OK I got to ask this, but did anyone notice that Lisa appears out of nowhere on the side stairs after the Allosaurus head that Homer was in moved acrossed the side stairs?
This review was inspired by the Freeform channel playing The Oceans trilogy, like, every morning during family vacation a couple weeks ago. Just the first three movies, every morning, no variation. Whoever does the scheduling for that channel must have the easiest job in the world.
Haha, I noticed TNT has been playing Kong: Skull Island on repeat for the last 10 days. I guess they pay a ton of money for rights, so, they're gonna get their money's worth. :-)
I love, love LOVE, this episode! Personally, I think it's the best modern episode there is, just because of how dense the plot is without being confused and because of how much fun it is. I also think Neil Gaiman's performance is just brilliant. He supports the plot without dominating it or warping it around him, which I always think is the true mark of a good guest appearance in the Simpsons. However, I think you're wrong about Lisa and the ending. I think that Lisa can't be in on the heist because she hasn't actually contributed to the book. When the others break into the building, Lisa supposedly betrays them to ensure her name is on the cover, suggesting that the others version of the book did not have her as the author or it wouldn't make sense that she needed to do this. In contrast, if she had been in on the plot to switch the books surely Lisa would have insisted on being credited as the author, but this wouldn't have worked from a narrative perspective as it would have seen the others implicitly agreeing that Lisa could be rewarded for their work. Of course this was the plan initially, and it was fine when it was all just for money, but once they realised they cared about the book that wouldn't work as a satisfying ending. This is why Neil Gaiman has to steal the credit at the end, because it would be weird if Lisa actually got to take credit for the others work. So I think Lisa had to not be in on the heist for it to work as the alternative would leave the viewer feeling weird if the others just rolled over and let her take the credit for their work, even if Neil Gaiman was to steal the credit anyway. (Sorry this is so long, it's a complex point and I hope I've actually managed to explain it well).
Thanks for doing these recommendations from the post-90s seasons of the show. I know my Golden Age Simpsons back to front, but there's 20-something years of quality-challenged content I've ignored. Selections of standout episodes are helpful for a starting point or just to give credit where it's due.
Steal this episode and the one where the simpsons go to Boston is pretty entertaining. Although it kind of bias on the latter Mostly because I live in Massachusetts myself
It's always nice hearing someone talk about the more modern ones positively. This was already one of my top, well 20-ish. There's a lot of good ones. But this one is still underrated.
Let's also take a moment to appreciate that this is the third(?) time we learn something about Patty. They could have easily written the YA backstory for someone else. I'm actually surprised they didn't, given Patty and Skinner's history.
As an aside, I was marveling the other day during a binge on your channel, how unlikely I found your ability to write every single contribution by your self. You do such a marvelous job I thought for a moment in time that you had to have help. But alas you didn't so I bow to you and say bravo.
Maybe you should Review more GOOD modern Simpsons , sure theres are More bad ones than good one and of course its pretty much imposible to find something at the same quality to the old ones, but at least if at least you give them a chance then there Will be a little chance that you could find a little bit from what make the Simpsons great in the past.
Agreed. Each recent season has to have some good highlights if someone payed close attention to each episode. It won't be easy, I'm aware of it. But I think its possible.
I like that the episode really stuck it to the era's YA novels and how formulaic and uninspired they were. The best part, however, they didn't get heavy handed with the parody/commentary. It's such low hanging fruit to go after this genre, and it's very easy to go the route of slamming everything about them and coming across either angry, snobby, or bitter. That even hand really gave the episode the opportunity to be smarter and better than it could have been, and they took that opportunity with gusto. I think they did a much better job satirizing the genre better than the pointless Hunger Games parody in the otherwise delightful Lego episode.
I agree that the heavy use of (Steven) "Soderbergh montages" is both funny and brilliant. I almost imagine the writers storyboarding the (boring) writing sequences and realizing, "hey, this feels like a Soderbergh montage", and the lightbulb goes off and suddenly the episode evolves into a heist caper story.
This is actually one of my favorite episodes post-Season 20 (probably because there’s so few episodes from Season 22-present that I can even tell apart). No joke, I seriously would read the Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy; sounds pretty trolly.
A thought -- the fact that Lisa had her own plan at the end, while I agree not effective for the parody, may have thematic significance? Showing us that groups like the book team aren't always the best way of doing things, and sometimes an individual can save the day. Adding a little more grey area into the themes, perhaps. Not endorsing either side, but not discounting either out
any chance that RealJims could put a collect call through to Australia on behalf of Dr Bart Simpson of the international drainage commission in Springfield USA?
This has been my go to "There's some good stuff in new simpsons" episode since it came out. I must have watched it at least 10 times now and I still crack up every time at "and the best part is, I can't even read!" line at the end. Modern Simpsons parody episodes are highly entertaining
I used to hate this episode when I was younger, simply because my parents are ghost writers and I being a dumb over emotional tween thought this episode was an attack on the book industry my parents worked in.
I never watched an Oceans movie but this is probably the best episode of the modern era. I was just talking about it last week so it's funny you decided to cover this one.
Finally watched this one on your recommendation last night. As a fantasy writer myself, I got a lot of big laughs and, “That’s it, that’s exactly it” out of it. Thanks, Jims, you make some excellent suggestions.
As much as I love the Mike Scully era and the "middle years" in the 2000's, I never cared for the post-movie seasons, But there's a few good HD/post-movie episodes that are done very well. I'd say The Book Job is one of them, alongside Barthood, Married to the Blob, and In The Name of the Grandfather.
Since you're so into the Ocean's movies, I think you might also get a kick out of the Star Wars book "Scoundrels", by Timothy Zahn. It takes place between Episodes IV & V, and is about Han Solo having to put together a crew for a vault heist of his own.
Holy smokes, that's it! From now on I'm thinking, acting, and looking young, and I'm gonna start with a bottle of Buzz Cola! Ooh, ooh, ow! The bubbles are burning my tongue! Ow, ooh, water, water!
Wow it’s quite interesting that Skinner joined the group. I saw a suggestion for a Skinner and Bart duo history video. I’m going to do a second recommendation! Skinner and Bart! They have had a lot of interesting experiences together! Please make this video soon! Great episode report!
You might already know this but that joke with the dinosaurs at 1:20 with them smoking is from a Gary Larson comic strip called "The real reason the dinosaurs went extinct", exact to the colour of the dinosaurs.
Holy darn ,,, I never noticed you were using a style simaler to ocean 11 , great movie been so long since I seen it but your editing style very well and interesting so it must be a good source to take from . Thank you
It took until you mentioned Brad Pitt that I got that you were talking about the REBOOT of Ocean's Eleven. I assumed you were talking about the Rat Pack one.
This actually looks pretty good. Unfortunately im one of those people who stopped watching the show around 2002-2003. Dont plan on getting back into it.
Hey man, big fan of your content, understand anime probably isn't your thing but you were a source of inspiration for me starting my channel and making my own content, how do you deal with things like copyright?
I mostly just hope and pray Fox (or now Disney) doesn't hit my channel with strikes or anything. Although whenever I did have videos taken down, I would have to submit a counter-notification, which they would always let expire and reinstate the video. They haven't done it in a couple years now, don't know if anime companies are tougher or anything. Good luck!
This is one of a small handful of modern episodes I truly enjoy. It may not be Last Exit/Cape Feare/Streetcar level good, but it certainly holds its own! And I've never seen the Oceans movies! Should probably fix that...
I remember thinking this was a pretty good Zombie Simpsons episode. Surprised to see you do a full review like this. Honestly, it might be hard, but you should cover more modern episodes.
I made sure to watch the episode before watching this review and I gotta say it's actually pretty good. I didn't expect to like the episode as much as I did. I'd love to see more videos detailing more modern classics.
Thank you so much, when I saw you do your quick review of episode I was hoping you would do a more in depth video for it. I'm not as big of Simpson fan as you but always like this show and eventually the show got stale but when this episode came out I was so impress. Because every so often in more recently season their be gem or two that was refreshing to see again from such a great show it was once
I'm sure that right now, George R.R. Martin is sitting on his desk trying to write Game of Thrones, but has no idea what to put down and immediately discards anything he does write because he thinks it's completely terrible. He will soon give up and sit on the couch to watch TV. He may watch Game of Thrones for "inspiration". Or at least that's how I am when I try to write things. Perhaps George R.R. Martin has also attempted to continue his work, but then read through it and realizes it's complete crap so he abandoned it and decided to start anew. Everything I have written is absolute garbage, with shitty writing like something out of a Twilight book (I admit that I have never actually read Twilight, but I hear it really sucks).
Look at George's twitter, you'd know he doesn't watch hackneyed crap of his superior works. He's busy watching other shows and touting about them over Game of Thrones, also you 'd know what he's up to instead of just being "sure of it"
I think this episode works better than 24 minutes because it's entirely within Homer's character to write a book for money. They don't introduce a secret spy agency. I love the running joke of Moe just trying to antagonise Gaiman. Plus, their brain storming based on the cliche of YA fiction, but they also aren't just in it for money, at least toward the end, they actually get attached to the story of the book.
This is an episode I don't know/remember, so I guess it's from some time after I stopped watching the show. I don't know exactly what season I stopped at though.
You should do top 10 simpson episodes from beyond the simpsons glory days There are some really good ones that get overlooked because they aren't in season 1-9
"Do you have a computer?"
"Uh, yes?"
"You're in."
"In what?"
Hilarious!!
Its neil gaiman not being able to read that kills me
Made me laugh
"It's not a crime to sleep inside a Tyrannosaurus!"
"Sir, you're inside an Allosaurus."
"I demand to speak to my paleontologist!"
I actually liked that joke! I'd imagine they were originally going to have Homer say d'oh and leave it at that, but his comeback is great
This is one of the greatest lines uttered by Homer Post Season 10, and a top five line Post season 20.
Still not illegal.
OK I got to ask this, but did anyone notice that Lisa appears out of nowhere on the side stairs after the Allosaurus head that Homer was in moved acrossed the side stairs?
This review was inspired by the Freeform channel playing The Oceans trilogy, like, every morning during family vacation a couple weeks ago. Just the first three movies, every morning, no variation. Whoever does the scheduling for that channel must have the easiest job in the world.
This is the first "Extra Seconds" of a _good episode_ I have never seen.
Congratulations! -> I want to see it now.
Haha, I noticed TNT has been playing Kong: Skull Island on repeat for the last 10 days. I guess they pay a ton of money for rights, so, they're gonna get their money's worth. :-)
I just checked it out. Eh, it's decent, but don't expect old Simpsons quality.
I love, love LOVE, this episode! Personally, I think it's the best modern episode there is, just because of how dense the plot is without being confused and because of how much fun it is. I also think Neil Gaiman's performance is just brilliant. He supports the plot without dominating it or warping it around him, which I always think is the true mark of a good guest appearance in the Simpsons. However, I think you're wrong about Lisa and the ending. I think that Lisa can't be in on the heist because she hasn't actually contributed to the book. When the others break into the building, Lisa supposedly betrays them to ensure her name is on the cover, suggesting that the others version of the book did not have her as the author or it wouldn't make sense that she needed to do this. In contrast, if she had been in on the plot to switch the books surely Lisa would have insisted on being credited as the author, but this wouldn't have worked from a narrative perspective as it would have seen the others implicitly agreeing that Lisa could be rewarded for their work. Of course this was the plan initially, and it was fine when it was all just for money, but once they realised they cared about the book that wouldn't work as a satisfying ending. This is why Neil Gaiman has to steal the credit at the end, because it would be weird if Lisa actually got to take credit for the others work. So I think Lisa had to not be in on the heist for it to work as the alternative would leave the viewer feeling weird if the others just rolled over and let her take the credit for their work, even if Neil Gaiman was to steal the credit anyway. (Sorry this is so long, it's a complex point and I hope I've actually managed to explain it well).
R.I.P Russi Taylor, hope you're laughing it up with Phil Hartman and Marcia Wallace.
Even season 23 feels like forever ago.
I was still in my mommy's belly during season 23 lol
qw000pz youre 10?
@late4thegameNOW the comment was 1 year ago so he was 12 back then
Thanks for doing these recommendations from the post-90s seasons of the show. I know my Golden Age Simpsons back to front, but there's 20-something years of quality-challenged content I've ignored. Selections of standout episodes are helpful for a starting point or just to give credit where it's due.
Season 13's "Poppa's got a brand new badge" has a pretty Golden Age vibe to me, at least to a degree.
I like the semi Neverending story and Carl's saga too when it comes to post season 11 simpsons episodes
I like "The Debarted" quite a lot too, as well as the episode where Kirk Vanhouten has a valuable painting, I'm not sure of the episode name.
Steal this episode and the one where the simpsons go to Boston is pretty entertaining. Although it kind of bias on the latter Mostly because I live in Massachusetts myself
The Book Job is so dense. Every frame has so much going on.
I'm so glad someone made this reference.
It’s like poetry, it rhymes
MrJohnlennon007 its like poetry it rhymes
A heist is a funnier concept than we had before, if we can get the heist working... yeah...
Millhouse is the key to all this.
They may have gone a bit far in places.
So I had an idea for an April fools video
Simpsons histories: homer simpson
But it’s only on the Tracy ulman shorts
Also season 19 DVD
Season 19 DVD comes out this year! December 3rd, in fact. No foolin.
*LETSALLGOOUTFORFROSTYCHOCOLATEMILKSHAKES!*
*CLIFFBARTCLIFF*
It's always nice hearing someone talk about the more modern ones positively. This was already one of my top, well 20-ish. There's a lot of good ones. But this one is still underrated.
finlayjohnston9 I agree! There are some really good episodes post-season 11 and The Book Job is one of them. 😊
I was enjoying this review a LOT.
Then you referenced Community.
Now I LOVE this review.
You’re my boy, therealjims.
Let's also take a moment to appreciate that this is the third(?) time we learn something about Patty. They could have easily written the YA backstory for someone else. I'm actually surprised they didn't, given Patty and Skinner's history.
As an aside, I was marveling the other day during a binge on your channel, how unlikely I found your ability to write every single contribution by your self. You do such a marvelous job I thought for a moment in time that you had to have help. But alas you didn't so I bow to you and say bravo.
Thanks!
Maybe you should Review more GOOD modern Simpsons , sure theres are More bad ones than good one and of course its pretty much imposible to find something at the same quality to the old ones, but at least if at least you give them a chance then there Will be a little chance that you could find a little bit from what make the Simpsons great in the past.
motor4X4kombat yes!
I agree!
Yeah I really like Modern Simpsons episodes :D
I completely agree!
Agreed. Each recent season has to have some good highlights if someone payed close attention to each episode. It won't be easy, I'm aware of it. But I think its possible.
Now that Russi Taylor passed away, it is certainly the time to do Martin Prince before his character is retired or becomes background filler.
I like that the episode really stuck it to the era's YA novels and how formulaic and uninspired they were. The best part, however, they didn't get heavy handed with the parody/commentary. It's such low hanging fruit to go after this genre, and it's very easy to go the route of slamming everything about them and coming across either angry, snobby, or bitter. That even hand really gave the episode the opportunity to be smarter and better than it could have been, and they took that opportunity with gusto. I think they did a much better job satirizing the genre better than the pointless Hunger Games parody in the otherwise delightful Lego episode.
You should do a top modern era Simpsons video. That would be interesting.
Isn’t this episode already very modern?
@@arrownoir it is, but he does mostly focus on pre season 12
Homer: come on beautiful I can’t do this without you
(Patty punches him in the face)
I agree that the heavy use of (Steven) "Soderbergh montages" is both funny and brilliant. I almost imagine the writers storyboarding the (boring) writing sequences and realizing, "hey, this feels like a Soderbergh montage", and the lightbulb goes off and suddenly the episode evolves into a heist caper story.
Great video Jim. Really great and insightful review.
“And the best part is… I don’t even know how to read.”
That made me laugh for a good ten minutes.
So you find sex criminals to be the height of comedy? Buddy, you belong on a list.
Could you please do a Simpsons histories on Professor Frink please?
Professor Frink,
Professor Frink,
He makes you laugh,
He makes you think!
This is actually one of my favorite episodes post-Season 20 (probably because there’s so few episodes from Season 22-present that I can even tell apart). No joke, I seriously would read the Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy; sounds pretty trolly.
Excellent Extra Seconds. I forgot just how well written and produced this episode is. Truly is a modern gem.
A thought -- the fact that Lisa had her own plan at the end, while I agree not effective for the parody, may have thematic significance? Showing us that groups like the book team aren't always the best way of doing things, and sometimes an individual can save the day. Adding a little more grey area into the themes, perhaps. Not endorsing either side, but not discounting either out
any chance that RealJims could put a collect call through to Australia on behalf of Dr Bart Simpson of the international drainage commission in Springfield USA?
nine hundred dollarydoos?!!!
@@tomorrowsclassic505 I've seen you play Knifey-spooney before.
MISTER PRIME-MINISTAAAAAAH!
AAAANDYYYYYY!
I never thought i'd actually want to watch a modern Simpsons episode, till now!
I'm a comin, Papa!
This has been my go to "There's some good stuff in new simpsons" episode since it came out. I must have watched it at least 10 times now and I still crack up every time at "and the best part is, I can't even read!" line at the end. Modern Simpsons parody episodes are highly entertaining
I used to hate this episode when I was younger, simply because my parents are ghost writers and I being a dumb over emotional tween thought this episode was an attack on the book industry my parents worked in.
Your videos are always so entertaining and well written! Great job as always, Jim! 💞
I never watched an Oceans movie but this is probably the best episode of the modern era. I was just talking about it last week so it's funny you decided to cover this one.
You must watch Oceans 11 and 13
Start by watching Ocean.
Episodes with a skipped couch gag, typically, indicate a thoughtfully written episode, by today's standards.
Finally watched this one on your recommendation last night. As a fantasy writer myself, I got a lot of big laughs and, “That’s it, that’s exactly it” out of it. Thanks, Jims, you make some excellent suggestions.
As much as I love the Mike Scully era and the "middle years" in the 2000's, I never cared for the post-movie seasons, But there's a few good HD/post-movie episodes that are done very well. I'd say The Book Job is one of them, alongside Barthood, Married to the Blob, and In The Name of the Grandfather.
Another hidden gem from the modern era worth looking at is steal this episode
this episode has always been a stand out from the modern seasons for me
Since you're so into the Ocean's movies, I think you might also get a kick out of the Star Wars book "Scoundrels", by Timothy Zahn. It takes place between Episodes IV & V, and is about Han Solo having to put together a crew for a vault heist of his own.
Now that neil gaiman is accused by people of abuse. Sigh. So tired of this abuse
These videos are probably the best Simpson-related thing over the last 10 years :-)
4:18 I thought buzz cola was hit and run exclusive gag. Never knew it appeared in the show.
Holy smokes, that's it! From now on I'm thinking, acting, and looking young, and I'm gonna start with a bottle of Buzz Cola!
Ooh, ooh, ow! The bubbles are burning my tongue! Ow, ooh, water, water!
Please do Much Apu about nothing vs Homer and Apu
Hehe u said Apu
the angry australian oh yeah hehe
Who needs the kmik mart
Not me
@@jackfitzpatrick9705 i doooooooo
Wow it’s quite interesting that Skinner joined the group. I saw a suggestion for a Skinner and Bart duo history video. I’m going to do a second recommendation! Skinner and Bart! They have had a lot of interesting experiences together! Please make this video soon! Great episode report!
This guy NEEDS more subs
This is one of my top five post season 10 eps.
You might already know this but that joke with the dinosaurs at 1:20 with them smoking is from a Gary Larson comic strip called "The real reason the dinosaurs went extinct", exact to the colour of the dinosaurs.
Sad news today everyone. Russi Taylor, voice of Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri, and others like Minnie Mouse, has passed away at 75 :( R.I.P.
I think Bart wasn’t eating something in every scene he’s in because they want to pay homage to oceans 11, not fully replicate it
Lisa: Oooooo my favourite author is a d i n o s a u r.
Dinosaur Actor: Mate, the author doesn’t exist.
Lisa: *childhood breakdown*
Didn't this come out already? Am I in a time loop?
No, he did the 60 seconds review of this episode two days ago, this is the extra-seconds review
Holy darn ,,, I never noticed you were using a style simaler to ocean 11 , great movie been so long since I seen it but your editing style very well and interesting so it must be a good source to take from . Thank you
It took until you mentioned Brad Pitt that I got that you were talking about the REBOOT of Ocean's Eleven. I assumed you were talking about the Rat Pack one.
They tried a collaborative writing process for Game of Thrones. It was the last few seasons of Game of Thrones
I love these videos Jim! Please keep them up!
This actually looks pretty good. Unfortunately im one of those people who stopped watching the show around 2002-2003. Dont plan on getting back into it.
This is definitely worth watching, don't have watch any other episode that new but this one is the one you should haha
Have you seen season 33 & 34?
Wait is that Twilight poster a reference the silent film the Golem and the Dancing Girl? Huh that's a hell of a reference
happy to see some recent(ish) episodes pop up. it's not all bad like most of the internet wants everyone to think.
This is one of my favorite post-season 11 episodes. Great video!
George Cloony-esque dreaminess indeed
Hey man, big fan of your content, understand anime probably isn't your thing but you were a source of inspiration for me starting my channel and making my own content, how do you deal with things like copyright?
I mostly just hope and pray Fox (or now Disney) doesn't hit my channel with strikes or anything. Although whenever I did have videos taken down, I would have to submit a counter-notification, which they would always let expire and reinstate the video. They haven't done it in a couple years now, don't know if anime companies are tougher or anything. Good luck!
I've never seen 24 but I liked that episode
It’s so weird that there are “recent” Simpsons episodes that are nearly a decade old...
What is the music playing in the background? :0
Simpsons Mystery: Sam and Larry.
TGS777 TGS777 Who are Sam and Larry?
@@IcyDiamond simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Sam_(barfly)
This episode has a reference to the far side and i appreciate that.
TheRealJims is possibly the most important UA-cam channel in modern history
A mystery. What is Moe's real name. Because in one episode he said he changed it because that was cheaper that getting new name plates
0:08 - 0:14
It's so dense, every single image has so many things going on.
3:04 your choice of frames for that line are... interesting, to say the least.
And that is why your my favourite youtuber
He's no Danny ocean but he's.... Donut ocean......HA WOOOOO!
This is one of a small handful of modern episodes I truly enjoy. It may not be Last Exit/Cape Feare/Streetcar level good, but it certainly holds its own! And I've never seen the Oceans movies! Should probably fix that...
I remember thinking this was a pretty good Zombie Simpsons episode. Surprised to see you do a full review like this. Honestly, it might be hard, but you should cover more modern episodes.
@late4thegameNOW a term coined by fans for "modern Simpsons." Because the show is devoid of life and shambling on like a corpse.
I’ve tried to write a novel myself. The subplot of Lisa is very true,
Alright! I wanted a review to watch!
I made sure to watch the episode before watching this review and I gotta say it's actually pretty good. I didn't expect to like the episode as much as I did.
I'd love to see more videos detailing more modern classics.
Thank you so much, when I saw you do your quick review of episode I was hoping you would do a more in depth video for it. I'm not as big of Simpson fan as you but always like this show and eventually the show got stale but when this episode came out I was so impress. Because every so often in more recently season their be gem or two that was refreshing to see again from such a great show it was once
I literally saw this episode yesterday... weird that this was recommended to me now. Excellent episode tho
I'm sure that right now, George R.R. Martin is sitting on his desk trying to write Game of Thrones, but has no idea what to put down and immediately discards anything he does write because he thinks it's completely terrible. He will soon give up and sit on the couch to watch TV. He may watch Game of Thrones for "inspiration". Or at least that's how I am when I try to write things. Perhaps George R.R. Martin has also attempted to continue his work, but then read through it and realizes it's complete crap so he abandoned it and decided to start anew. Everything I have written is absolute garbage, with shitty writing like something out of a Twilight book (I admit that I have never actually read Twilight, but I hear it really sucks).
Look at George's twitter, you'd know he doesn't watch hackneyed crap of his superior works. He's busy watching other shows and touting about them over Game of Thrones, also you 'd know what he's up to instead of just being "sure of it"
Look, the point is, the dude has writers block.
And he's procrastinating.
Being an aspiring author, that episode is my favourite one so far
I would love if you make at some point a top 10 modern simpsons episodes or a similar topic. Great Video as always !
0:20 A joke about L.A. Glaxy Soccer team on one of the books.
ive always loved this episode just for the neil gaiman joke at the end tbh
Yikes
@@dontspikemydrink9382 maybe Moe was onto something after all
Can you do a Simpsons history on Gil?
My favorite episode!
Give me that nice opening and soundtrack
"The Book Job," was one of the great episodes of The Simpsons.
You should review the Saga of Carl next.
You should do a Simpsons Showdown of Donnie fatso Vs. Bart the Murderer (A Simpson Joins The Mob Episodes.)
I think this episode works better than 24 minutes because it's entirely within Homer's character to write a book for money. They don't introduce a secret spy agency.
I love the running joke of Moe just trying to antagonise Gaiman. Plus, their brain storming based on the cliche of YA fiction, but they also aren't just in it for money, at least toward the end, they actually get attached to the story of the book.
It also works well with Homer's personality flips and his quick to change opinions
Awesome episode that proves any 5 idiots can write a book.
!
I know 5 idiots!
"As long as you don't mind betraying the trust of vulnerable young minds."
"The perfect crime, eh?"
This is an episode I don't know/remember, so I guess it's from some time after I stopped watching the show. I don't know exactly what season I stopped at though.
Great review of one of my favourite episodes EVER
Please put the extra second reviews in their own playlist.
I love your Simpsons reviews!
Squidbillies did an episode where Dean Koontz turns out to be illiterate. Maybe that's just an overused trope.
TheRealJims, where you watch an episode of Simpsons, then watch a dissection of it that’s half the length.
You should do top 10 simpson episodes from beyond the simpsons glory days
There are some really good ones that get overlooked because they aren't in season 1-9
1.20: Ha! Gary Larson joke!
This is my favorite Simpsons episode.
I love Lisa’s struggle to write (#Relatable) and Neil Gaiman is hilarious.
Ngl, Gaimen's final line killed me
What are we, some kinda Simpsonite Squad