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Oh, forgot to mention...

On 12/17/2024 20:09, Matt Garvey wrote:
> Happy anniversary! Today's Disney+-only double-episode debut has the
> dubious distinction of occurring 35 years to the day after the first
> full episode's Fox premiere (for a Christmas episode of course). It only
> hit me in the middle that that probably explains the choice of date (a
> Tuesday of all things), though I imagine reasons for making it a
> streaming exclusive rather than a broadcast include the long-term
> effects of the strike delay, and so on. I hope it does find its way into
> network/cable/syndication distribution, along with the others yet to come!

Assuming this does eventually make its way to traditional TV, this would
be the second (and third, n'ghey) episode to be released somewhere else
before making it to Fox (etc.), the only other one I am aware of being
LABF11 back in 2009 (season 20), which aired in the UK and Ireland 5
days before it did in the US.

I accidently stumbled into this episode last night after watching
Skeleton Crew episode 4. Both shows' episodes were decent. :) 35 yrs.
Wow.


Matt Garvey <mxg77@po.cwru.edu> wrote:
> Happy anniversary! Today's Disney+-only double-episode debut has the
> dubious distinction of occurring 35 years to the day after the first
> full episode's Fox premiere (for a Christmas episode of course). It only
> hit me in the middle that that probably explains the choice of date (a
> Tuesday of all things), though I imagine reasons for making it a
> streaming exclusive rather than a broadcast include the long-term
> effects of the strike delay, and so on. I hope it does find its way into
> network/cable/syndication distribution, along with the others yet to come!

> Overall positive reaction, I think. I didn't know where it was headed,
> and I might have picked a few other directions for Ned's crisis (once I
> realized that was the main story) but this was satisfactory. I didn't
> need him to return to faith, by the way. Episodes came to mind like
> 3F02, 9F01, 5F05, as well as Ned's various personal tests over the
> years, and this works fairly well with them, not quite establishing a
> particular supernatural quality but also not ripping the rug out just
> for kicks. It did have a bit of a classic feel, so that's nice.

> Note: the episode itself (with credits, but not dub credits) runs just
> over 43 minutes, which is about right for broadcast these days
> (splitting it into halves would necessitate some cuts or something for
> more credits/another intro). And I am definitely of the mind to count
> this as two episodes for reckoning totals, etc.; it's got two codes,
> runs twice as long... and even has "first half" and "second half" writer
> and director credits (as separate episodes would)! But wow, it's really
> hard to tell where the broadcast act breaks should be, let alone the
> split between halves.

> Previous episode stuff
> FABF02, BABF07: Talking astrolabes and Funzos prominently seen as Homer
> shops for presents
> 7G11: Homer says they already "did" getting Marge a bowling ball (though
> that was a birthday gift)
> 7G08: Homer has been (a mall) Santa before, memorably, in the first
> aired episode (happy anniversary!)
> DABF02: Ned asks about when Lisa first became Buddhist

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I liked the plot of Ned questioning god and the homer thinking he's
Santa was entertaining too. Overall great episode.


On 17/12/24 20:09, Matt Garvey wrote:
> Happy anniversary! Today's Disney+-only double-episode debut has the
> dubious distinction of occurring 35 years to the day after the first
> full episode's Fox premiere (for a Christmas episode of course). It only
> hit me in the middle that that probably explains the choice of date (a
> Tuesday of all things), though I imagine reasons for making it a
> streaming exclusive rather than a broadcast include the long-term
> effects of the strike delay, and so on. I hope it does find its way into
> network/cable/syndication distribution, along with the others yet to come!
>
> Overall positive reaction, I think. I didn't know where it was headed,
> and I might have picked a few other directions for Ned's crisis (once I
> realized that was the main story) but this was satisfactory. I didn't
> need him to return to faith, by the way. Episodes came to mind like
> 3F02, 9F01, 5F05, as well as Ned's various personal tests over the
> years, and this works fairly well with them, not quite establishing a
> particular supernatural quality but also not ripping the rug out just
> for kicks. It did have a bit of a classic feel, so that's nice.
>
> Note: the episode itself (with credits, but not dub credits) runs just
> over 43 minutes, which is about right for broadcast these days
> (splitting it into halves would necessitate some cuts or something for
> more credits/another intro). And I am definitely of the mind to count
> this as two episodes for reckoning totals, etc.; it's got two codes,
> runs twice as long... and even has "first half" and "second half" writer
> and director credits (as separate episodes would)! But wow, it's really
> hard to tell where the broadcast act breaks should be, let alone the
> split between halves.
>
> Previous episode stuff
> FABF02, BABF07: Talking astrolabes and Funzos prominently seen as Homer
> shops for presents
> 7G11: Homer says they already "did" getting Marge a bowling ball (though
> that was a birthday gift)
> 7G08: Homer has been (a mall) Santa before, memorably, in the first
> aired episode (happy anniversary!)
> DABF02: Ned asks about when Lisa first became Buddhist