The best Simpsons episode ever. Fact.

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Can't be done, you say? Homie The Clown.

Krusty lighting his cigar with a string of pearls - The clowns battering their way into Homer's daydreams - burning colleagues as clowns - mashed potatoes in the shape of the big top - "Yes, Homey? (do doo doodle-oo)" - "he invented the pie-fight, the pratfall, and the seltzer bottle, as far as I know" - "go forth and do all the other piddling little crap I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole" - Homer killing the Krusty Burglar - Homer threatening Dick Cavett - Krusty rebuilt as Krusty - Ned saved by a bible and a piece of The True Cross - "The same Benedict Arnold who plotted to surrender West Point to the hated British?" - The love theme from the Godfather - "You've made an old Italian stereotype very happy"

My friends, this is hit after hit after hit. There is not an inch of fat on this episode. It is time for us to proclaim it the best, and move on.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 13 January 2003 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

"Seattle! hahaha"

― naked as sin (naked as sin), Monday, 13 January 2003 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"you people have held me back long enough - i'm going to clown college!"
"wow, i don't think any of us thought he'd say that"

in terms of humor density, this episode is the king

― dave k, Monday, 13 January 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

it's my joint fave, with "the front". that's where lisa and bart write cartoons, under abe simpsons name.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 13 January 2003 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"I'm seeing double here, four Krustys!"

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 13 January 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"Ima justa poor old stereotype"

― Ed (dali), Monday, 13 January 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"He's spinning the ball on his finger! TAKE it! TAKE THE BALL!"

― Jamie Thompson (Jamie), Monday, 13 January 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

It's in my top ten, but I think the best episode is the one where Burns is looking for his teddy bear. It's just perfect in every way. The "Citizen Kane" opening, Homer screaming "BRING BACK SHERIFF LOBO!", the Ramones appearance, Homer doing stand-up comedy, Smithers noting all the great things Burns already has ("King Arthur's Excalibur, the only existing nude photo of Mark Twain, and that rare first draft of the Constitution with the word 'Suckers!' in it!"), the bear passing from Lindbergh to Hitler to Maggie, the guys who go to the North Pole just to get ice ("We lost three men on this last expedition!" "If you can think of a better way to get ice, I'd like to hear it!"), Maggie holding up the bear in front of an oblivious Homer while Kent Brockman says "It could be IN FRONT OF YOU AS WE SPEAK," Homer refusing Burns' offer of a drink, Grampa crashing his car through the living room wall, Burns and Smithers trying to break in, Homer eating sixty-four slices of American cheese, the angry mob ("We've given the words 'angry mob' a bad name!"), the guy who keeps taking pictures of Burns, and the "Planet of the Apes" ending. I really can't think of anything better than that episode, even "Homie The Clown."

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 13 January 2003 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

i agree with Justyn - the 'BoBo' episode has been my favourite for a good 3 years now (but Justyn you forgot to mention the bit where Homer says to get the bear back mr Burns will have to give him his own recording studio!) after ousting the titanic 'Deep Space Homer' (this is the ultimate parody/pastiche episode) and before that 'Last Exit To Springfield' (the one with the dental plan)...'Homie The Clown' would probably be in my top 10 though

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 13 January 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

another great thing about 'Homie The Clown' tho - krusty mentions that there can only be one Krusty imitator per city so each clown student calls out their city in turn until it gets to Homer who excitedly just shouts out his name, classique!

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 13 January 2003 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll vote for Monorail...Monorail...MONORAIL!

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)

the one with the Planet Of The Apes musical is definitely top 5, PURELY for having a Planet Of The Apes musical in it...

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 01:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I still go for the Gummi De milo one (Homer Bad Man). runner-up would be the one where Homer befriends Ned.

― Michael Bourke, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 08:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Angry Mob in Homer Bad Man: "2-4-6-8! Homer's crime was really great! 'Great' meaning 'huge' or 'immense'! We mean it the pejorative sense!"

― robster (robster), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 09:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm agreeing on the Homer Bad Man episode. At the end when the tv show portrays Willie as a peeping-tom, .."But Marge, listen to the music.."

― Fuzzy (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)

My vote goes to "Homerphobia". It has John Waters in it.

― Tag, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 11:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, I've had my day in the sun.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 11:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I love the one where Ned kills his wife and they have the swimming pool with the bathings suits and the Lisa and the broken leg and the telescope and... yeeees.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

All good, especially the rear window parody, but nothing suggested has come up to the standard of 'Homie the Clown'

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 11:21 (twenty-two years ago)

i really love a recent one with ling-wo the linguistic robot.

― chaki (chaki), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I always forget which bits are from which episodes, how the hell do you all remember?

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, come on, is there anything on the level of "Bart Sells His Soul"?

"We take the best part of the chicken, the neck, and marinade it in secret hobo spices".

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 11:32 (twenty-two years ago)

What about "Homer the Smithers"? If that's its title. "Hello Mr Burns this is your Mother" and so on...

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

last night's episode on sky one (one of the only perks in being exiled in hotel in fareham for the first half of the week) was based on the prisoner. which was nice.

andy

― koogs, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 13:01 (twenty-two years ago)

to counter Ed, NOTHING else here can quite toppled the Bobo episode! and 'Homer Badman' is also as good if not better than 'Homie The Clown'...if anything because it tackles a sensitive social issue and makes about a thousand fantastic jokes out of it whereas Homer becoming a clown is hilarious but much more 'obvious' humour involved.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

fav lines - Bart is a cop for the evening and Lou states as driving through an alley - "Damn boxes" always makes me laugh just for the dead pan execution.

Secondly when homer wants a hotdog and the vendor keeps turning up - Marge asks if he is following homer, "lady he's putting my kids through college"

― james (james), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

can anyone explain the line from Mr Burns in the Laddy the wonderdog episode where he meets Laddy and gravely says "Smithers, I believe this dog was in Skull n' Bones"

whats that about?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I still like the one where everyone wonders where all of the photos of Maggie are. Maybe not a laff riot, but it was a really well-written episode.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Carl "way to beat the boss' head like a drum Homer!"
Lenny "he's gettin a good sound of that old guy's head!"

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Sean, that episode WAS a laugh riot

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Lenny and Carl are my favourites.

"that's Mount Carlmore, I carved it one summers day...."

"what does Carl think"

"we don't like to talk about it".

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

'BONGOHEAD!'

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

The one where Homer falls in love with Mindy, tres Classique 'So the egg council got to you to huh!) and you see the egg running away
&
When Bleeding Gums Murphy dies 'I'd like another faberge egg please' 'sir, I think you've had enough'
'Honey, we can go to the pound and get you a new jazz man'
' nobody ever suspects THE Butterfly'

― nellskies (minna), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I do love the whole vincent price egg magic subplot of the super bowl episode. The rest of the episode is, so so.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I just greatly enjoyed the one where Bart joins the Junior Campers during an all-syrup Squishee bender. Best thing: during Bart and Milhouse's "Broadway-style" interlude, the sailor who comes in singing "New York" and then, pointed toward New York, tips his hat broadly and says "Thanks, kid!" Also:

BART: We were just planning the annual father/son raft race.
HOMER: Heh. You don't have a son.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

'bart sells his soul' is very very very good - the opening scene!! the organ solo!!- but 'homie the clown' is a comedic panther. the episode that gets me closest to tears is the ralph wiggum-choo-choo-choose episode

― dave k, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

"Guys and Dolls, we're just a bunch of crazy Guys and Dolls"

(see also "Theme... from a Summer place, it's the Theme, from a Summer Place, the Theme, from a Summer, Place"

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

oh man, the Egg Council/fleeing egg thing from the Stonecutters episode is just about the funniest thing ever right now

either that or the idea of getting a new jazz man from the pound

great work nellskies :)

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

In the garden of eden honey

and the lighters go up

very funny

― chris (chris), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 17:22 (twenty-two years ago)

>can anyone explain the line from Mr Burns in the Laddy the wonderdog
>episode where he meets Laddy and gravely says "Smithers, I believe
>this dog was in Skull n' Bones"

Skull 'n' Bones is a s00per seKrut society at Yale. They have some sort of s00per seKrut handshake. When Burns shook Laddy's hand, the dog must have performed it.

George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush were both members.

― fletrejet, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks fletrejet that makes perfect sense now, Burns is a Yale man after all

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 17:29 (twenty-two years ago)

My personal favorite was the one where Bart gets a Big Brother and then to spite Bart, Homer gets a little brother ("I'm not the only one who can abuse a non-profit program!").

― fletrejet, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i havent seen that episode on TV for a long time - why not?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Is the Cap'n in the Clownschool episode?

― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh come now, if it hasn't got Sideshow Bob in it, then it can't be the best one. "Cape Fear" kills me every time. The Gilbert and Sullivan, Bob's attempt to reply to Bart menacingly, the scene with the rakes...oh God, the rakes. Although the episode where Krustee is forced to relocate his TV studio to a trailer somewhere in the desert is classic for the Stingy & Battery Show: "They light! and bite! and light and...[groan of dejection]"

― J0hn Darn13ll3 (J0hn Darn13ll3), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

my favourite is the ice hockey one. the way homer sets up the competition between bart and lisa is great.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry many others are coming in. its impossible actually.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

>i havent seen that episode on TV for a long time - why not?

I don't know if you are in the UK or US, but in the US there is a certain system to the syndication of episodes which results in long periods of time where they show only recent (= the last 3-4 seasons') episodes over and over and over. Therefore you hardly ever see older episodes in syndication. I just download episodes from kazaa now to get my Simpson's fix.

― fletrejet, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

its pretty random on Sky One in the UK...and the BBC now for that matter. I think the 'softball' episode was shown about ten times last year on either channel but other episodes from that glorious season dont get much of a look-in...havent seen 'Mother Simpson' for ages (but thats good cos i was a bit sick of it)

fletrejet - every time i download an episode from KaZaa i notice bits missing and/or cut out - beware!

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

the scene with the rakes...oh God, the rakes.
I loved this episode, but I never NEVER did understand the rakes. Is it an allusion to something else? I always just considered it a way to fill up another 10 seconds.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

it just an example of taking a comedy convention to its logical extreme.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

the big brother one is my earliest recollection of getting a sexual double entendre: "we had some good times, bart; remember the swings?
"i was faking it - higher, dad, higher, wheee! wheee!"

but come on people, homie the clown has the line: "they are airholes - they make the car go faster"

― dave k, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

>fletrejet - every time i download an episode from KaZaa i notice bits missing and/or cut out - beware!

Sadly, in the US the syndicated episodes have bits cut out of them to allow more time for commercials. Most of files on kazaa were capped from US syndication episodes. These cuts can be very stupid sometimes, i.e. leaving in the setup for a joke but cutting out the punchline.

>I loved this episode, but I never NEVER did understand the rakes. Is >it an allusion to something else? I always just considered it a way to fill up another 10 seconds.

The rake scene was always controversial. It wasn't a refernce to anything, the point being that Bob is such a loser, he has to put up with slapstick comedy not only in his role on TV, but in real life as well. Back in the days of alt.tv.simpsons, "rake scene" was a term for a pointless time-filling bit that was likely to be cut in syndication.

― fletrejet, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"rake scene" was a term for a pointless time-filling bit that was likely to be cut in syndication.
Bake him away, toys!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 20:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Lisa and Bart singing "Theme from Shaft" at the sushi restaurant - a rare moment where sis and bruv are on the same level without it being nasty. Lisa's finest moment? Utterly classic.

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 20:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes the point of the rakes is that he not only steps on a rake, but is walking amidst a number of rakes which could easily be circumnavigated, making awkward turns to step on each one and then making the key Sideshow Bob disgruntlement-sound ("oooh" doesn't do it justice). The role of the scene within the episode is that it increases the absurd number of physical indignities that Bob has to suffer en route to his revenge.

― J0hn Darn13ll3 (J0hn Darn13ll3), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)

i think the funniest thing about it is there's no real justification for it at all!

and for gods sake, why didnt they ever show The Critic in the UK? i wanna see

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"Hi Lisa! Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers!"

― Curtis Stephens, Tuesday, 14 January 2003 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

"Homie the Clown" did have its laffs, but to be considered best Simpsons evah it *has* to have more heart, and in this ep Homer was terribly jerkassed. I can think of 20 better eps, and now I will list them in more or less random order:

You only move twice (CLASSIC if only for the sugar/cream scene, plus Hank Scorpion = best one off character evah)
Selma's Choice (Surly = best one off character evah)
Krusty gets Kancelled (Oh no! Bette Midler!)
Thirty minutes over Tokyo (Wink: "In America, you reward knowledge. In Japan, we punish ignorance." Homer: "Ignor-what?"; Wink: "You will now have to answer one question about Japan." Homer: "Is the answer Japan?" Wink: "Actually, it is.")
And Maggie Makes Three (very moving, AND funny)
Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
Colonel Homer (Lurlene: "You're as smart as you are handsome!" Homer [angrily]: "Hey! Oh wait, you meant that as a compliment")
Marge vs. the Monorail
Whacking Day (look for Larry White's cameo!)
Duffless (Homer gives up drinking?!?)
Rosebud (yes, the Bobo one)
Cape Feare (Yes, the rake scene, which *was* simply to fill time)
Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadassss Song (one of the few sensitive Bart eps)
Lost Our Lisa (Lisa tries to go to museum by herself)
Trilogy of Error (the Lola Rennt parody, mit Linguo!)
The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace (Homer outdoes Edison)
They Saved Lisa's Brain (with MENSA/Stephen Hawking)
The Front
Lisa The Greek
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular (my cousin Matt Groening in BOOTLEGGER SHOCKA)
Lisa's Substitute (really, is there any doubt that this ep is the best?)

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

And I purposely left out the Treehouse of Horrors.

And yes, I <3 Lisa. Here are some more words that rhyme with Cory...

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)

"'The Simpsons' must have heart to be good" is the most irritating party line EVER.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 22:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Larry White. Heh.

― jm (jtm), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Larry Flynt's right! You guys stink!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 22:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh hell, here are even more that are better than "Homie the Clown":

Mom and Pop Art (Picasso in his crank period!)
Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part One
Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy
Sideshow Bob Roberts ("He's even better!" "I like the human touch.")
Marge in Chains
Boy-Scoutz N the Hood
The Last Temptation of Homer (Zutroy!)
$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)
Homer's Barbershop Quartet (Homer hands bellhop an awards statuette. Bellhop: "Gee, thanks! Oh wait, it's a Grammy..." [tosses it over balcolny] voice: "Hey, don't throw your trash down here!")
This Little Wiggy
Marge gets a job (Tibor!)
Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? ("It's drinking the water!" Plus, Homer sperm!)
Brother from the same planet ("Story. Gory. Allegory. Montessori.")
Homer's Triple Bypass
Mr. Plow ("Do you come with the car?")
Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
A streetcar named Marge
Kamp Krusty
Last exit to Springfield
Dog of Death
Radio Bart (I nearly cried when I first saw this)
Like Father, Like Clown
Bart the Murderer (Bart: "Did you kill my principle?" Fat Tony: "Uh, Chinese guy with a mustache?")
Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk ("Advantage: Burns!" and the Land of Chocolate!)
Homer Alone
Three Men and a Comic Book ("Hot enough for ya?")
Bart's Inner Child (Decadent!)
Homer at Bat
Lisa's Wedding
Lemon of Troy ("For it was haunted. Now, drink your turnip juice.")
Bart Sells his Soul (Metaphysics!)
The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons (Manjula is HOTT)
King of the Hill ("Hey, Deng Xiao Ping died.")
The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
Eight Misbehavin' ("Please, call me Larry.")
Pygmoelian ("Duffman, sez A LOT of things. OH YEAH.")
Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
Bart to the Future
Behind the Laughter
A Tale of Two Springfields ("Oh yeah? Bart, c'mere a minute!")
HOMR
Skinner's Sense of Snow ("I grow weary of your suggestive dancing. Bring the ranch dressing hose!")
Tales from the Public Domain ("I bagged a little girl! I'm the greatest Scotsman in history!" plus Trojan War and Hamlet!)

Last Tapdance in Springfield ("You are now carrying my child.")
Lisa's Sax
Lisa's Pony
Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
Lisa the Beauty Queen

"'The Simpsons' must have heart to be good" is the most irritating party line EVER.

But when the mood is nihilistic, the show is simply cruel.

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons (Manjula is HOTT)
King of the Hill ("Hey, Deng Xiao Ping died.")
Behind the Laughter"

Meh. hardly classics. i could go on...

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread is now worse than the new episodes

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 22:43 (twenty-two years ago)

funny thing about the rakes is that when I watched Cape Fear I kept looking for a rake scene, which I assumed they were parodying (say DeNiro/Mitchum steps on one and doesn't flinc). To the best of my recollection, there wasn't one.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I think "Homie the Clown" is a lot better than most of those episodes (the Thomas Edison one? come on), but "Radio Bart" is indeed a contender.

"Yeah, that Timmy is a real hero!"
"How do you mean, Dad?"
"Well, he fell down a well, and...can't...get out."
"How's that make him a hero?"
"Well it's more than YOU did!"

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)

But when the mood is nihilistic, the show is simply cruel.

Yes, and cruelty is never funny.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 23:53 (twenty-two years ago)

That's because, thank god, it gets cut during syndication. You've seen it once, that's enough.

The thing about the rampant cynicism in later Simpsons is that while the jokes evoke laughter at first, they don't hold up upon repeated viewings, an important factor considering its syndication. The worst is when the jokes get old as they're being told. After the humor's worn off, all you have left is the maliciousness for the sake of being malicious. A viewer will close him/herself off to avoid identifying closely with the victim and perpetrator. You have the exact opposite when there's warmth in the telling.

― Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 01:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Leee is otm. I think that's why I can't really enjoy the Simpsons like I used to. The one where Homer ran the daycare was the worst, because it made him look like he really didn't give a damn about his kids. In the past no matter what stupid or horrible thing Homer did you knew he cared about his family.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Put my vote with Leee and Nicole too. Dysfuctional isn't the same as heartless. Roseanne fell the wayside much the same way too.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Mmm. Looking back on the first season it's interesting to see not only how straightforward the show was (was there *anything* like the first-real-episode bit where Bart and Homer played catch for about a full minute to the backing of sappy music and some gentle chat ever again in the show?), but how, well, slow. It's a show that seems to have sped up and disengaged at the same time. In that sense it's reflective of its media surroundings, I suppose.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 02:38 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread is a cruel reminder of how I would like the Simpsons Season 2 dvd (probably another reason the earlier seasons don't get rerun in the States, Fox is trying to flog the dvds).

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 02:41 (twenty-two years ago)

*looks at Xmas gift copy of said DVD smugly* Er, I'm sorry, what? *hides from wrath*

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Shut up you bizitch, or I will rise up from my humble 8 Mile beginnings to vanquish you with my rhymes!

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I just realized that Eminem himself could be IN THIS ROOM going off about me at 180 mph and I really wouldn't care. Is there any empty threat thread?

(Not being mean to Nicole, who I heart, as should we all, etc.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 02:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I just realized that Eminem himself could be IN THIS ROOM going off about me at 180 mph and I really wouldn't care. Is there any empty threat thread?

You just say that because you know he scares you and you can't admit to yourself.

Or maybe I should have said I will come after you with a tube of Kim's silver purple lipstick.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 02:55 (twenty-two years ago)

you know he scares you

http://zhiphop.com/eminem/PHOTOMAIN.jpg

"No, Marc Almond ripped ME off, not the other way around! I'm gonna cry if you say otherwise!"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 02:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I like the blush he has on in that picture, it looks like Nars (Nars, Nas does not have his own makeup line...yet).

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 03:02 (twenty-two years ago)

He actually looks more like Pee Wee Herman's twisted twin loveslave the more I think about it, given the blush.

Nars?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Lady, if you have to ask...

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't give me that. I don't go around expecting people to know the meaning of the reference to the cats of Queen Beruthiel in the Moria chapters in Fellowship of the Ring, do I? Er, wait.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 03:06 (twenty-two years ago)

What is google for if not for researching trivial stuff like brand names? I'm not working right now, do your own damn research!

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

WELL. *flounces off to google* Hmm...

http://welcome.to/nars

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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 03:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, I like this even better:

http://www.geo.uu.nl/~nars/gifs/nars-allnew.gif

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 03:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't agree with the cruel Simpsons = inferior Simpsons claim and think that even in the past couple of years there've been episodes with great stretches in 'em. (The one where Moe winds up going back to school, for example, generally sucked, but the first five minutes or so where Bart was digging a hole in the back yard and wouldn't explain himself to anyone was mind-bogglingly funny.) Krustee is agreed by one and all, is he not, to be about the funniest thing on two animated legs...yet has there ever been a more degraded character? The Kamp Krustee episode roolz from beginning to end, and is almost gleefully misanthropic.

Apropos of nothing I feel compelled to quote a song that hasn't heretofore been mentioned:

Some folks'll never eat a skunk,
but then again some folk'll...
like Cletus,
the Slack-Jawed Yokel!

― J0hn Darn13ll3 (J0hn Darn13ll3), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 03:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Though this is pretty kicky:

http://www.railshippers.com/images/header_statement.gif

almost gleefully misanthropic

Just like me after a full workday. Thank you, good night, I'm out of here! Actually I really should get some dinner...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 03:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Who is the bigger nerd? Me for compiling above list, or those of you who read it all and took issue with my picks?

― Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I've just been enjoying getting reminded of loads of great moments, and I'm grateful. I don't think I have a favourite.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

when I saw the title of this thread, I thought, "I'm gonna kill myself if it isn't the one where Homer goes to clown college".

― rainy (rainy), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:10 (twenty-two years ago)

My!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 January 2003 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)

season 1 is running in syndication here right now.

― That Girl (thatgirl), Thursday, 16 January 2003 02:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I will now hold a power over rainy. "He saved my life back in '03, you know."

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 16 January 2003 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

i cant stand to watch Season 1...i have the Season 2 DVD but much of that also seems a bit dud (i only call you a-dud compared to a-seasons 3 to 8-a!) now - maybe i've just seen them too many times. regardless i await Season 3 (where things really kick off for me) with the most baited of breath

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 16 January 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

'Best' is always hard to do, but my favourite is definitely "Insane Clown Poppy", simply for the sequence at the beginning where Bart and Homer fix things using fireworks. Oh, and the "How did you find me? Well, my mom always said that my father was a sad old clown" and the "Somebody here is a snitch" bits are both brilliantly funny.

― SittingPretty (sittingpretty), Thursday, 16 January 2003 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

seven months pass...

Recent research indicates that, while the with-heart episodes may not be better than the without-heart ones, there's a good reason for the Simpsons to go back to with-heart: On the vicious surreal black comedy front, The Family Guy kicks its ass.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 18 August 2003 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

but the 'with-heart' (as in the ones where the family were still likeable despite flaws) ones WERE better dagnabbit

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 18 August 2003 11:59 (twenty-two years ago)

How on Earth can you extol the virtues of "Homie the Clown" and not mention the bicycle trick!?! I totally collapsed a lung laughing at that bit!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 18 August 2003 12:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Bike trick = scatalogical humor = we don't need that now do we, ILX?

― Leee (Leee), Monday, 18 August 2003 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't believe you mentalists left out 'Lisa's Valentine'!

The pointless busywork! Miss hoover demonstrating the safety scissors' bluntness on her arm! "It says be, and there's a picture of a bee on it!"
Ralph walking Lisa home from school: "so, do you like...stuff?" and later, "the doctor said i wouldn't get so many nosebleeds if i kept my finger out of there"!
KBBL accidentally playing 'Monster Mash' several times!
Krusty's live spectacular - "and now my favourite part of the evening, talk to the audience??! *groan, mumble* this bit always kills me"

damn i miss the daily repeats. k-lassic.

― petra jane (petra jane), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)

i still think 'Homie The Clown' is top 5 - Andrew nailed it so well originally.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

krusty gets cancelled. all the way.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

Over the last month I've watched pretty much all of the last few years (finally) and: That heart isn't gone at all, it's just dispaced and done strangely. It's all about repeating themes with minor characters that seem like throwaways at first but which build up to something more meaningful. Nelson's home life, Moe's suicidal tendencies, even Lenny parade of medical problems, Mrs. Krabapple dealing with Skinner -- this is where the "heart" of the show is invested now.

It's very odd.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

Who "came out of the closet" in that recent episode a couple months ago? they were advertising it but the way Fox jerks around the Simpsons schedule, I missed it. Was it the obvious: Smithers? Or did they pull out a surprise that was great?

― Triple Ho, Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

I thought the Pieman episode from last season was very funny.

Casuistry otm.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 6 January 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Stephen-Hawking-referring-to Homer to Springfield-taking-over-talking gazebo-standing-on nerds including Vulcan-mating-ritual-abiding Comic Book Guy:
"Larry Flynt is right, you guy's stink!"

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

They haven't done any coming out yet, I think.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

xpost:
Shit! Sean beat me by two years and without moronically extra hyphen inserted.

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Duffless (Homer gives up drinking?!?!

This one contains one of my favoritest lines ever from this show.

HOMER (out walking, not drinking, feeling good, says something about never drinking again)

MOE: Alright boozy, you're late for your drunkening!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

'Max Power, he's the man who's name you'd love to touch,
but you musn't touch!
His name sounds good in your ear, but when you say it,
you musn't fear.
'Cause his name can be said by anyone!'

― azob (azob), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

Last night they showed the rerun where Homer and Barney duke it out to go to space. So many good lines/sightgags in that one.

Bart: Wow, my father an astronaut. I feel so full of...what's the
opposite of shame?
Marge: Pride?
Bart: No, not _that_ far from shame.
Homer: [quavering] Less shame?
Bart: [happy] Yeah...

― cathy berberian (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 January 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

I'm so glad someone quoted lyrics to the Max Power song! I've been looking for those for ages...

― sugarpants (sugarpants), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

King Size Homer

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

I'm a fan of the episode where Homer becomes a babysitter.

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)

- bart sells his soul to milhouse
- guatemalan insanity peppers
- scorpio

― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

I'm so glad someone quoted lyrics to the Max Power song! I've been looking for those for ages...
-- sugarpants (signalsfadin...), January 6th, 2005.

http://www.letssingit.com/?http://www.letssingit.com/simpsons-2m77n.html

Lyrics to tons of Simpson songs

― Alan Ralph (azob), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

And lots of pop-ups. (And one virus warning.)

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 6 January 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

big ups to hank scorpio.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)

The Brazil episode is brilliant.

''So it's oppisite land!!! Crooks chase cops, cats have puppies, hot snow falls up'

― azob (azob), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

"Bart Sells His Soul" is a classic.

"Secret hobo spices!"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

that's just a variant on Bart vs Australia tho ("hamburgers eat people" etc.)

xpost

― Stevem On X (blueski), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)

I don't think so.......homie don't play dat.

― papa november (papa november), Thursday, 6 January 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

All I've gotta say is this -

Cover me, sarge, I'm goin in for Bart's soul!
If the ayatollah can't have it, no one can!

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Thursday, 6 January 2005 23:04 (twenty years ago)

the laughing steamroller-type thing driver

― Stevem On X (blueski), Thursday, 6 January 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

"Homers Barber Shop Quartet"

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 7 January 2005 02:30 (twenty years ago)

My favorite line from the B-sharps episode:

"Oyster Lucy! You'll love Oyster Lucy! Oh Mister Mooney, I've just got to meet Bob Cummings.... Viiiiiiiiiiv."

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 14 January 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

I was just about to make the same arguments for the same episode. Mindy's the greatest. Except I misquoted the egg thing from the stonecutters episode, thanks Stevem.

― Nellie (nellskies), Friday, 14 January 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

"Oh Mindy, you came and you gave me a turkey"

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

How come the funniest moment ever hasn't been mentioned? Probably because it has been mentioned on other threads.

"You have selected... regicide. If you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press 1"

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

I saw the one where Bart and Homer become carnies yesterday - is this a new one? I roffled my ass off!

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

the chili cook-off has to be my favorite. you can't go wrong with homer psychedelic hallucinations and johnny cash starring as a coyote.

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:37 (twenty years ago)

It's funny how people love moments that just make you shrug, I guess it just shows how many levels it works on.

― Nellie (nellskies), Friday, 14 January 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

and johnny cash starring as a coyote.

say what now??

I saw the one where Bart and Homer become carnies yesterday - is this a new one?

i think that's from around '99/'00 DL

Nellie OTM

― Stevem On X (blueski), Friday, 14 January 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

the worst thing is when you know someone quoted it wrong - a) you're annoyed because they quoted it wrong, b) you're annoyed that you're annoyed about this, c) you ARE now officially the most annoying person in the world regardless of whether you correct them or not, no-win

― Stevem On X (blueski), Friday, 14 January 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

and johnny cash starring as a coyote.
say what now??

trudat. i'll ship it over to you on gmail if you like.

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Friday, 14 January 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

Hank: Uh, hi, Homer. What can I do for you?
Homer: Sir, I need to know where I can get some business hammocks.
Hank: Hammocks? My goodness, what an idea. Why didn't I think of that? Hammocks! Homer, there's four places. There's the Hammock Hut, that's on Third.
Homer: Uh-huh.
Hank: There's Hammocks-R-Us, that's on Third too. You got Put-Your-Butt-There?
Homer: Mm-Hmm.
Hank: That's on Third. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot... Matter of fact, they're all in the same complex; it's the Hammock Complex on Third.
Homer: Oh, the Hammock District!

― Lance du Lac, Friday, 14 January 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

ha ha, the Hank Scorpio one is the GREATTITS!

Hank Scorpio: By the way, Homer, what's your least favorite country, Italy or France?
Homer: France.
Hank adjusts a giant laser
Hank Scorpio: Heh heh. Nobody ever says Italy.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 January 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

WOW, A BASEBALL MADE OF SECRETARIAT!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 January 2005 15:33 (twenty years ago)

The 2 episodes that have Homer and Ned's Vegas wives in always leave me in bits

― azob (azob), Friday, 14 January 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Hurricane Neddy is SUCH a winner.

"Lousy Beatniks!"

― Lance du Lac, Friday, 14 January 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

"Everybody dance now!"

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 14 January 2005 15:53 (twenty years ago)

"Ooopsie-doodle!"

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 14 January 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

hurricane neddy is indeed an excellent episode

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 14 January 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

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