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So glad I saw this. Halftime of the GoDaddy Bowl (for left coasters anyway) came at just the right time.
The premise of the episode is that Homer has become a viral internet video sensation after Bart uploads footage of him having an Alec Baldwin-esque airplane meltdown.
Cable news executives are so endeared by Homers folksiness saying he is the ill-informed gas bag that networks cannot get enough of that they decide to give him his own show, Gut Check!
In a spot-on, cheeky parody of Beck, Simpson ostentatiously sobs crocodile tears as he laments a high school in Nebraska replacing football with soccer as a team sport.
The Simpsons writers have outdone themselves tonight, with this no-holds-barred parody of the over-the-top bloviating shenanigans of some cable news personalities.
Watch the best four minutes of the episode at the link:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-simpsons-season-premiere-takes-on-fox-news-and-glenn-beck/
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Steve Jobs unveils iGhost. LOL!
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)..."Satan tweets support for Santorum..."
BRILLIANT!
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)white_wolf
(6,238 posts)It was a real return to form for them. It also made me love Lisa even more when she said told Homer not to endorse Ted Nugent because he's a rightwing nutjob who loves everything she hates. Lisa for president!
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)besides the shots at Fox News was how packed it was in the sheer number of jokes and gags. No filler in this one.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)it was a great episode, an instant classic
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)An absolute Simpsons fanatic ( he just won't STFU about it ) and after comfortably retiring from his union job, suddenly went to the right, and really likes the Glen Beck show. The cognitive dissonance will rip his innards to pieces.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)pokerfan
(27,677 posts)and tells his audience, My fellow Americans, I am full of crap.
I liked the gravy boat = tea party metaphor.