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Liked this overall, and in a pretty unequivocal way. Homer's teaching story (and the setpiece about various inspirational movies) in act 2 won me over pretty well and though the plot about the college scam was paper-thin the parade of guests in act 3 was fun and felt more like the higher-brow style of classic years, without getting ridiculous. A little heavy on meta gags but they
were fun, and a few of the easily-offended students' complaints were more legitimate than silly, but it struck a good tone. Not super short either, though pushing it.
Previous episode stuff
4F05: Lindsay Naegle seems to feel Burns is childless, but...
1F20: Homer's previous teaching gig
DABF04: Another parody of the M*A*S*H helicopter lift farewell message
AABF12: Homer wonders if he may pee in an object of a certain type (the sensory
deprivation tank, some sort of cryofreeze schvitz)
Meta stuff
Release me, you hound (also Burns does release the hounds on the Whiffenpoofs at the end).
Homer shows his class a "first lesson" consisting of the part of the title sequence where he gets the rod stuck to his back (complete with music and sound
effects), and says he does it every week (though that's far from true and it was a short opening this episode too).
Homer's voiceprint is from 1989 and he has to dip into "frosty chocolate milkshakes" voice to get a match.
Guest Robert McKee thinks the (act 4) tags are pointless. They are. Thanks, Fox. I know it's been 7 years.
And one more quick note
Funny that this episode had a joke about the retirement of the Vin Scully impersonator. Last week was the first repeat of Dad Behavior (WABF01), and unlike episodes dedicated to people who've died, this actually kept the "we'll miss you Vin Scully" moment at the end. I guess that's just part of the episode
officially. OK then.

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