Wednesday was the 30th Anniversary of “The Crepes of Wrath”. So I busted out my Season 1 DVDs and spent some quarantime listening to Wes Archer and George Meyer’s commentary. Wikipedia says these DVDs were released in September 2001, so the commentaries were probably recorded in early 2001 or so. From early 2001, this episode was 11 years old. Today it is 30 years old, so the time between the commentary recording and now is roughly double that between the episode and the recording. This gives an interesting flavor some of what’s said. By the time this was recorded, Archer…
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“Dad, do you think I might see your plutonium isolation module?” – Adil “Uh, maybe? Hold on a second. . . Hey, Lenny, does this place have one of those plutonium isolation deals?” – Homer Simpson “Yeah, over in sector twelve.” – Lenny “Sector twelve?” – Homer Simpson “Third floor, by the candy machines.” – Lenny “Oh, that sector twelve.” – Homer Simpson
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“Although officially I am required to hate you, I want you to know: I do not feel it in my heart.” – Adil
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“Ah, the life of a frog. That’s the life for me.” – Bart Simpson “Bart, how would you like to spend the next three months living in France?” – Marge Simpson
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“Stupid grapes! Bunch of creeps! I. Hate. France!” – Bart Simpson
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“Ooh, trouble in the neighborhood. I’m his neighbor. What’d he do?” – Homer Simpson Happy birthday Bill Kopp!
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“Actually he’d be staying in France, in a lovely chateau in the heart of the wine country.” – Principal Skinner “But Bart doesn’t speak French.” – Marge Simpson “When he’s totally immersed in a foreign language, the average child can become fluent in weeks.” – Principal Skinner “Yeah, but what about Bart?” – Homer Simpson “I’m sure he’ll pick up enough to get by.” – Principal Skinner
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“You may find his accent peculiar. Certain aspects of his culture may seem absurd, perhaps even offensive. But I urge you all to give little Adil the benefit of the doubt. In this way, and only in this way, can we hope to better understand our backward neighbors throughout the world.” – Principal Skinner Happy birthday Sam Simon!
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“What do you know about France?” – Lisa Simpson “I know I’m going, and you’re not.” – Bart Simpson
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“Please, please kids, stop fighting. Maybe Lisa’s right about America being the land of opportunity, and maybe Adil has a point about the machinery of capitalism being oiled with the blood of the workers.” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary to “The Crepes of Wrath”! Original airdate 15 April 1990.
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“So he’s going to prison?” – Homer Simpson “No, we’ve arranged an exchange for one of our own men caught in Albania.” – Government Official “So Sparrow, we meet again.” – American Kid “Yes. Sometimes I think I am getting too old for this game.” – Adil
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“Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, we have transcended incorrigible. I don’t think suspension or expulsion will do the trick; I think it behooves us all to consider . . . deportation.” – Principal Skinner