“Cigarette, Mrs. McClure?” – Waiter “You bet! From now on, she’s smoking for two.” – Troy McClure Once upon a time, Selma married a famous guy for all the wrong reasons and it didn’t work out. Fifteen years later, Zombie Simpsons decided they hadn’t regurgitated that plot line recently, and did it again. I am speaking, of course, of “A Fish Called Selma” and “The Real Housewives of Fat Tony”. There are three specific scenes I want to compare: 1.) Meeting Mr. Wrong at the DMV 2.) Getting Hitched 3.) The Big Reveal (wherein it is revealed that this marriage…
Tag: A Fish Called Selma
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user istolethetv. “How come no Chippendales dancers ever come in to renew their licenses?” – Selma Bouvier “They carpool, that’s the problem.” – Patty Bouvier
Misguided Attention Whores Maul Zombie Simpsons; Also, Katy Perry Was There (Updated)
“Why’d they make that one Muppet out of leather?” – Bart Simpson Let me start by saying that I thought the first segment, while poorly executed in places, wasn’t terrible. It wasn’t without its problems, the montage* was pointless, the pacing was skewed, and the show-don’t-tell violation on the reindeer stew spoiled what could’ve been a great joke. But having Santa, in the person of Krusty no less, run his organization like a particularly inept and heartless multinational corporation (reminiscent of Futurama’s Santa), basically worked. There were some decent subtle gags (“Unionize” scrawled on the back of the bench, the…
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“That’s right boys! Troy’s back from the gutter and he’s brought someone with with him!” – Troy McClure
Troy McClure Tattoo Suggestions
“Can I play the piano anymore?” – Troy McClure as George Taylor “Of course you can!” – Dr. Zaius “Well I couldn’t before!” – Troy McClure as George Taylor We got an e-mail the other day from reader R H who is considering getting a Troy McClure tattoo. The current plan is to get Troy in “Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!” as you can see at right. The e-mail wanted to know if we had any better ideas for a good Troy McClure image. Obviously, Troy was in some memorable costumes over the years,…
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“Hi, I remember you from such film strips as ‘Locker Room Towel Fight: The Blinding of Larry Driscoll’.” – Lisa Simpson “You know, I was one of the first to speak out against horse play.” – Troy McClure
Doing Less with More
“Hi, I’m Troy McClure. You may remember me from such films as ‘The Greatest Story Ever Hulaed’ and ‘They Came to Burgle Carnegie Hall’.” – Troy McClure In three weeks there will be a Zombie Simpsons episode titled “The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed”. This is, obviously, a play on “The Greatest Story Ever Told”, the 1965 Charlton Heston movie about Jebus. It goes almost without saying that The Simpsons already did a pun on that movie, way back in Season 7 (“A Fish Called Selma”) when Troy McClure uttered the quote above. Let’s compare and contrast. The Simpsons took a…
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“Troy! Mac Parker. Ever hear of… Planet of the Apes?” – MacArthur Parker “Uh… the movie, or the planet?” – Troy McClure “The brand new, multimillion dollar musical. And you, are starring, as the human.” – MacArthur Parker “It’s the part I was born to play, baby!” – Troy McClure
“New Kids on the Blecch” Makes Baby Jesus Cry
“That took a lot of class.” – Troy McClure I had genuinely forgotten just how bad some of these Season 12 episodes are. I remember when this boy band episode was first broadcast, and I remember hating it, but I’d forgotten how painfully long it is. And I know it clocks in at the usual amount of time, but the third act of this one is terribly boring, even by the standards of Zombie Simpsons. There’s a concert on the ship, then it sails to New York, then they blow up the Mad Magazine building for some reason and it…
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“You’re asking me to live a lie, I don’t know if I can do that.” – Selma McClure “It’s remarkably easy!” – Troy McClure