Springfield isn't really near any real geographical place. They've gone through a great deal of trouble over the years to make it a town that can't possibly exist anywhere as a real town. Ned Flanders' point that Springfield borders Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky drives that point home.

I wasn't, really. to me, Bender and Homer are much more alike than Homer and Fry. Bender and Homer are both beer-swilling, crude, jerk-ass characters. The closest analogue Fry has in the Simpson world is Bart, and they're too far apart in age to have much of a friendship during the episode. Plus, Bart is smarter,…

I generally liked the episode. It certainly wasn't A+ material, but I'd give it a solid B or B+. Bender was (arguably) more of the "Homer" of Futurama than Fry, so seeing Bender and Homer interact was worth the ride.

I sort of agree, but that's not really McGinley's fault, either. D'Arcy was introduced, from the very beginning, as a kind of wild character. Rhodes was always straight-laced until Garrison decided to leave the show and they basically decided to make him turn into a nature nut. "Marcy" (Bearse) was always written…

To be fair, I don't think his "jump the shark" reputation fits in regards to "Married With Children". He got hired for that when David Garrison ("Steve Rhodes") decided to leave the show. And as McGinley says, he was on the show for most of its run.