Wow! Look at the Size of that Platform!

Well, I didn't get to see King Kong tonight, even though we ran a sneak preview. Many times the studio fears of piracy extend so far as to not allow theatres to keep a print even though they will be receiving multiple prints in mere hours after sending out the sneak copy. The dumbest example was earlier this year (and we ended up fighting to keep it and won) was when we had a sneak of Star Wars and there was an order to send the sneak print back, even though we had 6 other prints just sitting in the booth ready for our opening (we were opening 7).

Anyway, I figured I'd comment on one of the classic "Simpsons" episodes in place of a review, which will be forthcoming on Wednesday morning.

The episode in question is 9F04 from Season 4, "Treehouse of Horror III," in which the 2nd segment, entitled "King Homer," riffs on Kong. It has some of the best lines ever (courtesy of The Simpsons Archive):

Burns: What do you think, Smithers?
Smithers: I think women and sea-men don't mix.
Burns: We *know* what you think!

Karl: Hey, I heard we're goin' to Ape Island.
Lenny: Yeah, to capture a giant ape.
Karl: I wished we were going to Candy Apple Island.
Charlie: Candy Apple Island? What do they got there?
Karl: Apes. But they're not so big.

Marge: [walks into scene] Am I going too?
Burns: Of course. We wouldn't think of going without the bait-- uhh, that
is, the bait-thing beauty. The bathing beauty!
[to himself] Heh heh. I covered that up pretty well.










Then there's that great gag where a tired Homer, climbing the Empire State Building, falls from what is made out to be like a precipitous height, but is revealed that he only made it as high as one story. Those were the good ol' days of "The Simpsons."

Another note: Inside Man is the attached trailer to King Kong. It stars Denzel Washington. Try getting through the trailer without saying, "KING KONG...AIN'T GOT SHIT...ON ME!" Go on, try.