The story for "Kamp Krusty" was originally intended for a tentative Simpsons movie, IIRC, and I'm sure it would've been orders of magnitude better than the movie we got.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link
That episode gave me what I think is my favorite Kent Brockman quote. You know the one I mean.
― Dave Froglets (Phil D.), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:33 (ten years ago) link
Thought this thread would be about Lou/Iggy mashup t-shirt
― Waiting For The Ufas (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
Alternate title ideas were THE BLURST OF TIMES and SENOR PLOW NO ES MACHO, btw.
We also would have accepted "Tell me what you think of me."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
And having just watched it, I thought you might go for I CALL THE BIG ONE BITEY.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:36 (ten years ago) link
I could've gone with LISA NEEDS BRACES and just let nature take its course.
― Dave Froglets (Phil D.), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link
monorail
― midwife christless (darraghmac), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:47 (ten years ago) link
i hear those things are awfully loud
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:49 (ten years ago) link
impossible, god, even the clip show is good ffs.
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 1 November 2013 00:53 (ten years ago) link
"Mr. Plow" is my standard answer to the question "what's your favourite SIMPSONS episode," so that actually makes voting in this one easy even though it should be impossible.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:55 (ten years ago) link
i say impossible but then on the other hand 'last exit to springfield' is one of the most perfect things ever constructed.
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 1 November 2013 00:57 (ten years ago) link
"I Love Lisa" has the line that inspired my username.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:57 (ten years ago) link
(well, the first part of my username ... and not the Display Name part)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 November 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link
Fuckin monorail is gonna romp home on this poll. Its a good ep but it is way from my fave.
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Friday, 1 November 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link
Worker and Parasite Show cartoon was all time. It guided my vote, as there is no rational method of choosing among these.
― Aimless, Friday, 1 November 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link
OMG yes.
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Friday, 1 November 2013 01:11 (ten years ago) link
Tempted to vote for "New Kid on the Block" for the two Iranian restaurant dudes snarking "sometimes I think you WANT me to FAIL!" and then fighting over the ringing phone. And also Sara Gilbert's "youuuu wont be needing THIS!" *kicks Bart's heart into a wall*.
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Friday, 1 November 2013 01:13 (ten years ago) link
"Kamp Krusty" for "We're all gonna die, Lis.""A Streetcar Named Marge" for the play enjoyed by all."Treehouse of Horror III" for Candy-Apple Island."Last Exit to Springfield" for the negotiation scene."Whacking Day" for the sexy slither of the lady snake."Krusty Gets Kancelled" for Gabbo. Gabbo! GABBO!
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Friday, 1 November 2013 01:13 (ten years ago) link
Among the non-obvious leaders, Homer the Heretic is a very strong choice, as is Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie. Right now I'm torn between Last Exit and I Love Lisa. It's so hard to choo-choo-choose!
(Lol who am I kidding it'll probably be monorail.)
― Dave Froglets (Phil D.), Friday, 1 November 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
i realise i could probably live my life saying nothing but quotes from this season.
it'd be annoying.
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 1 November 2013 01:17 (ten years ago) link
Well there's always this failed thread of mine! Simpsons quotations
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Friday, 1 November 2013 01:19 (ten years ago) link
"That oughta hold the SOB's."
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130714223357/simpsons/images/a/ac/Krusty_Gets_Kancelled_46.JPG
― jmm, Friday, 1 November 2013 01:20 (ten years ago) link
Got a lot of love for Itchy and Scratchy the Movie, but I'll probably go for Mr Plow.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 1 November 2013 01:31 (ten years ago) link
So, when I was little, my parents wouldn't let me watch The Simpsons. I didn't understand English, and I couldn't read the subtitles, so it wasn't as if it would have rocked my world or taught me any bad words or anything, but still, it seemed intriguing and weird, and I loved cartoons. So once when we visited my grandparents, they parked me in front of a tv, and Simpsons came on, and I decided to watch it, because how bad could it be for me? Well, five minutes into the episode, this guy jumps out from an icestatue and shoots holes in everyone and blood is splurting everywhere, and I turned it off in shock. I honestly thought it was a very violent show for years after that. Still, I might vote for that episode.
― Frederik B, Friday, 1 November 2013 01:41 (ten years ago) link
I'm not sure I can be swayed from Monorail. "I call the big one Bitey" is pretty much unsurpassable.
― emil.y, Friday, 1 November 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
Speaking of not getting references, Gabbo's little song and dance where he delclares he can "imitate Vin Scully" always lost me, I had no idea who that was.
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Friday, 1 November 2013 02:05 (ten years ago) link
so many memories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7p5VwAXk0
― piscesx, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:11 (ten years ago) link
yeah and i had no idea who Ray J Johnson was. still don't in fact.
― piscesx, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
You can call him Ray, or you can call him Jay, or you can call him Ray Jay, but you doesn't have to call him
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Friday, 1 November 2013 02:13 (ten years ago) link
These ads dominated televised sporting events in the US in the late 70s:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7n9YX1Xfw4
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 November 2013 02:15 (ten years ago) link
ha, amazing!
VERY tough choice this season, ultimately it's between Homer The Heretic and Krusty Gets Kancelled; almost impossible to choose. the bit where Mel unexpectedly emerges from the wings to join Krusty for 'Send In The Clowns' always means i get 'something in my eye'.
― piscesx, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:17 (ten years ago) link
Lisa "I can't believe it, our first glimpse of Gabbo!"Homer "He'll tell us what to do"
― piscesx, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:24 (ten years ago) link
One reference that I never got but always made me piss myself: "standing on his hind legs like a little Rory Calhoun". (Diff season though.)
― emil.y, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:26 (ten years ago) link
http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/wp-content/uploads/worker-and-parasite.jpg
― piscesx, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:27 (ten years ago) link
oh LOL I always thought homers "but you doesnt have to call me" ramble in S10 was him not knowing the words to some routine! I had no idea THATS HOW IT WENT omg.
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Friday, 1 November 2013 02:27 (ten years ago) link
Im really thinking Krusty gets Kancelled has to get a vote for Worker and Parasite, as well.
But then again, TOHIII does have "everybody loves a clown, so why don't you?" and "I think women and sea men dont mix" (...actually no, overall that TOH was a bit weak).
If I went on "oft used quotes", then "look in the tunk" would be up there. Don't ask me why.
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Friday, 1 November 2013 02:31 (ten years ago) link
i just love the vibe of homer the heretic
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:35 (ten years ago) link
"Be he Chrisian, Jew or... miscellaneous!""Hindi! There are 50 million of us you know""oh super!"
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Friday, 1 November 2013 02:41 (ten years ago) link
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:31 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^ THIS.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 November 2013 02:43 (ten years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KWC9HZVEzsw/SnZPhvEhXCI/AAAAAAAAAIY/t0OyB_QBEm0/s400/Worker+and+parasite+copy.png
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 November 2013 02:46 (ten years ago) link
T is for her tooth-filled mouthT is for her tooth-filled mouth
― jmm, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:48 (ten years ago) link
worker and parasite perfectly topped off by
http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr288/conorbenglish/krusty.jpg
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:58 (ten years ago) link
OTM. I think this was the season where the quickness, rhythm, and timing of the reaction shots went next-level.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 November 2013 03:04 (ten years ago) link
Wonder if Lou cleared this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-QT74bzHFQ
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 November 2013 05:07 (ten years ago) link
a while back i was googling dental plan information and discovered that "dental plan lisa needs braces" comes up before anything related to actual dentists.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 1 November 2013 06:00 (ten years ago) link
Wish I could find a gif from Homer the Heretic of Ned doing that reverse-flip off the mattress while trying to rescue Homer from the fire.
― Dave Froglets (Phil D.), Friday, 1 November 2013 10:42 (ten years ago) link
http://i.minus.com/ixi2MH0MV7Rnb.gif
― Number None, Friday, 1 November 2013 10:46 (ten years ago) link
You are my god now.
― Dave Froglets (Phil D.), Friday, 1 November 2013 10:50 (ten years ago) link
I CAN'T CHOO-CHOO-CHOOSE ANY ONE EPISODE HERE, GUYS
― The Miracle of the Jimmy Smits (King Boy Pato), Friday, 1 November 2013 12:52 (ten years ago) link
iirc "Last Exit to Springfield" was the agreed gold standard for the entire series back in the day
― The Miracle of the Jimmy Smits (King Boy Pato), Friday, 1 November 2013 12:54 (ten years ago) link
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?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 4 November 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
Mobilier - the chandelier for your car!
― Number None, Monday, 4 November 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
Where's my burrito?! Where's my burrito?! Where's my burrito?!
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link
ha, yes, a perfect synonym for "i'm hungry".
― Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
I always thought I'd say "Monorail," but "Last Exit" just has it all. But there are no duds here.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:09 (ten years ago) link
Voting "Last Exit," but in my mind, it's a vote for the entire season.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
(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)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:13 (ten years ago) link
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?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:17 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
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.
― your face comes with coleslaw (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:31 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 November 2013 03:14 (ten years ago) link
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
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 November 2013 03:58 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 November 2013 04:07 (ten years ago) link
for some reason i find it especially funny when homer is described as 'union kingpin homer simpson.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 9 November 2013 06:33 (ten years ago) link
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
― 乒乓, Saturday, 9 November 2013 14:04 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder
Also fwiw this guy's political views were apparently highly suspect
― 乒乓, Saturday, 9 November 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link
John Swartzwelder : The Simpsons :: Dave Berg : MAD Magazine , but man can he write.
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Saturday, 9 November 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 November 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 November 2013 16:23 (ten years ago) link
Like Marge scabbing on the teachers' strike. That was like a punch to the gut.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 November 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 9 November 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
and it hadn't come to mind that marge teaching amounted to scabbing, even more disappointing. :(
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 9 November 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
Rewatching some of these Itchy and Scratchy episodes as an adult.... yikes, this stuff is demented!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 November 2013 16:50 (ten years ago) link
There's a deleted scene on the DVD where Marge awkwardly tries to cross the teachers' picket line, and Mr. Largo calls her a scab.
xp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 November 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 10 November 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
"Marge Gets a Job" 0
I'm used to seeing people promoted ahead of me. Friends, co-workers, Tibor...
FOR SHAME.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Sunday, 10 November 2013 00:03 (ten years ago) link
Take my pen-knife, my good man.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 10 November 2013 00:36 (ten years ago) link
this season sure had its share of pudding can gags
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Sunday, 10 November 2013 03:44 (ten years ago) link
"A Streetcar Named Marge" 1
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Sunday, 10 November 2013 07:28 (ten years ago) link
I didn't vote in this time, it was too just hard to pick one. I'm surprised that four episodes took such a large percentage of the votes, I would have expected it to be a more even spread?
― Can balls fall off?????????? (soref), Sunday, 10 November 2013 08:45 (ten years ago) link
Would've voted "I Love Lisa". Probably the best Lisa EP.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 November 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
DENTAL PLAN
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 November 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcXq0-dObYI
this is what i hear when i read 'hooray'.
― Merdeyeux, Sunday, 10 November 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
'marge gets a job' is almost perfect -- slightly ruined by stupid ending where mr burns inexplicably turns nice and (kind of) apologizes to homer and marge. still, there's tibor.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 11 November 2013 04:32 (ten years ago) link
It surpasses itself the second time it's used - when it finds its way into Marge's chain of thought
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 11 November 2013 07:24 (ten years ago) link
Jesus, people.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Sunday, 10 November 2013 07:28 (Yesterday) Permalink
My fault. Forgot to click "vote".
― franny glass, Monday, 11 November 2013 14:11 (ten years ago) link
Lionel Hutz: Now, Apu, Mrs. Simpson claims that she *forgot* that bottle of... delicious... bourbon. Brownest of the brown liquors... so tempting.(holds the bottle to his ear)Lionel Hutz: (whispering) What's that? You want me to drink you? But I'm in the middle of a trial!
― Øystein, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Watching "New Kid on the Block" and this great Hutz moment happened:
[Homer has been thrown out of an all-you-can-eat restaurant for eating too much]Lionel Hutz: This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the movie The Neverending Story.Homer: So, do you think I have a case?Lionel Hutz: Mr. Simpson, I don't use the word 'hero' lightly, but you are the greatest hero in American history.Homer: Woohoo!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 1 December 2013 03:08 (ten years ago) link
I heard your dad went into a restaurant and ate everything in the restaurant and they had to close the restaurant.
― emil.y, Sunday, 1 December 2013 03:27 (ten years ago) link
Does that sound like the actions of a man who had had all he could eat?
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Sunday, 1 December 2013 07:52 (ten years ago) link
"I think I have some Tic-Tacs in my purse...""Excellent choice."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 1 December 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Very forgiving of Australia, all things considered:
http://www.uproxx.com/sports/2013/12/simpsons-signs-australias-world-record-cricket-test-cromulent/
http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Dental-Plan-2.jpg
http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Dental-Plan.jpg
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Friday, 3 January 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link
― piscesx, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
rewatched this one tonight, this was the standout totally-forgot-about-that-gag gag. Also "My face, my valuable face!" Worker and Parasite of course had me in stitches, as always.
― the thirteenth floorior (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 9 February 2016 06:48 (eight years ago) link
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akdzx5/an-oral-history-of-marge-vs-the-monorail-the-simpsons
― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 November 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link