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| I wonder how many people looked like this when seeing Good Night for the first time. |
The episode acts like a special, with Troy presenting clips in some sort of order. The first few clips are actually the full-length 'episodes' of the show that were featured on the Tracy Ullman Show, where The Simpsons originated from. After that, Troy answers some letters that were mailed in, showing clips that may or may not show "Homer getting stupider" every season and the "real deal" with Mr. Smithers.
Then comes the true gem of the episode: deleted scenes. The first few shown are nice, but then the last couple are fairly big: an alternate scene in Burns' Heir where Homer tries to retrieve Bart from Burns concludes not with Burns simply locking the door, but rather sicking a Richard Simmons robot on Homer before it goes haywire and blows up. The other big set of clips occur from the conclusion of Who Shot Mr. Burns?, where its revealed that several scenes of different people shooting Burns (including those who weren't suspects, like Apu) were animated, and an entire ending where Smithers ended up shooting Burns was animated to prevent anybody from leaking the real ending where Maggie did it. With those scenes revealed, the show ends with what everyone was waiting for: hardcore nudity, though most of it is just ass and more ass.
Quick Review
While this episode is a dressed up clip show, its still a very well dressed up clip show, one very much unlike the last effort where this one takes clips, some of which have never been aired, and wraps it up in a nice package presented by Troy McClure. As a result we end up with a very strong episode. The retrospect was, well, okay, but the deleted scenes at the end plus the portrayal of Matt Groening as some kind of right-winged nut were both well done. Finding a way to get Troy McClure included in this was an excellent move as well.
Final Score: 8.9
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