# Damned Simpsons flashbacks! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 22, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885 "2002-04-22T00:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/1 "2002-04-22T00:27:27Z")
I hate it when the “new” episoide is a poorly-written excuse to make another flashback episode. Matt Groening, don’t make me come down there, baby! (shakes fist threatening towards whatever the hell state Matt is in right now) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/2 "2002-04-22T00:32:58Z")
For being a Flashback episode, I liked it…and hey, every season has at least one of them, right? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/3 "2002-04-22T00:35:15Z")
They’re running out of steam. Time to join Pogo and Opus in Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Hosayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@Hosayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hosayf)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/4 "2002-04-22T00:35:15Z")
Yeh, that really blew… At least Kang and Kodos howed up, but they ended up being lame in the end too. Damn the Simpsons is really starting to suck. And the reruns at 6:30 are all newer episodes they never show anything older than a couple years/ ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/5 "2002-04-22T00:35:28Z")
For 28 minutes, it was painful. But the closing song had me laughing my ass off. Homer jumping a shark! Heheheheh. I can’t wait for the robot Marge episode! ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/6 "2002-04-22T00:44:14Z")
What annoyed me was that the clip of Homer pretending to steal Moe’s car for the insurance money was shown when the Simpsons were talking about their “good old car.” It was Moe’s car, not Homer’s!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/7 "2002-04-22T00:53:57Z")
There’s damn near a thread about this episode in every forum! [comic book guy]Worst episode ever![/cbg] It looks like the show might have finally jumped the shark and next week’s episode doesn’t look very promising. (Homer as the Hulk? Uh, WTF? Perhaps Fox is trying to promote the new Hulk movie?) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/8 "2002-04-22T02:42:12Z")
Ugh. I couldn’t even watch the whole thing. Were there any flashbacks to other flashback episodes? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/9 "2002-04-22T02:43:49Z")
Dammit you bastards [shaking fist]! Don’t you know there are Dopers out here on the West Coast that haven’t watched the Simpsons this week yet! Oh hell, at least I’ve been warned… ---
**Author:** ![emmy66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85f322/32.png) [@emmy66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmy66)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/10 "2002-04-22T04:45:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\*Dammit you bastards [shaking fist]! Don’t you know there are Dopers out here on the West Coast that haven’t watched the Simpsons this week yet! > > Oh hell, at least I’ve been warned… \*\* Well… even the TV Guide said it was a flashback episode, so I don’t think anything new was revealed here. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/11 "2002-04-22T12:57:50Z")
Did anyone get the words to the closing song? Please post them if you did. It was GREAT\> ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/12 "2002-04-22T13:24:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*Were there any flashbacks to other flashback episodes? \*\* Actually, there was. One of the Homer choking Bart clips was from the first clip show (the one with Homer in the hospital). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/13 "2002-04-22T21:02:19Z")
How many clip shows have there been before last night’s? I only remember two: The April Fool’s one (Homer in the hospital) and the musical one. I’m sure I’m missing one, though… ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-simpsons-flashbacks/104885/14 "2002-04-22T21:23:33Z")
I think there is one per season, Archive Guy.