Rate/Review EABF22 "The Regina Monologues"

[SideshowTim]

I thought this episode was pretty damn good, Great jokes all the way through, They didn't really go over the top with British stereotypes at all. It was pretty crazy though like Homer hitting the Queens cart, Tony Blairs appearance was pretty good actually not to shabby at all, Nice episode I give it a B+.

[George Cauldron]

I found the episode extremely funny. Unfortunately it did lack plot at times, with the London scenes being little more than jokes-after-jokes-after-jokes. Of course, the jokes were very good that the lack of depth can be overlooked slightly. The beginning should have got to the plot much more quickly. Instead of opening a museum and spending the trip to London with the museum's profits, Bart could have easily spent Burns' bill, thus resolving everything far quicker. The London jokes were excellent. Every London (or British) stereotype was covered, from our soccer yob culture, to the fact that our videotapes don't work on American VCRs, roundabouts (which I am now informed are not seen in the USA, making the joke funnier), fish and chips being the nation's favorite food, our people either being brash common Cockneys, or well-spoken upperclasses, and so on. Nice to see some London locations and landmarks, including Big Ben, The London Eye, (I think I saw St. Paul's Cathedral, I'll have to watch that again), Carnaby Street, Piccadilly Circus, Harrods in Knightsbridge, Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Heathrow airport, and so on. Surprisingly, no Westminster Abbey or London Underground, but hey, we got enough. For a British viewer, a lot to like. The guest stars were too self-gratuitous for my liking. Lisa's "It's Prime Minister Tony Blair" wasn't too bad, but then we had to get something similar for JK Rowling and Sir Ian McKellan too. I thought the show had grown out of those "LOOK, IT'S ?????????!" lines years ago. All in all, very good, but the fact I'm a Londoner is probably clouding my judgement on some of the episode's flaws.

[Rory Mitch]

I loved this episode, I couldn't wait to see the Simpsons in England! The pointless guest stars let it down a little though.

RATING: 4.5/5
GRADE : A

[Jesus]

C+, less than average for the Simpsons, a little more than average for season 15

[Patriot]

Absoluetly loved this episode 5/5

[HOMR]

Stop bumping every fucking thread! i can't believe nobody tells him to stop, he should get banned.

[Mr Black]

Probably my own personal worst episode ever, I didn't like the crap guest stars, a couple of good laughs but really annoying Homer. Hitting the Queen got me really annoyed. F

[Dorkus Malorkus]

Stop bumping every fucking thread! i can't believe nobody tells him to stop, he should get banned.

yeah, anyone who gives 'The Regina Monologues' 5/5 deserves to be banned. this episode is Dire

[Handsome Peter]

It has its laughs, but it's not rip-roaring, or even better than the new Harry Potter, and like many more recent vacationing episodes, it's not a very good one in my books. It was good enough until about the halfway point, when it started becoming "meh". 2/5.

[Son of Bomber]

this episoode wasn't very good. this episode was a disappointment.

[Garp]

B-. Nothing great, but has some nice things, like the Transpotting parody.

[Tamaki Suoh]

This episode started out with a fairly promising and funny first act, but immediately went downhill when the family traveled to England. Most of the second act was unfunny and uninteresting drivel, meliorated only slightly in the third act. 2.5/5

[Moe Nopoly]

I think it's a pretty episode.
The story is sometimes a little bit weird and the gags don't work every time,
but nevertheless still a funny and entertainig episode for me.
London is also my favorite city in europe, so that's a plus ^^

4/5

[lovedartsandsimpsons]

I'm from england so i know what english things need to be taken the p**s out of.And this episode did not do it.But the tony blair and sir ian mckellan scenes were funny. 3/5.

[sung]

This is a big mixed bag for me. First, the bad thing; the plot was very far-off and silly that kind of destroyed the promise that was built in a decent first and early part of Act 2. Other than plot leaving a pretty everlasting bad taste in the episode... but the good part of the episode is that, the humor was pretty outstanding with jokes-by-jokes in a lot of moments and I, for one, liked the guest stars. Bart and Lisa's candy spree would be one of my favorite moments of S15 (with featuring my favorite Iggy Pop song ever). Overall, very heavy on humor, but plot must've been sleeping in the house C

[D'ohmer]

I liked everything except for the kids going crazy for chocolate. However, I can easily get past it due to the great amount of funny jokes and references. 5/5

Edit: I've decided that the chocolate scene is a bigger problem than I originally thought. New grade: 4/5

[qwertyuio]

It wasn't too much bad, but a travel episode should never be boring. It's usual that they use stereotypes to make jokes, as they did in Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo or Bart Vs Australia, but the result should be a funny and entertaining episode. And this one hardly made me laugh.

5.5/10, just because it wasn't awful.

[Gatorsrule]

roundabouts (which I am now informed are not seen in the USA, making the joke funnier)

Okay I have to say, and someone mentioned this in the thread. There ARE roundabouts in the USA. There are plenty of them throughout the United States.

[Jesse Pinkman]

I liked they went there for a reason, instead of just going there.

It had a decent amount of good humor from what I remember. They kinda dropped the reason why they went there during the second act and didn't bring it back until the very end. Homer getting in trouble and put in jail is never new though. Reasons like this are why this gets a 4/5. It was pretty funny but not perfect in any way

[Nauru-1]

Just entertaining enough for a 3/5. Not a great episode by any means, but somewhat funny so I don't mind this one.

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

Season 15 continues with yet another vacation episode. This time the Simpsons are going to England, but not before a first act which finds Bart aquiring a $1000 bill. Honestly, this first act was probably the best part of the episode, which is not a good sign. We start out strong with Mr. Burns. I absolutely loved the four digit age joke. Milhouse screaming for Bart to get the ladybug out of his hair was also very good. The museum part was abit slow, but didn't really last too long. We finally get a Grandpa war story reminiscent of the King of the Hill Japan episode.

At around the 9 minute mark the Simpsons arrive in England, greeted by Tony Blair who, aside from being Prime Minister at the time the episode aired, offers a pointless thirty second appearance marked with little to no humor. Not even the jetpack was really funny. Also at about the 9 minute mark we leave Grandpa and forget all about him until the very end of the episode, also not a good sign. As the family sees the sights they meet several famous people including J.K. Rowling and Sir Ian McKellen. Both of these parts I found alright, I mean Rowling had a funny line and was no more than thirty seconds and McKellen, unlike Blair or Rowling, at least seemed like he was trying to be funny. We also have a British candy scene which I probably would've enjoyed more if I actually got what it was supposed to be a parody of.

Eventually Homer makes a total ass out of himself by hitting the Queen of England and the episode screeches to a halt. During the rest of this episode, at least until the end, I only laughed one time, at the Henrietta Hippo line. Homer is imprisoned, but allowed to leave England provided he take Madonna with him, an admittedly clever gag. The ending finds us remembering about Grandpa as he meets the woman he loved so long ago. I have to admit that I remember laughing rather hysterically for a long time when I saw Homer's female doppelganger at the end of this episode for the very first time. It probably remains my favorite joke of the episode.

So how does this episode measure up? As a vacation episode it's alright. No where near as good as the best, or bad as the worst. It's in the middle. I usually don't enjoy these types of episodes unless the humor is flawless or I am interested in where they are going. Sadly, this was not the case here which is probably why I enjoyed the first segment in Springfield the best. This was John Swartzwelder's last Simpsons script. It isn't terrible, but considering the many classics he's written this is a rather sad episode to end with. Easily the worst of Season 15 so far, but still a 3/5.

[Comicshow MolemanBob]

Season 15 continues with yet another vacation episode. This time the Simpsons are going to England, but not before a first act which finds Bart aquiring a $1000 bill. Honestly, this first act was probably the best part of the episode, which is not a good sign. We start out strong with Mr. Burns. I absolutely loved the four digit age joke. Milhouse screaming for Bart to get the ladybug out of his hair was also very good. The museum part was abit slow, but didn't really last too long. We finally get a Grandpa war story reminiscent of the King of the Hill Japan episode.

At around the 9 minute mark the Simpsons arrive in England, greeted by Tony Blair who, aside from being Prime Minister at the time the episode aired, offers a pointless thirty second appearance marked with little to no humor. Not even the jetpack was really funny. Also at about the 9 minute mark we leave Grandpa and forget all about him until the very end of the episode, also not a good sign. As the family sees the sights they meet several famous people including J.K. Rowling and Sir Ian McKellen. Both of these parts I found alright, I mean Rowling had a funny line and was no more than thirty seconds and McKellen, unlike Blair or Rowling, at least seemed like he was trying to be funny. We also have a British candy scene which I probably would've enjoyed more if I actually got what it was supposed to be a parody of.

Eventually Homer makes a total ass out of himself by hitting the Queen of England and the episode screeches to a halt. During the rest of this episode, at least until the end, I only laughed one time, at the Henrietta Hippo line. Homer is imprisoned, but allowed to leave England provided he take Madonna with him, an admittedly clever gag. The ending finds us remembering about Grandpa as he meets the woman he loved so long ago. I have to admit that I remember laughing rather hysterically for a long time when I saw Homer's female doppelganger at the end of this episode for the very first time. It probably remains my favorite joke of the episode.

So how does this episode measure up? As a vacation episode it's alright. No where near as good as the best, or bad as the worst. It's in the middle. I usually don't enjoy these types of episodes unless the humor is flawless or I am interested in where they are going. Sadly, this was not the case here which is probably why I enjoyed the first segment in Springfield the best. This was John Swartzwelder's last Simpsons script. It isn't terrible, but considering the many classics he's written this is a rather sad episode to end with. Easily the worst of Season 15 so far, but still a 3/5.

Wow, it's very strange that whenever you right a review I seem to always agree with you

[Mr.]

Strange. I was 100%s sure I did review for this episode already... Ow, well.

Very good episode... or should I say "Smashing"? I didn't care for the first act that much but all the british stuff was fun and I love everytime the Simpsons explore a diffrent country (it remind me of Asterix).

I have cousin from London with who I watch it and while he like the episode he hated Tony Blair part for some reason... However in my opinion this the cameo that shows how popular and powerfull this show has beacome. They can have anybody - an actor, a famuse children novelist... or the Prime minister of England. Why not?

It's a shame this is the last John Swartzwelder episode as he was my favorite script writer on this show.