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Erix is once again joined by Josh Fein, and they discuss “Moaning Lisa,” which originally aired on February 11, 1990.
Well… There are a few tangents, let’s be fair.
Maybe the episode doesn’t inspire quite the same level of enthusiasm of other episodes. So they need to talk about stuff like video games - specifically Konami’s classic Simpsons Arcade Game. And there is also a brief discussion about The Simpsons Sing the Blues - a novelty record that has maybe been wisely forgotten after thirty years. An album so bad, in fact, that maybe it merits a future bonus episode all on its own… We’ll see.
In any case, this is still a fun, peppy discussion and - despite the above doomsaying - “Moaning Lisa” IS discussed: Its relative value in fleshing out Lisa as a character, its incisive approach to the platitudinal way people deal with depression in others… And its appropriate use of wailing sax on the soundtrack.
Enjoy.
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