Jaws Wired Shut Written by Penny Wise Directed by Pound Foolish ============================================================================== Production code: DABF05 Original Airdate on FOX: 27-Jan-02 Capsule revision A (24-Dec-04) ============================================================================== > "TV Guide" Synopsis ============================================================================== [SNPP.com] Homer breaks his jaw in an accident, requiring it to be wired shut for a month. His resulting inability to talk makes him a better listener, and he becomes closer to family and friends because of it. They all like the new Homer much better, but when the wires come off and Homer retains his new attitude, everyone begins to miss the old Homer's antics. ============================================================================== > Title sequence ============================================================================== Blackboard: None Couch: The living room is rendered in black and white, and we can hear the sound of an old-fashioned projector in the background. Homer enters the scene, dressed as Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character. As he pauses, the rest of the family, dressed in period hobo costumes, runs to the couch. Then, Homer sidles up to the couch, and sits down. ============================================================================== > Did You Notice... ============================================================================== ... the voices for the "Stayin' in the closet" float sound like Smithers (no big surprise) and Patty? Bojan Bugarin: ... when Homer is selling the ostrich-burgers, there is no price or anything? ... Bart never pays for the beer? Santino Ciofani: ... that Dr. Hibbert does not hold the X-Ray with both thumbs as in HOMR? Don Del Grande: ... this is the second couch opening in black and white? ... at the parade, Maggie has a pink triangle balloon? ... Homer spells it "D'oh!"? ... that's the most Maggie has "said" in quite a while? ... everybody else waltzed in a circle around Homer and Marge? ... when the Demolition Derby started, everybody started driving in a figure eight (and nobody hit anybody else while doing it)? Daniel Dreibelbis: ... Homer seems to have gotten over most of his homophobia, judging by his reactions to the Gay Pride Parade? ... Rocko was on the Gay Steel Workers Float? ... Barney sober at Moe's and with a coffee cup? ... it appears OFF's station wagon is a total write-off now? (any bets on if it will ever return, and if it does, will it still keep its damage like the sedan has since "The People Of New York Vs. Homer Simpson"?) Joe Green: ... "Dude, Where's My Pepsi?" is playing at the multiplex? Tony Hill: ... Homer erased "YES" from the board and then rewrote "YES"? Joe Klemm: ... the usual TV screen music starts right in the middle of the couch gag? ... Smithers is now officially considered a homosexual (though in the closet)? ... Dana Gould appears in the "also starring" credits? Chad Lehman: ... Homer's "KO" sounds just like a ringside bell? ... this is the second episode in a row with a suicide gag? ... this is the second episode in a row that Marge uses "for ME?" on Homer? ... Hibbert waits until Homer has the headgear attached before telling him he suffered a broken jaw? (Maybe Homer was unconscious for the procedure) ... Homer immediately gets his comeuppance for being "jerky"? After he punches the ostrich, it punches him back quite a few times. Benjamin Robinson: ... the patches on Maggie's "baggie" in the couch gag? ... the moustaches painted on the haz-mat suits for the "safe sex" float? James Troupe: ... during the Itchy and scratchy short, one of the bunnies from the "Life in Hell" comic were sitting behind the two? ... a cleaned up-looking Nelson Muntz (Much like in episode 4F01, "Lisa's Date with Density") was sitting behind Homer in the theater? ... the Phone number on the movie screen was KLN-5555, which is actually 556-5555 instead of the normal 555-5555? ... the crayon from Episode BABF22, "HOMR," is still in Homer's head when they show the X-Ray of his head? ... the beer vendor gave Bart a beer without any hesitation? ============================================================================== > Voice Credits ============================================================================== - Starring - Dan Castellaneta (Homer, "Oh, God, cover up!", Quimby, Abe, Googly-eyed man) - Julie Kavner (Marge, Patty, Kid 1) - Nancy Cartwright (Bart) - Yeardley Smith (Lisa) - Hank Azaria (Marcher, Apu, Usher 1, Usher 2, Tatum, Duffman, Carl, Moe, Derby Announcer 2, Beer vendor) - Harry Shearer (Smithers, Announcer, Announcer 2, Hibbert, Lenny, Burns, Van Doren, Otto, Derby Announcer 1) - Special Guest Voice - Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel) - Also Starring - Dana Gould (Producer) - Pamela Hayden (Milhouse, Justin, Joy) - John Kassir (Marching Dogs {imd}) - Tress MacNeille (Socialite, Lindsey Naegle, Barbara, Lisa Ling, Starr) - Karl Wiedergott (Kid 3[?]) ============================================================================== > Movie (and other) references ============================================================================== + "Eyes Wide Shut" (movie) - episode's title a spoof + Charlie Chaplin (actor) {jk} - Homer in the couch gag + "High Times" (magazine) - Homer reads "Pie Times" + "Pirates of the Caribbean" (theme-park ride) - Lesbians of the Caribbean float in the parade borrows themes from the Disney attraction - Song lyrics: "An alternative lifestyle for me" (cf. "A pirate's life for me") {jg2} + "Absolutely Fabulous" (British TV series) - commonly abbreviated "Ab Fab," which is similar to "Fab Abs" + "Air Bud" + "C.H.U.D" (movies) {bjr} - "Air C.H.U.D." some sort of mutant combination + "Chocolat" (movie) {bjr} - spawns a sequel "Chocolate 2: The Vanilla-ing" + "Dude, Where's My Car?" (movie) - Dude, Where's My Pepsi?" a spoof + "To Kill a Mockingbird" (novel) - "To Kill a Talking Bird" spoofs the title + Mike Tyson (professional boxer) - Tyson once commented he'd like to eat his opponent's children [See "Comments" section for more -- Ed.] - "Rocky" statue in Philadelphia {jc} - the Drederick Tatum statue is similar - Marlboro Man (advertising mascot) {jk} - the original Duff Man died of liver failure in much the same way the Marlboro Man died of lung cancer ["That could explain why his name is different in 'Pygmolion' and 'Hungry Hungry Homer,'" notes {jk} -- Ed.] - "got milk?" commercial {dnw} - one ad from this campaign shows a guy who can answer a quiz question, but can't talk because his mouth was full (cf. Homer trying to answer, "Beer") - "Tarzan" (series of books) {ts} - Maggie can apparently swing from pacifier to pacifier much the same way Tarzan swings from vine to vine + "The Wind in the Willows" (children's book) {jg2} - "You must dine with us at Toad Hall!" + "The View" (TV series) - hosts and format of "Afternoon Yak" similar to this light, woman's- oriented talk show [See "Comments" section for more -- Ed.] - lead woman tends to pronounce 'R's as 'W's, as Barbara Walters sometimes does + "Dilbert" (comic strip) - Homer promises to be as dull as the lead character in the strip + "Faces of Death" (movie series) {jg2} - "Demolition Derby: As Seen in Faces of Death III" banner [See "Comments" section for more -- Ed.] + Popeye (cartoon character) - Homer rescuing Marge is very similar to Popeye shorts - music that plays when Homer saves Marge {jk} - when strong, Homer mutters amusingly under his breath, as Popeye does - Homer gets his strength from beer, the way Popeye does from spinach - Homer pops open the beer can the way Popeye opens the spinach can - Popeye flexes his muscle after eating spinach, and a picture showing how strong he's become (a battleship, a tank) appears {dd} - Homer squints in his left eye - Popeye has a permanent squint in the left side of his face {dd} - Popeye has been known to administer spinach to animals to make them super-strong in order to help him save Olive {dd} - when she calls for help, Marge's arms undulate like Olive Oyl's + "The Magnificent Seven" (movie) {jk} - music when Homer rides on a donkey ============================================================================== > Previous episode references ============================================================================== - Patty = lesbian {bb} - [9F04] loses her heterosexuality after seeing Homer naked - [9F22] Selma hates her for always leaving the toilet seat up - [4F06] photographed walking out of the burlesque house - [8F11], [1F13] Homer as Popeye {cl} - [8F18] another occurrence of Maggie not letting go of her pacifier {pph} - [8F19] Homer causes a scene at the movies (talking during the movie in 8F19) {af} - [9F03] Bart swinging from the ceiling fan with grampa's dentures [reminiscent of] Homer and Maggie swinging around connected at the mouth {pph} - [9F11] Homer loves "solids" {cl} - [9F13] Lisa is annoyed by Ralph's actions {af} - [1F11] An OFF writer lends his voice (Conan O' Brien in 1F11) {af} - [2F01] Someone says, "Smashy, smashy" {bjr} - [2F11], [2F22] black & white couch opening {bb} - [2F18] Snowball II rubs her eyes and puts food aside (cf. Maggie throws away the bottle) {bb} - [2F18] Bart wears culottes {et} - [3F20] Homer says "we're here, we're queer" {bb} - [3F23] Someone wears culottes (There's another episode where Bart does this, but I forget which one it was) {bjr} - [4F11] gay steelworkers appear in the parade - [4F13] Todd wets the bed {bb} - [4F22] Duffman appears in Moe's {ddg} - [4F22] someone loses out on a lot of beer when Duffman shows up at Moe's {jc} - [5F10] "Tongue-studs" referenced by a hip, young female celebrity {cl} - [5F15] Milhouse's bedwetting implied {bjr} - [AABF07] Star of "Married with Children" stars in a fictitious movie/TV show. (David Faustino starred in "Talk to the Hand") {ts} - [AABF16] "Can he SAY that?" (cf. they DO) {cl} - [AABF20] "D'oh" is spelled out {ddg} - [BABF22] the crayon from HOMR was in his X-ray {nm} - [CABF01] An animal eggs someone on (Homer/Lisa), (donkey/wild turkey) {cl} - [CABF14] two characters spinning around with the background going by in a blur {ts} ============================================================================== > Freeze frame fun ============================================================================== - Homer's magazine {bjr} PIE TIMES - Parade banner {bjr} GAY PRIDE PARADE FORMERLY SPRINGFIELD HERITAGE DAY - Parade floats {bjr} GAY STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA The Velvet Mafia A SALUTE TO SAFE SEX STAYIN' IN THE CLOSET A SALUTE TO BRUNCH FAB ABS GAY DOG ALLIANCE - At the Googolpex {mg} Outside, the front panel reads: Wedgie: The Movie | Chocolate 2: The Vanilla-ing Shenani-Goats | Final Chapter: A New Beginning Air C.H.U.D. | Editor-in-Chimp I can't make the left and right panels out clearly, but the lines on the left one seem to be the same lengths as their center-panel counterparts - I can only assume the right panel is the same. - Box-office marquee {bjr} FINAL CHAPTER - A NEW BEGINNING TOO MANY PREMISES! Crouching Tiger, [obscured] EDITOR-IN-CHIMP AIR C.H.U.D. WEDGIE: the movie clone me an angel SHENANI-GOATS! "DUDE, WHere'S My PePSI?" [M. Jorissen says the obscured film is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Valley" -- Ed.] [{mg} adds, "Note that some of the movies' punctuation changed (a ! in Shenanigoats, and a hyphen instead of a colon for final chapter) -- Ed.] - Movie puzzle {bjr} MOVIE STAR SCRAMBLE MOT [mystery] answer-> OTM [Maharaja] HANKS [ man ] SHANK [ man ] - Movie crowd control {bjr} Kit Kat MOVIE SIZED - Medical pamphlet {bjr} SO YOUR LIFE IS RUINED Underneath this is a smiley face with his jaw wired shut - Duff label {bjr} BREWED SINCE ANCIENT TIMES CONTAINS HOPS & GRAINS! - Homer's blackboard "dialogue" {bjr} SO, HOW WHAT'S WAS YOUR D'OH! WRONG? DAY? YES THEN WHAT SO [twice] HAPPENED? HUNGRY - Society page headline {bjr} LOCAL MAN RUINS EVERYTHING - Talk show title {bjr} Afternoon <-in cursive YAK - Play title {bjr} I'M GONNA KILL YOU by EDWARD ALLBEE - Civic center marquee {bjr} CIVIC CENTER DEMOLITION DERBY AS SEEN IN FACES OF DEATH III - Otto's bus {bjr} SCHOOL BUS <- "School" crossed out SKULL ============================================================================== > Animation, continuity, and other goofs ============================================================================== = Where did Maggie's bottle come from during the parade? {ddg} = When Homer stands in front of the movie screen, the film doesn't project onto him. {jc} - When Duffman is in Moe's he's missing his manhood for a brief(less) shot ... its not just that the codpiece is painted blue instead of red; its just not drawn in {hg} * If Homer hadn't awakened, he would have missed driving in the Demolition Derby anyway ... which was held in the middle of the night! {cl} * The PA announcer told the drivers to start their engines even though they were already revving them up. {jt} * In most of the demolition derbies I've seen on TV, the drivers back into one another to preserve their cars' engines. {bjr} * Demo derby cars aren't just driven off the street either -- they have the glass removed, headlights, lenses, etc. (Though the right-off-the street idea was pretty funny in the show.) {rwh} c Minor caption tweak: We hear the vendor say, "Sure, sonny," but the caption reads, "Sure thing, sonny." {bjr} ============================================================================== > Reviews ============================================================================== Bojan Bugarin: I found this episode very amusing (it will certainly be one of my favorites), but the final grade is A (not A+ because some gags when I watched them for the second time were not funny anymore). I'm glad that Homer is united with his brain (for a change) and his thinking is of a normal person (well, at least 90% of the time). The good thing is that, as always, at the end he's himself again. It would be very disturbing to see a "sane" Homer next week. (A) Santino Ciofani: The gay pride parade yielded no reaction at all from me, which somewhat set the tone for the episode. Of course, there were obvious plot problems. The first act is usually different from the second, but not the second from the third. I got some laughs, mostly from subtle things, but then there were tasteless jokes like Homer muttering "I'm horny." and donkeys popping up out of nowhere. I also doubt that demolition derbies take anyone to drive in them. Grade: (C) Don Del Grande: Usually I'm not much of a fan of the "three part stories" separated by the commercials (Homer and the movies; Homer with his jaw shut; Marge in the demolition derby), but the bit with Homer's jaw stood out, and the animation junkie in me liked the Popeye bit as well (right down to the music and Marge's flailing arms). (B+) Daniel Dreibelbis: One of the biggest complaints people had during the Mike Scully era was Homer being too much of a jerk, a cretin, and being way too wacky, and here the plot takes these complaints and puts them on their ear by having Homer cured of his bad faults completely, only to have him become a flat, lifeless character that even Marge doesn't like. It does seem to drive home the fact that, as much as we like to see Homer be mature, it's his childlike and wrong-headedness behavior that really makes him funny. But Homer does get to shine in this episode, [...] and hey, we even got some Maggie interaction! Unfortunately, we also have some problems left over from the Scully era that look like they're going to take some time to weed out, like the shocking sex gags ( "Soccer Mummy", Moe's escort service call). (A-) Alex Foley: It's good to see that the writers can still make an OFF episode with a strong story and strong jokes. When I first heard about this episode, I figured Homer would soon cause wacky hijinks so he could get his jaw brace off, but instead we get a Homer that can care but at the same time still be Homer (i.e. feel for Bart, but still be able to laugh about it). Same for the rest of OFF. Bart was Bart, Lisa was Lisa, and Marge was Marge without being a complete nag. Yet, they didn't have to sacrifice the humor at the same time (Gay Pride Parade, I & S return, Homer and his Ostrich Burgers, The Popeye send-off, etc.). Best episode of the season so far. (A-) Joe Green: This is one of my favorite Season 13 episodes so far. We got to see some genuine character development, not only with the "nice" Homer but with some other characters making pronouncements to him. I enjoyed the bulk of this so much that for once, a goofy ending didn't really bother me. (A-) Tony Hill: This one was actually pretty good, although it's another of the "3-plotters" we've had to get used to lately. Whatever happened to having a main plot and a subplot? All in all, it was pretty predictable, but I give it a (B-) Sam Law: A not so good episode. Great scene though, where Homer sucks the meat up his nose. This is one of my least favourite Season 13 Episodes. I give it a (C-) Ted Schuerzinger: I liked the first two acts more than the third, which seemed over the top. I didn't particularly like the send-up of Popeye, since it's something that doesn't really seem like fertile material for the Simpsons' brand of satire. (With the exception of Marge being compared to Olive Oyl.) The show had some good sight gags, especially involving Maggie -- how nice to see Maggie get a big role again, especially in something better than the awful "Hello Gutter, Hello Father". I give it a (B+) Todd Willis: This episode started out being very, very entertaining. The gay pride parade was thoroughly entertaining and the movie theater scenes were well done too. The show starts its slow descent downhill with the stupid contrived way Homer breaks his jaw. While it wasn't as bad as his knee injury in "Children of A Lesser Clod", it was still pretty terrible. The second act was average and provided a few nice chuckles around the Simpson house. [...] The third act was horrendous with the worst TV show parody ever (morning yak or whatever it was), and went even further downhill with Marge entering the demolition derby and the Popeye jokes. On the plus side the first act was gold and there were some good laughs throughout. Also the Homer character wasn't wacky or overly stupid. Decent effort, but the worst Al Jean episode so far. (C-) Stephen X: Not a bad episode, but things moved too S--l---o-----w for my tastes. I think I laughed out loud once, and sadly enough, it was at one of the Popeye references. Homer as a nice guy who cares about his kids is really nothing interesting or enjoyable to watch. Think of episodes like "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" where Homer shows his own personal style of caring for his kids while at the same time having his rough-around-the-edges personality. Why is it that the show has to make Homer one person or the other when making an episode? Well, I doubt this ep will hold up that well in syndication, tonight I will give it a (B) Aaron Yam: Well, it wasn't the worst ever, it was a real solid effort. I was surprised at the number of sex related jokes, and [at] the "soccer mummy" scene I did a double take and thought, "did they just say that?" Although, I do that at least 5 times a "Family Guy" episode. Homer trying to eat steak was funny, and so was the Duffman routine. I think Duffman should get his own hour show when "The Chamber" gets canceled. (B-) Yours Truly: Watching this episode, it's hard to avoid thinking that the writers are saying a too-nice Homer is as bad as a too-mean one. True, but this episode is actually a good argument for a just-right Homer: One who is wacky enough to hold interest, and nice enough to gain the viewers' sympathy. It's also funny throughout, with the gay parade and endless movie preview sequences the highlights. It took a while, but Jaws Wired Shut" is this season's first really good episode. (A) AVERAGE GRADE: B (3.04) Std Dev.: 0.7938 (13 reviews computed) ============================================================================== > Comments and other observations ============================================================================== >> Meta-reference Corner Ted Schuerzinger: Is this the first time Smithers has actually admitted to being gay? (Well, he's in the closet, but it's obviously his voice. And could the scene with John in "Homer's Phobia" be considered an admission of homosexuality? Everything else about Smithers' sexuality has been double- entendres.) The whole question of Homer's not being the live wire could (and certainly will be by a lot of other a.t.s-er's besides me!) be thought of as the writers' answering hardcore fans' call for a less wacky Homer. The writers (intelligently, IMO) decide to show an utterly unwacky [sic] Homer, much the same way the Itchy & Scratchy cartoons became boring when Marge got them to be nonviolent in "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge". At least one poster (Benjamin Robinson?) has posited that the writers are doing this sort of thing deliberately in an attempt to show us fans that we have it better than we think. (At least, I think that's Benjamin's opinion. [It was, essentially -- Ed.]) In the previous DABF episodes, they did a poor job of it, if that is indeed what they were trying to do. In this episode, however, they did a better job of it. >> Musical References Ted Schuerzinger: Percy Faith's "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" played during the safe sex float in the gay pride parade. Bojan Bugarin: "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov [plays] when Homer and Maggie are spinning. Benjamin Robinson: Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" plays while the socialite compliments Marge on her henpecking, I think. Homer and Marge dance to "The Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz" by Strauss. >> Personality Parade Daniel Dreibelbis: Ed O'Neill star of the "Soccer Mummy" trailer) is best remembered for starring as shoe salesman and dysfunctional-family patriarch Al Bundy on the once-controversial Fox sitcom "Married ... with Children (1987-1994). As "Soccer Mummy" suggests, his feature film career has been largely limited to such forgettable "family" movies as "Dutch" and "Little Giants". [{dd} adds, "[a] movie he did with John Travolta over a year ago sank like a stone" -- Ed.] Edward Albee is best known for his 1960s play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". His plays tend to revolve around hostile, short-tempered people, so it's not so much of a stretch that he'd write a play called "I'm Gonna Kill You". >> Car Watch: A New Beginning Benjamin Robinson: As Homer escapes from the theater, we can see the rear end of a white VW Old Beetle convertible. >> The Boner Scene: Good parody or bad joke? The "Soccer Mummy" trailer, and in particular the joke where the mummy gets aroused, sparked some controversy in the alt.tv.simpsons newsgroup. Was this a good parody of low-brow movies, or were the writers wallowing in low-brow humor themselves? "underbush" wrote: I don't think the Simpsons needs boner jokes, let alone the boner sound effect. Save it for Family Guy. Chad Lehman replies: People seem to be missing the satire. It mocks all those stupid movies; by going a step further that movies like "The Mighty Ducks" and that baseball one (with Keanu Reeves), it shows how stupid and crappy they are. While movies like "Mighty Ducks" make it on fart jokes, the highlight of "Soccer Mummy" is a boner joke. Many folks on ATS were fooled, thinking that the literal joke (boner) was what "Jaws Wired Shut" was going for. The stupid movie, coupled with the exaggeratedly bad/contrived plot, and Homer's laugh deliver the satire. Only simpletons enjoy those kinds of movies, and especially those type of jokes. Again ... the Simpsons is _mocking_ those movies; not celebrating them. Satire 101. If you can't or won't understand that ... you just don't understand the foundation of classic Simpsons humor. Get it? Why does Hollywood make these movies? Somebody must really like them. (Homer's type of people -- dumbass Americans.) It's a caustic mock of that Hollywood crap. Ever seen "The Big Green" or "Angels in the Outfield"? How many fart jokes were there? A "boner" joke is simply an exaggeration of the type of joke these movies make. Rick Gutleber isn't convinced: Oh, I got it. And I still didn't think it was funny. I guess because as soon as I saw the boobs, and I was cringing, hoping they wouldn't go there. Compare season 13 with season 1. How crude does the show need to get? Seeing as how the funniest gags in this episode were non-offensive (well, OK "Stop banging my wife!" wasn't, but at least that was funny), I don't see why the writers have to constantly prove what they can get away with. And by writers, I mean Network TV writers for almost every show out there. Joshua: I also agree 100% [with Chad Lehman]. As is the Simpson way, the preview sequence was designed to *make fun of* movies. That portion of the episode was intended to impugn the movie-making industry, not advocate it. As such, this particular joke served its purpose quite well, and that's why I enjoyed it. Jim Dyer: Is the humor level anywhere near, say, the time Flanders was all worried about going off half-cocked? I think not. Worst boner joke ever. "Internet King": Was it not "up" to your standards? >> Maybe he'll eat his shorts, too About Tyson's "eat his children" quote, Bob Vesterman writes: I just looked up the actual quote, which has an unintentionally funny ending "My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat your children. Praise be to Allah." "Stembolt" adds: For some reason, the last line (the punch line, IMO) of the tirade was cut from some of the later reporting. You would see the tape stop after the "eat your children" line. Anyway, the way he said "Praise be to Al-LAH!" was like "In your FACE!" or some similar taunt. >> Suicide Machine Joe Klemm: Created by Jack Kevorkian, the Suicide Machine is a controversial item that he uses on his patients. A patient who simply to die rather than suffer the pain of his/her illness would strap her self in the machine and have a needle put inside of him/her. Then, with the press of a button, lethal materials would then be injected into him/her, thus leading to death. >> "All the disclaimers just made me want to do it more!" Joe Klemm writes: Jackass is TV show that airs/ed on MTV. The premise of the show featured a crew of guys pulling off some ridiculous and mostly dangerous stunts (i.e. a human barbecue, rigging a car to make it seem that a kidnapped guy is tied up in the trunk). Obviously, some kids, despite the warnings that the show gives, attempt these stunts or variations of the stunts, and of course this leads to injury. [{dd} calls it, "A Darwin Award waiting to happen" -- Ed.] >> "Duffman will never die, only the actors who play him" Daniel Drebelbis explains: [This is] a poke at the fact that many well-loved corporate mascots have been played by a variety of people, most notably Ronald Macdonald, and, probably more pointedly, the Marlboro Man (one of the Marlboro Man actors did die from lung cancer, after he won a lawsuit he launched at RJR Tobacco). >> "Afternoon Yak" Daniel Drebelbis writes: The television talk show Homer appears on with Marge to talk about his change is a direct parody of this daytime talk show created by Barbara Walters for ABC to talk about women and women's issues, though sometimes it seems more like it's four grown women dishing the dirt on national TV. Indeed, the four women in the parody are direct parodies of the women on the show, including Walters (right down to her slight speech impediment), Joy Behar (right down to Brooklyn accent) and Starr Jones (she actually does make those sort of "right on, sister!" pronouncements). >> "You told me we were going to Red Lobster!" Daniel Dreibelbis explains that this is a: North American chain of seafood restaurants, offering items like "bottomless buckets of crab!" (Although the chain has its detractors, referring to its quality as "Red Latex.") >> See our ad in "Demo Derby Times!" Joe Green explains: "Faces of Death" was a notorious 1978 B-movie that was allegedly a collection of actual footage of people being killed in various grotesque manners, although since then it's become widely accepted (and even the film's producers now admit this) that most of the "deaths" were faked. "Faces of Death" has spawned a number of sequels, and the series enjoys a cult following among the kind of unsophisticated people who would show up for a demolition derby. >> I'm Homer the drinkin' man! Daniel Dreibelbis: The popular comic strip creation of Elzie Segar's -- a one-eyed, cynical, scrawny sailor with a heart of gold and prone to violence -- took on added life in the 1930s when the Max Fleischer Studios began producing a series of theatrical cartoons, which were noted for their wit, brilliant dialogue, incredible animation techniques, and above all, the golden voice talents of Jack Mercer as Popeye and Mae Questal as Popeye's scrawny love interest Olive Oyl. >> On the cutting room floor "Hans the Moleman" reports: Matt Selman went to my school to talk about writing the Simpsons. I asked about cut out jokes. He knew about ones since the first season. [In] "Jaws Wired Shut," Homer cuts his head open and tries to tell Marge to drive to the hospital. Despite the large visible wound Marge can not understand him. She just tells Homer to sit down and relax. He runs miles to the hospital and tells the nurse that he has cut his head open. The nurse does not understand him. He has to sign and large questionnaire and wait hours to get help. While he is waiting there is sign with a man holding his own severed head that says "Don't hold your Breath and try not to >bleed to death." >> Miscellaneous, Etc. The Joe Green alterna-title for this show is: I Have No Mouth, and Yet I Must (ANNOYED GRUNT) Don Del Grande: During WWII, the British really did call Sauerkraut "liberty cabbage" (they also called German Shepherd dogs "alsatians", something they still do today). "Three wars ago" would be WWII if you count Korea and Vietnam but not, say, Desert Storm. {ddg} Joe Klemm: Dilbert is a comic strip by Scott Adams about daily office life. Benjamin Robinson: Didn't Don Del Grande once suggest a "quiet please" pre- movie cartoon featuring "The Simpsons?" Well, that's a rhetorical question -- I know for a fact that he did. Anyway, that's what the I&S short brought to mind. ============================================================================== > Quotes and Scene Summary {bjr} ============================================================================== % Homer relaxes on the backyard hammock, reading the latest issue of % "Pie Times." A commotion out front gets his attention, and he joins % the rest of the Simpsons on the front curb. The noise is coming % from a parade -- the Springfield Gay Pride parade. Marchers: We're here! We're queer! Get used to it! Lisa: You do this every year! We are used to it. Marcher: Spoilsport! -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % This year's parade offers a few things the family may not have seen. % There's a float promoting safe-sex, where two men in full-body % radiation suits safely express their love by shaking hands. Another % float, celebrating gays who are still closeted, features two people % chanting from behind closet doors that are slightly ajar. Patty[*] + Smithers: We're gay! Smithers: We're glad! Patty: But don't tell Mom and Dad! Marge: Wouldn't it be great if that man and woman got together? -- But somewhat self-defeating, "Jaws Wired Shut" [*] By popular speculation; we never do see who's behind the doors. % Next up is the Lesbians of the Caribbean float, which has a sound % system playing, "Yo, ho, ho! It's an alternative lifestyle for me!" % to the tune of Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean." The float is % shaped like a standard pirate desert island, where butch-looking % lesbians chase their feminine-looking counterparts. % % The next float is a salute to brunch. Lisa encourages Maggie to % wave at it. % % The brunch float is followed by a salute to tight abdomens. Some % body-builders show off their "six packs," while Homer moans that % he's got a keg. He lifts his shirt to show his beer gut, and a % horrified gay man puts a screen in front of him. % % After the floats, a group of gay dogs marches past the family. SLH % is oddly intrigued by them, which freaks Homer out. He decides the % family has seen enough, and they leave, dragging SLH behind them. % % The family ends up at the Springfield Googolplex, where Homer buys % four tickets for "Shenani-Goats," even though it's rated PG-13 for % brief rudeness and appearances by Gary Shandling. % % The Simpsons settle into their seats in the theater. To pass the % time before the film begins, some movie-related puzzles are flashed % on the screen. [we see a silhouette and the words "MOT HANKS"] Lisa: These are so easy. It's obviously Tom Hanks. [the answer appears on the screen: "OTM SHANK"] [confused] Who? Apu: Otm Shank. He is India's answer to Brian Dennehy. [slowly] Otm ... Shank. -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % And now, a public service announcement from Itchy and Scratchy. The % cat and mouse team is in a theater packed full of other cartoon % animals. A duck's cell phone rings, and he annoys the other patrons % by carrying on a loud conversation. Itchy resolves the breach of % etiquette by replacing the ducks cell phone with a stick of % dynamite. It explodes, leaving only the duck's skeleton. As the % rest of the audience laughs, Itchy slices open Scratchy's gut, and % uses the cat's entrails to write "Please no talking" on the movie % screen. Bart and Lisa laugh, but Homer gets anxious to see the % movie. % % The movie's up next! But first, some previews for coming % attractions. Announcer: Justin's soccer team was in last place ... Kid 1: You suck! No wonder your parents are getting divorced. Announcer: ... until they dug up a new player. [enter a mummy, wrapped in bandages, and playing soccer] Ed O'Neill is ... "Soccer Mummy." [James Brown's "I Feel Good" is heard, as the mummy makes some good plays] Justin: Go, soccer mummy! You taught me to believe in myself! [a well-endowed woman cheers the mummy, and catches his eye] Kid 3: Uh-oh, the professor said not to let him get a boner. [cut to the mummy, shown from the torso up. We hear the sound of cloth ripping. The mummy shrugs] [cut back to the audience] Homer: [laughs] I'm laughing ... but it's a laugh of impatience. Show the movie! -- The mirthless laugh of the damned, "Jaws Wired Shut" % But the previews just grind on and on. Homer: [muttering under his breath] So many previews, so many previews, so many previews ... Announcer 2: "And now, our feature presentation." Homer: [gasps] Announcer 2: If that's a phrase you like to hear, then you'll love MovieCall! [Homer screams] -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % Homer jumps up in front of the screen and chants, "Start the movie! % Start the movie!" The rest of the audience quickly joins in, to the % concern of the ushers. Usher 1: They're out of control! Usher 2: Well, if we wanted to live forever, we wouldn't have become ushers. -- The few, the proud ... "Jaws Wired Shut" % The head usher takes out a giant "movie sized" Kit-Kat(TM) bar. He % and three other ushers break it into four pieces to make clubs. % Thusly armed, they head into the theater. Homer: [still chanting] Stop the madness! Start the movie! Lisa: Maybe we should try to calm Dad down. Bart: I prefer to egg him on. [to Homer] Hey Dad, has the movie started yet? Homer: Arr-r-r-r-gh! -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % Marge, on the other hand, decides to try calming down her husband. Marge: Homer, you're going to get into trouble. Homer: I'm not scared of those ushers. What are they going to do -- advance on me? [they do] Usher 1: This ends here. -- Any other bright ideas, Homer? "Jaws Wired Shut" % The ushers chase Homer out of the theater and pursue him to a park. % At the park, Mayor Quimby and boxer Drederick Tatum stand next to a % large statue of Tatum. The two men have an audience seated in front % of them. Quimby: And so, for helping to KO litter in our community, I hereby dedicate this statue of Drederick Tatum. [the audience applauds] Tatum: Litter is my most treacherous foe. I would like to eat its children. -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % Homer, fleeing from the ushers, turns his head to taunt them. Bad % move. Not looking where he's going, Homer runs right into the % statue's metal fist, which hits him squarely on the mouth. He falls % to the pavement. Homer: My mouth, my beautiful mouth! Tatum: Excellent bout. Now, we go party. [Quimby and Tatum leave] -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % [End of Act One. Time: 5:11] % % Dr. Hibbert examines an X-ray of Homer's head. Hibbert: He won't be able to talk for quite some time. I've wired his jaw shut. It's all explained in this pamphlet. [hands one to Marge] Marge: [reading] "So your life is ruined." [grumbles, then reads a bit] [to Homer] Oh, dear, you can't eat solid foods. [to Hibbert] Those are his favorites Homer: [semi-articulate, since he obviously can't open his mouth] Agh cnnt ee suhluh foo! [runs to a suicide machine, which resembles a chair with some hypodermic needles attached] Marge: Stop it, Homer! Hibbert: Oh, don't worry. On a man his size, that just provides sexual release. [Homer pushes Marge away and injects himself. He looks satisfied] -- Hibbert's sex machine, "Jaws Wired Shut" % Back home, Homer finds eating a steak to be a challenge. He can't % open his mouth to eat it, so he cuts off a small piece and tries % snorting it instead. He succeeds, but looks a little woozy % afterward. % % Bart walks up. Bart: Hey, Dad, I'm going to make a human yo-yo. If you object, clearly say, "no." Homer: Nnnn. Bart: No objections, eh? Well, that's great. [leaves] Homer: Uh uhjeh! Uh heh uhn ujehshn! [cut to outside the house. Bart meets Milhouse, who is dressed in thick padding and a helmet] Bart: Milhouse, you ready to imitate that "Jackass" show? Milhouse: All those disclaimers made me want to do it more. -- Kids, don't try this at home, "Jaws Wired Shut" % Later, Homer stops by Moe's tavern. It's a quiet day -- just Homer, % Carl, Lenny, and Moe -- when Duffman leaps throws open the door. Duffman: Hey, Duff lovers! Does anyone in this bar love Duff? Carl: Hey, it's Duffman! Lenny: Newsweek said you died of liver failure. Duffman: Duffman can never die; only the actors who play him. Oh, yeah! -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % Moe quickly understands why Duffman has paid a visit to his humble % establishment. Moe: Oh, you must be here for the, uh, Duff Trivia Challenge. Duffman: That's right, local distributor. One of you could win a lifetime supply of Duff. [gets a card] Okay, chug-monkeys. What beverage, brewed since ancient times, is made from hops and grains? Lenny: How about ancient hop-grain juice? Homer: Beehr! Beehr! [points to a bottle of Duff] Beehr! Moe: Wait a minute, wait, Homer's trying to make a guess. Homer: Beehr! Beehr! Beehr! [he reaches over and opens one of Moe's taps. Some of the beer splashes on him] Moe: What are you doing? You're getting some kind of booze all over me! Homer: Ghhr-hhr-hr. [Duffman sounds an air horn] Duffman: Time's up! The answer is ... beer! Ooh, Duff luck. Carl: I never would have figured that out. Lenny: Aw, that's the kind of thing you just gotta know. Homer: [whimpers] -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % It's a little too late for the free beer, but eventually someone % gives Homer a little chalkboard that he can use to communicate. In % bed with Marge, he writes something down and shows it to her. Marge: I am not going to make you another sparerib smoothie. Most people with their jaws wired shut don't *gain* weight. Homer: [pauses to reflect, and then writes "So, how was your day?" on his chalkboard] Marge: [reading] "How was your day?" Do you really want to know? Homer: [nods] Uhn-huh. Marge: Well, let's see. I was in the kitchen counting the corncobs on the curtains, when who should ring the doorbell but Ned Flanders. Homer: [writes "D'oh!"] Marge: [laughs] It seems he wanted to ban culottes in the schools. Homer: [growls] Marge: Pardon my French, but sometimes that man's a goofy-doofy. Homer: [thinking] She thinks Flanders is annoying! This marriage just got interesting. -- Like it wasn't before? "Jaws Wired Shut" % The next day, Homer feeds Maggie. She's so cute, Homer tries to % give her a kiss, but Maggie's pacifier gets stuck in Homer's jaw % wires. Worse yet, Maggie cannot be coaxed into letting go of her % end of the pacifier. Even when Homer spins around, Maggie hangs on % with her mouth. Then Homer gets the idea to dangle another pacifier % nearby. It works; Maggie latches on to the second pacifier. He % sits her down in her high chair, and then extracts the original % pacifier from his dental work. % % Lisa comes home from school, angry. Homer: [writes "What's wrong?"] Lisa: You want to know what happened? Homer: [erases the board and writes, "Yes"] Lisa: Really? Homer: [erases the board and writes, "Yes"] Lisa: We were playing four-squares, and I called no double-taps. And Ralph double-taps. And I said, "You're out," and he said, [Ralph imitation] "I can do a sumbersault" -- Which has nothing to do with anything! Homer: [thinking] Maybe a hug will cork her cry-hole. [hugs Lisa] Lisa: Thanks for listening, Dad. -- The key to effective parenting, "Jaws Wired Shut" % Homer and Bart build a model together. Unfortunately, it's not the % same model, and ends up being a boat on one side, and an airplane on % the other. Bart: We've got to coordinate on this thing. Homer: [nods] Uh-huh. Bart: So, the substitute teacher comes in and says her name is Mrs. Doody, and everyone's looking at me like, "Take it, Bart! Run with it!" And it hits me, I've become a clown ... a class clown. And it sickens me. Homer: [thinking] Wow, Bart has feelings. Heh-heh, Mrs. Doody. -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % Being unable to talk, Homer is now the perfect audience for one of % Grampa's stories. Let's listen in ... Abe: Three wars back we called sauerkraut, "liberty cabbage," and we called liberty cabbage, "super slaw." And back then, we call a suitcase was known as a, "Swedish Lunchbox." Of course, nobody knew that but me. Homer: [writes, "Then what happened?" on his chalkboard] Abe: Anyway, "long story short," is a phrase whose origins are complicated and rambling. -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % With the change in Homer's demeanor, Marge decides she can chance % going to the Springfield formal ball with her husband. (Last year's % dance didn't go so well, since Homer and a donkey ran roughshod % through the place.) She polishes up Homer's jaw wires, and he taps % his foot like a dog when you scratch him behind the ear. % % The big dance is held at the Springfield Country Club. The men are % all dressed in tuxedos, and the ladies wear formal evening gowns. % Light classical music plays for the enjoyment of dancing couples. % Marge and Homer pause at the entryway to take in the ambiance. Marge: A formal -- the one place you can wear a tiara and not look crazy. Homer: Uh-huh. [Mr. Burns walks up] Burns: So, how are we enjoying the festivities? Homer: [writes, "So hungry" on his chalkboard] Burns: Yes, the music is from southern Hungary. That's quite an ear; have some money. [hands a wad of bills to Homer] -- It pays to name that tune, "Jaws Wired Shut" % The other high rollers at the event are also impressed with Homer. % One aristocrat praises Homer's manners, for he did not laugh at the % gentleman's googly eye as so many other have. Of course Homer % couldn't laugh even if he wanted to ... and he definitely does want % to. The jaw wires also force Homer to pass on the hors d'oeuvres, % which impresses Mrs. Maxtone-Witherball, the socialite. She % compliments Marge on her effective henpecking, and invites the % Simpsons to dine with her some night. % % Later, Marge and Homer dance to "The Blue Danube." Marge: This has been one the most magical evenings of my life. Homer: Iyeen hornee. Marge: I don't know what you said, but I'm sure it was beautiful. -- Beauty is in the ear of the beholder, "Jaws Wired Shut" % "This is the kind of night I thought we could never have together -- % incident free," Marge says. Just then, the donkey that helped Homer % ruin last year's dance shows up, and tries to bait Homer into some % new mischief. Homer's a reformed man, though, and turns down the % opportunity. % % Dr. and Mrs. Hibbert dance by Homer and Marge. Hibbert: Oh, Homer, drop by my office tomorrow, and I can remove those jaw wires. You'll be just the way you used to be. Marge: [horrified gasp] [Hibbert sees Rev. Lovejoy] Hibbert: And Reverend, I'll put in those pec implants on Thursday. Lovejoy: Super. -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % [End of Act Two. Time: 12:51] % % The jaw wires come off on schedule, although Homer's breath smells % almost as bad as Hibbert's feet. Soon, Homer is at Moe's Tavern, % chatting with his pals. Homer: And when I couldn't talk, I learned to listen. [takes a sip of beer] I learned so much about my family. You'd be surprised at what you hear if you just listen once in a while. Lenny: Really? Let's try it. [the guys are quiet] Moe: [from the back room] Hello? Yeah, I would like to arrange, uh, for an escort, please? To where? How 'bout Orgasm-ville? Hello? Hello? [hangs up and walks into the bar's main room] Uh, oh, hey. How you doin'? -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % Homer's story attracts the attention of Lindsey Naegle, who for the % purposes of this episode is a guest booker for "Afternoon Yak," a % talk show. She invites Homer and Marge to appear on the show. % % The format of "Afternoon Yak" has the day's guests (Homer and Marge % this afternoon) seated among the show's four hosts in comfortable % chairs and sofas. The effect is if the Simpsons had stopped by for % tea with some of their friends -- and a camera crew, and a small % studio audience. Barbara: Welcome to "Afternoon Yak." Today, we will meet a man who couldn't open his mouth, so he learned to open his heart. Please welcome, Homer and Marge Simpson. [audience applause] Joy: So Marge, tell, what's it like kissing a man with a mouth full of metal? Lisa Ling: My boyfriend has a metal tongue stud. Starr: Who cares what's on his tongue, long as he's a stud where it counts? I'm talking down-town! [audience cheers] Barbara: Marge, what was Homer like before he bwoke his jaw? Marge: Well, he was eating all the time. We'd be making love and he'd have a mouthful of Hershey's miniatures. Homer: Krackel was my favorite. Lisa Ling: I hope that was the only miniature in the bedroom. Starr: I'm talking down-town! [audience laughter] Marge: And before he broke his jaw, he never listened, but now he takes to heart everything I say. [audience cheers] Homer: Well, as much as humanly possible. [audience boos] -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % "Well," Barbara continues, "Marge told us when you didn't listen, it % led to weckless, weckless cwiminal behavior." To illustrate the % point, Marge brought along a film clip of Homer's disastrous attempt % to make ostrich hamburgers. After Lenny picks a bird for his % burger, Homer tries to slaughter it by punching it to death. The % ostrich quickly shows that it is capable of defending itself. Back % in the studio, Homer says he regrets the clip. Joy: Homahlah, it's easy to change, but what's hard is not changing back. Barbara: [to Homer] Do you pwomise not to wevive your weckless, weckless ways? Homer: I don't know. The demolition derby is next month. Marge: Please, Homey, no more craziness -- for me? Homer: Well, okay. For you I'll be as dull as Dilbert. Barbara: Vewy good. [to camera] Our next topic: My son still wets the bed. [Luann drags Milhouse Van Houten onstage] Milhouse: You told me we were going to Red Lobster. -- Homer makes a pwomise, and Luann bweaks one, "Jaws Wiwed Shut" % Marge comes home the next day and is surprised by what she sees. Marge: All clean, just the way I left it. Homer: [from the next room] I'm going to kill you! Marge: Well, so much for the new Homer. [Marge walks into the living room. Homer and Bart are there, holding copies of a script] What's going on? Bart: We're rehearsing a play. Homer: Yes, and I was merely reading the title. [shows Marge the title page] "I'm Going to Kill You." Marge: Oh. It's just a false alarm. Homer: Yep. Nothing to get excited about. Marge: Well, I'll be in the kitchen if you need me. Homer: [looks at the script] Professor Van Doren -- so good to see you. [camera angle switches to reveal that a distinguished-looking gentleman has entered the room] Van Doren: Ah, rehearsing a play, I see. -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % Homer continues to stick to his pledge of good behavior. He even % drinks milk and goes to bed at 7:30. The quietude has an unexpected % effect on Marge, who is starting to go bonkers from boredom. That % night, as Homer sleeps, Marge lies awake in bed, staring at the % ceiling. Marge: [thinking] This place is so *boring*. If somebody doesn't do something interesting, I'm going to have to. But what? [a gust of wind blows the demolition derby entry form off the dresser and into Marge's hand] [thinking] The demolition derby? That'll scratch my itch. [gets out of bed and leaves. Homer wakes up as soon as she's gone] Homer: Marge? [looks at Marge's side of the bed] Marge is gone! But at least the demolition derby form is ... [looks at the dresser and sees the form is missing, too] What? No-o-o! -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % Marge shows up at the derby in the family wagon. She puts on a % racing helmet, and is ready for battle. The derby announcer bids % the contestants to start their engines, and the vendors to start % gouging. % % "And now," the announcer says, "Smashy, smashy!" With that, the % derby is under way. Otto, who has entered the school bus, honks his % horn and gives Marge a friendly greeting. One of the other % contestants smashes into the bus, turning it on its side. Otto % flips it back upright by opening those fold-out stop signs used when % loading or unloading children. % % Marge smacks into one of the other derby cars. Marge: Catch ya later, radiator! [thinking] My God, I hit someone, then I taunted him. I've never felt more alive! [giggles] [an SUV hits Marge, sending the station wagon spinning] What was I thinking trying to feel alive? Forget that! -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % The black SUV aims at Marge's wagon and guns it. Don't hurt me! I'm not like you people; I'm loved! -- Marge Simpson, "Jaws Wired Shut" % The SUV slams into Marge's car, sending her crash helmet flying into % the stands. Cletus catches it. I caught a head! [examines the empty helmet] Aw, dang! It's been scooped out. [tosses it aside] -- Cletus Spuckler, "Jaws Wired Shut" % Homer, Bart, and Lisa arrive at the derby, and immediately see that % Marge is in deep trouble. But without his characteristic bold % moves, Homer has no idea how to save her. Bart spots a beer vendor, % and calls for a can. The vendor has no problem with tossing a cold % brewski to a ten-year-old boy. Bart opens it Popeye-style, % squeezing it until the beer pops out, and Homer swallows it all as % it comes back to earth. "Oh, this beer's deliskous," Homer says % with a Popeye accent, "I'm going to saves me wife. Now let's get % this show on the road. " % % The black SUV repeatedly rams Marge's car. Homer comes to the % rescue. Homer: Quit banging my wife! [Homer rides into the arena on the trouble-making donkey] Derby Ann. 1: A man on a donkey! Never in my six weeks on the job have I seen the likes of this! [the donkey stops, exhausted] Homer: [Popeye-like] Eh, looks like I need some fuel for me mule; gas for me ass. [chuckles] [gives the donkey a beer; the animal perks up for a second and then passes out] Aw, looks like a little angel. -- He's Homer the beer-drinking man, "Jaws Wired Shut" % Donkey or no donkey, Homer is determined to save his wife. He runs % over to the station wagon and pulls Marge to safety just before the % SUV delivers another blow. % % Bart and Lisa watch from the stands. Bart: Oh, isn't it great to have the old Dad back? Lisa: I thought you liked the new Dad. Bart: Whatever. -- He's flexible, "Jaws Wired Shut" % Marge thanks Homer for the rescue. Marge: [kisses Homer] This family needs a live wire, but it's just not me. Homer: That's okay, Marge, you're a good wet blanket -- the kind I like wrapped around me. -- "Jaws Wired Shut" % Homer and Marge leave the derby grounds, as the black SUV's driver % smashes into the remaining vehicles. The announcer sums up the % evening for those who missed the first twenty-seven minutes of the % show. Derby Ann. 1: When Homer's jaw was crushed, crushed, crushed, his life took a nitro-burning funny-turn. Derby Ann. 2: Oh yeah! It's important to grow, grow, grow, but if you take it to the max, max, max, it's going to get ugly. Derby Ann. 1: In the mud. -- Derby Announcer, "Jaws Wired Shut" % [End of Act Three. Time: 21:05] % % Normal closing credits and Gracie Noise. ============================================================================== > Contributors ============================================================================== {af} Alex Foley {bb} Bojan Bugarin {bjr} Benjamin Robinson {cl} Chad Lehman {dd} Daniel Dreibelbis {ddg} Don Del Grande {dnw} David N. Werner {et} Exa Tron {hg} Hobbes Gy {imd} Internet Movie Database {jc} Jeff Cross {jg2} Joe Green {jk} Joe Klemm {jt} James Troupe {mg} Matt Garvey {nm} Norman MacDonald {pph} P Piggly Hogswine {rwh} Robert W. Hall {ts} Ted Schuerzinger ============================================================================== > Legal Mumbo Jumbo ============================================================================== This episode capsule is Copyright 2005 Benjamin Robinson. It is not to be redistributed in a public forum without consent from its author or current maintainer (capsules@snpp.com). 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