Rate/Review The Wettest Stories Ever Told (HABF11)

[McClure]

It's a parody of the poseiden adventure, a movie that came out in the 70's. THe new movie coming out soon is a remake.

[Good Moleman To Robert]

I just saw an ad for Poseidon, during which a boat flips over. Could the third act be a parody of that before it comes out?

"There's hats for everyone so let me know your cap size"

It is probably more of a parody of The Poseidon Adventure, which Poseidon is a remake of.

[Galalimit]

Down boy. There's several hundred registered members who never really post anything they could've easily voted a buttload of 5/5's.

Why do we have guest voting Jake? It's so inaccurate as every episode gets mostly 5/5's in the votings but the actual written reviews in the threads are not mostly 5/5's?

And Tomacco, my post wasn't meant to be an insult, that's why I said "no offense", it's just my opinion.

[Gatorgod]

Good Medicine! Plenty of Laffs through out. Loved Burns "Cap-Size" joke the best. Sideshow Mel died from having his hair catch fire? ...5/5

[The Governor]

Wouldn't their usernames show up since this is a public poll, though?

Wellllll...I was under the assumption the 'guest voting' was turned off, but I guess that's a 'no.'

[Sarcastic Guy II]

Check my review right above, and go to bed. It's past your bedtime.

Zing!

This is an episode a panel of hillbillies would call "distasteful" and "purile."

[Galalimit]

Guest voting was turned off for one of the review threads a few weeks ago but one of the mods turned it back on right afterwards.

[Veryjammy]

Who wrote and directed the episode?

And I think we should stop guests voting on these things, it annoys me when my nerdish habit of adding up the percentage of 4 and 5's is disrupted

[The Governor]

Why do we have guest voting Jake?

I thought the guest voting was turned off when I first saw the oddball amout of 5/5's.

[Tomacco]

And Tomacco, my post wasn't meant to be an insult, that's why I said "no offense", it's just my opinion.

If you went up to your teacher and said, "no offense, but you're a shmuck", would you be surprised if you got sent to the principal's office?

[McClure]

Anyway, this was a pretty not-so-spectacular episode.

Not a lot of people are familiar with the Mayflower, the Mutiny on the Bounty or the Poseiden Adventure, so it's hard for people to relate or understand the plot. The previous historical trilogies picked much more well known stories.

First act - 2/5. Too many jokes about views of women during the period
Second act - 3.5/5. I liked the part on Tahiti. But why did they put the Easter Island heads on Tahiti? Skinner as Captain Bligh was very good and I think it was the strongest of the three acts.
Third act - 2/5. What was with all the jokes about the 70's? The Simpsons as the PArtridge family was a nice touch. And I liked how some of the deaths came right out of the movie.

Overall - 2.5/5 (Round down to 2). Not that great but not horrible. I really think that the writers need to stop milking the same jokes, having their background characters continually make the same jokes they do in every other episode, and stop using kiddie humour. It seems like every time somebody spoke in this episode, their lines were tailored for 10 year olds.

And who wrote this episode?

[Semaj]

Who wrote and directed the episode?

The writer was Jeff Westbrook.

[Galalimit]

Is there anyway you can turn it off permantly Jake?

[Mira]

I thought the first two were pretty good, The first being best. It got a lot worse as it went a long though. Best Line/ Joke would be: "Thank you for covering our women's boobs with cloth, you'll get an updated bill on your way out."

My ratings are something like this:

1st: 4/5
2nd: 3/5
3rd: 2/5

[Tomacco]

The writer was Jeff Westbrook.

Yeah I noticed that too, but can someone refresh my memory on what his past episode writer credits, if any, have been? I feel like I've seen his name around, but I can't place an episode.

[Alpha]

The first two stories were kind of meh, but I liked the third one.

3/5

[Galalimit]

If you went up to your teacher and said, "no offense, but you're a shmuck", would you be surprised if you got sent to the principal's office?

No it wouldn't surprise me because calling someone a shmuck is an insult. What I said to you wasn't an insult and I didn't use any offensive words or anything. All I said was that it wouldn't have surprised me if it was you who voted 5/5 all those times and there was nothing wrong with me thinking that because you've always been known to go very easy on new episodes. That's not offensive at all.

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

when the Sea Captain said "six more games", it seemed pretty clear no resolution was forthcoming......so I don't understand why some folks are criticizing that.

[AngryDad33]

As alot of people have said already I'm going to give this episode a meh-3/5

It was O.K I laughed at some parts

[Nowhere_Man]

3/5 I thought it was okay, I really wasn't looking forward to it at all, but it was better than I expected, I really like that Krusty bit with the legs. I thought the third story was the best.

[Wasteland]

It...just...wasn't that good. I think they could have done without the wrap-around. It didn't add anything to the plot. Plus, IMO, worst Captain McCallister appearence ever.

2/5.

[derelictpi]

Just alright. A few good jokes, but overall I think it will prove to be forgettable.

[Curtis]

I meant to give it a 4 but gave it a 5. I really liked it made me laugh a few times especially the opium joke and Skinner getting kicked out of the boats and the turtile. Third act was really good.

[TheFlandersMan]

4/5.

I actually thought it was pretty good. For once they did decent parodies, and some fairly intelligient writing. All acts were entertaining. Of course Jean needed to stick in some music at one point, but eh. Not bad for Season 17.

[John Jay Smith]

2 out of 5. Very "meh" episode. Only laughed out loud at a few gags.

[Anthinator]

Yeah I noticed that too, but can someone refresh my memory on what his past episode writer credits, if any, have been? I feel like I've seen his name around, but I can't place an episode.

Jeff Westbrook also wrote GABF05 "On A Clear Day I Can't See My Sister"...an episode that Al Jean claims as one of his favorite episodes.

[jim2386]

Meh, the art direction was brilliant, but the stories were a mixed bag. I'm relieved that we didn't get a Titanic story, as any jokes now, especially to the 1997 movie would be terribly dated.

The timing of the jokes hasve definitely improved recently. But yeah, they should've finished the ending.

3.25/5

I don't think they were copying titanic. More likely they were copying poseidon which comes out in a few weeks. The whole premise of that movie is that the boat is flipped upsidedown by a giant wave and gets stuck like that.

My brother and I liked the show. I give it 4/5

"I want it sung in a round!" *fires gun* "Rounder! I still hear edges!"

[Flimpson Tide]

Jeff Westbrook previously wrote On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister, so it's not too surprising this episode wasn't a hit. My expectations were low to begin with, so I didn't like it all that much either. I laughed at the Frying Dutchman crew playing basketball instead of cooking and the opium joke (even though it was already used a few seasons back), but these trilogy episodes are just boring to begin with so it was hard to enjoy. I'd say a C, or 3/5.

[Super_Cool]

Meh. My favorite joke was when everyone looked at Smithers to do something for Homer. Not because he's gay, it's because he has the keys.

[Faucet]

i give it a 3/5. The first act was actually my favorite with all the puritan jokes. The second was okay. In my opinion hte opium joke was pretty badly voice-acted and was over all a pretty bad joke. The third oone was pretty funny and it comes close to the second one. not the worst but not the best. Funny how in NHC, the majority voted for either 5/5 or 1/5.