Can someone explain to me a line from last Sunday's episode? It's when Bart and Lisa find a tape with Martin's voice on it. He's speaking to recently metamorphosized butterflies: "Now if I may mimic your mother's feeding call..." And then he goes into this FUCKING HILARIOUS old granny voice sing-songing something like "Lawdy lawdy clickety clawdy." Even though I have been laughing to tears since I first heard it and have been repeating it ad nauseum, I have no clue what the hell it means. Does it mean anything in particular? Or is it just funny on the surface, i.e. as an impossible approximation of a butterfly momma's feeding call (does a butterfly momma even have a feeding call?)? Help?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 02:51 (sixteen years ago) link
the new york episode was on again sometime in the last six months
― electricsound, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 02:54 (sixteen years ago) link
But never again will it have the "They put the idiots in Tower 1!" joke.
― JTS, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link
EW! I'll have the crab juice!
― nickalicious, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I fed the baby while watching last night's "Family Guy", and even with jokes like "Welcome to Texas: The Fuck-You State", I couldn't laugh.
-- Pleasant Plains, Monday, April 30, 2007 12:24 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link
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― and what, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:41 (sixteen years ago) link
"Welcome to Texas: The Fuck-You State"
― dell, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.hulu.com/watch/12140/the-simpsons-dial-n-for-nerder
― Eric H., Thursday, 13 March 2008 03:31 (sixteen years ago) link
^^ definitely one of the best episodes i've seen the last few seasons, the Nelson private eye stuff cracked me up.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 March 2008 04:13 (sixteen years ago) link
never give up on the simpsons. even if you watch an episode for only 5 jokes/hilarious quotes or to see Martin fall off a cliff.
― CaptainLorax, Thursday, 13 March 2008 04:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait, that gets cut now? Do they also cut the bit with ppl leaning out thw windows in each tower yelling at each other? I was thinking Ive seen that recently but then I remembered its on my DVD.
― Trayce, Thursday, 13 March 2008 10:02 (sixteen years ago) link
last time i saw that episode that stuff was intact, i'm pretty sure. WTXF are such a bunch of fuck-ups that they'd probably show the wrong ones, though, so it may have been in error.
they haven't shown a good simpsons episode in about a year now. just the last 5 seasons or something.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 13 March 2008 10:25 (sixteen years ago) link
"These are not tears, we are vomiting from our eyes!"
― Neil S, Monday, 22 September 2008 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Why does anyone even bother to still watch new (last 8 years) episodes, anyways?
― Cars That Go Boom (mehlt), Monday, 22 September 2008 23:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, clearly it's a more productive use of one's time to spend that time posting to the internet about how the Simpsons fell off a while back
― nabisco, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:35 (fifteen years ago) link
challops alert
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean normally I'm too busy doing homeless outreach to even think about such things, but sometimes I'll do so much homeless outreach that I have to be hospitalized for exhaustion, so that's usually when I'll kick back and get a few chuckles out of a new Simpsons while the IV rehydrates me
― nabisco, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Then I return to doing things so much more important and productive than watching shows that aren't as funny as they used to be, like homeless outreach or (as mentioned) posting to the internet about how I don't think certain shows are funny enough to waste my time on anymore
― nabisco, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Then maybe I'll have some pasta
― nabisco, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:46 (fifteen years ago) link
It's when Bart and Lisa find a tape with Martin's voice on it. He's speaking to recently metamorphosized butterflies: "Now if I may mimic your mother's feeding call..." And then he goes into this FUCKING HILARIOUS old granny voice sing-songing something like "Lawdy lawdy clickety clawdy.
I saw this for the first time only recently (a first time rerun - I havent been watching Tv for a couple years now so ive missed a lot of the last 2 seasons). I actually quite enjoyed that episode, even though all the way through I was all "well obviously Martin isnt dead, I wonder how they'll swing this plot".
― Trayce, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link
There's usually a handful of actually good, funny episodes per season. The butterfly one was good, and the one with Jarmusch wasn't too bad, either. Of course all the other episodes are atrocious, but it seems like only the few good ones make it into syndication anyway.
― burt_stanton, Monday, 22 September 2008 23:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Xpost: Well, for one, you could spend the time you dedicate to watching post season 10 Simpsons watching Season 1-10 Simpsons. Then at least you'll get the opportunity to watch something that's even worth watching, not drivel that's been brought down so many pegs that it's actually tragic.
Is this really a question of productivity? Did the 15 seconds I spent voicing an extremely mild, insignificant criticism (and on ILX? As if!) become such an offence that it turned into a deep moral predicament? Suddenly you can voice your opinion because you do homeless work, and now complaining on the internet about my on the internet is not only productive, but also a valid criticism?
― Cars That Go Boom (mehlt), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I've watched new episodes of the simpsons, and I can't make it past more than 5 minutes. I don't know how anyone else does it, really. . .
― Cars That Go Boom (mehlt), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I see the Watchmen Babies as Peanuts trick-or-treaters briefly in the commercial for tonight's episode.
― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 2 November 2008 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
OMG, I think Lisa was an incorrect pedant last night: Homer called himself a "xylophobe" and she said that would involve being afraid of xylophones, when in fact I'm pretty sure it would involve being afraid of wood
― nabisco, Monday, 18 May 2009 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i feel like it taking u this long to realise that is kind of a simpsons joke irl
― Lamp, Monday, 18 May 2009 18:44 (fourteen years ago) link
like im sitting here laughing really hard at the image of u watching the show then going abt yr daily routine getting ready for work, sitting in a meeting, teaching a class, eating lunch, going back to work and then *lightbulb*
― Lamp, Monday, 18 May 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm sorry, was I supposed to rush and post this to ILX in the middle of watching the show? Cause I just remarked on it to my gf, although at that point I was thinking "xylo" = "bone"
― nabisco, Monday, 18 May 2009 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
it means 'boner' or 'woody.'
― cant go with u too many bees (Abbott), Monday, 18 May 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Lisa has already posted a retraction and an apology in her blog
― Sargeant (Mulvaney), Monday, 18 May 2009 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
It does remain however the instrument heard whenever skeletons dance.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 18 May 2009 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
haha no obv not bro it just struck me as funny - the img i had - im sure u were on that shit instantaneously
― Lamp, Monday, 18 May 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh honest I haven't even watched the show yet; I totally picked up on this before watching it on DVR tomorrow morning
― nabisco, Monday, 18 May 2009 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
WOW THAT WHO IS GONNA BUILD THE WALL JOKE WAS SO FUNNY WHEN FOUR SEPARATE COMICS TOLD IT
― the barkeep from the hilarious 'my girls' pub sing-a-long (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
add the simpsons to that highlight reel of hackery
― the barkeep from the hilarious 'my girls' pub sing-a-long (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i saw the last ten minutes of the simpsons last night. pretty deadening show now, huh
― blair underwood: "man up" (omar little), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
so lame:
Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle has inspired cartoon slacker Homer Simpson to audition for a talent show in a new episode of The Simpsons.Ms Boyle, 48, from West Lothian, became a worldwide sensation after appearing on Britain's Got Talent last month.In the new episode, Homer appears before judge Simon Cowell, saying "My name is Homer Simpson, I'm 39 years old and, well, I've never been kissed."He adds: "My dream is to be a great singer like Susan Boyle."Ms Boyle's rendition of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables on the ITV1 show turned her into a global phenomenon after being posted on YouTube.She was previously mentioned in cult US cartoon show South Park.Last week, she appeared on a special episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show.Her appearance in The Simpsons episode, Springfield's Got Talent, is part of the show's 20th-anniversary season.
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
no one is even going to remember who she is by the time that episode airs
― mastotmdom (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QkDmqoWQ3M
― gangsta hug (omar little), Monday, 8 June 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
( 8(1)
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 01:49 (fourteen years ago) link
=( 8(1)
― master of karate and friendship for everyone (musically), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Watching the Michael Jackson episode last night reminded me how I used to sit in front of the television every Sunday night and just crack up for a half hour. Little things like watching Snoball II's eyes open and close as the cat tried to sleep on Homer's chest or the "You mean there really is a Bart?" line.
Kinda surprised to read that wasn't even Jackson singing though it does fit in with the whole meta-identity motif going on in the show.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 6 July 2009 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Really? Keep in mind the voice was credited to "John Jay Smith", although MJ did it (as for actual singing. . .)
― EDB, Monday, 6 July 2009 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah we caught the show too, my sis and I, and you're right at just how quick the show could be at its best, packing in so many things at light speed.
But I've missed something, that wasn't him singing? Even the a capella "Billie Jean" part?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 July 2009 15:19 (fourteen years ago) link
FYI
They got a MJ impersonator to do the singing because there's a whole clusterfuck of TV sync rights when an artist sings on a tv show.
― bENBBag (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 6 July 2009 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
The official line was that MJ wanted to play a prank on his brothers.
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 6 July 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Why oh why is my cat dead? Couldn't that Chrysler hit me instead?
I had a hamster named Snuffy, he died...
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Monday, 6 July 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
lisa on ignorital is the most i've laughed at the simpsons in a decade or more
― more posts that will never be released (electricsound), Thursday, 23 July 2009 07:16 (fourteen years ago) link
the ke$ha intro 0_0
― Nhex, Monday, 3 May 2010 00:37 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah that was kinda... um....
― i never promised you a whinegarten (forksclovetofu), Monday, 3 May 2010 04:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I have no idea what that was about, but like most reworked Simpsons intros the level of detail is fun. Is the Love Tester machine always in Moe's background scenes? Also liked that Snake has the statue of Jebediah Springfield in the back of his car.
― I turn it up when I hear the banjo (Dan Peterson), Monday, 3 May 2010 13:56 (fourteen years ago) link