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“Oh, hello, Principal Skinner. . . . No, Bart has never been to Hong Kong, good night. . . . Hello? Tennessee State Police! . . . No, my son’s car was not crushed in Knoxville. I don’t know where to begin telling you what’s wrong with that. . . . Hello? No, Bart is not available tomorrow to deliver a human kidney to Amsterdam. . . . Homer, are you laughing at me?” – Marge Simpson

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“If you kids can’t keep your hands to yourself, I’m gonna turn this car around and there’ll be no Cape Canaveral for anybody! . . . That’s it! Back to Winnipeg!” – Irate Canadian Father

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“I must’ve spent our last ten dollars on this Al Gore doll.” – Martin Prince “You are hearing me talk.” – Al Gore Doll

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“Ever wondered how crackers get salted?” – Kirk van Houten “Have I! . . . Wow!” – Milhouse van Houten “Crackers, ho!” – Salt Dog Sled Team Guy

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“We’re having the best spring break of our lives, and we don’t need you around nerding it up.” – Bart Simpson “That job is taken.” – Milhouse van Houten Happy 20th Anniversary to “Bart on the Road”! Original airdate 31 March, 1996.

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“Well, you sure don’t look twenty-five, but your unlaminated, out-of-state driver’s license is proof enough for me.” – Knoxville Bonded Courier Service Guy

Compare & Contrast: Lisa Goes to SNPP

“Lisa, you’ll have a fine time at the plant with Dad.  You’ve been interested in nuclear power for years.” – Marge Simpson “I’ve signed numerous petitions to shut down that plant!” – Lisa Simpson “Well, there you go.” – Marge Simpson Per Wikipedia, Take Your Daughter to Work Day started in 1993, but: The program was officially expanded in 2003 to include boys; however, most companies that participated in the program had, since the beginning, allowed both boys and girls to participate, usually renaming it “Take Our Children to Work Day” or an equivalent.[5] In 1996, The Simpsons invoked it as…

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“Bart, can we pick up that hitchhiker?” – Milhouse van Houten “I don’t see why not.” – Bart Simpson “Bart, can we stop for ice cream?” – Hitchhiker “Yes.” – Bart Simpson “Well, I didn’t think I was rehabilitated, but I guess they needed the extra bed.” – Hitchhiker

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“This is a map of nuclear sites around the country.  As a safety inspector, I’m responsible for changing most of these light bulbs.” – Homer Simpson “Why are there so many burnt out ones?” – Lisa Simpson “Cause they won’t hire an assistant.” – Homer Simpson

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“Andy Williams!” – Nelson Muntz “Oh, we don’t need to stop here.” – Bart Simpson “Yes we do.” – Nelson Muntz “My huckleberry friend, moon river and me.” – Andy Williams “Wow!  I didn’t think he was gonna do Moon River, but then, bam, second encore!” – Nelson Muntz

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“Donut?” – Homer Simpson“No, thanks.  Do you have any fruit?” – Lisa Simpson“This has purple stuff inside.  Purple is a fruit.” – Homer Simpson

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“Okay, one more step, I’ve just got to go laminate your license.  You’ll get it in two to three weeks.” – Selma Bouvier “Hot damn!  No more sittin’ in the dirt at the drive in.” – Cletus

Compare & Contrast: Branson Sign Jokes

A while back I linked to this post by our friend Friz about how the Simpsons has fallen apart.  (For another example in his series, click here to see the decline in relevance of Itchy & Scratchy.)  What he did was compare background gags from “Bart’s Dog Gets an F” and some piece of shit from Season 16.  Long story short, in “Bart Gets an F” a joke might be on screen for only a fraction of a second.  In Season 16, things are left on screen for a long time and Homer even breaks the fourth wall by asking…

“The Old Man and the Key” Makes Baby Jesus Cry

“What is this place?” – Nelson Muntz “Branson, Missouri. My Dad says it’s like Vegas, if it were run by Ned Flanders.” – Bart Simpson This episode has a lot of problems, most glaringly the heavy dependence on referencing pop culture, going so far as to have a truly dizzying array of guest voices all playing themselves. But that wackiness comes only at the end, by that point the episode has devolved into a nonsensical series of set pieces that have almost nothing to do with the fact that it slowly becomes a travel episode about Branson, Missouri. (Nevermind that…