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“Actually, a woman is more like a beer. They smell good, they look good, you’d step over your own mother just to get one! . . . But you can’t stop at one! You wanna drink another woman! . . . So I says, yeah, if you want that money, come and find it, cause I don’t know where it is ya baloney, you make me wanna retch . . .” – Homer Simpson

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“But, Marge, I think he should learn about it the same way I did.” – Homer Simpson “Are you sure?” – Marge Simpson “Zookeeper! Zookeeper! Those two monkeys are killing each other!” – Homer Simpson “They’re having sex.” – Zookeeper “Oh.” – Homer Simpson

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“Homer, Bart’s at a very curious age. As his father, I think you should have a frank and earthy discussion about . . . you know.” – Marge Simpson

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“Homer, I’ve a proposition for ye. Fair and true.” – Captain McAllister “C’mon, Marge, let the people see your pretty face.” – Homer Simpson “Come see Bottomless Pete, Nature’s cruelest mistake! Come for the freak! Stay for the food!” – Captain McAllister “Oh, he’s hideous!” – Female Crowd Member “I heard they shaved a gorilla.” – Male Crowd Member

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“Now, if you’ll excuse us, this is a sacred moment between a boy and his father. Son, a woman is a lot like . . . um, a refrigerator! They’re about six feet tall, three hundred pounds . . . they . . . make ice.” – Homer Simpson

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“Hello, what’s this? Wire hangers? Expired medicine? Old newspapers! Okay, Homer, stay calm. Just quietly get this stuff inside your house. Homer! You’re not listening!” – Homer Simpson Happy birthday Conan O’Brien!

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“I’ll send Laura over to babysit as soon as she gets home.” – Ruth Powers “Great.  Oh, uh, and there was something else, something I was supposed to tip-toe around.” – Homer Simpson “My divorce.” – Ruth Powers “That’s it!  Whew, I’m glad one of us remembered.  That could’ve been embarrassing.” – Homer Simpson

Reading Digest: Still Waiting For Renewal Edition

“You’ve been flushing for twenty minutes.  Is there a problem?” – Principal Skinner “Uh, no, Principal Skinner.” – Jimbo Jones “Very well.  I’ll continue to wait.” – Principal Skinner As near as anyone can tell, the show remains without an official renewal.  Eika Isabel Vega, who’s been a real good sport about me using her Twitter feed to track the potential death of her job, tweeted this an hour ago: My guess is still that it’ll be renewed, but it looks like production is beginning to shut down, so we’ll see what happens.  In regular link news, this week we’ve…

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“That man ate all our shrimp!  And two plastic lobsters!” – Fryin’ Dutchman Teenager “‘Tis no man, ’tis a remorseless eating machine.  Argh.” – Captain McAllister

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“That medicine’s not for you!” – Marge Simpson “Come on, Marge, maybe I’m not getting enough . . . estrogen.” – Homer Simpson “Gimme that!” – Marge Simpson

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“There’s a few things you could do to help us sell our home.  First, whenever you walk in front of your window, could you please wear pants?” – Mrs. Winfield “Hmmm, no.” – Homer Simpson

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“Grampa, I need some advice.  Did you ever have a crush on an older woman?” – Bart Simpson “I had a crush on the oldest woman!  One-hundred-and-twenty-years old she was.  Here’s a picture of her delivering Eubie Blake.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “What happened?” – Bart Simpson “She fell in with that Guinness Book of Records crowd.  Suddenly she didn’t have any time for me.  Oh, I wore a fifteen pound beard of bees for that woman, but it just wasn’t enough.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson

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“Marge, we’re going to that restaurant.” – Homer Simpson “But I think I’m allergic to seafood.  The last time I ate shrimp my throat closed up and I went into convulsions.” – Marge Simpson “Mmmm, shrimp.” – Homer Simpson

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“Shut up, you little monsters! . . . Hello, I was wondering if you’d like to babysit my little angels.” – Homer Simpson “Sorry, this isn’t Abby.  This is her sister.  I look after her now.” – Abby’s Sister “No, Bart.  Put it down.  Put it down, Bart.  Bart, put it down.” – Abby

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“All you can eat, ha!” – Homer Simpson “Mr. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film ‘The Neverending Story’.” – Lionel Hutz “So, do you think I have a case?” – Homer Simpson “Homer, I don’t use the word hero very often, but you are the greatest hero in American history.” – Lionel Hutz “Woo-hoo!” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary to “New Kid on the Block”!  Original airdate 12 November 1992.

Compare & Contrast: March-April Romances

“She’s beautiful.  Say something clever!” – Bart’s Brain “I fell on my bottom.” – Bart Simpson “D’oh!” – Bart’s Brain There are a lot problems with “Beware My Cheating Bart”.  For starters, it’s kinda sexist and disturbing.  Beyond that, it’s further evidence that Zombie Simpsons has turned its kid characters into empty, anti-human nobodies.  And, of course, it manages to lack any kind of story coherence while doing all those things.  What makes it all more glaring than usual is the way “Beware My Cheating Bart” so closely follows the plot, structure, and even jokes of the boundlessly superior “New…