So, let’s have a little fun and rank the various sequences that make this episode up. Well, I can picture the cheese, but they have Krusty Brand Non-Dairy Gelatinated Beverages?” “Yep, they call ’em shakes.” Not too much to say about this one. Springfield had ceased to be a solar system with them as the sun. The whole thing is framed as a sitcom within the sitcom—as are the bits with Apu and Cletus—and it’s a reminder of just how completely these characters function on their own, without anybody else around to bounce off of. I love the thought of Otto selling that photo of Lisa to, Just try and tell me you wouldn’t watch an. Just a bunch of short bits unhampered by plot or logic. One thing I really don’t get: If the entire episode is supposed to be Bart and Milhouse watching everything happen, how is Milhouse involved in a story? I guess “19 Short Films About Springfield” just wasn’t as a catchy a title. The tension between Skinner and Chalmers has been a running gag throughout the show, but this was its absolute peak. Rae Assorted Vitamin and Dietary Supplements. A fine bit of cruelty from Mr. Burns — when Smithers is stung by a bee and needs to go to the hospital, Burns only way to get him there is to scream at him until he pedals their himself. There are fewer than 22 short films in this episode (I count 15). Instead, everybody else had become stars of their own, and the show expanded into a galaxy. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. 5. Either way, it’s a great scene, punctuated by Moe barricading himself behind three feet of bulletproof glass…. Milhouse: “I try not to. The transitions are unfussy but efficient, and they keep an episode that could feel incredibly hectic from getting too complicated. Many of the Spanish words used in Bumblebee Man's segment are easily understood cognates of English and not accurate Spanish; this was done deliberately so that non-Spanish speakers could understand the dialogue without subtitles. Chris Courtois - "22 Short Films About Springfield" was probably the ultimate "wacky" episode. Then, there was Skinner explaining the fire in the kitchen by claiming it’s the aurora borealis. Santa’s Little Helper likes EZ Cheez, as should we all. “Look at all of this,” the episode seems to say. Hey, you can’t argue with results. I still get a kick out of, “You keep squirmin’, there’s gonna be a little bald girl with no lollipop.”, 16. Nelson finally gets what’s coming to him, but let’s be honest, there’s no way you’d be able to get away with pulling a kid’s pants down in public and marching him through the streets, even if you are just trying to teach him a listen. And “22 Short Films” is the show’s most potent suggestion yet that the main character of this series isn’t Bart or Homer or Lisa—it’s the town they live in. Quotes. None of them would really qualify as bad, but some are definitely better than others. What’s amazing is how easily the show can float from location to location and never feel too breathless or overworked. Particularly the Aurora Borealis bit, where Chalmers is taken completely off-guard by Skinner's, Dr. Nick calms down a combative Grandpa by prescribing his regular old man pains as a, Snake and Chief Wiggum's segments parody the Marsellus-Butch storyline from, The short that follows Dr. Nick briefly changes into a homage to.