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300 Episodes of the Simpsons
circletimessquare writes "As we approach 300 Episodes of the Simpsons, Entertainment Weekly tries to pick the 25 best episodes of The Simpsons (and the one episode they consider the worst). They do a pretty good job. But since "best of" lists like this one are always rife with debate and contention, I can't think of a better place than Slashdot to send up EW (pun partially intended)."
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Homer's Phobia number 5? I wonder if they felt they had to throw in a later episode or two to make it more "balanced". While some of those aren't bad, I know I would have had more from seasons 2-6 or so.
Homer goes to College! Best Epiosode Ever!
There they were, sitting in the van with all those dials, and the cat was dead. -V. Marchetti, CIA
They didn't include the episode where Homer goes back to college (one of the ones from the early 90s). One of the best ever.
The Simpsons now suck really hard. It's all pop culture crap now.
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Last Exit to Springfield, Marge v. Monorail, and Cape Feare all in the Top 5? I hate to say it, but EW actually seems to have gotten things right.
Homer: "OK, no more deer for a week"
Marge: " Homer, did you say deer or beer?"
Homer: "Deer."
"Want in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up first." - My Dad
That site crashes my Mozilla.
"Oppression and harassment is a small price to pay to live in the land of the free." -- Montgomery Burns.
Oh dag. If they even try to put the Treehouse of Horrors on that list. The worst episode IS the bowling one with Marge and the french guy.
Life is short and hard, like a body building elf.
I've love the simpsons mostly due in part to their use of literary allusions, pop-culture, and stereotypes. But probably the funniest episode was the one where Troy McClure, aka Phil Hartman, explains the food chain, which shows a Shark jumping out of the water and eating a Gorilla hanging from a tree. Nearly peed my pants.
"This isn't a study in computer science, its a study in human behavior"
Anyone know what the cash register really says when they scan Maggie in the opening credits? It is not, I repeat not "NRA 4 EVER" as often rumored. (That was actually started by the creators in the first place... and we all know that cartoonists are shifty.) Anyway, someone with spare time and a DVD (or *cough* illegal *cough* copies on their computer) player might easily figure it out...
This chair be high, says I.
Other Classics:
Two Bad Neighbors (s7)
Bart vs. Australia (s6)
Deep Space Homer (s5)
Homers Enemy (s8)
2 dozen and 1 greyhounds -- best song ever (see my vest)
Brother From another Series -- "..those years at clown college" "I appreciate you not refer to Princeton that way"
$pringfield "I think we'll keep those jars of urine"
Colonel Homer "The don't call me Colonel Homer because I'm some dumbass army guy"
Anyway, I could do this all day but I think you get my point. (Quotes courtesy of The Simpsons Archive).
As for eps that shouldn't have been included in the top 25: THOH, Spin-Off Special & Homer's Phobia. But this is purely subjective, so no flames please.
I do agree with they're pick for worst ep though
The sole purpose of the Internet is to get porn and bomb making plans into the hands of children.
I haven't looked at their picks yet, but I know the best episode ever.
The halloween special with the shinning. It's got 3 super hilarious quotes and is overall the best episode ever.
"no beer no tv make homer something something"
"shhhh, you wanna get suuuued?"
"that's willy's time!"
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On a side note, I know that Conan O'Brian wrote several of them (like the monorail one, I think). Does anyone know/have a list of those? And did any other famous people (co)write them also?
Ralph (Wearing a sign taped to him saying "IDAHO"): I'm Idaho!
Ralph: Help! She's touching my special area!
Shells out when i click the link to page two. Version 1.2b with XFT.
Pathman, Free (as in GPL) 3D Pac Man
And of course, it wouldn't be complete without the top 50 Simpsons quotes:
http://doheth.uzipp.com/opinion/50quotes.shtml
There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
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...do we get to see the first live episode?
The solution that has worked best for me...is to avoid public discussion. -- CmdrTaco
The last Simpsons episode I found funny was the one where Marge tried to close down the town's brothel. The Simpsons need to be put out of their misery. They jumped the shark 5 years ago. (Yeah they're on the "never jumped" list but they don't belong there) I suppose they are trying to go for some sort of record for longevity but damn, man...give it a rest. Just my not-so-humble opinion.
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Me post first? That's unpossible...
"It's a tarp!" -- Dyslexic Admiral Ackbar
My brother and I both agree, Tomacco and the one with medicinal marijuana are our favorites, neither of which is on there... doh!
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Ever hear somebody say "Simpson's? that's a stupid show!". I have. I ask them if they watch it. They always say "no, it's stupid".
Simpson's is the deepest show ever on American TV. Homer is the composite American male.
To beer, the cause of and answer to all of life's problems.
In my best "Comic Book Guy" voice:
"Worst Episode Ever!"
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I can't believe they left that one off. :P
I agree with the person above. It seems they felt obligated to include too many "newer" episodes.
Oh well. Their website, their list, I guess.
Okay, I got Linux installed. So where's the free beer everyone keeps talking about??
Every time one of these lists comes out, there are ommissions and arguments that the ranking are out of whack.
Nonetheless, why they failed to include the wonderfully poignant Lisa's Wedding is beyond me.
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Maybe is because I like a lot science fiction, but the two individual episodes that I most remember is the one where Homer go to the past and kill all dinosaurs (like in the sound of thunder, by Bradbury) and the one where Homer goes 4^H3D.
I like the one where Homer discovers that he's going to die and goes in for a father-son heart-to-heart with Bart.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Did anyone else click on the link just to find out which one was considered the worst?
There's a funny thing about the worst episode of the Simpsons I've seen...
:)
I actually thought to myself "This is the worst episode ever" only to hear the comic shop guy rumble the fourth wall with his words:
"Worst. Episode. Ever."
I'm just glad the writers acknowledged it as they were doing it
CBG: "Immediately after reading the 25 best episodes I was on the Internet registering my disgust and complaints."
Bart: "But they provide you with free and quality content!"
CBG: "Worst. Top 25 list. ever."
I thought it was "next stop Afghanistan"? Oh wait, that was last year. My bad. Yeah carnage!!!
I seen lots of movies and TV shows with teleporters. Homer is the only one to really put it to practical use.
Who wouldn't want to remotely urinate?
is not on the list? Insanity!
to quote Nate Patrin:
This episode kicked hairy yellow butt, right from the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida bit to the Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag bit...
-- Boycott Shell
Hows this? A scrawny kid that likes to roll around on a skateboard, has made it on an episode of the Simpsons. I betcha $10, he can jump the Springfield Gorge.
This Sunday (2/9) on Bravo, they will be interviewing the cast of the Simpsons both in and out of character. It's starts at 7 PM central time.
What about the episode, a haloween ep I think, where Homer is traveling through alternate universes.
He lands in one, everything is perfect except no one has ever heard of doughnuts, so Homer flees. Moments after he leaves, it starts rainging outside. The rain is what Homer would have identified as doughnuts.
I still say that the worest episode was when Springfield found out that Principal Skinner was somebody else and that the real Skinner was in a Vietnamese tiger cage for 20 years. I don't think I laughed once.
-Dipster
My favorites have been the Halloween Specials. I also liked the one with Aerosmith... that was very kewl.
So far left, I'm right.
Especially Cape Feare???? That wouldn't be on my top 100 list.
How, Marge? How?
Besides, there were some real stinkers in the first season while they were still trying to find their voice and before the show went Homer-centric (in a fair world, Homer-centric should be a word).
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
My favourite line:
(Mr Burns to Homer): "You're the fattest thing I've ever seen. And I've been on safari."
It's interesting that out of the top 25 episodes picked in this article, only 2 episodes are from seasons after 1997. The vast majority of episodes listed in this article are from 1993-1994.
Have all of the creative juices stopped flowing into the Simpsons? Or have they just had a bad run of writers?
hmmm ... seen the list, and while I agree with some (Mr Plow, Monorail, Homer Badman) it misses out some of my all-time favourites
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Deep Space Homer
the one where Homer gets fat to work from home
the episode where Bart wins the elephant
any episode where Barney is sober
and now for some classic simpsons quotes (all atributed to Homer of course - who else!):
"I'm a white male, aged 18 to 49. *Everybody* cares what I think!"
"Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try."
"I know I'm not usually a praying man, but if you're up there, Please Superman help me!"
"Homer no function beer well without."
"Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel."
"To alcohol - the cause of, and solution to all of life's problems."
and my all-time favourite
"Maybe for once, someone will call me 'sir' without adding 'You're making a scene'." - Homer J Simpson
"Because it's there." - George Mallory, when asked why he wanted to climb Mt Everest, March 18, 1923 (New York Times)
Homer the Great
Homer: I've always wondered if there was a god. And now I know there is -- and it's me.
Marge: You're not a god, Homer.
Lisa: Remember Dad, "All glory is fleeting."
Homer: So?
Lisa: "Beware the Ides of March."
Homer: No!
Lisa: Dad, I know you think you're happy now, but it's not going to last forever.
Homer: Everything lasts forever.
Homer Goes to College
Marge: [hearing modem noises] Ooh, what's wrong with this phone? it's making crazy noises.
Nerd 2: [contemptuously] Those "crazy noises" are computer signals.
Nerd 3: Yeah. Some guys at MIT are sending us reasons why Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk.
Nerd 1: Hah! They're outta their minds.
"TK-421, why aren't you at your post?"
Skinner: "Ok, now chew through my ball-sack"...
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This episode has the BEST Troy McClure line of them all. When he greets Selma for their second date, he says, "Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such dates as last night's dinner."
Has anyone else noticed that the Simpson plots have gotten more and more insane? I guess they are running out of ideas, but there are some that if you think about make you go huuuuh? Like the one where they won the trip to africa off of an old animal crackers box. Or the one where Homer gets a webpage and ends up being drugged and taken to this special sanctuary. I know those are from a couple seasons ago, but I haven't had tv to watch the recent ones. I would assume they follow the same random act pattern. The beginning of the episode is usually totally different from the end. Like they'll have one plot line for the first 10 minutes with an odd occurence that completely shifts the plot line to something else; a two episodes in one type of thing. I'm rambling, but the point is the plot lines seem to be more "drug-induced".
Admittedly, there is plenty of room for everyone to have a favorite episode. But two that I feel should be mentioned are Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (the story of Santa's Little Helper) and Maggie Makes Three (the story of what happened just before Maggie was born). These two episodes epitomize the side of the Simpsons that celebrates the family, a quality that I feel is too often overlooked by critics.
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i cant even start to think what the best episodes are. i have saw so many sweet episodes that have left me laughing for days...how can one really choose the "best"? Their parodies are always good...i really enjoyed their lord of the flies parody show...but the BEST? i am not so decisive on which shows could be the BEST
and to those of you who say the simpsons still cant be funny...on the last show:
[ralph after being sprayed by pepper spray]:
Even my boogers are spicy!
[disco stu after getting hit by marge]:
Disco stu should have disco ducked!
come on. thats funny.
[I can picture a world without war, without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it]
The one where Homer buys a RV and ends up building the rabbit trap about killed me " I married Bigfoot". Also the one when Homer agrees to find a date for Marge's sister and acts like the Terminater "possable Homersexual" I would add those two to the list.
One of the funnier episodes for me was when Homer et al went to New York. However, the prominent presence of the World Trade Center may, I suspect, have consigned this one to syndication-hell. Have folk seen it aired in recent months?
All the episodes they list are classics, and yes with only 25 out of 300 (MOST of which are brilliant, and 99.9% of the rest are just really really goodl, especially in the earlier seasons) on the list, there's going to be some left out. But leaving off "You Only Move Twice" (the Hank Scorpio episode and origin of my most persistent i-net handle) and "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" is criminal in my mind.
But I'm mostly happy with it.
Chris
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"Worst Episode Ever"
"Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
But since "best of" lists like this one are always rife with debate and contention
I love conversations RIFE with debate and contention!
"Some fight for law. Some fight for justice. What will you fight for? One day, you will see."
....a "Best of simpsons" list with "Rosebud" somewhere near the top. Ah... my life is complete.
Don't you mean "The Shining"?
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Funniest part in a Simpsons episode EVER:
The 3 frogs sitting in the pond going "Bud... Weis... Er" over and over then the alligator eats them and goes "Coors!" I laughed for a very long time after that one.
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No discussion about the simpsons is complete without mention of www.snpp.com (for springfield nuclear power plant), which is the largest database on the simpsons. It has descriptions of each episode, lists of errors, lists of references, essays, everything the simpsons related that anyone could ever want.
Got to be my all time favourite.
It's the one where homer gets hair and suddenly becomes rich and successful. He has that assistant (Karl) who guides him to success.
It highlights some facets of society and life so well.
I like the one where the Simpsons go to Japan and Homer walks through all the ricepaper walls.
That cracks me up ever time I think about it (tear).
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There's a good reason for this: Seasons 7-9 was during the transition of the writing and production from one staff to another; the original staff had nearly all been there since the concept of the Simpson on the Trace Ullman show, while the new staff was much less versed with the humble beginnings of the show.
Most long-time Simpsons fans that were on the net prior to that change immediately saw the changes that the show had made, and over the course of a few seasons, the fans no longer cared for the show. (I know a few of these people well, including some long time alt.tv.simpsons posters that simply dropped the show like a hot potato). The show became more cartoon-y, and less of a animated family sit-com. (That is, these people saw OFF as a show that could have been done live action if they really tried, but worked better as a cartoon; nowadays, most episodes can't be done live action as they involve too many abuses of the cartoon laws of physics). Plus there were changes in the emotional tone of the stories; the early seasons (at least from 3-7) had a good mix of comedy and emotion, but nearly all of the last 5 or 6 seasons have been strictly out and out comedy. They also changed the characters somewhat, making Homer more of a doofus as opposed to a not-so-bright father trying to do his best for the family, and making Lisa a political busybody, and most recently, dumbing down Marge. Too much focus on the external characters as well, and giving Homer all these crazy antics to do. Sure, if that's the way the show started as, then maybe it would be funny, but it's not the same as what most of us long-time fans would consider to be the heart of the Simpsons.
What's amazing is that there's very few mainstream publications that mention how poor the Simpsons are *today* compared to a decade ago. They all praise the show, it constantly wins awards, etc. The problem is, the Simpsons is a cornerstone of FOX, and to remove it would cause significant problems for its ratings battle on Sunday nights.
I think this list is at least some nod to how the Simpsons had good quality shows to start, and that the last several season have been 'blah' since. There have been good episodes of the last few seasons, or ones that could have worked; I do think "Homer's Phobia" is a good one to be on the list though a bit too high, if nothing else for the classic steel mill scene, and "A Day In the Life" which showed the same events, but from Homer's, Bart's, and Lisa's POV, could have worked if the zany adventures were held back a bit. But really, just like TNG and DS9 and the rest of the Trek universe, the Simpsons need to be retired. To see even 2 more seasons come out of the current staff is going to pull down the overall quality of the show even more.
"Pinky, you've left the lens cap of your mind on again." - P&TB
"I can see my house from here!" - ST:
"I guess they're barking up the wrong bush!"
- 'there it is homer, the smartest thing you'll ever say and there's no one around to hear it.'
Seriously, that was my favourite episode. How they could not name it is beyond me. The gags were hilarious, and if you watch closely enough when his memoirs get trashed you see a mention of Dan Quayle.
Brilliant!
This is left as an exercise for the reader.
What irks me is that The Family Guy had some real spunk and great writing, until it was cancelled (along with Futurama, which had a longer run). But I don't think it's reasonable to cancel those shows when King of the Hill and The Simpsons are still on. Is there no justice in the world?!
There is actually a controversy which is the 300:th episode.
There at least three clip shows (Another Simpsons Clip show, All Singing, All Dancing, Gump Roast) that I can think of, so removing them from the count doesn't make sense either.
Easily my favorite, if for just some of the lines:
"In this house we obey they laws of thermodynamics"
"I'll have no more of your Vasser bashing young lady."
"I guess I'll just have to go hide in the crawl space"
"I hate it when he does that."
"There's just something so unwholesome about flying a kite at night."
I demand a million helicopters and a DOLLAR!
Kent Brockman 'Looks like we'll all be taking golden showers...'"
Does anyone know which episode contains the following Do-Re-Mi parody?
Dough... the stuff that buys me beer
Ray..... the guy who sells the beer
Me...... the guy who drinks the beer
Far..... the distance to the beer
So...... I'll have another beer
La...... la la la la la beer
Tea..... No thanks I'm drinking beer
That will bring us back to....
I've heard it sung, I've seen it online, but I can't find the episode. Is it a genuine Homerism?
... is whot bwings os tugevza tsuzay.
Plotting the TOp 25 by year we see:
90 XXX
91 X
92 XXX
93 XXXXXXX
94 XXX
95 X
96 XX
97 XXXX
98
99
00
01
02 X
Looks like they peaked early in 93 and, despite a brief revival in 97, its been downhill ever since.
Or does anybody's best ever list contain items from 98 - 02 seasons?
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Dunno if I'm giving away a good secret here, but in my expeirence the most extensive clearing house of simpson's information is:
http://www.snpp.com
(Springfield Nuclear Power Plant)
M@
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"stop him, he's supposed to die!"
"Good work Homer, when you get home there will be an extra story on your house"
- nuf said
"We deal in lead" - Roland of Gilead
-Homer goes skiing ('Damn Sexy Flanders').
-Homer gets fat to collect unemployment.
-Homer tries to get Ned a date after Maude dies.
-'Behind the Laughter' spoof
I very seldom watch the new episodes on Sunday night anymore. Mostly it's reruns since my local FOX station has an hour of the Simpson from 6-7pm every weeknight.
I religiously watch the Simpsons and this episode stands out in my mind as the best. Ever 5 seconds there is an odd and funny joke. From Knifey spoony to booting, to the ever class: (some foreign guy): Speak again and I will translate for El Presidente. Bart: Which way does the water spin in your toilet? (sfg): He says the tide is turning! El presidente: The rebels will soon take the capital. I must flee! (and procedes to defenestrate himself) Though lets not forget the gun episode, and the brothel.
This anonymous clan of slack jawed trogdylytes cost me the election, but if I were to have them killed, *I* would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you!
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R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
The fact that The Simpsons is getting hype from Entertainment Weekly further proves this show lost its satrical bite (and relevance) a LONG time ago.
June: No, Homer. Very few cartoons are broadcast live, it's a terrible strain on the animators' wrists.
from 4F12 (the Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show)
With all that wanking I'm supprised you have the strength to type such a long post.
Being a gay virgin is nothing to be ashamed of though. I'm glad you found the 'inner' strength to post your deepest feelings on Slashdot. Keep up the good work.
Bless.
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Homer: Doh!
:-)
Lisa: A deer!
Marge: A female deer!
Perfect! Just perfect!
The Stonecutter episode was good if for no other reason than getting to hear Patrick Stewart describe the one initiation ritual.
"This one is 'the paddling of the swollen ass
No matter what they did, the list wouldn't be complete. It's hard to boil the series down to 25 best.
Worst Episode Ever is:
When you dish apon a star
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/5F19
It's the one with Kim Bassinger and Alex Baldwin. If it's not the worst, it's a on a very short list with the worst. There are a few episodes like this that just scream "lazy writing".
I actually enjoyed ep deemed "worst episode ever" . It had solid writing and Simpsons feel. It's one hell of a lot better than the ep they listed.
Damn you, Osama bin Laden and..er..whatever happened to Columbia.
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
For those with BRAVO, Inside the Actor's Studio will be having the cast of the Simpsons on this Sunday, February 9th at 8 pm (7 central).
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Mmmm, floor pie!
Just looking at the dates of the best Simpsons episodes it has just confirmed what I already suspected. The best time for the Simpsons was around about 92 -94 with the later episodes being of dubious quality, but still, in my opinion, quite watchable.
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I was LMAO through the whole episode.
Does anyone else think that RMS looks exactly like the Comic Book Guy? Especially in how annoyingly pedantic they both can get.
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It's sad to see so many on this list around the 1993-1997 range. These episodes are deserving of high praise, but it shows that on a best-of list, the modern Simpsons don't hold a candle to some of the former writers.
Oh, Conan, why'd you have to leave!!!
-Barkeep, a draft of your most hazardous brew, for the world is slowly stepping into focus, and I don't like what I see.
How bout this one Bart I can't belive all I got was a lousy quarter! Homer When I was young that was alot of money Bart Really? Homer Naah I find it just as funny every time :D
They just started to show new episodes here in Sweden and I must say that they get weirder for each episode...
I fought the corporate America, and the corporate America bought the law.
Title says it all, but due to LAMENESS FILTER, I have to put something down here....
Obviously they've never met CowboyNeil's mother.
Memorable quotes (or something there abouts):
Lenny & Carl(meditating): "Who likes short shorts?, We like short shorts."
Homer to Bart: "Bacon that sausage!"
Reverend Lovejoy thanking Crazy Larry for his insanely low prices during the church service.
Marge asking Lisa if she's willing to simply pay lip service to their religion, Lisa responding yes and Homer saying, "That's all we ask."
There are just too many classic, and damningly (is that a word?) true insights into religion today.
"Lisa!! In this house we OBEY the laws of thermodynamics!" -- Homer :)
How about more seasons? How about a collection of Treehouse of Horrors? Troy McClure episodes?
Syntax error: loose != lose, affect != effect, then!=than
What's amazing is that there's very few mainstream publications that mention how poor the Simpsons are *today* compared to a decade ago. They all praise the show, it constantly wins awards, etc.
Well, take a look around you...frankly, most entertainment-oriented TV (vs. edumacational stuff like Discovery) these days is shit. The Simpsons has definitely slid waaay downhill in the last decade (is the new staff the Family Guy crew perchance?), but it's still hands-down the best show on television today.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. - Aldous Huxley
The episode that nearly had me sneezing milk was the one with the badger that terrorised Homer until Lisa looked up 'What Badgers Eat' on the web. The link took her to the http://www.whatbadgerseat.com site, which the show really set up. It's still there.
had to be
"Some Enchanting Evening"
Where the babysitter bandit ties up the kids. Amazing that the show ever got off its feet with that stinker in the first season
"Quick, protect the queen"
"Which one is the queen?"
"I am"
"No you're not!"
Ñ'
*Runs around insanely.*
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The Worst Episode EVER was no doubt "All Singing, All Dancing!" All simpsons fans I know cringe at that one!
You strap yourself feel the "G"s!
Max Power, he's the man who's name you'd love to touch!
But you mustn't touch!
His name sounds good in your ear, but when you say it, you mustn't fear! 'Cause his name can be said by anyone!
Actually, a full scene, starting with the best quote ever... From Season 2, Two Cars in Every Garage, 3 Eyes on Every Fish:
MB: Amazing Smithers. This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you.
S: You are noble and poetic in defeat, sir.
MB: Simpson, I shall make it the focus of my remaining years that your dreams will go unfulfilled.
H: My dreams will go unfulfilled? Oh no! I don't like the sound of that one bit. That means I have nothing to hope for. Marge, make it better please, can't you make it better, huh?
M: Homer, when a man's biggest dreams include seconds on dessert, occassional snuggling and sleeping til noon on weekends, no one man can destroy them.
H: Hey! You did it!
[end of episode]
The best episode ever, which wasn't even on the list, is "Simpson Tide." While it is another one of those "Homer gets a new job" episodes, it was actually fresh at the time. There are so many great lines from the episode:
...
"You're in the Naval Reserve. America's seventeenth line of defense, between the Mississippi National Guard, and the League of Women Voters. After basic training, you'll only have to work one weekend a month. And most of that time, you're drunk off your ass."
"My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is not a porn star!"
"It's my first day."
And for you Linux fans, it is also the only episode to feature Penguins in a meaningful way. They have their own warship
But the best part of the episode was the string of great gags about the return of Communism: the Berlin Wall (complete with guards and dogs) popping out of the ground, the parade in Moscow turning floats into tanks, and a reanimated Lenin saying "must crush capitalism."
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The best episode of The Simpsons by far has got to be the episode where they killed Maude Flanders. It was the single most unexpected thing in the world, and how they killed her was funnier than hell. It also put Ned, the overly happy, overly Christian neighbor in an awkward position, reworking his character almost entirely. They hyped that episode to no end, and when Maude died, we were all sitting around looking at each other, saying "Maude? They killed Maude?"
The best twist ever in a Simpsons episode. Kudos to Greoning and Company on 300 Episodes of one of the funniest animated shows ever!
D'OH!
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And of course, it wouldn't be complete without the top 50 Simpsons quotes:
http://doheth.uzipp.com/opinion/50quotes.shtml
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I've quoted this before, still think its one of the funnyest exchanges in Simpsons history:
Lenny: Hey Homer, that's four strikes in a row. You've got a perfect game going.
Homer: Really?
Carl: Careful what you say, Lenny; you'll jinx him.
Lenny: Oh, right, sorry.
[Homer steps up to the line, and gets ready to bowl]
Lenny: Miss! Miss! [Homer and Carl glare at him] Sorry, I was calling the waitress.
[to waitress] Ah, this split you sold me is making me choke.
Homer: Lenny!
Lenny: What? I paid 7.10 for this split.
Carl: Will you at least call it a banana split, you dumbwad?
Lenny: Hey, spare me your gutter-mouth. [Homer strikes Lenny by throwing a bowling ball at him]
When the 300th Episode of the Simpsons comes out, do you guys think that someone will collect them all put them in divx format, compress them, and then start sharing them over Kazaa or something like that? Wouldn't it be cool to have 300 episodes of the Simpsons in a single zip file.
Let me know what you think.
The laws of physics are on my side. YOU LOSE.
- Absolutely Classic Lines, like
- Self-Referencing Humor, e.g. Homer's wall of photographs of previous accomplishments.
- Commentary on itself. Frank Grimes provides the perfect foil for Homer by being an actual human being. He acts not like a character on the Simpsons, but like a responsible adult. In the process, he demonstrates that people from 'our world' have absolutely no place in the Simpsons universe.
- Most importantly, it's Damn Funny too.
Just my 2, but I think it's atrocious to have left Homer's Enemy off the list, especially since Homer the Clown didn't make it either. Utter blasphemy."He eats like a pig!"
"Nah, pigs tend to chew their food. I'd say he eats more like a duck."
"You were in space?"
"What, you've never been?"
I'll leave you with more of the genius that was Homer's Enemy....
"Then, I added some fins to lower wind resistance. And this racing stripe here I feel is pretty sharp."
Oh cruel fate, to be thusly boned! Ask not for whom the bone bones; it bones for thee. -Bender
Clever!
I don't know about best episode ever, but the best scene ever was when Bart handed out the music for the opening hymn at church - In the Garden of Eden by I. Ron Butterfly. The poor organist had to play 28 minutes non-stop and then collapsed.
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I really like the George Bush episode.
It starts out with a parody of Dennis the Menace, which is probably not so relevant to the younger people here. But it was really well done. Bart was Dennis, Bush was Mr. Wilson, and Barbara Bush was Mrs. Wilson.
Who would think of that?
Then it goes into a very bizzare feud between Homer and Bush. I loved the rainbow wig, the cardboard cutouts of the bush boys, and Bush not being willing to back down in front of Gorbachov -- I can't show weakness in front of the Russians!
The Gerald Ford bit at the end was great, too. Do you like nachos? Do you like football? Maybe we could watch football and eat some nachos.
He could of been based on any number of fat computer nerds. As well you* know.
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*you=pretty much any (American)
news for losers.
Worst article ever!
That aside, I'm not sure I agreed, but with 300 episodes (and everything being relative), I'm sure they have the right to their opinion...
It's just that their opinion is wrong...
Best episode ever? Homer in college, or Homer in space.
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Dietary fiber is like asynchronous IO-- Non-blocking!
The Consensus around the office is that the Beer Baron ep is the finest of the Simpsons. It features Bart and Homer working together, mayhem, and the best damn pet shop in town.
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Favorite episode has to be the one with guest voice Robert Stack as the FBI agent in charge of enforcing the prohibition laws in Springfiled and Homer becomes the mighty Beer Baron!
Also the medical marijuanna episode was hilarious and thats from last season.
Another of my favorite quotes: Homer to himsef: 'Dear Homer, I owe you one emergency donut, signed Homer'.....Bastard! He's always one step ahead!
"Laugh, and the whole world laughs with you. Cry, and they still think its funny." - Mr. Boffo
From SNPP.com:
"It should be noted that while Fox is promoting "Barting Over" as the official 300th episode, this is not exactly correct. In fact, the 300th episode to be aired will be "Strong Arms of the Ma," on February 2nd. "Barting Over" isn't the 300th produced episode either, as that title goes to "Strong Arms of the Ma" as well."
We passed the 300th episode Milestone last Sunday! Anyone else celebrate?
The list definitely posts some classics, but where is the Frank Grimes episode? And Homer Vs. the 18th Amendment where Homer is the Beer Baron???
Mansion Family, where Mr. Burns lets the simpsons run his house while he's getting diagnosed with every known disease to mankind.
The one where Bart and Ralph make friends. After a visit to the springfield knowledgeum, bart and ralph make friends, and stupidity ensues. Many GREAT ralphisms.
A close 3rd would be the one where Lisa becomes a baby sitter.
Her babysitting style with Rod and Tod is worth the rest of the episode.
In my opinion, no other episodes had so many jokes and gags smushed all together.
Homer: And you didn't think I'd make any money. I found a dollar while I was waiting for the bus.
Marge: While you were out 'earning' that dollar, you lost forty dollars by not going into work. The plant called and said if you don't come in tomorrow, don't bother coming in Monday.
Homer: Woohoo! Four day weekend!
frank grims
My fav simpson skil of all time is when they find the real creator of Itchy and Scratchy. There is a remake of 'I'm just a bill' that is really funny.
My favorite line ever from young master Wiggum.
Have we forgotten Ms. Botsukowski. Definitely one of my (if not the) favorite episodes.
Who can forget Bart with the pacifier when the lights come on?
Article says that Homer once referred to a spoon as "the metal dealie...you use...to dig...food". I can't recall hearing this, and a google of the net (including snpp.com) yields nothing. Can anyone point out the episode?
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then ???, then profit.
...solving the one about hicups is the one I cared about the least. By far.
-- Contradictions only exist in thought - not in reality.
Abe: My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is not a porn star!
Skinner: Defying orders, eh? Well, I see you Scotsmen are thrifty with courage, too.
Willie: Okay, Skinner, that's the last time you'll slap your Willie around. I quit!
Kent Brockman: Hordes of panicky people seem to be evacuating the town for some unknown reason. Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?
Professor: Mmm, yes I would, Kent.
...just my 2 gil.
Are they crazy?! Who can forget,
Mr. Sparkle - "I am disrespectful to dirt!" ?!
or Homer getting hair ?!
Still it's gonna be great in the Third Season hits DVD - then the good stuff really starts.
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The Simpsons jumped the shark long ago... Really, The Simpsons used to be one of the best shows on television ever. I have been watching it since episode one. Now it is an embarrassment with new episodes that just don't generate many laughs (at least in our household.) I heard an interview with one of the shows producers awhile back when he said "we'll need to quit before the show gets stale" or something to that effect. EARTH TO TV EXEC. YOU'RE THERE ALREADY. Here are reasons the Simpons is waaaaay past it's prime. 1. Using celebrity guests as a crutch. (Hey, celebrity guests were funny at first but just about every freakin' week? Come ON!) 2. Plotlines that are way far out. (The Simpons was great in the early years because you could relate to it. Bart getting beat up by the bully, Homer joining the stonecutters etc. Jokes about Otto 'I like to get blotto' busdriver. But now, jeez, they're such a stretch.) 3. Almost every week the plotline involves someone getting into physical danger and then someone saving their butt. BORING! 4. Stupid un-funny things like Homer swordfighting with a motorcycle. Who thought THAT was a good idea. The Simpsons went out with a wimper. There was some point when I just stopped paying attention to whether this week's episode was new or a rerun and stopped caring what time it was on anymore. Apparently it's better to fade away (and milk the product tie-ins) that to burn out.
This is the ultimate. Be quick, it will get /.ed soon.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/l/jlw953/funny stuff/liedetector.avi
Highlights:
Aunt Gladys dies, they go to the funeral, and Selma wants a baby.
Lionel Hutz has a good, small part. (You'd be surprised how often that works, you really would)
Selma tries to find a man, including the pimply faced checkout boy.
Homer gets sick from eating a really old, 10-foot hoagie.
Because Homer is sick, the kids go to Duff Gardens with Selma. Classic stuff here, Lisa acid trips by drinking the water, Bart tries on Beer Goggles, the Seven Duffs, rapping Abe Lincoln, etc.
Homercles cares not for beans!
This episode kills me every single time I see it, and for some reason they don't run it very often in syndication. I literally watched for 2 years, 3 times a day trying to tape it. I finally downloaded it from the net. It is the 3rd season, so I am just waiting for the next DVD set to come out.
The thing is, there are sooooo many good episodes. Even recent ones have their "classic" moments that crack me up. Best Show Ever!
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
So the Actor's Studio with the Simpsons is going up against an hour block of the Simpons (with one new episode)??
Nice scheduling! Jeez.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. -- Carl Sagan
In Bart's Comet, when the Bill to evacuate Sprintfield was shot down after Congress tried to tack on a pay raise:
Kent Brockman: I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply doesn't work.
Now that I think about it...
Granted, nothing could be as good as the three year stretch from 92-94, but the last three years have been HORRIBLE. Please, get some decent writers again, or let the Simpsons die as graceful a death as it can still manage.
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"Remove the Stone of Shame!"
"Woo-hoo!"
"Attach the Stone of Triumph!"
"D'oh!"
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You cannot wash away blood with blood
Which is lazy writing on the one hand, but on the other I think that episode is particularly amusing.
The Prisoner was undoubtedly drug-induced as is the majority of any culture worth having.
There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
Man, that *is* a great episode, but where I lost bladder control was during the song, which I really think is the very best one:
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Bring back Family Guy Damnit. Simpsons had its time, but Family guy was by far the greates animation ever to be on my television! Also, my fav episode is the treehouse of horrors when lisa makes her own race of people... hell it spawned a south park episode even... Simpsons did it!
when Proposition passes with a record 95% vote in favor.
... Democracy doesn't work!
When are people going to learn?
-- Homer J. Simpson, free-thinking anarchist, "Much Apu About Nothing"
There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
My personal favourite episode is "Brother's Little Helper" - it starts out superbly with Bart ruining the school gymnasium by messing with the volunteer fire department's fire truck, then leads into Bart being forced to take Focusyn - an anti-A.D.D. drug, causing Bart to gain paranoid schizophrenic qualities, resulting in him hijacking a tank and blowing up an MLB spy satellite.
"May God help him if that thing carried the Spice channel!"
Even though the ending is pretty weak (Paul & Linda McCartney), I couldn't believe this one wasn't in the top 10. May have Homer's greatest conversation:
Lisa: No I can't! I can't eat any of them!
Homer: Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute. Lisa honey, are you saying you're *never* going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: [Chuckles] Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.
I was a "Life in Hell" fan before that, even.
funny how everyone here says that and then starts bitching, but I have to admit that when I watched a new episode a few months ago, I was amazed at the fact that they are still funny as hell.
You guys can whine all you want about the 'glory days'. And how milk used to cost a quarter...
The truth doesn't care what I think.
Best spoof ever
Willie singing "Maniac" and dumping water on his head at the end
Bart & Homer singing -
"Can I be a boozehound?"
"Not til you're fifteen"
"Lady, the man asked for a beer, not a song"
My favorite episode
They got it wrong. Simple as that. How do you list the top 25, or even the top 5, Simpsons episodes without Hank "Ever see a guy say good-bye to a shoe?" Scorpio. EW has done a travesty to us all. I've written my congressman about this, seeking a Simpsons Fans Reparations From Entertainment World Act of 2003.
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Well, they got Cape Feare, they got Treehouse of horror V, but they're blatantly missing some of the very best.
1. Homer vs. the 18th Amendment
2. Homer the Astronaut (thats not what its called, but you get the idea)
3. Simpson Tide
If you ask me, Homer vs the 18th Amendment is the best, period. The other two should have been on the list somewhere.
How can you have a top 50 list of quotes and not include that one?
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I love it when TV extends itself into reality.
Furthermore, {flame} Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment Season 8, Episode 818 is obviously the best episode ever. How it got left off the top 25 is a mystery to me{/flame}
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Mono means one, and rail means...rail.
Homer: "Your all human guinea pigs"
Guinea Pig: We prefer Italian Americans...
Best Halloween Special Ever....
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Did you notice that only one of the top 25 was from after 1997? The Simpsons have been on a steady downslide since then, and I blame the writers. They can't seem to tell a story anymore, and instead concentrate on filling the episodes with "wackiness." And it's usually not even clever anymore. Take for example the last "Treehouse of Horror." It really feels as if each episode is written hurridly, because the older episodes feel longer and fuller.
They aren't out of ideas, they're out of wit. If you want proof, watch the show. It's not coincidence that the worst episode was made in the last year or two.
--Stephen
Did you ever notice that *nix doesn't even cover Linux?
Homer: From now on, whenever people think of wood, they'll think of trojan [horse]
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...but the one on April fools where Bart puts Homer's beer in a paint shaker. Right as Bart jumps out to yell "April Foo..." --- BOOM!!! A mushroom (cloud?) of beer can be seen by Chief Wiggum on the other side of town.
The biggest security hole sits between the keyboard and chair.
-Andrew McAllister
My favorite episode is actually one from the newer seasons - The Great Money Caper. A snippet:
Lawyer: Will you tell the court your whereabouts at the time of the
carjacking?
Willie: I was alone in me Unabomber-style shack; I had nothing to do with
that carjacking.
Lawyer: Carjacking?! Who said anything about a carjacking?
[galley and jury murmurs]
Willie: But, didn't you just say--?
Lawyer: *I'll* ask the questions here, Carjacker Willie!
Lawyer 2: Objection!
Judge: I'm going to allow it -- it characterizes the defendant as a
carjacker.
Now the lawyer interrogates Homer.
Lawyer: Mr. Simpson, could you describe your assailant to the court?
Homer: I told you, my memory is fuzzy! Fuzzy!
Lawyer: Fuzzy like Willie's beard?!
[galley gasps]
Homer: Yes, exactly! No, no, I mean, the whole incident is hazy.
Lawyer: Hazy like the moors of Scotland?!
[galley gasps]
Homer: Yes, exactly! [groans and tries to chloroform himself again, but
only has Mountain Dew]
"I am so smart...S M R T..."
Why is there no wacking day?
Barry White guest stars
"Did you bring the pre-wacked snakes?"
"Should I wack fast or slow, Marge?"
"Oooh slow and then fast!"
"There's nothing I like more than the sexy slither of the lady snake."
"Wacking Day was originally started as an excuss to beat up the Irish"
Not to mention, the classic wacking day kung fu practice by Homer, Bart driving Willy's tractor into superintendent Chalmers. Come on people it deserves at least an honourable mention.
"The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away" -Tom Waits
"The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."
Agreed. Any episode with a catapaulted kitty should have made the top 25 easily.
Incidentally, for those of you with Bravo on cable, Inside the Actor's Studio will be airing a special with the main voices from the Simpson's.
Sunday at 8/7pm. http://www.bravotv.com/
Must....ready....TiVo.....
-FC
was 1403 - #DABF20 - Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade, where Bart and Lisa are both demoted/promoted to the third grade.
Best moment might've been when Homer meets his mom in 0708 - #3F06 - Mother Simpson:
"Homer: Ma, there's something you should know about me: I almost always spoil the moment. [a pelican lands on his head and spits a fish into his pants] I'm sorry.
Grandma: That's OK, darling: it wasn't your fault."
Best quote might've been in 0522 - #1F20 - Secrets of a Successful Marriage:
"Homer: Oh, and how is "education" supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine- making course and I forgot how to drive?
Marge: That's because you were drunk!
Homer: And how."
I thought the Poochie Show, the Simpsons Spin-off episode, and the City of NY vs Homer should've been left off and replaced by the 0810 - #4F02 - Springfield Files, 0522 - #1F20 - Secrets of a Successful Marriage, and 0903 - #3G02 - Lisa's Sax .
According to SNPP, the 300th episode, both airing and production, was last week's Strong Arms of the Ma, but Fox is claiming Barting Over as the 300th episode for some reason. I don't think I've seen WHY though.
Their pick for "Worst Episode" was on last night in my hometown. It was just fine, and their comment about it probably having been the best thing on at the time is absolutely true.
But is that one REALLY worse than the episode with the grease? The one they weren't even going to SHOW, for God's sake (IIRC)?
"Strong Arms of the Ma," which aired last week, is the 300th episode of the series. For some bizarre reason Fox is advertising the 302nd episode as the 300th.
"I think so, Brain, but 'instant karma' always gets so lumpy." - Pinky
"Decepticons FOREVER!!!" - Ravage
This show needs to be canned.. It has been overdone and should have been gone long ago. Can we please get some quality programming on Fox? They seem to be floundering since X-Files went down the tubes...
My favorite episode of all time is the one where Bart is writing love letters to his teacher. It has the Yo-Yo kings, a swear jar, Homer's only love letter to Marge, and his lame attempt of building a dog house. The country music episode should have also been mentioned.
THE WORST EPISODE OF ALL TIME has to be the clip show where they only show music numbers from past shows. The filler in between clips was just horrible!
Phil died in 1998 and the show hasn't recoverted until very recently. Gronig pushing Futurama in '99 probably added to the slump.
"God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon, Marshal of France - speaking truth to power
This story reminds me how much I love Homer
JS: Mr. Hutz, do you have any actual evidence to present?
LH: Well, I have lots of hearsay and conjecture, those are *kinds* of evidence.
LH: I lost the case, so your pizza's free.
MS: But we won the case.
LH: That's ok, the box is empty.
And of course the "No(,) money down" gag...
*cough* *cough*
... "You have anything to drink?"
... episode ... ever.
"Klau Kalash!"
"Ooh, I'll take one."
"Mountain Dew or Crab Juice."
"Ewwwwwwwwww. I'll take a Crab Juice!"
Best
http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/humor/humor_si mpsons1.shtml
If you don't remember, the PREMIERE issue of Entertainment Weekly, a dozen or so years ago, had a cover story on the making of the Simpsons.
I guess the show must have lost its relevance when it stopped being shorts on the Tracey Ullman show, then.
Have all of the creative juices stopped flowing into the Simpsons? Or have they just had a bad run of writers?
I'm not sure what the difference between these two choices is. But there has definitely been not only a change in writing talent but also in attitude. I couldn't believe my eyes that someone voted "Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie" as one of the best 25. As a long time Simpsons fan, I was actually offended by that. The episode seemed designed to be a big "fuck you" to all the fans who were complaining about how the newer episodes were nowhere near as good as the past ones. I think the writers and producers would have been wise to listen to the feedback they were getting from fans. In fact, I just made this comment the other day about Star Trek. In the Poochie episode, Lisa finally goes off on a siloquoy (I know I spelled that wrong) about how Itchy and Scratchy is just as good as it's always been and that the falling ratings are just a result of being too successful for too long. This speech is obviously directed at unhappy fans of the Simpsons and telling them to shut the hell up and that their opinions are wrong (that the Simpsons is as good as it was in Conan's day). I couldn't believe the audacity of the writers!
Also, I don't understand what the hell they were thinking about the episode anyhow. The whole plot is that Poochie is a terrible character and makes I&S even more unwatchable. So then the writers of the Simpsons force us to watch these lame I&S clips and this is supposed to be funny? This is kind of like those awful "annoying man" skits on Saturday Night Live. I guess writers seem to think that shoving annoying stuff at us is going to make us laugh out of nervousness or something. As I see it, the entire I&S&P episode was designed as a "fuck you" to the fans and nothing else. It wasn't even designed to be funny. Why it got voted in the top 25 is beyond me.
GMD
watch this
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular-
Refering to alternate ending of Who Shot Mr. Burns where Smithers did the shooting:
"..but then you would have to ignore all that Simpson DNA"
You've got: Canyonero, Homer burning all of his cash, Krusty's bender to end all benders, Rod & Todd finding a drunken clown on their front lawn & poking him with a stick, and, of course, my sig (and favorite quote).
Don't you hate pants?
The interogation of Grounds Keeper and Moe. 2nd runner up, the end of an episode which has Chief Wiggums and Lou singing to Bob Marley's Jamming.
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And of course:
Too many laughs to mention here. WTFS
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Deep Space Homer is, in my humble opinion, the best single Simpsons episode. From Barney's tumble across the hard roof of the Pillow Factory to Kent Brockman's welcoming of our new insect overlords, the jokes are unprecedented in their density and quality.
I can't believe this episode didn't even make their list...
What about Behind The Laughter??? That was a great rip off of Behind The Music. I was rolling on the floor during that episode. I'm disappointed.
"A plan fiendishly clever in its intricacies"- Homer Simpson
Is that the 'Why Homosexuals Are So Much Better Than Us' episode? Not a shred of genuine 'Simpsons' humor, just lots and lots of cheesy Hollywood-style gay propaganda. Without a doubt the Worst Episode Ever, including anything from the last few seasons.
... one of my favourite short gags is:
Homer agreeing with Stephen Hawking
Larry Flynt is right!
I think the chili cookoff episode (El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer) is pretty darn good and was sadly overlooked for the list. Johnny Cash. Guatamalean Insanity Peppers. Space Coyote. Hot pants. Marge smokes. Homer dances and whines. Homer trips out. "I hope I didn't brain my damage"
Its Different. Cool. Funny. How could they overlook it?
-Sean
It's been a long, tried and true tradition with most TV shows: the episodes int he early years are better than those toward the end of it's 'lifespan'. On that list of the Top 25, only one was in 200x, and very few even after 1997! Most of the best episodes (both in numbers and in rank) were from 1993-ish and before.
How can ANY self-respecting "best of" Simpsons episode list not include the immortal "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" episode? It was from the LAND of chocolate! Horst: Guten Morgen. I am Horst. The new owners have elected me to speak with you because I am the most non-threatening. Perhaps I remind you of the loveable Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's Heroes. later ...
Horst: [threatingly] We Germans aren't all smiles und sunshine.
Burns: [recoils in mock horror]
Oooh, the Germans are mad at me. I'm so scared! Oooh, the Germans!
[hiding behind Smithers] Uh oh, the Germans are going to get me!
Horst: Stop it!
Man 2: Stop, sir.
Burns: Don't let the Germans come after me.
Oh no, the Germans are coming after me.
Man 2: Please stop the `pretending you are scared' game, please.
Horst: Stop it! Stop it!
Burns: [brief pause, then resumes]
No! They're so big and strong!
Man 2: Stop it.
Horst: Stop it, Mr. Burns.
Man 2: Please stop pretending you are scared of us, please, now.
Burns: Oh, protect me from the Germans! The Germans...
Horst: Burns, STOP IT!
(thanks to http://www.snpp.com/episodes/8F09.html)
Diamonds: Because she'll pretty much have to.
That was the first ep of season 2.
God I miss that show.
Shelbyville kid: YOU'RE named Milhouse? Milhouse is my name, too!
Milhouse: But I thought I was the only one.
(they hug)
Milhouse: This is what it souns like . . . when doves . . . cry!
Okay, I got Linux installed. So where's the free beer everyone keeps talking about??
And now I suddenly have an overwhelming urge to fire up Kazaa.
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
How can that be possible, after about 4 years everyone of them was so bad I stopped watching.
Homer:
"Welcome to the Internet, my friend.
How can I help you ? "
customer:
" I am interested in upgrading my 28.8 KBaud
Internet connection to a 1.5 MBit fiber optic T1 line.
Will you be able to provide an IP router, that's
compatible with my TokenRing Ethernet LAN
configuration ? "
(pause)
Homer: Can i have some money now?
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I have always considered that episode to be the best episode ever, since fourth grade even... Dental plan! Lisa need's braces! Dental plan! Lisa need's braces!
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I have seen very few Family Guys, but someone showed me this one, in which the father dispatches Hanson via about 8 shotgun blasts, and I spent the next 15 min on the floor laughing. Fortunately the guy who recorded it did so on TiVo, and I was able to repeat the scene.
Homer: I can't find the sugar for my coffee.
Scorpio [reaching into his pants pocket and pulling out a handful of sugar]: Here you go!
The rest was cut:
Scorpio: Do you want some cream?
Homer: uhhhh...no.....
Stupid sexy Flanders.
Lisa: You killed zombie Flanders!
Homer: He was a zombie?
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I've never felt the need to chime in before, but I can't say i agree with this list. "Bart to the Future" was hardly the worst episode ever- it was home to "smell you later!" and homer looking for Lincoln's treasure by digging up a spot four-score-and-seven feet away... from an arbitrary spot. And older Ralph, enough said.
There seemed to be a general consensus when the "Who Shot Mr. Burns" episodes first aired that they were horrid. Why they suddenly made the top episodes list, I'm at a loss. The episode seemed gimicky, and the final explanation was hardly satisfying (although the sundials were clever).
My worst episodes were those of the first and second seasons. They just don't have the humor of the later seasons and seemed to focus too much of matters more heartfelt, which coicidentally makes me wonder why the show was so controversial (the cursing was minimal). Some would argue that those seasons were only poor compared to later seasons, to which I say that's obvious... but it's as if the EW crew don't watch the show much.
Homer cauterizes his mouth with candle wax, then eats the Guatemalan insane asylum hallucenogenic chiles and has a psychedelic episode on the Springfield golf course with a Johnny Cash-voiced fox as his spirit guide.
"Competitive violent! That's why you're here!!!"
Note: Although Fox is promoting Feb. 16th's celebration as the night the 300th episode is airing, it is in fact THIS episode that is the 300th by count.
Which is referring to last week's episode when Marge pumped some iron.
Trying is the first step towards failure.
At a conservative 50MB/episode, that's 15 gigabytes...
Any episode with a hotdog in it.
My favorite by far is the one where Homer is abducted by Aliens and says "Well, I supposed you'll be wanting to do an anal probe" and drops his pants. I still break out into laughter an inappropriate times due to recalling that scene.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have just lost the picture. But what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has apparently been taken over, conquered if you will, by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them the ants will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new insect overlords. Would like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality I could be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar cave"
Ants:
Ant 1: Protect the queen!
Ant 2: Which one's the queen?
Ant 3: I'm the queen!
Ant 1: No you're not!
Homer: Nooo! [his head smashed the colony, and the ants float free]
Ant 1: Freedom! Horrible, horrible freedom!
-Deep Space Homer
Make sure everyone's vote counts: Verified Voting
"Lisa, if you don't like your job, you don't go on strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed, thats the American way."
pork is not a verb
'Q' is for Dr. Tran
LH: Mr. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film "The Never Ending Story".
I need a lawyer like that.
Its been noted that the simpsons started declining when they featured insync or backstreet boys (one of those two).
The cave fish would like to inform you that they are not webmasters and have not been deprived of their site.
They are little blind fish who have lst their sight
Thank You.
Dan
my nick says it all :)
Duly noted; that's what I get for blindly cutting and pasting. :-)
Babar
To my my mind, the Hank Scorpio episode ("You Only Move Twice"), where Homer goes to work for a supervillan, has to rank as one of the best, right up there with "Cape Feare". (It's also one of the few episodes were Homer is actually successful at his job.) And I also love The Prisoner parody episode ("The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"). I suppose you have to be a fan of The Prisoner to really apprecaite it, but really, what self-respecting geek isn't? ;-)
Worst episode: Homer and Burns go up a mountain on a team-bulding exercise, which is almost completely devoid of laughs. It was so bad I suspected had it in the can for years and only used it as an "emergency" episode when the Korean animators were unable to complete the latest one on time. Runner up: The episode where Bart shoots a bird and feels all bad about it, which is totally false to his character.
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man, my favorite line was from willie...
" i 'ate the dog.."
" and i 'ate the mess he left on the floor..."
i was roollin on the floor after that line..
I totally agree. The Simpsons has not been funny for at least 3 years. And I can get into low-brow stuff sometimes, but their low-brow is not funny either.
Question: When will season 3 be coming out on dvd? I'll buy it in a SECOND...
Take out ITCHY & SCRATCHY LAND and THE ITCHY & SCRATCHY AND POOCHIE SHOW.
Insert the episode (sorry I don't know the show titles) where Lisa & Bart go to Duff World with Patty & Selma and the episode with the Itchy & Scratchy Movie. These were both better and funnier than the imitator episodes above that followed.
...but there may be a boogie man or boogie men in the house right now!
Bart: AAAIIIHH!!!
Cut to scene of Marge coming home in the late hours with a hole from a shotgun bast in the front door and the rest of the family hiding in the living room under a propped up mattress.
Arbitrary sig
I wouldn't mind downloading for a good week or so to get that file. Plus, you could cut out commericals, the opening scene, etc. 20 mins an epidsode. Or how about just zipping each season. 15 one gigabyte files wouldn't be all that bad. I would take the time to download them.
The laws of physics are on my side. YOU LOSE.
The Simpsons has definitely slid waaay downhill in the last decade (is the new staff the Family Guy crew perchance?)
I myself have long suspected this...does anyone know?
Liberal (adj.): Free from bigotry; open to progress; tolerant of others.
The worst are any that focus on Lisa. Anyone who disagrees with me is a moron.
Krusty bets AGAINST the harlem globetrotters, Fat Tony tries to collect, and it ends with "Speak Softly Love" from "The Godfather..." it brings tears to my eyes.
the bit at the end makes it all worthwhile.
you can read all the dialoghere.
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
(Homer finds $20 while looking for a peanut under the couch)
:)
Homer: "20 dollars? Oh, I wanted a peanut!"
Homer's brain: "With that $20 you can get lots of peanuts"
Homer: "Explain."
Homer's brain: "Money can be exchanged for goods and services."
Homer: "Woo-hoo!"
Classic.
Liberal (adj.): Free from bigotry; open to progress; tolerant of others.
I was amazed at how often the writers used monkeys, apes, etc. in the Simpsons, whether it was showing Homer's ape-like leanings, to MoJo, Homer's helper monkey. Some of the best feature Mr. Teeny, Krusty's cigarette-smoking pet. Mr. Teeny did a strip tease in "Day of the Jackanapes" (Krusty says, "Our Chimpendale's dancer's gonna give you the full monkey!") that was hilarious. I find it disturbing I can still remember that. Perhaps it was the lime-green speedos Mr. Teeny was wearing. For a list of Simpsons Simian references, check out: http://www.snpp.com/guides/simian.refs.html
I was surprised that "Lisa's Rival" didn't make the top 25 list...but more surprised that nobody on /. had mentioned it yet.
"You know what this is, boy? White gold! Texas tea....sweetener."
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H: All right brain, you don't like me, and I don't like you, so let's just get through this so I can get back to killing you with beer.
Brain: Deal!
H: Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-Tip!
and from a more recent episode
H: Bacon that sausage boy! Bacon it...
(After homer opens a beer that Bart had placed in a paint shaker causing an enormous explosion)
Lou: Looks like an explosion at the old Simpson's place. Should we check it out?
Chief Wiggum: You kidding me? That's three blocks away.
Lou: Looks like there's beer coming out of the chimney.
Chief Wiggum: I'm proceeding in on foot, call for backup.
Lou (on the radio): This is a code eight. We need pretzels. I repeat, we need pretzels.
Well, it has never been successfully tested.
Homer: What I wouldn't give to hear Lisa play one of her jazzy tunes.
Scene: Homer picks up Lisa's saxaphone and attempts to play it by talking into it to the tune of Beethoven's 5th.
Homer: Sax-a-ma-phone... Sax-ma-phone...
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Here's a good list of sound bites.
Why was this worst?
Well, first, Jon Lovitz isn't funny. He destroyed the wonderful "News Radio" when he filled in for the dearly departed Troy McClure, umm, Phil Hartmann. "Opera Man" was funny for about 3 minutes.
This was a show to introduce us to "The Critic". This falls into the "Mork and Mindy" school of spin-off artistry. Take a massively popular show (in the case of "Mork" it was "Happy Days"), and throw a new character in simply to plug a new show that has nothing to do with the original show. These shouldn't even be called "spin-offs". Legitimate spin-offs, like the troublingly-still-popular "Frasier", "Trapper John, MD", "Lou Grant", or "Joanie Loves Chachi", show full fledged characters moving on with their lives after outgrowing their role on a previous show.
...Nothing interesting here. Just move along...
Mr. Plow
The one where Bart is looking at licence plates trying to find his name and only finds BORT.
"Who names their kid "Bort"?"
Then the other kid's name is Bort. The guy standing next to them is named Bort. Then, later there's a message over the intercom about how they're all out of BORT licence plates.
I don't remember exactly how it went but god it was funny.
Now if only the writers would pick up on that and say, "Maybe we should start doing that sort of thing again."
Krusty: Ah, nothing like a meal in a fine restaurant. Ah,
here comes the waitress.
[a waitress walks to Krusty's table. But this
"waitress" is really Lindsey Neagle]
Lindsey: [aside to Krusty] We're losing male teens. Can you
get jiggy with something?
Krusty: You're giving me notes while I'm on the air? That
tears it! [to audience] Folks, I've been in show
biz for 61 years, but now these jerks have sucked
all the fun out. I don't need twelve suits telling
me which way to pee.
Exec: Uh, for "pee," could you substitute, "whiz?"
Lindsey: Ah, I don't know; that could upset the Cheez Whiz(tm)
people.
Exec: I was just thinking that.
Krusty: I can't take it any more! Folks, don't miss this
Friday's show -- it'll be my last.
[audience gasps]
Exec: Quitting show biz. Uh, yeah, I like the area, but
where does it go?
Krusty: Get away from me! [runs off the set]
Exec: Wait! [chases him]
Lindsey: We have more notes!
*SNIP*
Exec: We have notes. Have you thought about Dave Chappelle? Destroy!
Supporting quotes: ." while doing cartwheels. Where WAS he going with that?. . .
Homer "I'll show HIM inanimate. Grr....."
Homer "There once was a man from nantucket. .
"In Rod we trust" on cover of Time
Kent Brockman "I for one would like to welcome our new ant masters and remind them that I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar mines" (complete with graphic of a big ant whipping someone in the background.)
and from the St. Patrick's day episode: Moe "OK, this is the busiest drinking day of the year, where are the designated drivers? BEAT IT! I've got no time for cheapskates."
"Who robs the cave fish of their site?"
Isn't that censorship? Let them have a presence on the internet. Quit censoring the cave fish. Remember, they are people too.
I have to disagree with one thing you said. I think "Homer's Phobia" is in my Simpson's top-5 all-time list. It's funny from start to finish (ok, the reindeer part sort of drags), has some classic lines, and was one of the first Simpson's episodes that handled a somewhat controversial real-world subject so frankly (homophobia). That episode is worth it just for the gay steel mill.
"Hot stuff coming through!"
"We work hard, and we play hard." [cue C&C Music Factory as the steel mill turns into a gay dance club]
and of course Homer's classic line to Bart:
"He didn't give you gay did he?"
I regret that they didn't mention one of my other all-time favorites, "In Marge We Trust". It's the one where Homer finds the box of Mr. Sparkle dishwashing detergent:
Mr. Sparkle: I'm disrespectful to dirt. Can you see that I am serious? Out of my way, all of you. This is no place for loafers! Join me or die! Can you do any less?
I think worst episode ever goes to the one with Mel Gibson. That episode is just painful to watch. The same goes for most Simpsons episodes with celebrities who play themselves.
Some sample dialogues:
andI guess you have to know India to appreciate these jokes!!!
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I won't criticize EW's choices for the top 25 episodes, but their choice for worst episode is all wrong.
The worst episode of the Simpsons, that I refuse to ever watch again, is the Chili Cookoff, where Homer gets to meet his coyote spiritual guide.
It was a lame idea, and just tread the same ground (homer screws up, gets kicked out, reunites with Marge) as many classic episodes that were much better.
"Hello, I'm Leonard Nimoy. The following tale of alien encounters is true. And by true, I mean false. They're all lies, but they're entertaining lies, and in the end, isn't that the real truth? The answer, is no."
How can you guys not pick "Bart the Lover"? Or as I like to refer to it, the swear jar episode?
stolen from www.snpp.com
Maude: Todd, would you like some mixed vegetables?
Todd: Hell, no!
Ned+Maude+Rod: [gasp!]
Maude: What did you say?
Todd: I said I didn't want any damn vegetables.
Ned: All right, that's it, young man. No Bible stories for you tonight!
Todd: [leaves, crying]
Maude: [to Ned] Weren't you a little hard on him?
Ned: Well, you knew I had a temper when you married me.
a classic...
Slashdot is proof that Sturgeon's Law applies to mankind.
Even though EW rated it as the worst episode *ever* of the Simpsons (a fact a lot of Slashdotters seem to question), it contains one of the best lines.
When all of the various representatives are gathered in the Whitehouse and the German rep. says:
(spoken in a bad "kaiser" accent)
"We Germans are a peaceful people..."
[K]
While they did mention "Mr. Plow", they forgot to include the classic trip to "Crazy Vaclav's Place of Automobiles".
This includes such great lines (spoken with a Slavic accent) as:
"She'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene."
Homer: "What country was this made in?"
Salesman: "It no longer exists but take one test drive and you'll agree, zagravevnazloticnyev."
(salesman pushes car)
Homer (scrunched in car, looked at Cyrillic characters on steering column): "How do you drive this thing?"
Salesman: "Put it in H!!"
Leader: Detach the stone of shame!
Homer: Woohoo!
Leader: Attach the stone of triumph!
Homer: D'oh!
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For those with BRAVO, Inside the Actor's Studio will be having the cast of the Simpsons on this Sunday, February 9th at 8 pm (7 central)
For those planning on watching the Simpsons at 8pm Sunday, Bravo will be re-running it at midnight.
Some people have a way with words, and some people, um, thingy.
Why can't people make a site that works without javascript anymore? All that for a few paragraphs of text. Here it is in one bite for those using lynx, running with javascript turned off, or who just can't stand maddeningly horrible site design.
"EW" indeed.
1. LAST EXIT TO SPRINGFIELD
Airdate March 11, 1993
Here's the thing: ''The Simpsons'' is all about subatomic degrees of brilliance. Is ''Last Exit'' that much better than ''Cape Feare'' or ''Duffless''? Not really. We can't tell you that it has the single best joke or visual gag in the show's history. But we can say that this episode is virtually flawless, the product of a series at the height of its creative powers -- when the satire was savage and relevant, when names like John Swartzwelder, George Meyer, and Conan O'Brien were relatively unknown, when Maude Flanders lived. So it is that we find America's favorite family at Painless (formerly ''Painful'') Dentistry, because Lisa is in need of braces. Meanwhile, at the nuclear plant, Mr. Burns is trying to ax the union dental plan. The rest is the stuff of syndication legend: Burns facing down ''brilliant'' labor kingpin Homer Simpson; Homer Simpson facing down his own brain (''Lisa needs braces/DENTAL PLAN!''); Grampa rattling on about wearing onions on his belt. ''Last Exit'' is a glorious symphony of the high and the low, of satirical shots at unions and sweet ruminations on the humiliations of adolescence (as evidenced by Lisa, who copes with a medieval mouth contraption), and, of course, all those ''D'oh!''s. The things, in other words, that make us love ''The Simpsons'' in the first place. Thus we proclaim: Best. Episode. EVER.
2. ROSEBUD
Airdate Oct. 21, 1993
It begins with ''Citizen Kane,'' ends somewhere near the ''Planet of the Apes,'' and in between, manages to find time to include Hitler, the Ramones, and 64 slices of American cheese. But despite being one of ''The Simpsons''' most spectacularly overstuffed episodes, ''Rosebud'' has plenty of heart, though it is the Mephistophelian ticker belonging to Mr. Burns, who, on the eve of his birthday -- somewhere north of 100 -- finds himself pining for Bobo, his long-lost teddy bear. Burns and Smithers' efforts to retrieve the tattered toy from Maggie show why they'll always be TV's most functional dysfunctional couple: Smithers (who fantasizes about his boss jumping out of a birthday cake) isn't happy unless his boss is happy -- which happens only after an empathetic Maggie gives Bobo up. It's a moment that proves even Springfield's twisted billionaire can learn to love -- though he conveniently forgets how a few seconds later.
3. CAPE FEARE
Airdate Oct. 7, 1993
''The Simpsons'' is, at its heart, one big parody, but even Homer Thompson could recognize ''Cape Feare'' as the show's most meticulous and manic pop-culture takeoff. Not only is it a pitch-perfect send-up of the Martin Scorsese remake (with Kelsey Grammer's Sideshow Bob traveling to Terror Lake to hunt down and murder his pint-size nemesis, Bart), but it also features one of the most bizarre scenes in television history. We're referring, of course, to the rakes. Think about it. How many other series would waste valuable prime-time real estate by showing a man whacking himself in the face with a garden rake not once, not twice, but NINE TIMES?!? If ever there was a gag genius in its repetitive stupidity (progressing from funny to not so funny to the funniest thing ever), this is it -- merely the sharpest cut in an entire episode that just plain kills.
4. MARGE VS. THE MONORAIL
Airdate Jan. 14, 1993
Fast-talking huckster Lyle Lanley (Phil Hartman, natch) sells the town a faulty monorail; only through Marge's intervention is the town saved. That's the plot of ''Marge vs. the Monorail,'' but it's not the point. The point is that the episode has arguably the highest throwaway-gag-per-minute ratio of any ''Simpsons,'' and all of them are laugh-out-loud funny. You want parodies? In its first five minutes, ''Monorail'' skewers ''The Flintstones,'' ''Beverly Hills Cop,'' ''The Silence of the Lambs,'' and ''Batman.'' Celebrity cameos? Leonard Nimoy bores the town with tales from the ''Star Trek'' set. ''Simpsons'' in jokes? Country star Lurleen Lumpkin, from ''Colonel Homer,'' has a bit part. A musical number? ''The Music Man''-inspired ''The Monorail Song'' is, well, inspired. Elaborate visuals that were clearly devised by a roomful of overgrown boys? This episode features giant remote-controlled mechanical ants, a radioactive squirrel, an escalator to nowhere, and -- in case we haven't mentioned it already -- Leonard Nimoy.
5. HOMER'S PHOBIA
Airdate Feb. 16, 1997
''The Simpsons'' gets away with more hot-button hotdoggery than any other show, and the most cunning example may be this flamboyant installment, in which the family befriends John (John Waters), the droll owner of a kitschy collectibles shop -- but then Homer finds out that he's gay! For a man who once called a spoon ''the metal dealie...you use...to dig...food,'' Homer attains a new level of keg-headedness here, in his foolish paranoia (''He didn't give you gay, did he?'') and absurd anger toward John for not mincing around and declaring his orientation (''You know me, Marge -- I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals fa-laaaming!''). But the same-sex silliness never turns offensive, perhaps because of the sincere subtext: By worrying that John is going to convert Bart, Homer actually fears that he hasn't been a good father -- thus explaining the accidental visit to the gay steel mill. Hot (and funny) stuff, coming through!
6. MR. PLOW
Airdate Nov. 19, 1992
''Call Mr. Plow, that's my name/That name again is Mr. Plow!'' Those 12 words of insipid brilliance stand testament to one of the few times Homer has actually succeeded at something. As Springfield's No. 1 snow mover, Homer -- rather incredibly -- earns some extra money, the gratitude of Mayor Quimby, and the amorous adoration of Marge (She: ''Would you mind...?'' He: ''Cutting my nails? Brushing my teeth?''). But Homer finds competition -- and even betrayal -- from...Barney? A curiously dark episode (we learn that Homer is responsible for Barney's alcoholism) in which escalating tensions come to a head on icy Widow's Peak. Not exactly laugh-a-minute, but, oh that jingle...
7. ITCHY & SCRATCHY LAND
Airdate Oct. 2, 1994
Based on those cartoonishly violent killer critters, Itchy & Scratchy Land is the theme-park realization of Bart's most extreme daydreams -- no wonder he and Lisa beg to go there for a family trip. What's waiting for the Simpsons when they arrive -- besides two gargantuan parking lots, of course -- is actually a smart riff on the Disney empire: There are shots at Walt's lame character spin-offs (Klu Klux Clam, anyone?), a dig at his speculated sordid past (Itchy & Scratchy's creator turns out to be a Nazi sympathizer), and a nod to the park's mollifying grown-up attractions (the booze-filled ''Parents' Island''). When the animatronics attack, the showdown between man and machine -- okay, Homer and a giant robot mouse -- is an uproarious rebuttal to capitalism run amok.
8. A FISH CALLED SELMA
Airdate March 24, 1996
You may remember Troy McClure from such TV shows as ''The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular,'' but in his splashiest turn, the underemployed actor is plagued by a ''romantic abnormality.'' ''Gay? I wish!'' says the closeted fish fetishist, who becomes a family man by marrying Marge's sister Selma (the one with a repetitive stress injury from scratching her butt). Hollywood lampoons are well-tread ground for the show, but this take on the scandal-contrition cycle, featuring the wonderful McClure vehicle ''Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!,'' is particularly smart. And Selma's farewell to McClure is also a touching tribute to the man who supplied his voice, the late Phil Hartman: ''Goodbye, Troy. I'll always remember you, but not from your films.''
9. TREEHOUSE OF HORROR V
Airdate Oct. 30, 1994
''Simpsons'' Truism No. 666: ''Treehouse'' episodes are as inconsistent as Grampa's bladder. Welcome to the exception. ''The Shinning'' is a parody brimming with such detail, comic timing (''No TV and no beer make Homer...something something''), and Kubrick send-ups that it ranks with the greatest of pop-culture spoofs. ''Time and Punishment'' features Homer's time-traveling toaster and one of the most beautifully random moments in ''Simpsons'' history (Homer: ''Don't panic. Remember the advice your father gave you on your wedding day.'' Grampa in thought bubble: ''If you ever travel back in time doooooonnnn't step on anything...''). Maybe ''Nightmare Cafeteria'' doesn't shine as brilliantly, but we think it's perfectly, well, ''cromulent.''
10. THE LAST TEMPTATION OF HOMER
Airdate Dec. 9, 1993
When Mr. Burns is forced to hire a female employee at the plant, Homer is suddenly very attentive at work. There's plenty Homer admires about Mindy Simmons (voiced to slinky perfection by Michelle Pfeiffer): gluttony, sloth, and, he suspects, outrage that '''Ziggy''s gotten too preachy!'' Of course, we know that Homer will stay faithful -- his marriage having already survived Jacques the bowling instructor (see No. 21) and a giant catfish named General Sherman. But it's Homer's anguished journey (''Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert!'') -- and a memorable cameo by ''Hogan's Heroes''' Colonel Klink -- that makes getting there so great. It's no ''Scenes From a Marriage,'' but it's a hell of a lot more amusing.
11. DUFFLESS
Airdate Feb. 18, 1993
For years, we chuckled at Homer's sloppy, overheated love for beer. But all that hilarious brain-cell killing was never really addressed...until this episode, in which Homer -- riding high on a Duff brewery tour buzz -- gets busted for DWI and reluctantly heeds Marge's request to quit drinking for a month. Not only does ''Duffless'' tweak an unrelenting alcohol culture (a billboard flips between ''Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk'' and ''It's Always Time for Duff''), it deftly depicts poignant, if grudging, emotional growth for Homer: After bemoaning his newfound sobriety at a baseball stadium (''I never realized how boring this game is''), he forgoes a reward beer to bike into the sunset with Marge.
12. I LOVE LISA
Airdate Feb. 11, 1993
Lisa gives sad little Ralph Wiggum a Valentine's Day pity card, featuring a smiling train and a special greeting. ''You Choo-Choo-Choose Me?'' marvels a desperately happy Ralph. Anyone who's suffered an unrequited crush will find this 30 minutes wonderfully squirmy. Lisa ignores Homer's advice for warding off Wiggum (''Six simple words: I'm not gay, but I'll learn'') and ends up dumping him live on Krusty's 29th Anniversary Show (''You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half,'' enthuses Bart, watching in slo-mo). But ''I Love Lisa'' ultimately reveals ''The Simpsons''' unexpected sweet side, as when Ralph cheerfully reads a make-up card from a repentant Lisa: '''Let's Bee Friends.' It says 'bee' and has a picture of a bee on it!''
13. THE CITY OF NEW YORK VS. HOMER SIMPSON
Airdate Sept. 21, 1997
The show dares ask the question ''Why did I drink all that crab juice?'' A bingeing Barney ditches Homer's car in the Big Apple, prompting a family trip to retrieve it. Change-of-venue episodes are typically uninspired, but this ''City'' is frantically busy -- skewering foreign-food vendors (five words: Khlau Kalash on a Stick), crazy subway dudes, and gawking tourists. A Broadway parody about the Betty Ford clinic called ''Kickin' It'' is uncomfortably catchy; even bits about the Twin Towers are so clever, you'll smile instead of wincing. Plus, Marge offers an admonition for anti-Gothamites: ''Of course you'll have a bad impression of New York if you only focus on the pimps and the C.H.U.D.'s.'' Put that on a T-shirt, and we've got something.
14. TWENTY-TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT SPRINGFIELD
Airdate April 14, 1996
Working with animation grants ''The Simpsons''' writers the liberty to do things that live-action shows' staffs can only dream of. They can create a supporting cast that's several dozen characters deep and produce episodes that rely on elaborate concepts rather than on straightforward plots. ''Twenty-two...'' plays to these strengths. Taking its title (if nothing else) from the movie ''Thirty-two Short Films About Glenn Gould,'' the outing is a Whitman's Sampler of Springfieldians, giving such fan favorites as Snake, Chief Wiggum, and Dr. Nick Riviera their brief moments at center stage. (It even finds time to supply the hillbilly Cletus with a toe-tapping theme song.) If that's not enough, it wedges in a priceless ''Pulp Fiction'' parody, replete with a nuanced discussion of the difference between Krusty Burger and McDonald's. Let's see ''Yes, Dear'' try that.
15. HOMER AT THE BAT
Airdate Feb. 20, 1992
When Mr. Burns recruits nine all-star major-leaguers for his company softball team, what ensues is less an indictment of America's pastime than a loopy celebration of the sport's long-lost innocence, a paean to pro sluggers as both heroes (Jose Canseco misses the big game because he's rushing into a burning house to rescue a baby -- and a cat, and a player piano...) and softies (Darryl Strawberry sheds a tear at Bart and Lisa's bleacher heckling). It was also early proof that ''The Simpsons'' could juggle a squad of guest stars without giving the family short shrift: Who drives in the winning run when a ball bounces off his head? Homer, of course.
16. FLAMING MOE'S
Airdate Jan. 21, 1991
Moe laments his poor business: ''Increased job satisfaction and family togetherness are poison for a purveyor of mind-numbing intoxicants like myself.'' Then Homer invents a new drink, for which Moe takes credit. The ''Flaming Moe'' turns his bar into a raging success (a velvet-rope policy begins, Aerosmith perform ''Walk This Way,'' and Moe hires a comely new bartender). ''Flaming Moe's'' is a crucial addition to ''The Simpsons''' liquor canon, with a ''Cheers'' parody that includes a sobering theme song (''Liquor in a mug/Can warm you like a hug''). Extra attraction: Bart actually apologizes for making a prank call to Moe's. Remorse and fiery mixed drinks -- does it get much better?
17. BART THE DAREDEVIL
Airdate Dec. 6, 1990
The death-defying motorcycle jumps of daredevil Capt. Lance Murdock inspire Bart to jump Springfield Gorge on his skateboard. Attempting to show Bart the danger of the stunt, Homer tries to jump the gorge, and fails. Homer as teacher? Indeed, in ''Daredevil'' we watch the writers in the act of working out Homer's character, balancing selfless and serious with self-serving and slow-witted. His anxiety about getting through Lisa's school orchestra recital to attend Murdock's ''Truckasaurus'' Monster Truck Rally is more in keeping with the lug we know now; Homer hears that the band is playing Schubert's ''Unfinished'' Symphony and says, ''Oh, good -- unfinished. This shouldn't take long.'' Bonus: ''Daredevil'' introduces Dr. Julius Hibbert, who has not yet developed his trademark chuckle.
18. HOMER BADMAN
Airdate Nov. 27, 1994
Years before viewers learned such terrifying terms as ''Lewinsky'' and ''Fox News Channel,'' ''The Simpsons'' aired this fractured take on tabloid media, '90s feminism, and our nation's obsession with gummy candy. Homer is accused of sexually harassing a babysitter -- an ordeal later turned into the TV movie ''Homer S.: Portrait of an Ass-Grabber.'' While defending himself on the newsmag ''Rock Bottom,'' his comments are hilariously edited out of context -- an over-the-top example of our sound-bite-fixated culture. While later seasons overplay Homer's stupidity, ''Badman'' shows him to be a sweet-natured goof; as a brief musical aside shows, he'd rather escape under the sea, ''Little Mermaid''-style, than deal with reality.
19. SIMPSONS SPIN-OFF SHOWCASE
Airdate May 11, 1997
''Could 'The Simpsons' ever maintain its popularity without Moe the bartender?'' asks Troy McClure. ''Let's hope so -- because Moe is leaving to do his own sitcom.'' This send-up of spin-offs has it all, from odd pairings (Grampa Simpson's spirit inhabits a love-tester machine in Moe's bar) to awkward cameos (says Lisa to Chief Wiggum, newly relocated to New Orleans: ''I can't wait to hear about all the exciting, sexy adventures you're sure to have against this colorful backdrop''). But ''The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour'' is the strongest of the three spawn -- a searing homage to one of the most dreadful spin-offs ever, ''The Brady Bunch Hour.'' The Waylon Smithers Dancers and ''Hee Haw'' interstitials are a hoot, but memo to Fox: Don't be getting any ideas.
20. RADIO BART
Airdate Jan. 9, 1992
Homer tries to top his past gifts to Bart (a shoe tree and shelf paper) with a Mr. Microphone-style radio. The boy immediately drops it down a well and begins broadcasting plaintive cries for help as Timmy O'Toole. A ridiculous media circus ensues: Hucksters sell authentic Timmy baby teeth, and guest voice Sting leads an overblown, ''We Are the World''-style ballad called ''We're Sending Our Love Down the Well.'' In the end, Timmy's story is bumped off the front page by a squirrel who resembles Abraham Lincoln, and Sting's ditty gets booted from No. 1 by Funky C Funky Do's ''I Do Believe We're Naked.'' It's a media parody so sharp, we're still stinging a bit.
21. LIFE ON THE FAST LANE
Airdate March 18, 1990
While ''The Simpsons''' first season seems shockingly tame compared with later, zanier years, the endearing ''LOTFL'' is a showcase for the series' bedrock of character and heart. Furious at Homer for his self-serving birthday gift (a bowling ball -- with his name on it), Marge takes bowling lessons out of spite -- and ends up tempted into an affair with her instructor, the brunch-loving French lady-killer Jacques. ''LOTFL'' is indispensable early ''Simpsons,'' if just for the classic Homerism that caps the happy ending: ''I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love -- and I won't be back for 10 minutes.''
22. HOW I SPENT MY STRUMMER VACATION
Airdate Nov. 10, 2002
You've gotta admire a show that lands the greatest names in rock and then gives them as much respect as a brown M&M. When Homer attends the Rolling Stones' Rock N' Roll Fantasy Camp, corporate Mick howls, ''Rule number one, there are no rules!... Rule number two, no outside food.'' Tom Petty is booed for singing about social issues instead of chicks and cars, and Elvis Costello is called ''Nerdlinger.'' (When Homer knocks off his glasses, Costello wails, ''My image!'') While rockers have always shone in ''Simpsons'' solos, the Stones so giddily mock their hall-of-fame status it makes ''Strummer'' the series' Woodstock: a classic-rock show even Disco Stu could get behind.
23. THE ITCHY & SCRATCHY AND POOCHIE SHOW
Airdate Feb. 9, 1997
Hey, kids! Who likes scathing commentary on aging TV series? In this provocative, self-referential spectacle that polarized a nation (okay, some particularly rabid fans), ''Itchy & Scratchy'''s falling ratings prompt the network suits to introduce a painfully overhip canine. (''You've heard the expression, 'Let's get busy'? Well, this is a dog who gets biz-zay.'') The Homer-voiced Poochie provides perfect fodder for aggressive meta-lampoonery: As Lisa criticizes the desperate character-adding act, a hipster teen named Roy is seen inexplicably chillin' with the Simpson clan. No cow is sacred here, not even ''The Simpsons''' increasingly nitpicky fans, who are milked for laughs in the Comic Book Guy's ''Worst Episode Ever'' didacticism. Worst ever? Hardly.
24. SIMPSON AND DELILAH
Airdate Oct. 18, 1990
Check the record books. ''Dawson's Creek'' may claim to have aired network television's first real man-on-man kiss in the year 2000, but back in October of 1990, a serious smooch took place between Homer and his super assistant Karl (voiced by Harvey Fierstein). But lip-locking aside, this early entry -- in which Homer transforms into a ''young go-getter'' courtesy of a hair-growth formula -- is as long on laughs as it is on sizzling sideburns. It's hard to say exactly what makes this well-coiffed installment so special, except to say that it sort of looks like any other ''Simpsons'' episode...only more dynamic and resourceful.
25. WHO SHOT MR. BURNS? PARTS 1 & 2
Airdate May 21, 1995; Sept. 17, 1995
A two-part comedic homage to ''Dallas''' ''Who shot J.R.?'' stunt, ''WSMB?'' is perhaps ''The Simpsons''' most grandiose pop moment ever. An atypical outing, too: Satiric potshots (O.J. Simpson, Madonna, and ''Twin Peaks'') and gut-busting randomness (Moe's marathon lie-detector session is a classic) are subordinate to a methodically plotted murder mystery that, alas, climaxes with a cop-out, albeit a deliberate one. (Maggie did the deed -- accidentally, of course.) There's no way it could have approached the ratings for ''Dallas''' cliff-hanger, but it's still a pivotal marker in ''The Simpsons''' evolution. By deftly deploying ''The Simpsons''' array of supporting characters (even Doctor Colossus!), this onetime anti-''Cosby'' lightning rod demonstrated what a rich, self-sustaining universe it had become.
Worst Episode: BART TO THE FUTURE
Airdate March 19, 2000
Choosing the lamest ''Simpsons'' episode is like picking the crowning installment of ''Shasta McNasty'' -- it's all relative. So while ''Bart to the Future'' was likely better than anything else on TV the week it first aired, even Mojo the monkey could've banged out a more inventive script: Bart visits an American Indian mystic and foresees Lisa as president and himself as a ponytailed slacker. Plus, the whole looking-into-the-future premise is merely reliving past glory, carried out far more successfully in 1995's ''Lisa's Wedding.'' And you're really in trouble when even Homer -- wasted here as an old man on a wild goose chase for Abe Lincoln's gold -- can't dig up a laugh. We didn't know it was physically possible for something to both suck AND blow.
(Posted:01/30/03)
Favorite Simpsons dialogue:
[in the future, Lisa is being sworn in]
Man: I now pronounce you President of these United --
Reporter: Stop the inauguration! I just discovered our President Elect got an F in second grade gym class! [crows gasps; Lisa is handcuffed]
Man: In that case I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. [to Lisa] Don't worry, it's just a name.
[Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters]
Lisa: He said it was just a name!
Man: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.
"Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
Breakfast served all day!
I can't agree with the reviewer here. The show was MORE satiric at the start - it satirised everything about television and popular culture, which necessarily meant it was mocking itself and its viewers. At the beginning it was clear that Marge and Homer were bad parents, and Homer in particular was a bad person. As the series became popular (and a cash cow) they lost the ability to do that. No satire can survive its own success.
How many Simpsons fans really are the embodiment of Comic Book Guy? Think about it - if they weren't, would all those geeky in-jokes and references succeed? When the show was at its sharpest early on, every time you laughed you were laughing at yourself. Nowadays they just don't do that, mostly because they're too afraid to kill the golden goose. In this respect it's become just like any other show, helmed by fearful TV execs.
I also disagree that the show got "zanier". Zaniness works when it's imposed on a crazy kind of order - sorting that out is where the humour lies. After a while the attempt to be any was simply producing nonsensical scenes with no rhyme nor reason. Not funny, and most of all not satirical - just pointless slapstick and a lot of WTF.
The other way in which the show devolved was to become much outwardly meanspirited, and this is another reason the satire isn't self-directed at the show and its viewers any more. It requires a careful balance to coax people into laughing at themselves, and you can't be too mean. A lot of the stunts in the past five years or so have been basically Itchy and Scratchy for "real". It's like some sort of sick circular progression - now the show really is a dark parody of what it used to be.
Now that episode really sucked. Not only did it represent absolutely nothing of The Simpsons, and not only were the characters totally different to their normal selves, but the whole concept blew, it was totally unfunny, and a waste of 30 minutes. That's the moment The Simpsons jumped the shark for me, I'm afraid.
South Park has done a good job of picking up the slack though, even though it's fallen on its ass in recent times.
mogorific carpentry experiments
...on the foolingest day of your life with an electrified fooling machine!
Any, and I mean ANY, episode of family guy is about 10 times better than every episode of the simpsons shown since 1999, and most since 1997.
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It's hard to choose a "best" episode, so I won't try. But if asked to name the episode which made me laugh the hardest, it would be episode 3G03, titled "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'oh-cious" :)
This is the Shary Bobbins episode, which is a great parody of the Disney version of "Mary Poppins." Those who haven't seen the Disney movie probably won't appreciate just how funny this episode is. (Based on the comments at the snpp.com episode guide I'd say that a number of people didn't get it for that reason.) This episode certainly has some weak moments (which probably keep it off a lot of "best episodes" lists) but it also has some of the funniest moments.. it's probably my favorite episode for the 1997 season, and it's probably better than some entire seasons.
And then of course there was the song "Cut Every Corner" which almost killed me. o/~ It's the American Way
-- Tim Buchheim
the ants got loose, and they blew them out into space, btu they didn't have a carbon rod
The best ever!
(who shot who in the what now?)
No...it's okay...I wasn't using my Civil Liberties anyway
"There's so much I don't know about astrophysics, I wish I would have read that book by that wheelchair guy." or "Lisa's perputual motion machine is such a joke, it just keeps going faster and faster"
What about the one where Homer is flown off in a plane to do missionary work. I love that one.
:-)
"But I don't even BELIEVE in Jeebus!"
"Help me Jeebus!!"
And later it cuts to a Fox phone-a-thon to phone in and pledge money to keep the show on the air, lol
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Especially notable in the 1980's, where every damned sitcom family suddenly had a baby (already having several teenaged children), television is notorious for introducing new characters just to prop up sagging ratings. Often, the new character is somehow considered 'hip' or 'with it', or, in the case of the 80's, just oh so gosh-darned cute.
Seeing as how virtually every other Simpsons episode is a complete satire of modern pop culture, I'm amazed someone could miss that entirely.
Notice the 'Roy' character they suddenly introduced into the Simpson household (Yo, Mr. S!)?
As about the only longtime Simpsons fan left who doesn't seem to want to do nothing but bitch about the new episodes, it still surprises me how people will completely misinterpret the jokes in an attempt to find fault with the show.
Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
I don't remember the episode name, but that episode marked when I stopped taping all Simpsons, hence putting a stop to my collection which I started during the 3rd season (though I had watched season's 1 and 2, it was only during the genius 3rd season that I realized that these things had to be recorded and rewatched repeatedly).
So why was said episode so terrible? I'm not sure, really, it just was too random for random's sake (cf. Family Guy) and is it me or was the Simpson's starting to get more raunchy and puerile in their humor? Then there was the business about "the Simpson's get a horse?" blah blah comic book guy comes out with Worst Episode Ever t-shirt on and that was funny but it would have been funnier if the saying on the t-shirt wasn't true. My theory: the writers realized that the episode was so terrible that they threw that in there so fans like me would look like idiots when they pointed out that it was indeed the worst episode ever. Good thinking on their part.
Three other terrible episodes off the top of my head: Maude's Death, Homer becomes a missionary, the family goes to florida (the dueling part was all right), any episode in the last 4 or 5 years featuring celebrities, any moment in the last 4 years where they make a self-referential joke about the Simpsons.
Renewed for another 2 years? I hate to sound like a pretentious jerk, but the more popular the Simspons have got among the mainstream, the worse the show has become (admittedly, it was popular in the early years but in an ignorant this-show-is-so-edgy sort of way - it was only when the mainstream realized that the show was such a cutting satire of american culture (and how it bugs me to hear this tripe now) that it became hip instead of normal to love the show).
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IMHO this is one of the funniest ever. Bart is David and Nelson is Goliath. Funny how they dossirted the Biblical story.
Goliath burping the whale skeleton with Jonah inside of it.
And what about at the end that says This has been a Bart Simpson Dream and you hear a guitar solo and in the background you see the Babel Tower in flames and Goliath dead. Totally insane!
The best epsiode is the one where Bart answers Mrs Krabbappel's (sp?) lonely hearts ad. The worst is the one with the racehorse and the jockeys.
Is everyone clear on that now?
In "Worst Episode Ever" does anyone know who the man besides Snake and sideshow bob, that is banned from the comic book store? It just shows their pictures before he adds bart and millhouse to the wall.
My favorite quote
Jebus, Allah, Buddha I love you all! - Simpson, Homer
After seeing every episode several times, "Itchy and Scratchy the Movie" made me laugh the most. I'm surprised this was not mentioned on the top 25 list or in any /. comments. So many jokes in the first 10 minutes.
... I mean.... No.
Homer: I'm thinking of a number between one and fifty.
Marge: Is it 37?
Homer: D'oh!
Capt. Lance Murdoch:...I will death-defy both nature and gravity by leaping over this tank of water, filled with man-eating great white sharks, deadly electric eels, ravenous piranha, bone-crushing alligators, and perhaps most frightening of all, the king of the jungle, one ferocious lion!
I personally love 'em. The episode where Marge got implants was hilarious. And the Hallowe'en episode is the best, next to where Homer dies from eating broccoli! Who didn't laugh when Homer is asking which clones know the way home, and then shoots them? That's one of the classic scenes, along with Sideshow Bob and the Rakes, and Football in the Groin (which is MY personal favourite scene, ever). And any line that Willy says, is the best.
Defender of Microsoft and Communism!!!
...has said that 3F22 "You Only Move Twice" is one of the best.
It is certainly one of my favorites.
Death of James Bond, Marge drinking binge, Great quotes as well...
Hank Scorpio: "Did you ever see someone say goodbye to a shoe?"
Homer: "Heh Yes, once"
Homer: "Aww, the Denver Broncos."
Marge: "I think owning the Denver Broncos would be pretty good."
Homer: "Hmph"
Marge: "Well explain why it isn't?"
Homer: "You just don't understand football..."
And, of course...
UN 1: "Oh my God, the 79th street bridge"
UN 2: "Maybe it just collapsed on its own"
UN 1: "We can't take that chance"
UN 2: "You always say that. I want to take a chance"
Hank Scorpio: "Collapsed on its own!! You shmuck. You have 72 hours."
And many many more...
Then again, "A Weekend At Burnsies" was great as well.
Too many to choose from.
-dave-
I'm going through the Season Two Dvds, and this is really where the show was classic. Bart the Daredevil should've been nearer the top. It's the quintessential Simpsons episode: great multi-branched plot, great family dynamic, great non-sequiturs and side-gags, and one of the best visual gags ever. Oh, and Truckasaurus.
Of course, that was also when the Simpsons still had real heart. Nowadays, it's just Homer's (often mean-spirited) buffoonery with some strained celbrity cameos and/or travel to exotic places as a plot device. If one more episode starts with, "The Simpsons are going to..."
The last season had some truly great episodes, such as the Prisoner and Run Lola Run parodies, but this season, I have yet to watch a single episode twice. I hate to hear myself say it, but I think the show's just run out.
Still, they had an incredible run, and for over ten years, they were the only TV that I kept up with besides the news. That's saying alot.
THE GOOD HUMOR MAN CAN ONLY BE PUSHED SO FAR
Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 2F18
is that Bart does all his own stunts.
Anybody want a peanut?
My personal fav. The best one-liners and such. I don't even need to go into detail to describe it.
Ding dong, the witch is dead.
Legend of the Dog-faced woman.
Two more feet and I can fit it in the fridge.
Suggestion noted.
Marge, I want to be alone with the sandwich.
You're not going to eat it, are you?
[pause] Yes.
Aww, how can I stay mad at you?
Thank you, doctor.
Oh, I'm not a doctor.
Homercles cares not for beans.
JubJub
"...I felt this incredible surge of power...like God must feel when he's holding a gun."
I drank what? -- Socrates
Am I the only one that enjoyed this episode.
There are so many funny bits.
Homer : No burning leaves without a permit
Guy burning leaves : But I've got a permit
Homer : Too late
The bit where the guns go off
Lenny: Someone Else
Abe : See old people arent useless after all
ha haha
Mo : Shut Up
Abe : Ive had my moment
Homer : I need to go home now to sleep
Wiggum : I too wil go home now for sleep also
Nelson (phone call):Stamp collection ha ha
Wiggum : Dig Up stupid!
I have always thought the vegetarian episode with the Paul & Linda Mccartney Cameo at the end (Don't know title) was the funniest episode ever, and was suprised not to see it in the list. The flying pig and Apu singing "Maybe I'm amazed" were classic.
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people
I think some of the newer episodes have gotten a bum rap they don't deserve just because most people think the show has passed its golden age. Some of the more recent ones I've really enjoyed (sorry, I don't keep up with episode titles):
The spring break ep. where they go to Florida. The waitress at the diner they hide out in is great. Also, in the non-syndicated version of the show the part where their car is stuck on the front of the train is a lot longer.
Homer: "Why isn't my baby gaining weight?"
Shrink: "Because it's made of plastic."
Homer: "I see..."
(I don't know why that exchange makes me laugh so hard, but it does)
The ep. with The Who and the changing area codes. Homer's got written on his hand "Lenny = White, Carl = Black" and he consults it before talking to them. Plus there's the whole exchange with the badger, which is sadly somewhat shortened in the syndicated version of the show but has to be one of the funnier moments on TV period.
Phoney McRingRing: "You're not stupider than a monkey, are you?"
Chief Wiggum: "Um.. how big of a monkey?"
Bart: "Dad, use the chlorophorm...!"
Homer (to bodyguard): "I'll give you this bottle of chlorophorm if you take us to see The Who."
There have been a few other gems in the past couple years I can't recall at the moment. While it's true the show isn't the guaranteed winner that it used to be it's still far and away the best show on television. I'll be parked on the couch every Sunday evening for as long as they keep making it.
Game... blouses.
That's got to be one of the best episode (#166)... especially for those who grew up to Mary Poppins and the Sound of Music.
They originally wanted Julie Andrews to do the voice... that would've made it even more interesting.
I have to say that this isn't really true...in the early years especially Bart was portrayed as a bad kid with a good heart...episodes Bart Gets and F and Bart vs. Thanksgiving are good examples of this.
I detest the Simpsons. Used to be good, now they just want attention. Fuck em. I'd rather watch old Seinfeld reruns anyday.
... That's the American way!"
Meh.
"What is that?"
M. E. H. Meh.
One of us...one of us...
hehe
...but I cant resist. How could they leave out the Frank Grimes episode? Oh man that had me laughing from start to finish. Some articles have pointed to this episode as the "beginning of the end". The point in time that Homer officially becomes a total boob. Today's survey has a reference to Grimey. That one was a gem.
Sorry folks, just needed to get your attention.
Professor Frink...this guy should get more apperances in the future! The best episode is where he is analyzing the secret ingredient to a flaming moe.... Frink: Brace yourselves gentlemen. According to the gas chromatograph, the secret ingredient is... Love!? Who's been screwing with the machine!?
"I assure you the thought never even crossed my mind, lord."
"Indeed? Then if I were you I'd sue my face for slander."
-- Terry Pratchett, "The Colour of Magic"
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