“Sir, the TV ratings for the launch are the highest in ten years!” – NASA Guy That was damn fine television.
Tag: Deep Space Homer
Quote of the Day
“Mission Control, this is Corvair, launch sequence initiated. All systems go.” – Buzz Alrdrin “Are we there yet, I’m thirsty?” – Homer Simpson “Mission Control, request permission to sedate cargo ahead of schedule.” – Race Banyon “Permission denied.” – Mission Control “Ugh.” – Race Banyon
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“On the other hand, when you don’t take advantage of an opportunity, you can end up regretting it for the rest of your life.” – Marge Simpson “You’re right, Marge. Just like the time I could’ve met Mr. T at the mall. The entire day I kept saying, ‘I’ll go a little later. I’ll go a little later’. And then when I got there, they told me he just left. And when I asked the mall guy if he would ever come back again, he said he didn’t know. Well, I’m never gonna let something like that happen again! I’m…
Makeup Quote of the Day
“How ya doin’ fellas?” – James Taylor “With all due respect, Mr. Taylor, this isn’t the best time for your unique brand of bittersweet folk-rock. We have a potentially critical situation here. I’m sure you’ll understand.” – Buzz Aldrin “Listen, Aldrin, I’m not as laid back as people think. Now, here’s the deal: I’m gonna play, and you’re gonna float there and like it.” – James Taylor
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“Where’d you get that thing, anyway?” – NASA Director “Sent away.” – NASA Guy
Whoopsie Quote of the Day
“I wager four hundred quatloos on the newcomer.” – NASA Guy
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“We need a fresh angle to get the public interested.” – NASA Administrator “The public see our astronauts as clean cut, athletic go getters. They hate people like that.” – NASA Scientist
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“Inanimate, huh? I’ll show him inanimate!” – Homer Simpson
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“Ah, TV respects me. It laughs with me, not at me.” – Homer Simpson “You stupid, ha ha ha…” – TV “D’oh!” – Homer Simpson Happy birthday David Mirkin!
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“Only one of you will be chosen to go into space, so the next few weeks will be a grueling series of tests to determine which one of you is most qualified.” – NASA Administrator “Oh, and Mr. Gumble, for the duration of the training there’ll be no more beer.” – NASA Scientist “What? Three whole weeks with only wine? I’ll go crazy!” – Barney Gumble
Reading Digest: Space Painting Edition
“Oh my God! This is a disaster!” – NASA Administrator “Gotta go!” – James Taylor Plenty of entertaining flotsam washed up on the shores of the internet this week. We’ve got weird YouTube, excellent usage, a voice actor map, and a Simpsons reference from the Stanley Cup finals. Enjoy. “Deep Space Homer” by Mark Englert – Dark Ink – It’s beautiful, it’s the most awe inspiring sight I have ever seen… Sadly, they are already sold out. But the same site has some pretty cool images in a similar vein from Futurama and the like. Simpsonwave is the chill new aesthetic that…
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“Well, Homer, I guess you’re the winner by default.” – NASA Guy “De fault? Woo-hoo! The two sweetest words in the English language! De fault De fault!” – Homer Simpson
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“I, uh, don’t think this contest is over yet, Buzz, if that is your real name. I believe there is still a little something called the swimsuit competition.” – Homer Simpson “There’s no swimsuit competition, Homer.” – NASA Guy “You mean I shaved my bikini zone for nothing?” – Homer Simpson
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“Clean. Clean. Pistol. Uzi. Two kids posing as an adult. Oh, hey Homer.” – SNPP Guard
Reading Digest: Suggested Search Edition
“I suggest a lengthy, inefficient search, at the taxpayers’ expense, of course.” – NASA Scientist “I wish there was an easier way.” – NASA Director It’s a very short Reading Digest this week. The WordPress “Simpsons” tag wasn’t working, those Auschwitz images I linked last week went kinda big, plus all the chatter about Elon Musk meant the signal to noise ratio went to hell again. We’ve got some usage, some more play reviews, a couple of cool fan doodles, and the first few instances of Bacon Day cards, so it’s not like it’s completely barren. Things should smooth out…
Quote of the Day
“Sir, the TV ratings for the launch are the highest in ten years!” – NASA Guy “Yay!” – NASA Geeks “And how’s the spacecraft doing?” – NASA Director “I don’t know. All this equipment is just used to measure TV ratings.” – NASA Guy Happy birthday David Mirkin!
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“Payload checklist: IRS surveillance satellite.” – Race Banyon “Check.” – Buzz Aldrin “Any farm.” – Race Banyon “Check.” – Buzz Aldrin “Children’s letters to God.” – Race Banyon “Check.” – Buzz Alrdin
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“Uh, question for the barbecue chef: don’t you think there is an inherent danger in sending underqualified civilians into space?” – Reporter “I’ll field this one. The only danger is if they send us to that terrible planet of the apes . . . wait a minute, Statue of Liberty, that was our planet! You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!” – Homer Simpson
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“You fool! Now we may never know if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space.” – Buzz Aldrin
Compare & Contrast: Barney Drunk and Sober
“Well, here I am, right on time. I don’t see Barney “Let’s crash the rocket into the White House and kill the president” Gumble.” – Homer Simpson “Actually, he’s been here since sunrise.” – NASA Guy “Hi, Homer. Since they made me stop drinking, I’ve regained my balance and diction. Observe: I am the very model of a modern major general, I’ve information vegetable animal and mineral.” – Barney Gumble [Programming Note: I’m way behind on Season 11 Compare & Contrasts, and this post is the first of me digging out to finish them off before Season 24 starts on…