“This is my cause! I’m like the man who singlehandedly built the rocket and went to the moon. What was his name, Apollo Creed?” – Homer Simpson
Month: February 2013
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“Nine hundred dollary-dos? Tobias! Did you accept a six hour collect call from the States?” – Bruno Drundridge “It was an emergency call from the international drainage commission in Springfield.” – Tobias Drundridge “Oh my God! There’s nothing wrong with the bidet, is there?” – Bruno Drundridge Happy birthday Bill Oakley!
Permanent Record: Jimbo Jones
“That one looks like a school bus going over a cliff in flames with kids inside screaming.” – Jimbo Jones Like any other organization or group of people, a school has a natural hierarchy. The adults are separate from the kids, obviously, but even within groups there are levels and layers. For the adults there are staff and faculty, for the students there are grades, gender, circles of friends and lots of other ways the students sort themselves out. One of the things that made Springfield Elementary so compelling and recognizable as a place, even though it’s fictional and inhabited…
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“Take it all, get it all out of here!” – Moe “You know, Moe, you might want to keep the fire extinguishers.” – Barney “Nah, too many bad memories.” – Moe
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“Well, that’s my story. And if you still want to tear apart this young Sunday school student as he stands on the brink of salvation, I await your wrath.” – Bart Simpson “Aww.” – Crowd “Somehow I don’t feel like killing anymore.” – Krusty the Klown “Neither do I.” – Mrs. Krabappel
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William Dawes (left) and Samuel Otis (right), images yoinked from respective Wikipedia articles. “You know, some historians consider Jebediah Springfield a minor patriot. But I think you’ll fine he’s easily the equal of William Dawes or even Samuel Otis.” – Hollis Hurlbut
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“Finally a little quiet time to read some of my old favorites. Honey roasted peanuts: ingredients: salt, artificial honey roasting agents, pressed peanut sweepings . . . mmmm.” – Homer Simpson
Reading Digest: Foreign Art Edition
“This will be the art event of the century! The greatest masterpiece of Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo’s David, on a coast-to-coast tour, United States.” – Italian Art Guy “Sir, which cities will be included in your itinerary?” – Reporter “Ah, New York, Springfield, and if we have time, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles.” – Italian Art Guy This week we have four(!) outstanding pieces of serious Simpsons art from a bunch of foreigners. There’s a Canadian, a Frenchman, Brits, and one that I think is Brazilian, but I couldn’t tell for sure, and all of them are excellent and click worthy. There’s…
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“Here you go, one beer, one chocolate milk.” – Moe “Uh, excuse me, I had the chocolate milk.” – Lisa Simpson “Oh.” – Moe
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“Now, now, there’s no need to resort to violence.” – Dr. Hibbert “Aw, sure there is!” – Moe
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“Mr. Simpson, I think you’ll find this amount more than fair.” – Mr. Blackheart “Dad, I think he’s an ivory dealer. His boots are ivory, his hat is ivory, and I’m pretty sure that check is ivory.” – Lisa Simpson “Lisa, a guy who has lots of ivory is less likely to hurt Stampy than a guy whose ivory supplies are low.” – Homer Simpson
Permanent Record: Maggie Simpson
“The boys certainly are taking a long time. I hope Maggie isn’t slowing them up too much.” – Marge Simpson For reasons of television necessity the Simpson family has always been an adventurous lot. But while Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa can easily go out into the world and get into and out of trouble, little Maggie is limited by the fact that she can’t talk and can barely walk. But while those limitations usually see her shuffled off to the side, the show also gives strong hints that she is the smartest and toughest of them all. “The Call…
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“Good news, boy, I found a pharmacy that carries leeches. Well, it wasn’t exactly a pharmacy, more of a bait shop.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Well, beer, we’ve had some great times . . . When I was seventeen, I drank some very good beer. I drank some very good beer I purchased with a fake ID, My name was Brian McGee I stayed up listening to Queen When I was seventeen.” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th anniversary to “Duffless”! Original airdate: 18 February 1993.
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“Seems the Ultimate Behemoth is a wee bit out of your price range, and ‘wee bit’ is me being polite. You couldn’t afford this thing if you lived to be a million.” – Cowboy Bob
Sunday Preview: Hardly Kirk-ing
Bart and Milhouse explore the perks of being an adult when a shaving experiment leaves Milhouse looking exactly like his father, Kirk. Also, Marge desperately tries to save Maggie from the dangers of children’s television. Millhouse thinks it will be beneficial to pretend to be a failed cracker factory manager, and Marge is again crusading against television. Sounds like a rousing Sunday night.
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“You know, your father wanted to be a police man for a little while, but they said he was too heavy.” – Marge Simpson “No, the army said I was too heavy. The police said I was too dumb.” – Homer Simpson
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“Hey, you said we were going to Dairy Queen.” – Lisa Simpson “I lied. Now help me rummage through Bob’s trash for clues. Then I promise we’ll go to the water slide.” – Bart Simpson “Okay.” – Lisa Simpson
Reading Digest: Most Everyone Loves Maggie Edition
“Everybody get ready, here comes the birthday girl in her very first dress.” – Marge Simpson “Awww.” – Everybody “She’s a little angel.” – Patty Bouvier “Yeah, I want to put a hook in her and hang her from our Christmas tree.” – Selma Bouvier “What smells?” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “Uh-oh.” – Marge Simpson There were so many links about “The Longest Daycare” and the other award nominated animated shorts this week that I’ve set them aside in their own special VIP section. (I came across so many that I initially thought the ceremony was this Sunday, not next…
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“Cartoons don’t have messages, Lisa. They’re just a bunch of hilarious stuff, you know? Like people getting hurt and stuff, stuff like that-” – Bart Simpson Happy birthday Matt Groening!