chrisk:
Because part of the joke is that people are so sheplike, they’ll accept that they must make a choice between two terrible options rather than thinking outside the box and finding an actual good option. They just do as they’re told (vote for him or him) rather than actually determine if there’s any other option.
It won’t be necessary. All we need is a big board with a big nail in it.
Perhaps one day, we’ll create a board with a nail so big it will destroy the earth…
Our superior intellects are no match for your puny weapons! We surrender.
chrisk
November 2, 2004, 4:31pm
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BrotherCadfael:
It won’t be necessary. All we need is a big board with a big nail in it.
Perhaps one day, we’ll create a board with a nail so big it will destroy the earth…
Continuity doesn’t necessarily apply between TOH sketches…
even if it does, they were chased off earth by the board with the nail years before. This time, they came prepared. Maybe they even have…
A slingshot? Bar stool?? Sorry, couldn’t come up with any really funny Simpsons weapons for this space.
chrisk:
One thing, (well, at least one,) that’s always bugged me about this sketch…
How exactly do Kang & Kodos get away with “You have to vote for ONE of us - it’s a two party system!” when it’s just been revealed that neither of them are truly the nominated candidate of the Republican or Democratic party?? (By this point, Homer would actually have enough credibility to testify that K&K replaces C&D after they were candidates, not before they were nominated.)
I know it’s nitpicking, that the end of the sketch is supposed to be funny and work as metaphor (that presidential candidates, and in fact the political parties themselves, are rampaging monsters who don’t care about America,) but I always thought it would work like this:
“Like HELL we do!!” After some kind of a struggle, Kang and Kodos are killed. (Using a tactical nuclear strike if necessary.)
Emergency conventions are called (if necessary, after the election) to come up with replacement nominees. Or maybe they decide to do it Al Gore vs Jack Kemp to save time, and each of those picks a running mate to replace him.
Ross Perot gets about 2% of the popular vote and no states, as per usual.
Oh, sure. That would be a laugh riot. :rolleyes:
Next to “23 Short Films about Springfield”, this is the greatest episode in Simpsons history. It also contains the short “The Genesis Tub”
Because it’s a cartoon.
Or if you don’t like the obvious answer, Homer only said that the candidates were aliens. He never said that the aliens had kidnapped Clinton and Dole. Everyone probably thought they were both always aliens.
