“I would say something comforting, but, you know, my voice.” – Jacqueline Bouvier “Bart vs. Thanksgiving” was originally broadcast twenty-five Thanksgivings ago (22 Nov 1990, to be exact). It’s the first episode written by George Meyer (just the 20th episode overall, and the 7th of Season 2), and it’s a great showcase of just how quickly the show began firing on all cylinders. The Thanksgiving episode has everything from blink-and-you’ll-miss-them background gags to gleefully cruel satire of sacred American institutions and self mocking meta-jokes. Underlying everything is the show’s cardinal grace: a family that loves each other even while they…
Day: November 26, 2015
Quote of the Day
“Look at that hunk of junk.” – Bart Simpson “You’re ignorant! That’s the Wright Brothers’ plane! At Kitty Hawk in 1903, Charles Lindbergh flew it fifteen miles on a thimbleful of corn oil! Single handedly won us the Civil War, it did.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “So, how do you know so much about American history?” – Bart Simpson “I pieced it together, mostly from sugar packets.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary to “Sideshow Bob’s Last Gleaming”! Original airdate 26 November 1995.