“Perhaps there is no moral to this story.” – Lisa Simpson “Exactly, it’s just a bunch of stuff that happened.” – Homer Simpson About halfway through this commentary, Al Jean notes that the story of a mean letter to the boss had been previously done on The Honeymooners and was a kind of “sitcom staple”. He was saying it sort of defensively, like he’d heard it as a criticism that the episode hadn’t been that original. But parodying sitcom staples was a big part of what The Simpsons did, especially in Seasons 1 and 2. It wasn’t just plots either,…
Day: October 18, 2011
Quote of the Day
Image yoinked from IMDb. “That photo was taken shortly before I was shot in the back, which was very strange because it was during a Bob Hope show. I was trying to get Joey Heatherton to put on some pants for God’s sake!” – Seymour Skinner