# And C. Montgomery "Monty" Burns cuts an endorsement ad for.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675 "2012-11-02T16:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/1 "2012-11-02T16:03:03Z")
[W. Mitt “Mittens” Romney.](http://youtu.be/ltCIEbLMaQg) Surprise, surprise. ETA: Smithers sure has been following the race closely, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/2 "2012-11-02T16:49:44Z")
I felt about this the way I feel about all current “The Simpsons” episodes. A good idea squandered. Amusing but just not terribly funny. Maybe “The Simpsons” universe has just become too familiar to reach the level of hilarity it used to have. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/3 "2012-11-02T16:56:16Z")
People still watch _The Simpsons_? I thought it and _Saturday Night Live_ were in a contest to see who could coast on momentum the longest. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/4 "2012-11-02T17:08:11Z")
I still like the Simpsons quite a bit. This one, however, didn’t have much creativity or humor. Agree with **randwill** , could have been much better. But I appreciate the sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/5 "2012-11-02T17:11:07Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > People still watch _The Simpsons_? I thought it and _Saturday Night Live_ were in a contest to see who could coast on momentum the longest. You can coast a long way when it’s downhill. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/6 "2012-11-02T17:17:33Z")
I got bored with the show once it seemed like every episode followed the same formula: 1. Real-world phenomenon or event comes to Springfield 2. 99.9% of the town gets caught up in said phenomenon 3. the 0.1% who don’t are inevitably Lisa and whatever guest-star-voiced boy she has a crush on this week 4. event or phenomenon has unexpected consequences 5. everybody mobs up and threatens a riot 6. Lisa and her crush du jour are the voices of reason and defuse the situation 7. everything is back to the way it was at the beginning of the episode. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/7 "2012-11-02T17:24:48Z")
also there is a clip of Homer voting. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/8 "2012-11-02T19:14:16Z")
That was retarded. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/9 "2012-11-02T21:59:54Z")
He’ll be “Meat” Romney to me from now on. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/10 "2012-11-02T22:17:54Z")
Truly these are the blurst of times. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/11 "2012-11-06T14:08:32Z")
The part at the end was amusing, showing even the small part that could have been the truth wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/12 "2012-11-06T15:03:22Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I got bored with the show once it seemed like every episode followed the same formula: > > 1. Real-world phenomenon or event comes to Springfield > 2. 99.9% of the town gets caught up in said phenomenon > 3. the 0.1% who don’t are inevitably Lisa and whatever guest-star-voiced boy she has a crush on this week > 4. event or phenomenon has unexpected consequences > 5. everybody mobs up and threatens a riot > 6. Lisa and her crush du jour are the voices of reason and defuse the situation > 7. everything is back to the way it was at the beginning of the episode. Just once, I wish it wasn’t Gilligan’s fault when the rescue plan gets all bolloxed. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-c-montgomery-monty-burns-cuts-an-endorsement-ad-for/639675/13 "2012-11-07T01:26:09Z")
I’m surprised that Monty Burns gives half a damn about the outcome of a presidential election. Think about it: He’s swimming in cash, and every time he goes broke for any reason, he _always_ gets it back. Nothing bad _ever_ happens to him for very long. He’s ridden out multiple safety violations at the plant, the tech crash, multiple recessions, obsolescence, etc. without a scratch. No matter what happens, he’s got it made in the shade. What difference does it make to him whether some guy in a fancy white building has a “D” or “R” before his name? Yeah, I’m watching again. 🙂 Mostly online. What the hey, The Garfield Show didn’t do it for me and it could be a while before the next American Ninja Warrior.