Don't cry for me. I'm already dead.

barney's film is the gratest evah made (except queen of the damned obv)

death of bleeding gums murphy? perhaps not...

there's a scene where abe simpson is sitting by the phone in the old ppl's home, and now and then picking it up and answering even though no one has rung, just in case they did and there's something wrong with the ring (but there isn't and they didn't)

Most of the Abe Simpson scenes are pathos-packed.

you're right Ronan, it's great, one of the best moments, but it reminded me of an episode of Northern Exposure where Ed made a black and white film, that was so cool, after watching it, me and then flatmate decided that we had to do something creative with our lives, then we went to the pub and promptly forgot, bloody students.

the one where Milhouse's parents split up and at the end the dad sings "Can I Borrow A Feeling" and asks the mom if she wants to get back together again, and - in brilliant reversal of everything we've been led to expect by decades of sitcom tradition - she winces and says, "Ewww, no!"

god - that song is fucking brilliant. the king of these for me is the ralph wiggum valentine's episode which is the TV equivalent of pounding a metal spike into my chest for 30 minutes. that scene where bart replays the TV show to pinpoint the exact moment when his heart breaks in two. and then the play! i've seen it several times and it never fails to hit me.

and of course i think the grimey episode is the creepiest thing ever since it messes with *years* of assumptions

"Who needs the Quick-E-Mart?... I do. I do."

The most affecting part in that episode is where they so to see the head of Quick-E-Mart and Homer messes up.

Most affecting from the position of being utterly biting satire was the episode where Homer goes to clown college. Luigi's withering assessment of his clientele after they acquiesce to being put down as scum compared to Krusty "Yeah, you see how you scum" still strikes me as being one of the most pertinent comments upon celebrity culture that I've ever heard.

I suppose the blowfish episode is pretty poignant. 'I like your sheets'. This is just off the top of my head, there must be hundreds of moments I've forgotten.

...one of which I've just remembered; the Mr Plow episode where we see Barney's first beer (forced upon him by Homer) and the moment where his whole life disappeared.

When Homer meets his mum and she has to leave, and while the credits roll at the end we see Homer sitting on the car and looking at the road where he had last seen his mum. A Homer moment.

Also, when Homer becomes 3-dimensional and all the live-action people are staring at him and he is whimpering. Then he goes to the erotic cake store.