THAT'S RIGHT, I DID THE IGGY: The Simpsons Season 4 Poll

If it was left up to me to decide what single season of American episodic television was to be put onto a satellite and sent into space, it might be this one. This, to me, is the apotheosis of television.

Agreed!

However:
"Treehouse of Horror III"
"The Simpsons Halloween Special III"

http://i43.tinypic.com/id7jo0.jpg

Only vote for THOH if that's your vote,folks.

lol best screencap

Alternate title ideas were THE BLURST OF TIMES and SENOR PLOW NO ES MACHO, btw.

The story for "Kamp Krusty" was originally intended for a tentative Simpsons movie, IIRC, and I'm sure it would've been orders of magnitude better than the movie we got.

That episode gave me what I think is my favorite Kent Brockman quote. You know the one I mean.

Thought this thread would be about Lou/Iggy mashup t-shirt

Alternate title ideas were THE BLURST OF TIMES and SENOR PLOW NO ES MACHO, btw.

We also would have accepted "Tell me what you think of me."

And having just watched it, I thought you might go for I CALL THE BIG ONE BITEY.

I could've gone with LISA NEEDS BRACES and just let nature take its course.

monorail

i hear those things are awfully loud

impossible, god, even the clip show is good ffs.

"Mr. Plow" is my standard answer to the question "what's your favourite SIMPSONS episode," so that actually makes voting in this one easy even though it should be impossible.

i say impossible but then on the other hand 'last exit to springfield' is one of the most perfect things ever constructed.

"I Love Lisa" has the line that inspired my username.

(well, the first part of my username ... and not the Display Name part)

Fuckin monorail is gonna romp home on this poll. Its a good ep but it is way from my fave.

Worker and Parasite Show cartoon was all time. It guided my vote, as there is no rational method of choosing among these.

OMG yes.

Tempted to vote for "New Kid on the Block" for the two Iranian restaurant dudes snarking "sometimes I think you WANT me to FAIL!" and then fighting over the ringing phone. And also Sara Gilbert's "youuuu wont be needing THIS!" *kicks Bart's heart into a wall*.

"Kamp Krusty" for "We're all gonna die, Lis."
"A Streetcar Named Marge" for the play enjoyed by all.
"Treehouse of Horror III" for Candy-Apple Island.
"Last Exit to Springfield" for the negotiation scene.
"Whacking Day" for the sexy slither of the lady snake.
"Krusty Gets Kancelled" for Gabbo. Gabbo! GABBO!

Among the non-obvious leaders, Homer the Heretic is a very strong choice, as is Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie. Right now I'm torn between Last Exit and I Love Lisa. It's so hard to choo-choo-choose!

(Lol who am I kidding it'll probably be monorail.)

i realise i could probably live my life saying nothing but quotes from this season.

it'd be annoying.

Well there's always this failed thread of mine! Simpsons quotations

"That oughta hold the SOB's."

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130714223357/simpsons/images/a/ac/Krusty_Gets_Kancelled_46.JPG

Got a lot of love for Itchy and Scratchy the Movie, but I'll probably go for Mr Plow.

So, when I was little, my parents wouldn't let me watch The Simpsons. I didn't understand English, and I couldn't read the subtitles, so it wasn't as if it would have rocked my world or taught me any bad words or anything, but still, it seemed intriguing and weird, and I loved cartoons. So once when we visited my grandparents, they parked me in front of a tv, and Simpsons came on, and I decided to watch it, because how bad could it be for me? Well, five minutes into the episode, this guy jumps out from an icestatue and shoots holes in everyone and blood is splurting everywhere, and I turned it off in shock. I honestly thought it was a very violent show for years after that. Still, I might vote for that episode.

I'm not sure I can be swayed from Monorail. "I call the big one Bitey" is pretty much unsurpassable.

Speaking of not getting references, Gabbo's little song and dance where he delclares he can "imitate Vin Scully" always lost me, I had no idea who that was.

so many memories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7p5VwAXk0

yeah and i had no idea who Ray J Johnson was. still don't in fact.

You can call him Ray, or you can call him Jay, or you can call him Ray Jay, but you doesn't have to call him

These ads dominated televised sporting events in the US in the late 70s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7n9YX1Xfw4

ha, amazing!

VERY tough choice this season, ultimately it's between Homer The Heretic and Krusty Gets Kancelled; almost impossible to choose. the bit where Mel unexpectedly emerges from the wings to join Krusty for 'Send In The Clowns' always means i get 'something in my eye'.

Lisa "I can't believe it, our first glimpse of Gabbo!"
Homer "He'll tell us what to do"

One reference that I never got but always made me piss myself: "standing on his hind legs like a little Rory Calhoun". (Diff season though.)

http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/wp-content/uploads/worker-and-parasite.jpg

oh LOL I always thought homers "but you doesnt have to call me" ramble in S10 was him not knowing the words to some routine! I had no idea THATS HOW IT WENT omg.

Im really thinking Krusty gets Kancelled has to get a vote for Worker and Parasite, as well.

But then again, TOHIII does have "everybody loves a clown, so why don't you?" and "I think women and sea men dont mix" (...actually no, overall that TOH was a bit weak).

If I went on "oft used quotes", then "look in the tunk" would be up there. Don't ask me why.

i just love the vibe of homer the heretic

"Be he Chrisian, Jew or... miscellaneous!"
"Hindi! There are 50 million of us you know"
"oh super!"

If I went on "oft used quotes", then "look in the tunk" would be up there. Don't ask me why.

― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:31 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ THIS.

Im really thinking Krusty gets Kancelled has to get a vote for Worker and Parasite, as well.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KWC9HZVEzsw/SnZPhvEhXCI/AAAAAAAAAIY/t0OyB_QBEm0/s400/Worker+and+parasite+copy.png

T is for her tooth-filled mouth
T is for her tooth-filled mouth

worker and parasite perfectly topped off by

http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr288/conorbenglish/krusty.jpg

OTM. I think this was the season where the quickness, rhythm, and timing of the reaction shots went next-level.

Wonder if Lou cleared this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-QT74bzHFQ

a while back i was googling dental plan information and discovered that "dental plan lisa needs braces" comes up before anything related to actual dentists.

ahhh god, homer's rap/the reaction is so great. the cat!

Burns: Relax, Simpson. I just brought you in here for a friendly hello...
Homer: Whew... (heart slows down)
Burns: ...and GOODBYE! YOU'RE FIRED!
Homer: Aaargh! (heart speeds up)
Burns: But, wait. Perhaps I'm being too hasty. You are highly skilled...
Homer: Whew... (heart slows down)
Burns: ...at GOOFING OFF!
Homer: Aaargh! (heart beats faster)
Burns: Now don't worry, Homer. You're the kind of guy I could really dig...
Homer: Whew... (heart slows down)
Burns: ...A GRAVE FOR!
Homer: Aaargh! (heart beats even faster)
Burns: Your indolence is inefficacious!
Homer: Uh? (heart beats normally)
Burns: That means YOU'RE TERRIBLE!
Homer: Aarrggghh! (suffers a heart attack and collapses)
Smithers: Mr. Burns, I think he's dead.
Burns: Oh dear. Send a ham to his widow.
Homer: Mmm, ham...
Smithers: No, wait. He's alive.
Burns. Oh good. Cancel the ham!
Homer: D'oh!

^ preceded by scene where burns is disappointed to learn that his lawyers won't let him give homer a poisoned donut. 'they consider it murder.' 'damn their oily hides!'

Same episode has Mr. Burns' pet vulture, no?

http://i.imgur.com/SEWaa.jpg

Dr. Nick: Troy, would you like a glass of orange juice?
Troy McClure: I sure would. But won't we have to pay those outrageous grocery store prices for something the farmer probably spit in?

Mobilier - the chandelier for your car!

Where's my burrito?! Where's my burrito?! Where's my burrito?!

ha, yes, a perfect synonym for "i'm hungry".

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I always thought I'd say "Monorail," but "Last Exit" just has it all. But there are no duds here.

Voting "Last Exit," but in my mind, it's a vote for the entire season.

(even though "the tar fumes are making me dizzy!" "Yeah, they'll do that" is one of my favorite exchanges, and even though I was once in a band called Worker & Parasite)

ended up voting for 'mr plow' which i think is as wonderful and dense as 'last exit' or 'monorail.' also voted for this exchange which my mom and i still quote all the time:

homer: kids! it's batman!
lisa: dad, that's not the real batman.
adam west: sure, i'm batman. see, here's a picture of me with robin!
bart: who the hell's robin?

I'm having fun cracking open episodes I never really thought about before and being just floored by great jokes. The first scene from "Marge in Chains" might be all-time for Troy McClure.

Reverend Timothy Lovejoy: [Reading from his Bible] And the Lord said, "Whack ye all the serpents which crawl upon their bellies, and thy town shall be a beacon unto others." So you see, Lisa, even God Himself endorses Whacking Day.
Lisa: Let me see that.
Reverend Timothy Lovejoy: [Putting his Bible away] No.

Aww mann, "I Love Lisa" is nice. Maybe the most "Season 2-3" episode here (except for Homer's increased stupidity) and really sweetly executed.

Last Exit was good but wow they are really laying into this union = corrupt humor. I do love how Homer screams at the mention of a "lumbering dinosaur":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h1PrSp9uo8

Yeah, the "corrupt unions" jokes are a little stock - I'd even say politically suspect except that the main plot of the episode is about the union carrying out a heroic and successful strike to save the dental plan, Lisa's song, etc. Hard to imagine that showing up in a prime-time cartoon today, to be (sadly) honest.

for some reason i find it especially funny when homer is described as 'union kingpin homer simpson.'

Simpsons writers probably grew up during the Jimmy Hoffa stuff, I wouldn't sweat it

Plus you have

http://i.imgur.com/8zbP0vV.png

I dipped into my stash of simpsons eps to make that screen cap

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder

Also fwiw this guy's political views were apparently highly suspect

John Swartzwelder : The Simpsons :: Dave Berg : MAD Magazine , but man can he write.

Yeah, the "corrupt unions" jokes are a little stock - I'd even say politically suspect

I saw those more as a critique of top-down business unionism, but yeah, the squeaky-voiced teen's "and then we'll go too far!" is decidedly suspect.

Well mainly it strikes the same chord that I get when I see the "Hot Coffee" episode of Seinfeld (after having seen that movie). A weird dash of Right Wing politics sprinkled into my anti-authoritarian comedy.

Like Marge scabbing on the teachers' strike. That was like a punch to the gut.

ah i think the last exit to springfield thing can be seen as more or less apolitical jokes that play on right wing ideas about unions, within an episode in which the union and the strikers are otherwise the heroes.

disappointed me when homer later said that the american way wasn't to go on strike but to go to work and make a half-assed job of it. losing your lefty credentials there, homer.

and it hadn't come to mind that marge teaching amounted to scabbing, even more disappointing. :(

Rewatching some of these Itchy and Scratchy episodes as an adult.... yikes, this stuff is demented!

There's a deleted scene on the DVD where Marge awkwardly tries to cross the teachers' picket line, and Mr. Largo calls her a scab.

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"Marge Gets a Job" 	0

I'm used to seeing people promoted ahead of me. Friends, co-workers, Tibor...

FOR SHAME.

Take my pen-knife, my good man.

this season sure had its share of pudding can gags

"A Streetcar Named Marge"	1

I didn't vote in this time, it was too just hard to pick one. I'm surprised that four episodes took such a large percentage of the votes, I would have expected it to be a more even spread?

Would've voted "I Love Lisa". Probably the best Lisa EP.

DENTAL PLAN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcXq0-dObYI

this is what i hear when i read 'hooray'.

'marge gets a job' is almost perfect -- slightly ruined by stupid ending where mr burns inexplicably turns nice and (kind of) apologizes to homer and marge. still, there's tibor.

I'm not sure I can be swayed from Monorail. "I call the big one Bitey" is pretty much unsurpassable.

It surpasses itself the second time it's used - when it finds its way into Marge's chain of thought

"A Streetcar Named Marge" 1

Jesus, people.

― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Sunday, 10 November 2013 07:28 (Yesterday) Permalink

My fault. Forgot to click "vote".

Lionel Hutz: Now, Apu, Mrs. Simpson claims that she *forgot* that bottle of... delicious... bourbon. Brownest of the brown liquors... so tempting.
(holds the bottle to his ear)
Lionel Hutz: (whispering) What's that? You want me to drink you? But I'm in the middle of a trial!

Watching "New Kid on the Block" and this great Hutz moment happened:

[Homer has been thrown out of an all-you-can-eat restaurant for eating too much]
Lionel Hutz: This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the movie The Neverending Story.
Homer: So, do you think I have a case?
Lionel Hutz: Mr. Simpson, I don't use the word 'hero' lightly, but you are the greatest hero in American history.
Homer: Woohoo!

I heard your dad went into a restaurant and ate everything in the restaurant and they had to close the restaurant.

Does that sound like the actions of a man who had had all he could eat?

"I think I have some Tic-Tacs in my purse..."
"Excellent choice."

Very forgiving of Australia, all things considered:

http://www.uproxx.com/sports/2013/12/simpsons-signs-australias-world-record-cricket-test-cromulent/

http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Dental-Plan-2.jpg

http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Dental-Plan.jpg

Lisa "I can't believe it, our first glimpse of Gabbo!"
Homer "He'll tell us what to do"

― piscesx, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

rewatched this one tonight, this was the standout totally-forgot-about-that-gag gag. Also "My face, my valuable face!" Worker and Parasite of course had me in stitches, as always.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akdzx5/an-oral-history-of-marge-vs-the-monorail-the-simpsons