No one cares what the shuttle driver thinks
How Lisa Got Her Marge Back
Billboard: Kirk Van Houten holding up his jumper; “Punch me in the stomach for $5, cash only”
Never lose a bet to Bart Simpson (Skinner is writing)
Couch gag: The Simpsons wake up in space from their pods and Homer is only a skeleton.
Director: Bob Anderson
Guest Voice:
Andrew Rannells as himself
Synopsis: Marge admits she doesn’t like Lisa’s jazz playing. Meanwhile, Bart feels he has lost part of his identity when no one falls for his pranks.
Discussion: Firstly, what the hell are Archie characters doing there?!?
Secondly, yawn! How many episodes have we seen where someone finally admits they don’t like something another family member does and that family member tries to make things right? (Don’t answer that, it’s rhetorical.)
Annnd cue the flashback. Sigh.
This is just lazy writing and lazier execution. It’s like the writers have gathered all the thrown-out “jokes” and ideas deemed not good enough, sticky-taped them to a script and sent it to the voice actors. At one point, Lisa lets out a long sigh (when viewing the Broadway-style shows in Capital City); that’s exactly my sentiments when viewing this rubbish.
In the loooooooooooooooong history of the show, there are stellar episodes, terrible episodes and episodes like this: the absolute bottom of the barrel.
Never mind the terrible Marge-Lisa plot and the worse Bart-Maggie plotline, the Bad News Bears scene is possibly the most painful scene ever in any single episode of the show. Yikes! I just… ergh, just make it stop.
My personal recommendation is: instead of watching this episode, a more enjoyable experience would be to walk barefoot over red-hot coals then over a floor full of strewn Lego pieces.