“Well, uh, I wish the candy machine wasn’t so picky about taking beat up dollar bills . . . because a lot of workers really like candy.” – Homer Simpson “We understand, Homer. After all, we are from the land of chocolate.” – Horst “Mmm, the Land of Chocolate.” – Homer Simpson There’s little doubt that “The Principal and the Pauper” is the most infamous episode in the history of the show, in no small part because it was one of the first episodes that was basically 100% boring. Prior to Armin Tamzarian blazing his way into the history of…
Month: July 2012
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“Burns never gives money to anybody. Just last week I asked him for fifteen hundred dollars.” – Homer Simpson “For what?” – Marge Simpson “Oh, I gotta get the third degree from you too?” – Homer Simpson
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“Abe, tell ’em about your amazing life.” – Roger Meyers Jr. “I spent forty years as a night watchman at a cranberry silo.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “Wow!” – Roger Meyers Jr.
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“Okay, folks, show’s over. Nothing to see here, show’s – oh my God, a horrible plane crash! Hey everybody, get a load of this flaming wreckage! Come on, crowd around. Crowd around, don’t be shy, crowd around.” – Chief Wiggum
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“This may take awhile, Smithers. Why don’t you get drunk and stumble around comically for my amusement?” – C.M. Burns “I’ll be a one man conga line.” – Mr. Smithers
Reading Digest: The Content Low of High Summer Edition
“And so, Springfield’s heatwave continues. With today’s temperature exceeding the record for this date, set way back four billion years ago when the Earth was just a ball of molten lava.” – Kent Brockman It may be the summer doldrums, it may be something else, but it’s a short Reading Digest this week (and my apologies to the several of you who’ve e-mailed in and to whom I’ve not responded; been that kind of week). We do have an inordinate number of 10s this week though, a couple of lists and three entries from our old friend Galileo’s “In 10…
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“I am called Ham, since I enjoy ham radio. This is E-mail, Cosine, Report Card, Database, and Lisa.” – Ham
Crazy Noises: The Mansion Family
“You won a Grammy.” – Lisa Simpson “I mean an award that’s worth winning.” – Homer Simpson “LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Mr. Simpson’s opinions do not reflect those of the producers, who don’t consider the Grammy an award at all.” – Subtitle Crawl For the fourth summer in a row, we here at the Dead Homer Society will be spending some time discussing twelve year old Simpsons episodes. This year we’re doing Season 11. Why Season 11? Because we’ve done Seasons 8, 9 and 10 already, and it’s time to take an unflinching look at the end of the show. Since Skype…
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“They won’t stop me from delivering these UNICEF pennies . . . Go, pennies! Help the puny children who need you.” – McBain
Crazy Noises: Faith Off
“You’re playing days are over, my friend. But you can always fall back on your degree in Communications! Oh, dear Lord.” – Dr. Hibbert “I know. Is phony major. Lubchenko learn nothing! Nothing!” – Anton Lubchenko For the fourth summer in a row, we here at the Dead Homer Society will be spending some time discussing twelve year old Simpsons episodes. This year we’re doing Season 11. Why Season 11? Because we’ve done Seasons 8, 9 and 10 already, and it’s time to take an unflinching look at the end of the show. Since Skype and podcasts didn’t exist in…
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“How much did you see?” – Lyle Lanley “Uh, nothing incriminating.” – Marge Simpson “Good.” – Lyle Lanley
Compare & Contrast: Hibbert’s Examples
“I won’t even subject you to the horrors of our Three Stooges ward.” – Dr. Hibbert [Note: Crazy Noises for “Faith Off” and “The Mansion Family” will be along on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.] It’s not exactly news that the show increasingly relied on weird, hyperactive nonsense as it flew apart at the seams and became Zombie Simpsons. The world of Springfield, which originally had been a recognizable if exaggerated stand in for real life, increasingly became the kind of stylized pseudo-reality where actions didn’t really have consequences and physical realities change from scene to scene. The simplest way to…
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“Hey, kids, how was school?” – Homer Simpson “I learned how many drams in a pennyweight.” – Lisa Simpson “I got expelled.” – Bart Simpson “That’s my boy!” – Homer Simpson
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“How much do you want?” – C.M. Burns “A million dollars and three Hawaiian islands, good ones, not the leper ones.” – Homer Simpson
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“I’d like to see your finest RV. Do you have something that’s better than the Land Behemoth?” – Homer Simpson “Yes, we do. That would be the Ultimate Behemoth.” – Cowboy Bob “Where is it?” – Homer Simpson “You are standing in its presence. Behold! Isn’t she, look at this thing, this is, can you, man built this. It’s a vehicle.” – Cowboy Bob Happy birthday Albert Brooks!
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“Perhaps we are all a little mad, we who don the cap and bells and tread beneath the presidium arch, but tonight you will all be transformed from dead eyed suburbanites into white hot grease fires of pure entertainment! . . . Except you, you’re not working out. I’ll be playing your part.” – Llewellyn Sinclair “Drag.” – Otto Happy birthday Jon Lovitz!
Reading Digest: Longest Daycare Wrap-Up Edition
“And baby Gerald, we can’t help but wonder what mischief you’ll get into next.” – Mayor Quimby We’ve got a few final links to Maggie’s star turn this week, including a couple of pictures of her as silent film stars of yesteryear. In addition to that we’ve got a couple of home made Simpsons costumes (one for fun, one for opposing the Syrian government), some excellent usage, a couple of people who agree with us, and a lone, dutiful mention of the Olympics. Enjoy. [Note: I’ve added our spinoff site to the links at right. The Batman 7 review will…
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(Image credits: Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, Eartha Kitt, Michelle Pfeiffer, Anne Hathaway) “Hey, kids, Batman!” – Homer Simpson “Dad, that’s not the real Batman.” – Lisa Simpson “Of course I’m Batman. See, here’s a picture of me with Robin.” – Adam West “Who the hell’s Robin?” – Bart Simpson “Oh, I guess you’re only familiar with the new Batman movies. Michelle Pfeiffer? Ha. The only true Catwoman is Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, or Eartha Kitt. And I didn’t need molded plastic to improve my physique, pure West. And how come…
Compare & Contrast: Children Perform for Burns
“Ow!” – Bart Simpson “Excellent.” – C.M. Burns To say that the evil and charismatic Mr. Burns enjoys having people perform for him is something of an understatement. This is a man who has crippled an Irishman for his own amusement and tied a bundle of cash to a string to taunt an eight-year-old girl. He kidnapped Tom Jones and made him sing while shackled to the stage. The Burns we all know and love to hate likes to see people squirm under duress, preferably duress that he’s causing. You can see this trait in spades in “Burns’ Heir”. In…
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