The Simpsons: 22 for 30 (2017)
Season 28, Episode 17
5/10
Pros And Cons Of 22 For 30
12 March 2017
Pros: 1. I liked the couch gag, except for the unfunny eye injury at the end.

2. This episode definitely had a lot of fun with the style of 30 For 30 documentaries. The cast and crew has obviously seen a lot of 30 For 30 documentaries and they do good gags with how 30 For 30 films look and feel.

3. Johnny Tight-Lips has always been my favorite Springfield mobster and here he's just as awesome as always.

4. Stephen Curry may not have appeared long but he spilled coffee on Seymour Skinner so what more could you want from him?

5. Bart getting hit by his own teammate was an amusing reminder of the classic "Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air" moment where Carlton stole the ball from Will Smith for a disastrous attempt at winning a high school basketball game.

6. Lisa takes a fair amount of abuse in this episode and that's okay by me.

7. I liked Lisa's joke about how nobody watches documentaries unless they are about rich men who may have committed murders. I know they are referring to a different documentary but to me it served as a funny reference to the Oscar-Winning "OJ Made In America"

8. It's for the best that Krusty deleted the Dan Quayle jokes. I doubt he could top the Quayle jokes that Tiny Toon Adventures did.

9. Best Line Homer: You're no better than anyone else... except Milhouse.

Cons 1. The biggest issue I had with the story is that I just didn't find it very funny or interesting. Being a parody of 30 For 30, they have fun with story-telling techniques but the story itself is just lame.

2. I'm sure others found Maggie hitting Bart to be funny, I just thought it was lame.

3. I never laugh at Homer strangling Bart so his extended strangling in one scene was not appreciated by me.

4. I'm sure there are real life sports analyzers who talk and act like the angry African- American analyst but I just found him annoying.

5. As for the scene of Bart spinning a basketball on his johnson, well, Timmy Turner said it best: no amount of therapy will ever make this moment okay.
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