# Another Simpsons question - The Australian episode. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645 "2008-10-26T16:59:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/21 "2008-10-28T07:20:10Z")
the scene with the machine that rotates the toilet water in the proper direction was laugh out loud funny. I love that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/22 "2008-10-28T09:00:39Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > Yes, but we call rednecks bogans down here. I’d have gone with \*yobbo \*or _feral_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/23 "2008-10-28T14:17:42Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > I thought he was supposed to be [This guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2RSu9Gw61U&feature=related) Can’t fool me, that’s Blank Reg from Big Time TV. And I’m sure there’s been some time in each of our lives when we’ve said: “I’m impressed you were able to write so legibly on your own butt!” ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/24 "2008-10-28T15:47:39Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > Because that’s how the seppos think we sound, probably. > > Want a fake Aussie accent? Just don’t move your top lip when you speak. I’m serious - try it. It’s not very good, but better than most attempts at our accent. > > Edit: Oh, I still love this ep, BTW. The amount of Aussie bashing that goes on is _nothing_ compared to the America bashing that goes on in every episode. Plus, it’s funny. > > “I’m gunna report this to me member of Parliament.” I always took that episode to be a dig on Americans and their silly misconceptions about Australia, for example how one of the buildings says Austria on it with a carat over it and the letters “al”. And I agree with the other poster that the scene with Homer singing, with a tear in his eye, God Bless America as the toilet flushes the “right, American” way is one of the top ten all-time Simpsons moments. How can you not love an episode where Bart calls “Disputed Zone”. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/25 "2008-10-28T15:50:21Z")
This ep is where I learned about the existence of Burkina Faso. Also, Rand McNally. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/26 "2008-10-28T16:04:08Z")
Don’t forget Uruguay. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/27 "2008-10-29T03:44:01Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Don’t forget Uruguay. What?! Take that back! The episode contains an odd contradiction for the sake of making two jokes about Ozzies: when the kid rides off to the neighbor’s to check the direction of the toilet water, the round trip takes him six hours. Later on, his father just leans out the window to complain to his “Member of Parliament”. Funny episode overall, though, whillikers. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/28 "2008-10-29T03:49:04Z")
Interesting point, **Bryan**. Little Tobias may not be the brightest kookaburra in the Outback. ---
**Author:** ![WilhelmGefallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@WilhelmGefallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WilhelmGefallen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/29 "2008-10-29T05:08:12Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > Seriously? Even with Bart mooning mobbing Ausies with “Don’t tread on me” written on his butt? Even now, I look back on that as being one of the defining moments of television comedy genus in my childhood. I’d say it’s one of the top 10 episodes no question. Seriously. The only things I remember laughing at during that entire episode was the Knifey-Spoony game, the B E E R - C O F F E E exchange and Bart and Homer trying out the Kangaroo pouches for their getaway. It’s definately not in the top 10 for me, I’d say not even top 50. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/30 "2008-10-29T14:11:36Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > Because that’s how the seppos think we sound, probably. > > Want a fake Aussie accent? Just don’t move your top lip when you speak. I’m serious - try it. It’s not very good, but better than most attempts at our accent. But if that’s all it takes, why doesn’t all of Australia sound like Humphrey Bogart? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/31 "2008-10-29T14:26:05Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > But if that’s all it takes, why doesn’t all of Australia sound like Humphrey Bogart? 😉 You mean we don’t? So that’s why my “Here’s looking at you, kid” line doesn’t work :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/32 "2008-10-29T14:44:03Z")
I’ve been looking for a screenshot of the relevant character as I don’t have a copy of that particular episode. Can’t find anything helpful. Anyone seen one that might make recognising the reference easier? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/33 "2008-10-29T14:57:18Z")
I don’t know that the guy with the giant boot was supposed to exactly look like anyone in particular. He just looks like one of the generic weird Aussies that show up in the background in movies like Mad Max or Crocodile Dundee or that horrible bit with Yahoo Serious. I do recall thinking as a kid raised in the 1980’s that Australia was some weird dusty outback land full of dirty faced weird guys with sleeveless shirts who all drove jeeps and trucks with the tops sawed off and such. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/34 "2008-10-29T17:55:49Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > And I agree with the other poster that the scene with Homer singing, with a tear in his eye, God Bless America as the toilet flushes the “right, American” way is one of the top ten all-time Simpsons moments. Absolutely. (Although I’m fairly certain he actually sings part of _My Country Tis of Thee_. Namely, “Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.”) ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/35 "2008-10-29T18:26:03Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > I don’t know that the guy with the giant boot was supposed to exactly look like anyone in particular. He just looks like one of the generic weird Aussies that show up in the background in movies like Mad Max or Crocodile Dundee Or Weird Science, even. I agree with this – scary biker-looking Australian dudes were sort of ubiquitous in movies of the mid-80’s whenever you needed a stock thug character. Why **that** happened I’ll put down to Mad Max. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645/36 "2008-10-29T18:35:35Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > I don’t know that the guy with the giant boot was supposed to exactly look like anyone in particular. He just looks like one of the generic weird Aussies that show up in the background in movies like Mad Max or Crocodile Dundee Or Weird Science, even. I agree with this – scary biker-looking Australian dudes were sort of ubiquitous in movies of the mid-80’s whenever you needed a stock thug character. Why **that** happened I’ll put down to Mad Max. –Cliffy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-simpsons-question-the-australian-episode/469645.md?page=1)