“Hurry, Moe, hurry! I’ve only got five minutes until the music store closes.” – Homer Simpson
“Well, why don’t you go there first?” – Moe
“Hey, do I tell you how to do your job?” – Homer Simpson
“Sorry, Homer.” – Moe
“You know, if you tip the glass there won’t be so much foam on top.” – Homer Simpson
“Sorry, Homer.” – Moe
Happy birthday Mike Reiss!
One of my favorite Mike Reiss quotes: “People have told me that I look like Moe, and I happen to know that Moe was based on a gorilla.”
Here’s a perfectly fit example of a good Moe episode, where he is neither a ruthless jerk, nor a sensitive pansy. Plus it features the whole Homer vs Lisa plot thing where, if I remember correctly, it ends with him trying to prove her fathership to her. I mean, what else could we possible ask? How else fucked up to we need it to be? None. Just that. Just family relationships.
Whatever I saw last Sunday was like a bad frat college prank parody of it, which isn’t even intended to be funny. It’s just a wad of monotone substance they absolutely need to fill their Sunday 8 PM time slot because… “Hey! Stop asking questions!”
Sigh indeed.