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I'm not sure if we know this, but another synopsis of Homer Simpson - This Is Your Wife from comicscontinuum:
"On a 'Trading Spouses'-type show, Homer is forced to take in a controlling wife, while Marge moves in with a beaten-down husband, Charlie."
This confirms that the wife moving in with the Simpsons is strict, probably trying to shape the kids and Homer into better people. I hope it doesn't turn into a repeat of Sharry Bobbins, though.
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03-01-2006, 02:54 AM #1891Stonecutter
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03-01-2006, 03:55 PM #1892Hired Goon
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Simpsons Math has a good interview up now with Jeff Westerbrook. Reveals some new info/hints:
http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg...interview.htmlSarah: I really like that joke. You mentioned that there might be a Lawrence Summers related episode? [Girls Just Want to Have Sums]
Jeff: There is. We already had that table read. That was a very difficult episode in some ways, because we wanted to deal with it, but we didn't want to toe any ideologically obvious line either way, so it was hard to come to a satisfying end, but we probably came to an interesting place, I hope. Lisa does a lot of math in that. There certainly were one or two pretty simple math things, because she is after all in second grade. I don't think we did anything really complicated.
Sarah: She's smart, but...
Jeff: Stu (DTB's note: that's J. Stewart Burns) and I wanted to try and shoehorn in the Euler Konigsberg bridge tour problem. So Stu and I spent about a half an hour trying to get that into a simple joke, but didn't manage.
Sarah: Oh... Sorry to hear that.
Jeff: Oh don't give up... We will keep fighting for that somehow or other.
Sarah: Cool!
Jeff: So there is that coming up. We have an evolution episode coming up too.
Sarah: When might these appear?
Jeff: These are all season 17, so they'll be appearing probably next spring, I would guess. Stuart wrote the evolution episode. That was really a lot easier to write, to be quite honest. It was much easier to take the correct ideological position on that than the women in math stuff.
Also, if you go to the spot in the interview with that same text, there's a link to a page about "Girls Just Want to Have Sums", which contains another link to a newsletter (Association for Women in Mathematics) which reprints that portion of the interview, and adds this:
A few months later, Jeff showed us portions of a preliminary “animatic,” pictures of a storyboard synchronized with the soundtrack, from the upcoming women and mathematics episode that he mentioned in the interview. The amusing animatic revealed separate girls and boys mathematics classroom environments. Lisa Simpson, who has always been portrayed as intelligent and good at mathematics and science in addition to other subjects, wanted to work on problems instead of embracing the cooperative learning environment found in the girls’ class, and so she peered into the boys’ classroom window to work on the boys’ problems from there. Regardless of the final product, this episode is sure to be a great opportunity for continued discussion about women in mathematics, and a chance to expose a large viewing public to some of the related issues. The title of the episode parodies the title of Cyndi Lauper’s song Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Look for The Simpsons episode Girls Just Want to Have Sums to air in the Spring or Fall of 2006.Last edited by DotheBartman; 03-01-2006 at 04:06 PM.
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03-02-2006, 05:23 AM #1893Stonecutter
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YA! That just got me extremely excited about Girls Just Want To Have Sums! Now I'm looking forward to that episode. It sounds like a lot of effort was put into it, even more than most eps.
she didnt exactly read shrek the 3rd, which apparently exists as some sort of companion book for a pixar movie. no, this would probably take several minutes (perhaps 10), and would have ultimately depricated the shrek 3 cinematic experience
she merely looked at the book
she saw it, perhaps in the childrens section of a barnes & noble, registered it in her mind as being in existance, and filed it away for later as the subject for a post on BOOKS YOUVE READ. only she just looked at it. and it was shrek 3
in a way its the saddest post ive ever read
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03-02-2006, 08:24 AM #1894Hired Goon
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Sounds good actually.
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03-02-2006, 09:54 AM #1895Junior Camper
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Does sound quite promising and hopefully lives up to it!
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03-02-2006, 11:36 AM #1896Stonecutter
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Well, I hate Maths, but love The Simpsons, so I'm not sure about this episode.
That confirms the titles Binky found, too.
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03-02-2006, 11:41 AM #1897Junior Camper
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Hmm...I think the maths episode sounds crap to be honest.
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03-02-2006, 02:22 PM #1898
It sounds good, though it also sounds like an "in the news" episode (people saying boys and girls should be separated in class). Really, though, it isn't a big topic like war where it'll lose its value over time. "Girls Just Want To Have Sums" isn't a very good title, to be honest, but still sounds good. It'll be nice to have another school episode.
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03-02-2006, 03:07 PM #1899I'm not your friend-o
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Well, at least it sounds kind of original. I'm bad with maths and I'm not very interesting in the subject, but it seems kind of an intelectual thing to do in a tv series.
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03-02-2006, 10:57 PM #1900oyar
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Bit confused about what that episode is even supposed to be about...
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03-03-2006, 05:17 AM #1901Stonecutter
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Just go to the first page of this thread, you'll find all of te info you need.
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03-03-2006, 11:56 AM #1902Stonecutter
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We know most of this already, but:
HOMER AND MARGE PLAY MUSICAL HOUSES ON "THE SIMPSONS" SUNDAY, MARCH 26, ON FOX
Ricky Gervais Makes Guest Voice Appearance. Homer's obsession with Lenny's new plasma TV prompts Marge to enter the family in a sweepstakes, and they win a trip to the Fox Studio Lot. Against Marge's wishes, Homer signs them up for a "Trading Spouses"-type show and is forced to take in a controlling wife, while Marge moves in with a beaten-down husband, Charlie (guest-star Ricky Gervais), and his perfect son. Charlie quickly develops a crush on Marge, while she tries to give him the strength to stand up to his own wife on THE SIMPSONS episode "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" airing Sunday, March 26 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SI-1708) (TV-TBA)
Voice Cast: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Mayor Quimby and Groundskeeper Willie, Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson and Patty; Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson and Nelson Muntz; Nelson, Ralph and Kearney; Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson; Harry Shearer as Kent Brockman, Mr. Burns and Smithers; Pamela Hayden as Milhouse; Hank Azaria as Cletus and Carl.
Guest Voice: Ricky Gervais as Charlie.
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03-03-2006, 01:00 PM #1903Stonecutter
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Thanks SF!
Sounds better now, with the added bits. Marge not liking the idea and Lenny involved are plusses
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03-03-2006, 01:19 PM #1904Pin Pal
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Yes! I have a bit more confidence. Sounds like a very strong plotline.
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03-03-2006, 01:33 PM #1905Stonecutter
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If Tress is the voice of the wife, and uses the same voice she uses for almost every other female character I'll scream!
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03-03-2006, 01:43 PM #1906Pin Pal
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Oh yeah. I can't stand that. That's the Lindsey Naegle type voice you're refering, right? Eh. She also will do that cat lady voice a lot.
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03-03-2006, 01:49 PM #1907Do'h nuts
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(and they win a trip to the Fox Studio Lot) I can't wait to see the jokes about Fox. Also doesn't Fox have a Trading Spouses copy called Wife Swap
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03-03-2006, 02:46 PM #1908Stonecutter
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Yup! Originally Posted by AngryDad33
This will be funny. I'm very confident about this episode.
This season looks like it will end up turning out better than 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, and 11! (in my opinion) because there have been many great eps! Ulthough this might change judging on how the rest of the episodes turn out.
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03-03-2006, 02:51 PM #1909Stonecutter
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Trading Spouses is on Fox. I think ABC had a show called "Wife Swap" for a short time a few years ago. Originally Posted by AngryDad33
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03-03-2006, 03:16 PM #1910we go play hoop
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they still do. Originally Posted by Binky
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^And Wife Swap is quite big in Britain, probably why Gervais used that. The synopsis of the episode sounds very good.
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The start to this season wasn't so great, but I think it has definately been building up. If the following episode turn out to be as good as the sound(save Bart gets taking hostage by a Chimp) then we're instore for a great second half of a season. If these episodes are amazing, then it could just make up for the atrocious first half of the season(I'm sorry it's my opinion, though).
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03-04-2006, 11:32 AM #1913Stonecutter
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Looks like "Million Dollar Abie" is set for April 2.
http://tvlistings2.zap2it.com/progra...er_id=national
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Excellent news
A nice string of episodes to look forward to.
The title, intrests me. I presume Abe wins a million? I kind of hope not, as it's already been done, where Abe wins money. Though yet again, it could be a good idea from a different angle. Hopefully that different angle won't include Tim Long's wackiness!
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03-04-2006, 12:35 PM #1915Stonecutter
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It's probably that episode dealing with assisted suicide that Al Jean had mentioned in an interview a few months ago.
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03-04-2006, 02:17 PM #1916Stonecutter
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Why do you think that?
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03-04-2006, 02:58 PM #1917Mod, eh?
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Because of Million Dollar Baby would be my guess. Originally Posted by Drunk Barney
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Yay episode on my birthday, boo that it is written by Tim Long. Sorry Tim if your reading this, but I'm just not that in to your writing. Prove me wrong though, and make this an awesome episode,
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03-05-2006, 03:10 AM #1919oyar
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4 in a row...sweet...
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03-05-2006, 10:48 AM #1920Junior Camper
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I am not even going to attemp to read the previous 63 pages that came before this....
This is my first real post here, just wanted to say. Anyway, I think the best episodes this season have been the episode where Lisa's room is next to the graveyard, and Milhouse of Sand and Fog. Both were hillarious.
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