Entertainment & Music The Simpsons Part 3

[Sunny_]

Sting: There's a hole in my heart, as deep as a well,
For that poor little boy who's stuck halfway to Hell...
Sideshow Mel: Though we can't get him out, we'll do the next best thing...
Rainier Wolfcastle: We'll go on TV and sing, sing, sing!
All: And we're sending our love down the well...
Krusty: ALL THE WAY DOWN!!!
All: We're sending our love down the well...
Krusty: DOWN THAT WELL!!!!

 

[Sunny_]

My friends in Australia wanted me to make a bet on the Melbourne Cup from the USA today. This crossed my mind. Some of those horse names were downright bizarre.

Tony: Pick a horse, kid. Shelbyville Downs, third race. Make it a good one.
Bart: Eat my shorts!
Tony: Eat My Shorts? Ah, okay... [consults the racing form] Let's see... Wait a minute, you little punk! Eat My Shorts is in the fifth race! I said the third race!
Bart: Don't have a cow!
Tony: [to a fellow crony] Don't Have a Cow in the third, put a deuce on him.

 

[Sunny_]

Barney: So Homer, what happened in Capital City?
Homer: Oh Barney
Moe: C'mon Homer. We're dyin' of curiosity.
Homer: Look, there's only one thing worse that being a loser. It's being one of those guys that sits in a bar, telling the story of how he became a loser, and I never want that to happen to me.

 

[Sunny_]

Homer: He's awake!
Marge: Oh, Bart! We thought for a minute you'd gone away from us.
Bart: I did go away, Mom! I was miles and miles and miles away, writhing in agony in the pits of Hell! And you were there! And you and you and you. [to Lionel Hutz] You, I've never seen before.
Homer: Hey, yeah, who are you? I saw you chasing Bart's ambulance.
Lionel Hutz: Hutz is the name, Mr. Simpson. Lionel Hutz, attorney-at-law. Here's my card. It turns into a sponge when you put it in water.
Homer: Ooh, classy.

I remember being quite worried in this episode that Homer and Marge would break up, after she cost him that half a million. More recent episodes don't have that sort of substance anymore.

 

[Sunny_]

Dr. Hibbert: Now, a little death anxiety is normal. You can expect to go through five stages. The first is denial.
Homer: No way, because I'm not dying!
Dr. Hibbert: Second is anger.
Homer: [furiously] Why you little... ! [shouts madly]
Dr. Hibbert: After that comes fear.
Homer: [worried] What's after fear? What's after fear?!
Dr. Hibbert: Bargaining.
Homer: Doc, you gotta get me outta this. I'll make it worth your while.
Dr. Hibbert: Finally acceptance.
Homer: Well, we all gotta go sometime.
Dr. Hibbert: Mr. Simpson, your progress astounds me.

 

[Sunny_]

Mrs. Winthrop: [very sweetly] Most of you know that with a little love and compassion, any puppy can grow up to be a cuddly little bundle of joy. [suddenly angry] STUFF AND NONSENSE taught by charlatans and learned by bloody twits! Let me tell you the two most important words you will ever hear in your life - "choke chain!" [She puts the chain around Santa's Little Helper's neck.] You raise a dog the same way you would raise a child: with simple, authoritative commands. LAY DOWN! [Santa's Little Helper doesn't respond] Followed by immediate correction! [She tugs the chain. Santa's Little Helper yelps and collapses on the ground.]

Martin: How can we tell if we're doing this maneuver effectively?
Mrs. Winthrop: The dog's eyes will bulge and his tongue will protrude and change color ever so slightly.
Bart: Is my dog dead, Ma'am?
Mrs. Winthrop: [laughing] You don't know how often I'm asked that! "Choke chain" is a misnomer. Trust me, they are always breathing.

 

[Sunny_]

Comic Book Guy: Tell you what. I'm gonna show you something very special if you promise to put your grubby little hands behind your back and keep 'em there. [opens a metal suitcase] Behold!
Bart: Wow! Radioactive Man #1!
Comic Book Guy: None other!
Bart: It must be worth a million bucks...
Comic Book Guy: It is, my lad. But I'll let you have it for $100, because you remind me of me.

 

[frantelle]

I can't believe that episode was nearly 20 years ago. Now I really feel old. Lots of memories with that episode.

Wow thats incredible, I didn't realise that

 

[XFactor1979]

Epic thread

One of the greats here

Upside: it can go on forever

Downside: not so much new material from the last 10 or so years

 

[WALL-e]

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[Poseidon]

That explains his mysterious trip to Holland!

 

[Kyptastic]

I was looking at my pay slip today and noticed the Flood Levy for the first time, which automatically made me think of the Bear Tax as 'The largest tax increase in history.' I was laughing pretty hard and I began to look for a rock that would keep cyclones away.

 

[Andre]

Well Mr. Burns had done it,
The power plant had won it,
With Roger Clemens clucking all the while,
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness made us smile,
While Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the barroom tile...


We're talkin' softball...
From Maine to San Diego.
Talkin' softball...
Mattingly and Canseco.
Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw.
Steve Sax and his run-in with the law.
We're talkin' Homer... Ozzie and the Straw.

I've had this going through my head since yesterday. Not that I'm complaining. Almost 20 years though? Geez. It makes me old, angry (at how far they've fallen) and in awe (at how good they were, that if you started singing this at a bar or a sports game, people from 5 to 55 would know the words. For a 'throw away' song at the end of an episode of show running over 20 years).

And as I'm not a fan of baseball I doubt I'm the only one in this thread who when asked to name any players would name the ones in the episode, along with Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio as the only ones they know of.

 

[tazzietiger]

I can't believe that episode was nearly 20 years ago. Now I really feel old. Lots of memories with that episode.

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[dude316]

Funny stuff.

 

[dude316]

 

[dude316]

 

[WALL-e]

"This is the worst day of my life"

 

[WALL-e]

 

[Cory]

“We start with pure milk chocolate…” – TV announcer
“Chocolate…” – Homer Simpson
“Add a layer of farm-fresh honey…” – TV announcer
“Oh, sweet…”- Homer Simpson
“Then we sprinkle on four kinds of sugar…” – TV announcer
(drooling noises) – Homer Simpson
“And dip it in rich, creamery butter.” – TV announcer

 

[Confuscius]

One of my favourite scenes


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[XFactor1979]

I think the reason why the Simpsons faded from showbusiness prominence was because it was such a cynical show with a pisstake on society and all its idiosyncrasies. In many ways it was a show of the people



As time has gone on, the show has conformed to Conservative mainstream culture as a way to keep itself going

The show now does not stand up to Community, Bored to Death or ... anything for that matter

 

[dude316]

I think the reason why the Simpsons faded from showbusiness prominence was because it was such a cynical show with a pisstake on society and all its idiosyncrasies. In many ways it was a show of the people



As time has gone on, the show has conformed to Conservative mainstream culture as a way to keep itself going

The show now does not stand up to Community, Bored to Death or ... anything for that matter

that's a load of rich creamery butter ...

 

[Shaxx Attaxx]

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[Kyptastic]

Some would make the argument that the Simpsons had such a profound effect that society conformed to it rather than the other way around.