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
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:39 (ten years ago) link
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)
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
holy shit, whacking day is based on a real event!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattlesnake_round-up
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 4 November 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
"Linda Ronstadt! How'd you get her?""Ahhh, we've been looking for a project to do together for a while."
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 4 November 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
ahhh god, homer's rap/the reaction is so great. the cat!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 4 November 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
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!
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 4 November 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
^ 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!'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 4 November 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
Same episode has Mr. Burns' pet vulture, no?
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Monday, 4 November 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SEWaa.jpg
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Monday, 4 November 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
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?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 4 November 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
Mobilier - the chandelier for your car!
― Number None, Monday, 4 November 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
Where's my burrito?! Where's my burrito?! Where's my burrito?!
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link
ha, yes, a perfect synonym for "i'm hungry".
― Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
I always thought I'd say "Monorail," but "Last Exit" just has it all. But there are no duds here.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:09 (ten years ago) link
Voting "Last Exit," but in my mind, it's a vote for the entire season.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
(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)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:13 (ten years ago) link
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?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:17 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
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.
― your face comes with coleslaw (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 November 2013 00:31 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 November 2013 03:14 (ten years ago) link
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
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 November 2013 03:58 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 9 November 2013 04:07 (ten years ago) link
for some reason i find it especially funny when homer is described as 'union kingpin homer simpson.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 9 November 2013 06:33 (ten years ago) link
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
― 乒乓, Saturday, 9 November 2013 14:04 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder
Also fwiw this guy's political views were apparently highly suspect
― 乒乓, Saturday, 9 November 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link
John Swartzwelder : The Simpsons :: Dave Berg : MAD Magazine , but man can he write.
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Saturday, 9 November 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 November 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 November 2013 16:23 (ten years ago) link
Like Marge scabbing on the teachers' strike. That was like a punch to the gut.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 November 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 9 November 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
and it hadn't come to mind that marge teaching amounted to scabbing, even more disappointing. :(
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 9 November 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
Rewatching some of these Itchy and Scratchy episodes as an adult.... yikes, this stuff is demented!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 November 2013 16:50 (ten years ago) link
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.
xp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 9 November 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 10 November 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
"Marge Gets a Job" 0
I'm used to seeing people promoted ahead of me. Friends, co-workers, Tibor...
FOR SHAME.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Sunday, 10 November 2013 00:03 (ten years ago) link
Take my pen-knife, my good man.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 10 November 2013 00:36 (ten years ago) link
this season sure had its share of pudding can gags
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Sunday, 10 November 2013 03:44 (ten years ago) link
"A Streetcar Named Marge" 1
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Sunday, 10 November 2013 07:28 (ten years ago) link
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?
― Can balls fall off?????????? (soref), Sunday, 10 November 2013 08:45 (ten years ago) link
Would've voted "I Love Lisa". Probably the best Lisa EP.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 10 November 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
DENTAL PLAN
― Lesbian has fucking riffs for days (Neanderthal), Sunday, 10 November 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcXq0-dObYI
this is what i hear when i read 'hooray'.
― Merdeyeux, Sunday, 10 November 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
'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.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 11 November 2013 04:32 (ten years ago) link
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
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 11 November 2013 07:24 (ten years ago) link
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".
― franny glass, Monday, 11 November 2013 14:11 (ten years ago) link
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!
― Øystein, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
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!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 1 December 2013 03:08 (ten years ago) link
I heard your dad went into a restaurant and ate everything in the restaurant and they had to close the restaurant.
― emil.y, Sunday, 1 December 2013 03:27 (ten years ago) link
Does that sound like the actions of a man who had had all he could eat?
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Sunday, 1 December 2013 07:52 (ten years ago) link