Line #33 Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E12SundayCruddySunday


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3	'''Original air date:''' 1/31/1999 ''(produced in 1998)''
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5	'''Production code:''' AABF-08
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7	Homer, his buddies, and Bart head out to see the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl[[note]]Super Bowl XXXIII, to be specific, which this episode premiered after, paired with the series premiere of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''[[/note]] while Marge and Lisa paint eggs with an old kit endorsed by Creator/VincentPrice.
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9	!!Tropes:
10	* AdamWesting: UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch calls himself a billionaire tyrant and showcases a capacity to summon brutal security with a wave of his hand.
11	* AmbiguousSituation: Because of the automated message Marge and Lisa get when calling the egg painting company, they legitimately don't know if Creator/VincentPrice is still alive.[[note]]Of course, the audience [[TheReveal gets the answer]] [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated when he shows up to pick up John Madden and Patt Summerall.[[/note]]]]
12	-->'''Vincent Price(?)''': ''And now, I must return to the sweet embrace of the crypt. But I'll be back! (EvilLaugh)''
13	-->'''Lisa''': (unsure) So, is he alive or not?
14	* ArtisticLicenseSports: The winning team are given their Super Bowl rings immediately following the game, evidenced by the guys having their own as they get back on the bus to head back to Springfield. In real life, the rings are typically handed out in the summer, before the new season begins.
15	* AsHimself:
16	** Music/DollyParton helps break Homer and the gang out of Super Bowl jail.
17	** The guys then flee to Rupert Murdoch's private suite, only to be chased out by the man himself.
18	** Calling the game is that year's real-life announcers for Super Bowl XXXIII, which aired on FOX, the network's #1 NFL announce team at the time, Pat Summerall and John Madden.[[note]]([=SB33=] was the seventh of eight Super Bowls the pair called together, and their second for FOX, with their first five on CBS.)[[/note]]
19	** Also former football players Troy Aikman, Dan Marino & Roosevelt Grier.
20	* BaitAndSwitch:
21	** After their Super Bowl tickets were exposed as counterfeit, Bart points out a rack full of halftime show costumes, and Homer gets an idea... to knock out the guards with the rack.
22	** And once inside, the scene changes to Lenny announcing the kick-off... only for the camera to cut to a wider shot and turning out that the whole group is inside the stadium's brig, taking turns kicking Homer's butt. Then, after Lenny gets his kick, Dr. Hibert cuts in to say as a doctor, he thinks they've had enough... but as a football fan... Then takes his turn kicking Homer's ass.
23	** In the midst of Marge and Lisa's subplot, in which they call to complain about their missing feet in their kit and are answered by Creator/VincentPrice (despite being dead), who tells them that his grandson will come to their help. We cut to a guy pulling up to a gas station, with the implication that he's Vincent Price's grandson... and then it turns out to be a DadaAd for the Catholic Church that Marge and Lisa are watching on TV.
24	** A meta example: The episode's plot itself can be seen as this considering it's an episode about the Super Bowl with Dolly Parton as a guest star yet no football playing or singing is shown. This is brought up by Pat Summerall and John Madden at the end of the episode.
25	* BitingTheHandHumor: News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch, [[AsHimself played by the real man]] introduces himself as [[AdamWesting "Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire tyrant!"]].
26	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The three women from the Catholic Church commercial.
27	* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Super Bowl commercial featuring three sexy ladies servicing a man's car had "Catholic" removed from the tagline, "The Catholic Church: We've made a few...''changes''" on all reruns (however, the DVD and the "Every Simpsons Ever" marathon had the original line).
28	--->'''Lisa:''' These Super Bowl commercials are weird...
29	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Pat Summerall and John Madden appear at the epilogue to criticize the quality of the episode and then leave... with their bus driven by Vincent Price.
30	* BrickJoke: After Marge apparently gets Vincent Price himself on the phone line she calls to complain about the lack of feet on her kit (see ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated below), Price appears on the flesh at the epilogue as the driver of the bus the Super Bowl commenters use to leave the stadium (turns out he's not used to DrivingStick).
31	* CardCarryingVillain: Rupert Murdoch describes himself as a "billionaire tyrant".
32	* CausticCritic: John Madden at first praises this episode for the inclusion of Wally Kogen and Marge and Lisa's subplot, but when informed that it featured no actual football or singing despite being a Super Bowl show with Dolly Parton, his attitude changes and feels ripped off.
33	-->'''Madden:''' What a way to treat the loyal fans who put up with so much nonsense from this franchise.\
34	'''Summerall:''' Any final thoughts?\
35	'''Madden:''' Nah, I'm too mad. Let's get the heck out of here.
36	* CouchGag: The family moves through shallow water and sit on the couch. Afterwards, an iceberg passes by and the couch sinks vertically like the [[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Titanic]] and the family clings for dear life as it goes under. Maggie resurfaces on a couch cushion with a remote in her hand.
37	* FailedASpotCheck: The phony Super Bowl tickets get exposed as fakes for [[RuleOfThree three reasons]]: (a) they don't have an authenticity hologram, (b) the teams mentioned on them don't exist, and (c) they've been printed on graham crackers.
38	* FantasyTwist: When Wally offers Homer a free ride to the Super Bowl if he helps fill a charter bus heading for the game, Homer imagines a scenario where a football coach spots Homer after running out of quarterbacks, and orders him to... get his hand off his wife's leg.
39	* FatFlex: Homer's football entourage see the lack of women as an opportunity to stop sucking it in and collectively let their bellies hang out. As soon as the bus driver's revealed to be female, they begrudgingly pull themselves back together.
40	* FilmingForEasyDub: Parodied, as the animation delay time meant they wouldn't know who was in the Super Bowl before the show had been already animated. Instead, the characters pause, lift beer mugs to their faces, and speak [[StylisticSuck obviously-dubbed team names]]. Then they do the same for ''the name of the US President and his wife'' (as due to the Clinton impeachment scandal, they couldn't be sure who would be President either).
41	* FreezeFrameBonus: The dead letter envelope from which Bart pulls the coupon book was addressed to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy Frank Grimes]].
42	* FriendToAllChildren: Before the game, Dan Marino tells Bart to "go long" and throws him a football. As Bart excitedly awaits to catch the ball thrown by the legendary Dan Marino, Homer snatches it out of the air and brags about catching it. Indignant, Marino sics his bodyguards on Homer, who passes the ball to Bart in the hopes they'll tackle him (like in a football game), but the bodyguards knock Homer to ground, and rough him up.
43	* LastSecondWordSwap: Used for a WhereTheHellIsSpringfield gag when Marge gives their address to the company that made the egg-dying kit.
44	-->'''Marge:''' 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield...oh hiya Maude, come on in![[note]]For those outside of the US, Springfield, Ohio is probably the best-known non-fictional Springfield in America[[/note]]
45	* LiteralAssKicking: This happens to Homer and Wally, the group holding them by the arms and one by one taking turns kicking them in the ass over the tickets being fake.
46	* LogoJoke: The "shh" in the Gracie Films logo is replaced with Rupert Murdoch's "silence".
47	* MythologyGag: Wally Kogen is named for classic Simpsons writers Wallace Wolodarsky and Jay Kogen, who'd written for the show during the first 4 seasons, including the original "Treehouse of Horror" special, "Bart The Daredevil", and "Lisa the Greek", which was also about the Super Bowl.
48	* NegativeContinuity:
49	** Flanders letting his gut hang out with the rest of the guys, considering in every other episode he's shown having an Adonis-like physique.
50	** Also, no mention is made of Homer being the owner of the Denver Broncos, as shown at the end of Season 8's "You Only Move Twice". Though this ''would'' explain how he was allowed to take the Vince Lombardi Trophy home at the end.
51	* NeverMyFault: Despite the fact that Wally was just as much to blame as Homer was when they found out the Super Bowl tickets were fake and they brought everyone all the way there for nothing, when they all get locked-up in the stadium jail cell, they take turns kicking only ''Homer's'' butt, with Wally cheering with everyone else. More than likely they decided he was more at fault than Wally was.
52	* NoEnding: Lisa and Marges’ subplot receives no resolution and just stops with Marge calling Vincent Price and getting distracted.
53	* NoodleImplements: The halftime show Dolly Parton was performing in included her wearing a giant [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]] mask and arriving in on a jet pack.
54	-->'''Homer''': [[LampshadeHanging Man, that's gotta be some show!]]
55	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title of the episode is taken from the Music/{{U2}} song "Sunday Bloody Sunday".
56	* {{Redubbing}}: Parodied. When Homer, Wally, and Moe are discussing the Super Bowl at the tavern, every time they mention a specific name (like "Atlanta Falcons" or "President [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton Clinton]]") they stop to hold a beer mug in front of their mouths[[note]]For added humor, it's the same empty mug that they pass to each other in turn[[/note]] and recite the name in a stilted monotone. According to DVD commentary, this was done in case they had to change the dialogue in reruns, like they did with most cuts of the season three episode "Lisa the Greek," where the names of the football teams playing in the Super Bowl had to be changed to reflect the year. In fact, the episode was never redubbed and all the original references are left intact.
57	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Parodied. Marge calls the company that manufactured the egg art kit she was working on with Lisa, and is shocked to get Vincent Price himself despite having died several years ago. Price claims "You should know the grave could never claim me!" After telling Marge who to contact about the missing feet from the kit, Price says he must now return "To the sweet embrace of the crypt." He then appears at the end to drive John Madden and Pat Summerall home.
58	-->'''Lisa''': So is he alive or not?
59	* SelfDeprecation:
60	** The last scene has John Madden and Pat Summerall summing up the episode, with John pointing out how, even though it was a Super Bowl episode featuring Dolly Parton, they didn't have any football or singing, saying "What a way to treat the loyal fans, who put up with so much nonsense from this franchise!" And then the bus arrives to pick them up and Vincent Price is the driver.
61	--->'''Vincent Price''': All aboard, boys. I've been waiting for you.\
62	'''John Madden''': Now, I'll tell ya, that doesn't make a lick of sense!
63	** Rupert Murdoch calling himself a tyrant.
64	* SeriesContinuityError: As noted above under NegativeContinuity, no mention is made of [[{{Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice}} Homer being the owner of the Denver Broncos]], even though this would be a perfect explanation for why he was allowed to leave Miami with the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
65	* ShoutOut: The Catholic Church commercial spoofs the music video for Music/ZZTop's "Gimme All Your Lovin'", albeit accompanied by ZZ Top's "Legs".
66	* SomethingElseAlsoRises: A car hood and gas pump nozzle in the Catholic Church ad.
67	* SpecialGuest: Creator/FredWillard as Wally Kogen.
68	* TakeThat:
69	** To the film ''Film/{{Rudy}}''.
70	--->'''Rudy:''' What I lack in size, I make up for in obnoxiousness! (gets apparently run over by the bus).
71	** When Homer's group ends up in the winning locker room after the big game, one of players declares, "[[ImGoingToDisneyWorld I'm going to]] Ride/{{Disneyland}}!" and Wally, speaking as a travel agent, informs him he heard nothing but bad things.
72	* TemporaryBulkChange: A lot of Springfield's male populace spend most of their time hiding their fat guts by sucking in the flab. They can let it loose and suck it back in within seconds.
73	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: InUniverse, John Madden and Pat Summerall [[SelfDeprecation have this complaint]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall about the episode]] in that it's an episode about football featuring Dolly Parton in which no on-screen football or singing occurs.
74	* TruthInTelevision: John Madden getting on a bus at the end. He actually ''was'' afraid of flying in real life, so he would take the bus or train everywhere.
75	* WeightWoe: Homer's football entourage are happy with no women in their group, giving them the chance to stop sucking their guts in. The moment they learn the bus driver is a woman they promptly pull themselves back together.

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