If Sitcom Time progressed like real time, Bart Simpson would be 30 today. On December 17, 1989, the Simpson family debuted their own show – a Christmas Special called “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” – to rave reviews. Prior to that, they had just appeared as small skits on The Tracey Ullman Show. To celebrate their longevity, here are a few tidbits about everyone’s favorite animated dysfunctional family.
1. Although “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” was the first episode ever aired, it was actually the eighth episode produced. The debut kept getting pushed back, and by the time it was finally ready, it was December 17th (obviously) and it made sense to go with the holiday-themed episode as opposed to the actual first episode. The first episode produced was actually “Some Enchanted Evening,” where the Simpson kids encounter the Babysitter Bandit.
2. Until The Simpsons surpassed them in 1997, The Flintstones was the longest-running prime time animated show. Fred and Barney had a pretty good run of six seasons.
3. The show has been renewed through 2011, which means it will break Gunsmoke’s record for the longest-running prime time show in history, animated or not, with its 21st season next year.
4. Matt Groening says Comic Book Guy is based on himself. He thinks it’s the way other people see him. Comic Book Guy has a name, by the way – it’s Jeff Albertson.
5. Other characters whose names you may not know: the Crazy Cat Lady is Eleanor Abernathy, Bumblebee Man’s name is probably Pedro (that’s what his bowling shirt says, anyway), Jimbo is actually Corky James, Otto is Otto Mann, and “Squeaky-Voiced Teen” is Jeremy.
6. Because Matt Groening grew up in Portland, Oregon, a lot of the names found in the show were inspired by places and streets in Portland. For instance, Lovejoy, Terwilliger and Flanders are streets in Portland.
7. Homer’s famous “D’oh!” was inspired by Laurel and Hardy. The made-up word appeared in The New Oxford Dictionary of English in 1998, with the definition, “used to comment on an action perceived as foolish or stupid.” It finally made the big guy, The Oxford English Dictionary, in 2001. That definition is a little more detailed:
Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish. Also (usu. mildly derogatory): implying that another person has said or done something foolish (cf. DUH int.).
8. In one episode, Homer created a gossip website that spilled the beans about everyone in town. You can actually go to that website – check out www.mrxswebpage.com.
9. The characters have four fingers, with one exception: God. Anytime God is portrayed on The Simpsons, he has all five fingers. One episode (“Homer the Heretic”) does depict him with four, but this is widely thought to have been an accident.
10. I’ve always been a fan of the clever names and titles on the show. Here are some of them:
Maybe not surprisingly, I appreciate clever store names in real life too.
What’s your favorite Simpsons moment from the last 20 years? Or is it impossible to choose?
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The Lemon Tree episode is the best! “Looks like Springfield has a discipline problem”…”I guess that’s why we beat their football team nearly half the time.” “Rocky X + Rocky II = Rocky VII…Adrien’s Revenge!” there are so many things from that episode that i quote all the time. And “Homer at the Bat” is also a classic
posted by andy on 12-17-2009 at 5:31 pm
I’ve always loved the “treehouse of horrors” episodes, especially the one featuring a Simpson’s translation of Poe’s “The Raven”
posted by Danielle on 12-17-2009 at 5:41 pm
Definitely “You Only Move Twice” with Hank Scorpio and the evil Globex corporation. The exchange where Homer asks Hank for sugar to go in his coffee is priceless!
posted by ab on 12-17-2009 at 5:42 pm
I love the one where Homer works for Hank Scorpio: best boss ever, but a Bond villian! Classic!
posted by Erin on 12-17-2009 at 5:43 pm
Don’t really have a favorite episode, but I do have a question: how was Homer’s “D’oh” inspired by Laurel & Hardy? You never really explained it.
posted by Jeff C. on 12-17-2009 at 5:53 pm
The gay steel mill episode has always been my favourite.
“This episode dedicated to the Steelworkers of America … Keep reaching for that rainbow!”
posted by Jon. on 12-17-2009 at 5:58 pm
My kids and I are constantly injecting Simpson’s-related non sequiturs into any conversation…
HOMER – “Every time I learn something new, it pushes something old out of my brain. Remember that time I took a home wine-making course and I forgot how to drive?”
MARGE – “That’s because you were DRUNK!”
HOMER – “… and HOW”
posted by Goliath The Pickle on 12-17-2009 at 6:23 pm
Lenny – Yeah, you must be some kind of marriage super-genius, how about a few tips?
Homer – Certainly, Lenord. Make every day a celebration of your love. Surprise her with a pasta-salad. Put a mini beret on your wang.
Lenny – Oh, this stuff is gold.
Carl – Happy marriage, here I come.
posted by Troy Lee Wells on 12-17-2009 at 6:31 pm
I always like the place lisa got her hair done at for a dance or something called Turn your Head and Coif haha
posted by bobg on 12-17-2009 at 6:52 pm
Homer: “I’m a white male between the ages of 18 and 45; EVERYBODY listens to ME!” (reaches into the kitchen cabinet for a snack canister)”Ah, Nuts and Gum, together again!”
“You don’t make friends with sa-lad!”
“Wacky Shack!!!”
“Will you wear the blue thing with the things?”
“Sweet, beautiful drunk talk…”
“Don’t spend it all on pennywhistles and moonpies!”
Just a few quotes that will never leave my head, ever.
posted by Finny on 12-17-2009 at 7:04 pm
Lisa: “Dad, do you even know what “rhetorical” means?”
Homer: “Do I know what RHETORICAL means?”
posted by Dude Manbro on 12-17-2009 at 7:20 pm
So I says to Mabelle I says…..we’ll finish this later
the chilli cookoff it by far the best ever. I quote it daily
posted by Marissa on 12-17-2009 at 7:21 pm
“I want to tell you something Lisa, the three phrases that will get you through life.
Number one, ‘Cover for me.’
Number two, ‘Oooh, good idea, boss!’
Number three, ‘It was like that when I got here.’” –Homer Simpson, One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
posted by Carlsbad PD on 12-17-2009 at 7:24 pm
my favorite had to be the ep George Harrison was on:
George Harrison: Hello Homer. I’m George Harrison.
Homer Simpson: Oh my God! Oh my God! Where did you get that brownie?
George Harrison:Over there. There’s a big pile of them.
lol kills me everytime!
posted by Kristine on 12-17-2009 at 7:34 pm
I love the Simpsons!!! SOOO MUCH!!!! I’M A BIG FAN!!!!! Happy 20th anniversary Simpsons!!! My fave charachter is Lisa. ‘Coz she’s so smart.
posted by Karl on 12-17-2009 at 8:25 pm
Gosh, I am SUCH a Simpsons fan. I probably have the first ten seasons completely memorized — if not more!
My favorites include:
Lisa the Vegetarian: “You don’t win friends with salad!” and “It’s just a little _____! It’s still good! It’s still good!”
The Springfield Files: “I bring you loooove.” and “His jiggling. It’s hypnotic.” “Yes, like a lava lamp.”
Treehouse of Horror V: The Shining Parody: “No beer and no tv make Homer something something” “Go crazy?” “Don’t mind if I do! Bleaaarghaakdfjakd!”
The Chili Cookoff Episode (El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer was the title): Homer’s entire trip is hilarious. “Sunrise….sunset…”
You Only Move Twice: I love the part where Homer asks Hank about the business hammocks.
posted by Leigh on 12-17-2009 at 8:37 pm
I was born in 1987. I learned how to record TV shows on the VCR at age three. Why? So I could watch the Simpsons over and over again. (I wasn’t allowed to watch the Disney channel because it had “too many bad characters”) I have seasons one through four on VHS AND DVD! I brought in Simpsons dolls for show and tell in kindergarten. And quotes? My sister and I can quote entire episodes verbatim. My most favorite episode probably has to be the Kamp Krusty episode, especially when Krusty takes them to Tijuana. Ah… childhood!
posted by Elise Rivera on 12-17-2009 at 9:13 pm
Homer (to postal clerk): “Heloooo, my name is Mr. Burns! I believe you have a letter for me!”
Clerk: “Ok, what’s your first name, Mr. Burns?”
Homer: “I don’t know!”
posted by Johnston on 12-17-2009 at 9:20 pm
11 points.com had an article about ingenious signs on the Simpsons.
One was
Sneeds Feed and Seed (formerly Chuck’s)
see if you can figure out why it’s a clever sign.
posted by Brandon on 12-17-2009 at 10:00 pm
one of my personal favorites being an art history minor is when they get snowed in the school and Bart tries to tunnel a way out and skinner pulls him out
skinner “that tunnel doesn’t look at all stable or safe”
Bart “I was going to build buttresses!”
heres a good site
http://westegg.com/simpsons/
posted by Brenna on 12-17-2009 at 10:23 pm
“Boy, I sure could go for 100 tacos right about now.” -Bart
“There’s a NEW Mexico?!” -Mr. Burns
“Smithers? He doesn’t know the meaning of the word gay!” -Mr. Burns
“I didn’t think it was physically possible, but this both sucks AND blows.” -Bart
posted by Becky on 12-17-2009 at 10:36 pm
All time favorite Simpsons quote from Barry “Duff Man” Duffman. Barney wins a keg of new Duff Extra Cold, but he screams that he is the designated driver. (music screeches to a halt) Duff Man: Yeah swell. Duff whole-heartedly supports the designated driver program. NOW! WHO WANTS! TO PAR-TAY!?!?
gets me every time.
and Homers love ditty to Marge after she joins him in Capital City “Oh Margie, you came and you found me a turrrkey. On my vacation away from worrrkie….
ha!
I could go on for hours……
posted by Jay on 12-18-2009 at 12:52 am
Of course the John Waters episode was amazing (steel workers of America) I honestly within the last two hours said both of these quotes:
“I was going to put in buttresses!”
“Lenny’s reign of terror is over”
Also gotta love “Bart of Darkness”, my favorite part is when Milhouse is signing Bart’s cast and signs “Milpool” instead.
posted by Sandra on 12-18-2009 at 2:18 am
Possibly favorite scene in all of the Simpsons: “How can Ace be one and eleven? Huh? What kind of God would allow that?” spoken by drunken Ak when Homer is a missionary.
posted by Amauriel on 12-18-2009 at 2:26 am
Jimbo’s last name is Jones, not James.
posted by Tim Harrod on 12-18-2009 at 6:22 am
Mr. Burns, after losing the plant and learning to recycle:
“My first dollar! Thanks to you, Lisa… and our hemp-smoking friend. Shine on, you crazy diamond.”
posted by adams on 12-18-2009 at 8:08 am
I love the Germans episode. Of course it’s probably not PC anymore so they don’t show it too much.
posted by Dee on 12-18-2009 at 8:26 am
One of my favorites is from Lisa the Vegetarian.
Troy McClure: Come on, Jimmy. Let’s take a peek at the killing floor.
(Jimmy gasps in horror.) Don’t let the name throw you, Jimmy. It’s not really a floor; it’s more of a steel grating that allows material to sluice through so it can be collected and exported.
posted by Maceo24 on 12-18-2009 at 8:30 am
I recently watched “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” and was confused that it was the first episode aired. There are discontinuities in the episode that may have been better explained by airing the first episodes produced before that one.
posted by Joel on 12-18-2009 at 8:55 am
“Right Jimmy, the firing pin was made with…ZINC”
posted by Karthik on 12-18-2009 at 9:07 am
Ack! Too many quotes…brain overload…
I’ll just go with the last episode I recently watched, Homer to the Max.
Homer: There’s the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way.
Bart: Isn’t that the wrong way?
Homer: Yeah, but FASTER.
- – -
Marge: I don’t want to snuggle with Max Power.
Homer: You don’t snuggle with Max Power, Marge. You strap yourself in and feel the G’s!
- – -
Trent Steel
Max Power
Hey, great name.
Thanks, I got it off a hairdryer.
…and so on.
posted by Niyati on 12-18-2009 at 9:07 am
One of my favorites is…
Homer: “Oh, look at me! I’m making people happy! I’m the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.”
And the episode where The Simpsons go to Florida for spring break and end up getting in trouble for hitting the alligator with an air boat.
“You’re insincere…I like that.”
posted by Lauren on 12-18-2009 at 9:22 am
Moe: (after looking at his face in the year’s calendar) Am I really that ugly?
Carl: Moe, it’s all relative. Just like, is Lenny that dumb? Is Barney that drunk? Is Homer that lazy, bald, and fat?
Moe: Oh, God, this is worse than I thought!
Carl: See, this is why I don’t talk much.
And I always loved:
Wiggum: Hey, Teeny! Can you tell me where 123 Fake St. is?
Teeny: (Monkey Sounds)
Wiggum: Heh, we’re wearing the same hat!
Or!
Wiggum: Where’s my badge? Hey, that duck’s got it!
posted by Cicero on 12-18-2009 at 9:31 am
“My eyes! The goggles to nothing!” – Rainier Wolfcastle as Radioactive Man
Best….line….ever.
My dad’s favorite is when Apu walks out of the Kwik-E-Mart and exclaims “Shiva H. Vishnu!”
posted by Travis on 12-18-2009 at 9:37 am
Lisa: Is that Dad?
Bart: Either that or Batman’s really let himself go.
I love the Chili Cookoff, and the one where Aunt Selma marries Troy McClure (Muppets go Medieval!)
\No, my son is also named Bort\
posted by vegebrarian on 12-18-2009 at 9:45 am
The Beer Baron episode is definitely one of my favourites, along with Scorpio of course.
I love the Sneed’s Feed & Seed. So dirty.
“Purple is a fruit.”
But the one scene that gets me every damn time it is on has got to be Sideshow Bob and the rakes in “Cape Feare”.
posted by Bert on 12-18-2009 at 10:12 am
Oh, Simpsons quotes! In our house, it’s always an appropriate time to drop a quote. I think the best/most recent/awesome one was on our first trip to Washington DC a few months ago, my boyfriend and I were walking up to the Lincoln Memorial and saw the Jefferson Memorial across the (interstate?) and realized we weren’t going to make it over there, so of course I dropped the “Mr(?). Lisa goes to Washington” quotes about how “nobody ever comes to visit me!!” with Jefferson in his monument. I felt so guilty, actually…
Whenever we make Tex-Mex for dinner: “Nacho, Nacho man/I want to be a nacho man”
Whenever I screw up: “d’oh!”
(Speaking of, I thought ‘doh’ came about whenever the script said something to the effect of ‘a discouraged noise’ or something and ‘doh’ was born)
Think my fav simpsons episodes/moments include Homer and Bush Sr fighting in the sewers, Bart as John Wilkes Booth in the Prez Day pageant (“you’re next, Chestah A Arthur!”) with the nerf gun, the Lisa the Lionheart episode (just gives me chills), and on and on and on…
and “hey! if we take the cover off, the bats are just metal sticks!” or something to that effect from season one (Family Therapy w/ Dr. Marvin Monroe)
posted by OkieMelissa on 12-18-2009 at 10:21 am
Homer: Are you saying you’re never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad, those all come from the same animal.
Homer: Heh heh heh. Ooh, yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal!
posted by Cathy D on 12-18-2009 at 10:29 am
Too many good episodes, but one of my faves is the one where the kids go to a health fair at school and one of the booths is “what sex am I?”. Bart joins football to get in shape, hates it and quits. He goes to the quikie mart to play video games, and the one he plays is called “Cat Fight” – two women scratching & pulling hair while exchanging nasty slurs. Too funny
posted by Anne on 12-18-2009 at 11:04 am
another vote for “You Only Move Twice”. SO many great lines and ideas from that episode.
“I’m from Canada and everyone thinks I’m slow, eh.”
“Heh heh heh. Nobody ever says Italy… ”
“When you go home tonight, there’s gonna be another story on your house!”
“We don’t have bums in our town, Marge, and if we did they wouldn’t rush, they’d be allowed to go at their own pace.”
And of course the hammock scene, sugar scene, and the promo video of Cypress Creek where the bum turns into a post box. Best Episode Ever.
posted by jdb on 12-18-2009 at 11:16 am
i thought you said troy mclure was dead… no i said he sleeps with the fishes.
posted by john on 12-18-2009 at 11:29 am
Favorite Homer-Marge exchange:
Marge: Homer, it’s supposed to be leather patches on a tweed jacket! you just ruined a perfectly good jacket!
Homer: Correction Marge, TWO perfectly good jackets.
My personal favorite epsiodes are “Simpson Tide” (“It’s my first day!”) and “Homer’s Enemy” (“Frank Grimes, or Grimey, as he liked to be called” “Change the channel Marge!”)
posted by Jillian on 12-18-2009 at 11:31 am
Can’t sleep…clowns will eat me. Can’t sleep…clowns will eat me. Can’t sleep…clowns will eat me.
posted by Dave on 12-18-2009 at 11:58 am
Homers advice about women:
“A woman is a lot like a refrigerator. 6 feet tall, 300 pounds… it makes ice.”
Followed by:
“Son, a woman is like a beer. They smell good, they look good, you’d step over your own mother just to get one! But you can’t stop at one. You wanna drink another woman!”
posted by Sarah on 12-18-2009 at 12:06 pm
Cape Feare – WHACK *mutters*, WHACK *mutters*, rinse & repeat
Other classics include…
“Shave those Sideburns!”
“Were saved, seagulls only come out to sea to die!” *dead seagull falls in the water*
“Me loose brain, uh-oh!”
“Hello?! You have my pills! I’m cold and there are wolves after me…”
“Mr. & Mrs. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of false advertising I have seen since The Neverending Story”
“Cant sleep, clown will eat me… Cant sleep, clown will eat me…”
“Sir, your fingers still on the intercom”
“OH SON OF A BI-”
– Sideshow bob vs. 30 rakes
– Olympic Gold medalist doing a perfect dismount, on what was later revealed to be, a broken leg
posted by Al on 12-18-2009 at 12:09 pm
‘Bart’s Girlfriend’ is my favorite … There’s only one thing you can do in a time like this … STRUT.
posted by Sheri on 12-18-2009 at 1:06 pm
OkieMelissa is right. It was longer, but the voice actor was told to shorten it. He got it from a friend. I can’t believe “The Simpson’s” has been on THAT long. I feel old, now!
posted by Sara in AL on 12-18-2009 at 1:50 pm
“I am the Lizard Queen!”
posted by Marion on 12-18-2009 at 2:10 pm
Cape Feare is my all time fave episode – every gag is awesome, and it’s got Gilbert & Sullivan!
The Thompsons!
posted by Marion on 12-18-2009 at 2:13 pm
Too many…
“Don’t you hate pants!” (I’ll randomly yell that out at concerts or sporting events)
“Emu farm? Oh, Marge you’re priceless.”
“I call the big one bitey.”
“Godspeed little doodle”
“I am so smart, I am so smart, S-M-A-T, I mean S-M-A-R-R-T.” (as the curtains burn in the background)
posted by jbus on 12-18-2009 at 2:42 pm
I have to disagree with you about the origins of the “D’Oh” exclamation. I saw an interview with Dan Castanelleta that covered the subject. He cites an old character actor that was *in* the L & H movies, but used the exclamation elsewhere…
posted by PJ on 12-18-2009 at 2:55 pm
In one episode they were giving background as to how Apor came to the U.S. and went to Springfield Heights Instiute of Science. The name was on the gates to the school. It was up for just a few seconds but I did not miss the joke they played. Oh, to be an S.H.I.T. alumni.
joe
posted by Joe Ludwikowski on 12-18-2009 at 3:26 pm
I love that one episode where Homer eats those chili peppers and he encounter that talking coyote and while Homer is thinking about his soul mate the coyote is biting his leg and Homer says hey and the coyote goes “Sorry I am a coyote” so funny.
posted by Kari on 12-18-2009 at 3:26 pm
Homer: Oh my God! that man is my exact double! THAT dog has a puffy tail! here puff! here puff! he he he he!
posted by PJM on 12-18-2009 at 3:34 pm
When Homer met Marge episode:
Limo Driver: Where to Romeo?
Homer (sadly): Inspiration Point.
Limo Diver: OK… but I only get paid to drive.
German Episode:
Loud speaker: Simpson… Homer
Country Club episode (on the golf course)
Burns: Quit cogitating steinmetz. Use the open club, the sand wedge.
Homer: MMMM, open club sandwich
posted by bcg on 12-18-2009 at 3:42 pm
I like when the Simpsons are in Australia.
MMarge: I’ll just have a cup of coffee.
Bartender: Beer, it is.
Marge: No, I said “coffee”.
Bartender: “Beer”?
Marge: [slowly] Coff-ee.
Bartender: Be-er?
Marge: C — O –
Bartender: B — E –
The other night my son, Also named Bart, was at his father’s house and his father asked Bart to get him some water and Bart said Beer? and his father said, no water. and Bart said no beer.. it was like a repeat all over.
posted by Kathleen on 12-18-2009 at 4:14 pm
That raccoon stole my lamb chop!
posted by David on 12-18-2009 at 4:19 pm
No one mentioned
Mee ster. Spar-ker-rul..
Mr. Sparkle is awesome.
posted by Chrystani on 12-18-2009 at 4:35 pm
I will have to agree with alot of you, the Insanity Pepper episode is by far one of the best, if not the best Simpsons episode.
O how could I forget the Tomaco episode.
“It taste like grandma”– Ralph about Tomaco
posted by Chrystani on 12-18-2009 at 4:37 pm
One of my favorite stores is “Wee Monsieur” in “Lisa the Greek”.
posted by Alex on 12-18-2009 at 5:20 pm
how about when milhouse saids “but my mom saids i’m cool. when homer is at bart’s class and is having a bad dream and saids “ahh cobras!!!” how about the time homer has the famous name? carl asks homer for his autograph and he tells carl “whom should i make it out too?” carl saids “homer we been working for over 12 years” homer looks at him all confused and carl saids “it’s carl, homer” then homer writes carl’s name.carl saids to homer, “wait, that’s my name. i wanted yours.” then homer tells him “take it or leave it (and he has to look at the paper to remember what his name is) carl.” or when homer is trying to make a joke and says “black guys have names like carl, while white guys have names like lenny.”
posted by Chris on 12-18-2009 at 6:54 pm
‘In one episode they were giving background as to how Apor came to the U.S. and went to Springfield Heights Instiute of Science. The name was on the gates to the school. It was up for just a few seconds but I did not miss the joke they played. Oh, to be an S.H.I.T. alumni.
joe’
wouldn’t that be SHIS then?
posted by brenden on 12-18-2009 at 10:12 pm
Homer: Florida! That’s America’s Wanker.
Doctor: They prefer “The Sunshine State”
Or the Lisa/Evita one where she gets elected student body president and does a number of musical numbers mirrored from the Weber musical from Ohgoshbigosh Me to Don’t Cry for Me Kids of Springfield. It ends with a quote “Our lawyers said we should declaim any knowledge of any musical based on the life of Eva Peron.”
The Simpson’s do the best spoofs. And my high school humanities teacher actually had us watch the episode where Bart does a foreign exchange to France in class because everytime they show the background it’s a famous french masterpiece!
posted by Angela on 12-18-2009 at 11:42 pm
“What advantages does this motor car have over, say, a steam train, which I can also afford.”
“All the kids in Spingfield are S.O.Bs.”
“Homer, your solution to every problem is to go love under the sea. It’s not gonna happen!”
My absolute favorite episode ever is “Krusty Gets Kanceled”.
posted by Neisha on 12-18-2009 at 11:49 pm
Here are a few good ones
Homer “Does whiskey count as beer?”
The cursed frogurt conversation.
Gay steel worker “we work hard, we play hard” (then the steel mill turns into a gay dance club)
Bart or Homer “Jesus would be rolling in his grave”
Homer “What if there are bees or dogs or dogs with bees in their mouths so when they bark they shoot bees at you?”
Homer “Lobo, Lobo, Bring back Sherrif Lobo”
Homer “I know a genuine panaphonic when i see one”
Lisa the vegatarian is a great episode. Most of the treehouse if horrors especially I thru VIII. And the Big Brother episode with Pepsi, i mean pepi.
So many more great quotes.
posted by Jericho on 12-19-2009 at 10:49 am
Marge, you know me….I like my t.v. loud, my beer cold, and my homosexuals FLAMING!
Best line ever!
posted by Danielle on 12-19-2009 at 2:06 pm
It’s got to be the Budweiser spoof, when Bart and Homer are night fishing, 3 frogs are doing the Bud-wei-ser croaks, then a crock eats them and belches ‘Miller’!!!
posted by Keith Newnham on 12-19-2009 at 3:00 pm
OH how I love the simpsons!
Marge: Homer I dont think women will like to be shot in the face…
Homer: Women will like what I tell them to like!
I have to say the funniest thing Lisa has ever said came from a recent episode…
LIsa: this goes against every feminist fiber of my being but dad CANT YOU CONTROL YOUR WOMAN!?!?
Lemon of Troy is the best episode ever, followed by the THH V…
posted by julia on 12-19-2009 at 5:49 pm
In “Lisa’s Substitute”: for Show-and-Tell, Bart shows a videotape, titled, `How kittens are born: The UGLY story’. Then he says: “Oh look, this is really cool. When I hit reverse, I can make them go back in!”
posted by Dianne on 12-19-2009 at 6:48 pm
I don’t think I’ve seen my favorite quotes yet:
1. “It’s uterUS, not uterYOU.”
2. At the nerd convention, when Lisa says “Pi is exactly 3!” and the crowd gasps in horror.
3. “We are the X generation, we feel neither highs nor lows.” Homer:”What’s it like?” Lisa: “Eh.”
posted by Sarah on 12-21-2009 at 12:51 pm
Homerism: “Son, beer is for mommies and daddies. And, kids with fake IDs.”
recaptcha: and Detox
posted by Anne on 12-21-2009 at 2:56 pm
long one but the camp krusty bear quote (me and my friends have been quoting this, totally randomly outta the blue for 10+ years now lol).
“And one of the campers was eaten by a bear!”
‘OH MY GOD’
“Well… Actually the bear just ate his hat.”
‘Was it a nice hat?’
“Oh yea.”
‘OH MY GOD!’
Or just Moe in general everything him and groundskeeper willie say is just gold.
posted by MergedLoki on 12-25-2009 at 10:30 am
I don’t remember the EP. but where homer says something about seeing japanese.
Homer: If I wanted to see Japanese people I could’ve just gone to the zoo!
marge: HOMER!
Homer: What? I’m friends with ichiro one of the animal handlers… We play poker every thursday night!
posted by MergedLoki on 12-25-2009 at 10:53 am