Sunday, March 22, 2009

Simpson's Go To Ireland

I liked the story of going back to Ireland so the Grandpa could see it again. I'm sure there is a lot of older people who would like to go back to their homelands and it was nice that he was able to do that. It felt like the episode went really fast though and not much happened other than them making fun of Irish people and bringing up stereotypes, which were actually pretty funny. They had the people river dancing during the Grandpa's flashback. Obviously it was stereotypical when they had actual leprechauns walking around, which the Grandpa called Yupprechauns, referring to Yuppies. The names of the technology companies were also funny, like Mick-rosoft. And at one point Homer flat out says "Irishmen love to get drunk" while trying to convince a man to come into his bar. I find it interesting how in each episode I've seen so far they always mention something from American families. Like the parents celebrating the kids first day back to school and how on mother's day the mother's special treatment doesn't usually last too long. In this episode Marge referred to family vacations when the dad goes off and does something fun while the mom and the kids go and do something else. It's a little sad but I could see it happening when many families go on vacation.

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