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“We now return to the twenty-seventh annual Krusty the Klown Telethon for Motion Sickness.” – TV Announcer “Timpani! . . . Woo-hoo! I love you people! I love my kids! Poor little guys, so tragic, so nauseous. You should see the bus they came to the studio in.” – Krusty the Klown

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“Gee, if some snot nosed little kid sent me to prison, the first thing out I’d find out where he lives and tear him a new belly button! Lousy snitch!” – Homer Simpson

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“That MacGyver’s a genius.” – Selma Bouvier “First of all, he’s not a genius. He’s an actor. And second, he’s not much of an actor.” – Sideshow Bob “You’re lying! You’re lying!” – Selma Bouvier “No, Selma, this is lying: That was a well plotted piece of non-claptrap that never made me want to retch.” – Sideshow Bob

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“Do you know what prison is like for a lifelong conservative Republican? In our overcrowded cell, we became little more than beasts. . . . Who used my chapstick?” – Sideshow Bob “Oh, I did. Here you go.” – Prisoner “I don’t want it.” – Sideshow Bob

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“Now, about your wedding dress, I’m not sure how to put this…” – Marge Simpson “White!” – Selma Bouvier “White.” – Marge Simpson

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“I don’t know what to say.” – Patty Bouvier “Just tell me what you know I want to hear.” – Selma Terwilliger “I’m dying of jealousy.” – Patty Bouvier “Thank you.” – Selma Terwilliger

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“Welcome to our video honeymoon.  We’re using the video camera Cousin Doug gave us, and the video cassette Homer gave us.” – Selma Terwilliger “Hey, and after we watch this, we can tape over it!” – Homer Simpson

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“I could’ve been the flower girl.  And I wouldn’t keep falling down either.” – Lisa Simpson “Hey, they chose Maggie, okay?” – Bart Simpson “Yeah, well if you want to go for cutesyness instead of competence, fine.” – Lisa Simpson

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“Selma, this wedding is spinning out of control.  Can we really afford it?  I’ve already run through eight of the ten dollars they gave me when I left prison.” – Sideshow Bob “Hey, relax, I told you, I got money.  I bought stock in a mace company just before society crumbled.” – Selma Bouvier “Selma, that’s wonderful!” – Sideshow Bob

Bonus Quote of the Day

“Oh, would you two knock it off?  I hate all the programs Marge likes, but it’s no big deal.  You know why?” – Homer Simpson “No.” – Selma Bouvier “Go on.” – Sideshow Bob “Whenever Marge puts on one of her non-violent programs, I take a walk, I go to a bar, I pound a few, and I stumble home in the mood for love.” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary to “Black Widower”!  Original airdate 9 April 1992.

“The Great Louse Detective” Makes Baby Jesus Cry

“This is one more Emmy than you’ll ever win you bantering jack-in-the-box!” – Sideshow Bob “Just don’t drop that thing in the shower, Bob.” – Krusty the Klown “No talent shill!” – Sideshow Bob “Second banana!” – Krusty the Klown “Panderer!” – Sideshow Bob “Bore!” – Krusty the Klown This was a very above-average commentary by the standards of Season 14. In this case it actually helped that they had a lot more guys than usual because there’s only a few times when no one’s talking at all. It also helps that this is a Sideshow Bob episode, which gives…

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“Chief Wiggum, you’ve been around.  You don’t trust Sideshow Bob, do you?” – Bart Simpson “Aw, lighten up, son, if he was gonna commit a crime, would he have invited the number one cop in town?  Now, where did I put my gun?  Oh yeah, I set it down when I got a piece of cake.” – Chief Wiggum

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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Eric Kilby. “Selma, this wedding is spinning out of control.  Can we really afford it?  I’ve already run through eight of the ten dollars they gave me when I left prison.” – Sideshow Bob “Hey, relax, I told you, I got money.  I bought stock in a mace company just before society crumbled.” – Selma Bouvier

Compare & Contrast: Mocking Awards Shows

“You know the rules, awards for excellence in entertainment are contraband, no Emmys, no Oscars, not even a Golden Globe.” – Prison Guard One of the more revealing ineptitudes of “Angry Dad: The Movie” is the way it fails to copy not one, but two different Simpsons episodes that did the exact same thing it did.  (This is particularly stunning coming from a show that loves repeating jokes and unabashedly lives off of fan nostalgia.)  Of course, both of those older episodes did things much quicker, and managed to actually mock the kidding-but-serious way awards shows take themselves and their…