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| + | The '''[[Volkswagen Golf]] Mk6''' (or VW ''Typ 5K'') is the successor to the [[Volkswagen Golf Mk5|Mk5]], and was unveiled at the [[Paris Auto Show]] in October 2008. |
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| + | [[Volkswagen]] released pictures and information on 6 August 2008, prior to the official unveiling. The vehicle was released to the [[Europe]]an market in the winter of 2008. |
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| − | |Caption=Left to right: Queen Elizabeth II, J.K. Rowling, Tony Blair, Homer Simpson, Evan Marriott, Sir Ian McKellen, Edwina.
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| − | |specialGuestVoices=[[Tony Blair]] as [[Tony Blair (character)|himself]]<br>[[J.K. Rowling]] as [[J.K. Rowling (character)|herself]]<br>[[Evan Marriott]] as [[Evan Marriott (character)|himself]]<br>[[Ian McKellen]] as [[Ian McKellen (character)|himself]]<br/>[[Jane Leeves]] as [[Edwina]]
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| − | '''"The Regina Monologues"''' is the fourth episode of [[season 15]]. It guest stars [[Jane Leeves]] as [[Edwina]]; and [[Tony Blair]], [[Evan Marriott]], Sir [[Ian McKellen]] and [[J.K. Rowling]] as themselves.<ref name=bbcnews/><ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701258/|title=The Regina Monologues|accessdate=2007-09-03|publisher=Internet Movie Database}}</ref>
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| − | == Synopsis ==
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| − | The family takes a vacation to London and Grampa meets up with a long lost love of his past.
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| − | == Plot ==
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| − | [[Mr. Burns]] withdraws a $1000 bill from an ATM, but he drops it and an updraft carries it away to the Simpsons' house, where [[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] are playing a vicious video game (Hockey Dad). It flies straight into Milhouse's hair and Bart removes it and keeps it, claiming that it was a ladybug. Bart wonders what to do with the bill, but [[Marge]] tells him and [[Homer]] to put up fliers so that the person who lost it can reclaim it. Soon, there is a long line of people outside the Simpsons' house, all claiming the bill. No one can describe it correctly and [[Lisa]] suggests that they spend the money on Marge, who wants a vacation, but decides against it because Homer always manages to ruin it. The next day, Bart displays the $1000 bill in school for his friends to see. When Milhouse offers him 25 cents to see it again, he gets an idea and sets up a museum in his tree house, naming it "The Museum of Modern Bart". The museum is a resounding success, however, when Mr. Burns comes in and sees the bill, he claims it as his. When asked for proof of ownership, he shows Bart the bills indentation on his chest (when the bill was ejected from the ATM, it hit Burns in the chest, knocking him backwards before it was swept off). Bart is forced to give it back and close his museum, as now that there is no $1000 bill, no-one is interested in the museum. Lisa says that they have managed to collect $3000 from the museum so it doesn't matter anymore. Bart wants to spend it on a used Toyota. Lisa then reminds him that Marge has never had an enjoyable vacation. Bart feels upset, looks at Marge and decides to go on a vacation. [[Grampa]] suggests using the money to go to [[London]], where he hopes to meet [[Edwina]] once more, a girl he met there during [[World War II]].
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| − | The family travels to London and are greeted by then-Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]], whom Homer confuses with Mr. Bean. They start seeing the sights, while Grandpa stays at the hotel, trying to contact Edwina. Bart and Lisa go on a "sugar trip" after discovering the joys of British chocolate. The family go on to meet {{ch|J.K. Rowling}} (of whom Lisa asks what happens at the end of the ''{{w|Harry Potter}}'' series) and Sir {{ch|Ian McKellen}} (to whom the family gives bad luck by saying "Macbeth" and wishing him good luck before a performance).
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| − | Marge is astonished that Homer is behaving himself. They rent a Mini Cooper and start to drive around London. Unfortunately, they get stuck on a roundabout. After driving in circles for hours, Homer decides to break out of it, plows straight through the gates of Buckingham Palace and slams into [[Queen Elizabeth II]]'s horse drawn carriage. Unaware of whom he has just knocked down, he tries to brush the incident under the carpet, but the Scots Guardsmen start beating him with cudgels. Then comes the Changing of the Guard, and the new Scots Guardsmen continue to beat him mercilessly. This supposedly continues until the Queen's mention or when they run out of Guards.
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| − | Homer is put on trial for causing harm to the Queen as well as wrecking her carriage. He calls the Queen an impostor, since her luggage is inscribed "H.R.H." which he believes is short for "Henrietta R. Hippo". Marge is embarrassed with the whole trial and Lisa exhasperatedly asks Marge why she allowed Homer to act as his own barrister, to which Marge explains that she didn't think it would have mattered as he hit the Queen of England, and wishes she could go to a vacation where neither the entire family goes to jail nor do they go condo crazy. Homer mentions that humiliating his wife and her being disappointed is punishment enough, and pleads to the Judge to sympathise with this. Unfortunately, he also refers to the Judge as a "grandmother" when stating he has to know this sort of situation, causing the Judge to furiously remove his powdered wig and state that he is a man. The Queen, highly offended, demands that he be executed. He is taken away to the Tower of London to await his execution, where it is planned for his head to be stuck on a pike. Near the fireplace in his cell, he prays to "the God of England" and displays the frequent mistaken American impression that British people prefer to use the metric system. His family calls him from outside and Lisa tells him that he can use a secret tunnel that Sir Walter Raleigh built. For that, he must push a brick in the fireplace, which he manages on his second attempt (his first attempt failing as he forgot to put out the fire first). However, the tunnel leads straight into the Queen's bedroom. The Queen whistles for her guards and they rush in. Homer pleads with the Queen to find it in her "jewel encrusted heart" to forgive him. Finally, he is allowed to leave England as long as they take Madonna (who seems to be claiming that she's English and not Madonna) with them to America. Just as they are about to leave, Edwina shows up and meets Grandpa. She introduces them to [[Abbie]], her 58-year-old daughter, who looks and sounds like Homer in drag. Abe cannot bear the thought of having ''another'' Homer in his life, so he bolts. However, Homer seems to think that Abbie is quite attractive, perhaps showing signs of Genetic Sexual Attraction.
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| − | Tony Blair recorded his part for the episode in April 2003; It took eight months of negotiations to convince him to be in the cast, and to use himself as a voice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/22/blair.simpsons/index.html|title=Tony Blair a 'Simpsons' guest star|date=2003-11-24|accessdate=2007-05-02|publisher=CNN.com}}</ref> David Beckham was originally sought to guest star in the episode, but it was deemed that he was not famous enough in America and so was not approached.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2937000/2937711.stm|title=D'oh! The Simpsons say no to Becks!|date=2003-04-10|accessdate=2007-04-06|publisher=Newsround}}</ref> The plot of Homer hitting the Queen's carriage was recycled from a spec script Jean and Reiss wrote for ''The Golden Girls'' in which Dorothy Zbornak hit Mother Theresa with her car.<ref name="Jean">{{cite video | people=Jean, Al|year=2006|title=The Simpsons The Complete Eighth season DVD commentary for the episode "[[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> This is the final episode written by longtime Simpsons writer [[John Swartzwelder]].<ref name="Jean"/>
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| − | IGN.com named the episode the best of the fifteenth season, saying that "It may not be the best episode ever, but hell if it isn't a lot of fun", as well as calling it "extremely funny" and a "high point for the past few seasons."<ref name=IGN/>
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| − | On January 9, 2004, this episode premiered on [[Sky 1]], and gathered 1.1 million viewers.<ref>[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2004/01/uk-ratings-regina-monologues/ Simpsons Channel]</ref>
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