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13 Common Words That Actually Come From Someone’s Name
Alyson Lewis
June 19, 2023
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This issue is about ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Righteous Gemstones,’ dark humor jokes, the funniest tweets we saw last week, and more.
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A lot goes down in the two-part Season Three premiere of The Righteous Gemstones. Judy’s having a hard time connecting with BJ after her glamorous praise song tour. Now that Eli’s retired, the ministers are revolting against his children’s disastrous leadership. And Eli’s long-estranged sister is back in his life, desperately seeking his help in extracting her children from their father’s fundamentalist doomsday prepper militia.
Most importantly, however, the introduction of several new characters means the débuts of several new wigs, and we’re going to rank them from least to most outrageous. But first, a respectful tip of the toup’ to all the returning wigs that also guest star in this episode.
The first two Godfather films are considered among the finest pieces of cinema ever, while the third is undoubtedly a movie named The Godfather Part III. The trilogy may also be the most often referenced and parodied movies across The Simpsons’ three-decade run.
That said, the creative crew didn’t always get to do the Godfather gags they wanted. In Season One’s “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge,” Alex Rocco, who played Moe Greene in the first film, guest starred as studio boss Roger Meyers, and director Jim Reardon reportedly looked for a way to shoot Meyers in the eye as a reference to Greene’s death. This obviously didn’t happen — for the betterment of the show, considering some of the later stories the character would be part of. Still, for every axed Godfather reference, several more broke through. Such as…
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