Best Simpsons episode ever

Oh, and Tito Puente. And when Homer plays 'Birth of the Cool' to get Lisa's attention. And the "It's Raining Men" incident.

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The two klowns moan at the thought, but they try it, Krusty riding, Homer perched on top. In his fear and in his attempt to hold tight, Homer covers Krusty's eyes with his hands. Krusty admonishes him, but they miss the loop entirely and ride up a pool cue right onto the pool table. They ride straight into the racked-up Boston balls -- and sink every one of them. The Italians are visibly impressed.

The two klowns jump across a gap onto the bar; Homer's head plays "The Godfather" theme music on the wine glasses that dangle from the roof. "Ah!" gasp the Italians. Krusty sees that the part of the bar that lifts up so the bartender can get out is raised. Thinking quickly, he knocks it closed with seltzer. The Italians even applaud.

Vittorio: [moans] Ah, but without the loop it is nothing," [cocking his gun again]

Krusty and Homer fly off the bar, straight towards the loop, and whizz around and around it many times. They fly off together and skillfully land in the "Ta da!" pose; the miniature bike flies towards them, and Krusty, although he opens his mouth to catch it, is beaten to the punch by Homer, who swallows it and makes the bell ring by opening his mouth.

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I laughed so hard at that, i thought i´d die. I can wach this over and over and over.

Best Maggie Episode: "Rosebud" (Burns' bear)
Best Lisa Episode: "Lisa's Substitute" (Lisa's crush on teacher)
Best Marge Episode: "Brush With Greatness" (Marge paints Burns)
Best Bart Episode: "Radio Bart" (Pretends to be trapped in a well)
Best Homer Episode: [tie] "Last Temptation Of Homer" (Attracted to sexy co-worker); "Homer Bad Man" (Accused of Sexual harrassment)

"have no fears, we've got stories for years......sorry for the clipshow"

best below the radar characters are Lindsay Nagle and Cookie Kwan.

Lisa: How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man?

Homer: SEVEN!

Lisa: Dad, it's a rhetorical question.

Homer: Rhetorically....EIGHT!

Lisa: Do you even know what rhetorical means?

Homer: DO I KNOW WHAT RHETORICAL MEANS?!

The ending also invariably makes me cry like an injured child.

yeah, that's one of the few "simpsons with heart" episode that actually works. i'm also glad they didn't bring homer's mom back after that episode (or did they? please don't tell me they did), it makes it all the more powerful.

music-related simpsons? the gay steel mill in "homerphobia" - "we work hard, we play hard!" (cue c+c music factory)

I noticed this on seemingly every FOX show last night. "Family Guy" got a little weird with it. The Apu gag coming across the border along with Dr. Hibbert rapping "Baby Got Back" ... the whole night together was a bit uncomfortable.

And "King of the Hill" enforcing the "cats-like-to-shit-in-boots" myth along with a rah-rah Blue Angel flyover with Bill on an aircraft carrier didn't help matters any either.

Signed,
Pleasant Plains, who watched the whole damn thing.

-- weasel diesel (kilian.murphy2...), June 4th, 2004.

otm

You Only Move Twice
Homer, when you go home tonight there's going another roof on your house.

Blame it on Lisa
Man, our money is really gay.

i have just failed at my life.

(not in quotes to note english spelling, but to question his purported funniness)

Meanwhile, Matt Groening is threatening to make Gervais a regular character and says he should even have his own cartoon show. All together now: nooooooooooooooooooo

(btw shouldn't this be over on ILE somewhere?)

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/thesimpsonsmovie/

also in that episode, the bee keepers
"its quiet....yes a little TOO quiet..."
"how do you mean?"
"well, lots of bees usualy means lots of nooise.....NO NOISE!! means no bees"
"i see...there goes one now"
"TO THE BEE MOBILE!"
"you mean your chevvy?"
"yes...."

classic simpsons

"i'm calling about operation MUAVEN HAUIVEN!!!"
marge-"professr frink?"
"how did you know it was me? was it the muaven or the hauiven or was it just the hole MUHAVEN thing that i do?"