S04E24 The glancing will get you

THE SIMPSONS SEASON 32 EPISODE 10 and VALLEY OF THE DOLLS: Reviewed! 

This podcast is for moms and their wine and a cosy throw blanket and a candle that smells like a pine tree or hot apples. If you’re not any of those things, scram before the next one starts! But no, ahem, for real: welcome to the podcast! It’s been a whole ass … um … *checks notes* … a single week as usual. Right. Don’t know why it felt so much longer! Anyhoo, let’s crack on. This week we are doing a regular ass finale. No specials. No nothing. We’ve spoiled you. New and old listeners alike! Just accept what you’re given please. The usual format. Hashtag review two things. As was decided in that contentious season finale lo those many seasons ago. So what awaits you today? No frills … and minimal thrills! 

SCORES SO FAR ARE Jeff: 10 wins and 3 Homers and Chris: 6 wins and 1 perfect. Jeffrey wins Season 4. Lifts trophy etc. So yes. Today’s ep is a dead rubber. But hey, that’s ok. We’ve still got thirty second games for the NEW amongst you and reviews, guesses, scores and pitches for the TRUE amongst you. 

There will be no links to today’s reviewed content or next week’s pitched content. It’s either on Disney plus or on a VHS at a carboot sale at this point. 2025 is a dumpster fire. Check out my 30 second game answer for more context. 

Taylor Tomlinson talking about Better Man, which Christopher talked about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXL4zdo289A

Robbie Williams talking to Taylor Tomlinson about how she talked about Better Man, which Christopher talked about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaofNC-HLvc

For some of you this will be an introduction to FEMINISM IN FILM and a super important test you should all start checking out more and just reflecting on generally: https://bechdeltest.com/

Zoe Williams writes about “Feminism, but not as we know it” on the 50th anniversary of the novel Valley of the Dolls: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/18/50-years-valley-of-the-dolls-jacqueline-susann

This Simpsons episode we review has its own Wikipedia page! Why? I don’t know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Springfield_Summer_Christmas_for_Christmas

Why is the NME (.com) doing a recap of a Simpsons episode? I don’t know: https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-recaps/the-simpsons-season-32-episode-10-recap-its-a-christmas-miracle-2904346

Den of Geek have quite the review of the episode of the Simpsons we review today. Very minimal harping on about the golden age (for a change, after all the jaded #THE GREAT SIMPSONS COMPLETE-A-THON talk): https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-simpsons-season-32-episode-10-review-a-springfield-summer-christmas-for-christmas/

Apologies if audio goes tits up for a hot second or 2. As much we can talk over each other at the best of times, there are at least 2 instances of it happening so overtly today it is a JOKE haha due to the fact that we lose connection and keep talking and vamping until the connection returns. First listener to correctly clip these moments out and send to [email protected] wins the first bit of merch we put out, due for late 2026. 

I actually manually went through all 3 pages of the Season 4 section of our website, tallying up the scores for the season, by revealing the winner for each individual episode. But turns out all I had to do was look at the beautiful stats page. So good. You can find it all on THE BEST WEBSITE ©: https://www.cccappraisalhour.show/

Special FAVE MOMENT FROM THE POD RECORD note for VIP read-the-whole-show-notes-members only: Quite possibly the funniest pitch-off in the history of the show. One of us will still be laughing about this one many years from now … until the Grammys next year! MUAHAHAHWAHAHAHAHAUAHAUWAAHAHA etc.

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