“I’m sorry, did you just call me a liar?” – Principal Skinner “No, I said you were fired.” – Superintendent Chalmers “Oh. That’s much worse.” – Seymour Skinner
Tag: Bill Oakley
Quote of the Day
“If it isn’t my old friends from Springfield, the Simpsons! What brings you folks to New Orleans?” – Clancy Wiggum, P.I. “Mardi gras, man! When the Big Easy calls, you gotta accept the charges.” – Bart Simpson “Chief Wiggum, I can’t wait to hear about all the exciting, sexy adventures you’re sure to have against this colorful backdrop.” – Lisa Simpson Happy birthday Bill Oakley!
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“And with the prime suspect cleared and found completely innocent, we must now ask ourselves: who could possibly be as bloodthirsty as Waylon Smithers?” – Kent Brockman Happy birthday Bill Oakley!
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“Nine hundred dollary-dos? Tobias! Did you accept a six hour collect call from the States?” – Bruno Drundridge “It was an emergency call from the international drainage commission in Springfield.” – Tobias Drundridge “Oh my God! There’s nothing wrong with the bidet, is there?” – Bruno Drundridge Happy birthday Bill Oakley!
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Now, Marge, just remember, if something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can’t speak English. Ah, Tibor, how many times have you saved my butt?” – Homer Simpson Happy birthday Bill Oakley!
Quote of the Day
“Ned Flanders actually eliminated detention and put the whole school on the honor system?” – Seymour Skinner “Yeah, and the teachers are afraid to leave the faculty lounge!” – Bart Simpson Happy birthday Bill Oakley!
Bill Oakley’s Letter to Dead Homer Society
Last Monday’s post about “Homer’s Enemy” attracted the notice of longtime Simpsons writer (Season 3 – Season 10) Bill Oakley, who sent us an e-mail. That e-mail is reprinted below, with permission and in its entirety. You can read our response here. Fellas: You do realize that the Homer depicted in “Homer’s Enemy” is a satirical take on certain elements of Homer’s character and history that we (meaning, the writers at the time) always found excessive, right? At least that’s what it was intended to be, and I realize the distinction may well be so subtle as to be meaningless…
Bill Oakley Interview
In today’s Reading Digest post I put up a link to an interview with Bill Oakley from a television show called “Outlook Portland”. I couldn’t find the video or a transcript on the show’s blog or on the website of the television station. Since I’m an idiot it didn’t occur to me to take three seconds and check the world’s largest and most popular video site. Fortunately, someone from Outlook Portland showed up in the comments and pointed me to the first place I should’ve looked, YouTube. (When I was watching it on YouTube.com for some reason it would not…