Prayer has no place in the public school system! Just like comedy has no place in a Nabin review!

Prayer has no place in the public school system! Just like comedy has no place in a Nabin review!

You're off YOUR case, chief.

You're off YOUR case, chief.

The sad part is, doesn't James Caan eventually guest-star as himself? About fifteen years after the Woods episode? In the episode where Bart becomes Hugh Hefner or something?

The sad part is, doesn't James Caan eventually guest-star as himself? About fifteen years after the Woods episode? In the episode where Bart becomes Hugh Hefner or something?

And then he died, before we could even find out if HE thought BART was a dumb name. So sad.

And then he died, before we could even find out if HE thought BART was a dumb name. So sad.

It wasn't cut for being offensive. Every episode loses a couple of minutes when it's aired for syndication. The couple of minutes in Who Shot Mr. Burns Part II was, I believe, the subject of a reference from Newton Gimmick (whose gimmick I still love) below, because the one weird comic book villain guy might call…

It wasn't cut for being offensive. Every episode loses a couple of minutes when it's aired for syndication. The couple of minutes in Who Shot Mr. Burns Part II was, I believe, the subject of a reference from Newton Gimmick (whose gimmick I still love) below, because the one weird comic book villain guy might call…

Was I supposed to read that in a Butt-Head voice? Because I did.

Was I supposed to read that in a Butt-Head voice? Because I did.

I seem to recall a random cutaway to, I don't know, some kind of old-timey comic book villains in jail for shooting Mr. Burns. It was weird and awful and nearly ruined the episode for me. Also, your name reminds me of - was it Realty Bites? "Aw, my gates! Johnny B gave me those!" Which is to say, please give me some…

I seem to recall a random cutaway to, I don't know, some kind of old-timey comic book villains in jail for shooting Mr. Burns. It was weird and awful and nearly ruined the episode for me. Also, your name reminds me of - was it Realty Bites? "Aw, my gates! Johnny B gave me those!" Which is to say, please give me some…

In Rabin's defense, kind of, but not really: I don't read many other Classics reviews—-is there a way for a show as beloved as Simpsons, season 4, to be reviewed *well*? I think badly-written plot summaries of shows we could all recite from memory, complete with long-winded explanation of the jokes, written in words…

In Rabin's defense, kind of, but not really: I don't read many other Classics reviews—-is there a way for a show as beloved as Simpsons, season 4, to be reviewed *well*? I think badly-written plot summaries of shows we could all recite from memory, complete with long-winded explanation of the jokes, written in words…

Also, this, while we're talkin' 'bout Simpsons: the blurb about tonight's episode in the "What's On Tonight" article totally hit on what's awful about the past five seasons or so, which is the parodying-stuff-but-refusing-to-call-it-by-its-real-name phenomenon. I'll take it over what was awful with the ten seasons…

Also, this, while we're talkin' 'bout Simpsons: the blurb about tonight's episode in the "What's On Tonight" article totally hit on what's awful about the past five seasons or so, which is the parodying-stuff-but-refusing-to-call-it-by-its-real-name phenomenon. I'll take it over what was awful with the ten seasons…

I suppose I prefer these reviews to what recent Simpsons get - "Yeah, this show still sucks" - and they're a good excuse to quote the episodes in the comments, but I still don't know why I read the actual reviews. Or why anyone is paid money to write them.

I suppose I prefer these reviews to what recent Simpsons get - "Yeah, this show still sucks" - and they're a good excuse to quote the episodes in the comments, but I still don't know why I read the actual reviews. Or why anyone is paid money to write them.