Eh, it doesn't go anywhere and the plot is inscrutable, but Michael Keaton is a talented actor and this episode has my favorite Simpsons joke:
"You kidding? Look! He painted a unicorn in space. I ask you -- what's it breathing?"
"Air?"
"Ain't no air in space!"
"There's an air in space museum!"
When it comes to season 12+, you take what you can get. And the best moments here are amazing. You can really sense the Swartzwelder in this script -- plenty of bizarre on-liners, decent pacing and a plot so absurd you'd think the time machine did it. And in between the good lines you get some pretty bad readings and some moments so dull they nearly stall the episode.
"You kidding? Look! He painted a unicorn in space. I ask you -- what's it breathing?"
"Air?"
"Ain't no air in space!"
"There's an air in space museum!"
When it comes to season 12+, you take what you can get. And the best moments here are amazing. You can really sense the Swartzwelder in this script -- plenty of bizarre on-liners, decent pacing and a plot so absurd you'd think the time machine did it. And in between the good lines you get some pretty bad readings and some moments so dull they nearly stall the episode.