“You can’t escape, Bob! If the tennis rackets don’t get you, the pool skimmers will!” – Bart Simpson There is a dull but unpleasant feeling to being unexpectedly disappointed by a movie one had hoped to enjoy. This feeling is different depending on the kind of movie: a comedy that fails because the jokes fall flat doesn’t feel the same as a costume drama where the leads are weak or a documentary that mishandles its subject. For a summer popcorn movie where spectacle and fun are expected parts of the package, disappointment feels like a running hunger pang: I expected…
Tag: Sideshow Bob’s Last Gleaming
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“I want to meet the first female stealth bomber pilot. During the Gulf War she destroyed seventy mosques and her name is Lisa too!” – Lisa Simpson “I want to see some birds get sucked into the engines . . . rare ones.” – Bart Simpson
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“And as my final newscast draws to a close, I’m reminded of a few of the events that brought me closer to you: the collapse of the Soviet Union, premium ice cream price wars, dogs that were mistakenly issued major credit cards and others who weren’t so lucky.” – Kent Brockman
Makeup Quote of the Day
“How ironic, my crusade against television has come to an end so formulaic it could’ve spewed from the Powerbook of the laziest Hollywood hack!” – Sideshow Bob
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“Best before November, 1959. Damn it, Bob, there were plenty of brand new bombs, but you had to go for that retro 50s charm!” – Sideshow Bob
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“Way to guard the parking lot, Top Gun!” – Bart Simpson “I have three medals for this!” – Squeaky Voiced Air Force Guy
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“This elevator only goes to the basement. And someone made an awful mess down there.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
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“Air show? Buzz cut Alabamians spewing colored smoke from their whiz jets to the strains of ‘Rock You Like a Hurricane’? What kind of country fried rube is still impressed by that?” – Sideshow Bob
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“Look at that hunk of junk.” – Bart Simpson “You’re ignorant! That’s the Wright Brothers’ plane! At Kitty Hawk in 1903, Charles Lindbergh flew it fifteen miles on a thimbleful of corn oil! Single handedly won us the Civil War, it did.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “So, how do you know so much about American history?” – Bart Simpson “I pieced it together, mostly from sugar packets.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary to “Sideshow Bob’s Last Gleaming”! Original airdate 26 November 1995.
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“Mom! I found Sideshow Bob’s hideout and I got a secret message to the police and I had a blimp fall on me and I was in an atomic blast but I’m okay now!” – Lisa Simpson “Well, I wrecked the gate but you don’t hear me bragging.” – Homer Simpson Happy birthday Yeardley Smith!
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“At this point in time, I would like to direct your attention to the particular air vehicle next to which I am currently standing, the Harrier jet is one of our more dollar intensive ordinance delivery vectors.” – Air Force Guy
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“Ah, for the days when aviation was a gentlemen’s pursuit. Back before every Joe Sweatsock could wedge himself behind a lunch tray and jet off to Raleigh-Durham.” – Sideshow Bob “Are you getting lots of bugs in your mouth too?” – Bart Simpson “Yes.” – Sideshow Bob
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“Oh, must you bray night and day at that infernal television?” – Sideshow Bob “Oh, look who’s talking.” – Minimum Security Inmate #1 “Yeah, Bob, you used to be on this show.” – Minimum Security Inmate #2 “Don’t remind me. My foolish capering destroyed more young minds than syphilis and pinball combined.” – Sideshow Bob [Apologies for lateness on this. Moving sucks and I still have no internet at my new home.]
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“To slip the surly bonds of Earth and touch the face of God . . . to fly! The dream of man and flightless bird alike.” – Col. Leslie “Hap” Hapablap
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“Prepare to engage enemy . . . bogey’s airspeed not sufficient for intercept. Suggest we get out and walk.” – Air Force Pilot
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“Bob is not here. We have searched every square inch of this base and all we have found is porno, porno, porno!” – Col. Hapablap
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“Then where’s Sideshow Bob?” – Chief Wiggum “He ran off.” – Minimum Security Convict “Oh, great. Well, if anyone asks, uh, I beat him to death. Okay?” – Chief Wiggum “Right.” – Lou
Animating on Eggshells
“Look here, that’s enough now, I own sixty percent of that network!” – Rupert Murdoch A couple of weeks ago, Banksy posted his original storyboard (via) for the Zombie Simpsons opening that ran back in October. It makes for interesting viewing, and most of the ideas contained therein made it into the finished product. There are a couple of minor touch ups, mostly sanitizing some of the gorier sketches Banksy did, but on the whole it is pretty faithful to the original concepts . . . with one telling exception. Here is one of the panels from Banksy’s original: And…
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“Our city will not negotiate with terrorists. Is there a city nearby that will?” – Mayor Quimby
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“The common box kite was originally used as a means of drying wet string.” – Martin Prince
