Talking Simpsons - Make Room For Lisa With Super Eyepatch Wolf
Added 2019-11-06 05:00:01 +0000 UTCThis week we welcome back on Super Eyepatch Wolf (be sure to check out John's YouTube channel and Patreon), all to discuss Lisa's difficult relationship with Homer! After losing her room to a cell phone tower, Lisa is feeling ignored by Homer all as Homer ignores any problems to eat mayonnaise. Somehow that leads to an out of body experience and Homer being buried alive, all as we get to an ending that doesn't make a huge amount of sense. Whether or not you listen along in a sensory deprivation tank, please enjoy this week's podcast!
Comments
I feel a little dirty since what I hazily remembered as one of this season's emotional highlights was actually kind of victim-blamey? I might be fine with that conclusion if the episode was about Lisa constantly dragging a well-meaning Homer to book fairs and museums, but it's mind-boggling how Lisa's revelatory line "In fact, Dad takes me to a lot of places he hates" directly contradicts Act 1. (I jinxed Bob in immediately saying "NO HE DOESN'T") At least we got another instance of Marge's strange hostility toward Milhouse. I wonder if she kept any of his teeth.
Talbert J.
2019-11-14 20:56:12 +0000 UTCOh man, I know people tend to use "Kidney Trouble" as their go-to for talking about "Jerkass Homer", but at least in that episode he was only a complete jerk for the first act and was otherwise acting out of fear and self-preservation. This episode right here is the real deal. Pure, uncut Jerkass from beginning to end. Plus, Abe is far less sympathetic than Lisa, and "Kidney Trouble" makes it clear that Homer is at fault, while this episode goes the whole "both sides" route. It's irredeemably bad. Even as a child I felt nothing but rage towards Homer while watching it. I keep imagining what it would have been like if we got THIS Homer in "Lisa's Pony". Presumably he wouldn't have just failed to get Lisa a saxophone reed, but would have either sold or destroyed the saxophone for selfish reasons, been completely oblivious that he did anything wrong or that Lisa was upset with him, and then in the end Lisa would apologise to Homer for making him feel an iota of guilt, because after all, he did buy her the saxophone in the first place, right? Actually, now that I've brought it up, I can't even imagine this Homer being in "Lisa's Sax" just one season prior. "Make Room For Lisa" Homer would 100% have bought the air conditioner.
Jack Christmas
2019-11-10 23:11:23 +0000 UTC
