The Simpsons - General Discussion

[Galileo908]

"I know you hate Patty, Selma, puzzles, and parties, but please try to enjoy Patty and Selma's puzzle party." Not surprised Homer ruins their birthday out of spite.

I appreciate Susie Essman barging in to try to improve Krusty's life, and then the dovetail with Homer's plot. I'd watch "The Problem is You." I think a certain someone would appreciate her blaming Marge for all the problems. They all love Marge, but they they can't stand the other taking taking her attention. Patty and Selma liked Artie Ziff, but he was a creep. It showed that they all COULD be friends as long as they had a reason to not feel guilty. But of course the reset button had to be pressed, and Susie had to die.

Loved that Mr. Teeny was on the Talking Krusty podcast. I'd listen to that podcast. 3 Day Clams just sounds gross. And if I had a nickel every time a long running animated series had a gross plot about clams in the last few months, I'd have two nickels. (American Dad was the other, fyi)

Even though they've met several times by now, loved Moe thinking he hit the jackpot meeting Patty and Selma Pidge and Sidge. Twins AND one of them hates men?! I laughed.

Edited December 16, 2024 by Galileo908

[Spartan Girl]

Oh yes I was loving Aunt Sadie FINALLY call Marge out on her self martyrdom . But I was painfully aware that she’d ultimately wind up off the hook somehow, so I knew it wouldn’t last. Just let me enjoy my small petty victory, and I won’t get bitter about how much better this episode could have been.

That being said, it was kind of nice seeing Homer get along with Patty and Selma. And the Moe scene was gold.

Edited December 16, 2024 by Spartan Girl

[ottoDbusdriver]

Podcasts seen on the building exterior of Earmoose Studios (Your Home for Rewatch Podcasts)
-- Water under the Bridgerton
-- Better Recall Saul
-- Key & Spiel
-- Avatar - The Last Air-Banter

Board Games seen in he Simpsons living room
-- Never Sorry !
-- Soda-Land
-- Video Game: The Board Game
-- Connect One
-- Yahtzu
-- Needless Operation
-- Scribble
-- The Three Duos of Half-Dozen Mountain

Stores at the strip mall
-- Fun Once Escape Rooms
-- Cavity Falls Children's Dentistry
-- Knead for Swede Massage Parlor
-- Not a Front Nail Salon & Money Laundry

Consult your Physician before ordering 3 Day Clams.

[MadyGirl1987]

Has anyone watched the Disney+ Simpsons Christmas special “ Oh come on all ye faithful?” Just watched it last night and it was sweet.

[tearknee]

[DoctorAtomic]

On 12/20/2024 at 4:39 PM, MadyGirl1987 said:

Has anyone watched the Disney+ Simpsons Christmas special “ Oh come on all ye faithful?” Just watched it last night and it was sweet.

I'm watching now. They're firing on all cylinders. 

Ralph deciding he was the elf! 

Ned's hypocrisy was brilliant. The transition from Santa to that was perfect. 

And of course Moe says Santy Claus. 

Great jokes. JLo self financed movie. 

With the show being on for fifty million years, it's easy to forget Ned had two wives die. He needs some therapy. 

Edited December 22, 2024 by DoctorAtomic

[Galileo908]

Season 36, ep 10: The Man Who Flew Too Much

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The New and Improved Pin Pals travel to Capital City for their first ever state bowling championship.

Airs 12/22/24

I haven’t the new Christmas special yet because I don’t have Disney+. Yet. 

[Spartan Girl]

This episode was great! I have nothing negative to say whatsoever! Gold star!

[Galileo908]

Title: Barney Claus! With SLH as Rudolph!

Couch Gag: A live tweet about how the couch gag is lazy.

Huh, so Flanders is part of the Pin Pals now. And Burns wearing a "I was a Pin Pals before it was cool" shirt. 

They brought back Portuguese Fausto! And since this was an Alive parody...he was gonna die. And then it turned out he didn't.

I liked the bit where Barney tossed a ball down a crevasse, then picked up the spare. And that the mountain got taller the more Homer walked down it. 

Well, this is technically a Christmas episode if Marge put up Christmas decorations up in October out of grief.

Of all things, snout surprise woke up Homer from waaaaay up that mountain, which I'm just gonna assume was the Murderhorn. Hey, if they remembered Portuguese Fausto, they can remember that.

[DoctorAtomic]

Flanders map of heaven has St Peter's log flume. Formerly song of the south. 

The animation on the crash was well done. The mountain was only 3000' elevation though? We go up to 9000' every summer. Two hours and you're done. 

Flanders has been bringing it the last two episodes. 

 

[Galileo908]

Season 36, ep 11: Bottle Episode

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Marge and Smithers team up to become wine-forging Robin Hoods.

Airs 12/29/24

[Galileo908]

You had that cask of Amontillado walled off two days ago.

Heh, Homer kept a cel of Poochie. And random baby teeth. And Flanders' birth certificate. I went and checked, the bowling ball covered up the hole in the wall, so it wasn't a total cheat.

And oh no, a certain someone kicked off the plot. Smithers and Marge don't team up that often, but I thought it was fun. And putting Disney synergy to good use by using parodies of the furry Robin Hood movie. (Although in an ideal parody, Smithers would be Sir Hiss and not Robin Hood himself) Although this isn't the first time Marge was tossed in jail, (and over an alcohol-related issue, no less!) but the first time she's tossed in Wine Jail. And we got to see the Wine Counterfeiters from season 1 in Wine Jail, too.

The "cover it up" song was fun.

[Spartan Girl]

Maybe hell has finally frozen over, but this was a Marge episode that I actually liked! And they managed to pull off a decent Marge and Smithers teamup that didn’t fall back on her very problematic attitude toward LGTBQ people, so points for that.

Loved all the Queen music, and I’ve got a soft spot for Disney’s Robin Hood.

So yeah, this was surprisingly delightful!

[ottoDbusdriver]

I liked that this episode moved back to the 8pm time slot -- didn't like the 2 minute delay in the episode start time for the Special Forces promo.  

Felt like there were some edits in the episode to squeeze in the shorter run time.

16 minutes ago, Galileo908 said:

And we got to see the Wine Counterfeiters from season 1 in Wine Jail, too.

That really was a deep pull -- the question is how did they got out of France's Wine Jail ?  And where was Maurice the donkey ?

[Galileo908]

1 minute ago, ottoDbusdriver said:

Felt like there were some edits in the episode to squeeze in the shorter run time.

It ended two minutes later to make up for the preview.

1 minute ago, ottoDbusdriver said:

And where was Maurice the donkey ?

Still in France Wine Jail. 

[DoctorAtomic]

Did anyone get that stupid Special Forces commercial at the start? I thought I missed the show. 

Who was the redheaded woman at the swingers party? 

Homer had Ned's birth certificate in the safe and a ribwich. 

I can't imagine Smithers couldn't find ANYONE but Homer, but obviously that's the show. And wow, MARGE screwed up! Someone is dancing in her living room. I'm thinking the jitterbug. Maybe twirling the hat on her finger. 

Really though, Smithers could just fill the bottle with something from the wine cellar. No one would really know. 1945 would have been good enough. Nice touch about the isotopes though. I think on Leverage they had to fake a bottle of wine and that was a plot point. For the auction, they would check it. 

That was a nice sequence with the Fox Robin Hood. 

The liberty statue had wine and cheese in the scales. 

I'm just not a wine guy; it gives me a headache. But I took my friend to winery tours, and he scammed us tons of extra pours. It's always worth it for the con.

The snooty wine lawyer was way underused. 

[Galileo908]

3 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I can't imagine Smithers couldn't find ANYONE but Homer, but obviously that's the show.

There was the time where he just "nuts to this, I'll just get Homer Simpson" when searching for incompetent employees to fill in for him. Now he just takes the first person in the room with him.

6 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:

Really though, Smithers could just fill the bottle with something from the wine cellar. No one would really know. 1945 would have been good enough.

Smithers did mention that the snooty rich folks would've been able to tell.

[ottoDbusdriver]

Flanders was born in 1959 ?  I thought he was 60 years old -- that was stated outright way back in Season 10 when Ned and Homer got married in Las Vegas to waitresses.

[DoctorAtomic]

14 minutes ago, Galileo908 said:

Smithers did mention that the snooty rich folks would've been able to tell.

I'm skeptical. Burns had a lot of wines down there. He could have mixed some of the old ones. 

[Galileo908]

2 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I'm skeptical. Burns had a lot of wines down there. He could have mixed some of the old ones.

And it's not like he drank any of it himself.

But we wouldn't have gotten the trip to Frink and Marge and Smithers selling what was left of his fake wine.

[DoctorAtomic]

I'm just saying. I would have played up the whole Robin Hood angle way more and have them get caught *after* giving the money away.

They can't be telling me *Krusty* has a sophisticated palate. 

[Galileo908]

3 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

Who was the redheaded woman at the swingers party? 

Found it after some sleuthing: it’s Barbara, Mel’s wife, as seen in A Serious Flanders.

[tearknee]

4 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I'm just saying. I would have played up the whole Robin Hood angle way more and have them get caught *after* giving the money away.

They can't be telling me *Krusty* has a sophisticated palate. 

"There's nothing better than a cigarette -- unless it's a cigarette lit with a 100$ bill!"

[tearknee]

Scooby-Doo can do do but Jimmy Carter is smarter.

 

[mariah23]

RIP History’s Greatest Monster and apparently someone who deserved it.