Best (and worst) Simpson rerun timing!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

I don’t know how far in advance the reruns are planned,
but last night at 7:30 NYC’s Fox Channel 5 had the
episode where the children are on a bus trip and get
stranded on a deserted island. Holy Survivor!

The worst time was in August of 1996. On Wednesday
TWA Flight 200 had gone down, killing all 800 people.
The next Monday, the episode was when Bart and Milhouse
find a $20 bill and go on the town. One asks “Where
did a $20 bill come from” and the other answers
“Maybe a plane exploded.” Had I been at Fox 5, I would
have aired 30 minutes of dead air before putting that
episode on.

2

They better put the Australia episode on opposite the start of Survivor II.

3

Annie, that would be flight 800 with 200 people on it. I still can’t believe they just closed the book with so little closure on it this week.

4

Connor,
You’re kidding, right?
Right? :slight_smile:

Bri

5

No, I thought it was very inconclusive. I had two very good friends on that flight, and I really want to know what caused their deaths.

6

What happened in the Australia episode? What is the link with Survivor?

7

Survivor II is in Australia.

8

The Australia episode, where Bart calls collect long distance to see which direction the toilets flush…and ends up being threatened with The Boot.

My personal favorite happened in connection with this board, however, and just this week.

Whenever the SUV thread started in the Pit…Monday, I think…anyway, that night the 7:30 episode was the one where Homer buys himself the “lady’s” Canyonero.

Well, I thought it was funny, anyway.

9

Yep, that’s about it. and the Australia episode is still my favorite episode, if one could possibly pick out one.

10

:rolleyes: :wally

11

They have a very very funny one about gun ownership (to this day I still call that store BloodBath & Beyond) and a rerun aired the day after one of the recent tragedies involving some shooting. It was sorta macabre.

12

Per the final report on TWA Flight 800, Conner proponed

**Conner, you gotta be shitting me!

I’m sorry for your loss. But everything that there is to be known about the exposion in the center fuel tank of flight 800 has been released.

If you still can’t handle what is the truth, you may want to look into one of the “conspiracy” theories to gain closure.

You could blame the Navy for shooting down the plane.

You could blame terrorists for placing a bomb aboard the plane.

Maybe the pilot did something 'cause he had suicidal tendencies.

If you care to do a search, there are only about 600 internet sites which may give you a better explaination than the truth.

13

The day of my Grandma Zimmerman’s funeral, they showed the episode where Grandpa Simpson’s girlfriend Bea died.

On the day of my dad’s funeral, they showed the episode where the family went to Marge’s Aunt’s funeral.

I always turn to The Simpsons in times of sorrow. I’ve really got to stop doing that. :wink:

And this isn’t quite Simpsons’ related, just poor timing related: a few days after Grandpa Barber’s funeral, in the Wizard of Id, the King received a singing telegram announcing that his Uncle Earl was dead. Grandpa’s first name was Earl. Can’t even trust the funny papers.

14

I thought the best bit of that one was the Twilight Zone shot of the koala on the plane at the end (that’s TZ the movie…)

15

No, the best part of that one has to be the Yahoo Serious film fest, and Lisa’s comment: “I’ve seen all those words before, but that just doesn’t make sense.” Or something to that effect.

16

Episode Capsule for ‘Bart vs. Australia’

Favorite moments:

Homer: Burkina Faso? Disputed Zone? Who called all these weird places?
Brain: Quiet, it might be you! I can’t remember.
Homer: Naw, I’m going to ask Marge.
Brain: No, no! Why embarrass us both? Just write a check and I’ll please some more endorphins.

Homer: All Bart has to do is apologize and we get a free trip to Australia?
Conover: Mm, hmm.
Bart: I can handle that: I’m an expert at phony apologies.
Marge: [reproachful] Bart!
Bart: [with phony sincerity] I’m sorry.
Marge: That’s better.
Bart: Heh heh heh…