Word: bart
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...Bart Starr, Packers...
...best animated satires--The Simpsons, South Park--are paeans to the power of stupidity. Gary and Mike are no Homer and Bart, but this Claymation-com is at least better than its premise. (Dweeb and slacker go on road trip; hilarity, rabbit squashing ensue.) The gross-out humor misses more than it hits, but the show can surprise you, as when the dim duo visit Washington and ruins the life-work of an earnest Senator, turning a pat setup on its head: the pol is betrayed by the people. It's worth seeing where this ride goes...
...Lily Bart (Anderson) has a knack for audacity. "My genius," she says, "seems to consist in doing the wrong thing at the right time." Men want to leave their fortunes to her, or their wives for her. But in old, moneyed Manhattan, sensation was more narrowly defined, more severely censured. Lily's charm is punishable by exile...
...truly watch "The Simpsons" as a world community, and the show reminds us of this fact as it continues to pull us together. We all learn a lesson--together--as Homer prepares Bart for a foreign exchange program: "Always remember that you're representing your country. I guess what I'm saying is, don't mess up France like you messed up your room...
...honest. Aside from New Yorkers, the chances of a Subway Series a month ago seemed as probable as a BART series. The Yanks had lost eight straight and entered the Division Series with the worst record of any playoff team. The Mets weren't in much better shape as the fourth seed...