Fox bet on the wrong horse for sure. Homerpalooza has some of the earmarks of the later (awful) episodes, where they'd pack in a dozen celebrities and hope that the show could float on their charm alone. Then again, Homerpalooza also had that great speech from Grandpa where he warns Homer that pop culture will leave…

When this episode aired, it was the second of two season finales, and largely ignored by Fox in favor of a lackluster but star-studded Lollapalooza parody. It's a shame, because I enjoyed The Summer of 4'2" a whole lot more. The "I don't know what you've got planned, but count me out" joke plays wonderfully off…

Oh geez, I would love to see that. Thin out the baby characters and give us some of the guys from the Mario RPGs. I'd even take Geno at this point.

Mm hm. Read it and weep… I did.

They've got cloacas or something, right?

Remember, the Koopa Kids/Lings "just love to be mean." So why WOULDN'T you name one after a chain-smoking, right-wing, sensationalist talk show host? It seemed like half of those characters were named after punk rockers anyway.

I don't think Luigi needs to be the nasty version of Mario. Wario already has that job.

It's bullcrap that Miyamoto changed them from Bowser's kids to Bowser's unrelated thugs, though.

Baby Mario and Baby Luigi just wore a hat and diapers in that game. These versions of the characters came from Mario Kart: Double Dash and Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time, where they traded the absorbent undergarments for miniature overalls.

"Know her? I NAMED her!"

No question. She's a fantastic villain.

Except JRD was an obvious substitute for Sean Connery.

Can I vote for David Warner? I love him in everything!

They don't offer that icky Goliath Chronicles, do they? Because in my headcanon, the series ends just before that begins. Ku Klux Klan action figures… GEEZ.

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I bought this in a recent sale for my PS Vita and had an immensely difficult time playing it… until I shook the system, which calibrated its motion sensors. The game improved after that, but there's something about the experience that strikes me as, well, void. You blow around flower petals. It's quite gorgeous, yes,…

Is Williams Daniels even alive, or is he oscillating his creepy red eye in heaven now?

Crash Man's soundtrack sounds a lot like The Chinese Way by Level 42. I didn't even realize this until I got their best of album!

I dig the music from the Game Boy game based on the Batman animated series. Very faithful to the show, until you reach a boss, when it shifts into a tune with the nail-biting urgency that was a trademark of Konami games from the early '90s.

Athlete's Rag is the greatest. I'll pit that against anything from the Genesis Sonic games, Michael Jackson or no.