Talk:Half-Decent Proposal

Grampa

Grampa doesn't ask if Homer bowled a 300 game again, he just asks if he's bowled a 300 game, full stop. The point of the joke is that he's so senile that he's 18 months behind, as well as being a pop at the show's frozen timeline. 82.20.217.230 (talk) 18:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced material moved from main article

Unsourced material moved from main article. Cirt (talk) 19:23, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Cultural references

• The music that is parodied on Homer's "sleeping" device is "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" by Eurythmics.
• When Artie arrives in his helicopter, the scene resemble the arriving of Dr. John Hammond in Jurassic Park.
• In the opening scene with Comic Book Guy, two signed pictures of Mark Hamill can be seen on the wall.
• As Marge flies away in the helicopter with Artie Ziff, the theme song to M*A*S*H plays and the scene pans out to a shot of Homer next to a stone message that reads, "Keep Your Clothes On". This is a nod to the final scene of the final episode of M*A*S*H, only the stone message read, "Good-Bye".
• The title and storyline parody the 1993 drama Indecent Proposal.
• When Homer is running to the fake prom, the background music is "Mrs. Robinson" from The Graduate.
• Seeing the fake prom, Homer apparently gets confused between real life and Back to the Future, believing that if Marge and Artie kiss, he will never be born. The earlier scene in which Dondelinger stops Homer and asks if he has been drinking is similar to a scene between Mr Strickland and Biff Tannen in the movie.
• The suit that Principal Skinner is wearing is a parody of Austin Powers.
• The modem plays the song Georgy Girl by The Seekers.
• While Marge is at Patty and Selma's house, they watch "Nookie in New York" — a parody of Sex and the City, which Selma mentions is a show about four women who act like gay men.

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ruby2010 comment! 15:47, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

I will review soon. Ruby2010 comment! 15:47, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Comments

• One dab link
• "the tenth episode The Simpsons' thirteenth season." missing word
• "was pitched by seres' co-creator and executive producer" typo
• "tensions among The Simpsons' staff" apostrophe not needed
• "some of who conidered it" typo
• Make sure first mentions of Lenny and Springfield are wikilinked
• "All cacti resemble Marge to Homer, and Lenny mournfully points out Mount Carlmore that he carved one blissful summer." Not sure I understand the second part of this sentence. Lenny carved Mount Carlmore?
• "Meanwhile, Marge leaves Artie furiously, only to discover what Homer had done when she gets home and finds he is not there and that he had left a tape behind." You can probably delete the second part of this sentence (bolded). Or reword (verging on run-on sentence currently)
• "and anti-Homer subliminal messages (though Artie seems to reveal himself soon after the messages start and wakes up Marge)." Don't quite understand this sentence either. How does Artie reveal himself?
• Indicate Tim Long is a consulting producer
• " This revalation garnered scrutiny" typo
• Make sure sentences with direct quotes end with citations
• ""Half-Decent Proposal" features the return of Artie Ziff, and the first time since the season 2 episode "The Way We Was" that the character was portrayed by American comedian Jon Lovitz." awkward phrasing
• "On August 24, 2010, the episode was released part of The Simpsons: The Complete Thirteenth Season DVD and Blu-ray set. Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tim Long, Dan Castellaneta, Lauren MacMullan, Matt Warburton and James Lipton participated in the audio commentary of the episode." Needs citation (just use audio commentary citations here too)
• "manages to be worse that that dire movie [Indecent Proposal]." typo on your part, or author's? (maybe add [sic]?)
• "calling the it "late to the party." missing word
• "The Simpsons makes an Indecent Proposal themed episode" make sure The Simpsons and Indecent Proposal are italicized
• Format publishers considently (use IGN for instance, not tv.ign.com)

The article is well-researched and interesting, but has a lot of grammar mistakes. They're mostly all easy fixes, so I'll place the review on hold for seven days while they are addressed. Thanks, Ruby2010 comment! 16:18, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I think I've addressed all concerns but if there's anything more, let me know. Thanks again! Queenieacoustic (talk) 17:12, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

• Looks good. Almost forgot, but make sure to add a brief ratings summary to lead. Then it will be all set for gaining a GA ranking. Thanks, Ruby2010 comment! 17:21, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Done. Queenieacoustic (talk) 19:07, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

• Looks great. Nice work! Pass for GA. Ruby2010 comment! 19:21, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

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