Rate/Review "Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife" (HABF08)

[Bleedin' Gums Murphy]

Just watched it. Fairly entertaining but not memorable or quality. For a zombie Simpsons episode, and the fact I did laugh 3 times(I know, shoot me down), I'll give it 6/10

[bhartman36]

It was valiantly trying to be funny, but I think it failed. 2/5.

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

Season 17 continues with Wife Swap! Lenny buys a new TV so awesome Homer doesn't leave for days. After winning a trip to FOX he signs Marge up for a reality show to get enough money for a new TV. She ends up living with a man named Charles who is basically Ricky Gervais.

I'm honestly kinda astounded by the positive reception this received back when it aired on here. I mean I'm a lenient Simpson grader but I can remember absolutely hating this even back then. I found some things to enjoy this re-watch but this is still a bad outing. I enjoyed Homer staying at Lenny's. The best moments were all Homer and TV involved. Aside from that I can't say I really liked any of this. I'm not a fan of Ricky Gervais or The Office though which I guess needs to be required to like this. All the scenes with his character with the awkward humor fell flat and seemed to go on forever. Dan Castellaneta's appearance felt gratuitous. Also I know continuity means squat but it bugs me that we'll never see that TV in Homer and Marge's bedroom in later episodes.

That's really all I have to say about this one. Homer at Lenny's and the supplementary TV stuff earns it a 2, but everything else ensures it stays there.

EDIT: Oh yeah, the opening was cool and I liked the use of Patty too.

[zartok-35]

This episode has the worst Nastuk direction I've ever seen. Terrible terrible stuff. I'm guessing Al Jean got Nasty Matt all worked up because of this episodes guest written glory, and he was afraid to fuck up the clarity of his staging. They fucked up BAD on this one, though, REALLY BAD.