THAT'S RIGHT, I DID THE IGGY: The Simpsons Season 4 Poll

omg, Homer and that sandwich w/the mushrooms growing off it!

Marge: You've been eating that sandwich for over a week. I think the
mayonnaise is starting to turn.
Homer: Two more feet, and I can fit it in the fridge.

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 3 November 2013 20:50 (Yesterday) Permalink

Yes! He finds it in the garbage: "Stupid sandwich. This is all your fault!...oh, I can't stay mad at you!"

"Hercules! The Cyclops tore my clothes."

"HAAAHHAA HAA"

"Homercles cares not for beans!"

Man now I sort of wish I'd voted for that ep.

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs29/f/2008/060/d/5/I_am_the_lizard_queen__by_leif_j.png

Underrated moment from that episode: Selma singing "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" to Jub-Jub.

I know, the more I remember the more vote-worthy it is.

Bart looking at Selma through the beer goggles, so funny.

Rivaled only by the Aunt Hortense gag for Homer funeral lulz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS4-vsVk3hY

Underrated moment from that episode: Selma singing "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" to Jub-Jub.

One thing that often comes up when me and my friends talk Simpsons is gags/references that younger people just won't get, and this is always one of them. It's kind of hard to explain just how big a deal that Murphy Brown ep was at the time.

Yes, the writers talk about that on the commentary, that no one gets that joke anymore, despite being really direct about it. I mean, it was listening to that commentary where I first learned about the MB connection.

what is the Murphy Brown joke that i'm clearly not getting?

I don't even know what Murphy Brown is.

Oh my.

Huh, I always liked that scene. Had no idea there was an allusion.

Which is the *proper* way to do those, IMO. It isn't obviously a reference and still works as a cute and funny scene. They were great at this on The Simpsons, unlike that other show with the dog and the baby.

the murphy brown scene isn't on youtube which is saying something.

i hope jub-jub freaking out at selma's distorted face inside the tupperware jar is also a murphy brown reference

Yup, never seen Murphy Brown, only vaguely heard of it. The scene works because it is innately funny to see and hear Selma singing that particular song to a lizard.

Never seen Murphy Brown either and didn't know this was a reference to it. The controversy that I believe is being referred to is that the character has a baby that she chooses to raise as a single mother and Dan Quayle flipped shit over it.

Holy shit, Dan Quayle is nuts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_Brown#Murphy_becomes_a_single_mother

I'm surprised what didn't freak him out more was "ex-husband and current underground radical Jake Lowenstein."

"...Lowenstein...Lowenstein..."

Quayle would eventually display a sense of humor about the incident—after the controversy died down, he appeared for an interview on an independent Los Angeles TV station and for his final question was asked what his favorite TV show was. He responded with "Murphy Brown—Not!"

conservative humour, people

never occurred to me that that was a Murphy Brown joke (I had stopped watching Murphy Brown well before that point, altho I def recall the public spat with Quayle)

holy shit, whacking day is based on a real event!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattlesnake_round-up

"Linda Ronstadt! How'd you get her?"
"Ahhh, we've been looking for a project to do together for a while."

ahhh god, homer's rap/the reaction is so great. the cat!

Burns: Relax, Simpson. I just brought you in here for a friendly hello...
Homer: Whew... (heart slows down)
Burns: ...and GOODBYE! YOU'RE FIRED!
Homer: Aaargh! (heart speeds up)
Burns: But, wait. Perhaps I'm being too hasty. You are highly skilled...
Homer: Whew... (heart slows down)
Burns: ...at GOOFING OFF!
Homer: Aaargh! (heart beats faster)
Burns: Now don't worry, Homer. You're the kind of guy I could really dig...
Homer: Whew... (heart slows down)
Burns: ...A GRAVE FOR!
Homer: Aaargh! (heart beats even faster)
Burns: Your indolence is inefficacious!
Homer: Uh? (heart beats normally)
Burns: That means YOU'RE TERRIBLE!
Homer: Aarrggghh! (suffers a heart attack and collapses)
Smithers: Mr. Burns, I think he's dead.
Burns: Oh dear. Send a ham to his widow.
Homer: Mmm, ham...
Smithers: No, wait. He's alive.
Burns. Oh good. Cancel the ham!
Homer: D'oh!

^ preceded by scene where burns is disappointed to learn that his lawyers won't let him give homer a poisoned donut. 'they consider it murder.' 'damn their oily hides!'

Same episode has Mr. Burns' pet vulture, no?

http://i.imgur.com/SEWaa.jpg

Dr. Nick: Troy, would you like a glass of orange juice?
Troy McClure: I sure would. But won't we have to pay those outrageous grocery store prices for something the farmer probably spit in?

Mobilier - the chandelier for your car!

Where's my burrito?! Where's my burrito?! Where's my burrito?!

ha, yes, a perfect synonym for "i'm hungry".

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I always thought I'd say "Monorail," but "Last Exit" just has it all. But there are no duds here.

Voting "Last Exit," but in my mind, it's a vote for the entire season.

(even though "the tar fumes are making me dizzy!" "Yeah, they'll do that" is one of my favorite exchanges, and even though I was once in a band called Worker & Parasite)

ended up voting for 'mr plow' which i think is as wonderful and dense as 'last exit' or 'monorail.' also voted for this exchange which my mom and i still quote all the time:

homer: kids! it's batman!
lisa: dad, that's not the real batman.
adam west: sure, i'm batman. see, here's a picture of me with robin!
bart: who the hell's robin?

I'm having fun cracking open episodes I never really thought about before and being just floored by great jokes. The first scene from "Marge in Chains" might be all-time for Troy McClure.

Reverend Timothy Lovejoy: [Reading from his Bible] And the Lord said, "Whack ye all the serpents which crawl upon their bellies, and thy town shall be a beacon unto others." So you see, Lisa, even God Himself endorses Whacking Day.
Lisa: Let me see that.
Reverend Timothy Lovejoy: [Putting his Bible away] No.

Aww mann, "I Love Lisa" is nice. Maybe the most "Season 2-3" episode here (except for Homer's increased stupidity) and really sweetly executed.

Last Exit was good but wow they are really laying into this union = corrupt humor. I do love how Homer screams at the mention of a "lumbering dinosaur":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h1PrSp9uo8

Yeah, the "corrupt unions" jokes are a little stock - I'd even say politically suspect except that the main plot of the episode is about the union carrying out a heroic and successful strike to save the dental plan, Lisa's song, etc. Hard to imagine that showing up in a prime-time cartoon today, to be (sadly) honest.

for some reason i find it especially funny when homer is described as 'union kingpin homer simpson.'

Simpsons writers probably grew up during the Jimmy Hoffa stuff, I wouldn't sweat it

Plus you have

http://i.imgur.com/8zbP0vV.png

I dipped into my stash of simpsons eps to make that screen cap

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder

Also fwiw this guy's political views were apparently highly suspect

John Swartzwelder : The Simpsons :: Dave Berg : MAD Magazine , but man can he write.

Yeah, the "corrupt unions" jokes are a little stock - I'd even say politically suspect

I saw those more as a critique of top-down business unionism, but yeah, the squeaky-voiced teen's "and then we'll go too far!" is decidedly suspect.

Well mainly it strikes the same chord that I get when I see the "Hot Coffee" episode of Seinfeld (after having seen that movie). A weird dash of Right Wing politics sprinkled into my anti-authoritarian comedy.

Like Marge scabbing on the teachers' strike. That was like a punch to the gut.

ah i think the last exit to springfield thing can be seen as more or less apolitical jokes that play on right wing ideas about unions, within an episode in which the union and the strikers are otherwise the heroes.

disappointed me when homer later said that the american way wasn't to go on strike but to go to work and make a half-assed job of it. losing your lefty credentials there, homer.