D’oh!
I often wondered if I was the only one who got this joke.
I’m a big fan of when Burns asks about how his “blue chip” investments, Amalgamated Spats and Confederated Slave Holdings, are doing: “They’re, uh. Steady.”
And referring to the pedals of the car as the velocitator and deceleratrix.
What exactly is the joke there?
The low quality and outdated school media in general:
But, Troy, you may remember me, McClure (youtube) had some great ones:
and who could forget:
He’s deliberately not using the obvious “pye in the sky”.
Don’t forget Transatlantic Zeppelin, Congreve’s Inflammable Powder, U.S. Hay and the up-and-coming Baltimore Opera Hat Company. 
I love these as well. The episode where they go to Cuba has a lot of them-
thinking Homer is from Colliers magazine, “The new Packards we’ve been hearing about”, and thinking Batista is still in power. And Wiggums “that was really more of a burgundy” response to the APB on a maroon 1939 Stutz Bearcat is sublime.
The outdated 50’s filmstrips are classic- the little kid not wanting to live a world with zinc in it, or something like that.
Yeah. Maybe you already know this, but that’s a terrific parody of a real, and real awful, educational film called “A Case of Spring Fever,” in which a demonic little cartoon spring torments a man who wishes that springs didn’t exist, turning the man into a frightful bore who annoys all of his friends by prattling on endlessly about springs. Mystery Science Theatre showed ‘Spring Fever’ during its last season.
:smack:
A fine(?) example of what you’ll find at the Prelinger Archives, where MST3K got most of its public-domain short films, including this one. No springs! Hee hee hee!
The references to Mr. Plow in later on episodes always get a wee giggle from me.
Nooo springs!! Haha. Boy I can’t even fathom how many hours I’ve spent on fixing the couch.
The giant Aztec head that Mr. Burns gave to Bart as a thank-you for his life-saving blood donation. Several episodes depict it languishing in the basement, and (IIRC) it was one of the Simpson family items on sale at their street fair.
Explain this one to me.
I noticed in the movie, Moe called Marge “Midge”. When did this start and why?
For some reason, Moe has always believed Marge’s name is Midge.
Never heard of 'im.
Marley23, mobo85, thanks- just today I was debating whether to buy a DVD with 30 minutes of these classics for 10-15 bucks for shits and giglges- it didn’t occur to me that they would be out there for free.
Grampa Simpson…
He represents the time “before” the present…
Like Mr Burns, but in a watered down way.
His argument with Marge’s Mom about various home remedies… “Smeckler’s Powder!”
His references to the past seem to show the compression effect of history… (He’s old, so he must remember Napoleon)… He talks about the Kaiser, wooden nickles, dresses in zoot suits, swing dances, and such…
Seems to have direct knowledge and involvment in all major wars previous to Vietnam
You can find your own examples if you search You Tube for Grampa Simpson…
Regards
FML
“Not Aztec, Olmec.”
This is a characteristic type of Simpsons humor: putting an obvious joke out there and then declining to use it. My favorite is the name of Bart’s teacher: Mrs Krabappel. Nobody, not even her students, seem to notice that it could be pronounced crabapple. This led to a memorable gag:
Homer: “Bart’s teacher’s name is Krabappel? I’ve been calling her Crandall!”
Just for a split second, when he utters the first syllable of Crandall, you think he’s going to say crabapple. Possibly one of the fastest gags in TV history.