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Sweeps Day 25!! Hourlong KING OF THE HILL, SIMPSONS, MALCOLM Finales!!

Published at:  May 18, 2003 6:38:07 PM CDT

SPOILER ALERT !!

I am – Hercules!!

Saw all three hours Saturday night, and they’re all pretty typical episodes, with “King of the Hill” as always the best of the bunch. Khan’s mom especially was a hoot: “If you’ll just allow me to … demonstrate …”

I am – Hercules!!










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  • May 18, 2003 6:44:29 PM CDT

    pointless

    by smellee

    ok, and the point was..? what was the point of posting this article herc? we could just look at tv guide if we wanted to know what was on. have a review or don't, thats what i am trying to say

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  • May 18, 2003 6:44:43 PM CDT

    Boing

    by vague

    In the UK so not seen any of the shows, just wanted to have a go at posting first.

    Also met Michael Shanks at a sci-fi convention yesterday (nred me!) and he was yummy and really sweet.

    Kendra from Buffy was also there and a nice lady, also so so little in person. She turned up at the after party for the non-VIPs and chatted with normal people (so did Chekov from Star Stek - he even had a boogie).

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  • May 18, 2003 6:44:58 PM CDT

    Typical Episodes

    by banky the hack

    So, Simpsons sucks?

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  • May 18, 2003 6:58:13 PM CDT

    no Futurama

    by coop

    I just don't get it. Even on the weeks when there are no sports on Fox they show a rerun of King of the Hill or the Simpsons instead of Futurama. Have they shown more than one episode this season?

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  • May 18, 2003 7:01:51 PM CDT

    ick

    by lelon

    king of the hill is usuall the worst of those 3 shows.

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  • May 18, 2003 8:33:20 PM CDT

    Irony At Its Best

    by cardiff giant

    I would be all, "I'm in L.A. for the first time, I have better things to do than watch these crappy shows," but I'm sitting here in an Internet cafe typing this. What the hell am I doing? I'm gone. Peace

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  • May 18, 2003 8:44:27 PM CDT

    What ever happened...

    by gradam01

    Is it just me or are the Simpsons krappy any more. I watch rerun everyday that that are 10 times better than the garbage they show now.

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  • May 18, 2003 8:53:27 PM CDT

    King of the Hill "as always" the best of the bunch?

    by mynamedoesn'tfit

  • May 18, 2003 9:53:22 PM CDT

    Review and review!!!

    by fevriul

    Have to agree with the above poster, the point of this was???

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  • May 18, 2003 10:20:18 PM CDT

    That's it!

    by lance turk

  • May 18, 2003 10:22:35 PM CDT

    oops

    by lance turk

    Anyway. Take the title from above/below/wherever the hell the talkback put it. Damn return key. Anyway, I don't think herc should ever be allowed to review TV again. First he slams 24 by giving it marginal reviews. Then he gives that complete shit pile known as SNL a constant *** rating. Now he thinks that King of the Hill is the best thing on Sunday nights? I don't know where he got his crack, but that stuff must be really potent.

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  • May 18, 2003 11:12:40 PM CDT

    C'mon, ANY Moe episode wins everytime.

    by andy travis

    "It's nice to be around somebody who doesn't understand all the horrible things I say."

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  • Fucking Classic Simpsons!!! And the Sea Captain saying lets sing a song and not some war song like our national anthem - another Gem!. This show still has it.

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  • May 19, 2003 12:04:59 AM CDT

    Simpsons

    by doubting thomas

    Simpsons is improving, Let's see what happens in the next season. It seemed for a while the writer's were all left wing nut cases. Now there seems to be more balance in the show.

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  • May 19, 2003 1:27:49 AM CDT

    let the Simpsons die

    by delete me

    These days defenders of the Simpsons have been reduced to pointing to the odd good episode in the middle of the miserably mediocre crapfest that has become the typical Simpsons season. Hasn't 14 years of Simpsons been enough - especially when you consider only seven of those seasons were the classic years everyone loves? These days the Simpsons is full of episodes that are at best derivative, and at worst painful (Homer gatting raped by a panda? Santa's Little Helper becoming a beer mascot? Barney going sober?). Watching the show these days is like watching a once-vital friend reduced to a drooling acephalitic kept alive in an iron lung. Please, whoever's out there... let the Simpsons die.

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  • May 19, 2003 1:48:37 AM CDT

    Homer getting raped by a panda? A CLASSIC!

    by andy travis

    In that episode he has the line "I'm reeking of panda love", or something close to that. How's THAT weak? Simpsons is still wittier than any other show on the air, animated or otherwise. And they have the balls to make currently unpopular political jokes and statements, and seem to get away with it, unlike, oh, say the Dixie Chicks. Then again, the fanbase of the Simpsons is probably predominately liberal, as opposed to country music fans.

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  • And yes, King of the Hill is definitely the best of the bunch. It's really nice to see a cartoon where the humor is grounded in the characters and their relationships to each other and not just being as absurdist as possible, whilst throwing in as many pop-culture references as the half-hour format will allow for. Yes, it's much more conventional than Simpsons or South Park or Family Guy, cartoons, but it seems to be the more daring choice given the way television is right now. It just seems like that show works a lot harder for its laughs.

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  • May 19, 2003 3:21:54 AM CDT

    "I'm a brick"

    by jules windex

    You gotta love Ralph Wiggum

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  • May 19, 2003 3:24:43 AM CDT

    Is it just me or is this not the lamest news post ever - I'm sti

    by theginger twit

    And Simpsons is better than no Simpsons - ever think that the show sis lagging because they are stealing all the best stuff to put in the movie.

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  • May 19, 2003 9:40:51 AM CDT

    Simpsons made me LOL...

    by token

  • May 19, 2003 9:44:12 AM CDT

    Simpsons made me LOL...

    by token

    AS I was saying...

    The end of the Simpsons with everybody singing O Canada and Marge waving both the Maple Leaf _and_ the Quebec flag actually got me howling with laughter. An all-too-rare occurrance with the Simpsons nowadays, unfortunately... [maybe you have to be Canadian to get the joke, however...]

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  • Because all I can think of is "Guantanimo Bay" which holds non-citizen enemy combatants and suspected terrorists. A far cry from the ordinary citizens held in Auschwitz or even FDR's Japanese internment camps. You want to disagree with Bush, fine, but have some facts to back up your rants.

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  • May 19, 2003 1:53:28 PM CDT

    Splooge

    by fart_master_flex

    What was the point of this? I think scratching your ass would have been time better spent Herc.

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  • May 19, 2003 3:34:34 PM CDT

    OH NO!!!

    by pmorano

    It's an Italian American Mexican standoff!

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  • May 19, 2003 4:09:35 PM CDT

    What in the blue HELL is THIS ?

    by robinp

    "I saw so and so and so and so and so and so". And that's the WHOLE story ? What's wrong with this picture, Herc ? The fact that your story ain't GOT a damn story. Sorry, man...but this is lazyass column filling at its worst !

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  • May 19, 2003 4:17:16 PM CDT

    Who's forcing you to watch, Delete Me? Or do you enjoy torturin

    by nice marmot

  • May 19, 2003 6:30:23 PM CDT

    um...

    by playniceordie

    Herc, the jr. high yearbook staff still needs writers for next year. I hope harry's not paying you for this crap.

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  • May 19, 2003 7:57:00 PM CDT

    Chitwood, were they Arab-AMERICANS or ILLEGAL ALIENS

    by the g-man

    I belive the latter. In which case, there is long standing authority for them to be detained for long periods of time, simply because they do not belong here. That is different from detaining citizens.

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  • May 19, 2003 8:35:39 PM CDT

    Spoiler..?

    by rinse

    What was the spoiler? ..The fact that these shows were on?

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  • May 19, 2003 10:46:26 PM CDT

    G-Man

    by delete me

    Just to correct something here - Ashcroft and Company are indeed grabbing legal Arab-American citizens. The most recent and notorious case being Mike Hawash, an Intel worker who's currently being held in solitary confinement as a "material witness." Like many being held under the Patriot Act, Hawash has not been charged with a crime, has not been allowed to see a lawyer, has not been read rights, has been held for a month and a half without being questioned. All of this is legal under the new laws and powers granted to our government. ------------ Now, comparisons to Hitler are a tad extreme - as they always are - but one comparison you can certainly make is that both the Weimar Republic and post-9/11 America were atmospheres in which increasing levels of fear and nationalism lead to a never-before-seen increase in executive power and a creeping hostility towards dissent. The United States is obviously not a fascist state. But Germany didn't become fascist overnight, either. Not trying to be alarmist. But it's a cautionary tale. Those who would sacrifice liberty for security seldom end up with either.

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  • Which means that a grand jury found probable cause that he was guilty of "conspiracy to wage war against the United States
    and conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaida and the Taliban." I realize that this does not mean he is guilty. However, it does mean that his case is really no different than most criminal defendants before and after 9/11. It is a longstanding practice in the law that a felony defendant can be held for months if there is probable cause that he committed a crime. Its true for murder defendants (ex: O.J. Simpson, Robert Blake) and its true for other forms of felonies. This is not something new created by the Bush administration. It's as old as the Magna Carta.

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