Again, a nice short couch gag... and straight into the episode. Nice.
ACT ONE:
The movie parody is falling flat, and Homer's comments are predictable.
Lenny and Carl's "drive-by high five" was funny.
Ha! Nelson even bullies the parents.
Smithers doesn't sound right tonight....
Lisa tuning her sax made me giggle. "Sharp. Flat. Sharp. Flat."
ACT TWO:
Homer threw his shoes to the right of the house and we hear Flanders, but Flanders lives to the left of the house? Huh?
(Edit: Could be someone other than Flanders, but obviously voiced by Harry Shearer.)
Eric Idle came back for a cameo... but I'm asking why at this point.
"Tic-Tac-Toe: X vs. O" from the episode "The Squirt and the Whale" on the TV in Moe's
Oh... so that's why Declan Desmond is being used. Meh.
Nelson wants Bart's lunch money, which Bart has obviously already spent on lunch?
Fat Nelson
is funny, I'll admit that.
I'm not into Bryan Cranston's character at all.
Wow. Lenny's voice sounds off during the interaction with Marge. Guess Harry must have been having some problems during the record for this episode.
(Honestly, I've lost interest in the episode at this point.)
ACT THREE:
Marge doesn't realize that Homer said "The three of us" when there's only supposed to be her and Homer in the car?
(So many plot problems this week.)
ACT FOUR:
Oh great. The FOX football robot was a real Family Guy-esque moment.... ugh.
I did giggle at the return of Nelson.
Okay. Not much to say this week. While I love Bryan Cranston as an actor, I just don't think he was a fit for the part. When I combine that with the issues I mentioned above, I think I'll give this one a 2.5/5, rounded down to a flat 2/5... for being a flat episode.
Standard Season 23 fare, nothing really outstanding.
Late Addition:
Anybody notice they passed Candy Most Dandy while in the car? I always loved that shop name, and enjoyed the use of it.