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Remember when they actually made good use of guest stars? This episode really shows it. Quite a few funny moments and not to mention a great song at the end. 5/5
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07-29-2006, 08:02 AM #1Hired Goon
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07-29-2006, 08:08 AM #2See You Space Cowboy.....
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5/5 "DOG ON FIRE, DOG ON FIRE!"
Tremendous episode and yeah I do love a guest star playing a character as opposed to a dumb cameo. Very funny episode, well paced, and a cute Bart and Lisa scene at the end with a good song.S1.3 LIS+++ BOB++ BAR++ BUR+
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07-29-2006, 11:45 AM #3.
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The plot was a bit uneven, and it seemed that there was far too much time spent in incorporating Michael Jackson into the show than focusing on the fairly mediocre humor. Still, love the song and this was overall an enjoyable episode. 4/5
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07-29-2006, 01:02 PM #4Serenity now, Insanity later
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A touching episode, pretty lacking in jokes, I did like the referrences to "one Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"
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07-29-2006, 02:19 PM #5has it
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Good use of a guest star indeed. I liked it, the plot was a little uneven, still pretty nice over all. A-/4/5
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08-13-2006, 12:42 PM #6As cool as Cool Lisa
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The episode was good but the ending with the Lisa birthday song was so good that I gave it a 5/5 instead of 4/5.
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08-14-2006, 12:30 PM #7Hi, everybody!
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4/5. It was funny how the whole town got really hyped about "Michael Jackson" coming to Springfield. Oh, and I loved the song. So cute! "Lisa, it's your birthday... Happy Birthday, Lisa!"
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08-14-2006, 02:49 PM #8Billie Jean
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5/5 Top Episode!
Before I was a fan I always seemed to remember this episode. Probably because it's so different from any other episode of the show I've seen (apart from the Simpson's new guest plot). Although I'm a Michael Jackson fan, I loved this episode because of the plot, humor, MJ references and the song. It may not be cutting-edge comedy, but it's a classic vintage episode and I never get tired of seeing it.
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08-14-2006, 06:30 PM #9Maybe it's time to live....
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5/5. This is actually the first episode I truly loved.
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08-20-2006, 10:40 AM #10Banned
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I'd give it a 3.5/5. It was a good episode but it's nothing compared to the other season 3 episodes. It's still okay.
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10-25-2006, 01:42 PM #11Banned
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Kind of confusing the first time i saw it but its the beginning of the best season of the simpons.
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10-26-2006, 03:44 PM #12No, Money Down!
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Agree with that, Reservoir Dog. Just a fantastic episode; solidly and tightly plotted throughout with great lines ("I'm not popular enough to be different") and more subtle satire ("Remember that absentee ballot"), and, of course, the song. Outstanding ep. A
When the weight of the world has got you down and you want to end your life.
Bills to pay, a dead-end job, and problems with the wife.
But don't throw in the towel, 'cuz there's a place right down the block
Where you can drink your misery away...
At Flaming Moe's (Let's all go to Flaming Moe's...)
When liquor in a mug (Let's all go to Flaming Moe's...)
Can warm you like a hug. (Flaming Moe's...)
And happiness is just a Flaming Moe away...
Happiness is just a Flaming Moe away...
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10-26-2006, 03:51 PM #13Banned
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Oh yeah the song. I have that song on my computer
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10-26-2006, 04:01 PM #14formerly shutupa yo face
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great start to season 3. 4/5
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01-09-2007, 11:09 AM #15Mr.X
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Best episode ever in my opinion when Leon sings homer to sleep is my fav moment from the simpsons of all time!
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01-10-2007, 04:33 PM #16crap.
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Good episode, not great in my book but one of the better episodes of Season 3. (4/5)
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01-10-2007, 04:34 PM #17*cough*
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4/5 good episode. plus mj is in it!
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01-12-2007, 10:52 PM #18George Meyer's Love Child
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Very touching episode.
I love the round table convo at the crazy house...Homer was great! Haha.
4/5
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07-08-2007, 11:52 AM #19Punch Clock Hero
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This episode is a classic - 5/5
Since my first viewing of this one, I have loved it very much, from the start to the end, it's non-stop entertainment and humor, this is an episode which I will never forget.
I really dig both the plot and the touching, sweet and sour subplot about Lisa's Birthday, I feel bad for her when she sits all alone with Maggie by the table, singing Happy Birtday to herself. The Happy Birtday Lisa song is just great and it was nice to join both plots in the end like that, and I think that MJ brings much to this episode with his character Leon Kompowsky.Last edited by CousinMerl; 07-06-2009 at 12:44 AM.
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07-08-2007, 12:10 PM #20The Truth Is Not Out There.
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Very good episode, but Leon looking like a shaved Barney Gumble bugs the hell out of me. 4/5
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07-08-2007, 12:23 PM #21Pageant of the Transmundane
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4/5
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07-08-2007, 01:13 PM #22You're deceptive
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I always thought it was a bit weak for its era. Maybe because I've seen it too many times because it seemed to be constantly on TV at one point. I like everything that doesn't involve the Michael Jackson character.
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07-08-2007, 01:25 PM #23Nothing to say
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4/5
A very good episode, not the greatest thoguh. The plot was pretty touching but it wasn't as great as some other episode of the season, the end was a plus though.
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07-08-2007, 01:34 PM #24dieing of loneliness
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5/5.
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07-08-2007, 01:42 PM #25So.. Chinese or Japanese?
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5/5
A really good early episode that brought on alot of new fans.
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07-09-2007, 02:59 PM #26Profound Sadness
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Stark Raving Dad huh?
Well for one thing its definitely trippy watching this episode now knowing what becomes of Michael's image in real life (even more trippy is that this show still endures all this time now since then.) But that aside its definitely one of the better uses of a guest star. I will always prefer guest voices having a purpose other than just appearing, as in actually playing bonafide characters instead of themselves so much (although if done right the latter can be really funny too, but still it needs context.) Whats cool about this though is that its voice, playing a character...who is playing that voice. Well...for singing anyways for the legit voice but whatever the case it was cool.
This ep had a pretty simple but cool little message in it about looking past surfaces. All the way through to even how Lisa views Bart. (Yet another thing he's done for her. Tsk tsk Lisa, shame on you.:silly
I gave it a 4. Its one of those really wholesome episodes that you can only find in this particular early part of the show's life, even by the time season 5 rolls around.
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07-09-2007, 06:14 PM #27He Wears Short Shorts
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4/5.
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12-11-2007, 09:03 PM #28Junior Camper
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A wonderful episode from the days when MJ didn't make your skin crawl. 4.5/5.
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12-11-2007, 09:06 PM #29Banned
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It's okay. I find it utterly pathetic how they seem to bash Michael Jackson on the show nowadays, even though he's been a guest star on there.
3/5
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07-08-2008, 06:30 AM #30the original Sex Pistol
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5/5, really great in every way
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