“Homer, this is a terrible thing that’s happened. But we can’t blame ourselves.” – Marge Simpson“We can and will!” – Homer Simpson“Children need discipline! You can ask any syndicated advice columnist.” – Marge Simpson Happy birthday, George Meyer!
Tag: Bart vs. Thanksgiving
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“When is that boy going to apologize?” – Selma Bouvier “He sure is stubborn.” – Patty Bouvier “Homer was never stubborn. He always folded instantly over anything. It was as if he had no will of his own. Isn’t that true, Homer?” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “Yes, Dad.” – Homer Simpson
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“Bullwinkle’s antler sprung a leak.” – Homer Simpson “Uh-oh, looks like old Bullwinkle’s kinda got a taste of his own medicine.” – Bill “He certainly did, Bill.” – Marty “Wait, what did that mean? Did what I say make sense?” – Bill “Well, no, not really, Bill.” – Marty “Boy, now I know how the Pilgrims felt.” – Bill “What are you talking about, Bill?” – Marty
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“We’d like to thank you for the occasional moments of peace and love our family’s experienced, well, not today. You saw what happened! Oh, Lord, be honest: are we the most pathetic family in the universe or what?” – Homer Simpson “Amen.” – The Simpsons “Worst prayer yet.” – Selma Bouvier
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“Son, your family may be watching. Is there anything you’d like to say to them?” – Kent Brockman “Yes there is, Kent. Ha ha, I didn’t apologize!” – Bart Simpson Sam Simon would’ve been sixty-one today. Happy birthday.
The Simpsons vs. Thanksgiving
“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…
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“And the Silverdome, now ablaze with flashbulbs as Hooray for Everything leaves the field. Of course, a stadium’s much too big for flash pictures to work, but nobody seems to care!” – Football Announcer
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“Mr. Burns, this is Base Command. The intruder appears to be a young male, age nine to eleven.” – Guard “Release the hounds.” – C.M. Burns
Hooray for Simpsons Day!
“Who the hell is that?” – Bart Simpson “Bullwinkle.” – Homer Simpson “Who? . . . Wait a minute, who’s that?” – Bart Simpson “Underdog, don’t you know anything?” – Homer Simpson “Well, I know it wouldn’t hurt them to use some cartoons made in the last fifty years.” – Bart Simpson “Son, this is a tradition. If you start building a balloon for every flash in the pan cartoon character, you’ll turn the parade into a farce!” – Homer Simpson Happy Simpsons Day, everybody! As in previous years (this is the fifth since we started DHS), we’ll have a…
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“Mom, you made it! How are you?” – Marge Simpson “I have laryngitis and it hurts to talk, so I’ll just say one thing: you never do anything right.” – Jacqueline Bouvier
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“Ladies and gentlemen, Hooray for Everything invites you to join them in a salute to the greatest hemisphere on Earth: the Western Hemisphere!” – Radio Announcer
Silence Is Golden
“It’s your fault I can’t talk.” – Maggie Simpson Perhaps the only really interesting thing to come out of “Lisa Goes Gaga” was the surprise announcement at the end of “The Longest Daycare”, a 3D short that will be shown before Ice Age 4, starting on July 13th. (FOX has helpfully put the announcement on YouTube, should you wish to relive all ten seconds of it.) At present, everything the internet knows about this thing comes from the brief announcement itself and from a quickie interview Al Jean gave to ew.com. Literally every other story I saw about “The Longest…
Compare & Contrast: Bart’s Remorse
“Oh, yikes, what is that?” – Bart Simpson “It’s the centerpiece, Bart.” – Lisa Simpson “Well, it’s taking up valuable real estate.” – Bart Simpson As our friend Mike Amato has been plowing through all the old episodes, I’ve been wondering what he was going to say about “Marge Be Not Proud”. This week, I got to find out. He’s a lot more upbeat about the episode than I am, but what surprised me in reading his take was how little we actually disagreed. There really are a lot of good and excellent parts in this episode, and his long…
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“Now, before we sit down to our delicious turkey puree, I have some happy news. The following people have relatives who wish they could be here today: Antonovsky, Conroy, Falcone, Martin, Thorson, and Walsh . . . oh, and Mrs. Spencer, you too.” – Springfield Retirement Castle Guy “Oh, I knew they wouldn’t forget me.” – Mrs. Spencer
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“Listen guys, I was thinking, um, unless you feel weird about taking money from a kid, I thought maybe . . .” – Bart Simpson “I wouldn’t feel weird, would you?” – Bum #1 “No, I’m comfortable with it.” – Bum #2 Happy Birthday Greg Berg! (At least, I think it’s his birthday. It’s been removed from his Wikipedia page, but on the old revision it says December 14th.)
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“Ohh, what a hit!” – Gil #1 “Oh yeah, he’s out cold, Gil.” – Gil #2 “Oh, yes sir, looks like they’ll be feeding him Thanksgiving dinner through a tube.” – Gil #1 “Hope they can fit a turkey in there.” – Gil #2 “Get on with it, Gil.” – Gil #1
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“And lord, we’re especially thankful for nuclear power, the cleanest, safest energy source there is . . . except for solar, which is just a pipe dream.” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th anniversary to “Bart vs. Thanksgiving”! Original airdate: 22 November 1990.
Collectable Cookies
“I don’t know why I did it. I don’t know why I enjoyed it. And I don’t know why I’ll do it again.” – Bart Simpson Shitty, unimaginative marketers have long taken advantage of the idea of “collecting”. The basic premise is simple enough: you create a group of things, and all but dare people to spend money getting them all. The more they get, the better for you. It’s simple, easy and profitable; and on some level it even makes sense, e.g. all the players on a Major League roster, or all the main characters from a Star Trek…
Simpsons Script Goes Under the Hammer in Britain
“Hey, you’ve got to be eighteen to sell your blood, let’s see some I.D.” – Nurse “Here you go doll face.” – Bart Simpson “Okay Homer, just relax.” – Nurse “Oww!” – Bart Simpson This is cool. Not only is this a production script for Season 2’s excellent “Bart vs. Thanksgiving”, but it’s signed by Maggie Roswell. Here’s the story (via CDInsight): The 28 year-old has had the script in his possession for almost 20 years after it was given to him by one of the voice actresses. Adam used to help his parents at their Aberfoyle B&B in Creag-Ard…
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user brandonink2001. “See Maggie, those silver and blue guys are the Dallas Cowboys. They’re Daddy’s favorite team, and he wants ’em to lose by less than five and a half points. Understand?” – Homer Simpson Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Incidentally, the Cowboys are 12 point favorites over the Raiders this afternoon.