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Homer Becomes Omar
geekster writes "With Omar as Homer, and Badr substituted for Bart, The Simpsons is now playing on Arab television.
But in order not to risk offending an Arab audience, the characters in Al Shamshoon, as the show is now called, have modified some of their most distinguishable traits." And you thought internationalization was hard for software!
[comic book guy voice]Worst...Adaptation...EVER![/comic book guy voice]
Come on, you all were thinking it, Homer without the H or beer or hot dogs or bacon- eeeew.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
D'oh has now been changed to lâ ilâha illâ allâh
The also must be asking what evil people use nuclear power instead of that delicious arab oil! Is the nuclear power plant digitally edited into a oil refinery?
is going to ge the character with dynamite strapped to his chest?
So instead of Apu the Quik-E Mart guy you have... Joe... The Scumy cashier at the Adult Bookstore... Omar : Yes I'd like some lube, gay porn magazines, vibrating finger rings, Goatse DVD 2 and some Illegal fireworks.. Joe : Sir, we don't have any fucking illegal fireworks... *whispers* right this way... */whispers*
mmmmmmm, Jihad!
This is my opinion. To make sure you don't steal it, it's covered by the DMCA.
What will Apu sound like now? Like Homer?
Lisa is stoned to death when Badr steals her burka while playing in a park and Omar is pummeled when he is found with contraband spare ribs and a copy of Maxim
http://www.extremefunnyhumor.com/fun_singhsons.htm
-Eric
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
That's why they're Homer -genizing it!
Vuja De: That sinking feeling that this is going to happen again. Often occurs in meetings with Product Managers.
some sort of cookie instead of a donut
For the record, it's a kahk.
He's a kahk-gobbler.
Omar al-Shamshoon loves the kahk.
Dare to Hope. Prepare to be Disappointed.
"Don't have a camel, man!"
Maybe Omar could be a suicide bomber? Then again, that would make for a short run.
"I wonder what local-arab irreverant humor is like? Any local-arabs have any insight?"
Schedueling a date with your 4th and 5th wives (or husbands?) on the same day by accident and then trying to meet both at the restaurant at the same time.
Attending a ritualistic circumcision but forgetting to praise alah 5 times.
You know the usual stuff.
Heh.
Rev. Lovejoy: The lesson is that all of God's children can come together and help their fellow man, whether they be (motions to Flanders) Christian, (motions to Krusty), Jewish, or (motions to Apu).....Miscellaneous!
Apu (annoyed): Hindu. HINDU! There are 600 million of us, you know.
Rev. Lovejoy: Oh, that's super!
Paraphrased, but you get the idea.
See, it's funny because he's an unsuccessful suicide bomber.
"Oh! Now I'll never get my 72 virgins..."
That wacky Omar! How will he screw it up this week?
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso
I, for one, welcome our new American overlords.
Okay, I'm sorry. That was insensitive and I should never have pressed the submit button.
One I can think of is Homer getting into the fights with George Bush Senior
anyone think of any others?
- My question is: Can Slashdot be Slashdotted? -
Look, I know we don't have a "Racist" moderation option, but it turns out that "Funny" is not a close enough approximation.
The problem with a watered-down Simpsons is that the subversive nature of the show is the only thing that makes it worth watching.
It's (some would say deliberately) poorly drawn, cheaply animated, and while the voice cast is now famous, they used to be relative nobodys (with maybe one exception). The story arc is your basic sitcom family living a basic life. The subversive twists are what make it funny.
I think they ought to leave the shows exactly as they are. They would give foreign audiences a pretty good idea of what life is like over here.
Plus, it would be fun to watch Mall of America tourists look around for the "Leftorium."
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
I hear he's a master at it.
*rimshot*--
"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Then there's the episode where Badr digs a hole in the backyard....
Marge: I wonder why he's digging a hole.
Omar: He's probably looking for our weapons of mass destruction stash.
Marge: We don't have a weapons of mass destruction stash.
Omar: (Eyes shifting left and right) Uhhh, yeah...
Some see the vessel as half full; others see it as half-empty; We pour it out on the floor and laugh
You can touch a dog everywhere
:o)
Wow, that's well... progressive of them..
I thought it was only the Danish that did that.
Will Homer be wearing his Ayatolla Assaholla T-Shirt at all? Wonder how they'd react to that
Marge and Homer go through old things in the attic in preparation for the big sale.
Marge: Can we get rid of this Ayatollah T-shirt [it says: "Ayatolla Assaholla"]? Khomeini died years ago.
Homer: But, Marge! It works on any Ayatollah: Ayatollah Nakhbadeh, Ayatollah Zahedi... even as we speak, Ayatollah Razmada and his cadre of fanatics are consolidating their power.
from The Simpsons, "Two Bad Neighbors" (3F09)
airdate: 14-Jan-96
When the American 60's TV situation comedy "Hogan's Heroes" was finally able to be shown in Germany, there was the delicate issue of the various 'Heil Hitler' salutes done by the various Nazi officers. Delicate because this gesture is illegal (as I understand it) on television shows in the post-war German Republic.
So, (I'm been told) whenever anyone makes a stiff arm salute, the voice-over dubbing says "Look how high the corn grows!".
I wonder if young Germans ever insult their bosses and superiors by calling them 'corn growers' as an oblique reference to their acting like fascist assholes.