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Otis P Jivefunk
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« Reply #4 on: 03-09-2002 17:21 »
« Last Edit on: 03-09-2002 17:21 »
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Originally posted by Shadowstar: Michael Keaton you insensitive clod. Sorry for breathing, you don't actually think he was used well do you? edit - Actually I've just remembered an even worse use of a guest star in "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday". Dolly Parton with her makeup which somehow managed to break Homer and the rest of them out of their prison cell.
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BrainSluggo
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« Reply #5 on: 03-10-2002 03:46 »
« Last Edit on: 03-10-2002 03:46 »
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Jack Crowley: The character was okay and Keaton did well, but the episode was one of the first ones where REALLY SLOPPY writing jobs were becoming the norm. My top votes: 1) Tom Savini--His part was so poorly wedged into script, you could see the scratch marks, and Tom proves once again that he's no actor. 2) Richard Gere--See above. 3) Kid Rock--When the animators are doing a better "you" than you can, it's time to curl up and die. His dialogue could've been lifted from any concert footage; Joe-C was more involved. Honorable Mentions For BEST Guest Stars: 1) Tito Puente--part of the best song on the show in a long time; sadly Death has robbed the world of Tito. 2) Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, and Ron Howard--considering how much I loathe the live-action Baldswingers, I'm still surprised how much I loved them in "The Simpsons." All three spent the episode whaling on themselves something fierce. (Ron's second guest appearance was almost as good.) 3) New Kids On The Block--didn't exactly "whale" on themselves, but didn't take themselves seriously either. Didn't take themselves seriously OLD SCHOOL! Which is the way it should be. ________________________ "I mean, we'd all want a second chance if any one of us ever made a bad film, right?" --Alec Baldwin ("The Shadow"
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Nixorbo
UberMod
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Originally posted by BrainSluggo: 3) New Kids On The Block--didn't exactly "whale" on themselves, but didn't take themselves seriously either. Didn't take themselves seriously OLD SCHOOL! Which is the way it should be.
Are you talking about N*Sync?
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DrThunder88
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Most of the worst guests have been in the last two or three seasons. (Dis)honorable mentions go to: - All four tennis stars in "Tennis the Menace"
- Kid Rock (and Joe C.)
- N'Sync
- Shawn Colvin (who is she?)
- Parker Posey (no excuses, not even doing the voice of Umbriel)
I've also come to associate Ben Stiller and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss with sucking due to the suck-itude of their respective episodes. I'd have to agree with Shad on the worst guest star, Britney Spears. Not only did she not look like Ms. Spears, she sounded so generic that I couldn't tell that it was actually her. As for best guest stars, I'd have to nominate (in no particular order): - Sam Neill
- Donald Sutherland
- Harvey Fierstein
- James Earl Jones
- "Sam Enid" (you know, Dustin Hoffman)
- Beverly D'Angelo
- Patrick Stewart
- R. Lee Ermey
- Johnny Cash.
I nearly forgot the indispensable Phil Hartman and Kelsey Grammer. The only guests I've really enjoyed who've played themselves are Leonard Nimoy, Tito Puente, and Mel Gibson.
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DrThunder88
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Originally posted by Just Chris: (though I found the Matrix bit funny). Even The Matrix has become cliched, unfortunately. I liked that movie.
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iliketowankalot
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I didn't see that Britney episode but I do know N'Sync sucked serious scrotum
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Otis P Jivefunk
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Originally posted by Kryten: N*Sphyncter, Kid Crock, and Michael "I just LOVE kids" Jackson. "Stark Raving Dad" is a superb episode, If it was Micheal Jackson who did the guest voice then I think he did an excellent job.
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iliketowankalot
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Originally posted by Kryten: N*Sphyncter, Kid Crock, and Michael "I just LOVE kids" Jackson. Why do you hate Michael Jackson? So he touched some kids but cum on its Michael Jackson. We all like to touch kids sometimes its only natural
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DrThunder88
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Originally posted by Otis P Jivefunk: "Stark Raving Dad" is a superb episode, If it was Micheal Jackson who did the guest voice then I think he did an excellent job.
It was, and he did.
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DrThunder88
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I don't think that was Yoko Ono. I think that was a spoof of Yoko Ono, but it probably wasn't her...and it was "Number eight".
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rach_the_tall
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My favourite guests are mostly from bands (aside from the fabulous david hyde pierce) Red hot chilli peppers, (just always funny) Smashing Pumpkins "Pumpkins, thanks to your depressing music, you've stopped my children dreaming of a future I can't possibly provide" Cypress Hill (Just because I loved the rendition of insane in the membrane with the LSO) Tito Puente The Ramones (hey, I think they liked us!) Sting ("This is about a boy who's stuck down a well, or something, and we've got to do everything we can to help him." Spinal Tap ("we salute you, oh half inflated dark lord" Anyway, most of the musicians on The simpsons have rocked. Incidentially, the ones I have hated most are also muscicans. Britney speared N*suck Kid Crock
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Zed 85
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The McCartney's (God rest Linda's soul ) involvement did seem a bit rushed, kinda like "er...er..where to put them in the script? Er, there that will do. Whatever." If you get what I mean. Apart from that it did provoke the involvement of 'Maybe I'm Amazed' which is one of my favourite ex-Beatle-artist songs.
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BrainSluggo
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The ep's been on once in a while. They seem to be emphasizing the earliest seasons lately, perhaps it'll turn up. (I'm assuming the local affiliates all run stuff according to a nationwide organized schedule. I used to think each affiliate showed whatever they wanted, but New York and San Francisco stations have been known to show the same ones on the same nights. Who knows?) I rather like that episode: the Michael Jackson material isn't overwhelming--after all, it's just a big weird white guy acting like him, right?--but the Homer-in-the-Hatch material is highly giggleworthy. 'Michael': "Which one of us is really crazy?" Homer: (displaying "Certificate of Sanity" "Not me! I got one of these!"
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Otis P Jivefunk
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Apparently Lenny Kravitz, Mick Jagger, Tony Hawk and Blink 182 will be some of the guest stars in Season 14 of The Simpsons.
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