![]() Pryor openly admitting that having Bart repeat the fourth grade will be “shameful and emotionally crippling.” Later when Bart bursts into tears upon failing the last exam, Mrs. We again see how completely uninterested Springfield Elementary is in actually helping children with their problems, with Dr.Also, I love how Bart is sitting lifting his legs back and forth like a real fidgety kid. That “underachiever” line was mass produced on many a T-shirt, something that most assuredly came from a marketing division and not come up with by the writing staff. “Bart is an underachiever, and yet he seems to be… how shall I put this… proud of it?” I love how following the summer of Bartmania, the show immediately comes back with a sharp jab at it.In case you needed more evidence on what a craphole Springfield Elementary is, Bart opens the nurse’s room door to find the highly trained medical professional picking up tongue depressors off the floor and putting them back in the jar.When I was a teenager, there was a good year and a half I was able to trigger my own nosebleeds, a power I only used for evil one time to get out of a math test. Ah, the joys of faking sick to get out of school. ![]() Could you please crash the bus or something?” “Ohh, sorry, little buddy. “I got a big test today I am not ready for.Homer is almost adorably supportive of Bart slinking off to study in the dead of night (“Burning the candle at both ends, eh, boy? Go get ‘em!”) I also love when he and Marge walk in on a passed out Bart in his books, Marge concernedly wonders why he keeps failing, to which Homer sweetly replies, “Just a little dim, I guess.” Honestly, one could have worse parents than Homer.Why hasn’t anybody made an Escape From Grandma’s House arcade game yet?.I also love him dragging the chalk down the board at the end of his “9.” I don’t think I ever noticed Bart not looking and pawing for the chalk once before grabbing it the second time. I love catching new visual touches each time I watch these episodes.Martin’s Old Man and the Sea report rules. Nothing like opening your season premiere with a ten-year-old talking about making love to a woman.
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