So begins my blogging of "The Simpsons," a show that I never cared to watch before, or understood the facination with, but now am beginning to.
In this episode of "The Simpsons" Marge and Homer are looking for somewhere to go on date night when they stumble along an ice rink. The rink is closed for skating because the curlers are practicing. Not afraid to try something new, Homer and Marge try curling, and with her years of sweeping experience behind her, Marge turns out to be a great curler. Eventually Marge and Homer became olympic curlers, and travel to Vancouver. This episode was very appropriate because olympics are currently going on. The way that this show uses current events in their episodes is always very interesting and makes the show fun to watch. In addition it was unique in the fact that it used the sport of curling to focus on. Curling is a sport that many people do not understand, and the writers of the Simpsons used this to their advantage. They were able to make light of the sport in a way that was not directly making fun of it.
One part of the episode that I particularly enjoyed occured after Marge hurt her shoulder. It was when Marge lost the use of her right hand that Homer discovered she was a lefty. All this time she was hiding being a lefty because it is a righty's world. I can sympathize with Marge because I am too a lefty often forced to compromise my leftiness and a righty dominated world. Also, in the subplot Lisa became addicted to buying the souvenier pins. This aspect of the episode reminded the viewer that although the olympics are focused on the gathering of teams competing for gold, it is ultimatly a business, and there is always somebody out there looking to make a buck.
Overall I thought this episode was not very humorous, which is not to say that I did not like it. I enjoyed the way that Marge defended her husband, and stood by him. It is often the way most couples hope to stay their entire lives. I also enjoyed the fact that the oylmpics were included. They are pivotal in world history, and it is nice to know that television shows understand the importance of the olympics.
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It was interesting that the "Simpsons" had an episode on curling because all of a sudden, people are discovering the sport.
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Oh, I'm a lefty, too, and can feel your pain.
Doc Rod
Everyone seems to make fun of curling, so I thought this was pretty funny. I know what you mean about the episode not being humorous, because not all of the Simpsons episodes are funny. I think that sometimes, the writers like to have a meaning behind the episodes, or they just want to get a point across. Also, I think that they made this episode because of the Olympics, so the episode makes sense with what's going on in people's lives.
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