigns to show what they had promised to
show at 8 pm. Alternatively, they could show it on time on one of
their subchannels. So what if the resolution is a little lower;
it's a cartoon.

This crap annoyed me, and millions of others, half a century ago.
You'd think they'd have solved it by now. Indeed, it's one of the
main reasons why I've watched so little TV for the past 40 years.

I see that there won't be another episode until January 7th. Will
the football season be over by then? Thanks.
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From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu

Pretty bad and extremely short (21 minutes with credits). I kinda liked the concept of Bart stuck in the abandoned bunker/nuclear silo, and I can't rule out all enthusiasm for the increasingly bad adventures of Sideshow Bob, but the
new Christmas opening
was about the only other good thing. And I'm getting really sick of the Wilhelm
Scream.

The 4:30 Eagles game ended at 7:56, but it still took until 8:06 for the Fox lineup to start (in Cleveland). Of course.


Previous episode stuff
9F22: several reappearances of "Die Bart Die"
9F21: another knockoff of Alvin and the Chipmunks (Melvin and the Squirrels, Calvin and the Hipmunks)
3F23: case of the shouldas reminiscent of case of the s'posedtas

Meta
Bart is mentioned as a self-proclaimed underachiever

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From: invalid@invalid.invalid

On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 17:51:27 -0800 (PST), Matt Garvey
<mxg77@po.cwru.edu> wrote:

Pretty bad

Bad? That had to be the most "phoned in" episode yet this season. It
is becoming quite clear the producers really don't care about their
own show any more.

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