homer: so when do we get the check for this? marge: well...they said they changed it just enough so they don't have to pay us. homer: awww, you know who the real crooks are? those sleazy hollywood producers!!
and instantly the PRODUCERS credit comes on.
this moment is seriously one of the handful of things that makes me glad i'm alive.
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 09:56 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 10:00 (twenty years ago)
― nate woolls (napawo), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 10:06 (twenty years ago)
― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:12 (twenty years ago)
― ty, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:15 (twenty years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:15 (twenty years ago)
― nate woolls (napawo), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:27 (twenty years ago)
Krusty: "No, I got where I am today by naming names in the fifties."
― chap who would dare to be completely sober on the internet (chap), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:41 (twenty years ago)
Seriously.
― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:58 (twenty years ago)
― the kit! (g-kit), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:59 (twenty years ago)
― Drunken Lurker, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:03 (twenty years ago)
― mike a, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:06 (twenty years ago)
― adam (adam), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:08 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:11 (twenty years ago)
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:23 (twenty years ago)
― Dave NSFW (dave225.3), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:23 (twenty years ago)
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)
I felt Roadrunner and Wile E watching and marvelling at the new way to fall down a ravine that they hadn't thought of themselves.
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)
― Ron Dennis, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:30 (twenty years ago)
"why you little" *arr arrrr arrrrra arrrrrr*
although i guess not hands down
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:33 (twenty years ago)
"Can't they get a pole for that sign?"
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:33 (twenty years ago)
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:35 (twenty years ago)
― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)
― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)
― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:42 (twenty years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:42 (twenty years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:43 (twenty years ago)
hahaha! yeah totally.
although also:
"eat-the-pudding-eat-the-pudding-eat-the-pudding-eat-the-pudding..."
― piscesboy, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:43 (twenty years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:44 (twenty years ago)
― phil d. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:47 (twenty years ago)
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:48 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:49 (twenty years ago)
― Dave NSFW (dave225.3), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:50 (twenty years ago)
― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:50 (twenty years ago)
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:51 (twenty years ago)
― The Equator Lounge (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:58 (twenty years ago)
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:59 (twenty years ago)
― chap who would dare to be completely sober on the internet (chap), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:01 (twenty years ago)
― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:07 (twenty years ago)
Yes. I also complained about co-workers reciting sketches before
― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:08 (twenty years ago)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:10 (twenty years ago)
― phil d. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:20 (twenty years ago)
"Ok throw 'er in da hole""See all that stuff in there Homer? That's why your robot never worked.""With a dry cool wit like that I could be (*interrupted by Bart*)""Are you referring to me?" "No, my son is also named Bort."
etc.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:29 (twenty years ago)
― chap who would dare to be completely sober on the internet (chap), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:29 (twenty years ago)
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:31 (twenty years ago)
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 16 March 2006 10:37 (twenty years ago)
In the best ever episode - 3F23
"We don't have bums in our town, Marge, and if we did they wouldn't rush; they'd be allowed to go at their own pace."
― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 16 March 2006 11:33 (twenty years ago)
when Homer decides to setup his own automative telephone ringing service. The phone repeatedly rings Flanders house up in the middle of the night, Ned is so polite that he keeps answering and replacing the handset. Eventually Homer leans out of his windows and bellows at Ned that some people are trying to get some sleep.
Seriously, that is funniest Simpsons scene ever.
oh wait, what about the clown school. Homer picturing his burning colleagues as acrobatic clowns. that could be it?
― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 12:06 (twenty years ago)
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:10 (twenty years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:12 (twenty years ago)
― Dave NSFW (dave225.3), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:16 (twenty years ago)
At the Mt. Useful Visitors Center, the kids are looking for somethingto pass time. Bart tries a Smokey the Bear robot.
Smokey: Only who can prevent forest fires? [Bart chooses the "You" button over the "Me"] You pressed "you," referring to me. That is incorrect. The correct answer is "you".
― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 March 2006 14:17 (twenty years ago)
― kingfish da notorious teletabby (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:12 (twenty years ago)
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:15 (twenty years ago)
"These monsters are destroying everything and everyone we hold dear! And you kids should have jackets on."
― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:24 (twenty years ago)
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)
― Should've Never Give Jimmy Mod Money (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:38 (twenty years ago)
― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:44 (twenty years ago)
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Thursday, 16 March 2006 16:49 (twenty years ago)
― musically (musically), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)
― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 16 March 2006 17:36 (twenty years ago)
― autovac (autovac), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:44 (twenty years ago)
Bart Simpson (spelling "Impervious" in a spelling B): I...M...PNelson: Bart is pee!Ralph Wiggum: I made Bart in my pants!
― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 16 March 2006 19:58 (twenty years ago)
― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:01 (twenty years ago)
I googled "competent drumming of" to make sure I had the drummer's name right, and apparently that phrase has been adopted by smart-ass critics the world over, because I saw it used many times for many different bands.
― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)
OMG I've changed my choice!
― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)
― Yawn (Wintermute), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:23 (twenty years ago)
not brilliant per se....DEF ROFLY
― ddb (ddb), Thursday, 16 March 2006 20:26 (twenty years ago)
― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Thursday, 16 March 2006 22:56 (twenty years ago)
― musically (musically), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:30 (twenty years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:47 (twenty years ago)
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:51 (twenty years ago)
― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Thursday, 16 March 2006 23:51 (twenty years ago)
mark, i agree. it's the minuscule distance the ambulance travels before hitting the tree that really makes it. i've seen it about 20 times and i still laugh myself silly at it.
on a similar physical-comedy note: the repeated gag with hans moleman getting hit in the bolls in the "film festival" episode makes me cry tears of blood. especially with nelson's laugh off-camera. actually, that whole episode is a thing of genius.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 17 March 2006 00:02 (twenty years ago)
Carl's line cracks me up everytime (nowhere near as funny written down, you need Carl's drunk slurring voice and lolling eyes along with it).
― Affectian (Affectian), Friday, 17 March 2006 00:25 (twenty years ago)
"Alright, don't eat nothin' for the next three days, 'cause I'm takin' you out for a steak the size of a toilet seat!"
― Jordan Fish, Friday, 17 March 2006 02:30 (twenty years ago)
(Fat Tony and the mafia guys are selling the school rat milk)
― Spink, Friday, 17 March 2006 06:19 (twenty years ago)
As "Under the Sea" plays, a fantasy sequence is imagined with the kids living in a wonderful tree settlement. Martin takes a shower. Wendell uses a water slide. Sherri and Terri drive a bamboo and grass car. Ralph pigs out on food and a monkey butler brings Nelson a drink. Back to reality.BART: And every night the monkey butlers will regale us with jungle stories.NELSON: How many monkey butlers will there be?BART: One at first. But he'll train others.BART: Good, let's get to work! Me and Nelson will build the treehouse. Martin, draw up plans for a coconut radio, and if possible, a coconut Nintendo system.LISA: What about the rest of us?BART: You guys gather food for the big feast tonight! And maybe a little wine for the older kids.NELSON: Delicious wine?BART: Exactly.
The same episode where Homer sets up CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet.
Marge takes notice of Homer's pencil holder, the butter and butter dish.MARGE: Is that my good butter?HOMER: Can't discuss that now, Marge! I have to write another delicious memo!Homer takes a pencil from the butter and licks it.HOMER: Mmm... memo.
Internet, eh?
― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Friday, 17 March 2006 11:30 (twenty years ago)
The Scorpio episode is so brilliant, particularly this bit:
(Scorpio has just blown up the 59th St. bridge (right outside the United Nations in Manhattan))
British UN Delegate: Good Lord, the 59th Street Bridge!
Indian UN Delegate: It could have collapsed on its own.
British UN Delegate: We can't take that chance.
Indian UN Delegate: You always say that! I want to take a chance!
And, for all my beloved friends to the north
"We just moved here from CAN-ah-dah and they think I'm SLOW eh."
― Ash (ashbyman), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:00 (twenty years ago)
Homer: Yeah. Then we'd get the chair.
Marge:Homer that's not what I meant!
Homer: It is Marge admit it.....
Also the entirety of the George Bush episode.
― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:04 (twenty years ago)
-- grimly fiendish (simonmai...) (webmail), Today 12:02 AM. (later) (link)
Classic: You Saying something two days ago, someone replying to you by name, and you actually seeing it! Dud: Same thing happening, and you not seeing it. Nothing to do with the Simpsons, but never mind and carry on.
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:06 (twenty years ago)
― pyjamagrama (teenagequiet), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:07 (twenty years ago)
― bangelo (bangelo), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:09 (twenty years ago)
― Dave AKA Dave (dave225.3), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:20 (twenty years ago)
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:55 (twenty years ago)
― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:59 (twenty years ago)
Missing the "Probably misses his glasses" section but this is right up there.
10 that haven't been mentioned.
Jasper: Stay above the Equator.
The Sarcastic Middle-Aged Man: I've got a film for you fatty, A fridge too far!
Welfare Guy: Stupid babies need the most attention
Homer: If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.
Burns: This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go jail. That's democracy for you.
Smithers: I'm afraid we have a bad image, Sir. Market research shows people see you as something of an ogre.Burns: I ought to club them and eat their bones!
Homer: I call the big one bitey (When repeated in Marge's head the final time, Homer waits slightly too long to say this.)
Homer: I never apologize, Lisa. I'm sorry, but that's just the way I am.
Ralph: Me fail English? That's unpossible!
The best one though is..
Lisa: Is that what we do in this family? When someone becomes aninconvenience, we just get rid of them?[camera pans rapidly to the Springfield Retirement Castle]Abe: [picking up phone] Hello? Is anybody there? Aw...[hangs up]
― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Friday, 17 March 2006 21:26 (twenty years ago)
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1476/2333/1600/biyscoutz3.jpg
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1476/2333/200/lemonoftroy3.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/MitchellStirling/100th4.jpg
― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Friday, 17 March 2006 21:33 (twenty years ago)
Burns: It was the best of times it was the blurst of times?!?!
and
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y71/MitchellStirling/Beatles.jpg
― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Friday, 17 March 2006 21:36 (twenty years ago)
Godd post by a former writer on the show who looks at some of the obscure gags.
Simpsons references can be obscureFor this we actually had to do research - in pre-internet days - to write the joke (& find delightfully obscure sounding civilization that in some way prized hydro engineering)What's a Simpsons joke that sent you down a reference rabbit hole? pic.twitter.com/uMNX4TyQ02— Josh Weinstein (@Joshstrangehill) July 11, 2025
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 12 July 2025 06:46 (ten months ago)
Reading the thread ppl are coming up with some good things.
Ironically there's a bunch of civilisations where hydro engineering was centrally important
― ding us a dong, you're the gamelan (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 12 July 2025 06:51 (ten months ago)