“Hey, Homer, you busy?” – Lenny “Yes.” – Homer Simpson I used to do these with more preparation, but it’s Saturday, I’m sick and tired of being responsible, and my fridge has a lot of beer in it. May the Lord bless and keep the VLC random play function… The Last Temptation of Homer – Bart’s parking line prank is one of his best. Especially since the punchline is the psychological frailty of the faculty. – Look how bored Burns is when Charlie describes the fake emergency exit. He’s not even mad yet, and he’s always kinda mad. – That…
Category: Living Life to Its Fullest
Season 8 Marathon: 9h:31m:19s
“Listen, rummy, I’m going to say it plain and simple: where’d you pinch the hooch? Is some blind tiger jerking suds on the side?” – Rex Banner “Yes?” – Barney Gumble Good morning and welcome to the Season 8 Simpsons-Beer Marathon. Thanks to everyone who voted, because I do love me some Season 8 and this is going to be a lot of fun. As with previous marathons, I’ll be pausing or reversing a little to get a quote right or take a screen grab, but I won’t be touching the fast-forward button, even for credits and openings. This is…
Idiot to Damage Perfectly Good Liver For Your Amusement Again [Updated Thursday]
“I just got a bunch of fruity Easter eggs.” – Kearney “Eww, another liver transplant!” – Dolph “Oh, no, not again! . . . You’re not getting away that easy, little fella.” – Barney Gumble It’s been almost a year since the last time I sat down for an extended Simpsons-Beer marathon, and it’s about time I did so again. Having already done every Season through 7, it’s time I got to the last two single digit Seasons: 8 and 9. As we’ve done in the past, there is now a poll in the sidebar at right so you can…
Season 7 Marathon: 25 Episodes, 25 beers, 9h:32m:18s
“Anyway, get ready beer belly, we’re gonna show Springfield what we’re made of!” – Homer Simpson Good morning and welcome to the seventh and final Simpsons-Beer Marathon. Today I get to spend my whole Saturday watching Season 7, and it is going to be awesome. As with previous marathons, I will be using the pause and reverse buttons to get a quote down or take a screen grab, but the fast-forward button is strictly verboten. Since I was way too drunk by the end of the Season 6 marathon (I blame Dave) to comment intelligently on “Who Shot Mr. Burns?”,…
Reading Digest: End of an Era Edition
“We used to have a bus. In a way, the Sixties ended the day we sold it, December 31st, 1969.” – Munchie Before we get to today’s links, a brief site announcement: — Season 24 starts on Sunday. There is no reason to expect that it will be any different than Seasons 23, 22, 21 or any other Zombie Simpsons run. In just the first episode, they’re spamming retread celebrity guests, getting Bart romantically involved yet again, and having the Simpson family take a trip to a place they’ve already been. You couldn’t design a more stereotypically pathetic episode if…
Season 2 Marathon: 22 Episodes, 22 Beers, 8h:23m:51s
“I can’t think of a better place to spend a balmy summer’s night than the old ball yard. There’s just the green grass of the outfield, the crushed brick of the infield, and the white chalk lines that divide the man from the little boy.” – Lisa Simpson “Lisa, honey, you’re forgetting the beer. It comes in seventy-two ounce tubs here.” – Homer Simpson Good morning and welcome to the sixth Simpsons-Beer Marathon. Today we’re doing Season 2. As with previous efforts, I will make use of the pause and reverse buttons to get a quote right or take a…
Strange New Places
“And where’s Barney?” – Homer Simpson “Oh, he’s with his new girlfriend, the Japanese conceptual artist.” – Principal Skinner “Barbershop is in danger of growing stale. I’m taking it to strange new places.” – Barney Gumble In the interest of not burying the lead: mocking Season 23 has been fun, but it’s also the last time we’re going to go full tilt for a new Zombie Simpsons season around here. Don’t worry, we’re not taking the site down or anything; in fact, for the next few months you shouldn’t notice much difference. Quotes of the Day will continue as normal,…
Season 1 Marathon: 13 Episodes, 13 Beers, 4h:59m:07s
“Beer. Now there’s a temporary solution.” – Homer Simpson Good morning and welcome to a special, unannounced, Simpsons Day Beer-Simpsons marathon! For the last two years I’ve been stuck at work on Simpsons Day. That resulted in a lot of YouTube and regular posts. Of those, the 1989 Groening interview on Letterman is probably my favorite. He’s wretchedly adorable in his nervous, pre-fame earnestness. (The embedding’s been disabled in the two years since I posted it, but you can click through to YouTube to see it.) For Simpsons Day this year my butt is planted right where it belongs: squarely…
Season 3 Marathon: 24 Episodes, 24 Beers, 9h:12m:06s
“Marge, I’ve figured out an alternative to giving up my beer. Basically, we become a family of traveling acrobats.” – Homer Simpson “I don’t think you’ve thought this through.” – Marge Simpson Good morning everyone, and welcome to the Season 3 Simpsons-Beer marathon! Season 7 tightened the gap a little yesterday afternoon, and had been ahead earlier in the week, but Season 3 stayed on top of the poll, and so Season 3 it shall be. Just like the previous marathons, I’m not above using the pause and reverse buttons to get a quote or a screen shot, but there…
Idiot to Drunkenly Watch Teevee Again
“Do you ever drink to escape from reality?” – Marge Simpson Ladies and gentlemen, we made it. Season 22 is over, and the only confirmed casualties were humor, plot and enjoyable comedy. In celebration, I’ll be undertaking another Simpsons-beer marathon this Saturday, the 28th of May. For those who’ve found this blog since the last time I did this, the basic concept is that, starting at about 8:00am Eastern Time (US), I’m going to watch an entire season of The Simpsons and drink one beer per episode. I’ll post running updates after each episode finishes, (a more detailed description can…
Season 4 Marathon: 22 Episode, 22 Beers, 8h:25m:44s
“Well, well, look who it is. Mister ‘I don’t need alcohol to enjoy life’.” – Moe Good morning everyone and welcome to the third Simpsons-Beer marathon! The mob has spoken and has acclaimed Season 4 as its champion. I am looking forward, at 2:30ish this afternoon, to watching Homer struggle with his drinking problem after I’ve downed 16 beers alone. Click here for an explanation of how this all works, and let’s get started. Beer and Simpsons, hurrah! 1. Kamp Krusty It was years after I first saw this episode that I got Bart’s 36-24-36 locker combination joke. Homer is…
Idiot to Again Set Bad Example for the Children
“It’s my dad, lying there on the couch, drinking a beer, staring at the TV. I’ve never seen him like that.” – Bart Simpson It turns out I have nothing to do this Saturday other than celebrate Mole Day. It also turns out that it’s been five months since I set aside some time for a serious day of drinking and Simpsons watching. That means I can celebrate Mole Day by conducting one of my favorite bio-chemistry experiments: my liver, brain and blood oxygen levels versus my old friend ethanol in another Simpsons-Beer Marathon. As with the previous two times…
Season 6 Marathon: 26 episodes, 26 beers, 9h:49m:50s
“Hey, give me one of those famous giant beers I heard so much about.” – Homer Simpson “Something wrong, Yank?” – Barkeep “No, it’s pretty big, I guess.” – Homer Simpson Welcome to the second Simpsons/Beer Marathon! The people have spoken and this time around it’s Season 6. Yeah, I know, Season 6 has only 25 episodes, but it ends with “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” and it’s impossible to watch one without wanting to watch the other. Besides, I like beer. Click here for an explanation of what this post is and how it works. Otherwise, let’s get started.…
Idiot to Continue Poisoning Liver with Simpsons Episodes
“Asleep at the switch! I wasn’t asleep, I was drunk!” – Homer Simpson Counting last night’s, there’s been a new Zombie Simpsons for five consecutive weeks. There are two more weeks to go before the season ends. It’s the longest streak of new episodes since I started watching Zombie Simpsons when we began this blog last year, and it’s getting to me. Fortunately, there’s a sure fire pick me up. It’s time for another Simpsons-Beer marathon. Just like last time I’ve put a poll at right. Since I already did Season 5, I’ve replaced it in the poll with Season…
Season 5 Marathon: 22 episodes, 22 beers, 8h:24m:50s
Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user rodricg. “Daddy has to go to a beer drinking contest today.” – Homer Simpson “Think you’ll win?” – Bart Simpson “Son, when you participate in sporting events it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how drunk you get.” – Homer Simpson “Gotcha.” – Bart Simpson Good morning everybody and welcome to the Simpsons/Beer marathon! I’m planning on updating this whenever the hell I feel like it (the idea of adhering to a schedule on this most relaxing of Saturdays makes me nauseous). I might do six updates for three hundred…
Voting Reminder
“I didn’t vote, voting’s for geeks.” – Nelson Muntz You’ve got a little less than a day and a half to vote in our drinking/Simpsons marathon poll. As of right now Season 5 is leading Season 3 by just one vote. Remember, if you’re not sure which episodes are in which seasons you can check out epguides for a complete list or SNPP for season by season breakdowns with descriptions. The poll will be open until midnight tomorrow US Eastern time (0500 Saturday 6 March GMT).
Idiot to Enjoy Simpsons/Beer Marathon (Updated)
“My English is not perfect, but I have to tell you, your beer is like swill to us. Do I have that right? I am saying that only a swine would drink this beer.” – Fritz “Yeah, but thank you anyway.” – Hans The Olympics are over, the new football season is still six months away, and nothing really pops out at me from my Netflix list. But I need something to feed my television addled mind this weekend so I have decided to revisit one of my favorite customs, one I mentioned a few weeks ago. Step 1 –…