“Bart! Lisa! If you don’t behave we’ll turn this car right around and go home!” – Marge Simpson “But, Marge! I want to see my brother!” – Homer Simpson “Oh, for God’s sakes, Homer, it’s an empty threat.” – Marge Simpson
Tag: Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
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“I know how you feel, Mr. Simpson. I myself have spent years searching for my long lost twin brother.” – Shelbyville Orphanage Director “Yeah, yeah, yeah, well, I wish I could help you but we’re looking for my brother today!” – Homer Simpson
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“Every day we’re losing ground to the Japanese, and I want to know why!” – Herb Powell “Unfair trade practices?” – Female Executive “Mushy headed, One Worlders in Washington?” – Male Executive #1 “Some sort of gypsy curse?” – Male Executive #2
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“Homer, I’m happy to say that your father only had a mild arrhythmia.” – Dr. Hibbert “Mild? There wasn’t anything mild about it! Now get back to the pharmacy you quack!” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
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“Homer, that heart attack made me realize that I’m going to die someday.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “Oh, Dad, you and your imagination.” – Homer Simpson
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“Wow! What are you doing here?” – Dingy Bathroom Guy “What does it look like?” – Homer Simpson
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“A millionaire!? Oh, I kept the wrong one. Look, son, I’ll come as soon as I can get out of here. In the meantime, please don’t do anything stupid.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
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“All born in wedlock?” – Herb Powell “Yeah, though the boy was a close call.” – Homer Simpson
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“You know that little ball you put on the aerial so you can find your car in the parking lot? That should be on every car!” – Homer Simpson “Little ball.” – Powell Engineer
Reading Digest: The Homer Edition
“Dad?” – Bart Simpson “What is it, boy?” – Homer Simpson “I thought your car was really cool.” – Bart Simpson “Thanks, boy. I was waiting for someone to say that.” – Homer Simpson I put Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week up on Twitter yesterday because some things are too much fun to wait for Friday. We’ve got three links to it, and if you’re anywhere near Buttonwillow, California tomorrow, you can see it in person. In addition to that, we’ve got two links involving the old Simpsons arcade game, a molester-y Simpsons van, some excellent fan made stuff,…
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“What are you blubbering about?” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “This makes me feel special, Dad. Since I’m the one you kept, that must mean you really love me.” – Homer Simpson “Hmm, interesting theory.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Timm Suess. More here. “And thank you most of all for nuclear power, which has yet to cause a single, proven fatality . . . at least in this country. Amen.” – Homer Simpson
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“His life was an unbridled success, until he found out he was a Simpson.” – Lisa Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary to “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?”! Original airdate 21 February 1991.
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“You certainly broke up that meeting.” – McBain Girl “Right now I’m thinking about holding another meeting . . . in bed.” – McBain “Oh, McBain!” – McBain Girl
“The Simpsons Movie” Makes Baby Jesus Cry
“Well, you know what? I’m glad you’re nervous, because that means we’re on the right track!” – Herb Powell Several weeks ago I came across bobservo’s post about The Simpsons Movie commentary in which he described how the creators of the movie basically focus grouped it into oblivion. There are two commentary tracks on the disc and, having slogged my way through the all-star one (Brooks, Groening, Jean, Castellaneta, etc.), I have to agree with him. The commentary reveals another problem as well, one that resulted from all that focus group feedback, but we’ll get to that in a second.…
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“Okay Homer, pick out any one you want.” – Herb Powell “Are you sure you want to give me a car?” – Homer Simpson “Hey, you know what these things cost me? There’s maybe forty bucks worth of steel in ’em.” – Herb Powell
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“Okay this is what you’re gonna do. You’re gonna hang up, call me back, and say the exact opposite of everything you just said. Goodbye. Bart, Lisa, come over here.” – Herb Powell “What is it Unkie Herb?” – Lisa Simpson “I want you to hear what the guys down at the plant think of your old man . . . Hello.” – Herb Powell “Um, Homer Simpson is a brilliant man with lots of well thought out, practical ideas. He is ensuring the financial security of this company for years to come. Oh yes, and his personal hygiene is…
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“All my life, I have searched for a car that feels a certain way. Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball. Now, at last, I have found it.” – Homer Simpson
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“She did things your mother would never do, like have sex for money.” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson