The Simpsons Archive's Simpsons Syndication Cuts Guide Season Nineteen (2007-2008) "Syndication... is there anything they can't do?" 26 Apr 2009 Maintained by Matt Garvey Guide created by Frederic Briere Contributions from Chad Lehman and Tim Reardon [=========================[Season Nineteen Summary]=========================] Story cut episodes: JABF20, JABF21, KABF01, KABF05, KABF08, KABF09. See also JABF16. Compressed episodes: All but JABF20, KABF08, KABF09. Expanded episodes: JABF20, JABF21, KABF05, KABF08. Altered content: JABF20, KABF02, KABF09. Missing credits: JABF21, KABF05, KABF08, KABF09. Original breaks: All but JABF20, JABF21, KABF05, KABF08, KABF09. Total/story time cut: 2:19.5 (2 min 19.5 sec) (not including added content) Total time gained: 9:39 (9 min 39 sec) Notes: TV rating bugs are still missing visually, but the correct original ratings for all episodes can be accessed by V-chip. Still no return of the production code to XDS. A new feature this season (broadcast season, that is): in syndication, between the main credits and the production logos, a few seconds of Spanish voiceover credits are inserted. As far as I know, there has been no change to the show's availability in Spanish, but there it is. As a result, syndicated versions are now a few seconds shorter to accommodate this, and to reduce confusion I am not including the new Spanish credits in timings. Usually this section is silent (occasionally doing a poor job of separating the theme and Gracie sound), but at times it is tweaked within the context of the credits, and noted where that occurs. I have noticed these appear in Family Guy season 6 in syndication, which started the same time, as well. Compression and expansion have been about as usual; I'm making the guide easier to read by putting basic compression notes to the right of act lines. More original commercial breaks. Out of 20 episodes, 15 have them; of the 5 that do not, *4* have special music that is replaced. However, I think that the original breaks in this phase (not seasons 6-9) have had more to do with cuts than preserving the continuity of music. With few exceptions, original breaks = no cuts, modified breaks = cuts. On the plus side, after this season, only KABF14-21 might be subject to this, as KABF22 and up are in a four-act format, and both the opening and credits are adjacent to story. I'd like to see the syndicators mess that up! (Not really. You know they can find a way.) Speaking of openings, this is the first season since 7 and 10 (if I am not mistaken) to have the entire season's worth intact in syndication. Finally, a big thanks to Tim Reardon, former SCG editor, who also checked this season and corroborated my notes. Additional remarks based on his notes are found in the text. ==[ JABF20 ]=============================== He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs === CUTS:33.5 seconds GAINED:-26 seconds 21:14 / 20:48 Original opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:52 / 0:52 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (-0:13) 6:57 / 6:44 *Exp: see below * Expansion starts after the credits and goes to the end. A bizarre * start to a largely simple season of syndication prep. ~~~~~ ACT II <33.5> (0:12) 5:43 / 5:55 *Exp: start to end Colby: Now I just want you to do what you normally do. Colby turns on the camera. % Homer is in shot. <0:05> % % Homer: OK!... um, I'll, uh... mmm, I'll just, uh... [looks up] I forget what I do. ! Tim notes that this is on the season 19 promo on the movie DVD. ~~ Homer wanders off camera. <-2.5> + In syndication, this still shot holds longer. Then: % Homer comes back into frame. % <4.5> % Homer: This is our relish tray. I'd like you to film it for % insurance purposes. % % Shot of the house in the morning. Inside, Homer sitting on the bed. Homer: Oh, what's the point of putting my socks on? ! Note: "Oh" overlaps the previous shot a bit in both versions. ~~ Bart kicks Homer in the butt. ! Note: In the original, it zooms out at Homer's grimace, but in ! syndication the framing stays the same. I'm not sure how this was ! done, but I wonder if there was another version on a Fox repeat. % Bart: Do you want to get a reaction shot of his butt? % Colby: No, but we should get some background noise. % % Colby is holding a microphone on a boom, and holds it up as Marge % and Lisa walk in from different rooms. % % Colby: Everyone quiet for four seconds! [4 seconds pass silently] % Thank you, people, moving on! [walks out] % % Shot of the nuclear plant, towers, crow caw. Homer is stapling a % flyer to a bulletin board with a staple gun: % % LOST SANDWICH % [ taped-on ] % [color photo] <0:24> % DESCRIPTION: % DELICIOUS % % EXT ???? [tiny and hard to read] % % He staples. Because he had the gun backward, the staple goes into % his head. % % Homer: Ow! What? [does it again] Ow! [lower voice] Huh? % % Colby comes in. % % Colby: Here's an important tip. Stop doing that. % % Colby takes the staples out with a staple remover. % Establishing shot of Bowlarama. Inside, Homer talks to Colby as Barney bowls. ! In a montage of success later, Homer correctly staples that flyer! ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (-0:25) 6:56 / 6:31 *Exp: start to end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:46 / 0:46* +0:04 Spanish ==[ JABF18 ]======================================= The Homer of Seville === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 35 seconds 21:15 / 21:50 Original opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 2:06 / 2:06 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:17) 7:28 / 7:45 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:11) 5:52 / 6:03 *Comp: to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:07) 5:01 / 5:08 *Comp: to end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ! The Gracie sound, a long sustained sung note, is heard over the new ! Spanish credits and then again over the Gracie logo. It's just ! doubled up in syndication. ==[ JABF21 ]============================================ Midnight Towboy === CUTS: 18 seconds GAINED: 37 seconds 21:14 / 21:51 Original couch ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:26 / 0:26 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:06) 6:54 / 7:00 *Comp: after cred to end ~~~~~ ACT II <0:01> (0:10) 7:09 / 7:19 *Comp: start to end Bart tells Homer to go faster and more dangerous. Homer steps on the pedal. Bart is seen behind the truck from the front of it, laughing madly. % A shot from the side (Homer on the left, Bart on the right). <0:01> % A bit more laughing, and in the framing of the next shot (seen in % syndication), this: Homer is looking back at Bart and smiling, then % turns forward. From behind Homer's left shoulder, we see him notice an upcoming stop sign. ! What? But get ready for the cuts in the next act. ~~~~~ ACT III <0:17> (0:21) 5:57 / 6:18 *Comp: start to end (note) Zoom out on Homer peering out of the basement. The other guys sing "Under the Boardwalk". Man 1: That's where I'll be... % Pause. The zoom continues. <0:06> % % Man 2: Under the boardwalk... % Man 1: Out of the suuuun... Lenny and Carl drive around. ! Incidentally, I never liked the timing of that bit anyway, since ! the next line ("under the boardwalk") should start within that time ! frame. ~~ ! I WANT TO WRING SOMEONE'S NECK. There is no good reason for this, ! especially considering the proportion of the season 19 episodes that ! get the blissfully easy treatment. Since music is involved, it has ! to be edited also; part was cut, part was moved around, and it ends ! later in syndication too. Here are my best notes. Maggie hops onto SLH. They go out of the house and up the road. They pass Homer and Marge's cars, % and go up the street. Across a <0:03> % T-junction. A shot of the town square, SLH's head coming into frame % from the left. This cut continues until SLH and Maggie are entirely % in frame and Maggie looks at the screen. They walk through the town square, past the Jebediah Springfield statue and CBG. CBG is filming them. They mostly exit frame. <0:01> % Hold on CBG. The two walk in front of a store now, <0:02> % shortened by two seconds (sped up?). They cross in front of the moon. <0:01> % A trim of them swimming toward a flooding fire hydrant. <0:01> % A short trim as Eleanor crosses their path with her cats. She gets about halfway off screen, <0:03> % then SLH and Maggie watch them % go, blinking. The next shot is shortened briefly: Maggie and SLH come into frame diagonally from the left, and she adjusts her collar. ~~ * Compression goes to the end, but the exec credits seem to be * expanded a bit. ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish % The ending music, a reprise of Maggie's "hunting for Homer" music, % is missing, and replaced with the regular theme. The end of the % theme overlaps the new Spanish credits slightly. ==[ JABF19 ]================ I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 37 seconds 21:14 / 21:51 Original opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 1:01 / 1:01 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:11) 8:31 / 8:42 *Comp: post-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:10) 4:55 / 5:05 *Comp: start to end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:16) 5:59 / 6:15 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ JABF16 ]================================== Treehouse of Horror XVIII === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 10 seconds 21:15 / 21:25 Original Halloween opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (0:01) 1:11 / 1:12 *Very start cut off a bit ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:03) 7:00 / 7:03 *Comp: post-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:03) 6:17 / 6:20 *Comp: start to near end ! This part is missing in at least two airings of the episode I saw, ! but Tim Reardon insists it's in his station's copy. It may vary by ! station (perhaps by ignorance and not multiple versions). See also ! KABF01. Homer and Marge shoot Skinner on a fade to black. <0:03> ! Skinner: Think of me on Pizza Fridays. ! Homer: No. End of act. ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:03) 5:59 / 6:02 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ JABF22 ]======================================= Little Orphan Millie === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 31 seconds 21:15 / 21:46 Original opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 1:18 / 1:18 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:08) 5:59 / 6:07 *Comp: after cred to end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:09) 5:49 / 5:58 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:14) 7:21 / 7:35 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ JABF17 ]======================================== Husbands and Knives === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 31 seconds 21:15 / 21:46 Original opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 1:18 / 1:18 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:14) 8:30 / 8:44 *Comp: mid-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:08) 5:11 / 5:19 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:09) 5:28 / 5:37 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ! Jack Black's spoken line about the validity of his Korean was ! originally the Gracie sound (no other audio); with the new Spanish ! credits, this is heard over them in syndication, and the normal ! Gracie sound is copied in for that logo. ==[ KABF01 ]======================================== Funeral for a Fiend === CUTS: 4 seconds GAINED: 37 seconds 21:14 / 21:51 Original couch ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:22 / 0:22 ~~~~~ ACT I <0:04> (0:09) 6:40 / 6:49 *Comp: after cred to end Homer: Oh, next time a commercial comes on, I'm gonna close my eyes, cover my ears, and scream as loud as I can! Fade to black. <0:04> % Two loud screams from Homer. End of act. ! It's not uncommon for these things to be cut out in syndication, ! annoying as it may be, but the odd thing is that this episode is one ! with original breaks and no other cuts. So much for the original ! breaks these days being a herald of cutlessness. See also JABF16. ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:11) 5:35 / 5:46 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:17) 7:49 / 8:06 *Comp: start to end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ KABF02 ]====================== Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 29 seconds 21:14 / 21:43 Original opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 1:42 / 1:42 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:06) 5:20 / 5:26 *Comp: post-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:13) 7:08 / 7:21 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:10) 6:16 / 6:26 *Comp: start to near end ! The very end of the act has a music ambiguity, probably resulting ! from a rights issue (rights not available in time). I only have the ! original airing (Fox/Global) and syndication, but would appreciate ! info about network repeats (2/24/08 and 8/3/08). The song is "Day ! after Day" by Badfinger. Homer: This is a moment I want to remember. Marge: Aww... ! Fox/Global premiere: a full band, in-house I assume, plays. I remember finding out about you / Every day my mind is all around you / Looking out from my lonely room, I give my love to you. ! Syndication: Badfinger original, snippets from the beginning and ! instrumental end. Starts about a second later, instead of right ! after they kiss. I remember finding out about you / Every day my mind is all around you. [Instrumental/piano ending + a few seconds of "sweet" Clausen theme] End of act. ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ KABF03 ]========================================== E Pluribus Wiggum === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 18 seconds 21:13 / 21:31 Original opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 1:50 / 1:50 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:03) 5:44 / 5:47 *Comp: post-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:09) 7:01 / 7:10 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:06) 5:50 / 5:56 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ KABF04 ]============================================= That '90s Show === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 35 seconds 21:14 / 21:49 Original couch ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:24 / 0:24 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:08) 6:27 / 6:35 *Comp: post-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:12) 5:44 / 5:56 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:15) 7:51 / 8:06 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ KABF05 ]================================= Love, Springfieldian Style === CUTS: 8 seconds GAINED: 28 seconds 21:12 / 21:40 Original couch ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:23 / 0:23 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:05) 6:31 / 6:36 *Comp: after cred to end ~~~~~ ACT II <0:08> (0:19) 7:26 / 7:45 *Comp: start to end ! A cut right at the start, diminishing the impact of the original ! idea (the shooting took place across the entire commercial break). ! It still retains some of the unusual non-neat splitting of stories. % The shooting of Bonnie and Clyde is still going, from an angle % obscuring the pair. A tire blows out. Wiggum stops. % % Wiggum: Cool! Now we're shootin' the birds that are peckin' at the <0:08> % bodies! % % He resumes shooting. Fade to Homer (in the present) imitating Wiggum % and his gun. Marge is annoyed. % % Homer: [10 "nn" gun sounds] Ow! Ow ow! [8 more] Gah, gah! [10 more] Ow, gah gah! Marge: So that's the end of the story, huh? ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:04) 6:04 / 6:08 *Comp: see notes * Compression goes from the start of the act to about a minute from * the end (CBG), when it inexplicably switches to expansion. This goes * to the end. And yes, I've checked tape vs. tape. ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish % The ending music is changed from the original (more "otherworldly % music") to the standard theme in syndication. Agh. Incidentally, % a bit of the theme finds its way across the Spanish credits gap to % the Gracie sound. It happens occasionally in this season, but I % wouldn't have expected it when the music was actually replaced. ==[ KABF06 ]=============================================== The Debarted === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 37 seconds 21:14 / 21:51 Original opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:50 / 0:50 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:12) 7:30 / 7:42 *Comp: mid-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:15) 6:55 / 7:10 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:10) 5:11 / 5:21 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ KABF07 ]======================================== Dial 'N' for Nerder === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 37 seconds 21:13 / 21:50 Original couch ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:27 / 0:27 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:11) 6:23 / 6:34 *Comp: post-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:16) 8:22 / 8:38 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:10) 5:13 / 5:23 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ KABF08 ]====================================== Smoke on the Daughter === CUTS: 39 seconds GAINED: 23 seconds 21:14 / 21:37 Original couch ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:30 / 0:30 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (-0:03) 6:33 / 6:30 *Exp: after cred to end ~~~~~ ACT II <0:26> (0:18) 6:43 / 7:01 *Exp: start to end Lisa: Cigarettes? They can kill you! % They did a whole episode % about it on "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody". Zack tried to <0:10> % impress a girl by smoking, but she went for Cody instead. % Huhhh. Zack's life wasn't so "suite" then! % Dancer: Hey, if God didn't want ballerinas to smoke, how come I can do this? ~~ Marge: Lisa the dancing Marge girl. % Homer and Bart round the side of the house. % % Bart: Dad, you never win a fight with animals. Remember when you % lost that war with the worms? % Homer: That wasn't a defeat, it was a phased withdrawal. <0:16> % Bart: Oh yeah? They made you build this statue! % % Zoom out to show a giant bronze statue in the backyard: Homer bowing % down to a huge earthworm, with the inscription "WORMS ARE BETTER % THAN ME". Ominous music starts. % % Homer: When you cut 'em, they multiply! I can't fight that! Now, let's take care of those raccoons. ! Note that the ominous music continues over that line, even in synd. ~~~~~ ACT III <0:13> (0:08) 6:40 / 6:48 *Exp: start to end Homer: Are you sure you want Lisa to keep dancing? % Marge: There's nothing that makes a mother's heart soar more than <0:08> % seeing her child take wing. Look at me! [fluttering hands in % front of herself] I'm glowing! % Homer: Maybe you're drunk! Marge: Homie, Lisa's dancing has made me really happy. ~~ Homer: Wrong number. % Establishing shot of ballet academy at night. Homer's car in front. <0:05> % Music. Inside, more music, a pan of the locker room from above, with % all the girls except Lisa smoking. New shot for the next line. Chazz: Five minutes, ladies. ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish % Again, the music (ballet music) is changed to the regular theme. :( ==[ KABF09 ]=========================================== Papa Don't Leech === CUTS: 37 seconds GAINED: 37 seconds 21:13 / 21:50 Original couch ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:24 / 0:24 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (----) 7:42 / 7:42 ~~~~~ ACT II <0:37> (0:37) 7:22 / 7:59 Lisa: Double eww! <0:04> % Bart: Well, I think it's wonderful. My diet starts [singsongy] to- % mor-row! Marge: Listen, I'm sorry I called you all those mean things... ~~ Snyder: Lurleen, the court orders you to make payments of a hundred dollars a week until such time as your music comes back in style or becomes appreciated for its camp value. <0:01> % Closeup on Lurleen. She blinks and turns to walk away. Snyder bangs the gavel. [see note below] % Snyder: All right, what's the next case? % Bailiff: Judge, next we have a man who's suing his wife for not % dressing sexy enough [sic] in... the case of the horny % husband! <0:20> % Snyder: What the? % Bailiff: [hopefully] Oh, I thought if we acted like The People's % Court, some day we'd *be* The People's Court, and uh... % heh... well, a bailiff can dream, can't he? % Snyder: No - he - can't! [bangs gavel] Bart: I don't get it, Lurleen... ! I can't say for sure which gavel bang is used. In fact, neither is ! entirely correct, since it's still afterward in syndication, and not ! in either original clip. I imagine one (and suspect the first) was ! frozen for about half a second to match the correct timing. ~~ % There's no compression to speak of, but there are several split- <0:01> % second trims: on the establishing shot between the bar and the % house, after that scene before Marge walks down the street, and % after that one, before she knocks on Royce's door. Silly. Then: ~~ Royce: Oh... man... I better whiskey up these corn flakes. [does so] % Marge: She needs to see you right away! % Royce: Oh man [exchanging items below frame], I better heroin up <0:11> % this orange juice. % % He injects it into the orange juice, looks up wistfully, then % injects again. Establishing shot of the house with bird tweets. ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (----) 4:57 / 4:57 ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish % One more time. Standard theme replaces the original credits, audio % of the Dixie Chicks' version of Lurleen's song. That originally went % over the Gracie logo, as well, which is standard here. ==[ KABF10 ]============================================= Apocalypse Cow === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 36 seconds 21:15 / 21:51 Original opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 1:22 / 1:22 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:06) 7:27 / 7:33 *Comp: post-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:17) 4:43 / 5:00 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:13) 6:55 / 7:08 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish * Note that this episode uses the same compression gains per act as * KABF11 (below), up to a rounding error anyway. If it was used by * mistake, that might explain the fact that the numbers don't make as * much sense for the act lengths. ==[ KABF11 ]========================================= Any Given Sundance === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 37 seconds 21:14 / 21:51 Original couch ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:23 / 0:23 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:06) 4:57 / 5:03 *Comp: post-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:17) 7:52 / 8:09 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:14) 7:14 / 7:28 *Comp: start to mostly end ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ KABF12 ]============================================== Mona Leaves-a === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 37 seconds 21:12 / 21:49 Original opening ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 2:06 / 2:06 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:11) 7:22 / 7:33 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:15) 7:00 / 7:15 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:11) 3:56 / 4:07 *Comp: start to pre-clips ! Note: The dedication before the executive producer credits is here, ! and in fact remained on all three Fox airings. I mention this just ! because other such dedications (usually to cast/crew or guest stars) ! have been disappearing from repeats and DVDs. May not be the case ! here. ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:04 Spanish ==[ KABF13 ]============================================= All about Lisa === CUTS: 0 seconds GAINED: 33 seconds 21:16 / 21:49 Original couch ~~~~~ OPENING <----> (----) 0:23 / 0:23 ~~~~~ ACT I <----> (0:08) 6:00 / 6:08 *Comp: post-cred to near end ~~~~~ ACT II <----> (0:13) 7:58 / 8:11 *Comp: start to near end ~~~~~ ACT III <----> (0:12) 6:07 / 6:19 *Comp: start to near end ! A joke from Krusty that he once made out with a blowup doll always ! aired that way, but at the same time the captions have always read ! "with Brett Butler". Such alternate closed captions are very rare ! these days, so I mention it here. Don't expect it on the DVD. ~~~~~ ENDING <----> (----) 0:48 / 0:48 +0:02 Spanish ! For some reason, there's only one screen's worth of Spanish credits ! here, and the font is bigger too. Gives the episode a little more ! breathing room. ==[ ------ ]================================================================