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

the Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf style marital spat between Homer and Bart

There's really nothing I love more than when The Simpsons riffs on WAoVW ("Queen of the harpies!")

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff,
You have one too.

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff,
You have one too.

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff,
You have one too.

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff,
You have one too.

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff,
You have one too.

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff,
You have one too.

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff,
You have one too.

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff,
You have one too.

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff,
You have one too.

Duff Beer for me,
Duff Beer for you,
I'll have a Duff,
You have one too.

And no mention of this yet. It's really amazing how packed with material that episode is.

― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Saturday, November 2, 2013 8:28 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

omg abe's ramble in this ep had me dying in front of my students when i showed it to them at the end of last school year

"can't talk...coming down"

omg, Homer and that sandwich w/the mushrooms growing off it!

Marge: You've been eating that sandwich for over a week. I think the
mayonnaise is starting to turn.
Homer: Two more feet, and I can fit it in the fridge.

Duff.... Gardens.... huuuZAHHHHH *passes out*

For me, Last Exit takes Marge vs. the Monorail by an inch. I think once Entertainment Weekly named it the best episode my response to it has been, "yeah, I guess so." That said, if it never existed and you told me about an episode where Homer becomes head of the power plant union, I'd probably already think it's the best episode ever. Indeed, I think Treehouse of Horror IV is the only one I like more.

Ive just been watching S5 and thats where most of my "all times" are. But I'll get to that next poll :)

Season 5 is definitely my favourite. Oh, and xpost: I mean THoH V (the shinning, time and punishment, etc.)

"Brother from the Same Planet" is the Bigger Brothers episode, I thought that was the Danny-DeVito-comes-back episode.

This ALWAYS gets me. cf Homer defined (where homer saves the plant from meltdown) and Homer the Great (stonecutters); Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish and One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish.

I'm presently at work ranking all episodes from S1-8. I advocate doing a ballot style top-100 poll for all episodes when this is through.

I forgot to mention cf. Bart the Lover and Bart's Girlfriend. Very confusing

by which I mean, Bart the Lover, Bart's Girlfriend, AND New Kid On the Block.

Especially confusing, as my triple post indicates.

"can't talk...coming down"

― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Sunday, November 3, 2013 2:04 PM (5 hours ago)

--Give her this, and then this, and then these.
--Thank you, doctor.
--Oh I'm not a doctor.

omg, Homer and that sandwich w/the mushrooms growing off it!

Marge: You've been eating that sandwich for over a week. I think the
mayonnaise is starting to turn.
Homer: Two more feet, and I can fit it in the fridge.

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 3 November 2013 20:50 (Yesterday) Permalink

Yes! He finds it in the garbage: "Stupid sandwich. This is all your fault!...oh, I can't stay mad at you!"

"Hercules! The Cyclops tore my clothes."

"HAAAHHAA HAA"

"Homercles cares not for beans!"

Man now I sort of wish I'd voted for that ep.

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs29/f/2008/060/d/5/I_am_the_lizard_queen__by_leif_j.png

Underrated moment from that episode: Selma singing "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" to Jub-Jub.

I know, the more I remember the more vote-worthy it is.

Bart looking at Selma through the beer goggles, so funny.

Rivaled only by the Aunt Hortense gag for Homer funeral lulz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS4-vsVk3hY

Underrated moment from that episode: Selma singing "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" to Jub-Jub.

One thing that often comes up when me and my friends talk Simpsons is gags/references that younger people just won't get, and this is always one of them. It's kind of hard to explain just how big a deal that Murphy Brown ep was at the time.

Yes, the writers talk about that on the commentary, that no one gets that joke anymore, despite being really direct about it. I mean, it was listening to that commentary where I first learned about the MB connection.

what is the Murphy Brown joke that i'm clearly not getting?

I don't even know what Murphy Brown is.

Oh my.

Huh, I always liked that scene. Had no idea there was an allusion.

Which is the *proper* way to do those, IMO. It isn't obviously a reference and still works as a cute and funny scene. They were great at this on The Simpsons, unlike that other show with the dog and the baby.

the murphy brown scene isn't on youtube which is saying something.

i hope jub-jub freaking out at selma's distorted face inside the tupperware jar is also a murphy brown reference

Yup, never seen Murphy Brown, only vaguely heard of it. The scene works because it is innately funny to see and hear Selma singing that particular song to a lizard.

Never seen Murphy Brown either and didn't know this was a reference to it. The controversy that I believe is being referred to is that the character has a baby that she chooses to raise as a single mother and Dan Quayle flipped shit over it.

Holy shit, Dan Quayle is nuts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_Brown#Murphy_becomes_a_single_mother

I'm surprised what didn't freak him out more was "ex-husband and current underground radical Jake Lowenstein."

"...Lowenstein...Lowenstein..."

Quayle would eventually display a sense of humor about the incident—after the controversy died down, he appeared for an interview on an independent Los Angeles TV station and for his final question was asked what his favorite TV show was. He responded with "Murphy Brown—Not!"

conservative humour, people

never occurred to me that that was a Murphy Brown joke (I had stopped watching Murphy Brown well before that point, altho I def recall the public spat with Quayle)

holy shit, whacking day is based on a real event!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattlesnake_round-up

"Linda Ronstadt! How'd you get her?"
"Ahhh, we've been looking for a project to do together for a while."

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".

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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.