 = = Release = =   " Exit Through the Kwik @-@ E @-@ Mart " was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on March 4 , 2012 . It was watched by approximately 5 @.@ 09 million people during this broadcast , and in the demographic for adults aged 18 – 49 , the episode received a 2 @.@ 5 Nielsen rating and a seven percent share . This was a slight decrease from the previous episode , " At Long Last Leave " , which acquired a 2 @.@ 6 rating . The episode became the second highest @-@ rated broadcast in Fox 's Animation Domination lineup for the night in terms of both total viewers and in the 18 – 49 demographic , finishing higher than new episodes of American Dad ! , Napoleon Dynamite , and The Cleveland Show , but lower than a new Family Guy episode ( which received a 2 @.@ 8 rating and was seen by 5 @.@ 33 million people ) . For the week of February 27 – March 4 , 2012 , " Exit Through the Kwik @-@ E @-@ Mart " placed 25th in the ratings among all prime @-@ time broadcasts in the 18 – 49 demographic , and seventh among all Fox prime @-@ time broadcasts .   Writing for The A.V. Club , television reviewer Hayden Childs commented that " Exit Through the Kwik @-@ E @-@ Mart " was " somewhat amusing and far more coherent than many recent episodes , but the satire is relatively mild . The episode curdles a bit while looking for a sweet ending , but it is otherwise solid enough . " Critics have praised the opening sequence that parodies Game of Thrones . Tim Surette of TV.com called it " one minute of genius " , and MTV 's Brandon Freeberg wrote : " Congratulations are in order for Matt Groening and his staff for really knocking this one out of the park . " Jenna Busch of Zap2it and Kelly West of Cinema Blend , both fans of Game of Thrones , named the opening the best in the history of the show . IGN 's Eric Goldman commented : " Ah , The Simpsons . Always there for us with clever / loving parody of something we all love . Such was the case last night , when the animated series opened with an epic opening credit sequence that gave us the Springfield @-@ inspired version of the terrific Game of Thrones credits . "   = The Boat Race 2008 =   The 154th Boat Race took place on 29 March 2008 . Held annually , the event is a side @-@ by @-@ side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . Oxford won the race . Oxford 's crew featured the oldest competitor in Boat Race history . The race took place in very difficult weather conditions – strong winds and heavy rain – resulting in the slowest winning time in over sixty years . Oxford won by six lengths , the largest margin of victory since the 2004 race .   Oxford 's Isis beat Cambridge 's Goldie in the reserve race , while Oxford won the Women 's Boat Race .   = = Background = =   The Boat Race is a side @-@ by @-@ side rowing competition between the University of Oxford ( sometimes referred to as the " Dark Blues " ) and the University of Cambridge ( sometimes referred to as the " Light Blues " ) . First held in 1829 , the race takes place on the 4 @.@ 2 @-@ mile ( 6 @.@ 8 km ) Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London . The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast worldwide . Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions , having beaten Oxford by over a length in the previous year 's race and the overall lead , with 79 victories to Oxford 's 73 . The race was sponsored by Xchanging for the fourth time .   The first Women 's Boat Race took place in 1927 , but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s . Until 2014 , the contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races , but as of the 2015 race , it is held on the River Thames , on the same day as the men 's main and reserve races . The reserve race , contested between Oxford 's Isis boat and Cambridge 's Goldie boat has been held since 1965 . It usually takes place on the Tideway , prior to the main Boat Race .   = = Crews = =   Oxford 's crew weighed an average of 12 pounds ( 5 @.@ 4 kg ) more per rower than their opponents , and featured the oldest competitor in Boat Race history in 36 @-@ year @-@ old American Mike Wherley . Cambridge crew consisted of six Britons , two Australians and an American , while Oxford 's comprised four Americans , three Britons , an Australian and a German . Both coxes , Nick Brodie and Rebecca Dowbiggin , were former Blues , while
Ġ= Ġ= ĠRelease Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠExit ĠThrough Ġthe ĠK wik Ġ@ - @ ĠE Ġ@ - @ ĠMart Ġ" Ġwas Ġoriginally Ġbroadcast Ġon Ġthe ĠFox Ġnetwork Ġin Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġon ĠMarch Ġ4 Ġ, Ġ2012 Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġwatched Ġby Ġapproximately Ġ5 Ġ@ . @ Ġ09 Ġmillion Ġpeople Ġduring Ġthis Ġbroadcast Ġ, Ġand Ġin Ġthe Ġdemographic Ġfor Ġadults Ġaged Ġ18 ĠâĢĵ Ġ49 Ġ, Ġthe Ġepisode Ġreceived Ġa Ġ2 Ġ@ . @ Ġ5 ĠNielsen Ġrating Ġand Ġa Ġseven Ġpercent Ġshare Ġ. ĠThis Ġwas Ġa Ġslight Ġdecrease Ġfrom Ġthe Ġprevious Ġepisode Ġ, Ġ" ĠAt ĠLong ĠLast ĠLeave Ġ" Ġ, Ġwhich Ġacquired Ġa Ġ2 Ġ@ . @ Ġ6 Ġrating Ġ. ĠThe Ġepisode Ġbecame Ġthe Ġsecond Ġhighest Ġ@ - @ Ġrated Ġbroadcast Ġin ĠFox Ġ' s ĠAnimation ĠDom ination Ġlineup Ġfor Ġthe Ġnight Ġin Ġterms Ġof Ġboth Ġtotal Ġviewers Ġand Ġin Ġthe Ġ18 ĠâĢĵ Ġ49 Ġdemographic Ġ, Ġfinishing Ġhigher Ġthan Ġnew Ġepisodes Ġof ĠAmerican ĠDad Ġ! Ġ, ĠNapoleon ĠDynam ite Ġ, Ġand ĠThe ĠCleveland ĠShow Ġ, Ġbut Ġlower Ġthan Ġa Ġnew ĠFamily ĠGuy Ġepisode Ġ( Ġwhich Ġreceived Ġa Ġ2 Ġ@ . @ Ġ8 Ġrating Ġand Ġwas Ġseen Ġby Ġ5 Ġ@ . @ Ġ33 Ġmillion Ġpeople Ġ) Ġ. ĠFor Ġthe Ġweek Ġof ĠFebruary Ġ27 ĠâĢĵ ĠMarch Ġ4 Ġ, Ġ2012 Ġ, Ġ" ĠExit ĠThrough Ġthe ĠK wik Ġ@ - @ ĠE Ġ@ - @ ĠMart Ġ" Ġplaced Ġ25 th Ġin Ġthe Ġratings Ġamong Ġall Ġprime Ġ@ - @ Ġtime Ġbroadcasts Ġin Ġthe Ġ18 ĠâĢĵ Ġ49 Ġdemographic Ġ, Ġand Ġseventh Ġamong Ġall ĠFox Ġprime Ġ@ - @ Ġtime Ġbroadcasts Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠWriting Ġfor ĠThe ĠA . V . ĠClub Ġ, Ġtelevision Ġreviewer ĠHayden ĠChild s Ġcommented Ġthat Ġ" ĠExit ĠThrough Ġthe ĠK wik Ġ@ - @ ĠE Ġ@ - @ ĠMart Ġ" Ġwas Ġ" Ġsomewhat Ġamusing Ġand Ġfar Ġmore Ġcoherent Ġthan Ġmany Ġrecent Ġepisodes Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe Ġsatire Ġis Ġrelatively Ġmild Ġ. ĠThe Ġepisode Ġcur d les Ġa Ġbit Ġwhile Ġlooking Ġfor Ġa Ġsweet Ġending Ġ, Ġbut Ġit Ġis Ġotherwise Ġsolid Ġenough Ġ. Ġ" ĠCritics Ġhave Ġpraised Ġthe Ġopening Ġsequence Ġthat Ġpar odies ĠGame Ġof ĠThrones Ġ. ĠTim ĠSure t te Ġof ĠTV . com Ġcalled Ġit Ġ" Ġone Ġminute Ġof Ġgenius Ġ" Ġ, Ġand ĠMTV Ġ' s ĠBrandon ĠFree berg Ġwrote Ġ: Ġ" ĠCongratulations Ġare Ġin Ġorder Ġfor ĠMatt ĠGro ening Ġand Ġhis Ġstaff Ġfor Ġreally Ġknocking Ġthis Ġone Ġout Ġof Ġthe Ġpark Ġ. Ġ" ĠJenna ĠBus ch Ġof ĠZap 2 it Ġand ĠKelly ĠWest Ġof ĠCinema ĠBlend Ġ, Ġboth Ġfans Ġof ĠGame Ġof ĠThrones Ġ, Ġnamed Ġthe Ġopening Ġthe Ġbest Ġin Ġthe Ġhistory Ġof Ġthe Ġshow Ġ. ĠIGN Ġ' s ĠEric ĠGoldman Ġcommented Ġ: Ġ" ĠAh Ġ, ĠThe ĠSimpsons Ġ. ĠAlways Ġthere Ġfor Ġus Ġwith Ġclever Ġ/ Ġloving Ġparody Ġof Ġsomething Ġwe Ġall Ġlove Ġ. ĠSuch Ġwas Ġthe Ġcase Ġlast Ġnight Ġ, Ġwhen Ġthe Ġanimated Ġseries Ġopened Ġwith Ġan Ġepic Ġopening Ġcredit Ġsequence Ġthat Ġgave Ġus Ġthe ĠSpringfield Ġ@ - @ Ġinspired Ġversion Ġof Ġthe Ġterrific ĠGame Ġof ĠThrones Ġcredits Ġ. Ġ" Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠThe ĠBoat ĠRace Ġ2008 Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġ154 th ĠBoat ĠRace Ġtook Ġplace Ġon Ġ29 ĠMarch Ġ2008 Ġ. ĠHeld Ġannually Ġ, Ġthe Ġevent Ġis Ġa Ġside Ġ@ - @ Ġby Ġ@ - @ Ġside Ġro wing Ġrace Ġbetween Ġcrews Ġfrom Ġthe ĠUniversities Ġof ĠOxford Ġand ĠCambridge Ġalong Ġthe ĠRiver ĠThames Ġ. ĠOxford Ġwon Ġthe Ġrace Ġ. ĠOxford Ġ' s Ġcrew Ġfeatured Ġthe Ġoldest Ġcompetitor Ġin ĠBoat ĠRace Ġhistory Ġ. ĠThe Ġrace Ġtook Ġplace Ġin Ġvery Ġdifficult Ġweather Ġconditions ĠâĢĵ Ġstrong Ġwinds Ġand Ġheavy Ġrain ĠâĢĵ Ġresulting Ġin Ġthe Ġslow est Ġwinning Ġtime Ġin Ġover Ġsixty Ġyears Ġ. ĠOxford Ġwon Ġby Ġsix Ġlengths Ġ, Ġthe Ġlargest Ġmargin Ġof Ġvictory Ġsince Ġthe Ġ2004 Ġrace Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠOxford Ġ' s ĠIsis Ġbeat ĠCambridge Ġ' s ĠGold ie Ġin Ġthe Ġreserve Ġrace Ġ, Ġwhile ĠOxford Ġwon Ġthe ĠWomen Ġ' s ĠBoat ĠRace Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠBackground Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠBoat ĠRace Ġis Ġa Ġside Ġ@ - @ Ġby Ġ@ - @ Ġside Ġro wing Ġcompetition Ġbetween Ġthe ĠUniversity Ġof ĠOxford Ġ( Ġsometimes Ġreferred Ġto Ġas Ġthe Ġ" ĠDark ĠBlues Ġ" Ġ) Ġand Ġthe ĠUniversity Ġof ĠCambridge Ġ( Ġsometimes Ġreferred Ġto Ġas Ġthe Ġ" ĠLight ĠBlues Ġ" Ġ) Ġ. ĠFirst Ġheld Ġin Ġ18 29 Ġ, Ġthe Ġrace Ġtakes Ġplace Ġon Ġthe Ġ4 Ġ@ . @ Ġ2 Ġ@ - @ Ġmile Ġ( Ġ6 Ġ@ . @ Ġ8 Ġkm Ġ) ĠChampionship ĠCourse Ġon Ġthe ĠRiver ĠThames Ġin Ġsouthwest ĠLondon Ġ. ĠThe Ġrivalry Ġis Ġa Ġmajor Ġpoint Ġof Ġhonour Ġbetween Ġthe Ġtwo Ġuniversities Ġand Ġfollowed Ġthroughout Ġthe ĠUnited ĠKingdom Ġand Ġbroadcast Ġworldwide Ġ. ĠCambridge Ġwent Ġinto Ġthe Ġrace Ġas Ġreigning Ġchampions Ġ, Ġhaving Ġbeaten ĠOxford Ġby Ġover Ġa Ġlength Ġin Ġthe Ġprevious Ġyear Ġ' s Ġrace Ġand Ġthe Ġoverall Ġlead Ġ, Ġwith Ġ79 Ġvictories Ġto ĠOxford Ġ' s Ġ73 Ġ. ĠThe Ġrace Ġwas Ġsponsored Ġby ĠX changing Ġfor Ġthe Ġfourth Ġtime Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġfirst ĠWomen Ġ' s ĠBoat ĠRace Ġtook Ġplace Ġin Ġ1927 Ġ, Ġbut Ġdid Ġnot Ġbecome Ġan Ġannual Ġfixture Ġuntil Ġthe Ġ1960 s Ġ. ĠUntil Ġ2014 Ġ, Ġthe Ġcontest Ġwas Ġconducted Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġthe ĠHen ley ĠBoat ĠRaces Ġ, Ġbut Ġas Ġof Ġthe Ġ2015 Ġrace Ġ, Ġit Ġis Ġheld Ġon Ġthe ĠRiver ĠThames Ġ, Ġon Ġthe Ġsame Ġday Ġas Ġthe Ġmen Ġ' s Ġmain Ġand Ġreserve Ġraces Ġ. ĠThe Ġreserve Ġrace Ġ, Ġcontested Ġbetween ĠOxford Ġ' s ĠIsis Ġboat Ġand ĠCambridge Ġ' s ĠGold ie Ġboat Ġhas Ġbeen Ġheld Ġsince Ġ1965 Ġ. ĠIt Ġusually Ġtakes Ġplace Ġon Ġthe ĠTid eway Ġ, Ġprior Ġto Ġthe Ġmain ĠBoat ĠRace Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠCrew s Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠOxford Ġ' s Ġcrew Ġweighed Ġan Ġaverage Ġof Ġ12 Ġpounds Ġ( Ġ5 Ġ@ . @ Ġ4 Ġkg Ġ) Ġmore Ġper Ġrow er Ġthan Ġtheir Ġopponents Ġ, Ġand Ġfeatured Ġthe Ġoldest Ġcompetitor Ġin ĠBoat ĠRace Ġhistory Ġin Ġ36 Ġ@ - @ Ġyear Ġ@ - @ Ġold ĠAmerican ĠMike ĠW her ley Ġ. ĠCambridge Ġcrew Ġconsisted Ġof Ġsix ĠBritons Ġ, Ġtwo ĠAustralians Ġand Ġan ĠAmerican Ġ, Ġwhile ĠOxford Ġ' s Ġcomprised Ġfour ĠAmericans Ġ, Ġthree ĠBritons Ġ, Ġan ĠAustralian Ġand Ġa ĠGerman Ġ. ĠBoth Ġco xes Ġ, ĠNick ĠBro die Ġand ĠRebecca ĠDow big gin Ġ, Ġwere Ġformer ĠBlues Ġ, Ġwhile