Best Simpsons episode ever

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I think we're all forgetting Mr Burns' son;

Rodney Dangerfield is easily the best guest voice the show has had besides Johnny Cash. The Mel Gibson episode also had it's moments Remember the moonshine part: "I know the guy on the right is Mel but who are the other two guys???"

― Benjamin Crow, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

two weeks pass...

No doubt: "Lisa's Rival" is the best

― Dirk Geuens, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The "Go" inspired episode in which Homer keeps talking about how the Blue Man Group ripped off the smurfs, gets his thumb cut off, Lisa falls in love with a geek in the wrong school and realizes it when she walks into French class (the children laugh, "Ha ha" until the French teacher reprimands them, "En Français!" and then they laugh in a nastier, nasally manner, "a-honh, hohn hohn!")... Bart and his little blue-haired friend stumble onto Fat Tony's fireworks smuggling operation and almost get killed when they agree to wear a wire to bust Fat Tony's illegal operation and Chief Wiggum's voice comes out of Bart's shirt, "Hey, is that you, Fat Tony?" This was also the episode that started with Marge calling 911 and telling them she cut off her husband's finger and then thinks better of admitting to such a thing and gives them the address "123 Fake Street". The rest of the episode Chief Wiggum are looking for 123 Fake Street... and eventually they find it! Hilarious episode.

― Nude Spock, Thursday, 20 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

most simpsons are much funnier for the first half then the last, but the beer baron episode had no dullness at all

― Chris Watson, Sunday, 30 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

"Lisa, in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

"We salute oh half inflated dark lord!"

― Mr Noodles, Thursday, 4 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Like others have said, the Simpsons' are so good it's hard to pick just one. But if I did it might well be the divorce episode. The Simpsons have remarkably few quotable quotes, because so much of the humor is in the animation and the delivery, but in the divorce episode there's a moment when Milhouse and Nelson are on the bus, actually bonding about their broken homes, when Nelson's shaven-headed friend said "Relax, guys, my son is from a broken home and he's doing fine," leaning back to reveal a smiling miniature of himself, who chirps out "I live in a drawer." It doesn't translate to print well, but I nearly bust a gut laughing at this point. As for the decline in quality -- yeah, I'll go for it. In the first eight or nine years, the Simpsons could do no wrong -- nearly every episode was a winner, and even the weaker ones had a few big laughs. Nowadays there are a lot of really weak episodes -- like the N'Sync one, which was totally dull -- I don't think I laughed once. Or the Comic Book Guy one, that was pretty bad too. But when the episodes are actually good, their still nearly as funny as the early days, though the constant cameo appearances are pretty lame.

― Jack Redelfs, Sunday, 7 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

two weeks pass...

It has to be the "Flameing Moe" episode. Either that, or "Homer Boxing"

"You have what I like to call 'Homer syndrome'" "Ohhh" "No, that's good. See you have a 1/4 inch of liquid surrounding your skull. It's like you're wearing a helmet all the time." "Whoo Hooo"

Fav. musical moment is also 'Flaming Moe'

― Mike Short, Monday, 22 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The one with "tomaccoes"

― benjamin, Monday, 22 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I always love episodes with Dr. Nick.
Frostillicus... "Hello, frozen body!"

Or Mel Gibson:
Mel: "Hi everybody!"
Dr. Nick: "Hello Mr. Gibson!"

― Dave225, Tuesday, 23 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I think one of the coolest epsiodes is "Burns verkaufen der Kraftwerk". It's the best of the intercultural episodes! The Germans are really like they are (beside, I'm German).

― Sebastian Goebel, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The one where Dr.Strangelove elopes with the naked parrot trapper fishing for steak sandwiches with John Leguizamo in Tibet.

― Dr. Ming Vauze, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Might as well chip in while I still have the energy:
(these are episode descriptions, not titles):

Springfield Monorail
Mr. Plow
Itchy & Scratchy Land
Homer goes back to college
Nuclear Plant softball team
Kamp Krusty
Gabbo
Homer becomes an astronaught

I lied, I don't have the energy. There's too many great ones.

― dleone, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Might as well chip in while I still have the energy:
(these are episode descriptions, not titles):

Springfield Monorail
Mr. Plow
Itchy & Scratchy Land
Homer goes back to college
Nuclear Plant softball team
Kamp Krusty
Gabbo
Homer becomes an astronaut

I lied, I don't have the energy. Too many great ones.

― dleone, Wednesday, 31 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

just because they're yellow it doesn't make them funny

― bob snoom, Sunday, 4 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

three weeks pass...

I have an analysis about the simpsons recent decline - homer's become too smart! he actually makes sense. that's not the homer we know and love. our homer *tries* to be smart, and miserably fails ("riiiiight, some mystical, magical animal"). he doesn't say that kinds of things anymore.

― Angry Mutant, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

BRING BACK THE STUPID HOMER!!!

― Angry Mutant, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

hey didn't anyone see the episode where Homer goes to clown college? I think that was by far one of the bestest episode. also good was the lord of the flies where the UN club is stranded on an island I've been impersonating Ralph ever since. I hope they have more episodes related to Ralph , He's so stupid he reminds me of my brother (hehe)

― Morning Glory, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

come on everbody, i've read through the whole list, and you missed the best one completely -> the one with Scorpio "love to talk, but i'm in the middle of a fun-run!" "here's some sugar, sorry it's not in packets." "ok, everyone take out their safety-scissors and circle of paper..." the list goes on and on. it's probably, to me at least, the best episode ever

― tripwire, Friday, 30 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Marge becomes a cop.

― Nitsuh, Saturday, 1 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one month passes...

Oh COME ON!!! Everyone knows that Futarama is way better than the Simpsons, and how can you possibly have a favourite episode of the Simpsons, when any episode of Futarama is 100 X better. I mean, I used to like it, but I now realize that it was all just a waste of time caused by the lack of anything funnier.

― Mike Cool, Monday, 7 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

the kids get taken into care, homer sits on lisa's bed, picks up her sax, tearfully puts his lips to the reed and sings: saxomophone

― dbini, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Everyone knows that Futarama is way better than the Simpsons

I believe *you* believe that.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The hands-down winner as far as laughs is the "Homer goes to clown college" episode. Although the lemon tree one kicks ass too...

"You've stood in my way long enough - I'm going to clown college! Wow, I didn't think anyone thought he was going to say that..."

The weirdest one is probably the Grimey episode which still freaks me out.

As for the most personally affecting - I've always loved the one where Ralph falls in love with Lisa, just because it's like poking an old wound with a sharp stick. Runner-up, for the same reason, is the one where Milhouse's parents divorce. Can you lend me a feeling?

― dave k, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

"The Beatles???? Oh yes I seem to remember their off pitch warble"

― Ronan, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Which is, of course, the best musical moment too. What song is playing in the flashback scene where, under the strobe light, we see shots of young Homer goes up to the van of cool kids and getting lauged at? is it "slowride?"

― dave k, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Well I have some fave's that aren't usually remembered as the best, but my group of friends and I have reached consensus on these being among the creme de creme of episodes:

Homer's enemy (the frank grimes episode) Marge vs. the monorail Two bad neighbors (the george bush ep) Tree house of horror VII, I know that special episodes don't count but I can't resist the cheap gags and one liners, "I bet you've never seen you're own face in a mirror.", follwed by a punch. And "Bob dole doesn't need this." (a personal fave) Finally all of season four, pure gold.

― thekief4, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

AHHHH, finally a forum to say just how deplorably predictable "Future World" is. Please just one unpredictable unclever moronic sophmoric joke....though I will never see it, still for the brainless masses that support it, surely even they deserve a drop of water in a barren desert. BTW "Ronan" you can bite my Norweigan Woody" The Beatles , despite their humaness in certain moments still paved the way for no nothing shallow critics unaware of their own roots, to have bands who listened to the Beatles for inspiration. Learn where the things you do appreciate came from. Oops, did I get something on the carpet with all that spewing?....Sorry I'll clean up the mess, it was well worth it.

― Ean Kiel, Monday, 14 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Homer wraps a half cooked waffle around a stick of butter and says "mmm...fattening..." and also one of the recent ones where Homer forces Bart to butter his bacon and bacon his sausage and Bart replies "my heart hurts..." absolutely hilarious. gosh I LOVE the simpsons!

― Judee, Wednesday, 23 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one month passes...

A few of the best in no real order:

"Who Shot Mr. Burns" parts 1 and 2 Homers flashback about birth of Maggie Bart kills bird, eggs turn out to be lizards World's Biggest Cubic Zirconium Camp Krusty The real Seymore Skinner

― Ben Kennedy, Wednesday, 6 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Halloween eposide 12

― aaaaa, Thursday, 21 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

People, people, people. The Cape Fear one with Sideshow Bob. C'mon, now. The intentional stepping-on of the multiple rakes. The drive through the desert. The singing of the Gilbert and Sullivan. Sideshow Bob, people, Sideshow Bob.

― John Darnielle, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The one where Jay Sherman meets Homer. Ya gotta love it.

― Michael Bourke, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The singing of the Gilbert and Sullivan.

And who know Kelsey Grammer had such a great voice for that?

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

― Graham, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The one where Jay Sherman meets Homer. Ya gotta love it.

You gotta love it, unless yr name is Matt Groening!

― Vic Funk, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Is this another opportunity for me to voice my neverending love for "The Critic"? (except perhaps for the last few episodes featuring a kinder, gentler Jay Sherman.)

and:
"Knife goes in!/Guts come out!/That's what the Osaka Fish Concern is all about! - Oooaarrrggghhhh"

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Sunday, 24 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one year passes...

Homer Goes to College.

"an even ZANIER scheme!"

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 4 July 2003 00:11 (twenty years ago) link

"I hear there's a lunar eclipse tonight. Maybe we should look up."
"Nah, it's solar or nothing for me."

― Leee (Leee), Friday, 4 July 2003 08:01 (twenty years ago) link

Undisuputed champion in my world: You Only Move Twice - Homer and family decamp to another town, Homer's coping in a position of responsibility and enjoying better pay ("Nah, only rich management guys with big salaries like me can afford stuff lilke that. Hey! Wait a minute! I'm a guy like me!" ) but the family are miserable and his liberal boss is in fact..........I won't spoil it.

The one where Bart adopts a new father is also neat.

Homerphobia: for the steel factory.

― Jamie Conway (Jamie Conway), Friday, 4 July 2003 08:32 (twenty years ago) link

my favourite is still the Burns' Bear (Bobo) episode, closely followed by the Peewee Hockey episode, Deep Space Homer, Last Exit To Springfield, Homer and Mindy, Homer Goes To College, Homer Badman...

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 4 July 2003 09:38 (twenty years ago) link

I think in a few years people will start recognizing the "Angry Dad" episode as a lost classic buried in the sea of crap that is the last couple years of the series. For Stan Lee's "he can't be the Hulk -- I'M the Hulk! Rar! Grarrrh!" bit alone, it's classic.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, 4 July 2003 13:39 (twenty years ago) link

(paraphrasing here) "Broken... or made BETTER?"

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, 4 July 2003 13:44 (twenty years ago) link

(also paraphrasing) "I just wish you could transform yourself into someone who could leave my store."

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 4 July 2003 13:56 (twenty years ago) link

Two of my faves that I don't think anyone has mentioned:

Homer gains 60 lbs to get on disability. That's probably my #2.

My #1 has GOT to be the one where Homer stays home from church. Someone mentioned the moon waffles upthread.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Friday, 4 July 2003 14:08 (twenty years ago) link

can't forget Marge Vs The Monorail or Marge On The Lam of course - altogether now..."sunshine, lollipops and rainbows..."

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 4 July 2003 14:53 (twenty years ago) link

god, has anyone watched the first couple of seasons of this show? though my brother thinks "lisa on ice" is the best, marge getting rid of cartoon violence is clearly the best, closely followed by krusty getting framed and homer becoming the country singer's manager.

in fact he gets her booked on yaa-hoo!, an amazing parody of hee-haw. took me three times watching the episode to appreciate this joke: "yaa-hoo, starring in alphabetical order, yodeling zeke"

;-)

sean
groovesmag.com

― seanp (seanp), Friday, 4 July 2003 15:15 (twenty years ago) link

Season 3 should be out on DVD by now dagnabbit

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 4 July 2003 15:18 (twenty years ago) link

It's out August 26; the second season of Futurama is August 12. The slow pace of the Simpsons reissues is frustrating; by the time they get to the tenth season it'll be 2007. Is anyone really really REALLY that interested in hearing Groening and co giggling at their own jokes in the commentary?

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 4 July 2003 15:26 (twenty years ago) link

i'm interested, cuz i'm a dork and like commentary tracks.

also, the early Marge vs Itchy & Scratchy ep was grebt since it was the first time a younger me had ever heard the opening phrase of Beethoven's 6th, which has since become my _other_ fave classical piece.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 4 July 2003 15:36 (twenty years ago) link

You're all forgetting Mother Simpson! Burns' expression when his tape starts playing "Waterloo" = CLASSIC

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 4 July 2003 17:35 (twenty years ago) link

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