“Bart, I’m sorry I’m going to miss your public humiliation, but the Wolumbaloo Dirt Monument is just too exciting to pass up!” – Lisa Simpson This week we’ve got two art items from the Southern Hemisphere, an Australian art show and some excellent Argentine graffiti. There’s also a ton of usage, a good example of how not to invoke Sideshow Bob, and absolutely nothing about upcoming guest voices or episodes from Season 24. It’ll be here soon enough, no point in hastening it. ARThive: Artists wanted for THIS IS NOT BART : MONEY’S 2 TIGHT FOR STEAK – Last year’s…
Month: August 2012
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“Now, stay tuned for professional wrestling live from the Springfield grapplearium. Tonight, a Texas death match, Dr. Hillbilly versus the Iron Yuppie! One man will actually be unmasked and killed in the ring!” – Wrestling Announcer “I hope they kill that iron yuppie, thinks he’s so big.” – Homer Simpson
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“Keep the trial going, I’ll be right back.” – Bart Simpson “Your honor, I’d like to call all of my surprise witnesses again.” – Lionel Hutz
’Round Springfield Spews Truth
“Two hundred and fifty dollars? But I need that album to honor the memory of Bleeding Gums Murphy.” – Lisa Simpson “He’s dead? Well, why didn’t you say so?” – Comic Book Guy It doesn’t come up in individual statements, but when you listen to the commentary for this episode right after you listen to the commentary for “Alone Again Natura-Diddily”, the most striking thing is the absence of feeling the need to explain things. Instead of anyone getting defensive or saying something about, “no really, this was a good idea”, it’s all just trivia about the episode, the occasional…
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“Question: Is your name Ridley Scott or James Cameron?” – Comic Book Guy “No, it’s Homer.” – Homer Simpson “Then I will thank you to stop peering at my screenplay, Homer. And if I see a movie where computers threaten our personal liberties, I will know that you stole my idea.” – Comic Book Guy “I’m just waiting for my kid.” – Homer Simpson “Mental note, steal his idea.” – Homer’s Brain
Alone Again Natura-Diddily Makes Baby Jesus Cry
“But I distinctly heard you say that Maude was with God.” – Bart Simpson “Oh, that’s right, I was at Bible camp. I was learning how to be more judgmental.” – Maude Flanders Much like the commentary for the Jockey Elves episode, the commentary for the death of Maude Flanders mostly dances around the actual events on screen and their larger implications for the overall history and health of the show. Also like the commentary for the Jockey Elves, George Meyer is here quietly commenting on things without doing any of the stammering defense/non-defense of the indefensible crap that’s occurring…
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“The start of the game will be delayed so we can introduce the recruiter for the Springfield Communist Party.” – Baseball Announcer “Boo!” – Crowd “This is better than dart day.” – Community Party Recruiter
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“Well, why did this have to happen now, during primetime, when TV’s brightest stars come out to shine?” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary “Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?”! Original airdate 27 August 1992.
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“Dad, I agree that Bart should be punished, but the Itchy and Scratchy movie is the defining event of our generation. How would you have liked it if someone told you that you couldn’t watch the moon landing?” – Lisa Simpson “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong “Yummy yummy yummy I got love in my tummy and I feel like loving you.” – Homer Simpson
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“Chief Wiggum, you honor us with your presence.” – Fat Tony “Baloney! I’m not going to rest until one of us is behind bars . . . you.” – Chief Wiggum
Reading Digest: New Stuff on the Road Edition
“I’d like to order a wake up call, please . . . three am . . . uh, for every room except this one . . . that’s right. Good night. Always love trying out new material on the road.” – Bart Simpson This week we’ve got three links to brand new Simpsons graffiti in foreign countries (and only one of them is Canadian). There’s also a British newspaper that agrees with us, two kickass YouTube videos of Simpsons music, the rarely seen poor usage, and a never before published Bill Oakley interview from England, which you should probably read…
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“Lisa, will you keep it down? I’m making a crank phone call to Principal Skinner.” – Bart Simpson “Well, as a matter of fact, my refrigerator wasn’t running. You spared me quite a bit of spoilage. Thank you anonymous young man.” – Principal Skinner “D’oh!” – Bart Simpson
Compare & Contrast: Hey There, Handsome
“Attention, Homer Simpson, you have been promoted. You are now an executive. Take three minutes to say goodbye to your former friends and report to room 503 for reassignment to a better life.” – Mr. Smithers Even in the freewheeling world of animation, where it’s just as easy to send Homer to space as it is to send him to the supermarket, every character on screen has a few well established traits that make them who they are. Burns is evil; Bart is a troublemaker; Barney is a drunk, etcetera. Messing with those traits, like having Burns try not to…
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“On this spot Richard Nixon bowled back to back 300 games.” – Bart Simpson “Yeah, right.” – Homer Simpson
Crazy Noises: Pygmoelian
“First, we must install buttocks.” – Plastic Surgeon “Nah, nah, nah, no luxury items, just the face.” – Moe “Okay, I’m gonna move this up . . . this, wider . . . I’m gonna lose that . . . I’ve never even seen one of these.” – Plastic Surgeon 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…
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“Ugh, this high speed modem is intolerably slow. Hey, what the, huh, the Internet King? I wonder if he can provide faster nudity.” – Comic Book Guy
Crazy Noises: Missionary Impossible
“Oh, save me, Jebus!” – Homer Simpson 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 1999, and we want to discuss these episodes the way the internet intended, we’re sticking with the UTF-8 world of chat rooms and instant messaging. This text has been…
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“Mr. Burns, I think he’s dead.” – Mr. Smithers “Oh, dear, send a ham to his widow.” – C.M. Burns “Mmm, ham.” – Ghost of Homer “No, wait, he’s alive!” – Mr. Smithers “Oh, good, cancel the ham.” – C.M. Burns “D’oh!” – Homer Simpson [Whoops, mis-scheduled this one.]
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“People! People! This man has actually been in outer space!” – Agent “Ha! Nobody cares.” – Mrs. Krabappel “This is one small step towards firing your ass!” – Neil Armstrong
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“You accuse me of everything around here! Who put slippers in the dishwasher? Who threw a cane at the TV? Who fell into the china hutch?” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson