Well, no, I don’t generally pull out sight gags at cocktail parties. Maybe Carrot Top does?
Sneed is an inherently funnier name.
I would never have gotten the joke. I don’t know why it being on the Simpsons would alert me that it was one, either.
My hometown had a “Sneed’s Ace Hardware”, so the name seems common to me.
I got it right away and I thought it funny that it was yet another ha-ha that got by the censors.
I think it’s funny, and only got the joke after I’d seen the episode a few times. It’s not an obvious joke but it’s not meant to be, it’s one of those quick “words on a sign” jokes the Simpsons love so much that casual viewers aren’t meant to get but hardcore fans who watch episodes over and over again are supposed to pick up later. Like an easter egg, sort of.
I agree that it isn’t immediately obvious that it’s a joke, but it’s otherwise easy to get. Of course, it helps if you have been familiar with other attempts for GettingCrapPastTheRadar.
I think it’s funny.
I voted “Other.” I think it’s obvious. But this specific topic has been discussed, and you are not alone, as evidenced by the almost even split.
Joe
Why would not getting the joke be a symptom of Asperger’s?
I got it immediately, obviously.
Ever play “The Name Game”? "Chuck, Chuck, bo-buck, Banana fanna fo-…
BTW, there’s no doubt that everyone involved understood the joke, but the “censors” don’t care about this. We’d love to think the writers are so clever that they snuck something buy the straight-laced prudes, but I have no doubt that they just don’t care about this.
Having not seen the visual presentation as it was intended, it’s hard to judge how good the joke is. But judging from the above, it doesn’t even sound close to a joke. Maybe that means I have severe aspberger’s.
I don’t understand how it could not be a joke - just because the joke isn’t funny doesn’t mean it isn’t a joke, it just means you think it’s a bad one.
It’s supposed to be a humourous play on words, therefore - it’s a joke, right? Regardless of whether you think the joke works or not.
How many times can I say the word “joke” in this post? Joke joke joke.
Exactly. I think one will get the joke immediately if one is thinking on that train of thought.
Knowing it is a Simpsons thing helps because you are looking for a joke. If you were to just drive past such a sign, I can see it going over my head. That is one of my favorite Simpsons jokes. That is meaningful to me, because I have been watching the Simpsons since Tracy Ulman, when I was about 15, and I have a hard time narrowing down any favorite eps or bits. But that one does make the cut.
I suppose it might be rare, but that wouldn’t have occurred to me. Michael Sneed is a familiar name for Sun-Times readers (such as myself.)
They had this song in Tiny Toons once, and at the end they had a disclaimer: “Character we didn’t use in the Bananafana song: Plucky Duck”.
Maybe the joke would be funnier if someone had seen the movie Chuck and Buck? Based on the punchline, it sounds like someone who watched the movie came up with the joke.
BTW, my girlfriend dragged me to this movie and I do not recommend it.
But every time this joke comes up, tons of people will admit they didn’t get it and had to have it explained to them. I have no trouble believing some of the Fox censors are the same way.
Chuck and Buck came out in 2000. “The War of the Simpsons”, which includes Sneed’s Feed and Seed was made in 1991.
this is just an example of the multilayered humor that the Simpsons so abundantly provides that requires many multiple viewings, note taking and cross referencing that would appeal to a person with Aspergers and might well be written by some persons with Aspergers.
It first aired in November of 1999. I was 16 and got it the first time I saw it.
Whoops, you’re right. Still before Chuck and Buck though.