| rdfs:comment | - The Simpsons family hold a Halloween party and tell scary stories. Lisa presents "Clown Without Pity", a parody of The Twilight Zone's "Living Doll" in particular and the killer-doll genre in general. When Homer forgets to get Bart a present on his birthday, he hurriedly buys a talking Krusty doll -- from the local House of Evil. When Bart unwraps the present, Grampa shouts "That doll is evil, I tells ya. Evil! Eeeeeeviillll!!!" (Marge notes that he said the same thing about all of the presents.) Soon, Grampa's prophecy comes true and the doll comes to life and targets Homer when the others aren't around. When Marge finally catches the killer Krusty in the act, she contacts the toy company and they send a repairman. He reveals that the doll was set to Evil rather than Good, and with a flip
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| abstract | - The Simpsons family hold a Halloween party and tell scary stories. Lisa presents "Clown Without Pity", a parody of The Twilight Zone's "Living Doll" in particular and the killer-doll genre in general. When Homer forgets to get Bart a present on his birthday, he hurriedly buys a talking Krusty doll -- from the local House of Evil. When Bart unwraps the present, Grampa shouts "That doll is evil, I tells ya. Evil! Eeeeeeviillll!!!" (Marge notes that he said the same thing about all of the presents.) Soon, Grampa's prophecy comes true and the doll comes to life and targets Homer when the others aren't around. When Marge finally catches the killer Krusty in the act, she contacts the toy company and they send a repairman. He reveals that the doll was set to Evil rather than Good, and with a flip of the switch, Homer now has a grumpy servant waiting on him hand and foot. Grampa bases his story on an old movie: "King Homer" is an Affectionate Parody of 1933's King Kong. Mr. Burns and his crew, plus token woman Marge, set out to find a fabled giant ape, who proves to be real -- and played by Homer. When King Homer is brought to New York City, his Broadway debut proves less than stellar, as does his subsequent rampage through the city. But true love conquers as he and Marge get married. Finally, Bart's "Dial Z for Zombies" starts with Bart, having been assigned to redo his book report after he did a presentation on an ABC book, discovering a spellbook in the occult section of the school library. At the same time, Lisa is observing the anniversary of Snowball I's death, and she and Bart decide to use a spell from the book to bring the cat back to life. At the pet cemetery, which adjoins a more traditional one, the plan backfires when Bart accidentally uses a spell that brings humans back from the dead. Soon, Springfield is overrun by zombies, and the Simpson family undertakes a perilous journey back to Springfield Elementary to find the spell that will return them to the dust of the Earth. Once it's cast, the zombies are no more, leaving the family to render themselves similarly mindless by focusing on the boob tube.
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