I was scrolling through TV channels before I started to cook dinner and found "Sideshow Bob Roberts" on The Simpsons--one of my favorite episides. Sideshow Bob is released from prison and runs for Mayor of Springfield. A campaign ad: Mayor Quimby supports revolving-door prisons. Mayor Quimby even released Sideshow Bob--a man twice convicted of attempted murder. Can you trust a man like Mayor Quimby? Vote Sideshow Bob for Mayor.
Bob wins. Lisa and Bart can't understand how so many people can vote for one convicted felon and so few vote for another. How did Bob do it? By counting votes of dead people. Bart's conclusion: "Oh my God--the dead have risen and they're voting Republican." I laughed out loud.
Later we watched "Homer Badman" another favorite from Season Six. Homer is accused of sexual harassment when he is reaching for the Gummy Venus de Milo he stole from the candy convention (which had stuck to the babysitter's butt.) A highlight of the 57 hours of round the clock coverage outside the Simpson estate is when Marge puts out the cat--possibly because it was harassed--we don't know. Homer also sings "Under the Sea" where "there'll be no accusations, just friendly crustaceans."
Good times.
The Mets are playing the second part of the subway series in Yankee Stadium. At the top of the 9th, the Mets are up 9-3. It had been 7-0 with lots of Mets homeruns, but the Mets manage to let the Yankees get back in the game. They need to hold on.
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