The Simpson's taking on Army recruiting issue. 8:00 PM ET

[burythehatchet]

targeting kids.

[CatWoman]

1. But Part 2 of Rome is on

btw -- I need to return something to you.

You have change :hi:

[Greybnk48]

2. I hope some people watched this

it showed recruiters going to grade schools (among other things) and how they lie and make the army seem glamorous and not the least bit dangerous.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. This was hilarious.

Principal Skinner, to recruiters at his school: There's nothing I wouldn't do for my Army!

Recruiter: Well, how about signing up again?

Skinner: How about you bite me? :rofl:

[shaniqua6392]

4. What was with the "Dearborn, Michigan" comment?

It came when they were at the school in the auditorium and the recruiter said something about this. I did not get what they meant. Was that a criticism against the arab population?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. That one sailed over my head too. Simpsons would NOT be a show to make fun of an ethnic population,

generally, so I'm guessing that joke, whatever its intent, did not come off as intended.

[shaniqua6392]

6. I wished I would have taped it.

I am sure they would not do something so stupid, but it sure came off that way. I only live a few miles from Dearborn and it is predominantly arab so it was a bit shocking. Things can be a bit tense regarding the arab population and I hope they did not take offense at being mentioned. I still wish I knew what they were trying to say. Time will tell, I guess.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

7. I'm guessing it was a joke to the effect of "yeah, like a town full of Arabs is going to be dumb

enough to enlist in Bush's Army to fight his anti-Arab crusade--NOT" kind of thing.

I liked when the Colonel said "Great Cheney's Ghost!" when surrendering at the end.

[AIJ Alom]

9. Wasn't Dearborn mentioned in Fahrenheit 9/11 ? Perhaps an

acknowledgement to Michael Moore and his hometown perhaps ?

[AIJ Alom]

10. Correcting myself. That would be Flint.

[Richard Steele]

18. The recruiter asked the kids, "Do you know where we could find some...

...COOL kids to show this movie to?", and one of the kids
replied, "Dearborn, Michigan?"

[BrotherBuzz]

8. I'm on the West Coast and am watching now, but...

I missed the opening credits chalkboard. Anyone catch what Bart wrote?

[vireo]

11. Didn't catch it, but the headline gag on American Dad read

"Democrats take House and Senate, Republicans get record collection"
:7

[BlueStorm]

14. I thought it said "Dems take Congress, Republicans get

record collection."

I didn't get it at first but now I do, geez am I slow.

Blue

[txindy]

16. IIRC, it was "We are not all naked under our clothes."

:rofl:

[BrotherBuzz]

19. Thanks txindy and ironflange

[ironflange]

17. "People aren't really naked under their clothes"

Or something like that.

[Nevernose]

12. This avocado just gave me a weddign ring...

And then the Chinese New Year's bit.

[BlueStorm]

13. I didn't get the Dearborn reference either.

Maybe someone else knows. The Simpsons tonight was a hit.

Blue

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

15. I'd given the show up for dead (except Halloween) the last few years, but they

still hit one out of the park once in a while.