Homoerotic jokes on The Simpsons

yo, that time has come

I don't think it's true for The Simpsons, The Wanda Sykes Show, Friends, King of Queens, Becker, Everybody Loves Raymond, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ed (is that a comedy?), Scrubs, Malcom In The Middle or even That 70's Show, which if you think about it, should pretty much revolve around sexual innuendo since they're teenagers and all...

anyway i think she's one of the funniest people on TV along with dave chappelle and jon stewart

This may be why you don't like Wanda Sykes or Dave Chappelle. (I am allowed to say this because the town I'm from is in MN, giving me carte blanche to tease all things Cheddarheady.)

incidentally, there was some controversy surrounding this season's episode in which homer temporarily moves in with a gay couple. the simpsons' people wanted harvey fierstein to do the voice for one of the characters...they thought he would be enthusiastic about doing it, but upon reading the script he refused unless drastic changes were made. he complained that the characters were one-dimensional, crude stereotypes, etc. they did a re-write, which he still found totally objectionable, and so he ended up not participating.

DS: "Discus Stu has ouzo - for twozo"
Bart: "I'll leave you guys alone"
DS: "Discus Stu was talking - to you"
Bart: <ewwwww pose>

Ja, ja, ja. Mach schnell mit der art things, huh? I must get back to the Dance Centrum in Stuttgart in time to see Krartwerk!

It was an interesting concept but the skit itself dragged on too long. Chappelle is at his best in quicker, sharper stuff, like that parody of the antismoking PSA or the "Roots" outtakes.

Homer: It's called a Flaming (Homer)
Moe: Moe! That's right a Flaming Moe. My name is Moe and I invented it, that's why it's called a Flaming Moe.

homer: are any of these hetero?

rainer: what's there is there.

that has been edited out of syndicated episode, btw.

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in Much Apu About Nothing the citizens of Springfield (lead by Homer) storm Town Hall chanting "We're here/we're queer/we don't want any more bears"

thanx for dis

Wasn't there one episode where Homer confessed his one true love is himself, and this was followed by a dream interlude where Homer is hugging and passionately kissing his exact doppelgänger? Is that homoerotic or autoerotic?

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you suck at watching the simpsons

My parents would make us quit watching for a few weeks whenever there was a blasphemous or slightly homoerotic episode. In one, they were all in line to enter a sports game, and they were giving away complimentary squirts of lotion from a giant bottle to everyone entering. And somehow that was enough to BAN Simpsons on Sunday nights for four weeks. My dad wouldn't explain why.

This is the same dad (my dad) who grounded me for singing "Squeezebox" by The Who, saying it was awful and dirty, then not explaining why.

Abbott IS Lindsay Weir

That's a funny over-reaction to the lotion gag, though: surely the motivating joke on that one was "what is the most useless and idiotic thing anyone could possibly give away at a baseball game"

Bart: Hello. Is Homer there?
Moe: Homer who?
Bart: Homer Sexual
Moe: Wait one second, Let me (to the bar) Homer Sexual. Ah, come on, one of you guys has gotta be Homer Sexual...Oh no, you rotten little punk! if I ever get a hold of you, I'll sink my teeth into your cheek and rip your face off!

I know, I tried explaining to him they were just being absurd and he got even madder. He wouldn't explain his reasoning, which just made me speculate on way dirtier things than he was probably thinking.

xp

^^ best part about that is how they have to actually contrive that Moe would say "Homer who?" when asked if there's someone named Homer at his bar.

so the corn bit of the John waters episode is never shown anymore. I remember that being one of my favourite jokes but now it seems to be gone from what i can tell

Stupid sexy Flanders!
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Proving that the Germans are not all smiles and sunshine—sometimes they are also critical studies of long-running television shows—German librarian Erwin In het Panhuis has compiled a new book, Behind The Gay Laughter: Homosexuality In The Simpsons, arguing that The Simpsons has greatly influenced the public perception of homosexuality, and even helped numerous gay men come out over the years.

As The Huffington Post notes in its translation, In het Panhuis looked at some “490 gay scenes and over 70 homosexual characters” from the series’ run, charting the myriad ways in which it’s explored and combated prejudices. For example, The Simpsons became the first cartoon to dedicate an entire episode to same-sex marriage, and has featured moments where “Homer himself has kissed other male characters on the lips more than 50 times” without being immediately engulfed in cleansing hellfire, all of these things positive. It also, of course, features one of TV’s most beautifully tragic stories of unrequited same-sex love, in the will-they/won’t they dance of Lenny and Carl.

While the book admits that sometimes The Simpsons falters with the occasional “fallback to stereotypes” (with almost 90 percent of these surely contained within that one John Waters episode), the series nevertheless boasts “an intelligent, fair and entertaining handling of homosexuality,” time and again showing that gay people work hard and play hard, in a respectable and relatable manner. Though, oddly, the book devotes an entire chapter to Waylon Smithers, whose real deal is that he’s Mr. Burns’ assistant, he’s in his early 40s, is unmarried, and he currently resides in Springfield, and thus seems like an unusual character to focus on.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/the-simpsons-gay-men-come-out_n_3533970.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

Ever since there network television was born there have been network censors and writers who would love to sneak something past them. So, if there is a plausible double-entendre or sexual subtext to a joke, the chances are very good that the writer of the joke knew it was there.

...since there network...

how about the one where Homer has started working for Hank Scorpio and asks for some sugar for his coffee, and Scorpio reaches into his pocket and pulls out some sugar. He then reaches into his pocket and says, "How about some cream?" and Homer looks down and says, "um..."
that has been edited out of syndicated episode, btw.

― gear (gear), Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:17 AM (7 years ago)

tbh i always read this as a marx bros-style "how the hell is he carrying around cream in his pocket?" joke but maybe my mind isn't dirty enough

but can't believe no one mentioned:

'homer, ahh, i have a bone to pick with you...it's about your...well, potty mouth. i know we all pull a few boners now and then, go off half-cocked, i don't mean to be hard on you...'

yeah. lots of this is some bullshit when there are really transparent gay jokes thru the whole thing. "corn" is not slang for gay sex, okay?

you suck at watching the simpsons

― and what, Monday, May 5, 2008 5:50 PM (5 years ago)