Here you go, threadjackers. Sadly we do not get the Simpsons marathon up here in Canada, but they have these things called DVDs to simulate it. We should probably do one of these every day until the marathon is over. Does someone wanna take up the awesome responsibility of posting a list of the daily episodes for people?
The crap should set in by monday or tuesday and theattention will drop right off when that happens
ReplyDeleteIt's a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
ReplyDeleteWhat? Will still be in prime Simpsons territory then.
ReplyDeleteIf it's nonstop, and it's in S4 now, by monday it'll be in 11 or 12.
ReplyDeleteHeh heh heh, I would've never thought o that!
ReplyDeleteI used to love this show. As I'm watching it, I'm debating whether or not it has aged well.
ReplyDeleteIf you're talking about the classic eps then there is a correct answer to that.
ReplyDeleteMore like season 7 or 8
ReplyDeleteMr. Burns was always my favorite character.
ReplyDeleteSwank - 10 times more addictive than marihuana.
ReplyDeleteI kinda suggested this yesterday but my motion went ignored!
ReplyDeleteHomer watching wrestling.
ReplyDeleteThe episode block we are in until Tuesday have aged incredibly well. They even seem to be way ahead of the curve multiple times.
ReplyDeleteYou can't treat the working man this way! One day, we'll form a union
ReplyDeleteand get the fair and equitable treatment we deserve! Then we'll go
too far, and get corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive!
The Japanese! Those sandal wearing goldfish tenders? Bosh! Flimshaw!
I'm going to use this thread to talk about non Simpsons shit.
ReplyDeleteBret doesn't show up for a few years huh
ReplyDeleteDENNAL PLAN
ReplyDeleteIt was a few episodes ago but I love the monorail song!
ReplyDeleteWhat about us brain dead slobs?
ReplyDeleteHaving been many years since watching episodes this old it's great to see any Phil Hartman character again.
ReplyDeleteOr you could be edgy like Marv and use it to talk about how it sucks.
ReplyDeleteThe show was ahead of its time. No way it sucked.
ReplyDeleteThat's-a nice-a donut. (_8(l)
ReplyDeleteThis has to be a contender for best episoe ever.
ReplyDeleteSo, what's the best episode you've watched in this marathon so far?
ReplyDeleteFor me it was "One Fish, Two Fish, Three Fish, Blowfish"
I'd say the Simpsons didn't truly hit "every episode is a stone-cold classic" until the start of the third season, and from there it's pure gold until things started getting kinda hit-and-miss in the tenth season. (And even S11 has some real gems.)
ReplyDeleteI'm terrible at ep names but was always partial to the ringer softball ep
ReplyDeleteWho wrote this episode, John Swartzwelder?
ReplyDeleteBack in the day on the local BBSes with my 4800 baud modem I used to download nothing but Simpsons .wav files, and pornography.
ReplyDeleteLike a 2 hour download for one clip and 2 gifs.
That is my fave
ReplyDeleteThe bird that looks just like Burns lol.
ReplyDeleteLisa seeing her reflection and smashing the mirror is the kind of subtle reference they just don't know how to do any more.
ReplyDeleteSo how about Randy Orton
ReplyDeleteLisa needs braces.
ReplyDeletehttp://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130610225758/simpsonstappedout/images/6/67/Lenny.jpg
ReplyDeleteNow play Classical Gas!
ReplyDeleteSeasons 3-9 is basically in the every episode is a classic territory.
ReplyDeleteLenny's enjoyment of Classical Gas never gets old.
ReplyDeleteBurns doing Dr. Seuss rhyming - and subtly changing the animation to fit with it. That's what made the show so great.
ReplyDeleteI don't usually miss cable, but I kinda miss it because I'd love to just have this on ALL THE TIME.
ReplyDeleteI assume by the comments that this one is Last Exit to Springfield?
ReplyDeleteCape Fear is coming up at 3 AM, hoping I make it to watch that tonight.
ReplyDeleteYes (checked info)
ReplyDeleteWhen he got his first main event push, nickels used to have pictures of bumblebees on 'em.
ReplyDeleteI'm currently watching a ppv off my hard drive, only reason I asked.
ReplyDeleteClip show...
ReplyDeleteWorst episode during its prime: All Singing, All Dancing
ReplyDeleteThe following is a public service announcement: excess of alcohol consumption can cause liver damage, and cancer of the rectum.
ReplyDeletemmmm, beer.
No problem, the "checked info" was just me referring to being horrible with ep names
ReplyDeleteYou know what's great, these episodes really fly by fast.
ReplyDelete(biting tongue)
ReplyDeleteSimpsons bible stories.
ReplyDeleteOh damnit, I have work in the morning and that's my favorite Simpsons episode.
ReplyDeleteLove the rake bit. Love that it was almost an afterthought added in late just to fill time.
ReplyDeleteI don't know many Simpsons fans where that episode doesn't make it in their top ten.
ReplyDeleteI love the cactus patch bit.
ReplyDeleteAnd Homer Goes To College right after. I wonder if that's the best back to back double they ever did?
ReplyDeleteMarge VS the Monorail so far, I think. Softball episode is right there too.
ReplyDeleteI forgot about that college episode and how good it was.
ReplyDeleteI think it's been voted that before somewhere. It's not my absolute favorite but it's a great episode regardless.
ReplyDeleteMy opinion: Season 1 and a lot of 2, not so much (although you could argue those weren't as good originally). 3-9ish, absolutely.
ReplyDeleteThere was a great four episode block earlier starting with Plow, then Lisa's first word then bypass and ending with Monorail.
ReplyDeleteI got Monorail on right now!
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of the Barbershop Quartet episode too, actually, that's at 2:30.
ReplyDeleteI actually reminded it to hear the song again. Phil Hartman was just fantastic.
ReplyDeleteEnd of 8 through most of Season 10 is Monday.
ReplyDeleteClip shows are weird when you have seen the clips in the past couple of days.
ReplyDeleteI looked at the season 5 list and there's not a single weak episode among them
ReplyDeleteI still love how immediately the ambulance crashes into that tree...
ReplyDeleteIt's like watching Raw
ReplyDeleteDo you wanna change your name to Homer Junior? The kids can call you HoJu
ReplyDeleteI love the Thompsons bit as well, both Homer trying to learn the new name and the redone intro.
ReplyDeletePopsicle Skyscraper! 50 ft. Magnifying glass! Escalator to Nowhere! I own all of those on Simpsons Tapped Out.
ReplyDeleteI will not sell miracle cures.
ReplyDeleteWhat's a good time to post the Simpsons thread? If anyone says "before 10 AM", let me apologize in advance, because believe it or not, I sleep.
ReplyDelete10 AM
ReplyDelete*Pushes wheelbarrow of tacos.*
ReplyDeleteYes, this should be sufficient sustenance for the Simpsons marathon.
BY LUCIFER'S BEARD!!
ReplyDeleteUhh, yeah.
Where's my burrito! Where's my burrito!
ReplyDeleteGive me 5 bees for a quarter?
ReplyDeleteMaybe keep this as the thread until 1:30 PM when Season Six starts?
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite exchanges.
ReplyDeleteMarge: Homer! I have a man here who thinks he can help.
Homer: Batman?
Marge: No, he's a scientist.
Homer: Batman's a scientist.
Marge: It's not Batman!!
Everyone who counts loves Ned Flanders!
ReplyDeleteI don't even have this marathon but I like this idea!
ReplyDeleteI took you seriously.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I've noticed some pretty risky jokes in these early seasons that I just don't see them touching nowadays. Smithers saying he doesn't think sea men and women mix. There was also a really blatant masterbation joke earlier.
ReplyDelete"We've all pulled a few boners now and then."
ReplyDeleteThey did those jokes well as they flew over my head as a kid.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much Elizabeth Taylor charged for one word?
ReplyDeleteSo The Simpsons Season 6 thread will post at 1:30 PM ET. Shout out to Magoonie.
ReplyDeleteI was also the first one to suggest the daily Simpsons thread but Scott Keith stole my idea...two days later.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite gag in any episode was during "The Front", when Homer has to take a class to finish high school:
ReplyDeleteInstructor: Welcome to Remedial Science IA. My wife recently passed away, and I thought teaching would ease my pain....
Homer: (interrupting) Will this be on the test?
Instructor: (annoyed) NO!
Homer looks down at his notes, where he has written "DEAD WIFE" - he angrily erases it.
They did the Wacking Day thing in that Simpsons Tapped Out game. I fell out of playing that, wonder if I should continue building my Springfield up.
ReplyDeleteThat was good, the true/false gag was funny too. Whatever happened to Homer talking to his brain? It's a gag played out in a bunch of these early episodes to some really hilarious results.
ReplyDeleteI've kinda hit a lull in my playing of it. The past few weeks I'll just put them on 24 hour jobs and fuggettaboutit.
ReplyDeleteDamn, every other guest star on The Simpsons is dead now.
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't they touch that nowadays when Seth MacFarlane goes much further than that every week without anyone batting an eyelid. If there's a reason the simpsons don't do it any more it's because they're no longer capable of that kind of subtlety. (Plus they're far more concerned with shoehorning the likes of Moby & Shepard fucking Fairey into episodes for no reason other than to go "look! it's shepard fairey!")
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theverge.com/2014/8/22/6056915/frank-grimes-the-simpsons-jump-the-shark
ReplyDeleteFeel like this is an excellent point about the show's decline.
Spoilers Quimby!
ReplyDelete"if there's anything the world needs its more lawyers"
ReplyDeleteGod do I love Lionel Hutz!
Not sure if I agree entirely but the article makes some good points. I'll keep them in mind when we reach that point in the marathon.
ReplyDeleteImmigints, I knew it was them. Even when it was the bears, I knew it was them.
ReplyDeleteWhat's a matta Moe, how come-a you never speak with-a you accent no more?
Probably my favorite reference point they've ever done.
ReplyDeletePLAN DENTAL
ReplyDeleteLISA NECESITA FRENOS
Hey kids wanna drive through that cactus patch?
ReplyDeleteYeah...yeah....no..
Two against one
I think he's talking to you!
ReplyDeleteThat may very well be my favorite exchange on the show. I laugh out loud every time I hear it.
ReplyDeleteI commented on that two my wife when Smithers said the sea men one. That was over my head when I was 12.
ReplyDeleteOh loneliness and cheeseburgers are a dangerous mix.
ReplyDeleteIs there a chance the track could bend?
ReplyDeletehahaha i woke up in the middle of the night and that exact scene was on.
ReplyDeletei strategically have every ep recorded till season 9 starts where everything begins to go down hill.
ReplyDeletestan "the boy" taylor hahaha that would be a perfect name for a wrestler.
ReplyDelete*steps on rake*
ReplyDeleteBARTYOUWANTSOMEBROWNIESBEFOREYOUGOBED?!!!
ReplyDeleteTheadjack of the threadjack: anyone here on a ps3 playing GTA online? Just got started the other day, up to level 12! By contrast, the boys are at around level 100 or so; little bastards. Anywho, psn id is PawfectFilms if any BoDers want to add me; I have no mic for chat, so I'm not ignoring you. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHey, this isn't Love Boat...
ReplyDeleteHaving been a person that never watched The Simpsons, is their any continuity in the episodes or all they all a unique story?
ReplyDeleteUnique.
ReplyDeleteOh Margie,
ReplyDeleteYou came and you found me a turkey;
On my vacation away from workie!
Does anyone have a link to a live stream anywhere? I dont have access to the channel
ReplyDeleteSo since I never really watched the show, I thought about buying the DVDs....but then I remember that FXX Now (FXX App) is going to have the full library for free in October I think.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty on point. That definitely was the point that Homer lost his humanity and became a cartoon character.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised that anyone on either side of 10 years of my age has never seen the show. That's crazy talk!
ReplyDeleteI've seen an episode here and there, but never watched it consistently. I'm really liking what I've seen from the marathon so far, though.
ReplyDeleteI've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish that Flanders was dead.
ReplyDeleteI know, it was basically mandatory watching as a kid.
ReplyDeleteUnique for the most part. There may be jokes you don't get but those don't start popping up until down the line in the series.
ReplyDeleteYour binge watching the right seasons actually. You'll see the drop off in quality by season ten or so. While there are still good episodes they just aren't consistently as good.
ReplyDeleteHoly shit was that meta as fuck!
ReplyDeleteAnybody else watching catch that 20 year line?
ReplyDeleteRalph is hilarious
ReplyDeleteBy the way, it's been 20 years and 4 months since this episode aired.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand how FXX "bought" the Simpsons library for $750 million. Doesn't FOX own the Simpsons and FXX?
ReplyDeleteRerun rights are different. Like FX airing Captain America and Thor
ReplyDelete"They don't just call me Springfield Fats because I'm morbidly obese." -Homer Simpson playing pool.
ReplyDeleteFXX didn't buy the Simpsons library. What they bought was the exclusive cable rights and the exclusive VOD rights. Even at $750 million I think FXX will make out well on the deal.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but FXX has to pay FOX (which is their owner)?
ReplyDeleteYea but that's how accounting works in the US, you have to make a transaction between separate companies even if they have the same owner.
ReplyDeleteSo it would be like if say Walmart had a bunch of pants and another Walmart needed more pants to sell, so they could take the pants from the 1st Walmart but they'd have to log it as a transaction?
ReplyDeleteIt depends on how the companies are controlled, Walmart owns all there stores, if the store was a franchisee they would have to, or if they sent them to Sam's Club they would have to.
ReplyDeleteOf course they do keep track of those all for internal stock of merchandise but don't have to report them. (I believe, only taken my first financial accounting class so far).
It seems like these last two episodes are based upon Prinicpal Skinner and Bart's relationship.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a show with so many smaller characters that make frequent appearances. It's almost like the show is about their town instead of just their family.
ReplyDeleteAs the show went on that sort of became the focus. You can only write about Captain Wacky and his family so many times before you burn through all of your good ideas. The supporting cast of Springfield definitely extended the show's shelf-life when it comes to quality.
ReplyDeleteit was also a competition thing. Example: USA runs NCIS and Law & Order SVU reruns; USA is an nbc/universal company. CBS produces NCIS and USA must pay CBS to run them. nbc/universal produces svu and usa must pay nbc/ universal to show them. FX could have easily bought the cable rights for both shows and pay them.
ReplyDeleteIt is also a contract thing. All the actors/writers/producers get money from when the show is sold into syndication/cable rights and each time it airs. Thus, they want the most money possible.