Rembrandt Q. Einstein_1
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Children of a Lesser Clod - Spare Bill Cosby's Pokemon rant, this episode is absolutely awful. The lack of low ratings in the R&R polls shocks me, to say the least.
I really dislike Stark Raving Dad, because it seems like it was just made for the guest star. Once Homer meets Leon in the institution, Homer's entire plot is dropped and it's just about Bart writing the song. They could have made some really good jokes with the idea of Homer in a mental institution, but they didn't. I have to admit that I think the song is catchy, though.
If the plot was made just for the guest star, they would have had Michael Jackson arrive in all his glory, like a certain Season 23 finale. Instead, MJ wasn't even playing himself, instead a guy that is "white", "300 lbs" and "dressed without flair".
That's not what I meant. They focused too much on him instead of a plot that had some real potential. I liked the Micheal Jackson scenes, but they should have saved them for a different episode.
Well, the Homer plot had been resolved (since it turned out he wasn't insane). It was from that Homer plot that we met Leon (in a mental asylum for thinking he was MJ), and Leon played a part in the Bart/Lisa birthday story, which was established in the first scene of the episode, well before Leon was introduced.
It didn't have a satisfying conclusion, though. It ended very abruptly.
Wait, there are people that don't hate that episode?All About Lisa—Almost a carbon copy of Bart Gets Famous, coupled with a boring, pointless subplot.
I don't get it.