American History X-Cellent (S21E17)

About this episode

The episode reviews 'American History X-Cellent', discussing its themes and character arcs.

It's time to suck the evil out of Guy and Dando with this week's review of "American History X-Cellent", an episode that sees Burns go to prison, Smithers take over the power plant, whilst Bart and Lisa raise an ant. A step up form last week, although at times it felt like the show was more interested in parodying prison films than actually telling a story. We discuss how the Burns and Smithers plots could have been their own episodes, the difference between The Shawshank Redemption and The Last Castle, the assassination of Grogu and more. Support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/fourfingerdiscount Listen on Spotify - spoti.fi/4fDcSY0 Listen on Apple Podcasts - apple.co/4dgpW3Z CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Goin' Down To South Park - spreaker.com/show/goin-down-to-south-park The Movie Guide with Maltin & Davis - themovieguidepodcast.com The One About Friends - spreaker.com/show/the-one-about-friends-podcast Talking Seinfeld - spreaker.com/show/talking-seinfeld SpeaKing Of The Hill - spreaker.com/show/speaking-of-the-hill-a-king-of-the-hill- The Office Talk - spreaker.com/show/the-office-talk-podcast Become a supporter of this podcast…

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Host: The Four Finger Discount Network

Topics covered

• prison films
• episode review
• character analysis
• parody
• storytelling

Keywords

• American History X-Cellent
• Burns
• Smithers
• Bart
• Lisa
• prison films
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Last Castle

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: American History X-Cellent, The Shawshank Redemption, The Last Castle

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