“Please, Dad?” – Bart Simpson“No.” – Homer Simpson“Please, Dad?” – Bart Simpson“No.” – Homer Simpson“Please, Dad?” – Bart Simpson“No.” – Homer Simpson“Please, Dad?” – Bart Simpson“No.” – Homer Simpson“Please, Dad?” – Bart Simpson“No.” – Homer Simpson“Please, Dad?” – Bart Simpson“No.” – Homer Simpson“Please, Dad?” – Bart Simpson“No.” – Homer Simpson“Please, Dad?” – Bart Simpson“No.” – Homer Simpson It’s pretty rare these days that I notice something in The Simpsons that I’ve never noticed before, but even after all these years and Jebus knows how many rewatches, this show can still surprise me. I was watching “Three Men and a Comic Book” in honor of Cloris Leachman, and out of curiosity I turned the commentary on to see if they said anything about her. They mentioned Leachman briefly, noting that she knew Brooks from back in The Mary Tyler Moore years and laughed at some of her jokes. But what caught my eye was something from shortly before she shows up. When the family gets to Krusty Burger after the comic convention, Reiss is laughing at “Jeff Martin script padding” as Bart repetitively pesters Homer to buy him Radioactive Man #1. Then Groening (I think, the voices are hard to tell apart) mentions this guy: Matt Groening: I like the guy in the background there, just watching, smoking a cigarette.Jeff Martin: That’s a little gag, well, you had the wholesome Krusty Burger employee on the sign.Groening (as soon as the shot cuts back): Oh, yeah! As always with the show, no matter how many times you’ve seen something, there’s often a hidden gem you’ve never noticed before staring you in the face.
Tag: Three Men and a Comic Book
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“Today, we wash Beulah. You know what that is?” – Mrs. Glick“Some old lady thing nobody’s heard about for fifty years?” – Bart Simpson“No, it was my wedding dress. But then I dyed it black and it became my mourning dress.” – Mrs. Glick So long, Cloris Leachman.
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“Did you make any money?” – Marge Simpson“Not yet, but at least I’m in a lot of pain.” – Bart Simpson“Oh, well, I think what you’re doing for Mrs. Glick is very nice. The poor old thing doesn’t have anybody.” – Marge Simpson“There’s a reason.” – Bart Simpson Happy birthday James L. Brooks!
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“One more step and you’re a dead man.” – Bart Simpson “I have to go to the bathroom, Bart.” – Martin Prince “Yeah, right, so do I, but you don’t see me gettin’ up.” – Bart Simpson
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“No, not the iodine! Burn the germs off with a torch! Amputate my arm! But not the . . . ahhhhhh!” – Bart Simpson
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“Any questions?” – Buddy “Fallout Boy” Hodges “When Radioactive Man got injected with shrinking serum in issue two-thirty-four, how come his costume shrinks too?” – Milhouse van Houten “I am sure I don’t know. But I did just finish playing Rum Tum Tugger in the second national touring company of Cats. Anybody see it?” – Buddy “Fallout Boy” Hodges
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“Jack, please, I’m married.” – Soap Opera Woman “That must be what’s turning me on.” – Jack “Oh, stop it . . . some more . . .” – Soap Opera Woman “Filthy. . . . But genuinely arousing.” – Mrs. Glick Happy birthday James L. Brooks!
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“Cool, what’s that?” – Bart Simpson “My very own idea for a comic book, little man! It’s about a dude who drives a school bus by day, but by night fights vampires in a post-apocalyptic war zone!” – Otto
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“Homer, it’s really coming down. Could you check on the boys?” – Marge Simpson “They’re fine.” – Homer Simpson
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“Wait a minute! Martin, if you, Milhouse and I went in together, we could buy a copy of Radioactive Man #1 right now!” – Bart Simpson “Wow!” – Martin Prince & Milhouse van Houten Happy birthday James L. Brooks!
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“Americanize this, my good man.” – Bart Simpson “Okey-dokey.” – Bank Teller “All those coins were only worth three lousy cents?” – Bart Simpson “Let the good times roll.” – Bank Teller
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“I want you to clear out all the weeds. You do know which ones are weeds?” – Mrs. Glick “All of ’em?” – Bart Simpson “Good boy.” – Mrs. Glick
Reading Digest: Geek Gathering Post-Mortem Edition
“Young people of Springfield, as your mayor I’d like to welcome you to our annual funny book convention. And thank you for pumping almost three hundred dollars into the local economy. Your youthful high spirits have imparted a glow to this old war horse, you might say I feel like Radiation Man.” – Mayor Quimby “That’s Radioactive Man, jerk!” – Jimbo Jones “I stand corrected. Well, have fun, and be sure to clear out by six for the Shriners. Get that punk’s name, no one makes a fool out of Diamond Joe Quimby.” – Mayor Quimby We have a ton of links from San Diego this week. There’s video, a little bit of actual news, some reactions to all the crossovers, and even a full breakdown of the Simpsons panel for those so inclined. In addition, we’ve got a new Simpsons math book, a high school graduate getting through with help from the show, a fan made oil painting, and not one, not two, but three (3!) favorite episodes lists, every one of which agrees with us. Enjoy. Terminally Ill ‘Simpsons’ Co-Creator Vows to Give Away Fortune – Sam Simon continues to do cancer about as well as it can be done: THR: Do you get frustrated with bad things happening to good people? Like, why didn’t someone else get this cancer? Simon: No. I don’t think that’s what karma is. It never crossed my mind. […] THR: So you’ve decided to scale up the foundation? Simon: We are going to expand all this stuff. We do a day in our mobile clinic where we do dog and cat surgeries for free except complicated procedures. For the first nine months, we couldn’t fill up the truck. But now it’s a huge success. It just took a while for the community to find out about it. And now I think we’re going to add another day for free surgeries. The Sam Simon Foundation is going to be very well endowed, and there’s a lot of stuff I want them to do. THR: What allows you to do more? Simon: The Simpsons money got bigger and bigger. When I left The Simpsons, no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It’s the cumulative effect. It’s like, "Oh my God, 25 years later, and it’s still coming in." Keep your head up, Sam. We love you. On Graffiti of The Simpsons in the Downtown Eastside – An intrepid young woman tracked down more of that Simpsons graffiti in Vancouver, and she took pictures!: Then this mysterious back door opened and this nice girl comes out and catches me gawking curiously at the graffiti inside her workplace. We chatted briefly, turns out that the artist goes by the name of Soap. And that these graffiti change from time to time. Excellent. Threadless News! “Face of Springfield” up for scoring! – The Simpsons design contest is still going on, and this guy submitted one. I think it looks better on black,…
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“Can you let me have it for forty dollars?” – Martin Prince “Forty bucks? Forget it! You made me get off my stool for that?” – Comic Book Guy “It’s all I’ve got! I sold seeds, I visited my aunt in the nursing home, I fished a dime out of the sewer for God’s sake!” – Martin Prince Happy Birthday Russi Taylor!
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“Today, we wash Beulah. You know what that is?” – Mrs. Glick “Some old lady thing nobody’s heard about for fifty years?” – Bart Simpson “No. It was my wedding dress. But then I dyed it black and it became my mourning dress.” – Mrs. Glick
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“Excuse me, sir, has anyone turned in a left Vulcan ear?” – Martin Prince “Let’s see, uh, we got a utility belt, couple of tri-corders, a light saber . . . sorry, kid.” – Comic Convention Lost and Found Guy
Reading Digest: Comic Book Edition
“Who’re you supposed to be?” – Comic Convention Guy “I’m Bartman!” – Bart Simpson “Never heard of him, full price.” – Comic Convention Guy We’ve got several comic book links this week, but the first one is over the moon outstanding. On top of that there’s another piece of banana art, another Harry Shearer interview, lots of lists, a Julie Kavner update, and what may be the most awesome Kang (or is it Kodos?) t-shirt ever made. Enjoy. The Line It Is Drawn #62 – Comic Book Characters/Simpsons Characters – Smooth Charlie’s Click of the Week is almost too awesome for words, and I’m not even a big comic book fan. This is worth clicking for the drawing of Lovejoy as “Reverend” alone, and that’s just one of them. Top Ten Treehouses of Horror – As usual, nobody likes Zombie Simpsons, there’s one segment from Season 11 here, but nothing past that. Kang from The Simpsons – Best Kang t-shirt ever? Best Kang t-shirt ever. Time to waste time with Harry Shearer – Another non-Simpsons interview with Shearer, this one about ballsy comedies conducted by the Adult Swim people. The Simpsons’ Top 11 Musical Guests – A truly cromulent list, lots of YouTube, and just a whiff of Zombie Simpsons towards the end. The Gay Gal’s Guide to the 10 Best Halloween Episodes. – Our friend Lenny breaks it down, with Treehouse of Horrors coming in at #10 and #1. Woody’s ‘Honeymoon’ Home Run – A while back I linked to that play Julie Kavner was going to be in. Well, here’s the review: “Honeymoon Motel” is in a league of its own. It takes place entirely in the garish hideaway to which Jerry Spector (Steve Guttenberg) has abducted his son’s bride, Nina Roth (Ari Graynor), dragging her from under the chupah. Before long, the entire wedding party wends its way to the motel room, including Jerry’s horrified best friend, Eddie (Grant Shaud), his wife, Judy (Caroline Aaron), Nina’s parents, Fay (Julie Kavner) and Sam (Mark Linn-Baker), and even the pompous rabbi (Richard Libertini). The insults and recriminations fly, with a constant string of revelations about each character’s most embarrassing flaws and most intimate sexual history. Kavner, whose nasal voice is best known as the voice of cartoon character of Marge Simpson, is especially funny as a doleful, cantankerous woman whose own marriage leaves much to be desired. Love In The Time Of Matt Groening – The perils of dating a non-Simpsons fan, both highly entertaining and kinda depressing. A Love Letter to Lisa Simpson – Pretty much what it says. Sadly contains Zombie Simpsons YouTube, happily also contains actual Simpsons YouTube. Homer Simpson carved on to banana – Last week we had the Marge banana, here’s the Homer version. I am the 1 Percent. – Burns is the 1%. Best thing to happen to The Simpsons in YEARS, the “couch gag” at the end by John Kricfalusi. Behold actual funniness: – If you want to watch the Ren &…
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“Ah, these Laramie cigarettes give me the steady nerves I need to combat evil.” – Radioactive Man “Gee willikers, Radioactive Man, wished I was old enough to smoke Laramies.” – Fallout Boy “Sorry, Fallout Boy, not until you’re sixteen.” – Radioactive Man Happy 20th anniversary to “Three Men and a Comic Book”! Original airdate 9 May 1991.
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“Who’s that?” – Bart Simpson “Oh, that’s my brother Asa. He was killed in the Great War. Held a grenade too long.” – Mrs. Glick “This one’s for you Kaiser Bill, special delivery from Uncle Sam and all the boys in D Company. Yeah, Johnny, Harris, Brooklyn Bob, and Reggie, yeah, even Reggie, he ain’t so stuck up once you get to-” – Asa
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“Ugh, I am through with working. Working is for chumps.” – Bart Simpson “Son, I’m proud of you! I was twice your age before I figured that out.” – Homer Simpson