“Sneed’s Feed and Seed (fomerly Chuck’s)”
So I say to myself “Chuck’s Feed and Seed”.
Finally I Google it: “Chuck’s Fuck and Suck”
Even in hindsight, it doesn’t seem that obvious to me. Maybe if the name had been “Cheed’s Feed and Seed”. It’s a good thing I don’t wear a toupee or the WHOOSH would have blown it over the state line. What say you?
Lame-ass obtuse joke. It’s not you.
I wouldn’t have gotten it had you not posted the spoiler. Whatever that is, I wouldn’t call it a joke.
How old was the person who told you this so-called joke?
An adult, since it was someone who wrote for The Simpsons.
It is often pointed out as one of the jokes that the Simpson’s writers “got by” the censors. It’s subtle, even a bit hidden, but IMO it’s funny. I got it when it was broadcast, not everyone did. I miss plenty of other Simpson’s hidden jokes.
It’s just on a sign in the background.
It doesn’t really call attention to itself, so other than it being on The Simpsons there’s no real reason to peg it as a joke. Iirc it’s only on screen very briefly. But if someone points it out to you and says “that’s a joke”, I would say you should piece it together pretty fast. It’s not exactly high grade encryption.
It’s such a quick, stealthy throw away joke in the context of flashing by in a second or so I have to give it props. It’s not meant to be deconstructed and pondered after the fact. It’s like a little magic trick. If you blinked you missed it.
There are people that LOOK for stuff on the Simpsons and this was for them. Many people viewing casually would never pick up on it which is part of the whole point of the joke. It’s kind of a little secret.
Oh, I see — They forgot to add: “Please review!!”
No, on second thought, that just means the sight gag didn’t really work as a joke. I guess there’s a teeny amount of mirth in the idea that they kinda telegraphed a bad word on teevee, if you’re being very generous in your standards about what counts as telegraphing. But overall, not such a great joke. I mean, will you be including in your next round of cocktail chatter? No, you will not, because it’s dumb.
I didn’t see it the first time around and when I did read it (here), it had already been explained, so I never got a chance to not get it.
I still think it’s pretty funny.
ETA: I don’t think it would work as cocktail chatter. But Disco Stu wouldn’t and I thought he was funny, too. I don’t think it’s necessarily a great joke, but it was clever enough for what it was–an under the radar hidden type joke.
Wait, this is from a Simpson’s episode? I thought it was something you saw on the side of the road, ya know, without any context.
Seeing that in a Simpson’s episode, I’da gotten the joke immediately and laughed my ass off.
Seeing that sign on a real store while driving down the road? The joke would prolly have gone over my head.
ETA: Considering that you were obtuse in describing the joke, maybe it is you. How do I change my vote?
The joke just makes me think: “What the hell kind of name is Sneed?”
Google reveals that Sneed is a real name, but it is rare enough to distract from the joke.
Any joke that relies on the viewer’s realization that he has to keep the same rhyme scheme, in order to sneak something really filthy onto a network TV show, is an awesome joke.
That said, it isn’t necessarily an easy joke to get. I had to have it explained to me.
I’d never get it without a big hint.
I wonder if it depends on the distinction between “visual brain” and “auditory brain.” I’m OK with written manuals and maps, but verbal directions lose me. Perhaps an “auditory brain” person would catch this easily.
I’m a very language-oriented person, but “formerly Chuck’s” wouldn’t immediately indicate to me that the rest of the phrase should be made to rhyme with the name too.
The point isn’t the joke itself, it’s to slip “fuck and suck” past the censor. It has to be a little hard to figure out.
Ditto. I call it lame. It would have worked only if ‘Feed and Seed’ had some kind of sexual innuendo, but I am not sure even The Todd could pull it off without really stretching it.
I got it immediately and I DO have Aspergers.
I’m pretty sharp with words.
Is it possible that “seed and feed” is slang for “fuck and suck”? I may be reaching, but **seed ***is *used to talk about a man’s sperm. And of course feed is an easy one to spot.
Its funny that they used Sneed, when a more common name such as Reed would have carried the joke better.