“Now, let’s look in the rulebook and see if horses can play in the NFL . . . D’oh.” – Homer Simpson
Tag: Saddlesore Galactica
Quote of the Day
“You gotta stop being so trusting, Chief.” – Lou “I’d rather let a thousand guilty men go free than chase after them.” – Chief Wiggum
Quote of the Day
“See, Marge, I told you they could deep fry my shirt.” – Marge Simpson “I didn’t say they couldn’t, I said you shouldn’t.” – Marge Simpson
Zombie Simpsons Should Go and Die With a Heated Coathanger In Its Bum
By Connor Dunphy Yo, it’s Dead Homer Society. You know how it is, you ain’t here if you don’t. Let’s get straight to it, because I got something to rant about. Charlie and his accomplices have done a real fine job of utterly deconstructing Zombie Simpsons. And it deserves every single bit of it, because watching it is like seeing your beloved Grandma contract dementia and then proceed to start being really mean and horrible for no reason. Everything they’ve mentioned: the dialogue, the storylines, the characterization, lack thereof of all three, it’s all grade A, 100%, farmer’s dream bullshit.…
Quote of the Day
“Very well, Lisa, what rousing Sousa march would you have us play?” – Mr. Largo “Well, I thought maybe for once we could play a song that wasn’t written by Sousa.” – Lisa Simpson “You mean something just arranged by Sousa?” – Mr. Largo Happy birthday Danny Elfman!
Saddlesore Galactica Makes Baby Jesus Cry
“Come on, get to the part where you steal his identity!” – Bart Simpson “I’m trying to explain how emotionally fragile I was.” – Armin Tamzarian “Oh, it’s one of those stories.” – Bart Simpson The collapse between Season 9 and Season 11 seemed long and painful while it was happening, but looking back over the (now very long) history of the show, it was almost the blink of an eye. Case in point is the commentary for this episode, which is stunning for how closely it tracks later Zombie Simpsons commentaries yet is totally unlike those from just a…
Compare & Contrast: The Simpsons Get a Horse
“Homer, just where were you planning to keep this horse?” – Marge Simpson “I’ve got it all figured out. By day it’ll roam free around the neighborhood, and at night it’ll nestle snugly between the cars in our garage.” – Homer Simpson “Dad, no!” – Lisa Simpson “That’s illegal!” – Marge Simpson “That’s for the courts to decide.” – Homer Simpson As is typical in Season 11, the first act of “Saddlesore Galactica” has basically nothing to do with the rest of the episode. The twist here is that as the show makes the turn to its main story, the…
Crazy Noises: Saddlesore Galactica
“Okay, we’ll do a different song. Who cares? They all end up sounding the same anyway.” – Mr. Largo For the fourth summer in a row, we here at the Dead Homer Society will be spending some time discussing twelve year old Simpsons episodes. This year we’re doing Season 11. Why Season 11? Because we’ve done Seasons 8, 9 and 10 already, and it’s time to take an unflinching look at the end of the show. Since Skype and podcasts didn’t exist in 1999, and we want to discuss these episodes the way the internet intended, we’re sticking with the…
On the Jockey Elves and the Land of Chocolate
“Well, uh, I wish the candy machine wasn’t so picky about taking beat up dollar bills . . . because a lot of workers really like candy.” – Homer Simpson “We understand, Homer. After all, we are from the land of chocolate.” – Horst “Mmm, the Land of Chocolate.” – Homer Simpson There’s little doubt that “The Principal and the Pauper” is the most infamous episode in the history of the show, in no small part because it was one of the first episodes that was basically 100% boring. Prior to Armin Tamzarian blazing his way into the history of…