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When the Simpson family takes a road trip to a cabin in the woods, a series of flashbacks depict Homer and Marge’s blissful courtship and their early married years. They recall their first encounter with Flanders and Maude twenty years prior at the very same cabins, where Flanders insisted the unmarried Homer and Marge stay in separates rooms. Later, they recall when they each met distracting members of the opposite sex who nearly wooed Homer and Marge away from each other. Bart and Lisa also reflect on happier times from their early childhood. Despite the obstacles and the passing of time, Homer and Marge attempt to see the forest for the trees in the “Dangerous Curves”. | When the Simpson family takes a road trip to a cabin in the woods, a series of flashbacks depict Homer and Marge’s blissful courtship and their early married years. They recall their first encounter with Flanders and Maude twenty years prior at the very same cabins, where Flanders insisted the unmarried Homer and Marge stay in separates rooms. Later, they recall when they each met distracting members of the opposite sex who nearly wooed Homer and Marge away from each other. Bart and Lisa also reflect on happier times from their early childhood. Despite the obstacles and the passing of time, Homer and Marge attempt to see the forest for the trees in the “Dangerous Curves”. | ||
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| + | >>I'm fairly sure that this episode was an homage to the 1967 movie "Two for the Road" with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_for_the_Road_(1967_film)). The movie showed the history of a relationship through several road trips taken at different points in a couple's marriage - including the carefree meeting, temptations to cheat, bitter drudgery etc... It was clinched for me by the scene in the peddle car with Lisa Bart and Maggie (representing the bitter drudgery phase), where Lisa is wearing a kerchief just as Audrey Hepburn did in the film. "Two for the Road" is highly recommended, by the way. [[Special:Contributions/99.8.113.218|99.8.113.218]] 21:28, 10 November 2008 (UTC) glamcandy | ||
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When the Simpson family takes a road trip to a cabin in the woods, a series of flashbacks depict Homer and Marge’s blissful courtship and their early married years. They recall their first encounter with Flanders and Maude twenty years prior at the very same cabins, where Flanders insisted the unmarried Homer and Marge stay in separates rooms. Later, they recall when they each met distracting members of the opposite sex who nearly wooed Homer and Marge away from each other. Bart and Lisa also reflect on happier times from their early childhood. Despite the obstacles and the passing of time, Homer and Marge attempt to see the forest for the trees in the “Dangerous Curves”.
>>I'm fairly sure that this episode was an homage to the 1967 movie "Two for the Road" with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_for_the_Road_(1967_film)). The movie showed the history of a relationship through several road trips taken at different points in a couple's marriage - including the carefree meeting, temptations to cheat, bitter drudgery etc... It was clinched for me by the scene in the peddle car with Lisa Bart and Maggie (representing the bitter drudgery phase), where Lisa is wearing a kerchief just as Audrey Hepburn did in the film. "Two for the Road" is highly recommended, by the way. 99.8.113.218 21:28, 10 November 2008 (UTC) glamcandy
