# Are Simpsons Halloween specials the best or what? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2001, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271 "2001-10-24T06:10:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/21 "2001-10-24T17:42:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Solomon7t \* > \*\*bwaahaha. No simpsons hallowenn specials make solomon7t somthing somthing. I cant wait to see the new halloween special. They need to make a collection of all the seasons of Simpsons on DVD. No simpsons DVD special make solomon7t somthing somthing…No simpsons DVD special make solomon7t somthing somthing…No simpsons DVD special make solomon7t somthing somthing…No simpsons DVD special make solomon7t somthing somthing… \*\* Season 1 is out on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![jmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmonster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/22 "2001-10-24T17:49:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Solomon7t \* > bwaahaha. No simpsons hallowenn specials make solomon7t somthing somthing. I cant wait to see the new halloween special. They need to make a collection of all the seasons of Simpsons on DVD. No simpsons DVD special make solomon7t somthing somthing…No simpsons DVD special make solomon7t somthing somthing…No simpsons DVD special make solomon7t somthing somthing…No simpsons DVD special make solomon7t somthing somthing… Go crazy? ---
**Author:** ![Mogwei22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mogwei22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mogwei22)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/23 "2001-10-24T17:56:28Z")
Oh _sigh_ the memories. The Shinnin “Lousy Smarch” said by Homer as the parents attend a meeting about the faulty school calendars. “Oh, I thought blood got off on the third floor” Mr. Burns said as the blood spills out of the elevator in the hotel and of course “No beer and no TV make Homer something something” 3DHomer “I’m somewhere where I don’t know where I am!”-Homer “Oooh! Erotic Cakes”-Homer Not sure of the episode title-The one where Lisa creates a small civilization from her tooth is a bowl of soda “Look! I’ve created Lutherans”-Lisa-I thinks it’s just her delivery of this line that cracks me up Again, not sure of the title-The one when Homer sells his soul for a donut-I think-If it’s the one where he ends up with a donut head at the end “Homer stop picking at yourself”-Marge “But I’m so sweet and tasty”-Homer ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/24 "2001-10-24T18:28:22Z")
i always liked from “King Homer” when Mr. Burns throws the gas bomb and it goes 1 foot and gases him, and he starts singing “I was strolling through the gas on daaaaayyy!” And the Homer time travel episode was hilarious! There is supposed to be a Harry Potter story this year, but i don’t know if it will be with the Holloween episode or with the Literature Episode later in the season (like the Bible and tall tales episodes). That one will have the Odessey, with Homer! ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/25 "2001-10-24T19:30:02Z")
\*\*“Homer[sup]3[/sup]” “Oooh, they got me with their legal mumbo-jumbo!” “I’ve never looked behind this whach-a-ma-call it case before” Patty or Selma: “It’s like he dissapeard into FAT air” Marge: “Do you see towels, if you see towels your probably in the linen closet again…” Homer: “Just a second… nooo!” Everything about that seg. was great, the graphics and the music… ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/26 "2001-10-24T20:39:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mogwei22 \* > **The one where Lisa creates a small civilization from her tooth is a bowl of soda > "Look! I’ve created Lutherans"** This is doubly funny because October 31st is not only Halloween, but [Reformation Day](http://www.reformation.org/happy_reformation_day.html). For really hardcore Lutherans. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/27 "2001-10-24T22:11:46Z")
Amyone know when this year’s episode is airing? ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/28 "2001-10-24T22:13:01Z")
Two classic Simpsons halloween quotes: “Mmmmmmm… forbidden Donut” “We have to kill the boy!” “Grampa, how did you know he’s a vampire?” “He’s a vampire?” ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/29 "2001-10-24T22:32:01Z")
“Oh yeah, here’s your problem. Somebody set this thing to ‘Evil’.” ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_O.Pinion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@Frank\_O.Pinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_O.Pinion)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/30 "2001-10-24T23:48:49Z")
‘Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace’ At the very end, when Willie was trying to scare the kids in real life, he gets off a bus- “Boo! Heh Heh Heh! Boo! Ach, I left my gun on the seat! Wait here, please.” Then he starts running after the buss and his shoe falls off. It was so hilariously pathetic! ---
**Author:** ![Chocobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Chocobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chocobo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/31 "2001-10-25T04:52:56Z")
A few that haven’t been mentioned… Time Travel: Homer (thinks to self): Now just remember the advice your father gave you on your wedding day… (Grandpa): Son, if you ever go back in time, don’t step on anything! Cause even the slightest change can alter the future in ways you can’t imagine! The Killer Krusty doll: Homer, in an occult shop: I’d like to get this doll for my son’s birthday. Shopkeep: Very well, but I must warn you the doll is cursed. Homer: That’s bad. Shopkeep: But you get a free ounce of Frogurt! Homer: That’s good! Shopkeep: The frogurt is also cursed. Homer: That’s bad. Shopkeep: But you get your choice of topping! Homer: That’s good! Shopkeep: The topping contains Potassium benzoate. Homer: … Shopkeep: That’s bad. And then of course there’s the scene where Homer’s sitting in the bathtub singing the “My baloney has a first name…” and the Krusty doll sits up with a harpoon. For some reason that’s the one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/32 "2001-10-25T07:01:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blur \* > \*\*My favorite is the one where Homer keeps going back in time, kills something, or sneezes and everytime he gets back to his time, something is askew. \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > **And the Homer time travel episode was hilarious!** > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chocobo \* > \*\*A few that haven’t been mentioned… > > Time Travel: > Homer (thinks to self): Now just remember the advice your father gave you on your wedding day… (Grandpa): Son, if you ever go back in time, don’t step on anything! Cause even the slightest change can alter the future in ways you can’t imagine!\*\* As I said before: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*“Time and Punishment” > > One of the all time greatest Simpsons shorts, bar none. \*\* The plot is based on a Ray Bradbury short story (_“The Sound of Thunder”?_) from the collection, “The Golden Apples of the Sun”. The original story involves a famous big-game hunter who goes on a time travel safari in order to shoot a dinosaur. The hunter panics at the sight of T-Rex and manages to alter the course of history. I’m glad to see it mentioned more times than any other episode (except, maybe the “Soul Doughnut” one, which is another of my favorites). **Homer** : Flanders! You’re the devil? **Flanders** : It’s always the one you least expect, Homer. In “Time and Punishment”, at one point, as Homer is thrashing back and forth through time, the Simpson residence is changing from igloo, to underwater, to the Sphinx, to… The Flintstones’ home, in a homage to the last prime time television cartoon to precede The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271/33 "2001-10-25T08:13:17Z")
I had never seen “The Shining” or “The Omega Man” before seeing the Simpson parodies. I think it would have helped to see “The Shining” before the parody, but I thought “The Homega Man” pretty much stood up on its own (probably because “The Omega Man” is, at heart, your basic after-the-disaster movie while “The Shining” is a little more complex). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-simpsons-halloween-specials-the-best-or-what/89271.md?page=1)