# I am SO thoroughly impressed with tonight's Simpsons **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903 "2000-11-20T01:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/1 "2000-11-20T01:32:44Z")
After a few bum episodes, the Simpsons have totally redeemed themselves in my eyes. Tonight’s episode was absolutely hilarious. Here is the place to share your favorite quotes from tonight’s episode. **"It was finger ling-ling good!"** ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/2 "2000-11-20T02:25:13Z")
Policer Chief Wiggam said… > [@](#): > > That’s some nice work there with that bean-zooka. Officer Lew said… > [@](#): > > Ya gotta love what you do, Chief ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/3 "2000-11-20T02:26:49Z")
“Whoever goes up in that tree can’t come down for anything. This includes phish concerts and the burning man festival.” “I’m a level 5 vegan. I don’t eat anything that casts a shadow.” And Bart the Ninja. It had no relevence whatsoever to the actual plot, but it was funnier than a jar full of red assed monkies. Yeah, start to finish, this was one great episode. I’ll search IMDB, but I’ve never heard of tonights guest star. Am I that culturally illiterate? ---
**Author:** ![malden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@malden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malden)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/4 "2000-11-20T03:59:14Z")
[VCR\_PAUSE] I am currently watching tonight’s episode on tape. I noticed that Bart’s chalkboard during the opening credits said “I AM NOT THE ACTING PRESIDENT.” Surely this is not a coincidence. How were they able to change it so quickly? I thought the shows were made weeks/months in advance in Korea. Are the credits done differently? Is changing a relatively small part of a relative few frames easy enough to do on short notice? Well, back to business! [VCR\_PLAY] ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/5 "2000-11-20T04:06:06Z")
I _missed_ it! I cannot believe I missed it. ☹ (Sim, come to chat!!) ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/6 "2000-11-20T04:06:46Z")
It’s a G-G-G-Girl!!! (thought he was gonna say Ghost!!) FUNNY!! ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/7 "2000-11-20T04:06:59Z")
Great episode! Right down to the “white-people-with-dreadlocks” mocking. (sorry to white Dopers with dreadlocks - I find it to be one of the more amusing aspects of WTO/World Bank Protestors and Eco-Nazis I’ve run into in D.C. over the years). ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/8 "2000-11-20T04:13:50Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by malden \* > [BHow were they able to change it so quickly? I thought the shows were made weeks/months in advance in Korea. Are the credits done differently? Is changing a relatively small part of a relative few frames easy enough to do on short notice?_\* They’ve always done those few frames close to showtime. Usually not more than two weeks ahead. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/9 "2000-11-20T04:30:13Z")
Hemp city reduced to stems and seeds Did they ever stop that log? What’s up with that. The MATRIX soundtrack!!! and don’t touch it, they can clone her from the spit! ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/10 "2000-11-20T04:36:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by oldscratch \* > \*\*Hemp city reduced to stems and seeds > > Did they ever stop that log? What’s up with that. > The MATRIX soundtrack!!! > and > don’t touch it, they can clone her from the spit! \*\* Good luck, Milhous! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/11 "2000-11-20T04:42:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by malden \* > \*\*[VCR\_PAUSE] > > I am currently watching tonight’s episode on tape. I noticed that Bart’s chalkboard during the opening credits said > > “I AM NOT THE ACTING PRESIDENT.” > > Surely this is not a coincidence. How were they able to change it so quickly? I thought the shows were made weeks/months in advance in Korea. Are the credits done differently? Is changing a relatively small part of a relative few frames easy enough to do on short notice? > > Well, back to business! > > [VCR\_PLAY] \*\* How were they able to change that so quickly? That’s just a minor change. I don’t mean to get off on a hijack here, but did anyone see South Park tonight? My god that was hilarious. It had to have been written, produced, recorded, and created all in the last two weeks. That’s impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/12 "2000-11-20T04:51:17Z")
Ender, one of the things about SouthPark is it is now done with computers. The animation was never that sophisticated for the show, so converting it to computer generated (Soft Image is used for most of the work I believe) was fairly easy. So they often do add things like that in at the last minute. It is claimed that they sometimes don’t get the show to the broadcast booth until about two hours before airtime. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/13 "2000-11-20T04:57:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw23 \* > [BI’ll search IMDB, but I’ve never heard of tonights guest star. \*\* _raised eyebrow_ IMDB? Do tell… ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/14 "2000-11-20T04:58:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silver Fire \* > \*\*I _missed_ it! I cannot believe I missed it. ☹ (Sim, come to chat!!) \*\* Sorry Silver… ☹ Maybe someone taped it? Oh… and for some reason I’m having trouble with getting into chat. For a programmer, it’s amazing how little I understand about IRC. ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/15 "2000-11-20T05:02:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, start to finish, this was one great episode. I’ll search IMDB, but I’ve never heard of tonights guest star. Am I that culturally illiterate? :gasp: You don’t know who Joshua Jackson is? You know, _Dawson’s Creek_? Not ringing a bell? Heresy! 😉 You obviously don’t have enough contact with the teen/pre-teen girl group. 😃 I especially enjoyed this episode because it reminded me of my crazy German teacher who was convinced that he was destined to marry Julia “Butterfly” Hill, in spite of the fact that they had never met. I can still remember him telling us that she had more courage than any of us would ever have. Thanks for the pep talk, Herr Simpson. Jessica, who isn’t actually a fan of the Creek. Really. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/16 "2000-11-20T05:02:28Z")
Chief Wiggum to protesting guy in cow costume: “Okay **COW** boy, we’ll see you in **MOO** -nicipal court.” Officer Lew: “Heh Heh, good one Chief” Chief Wiggum: “What I say?” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/17 "2000-11-20T06:00:33Z")
whammo, IMDB is the internet movie data base. [http://www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com) I would recommend [http://www.snpp.com](http://www.snpp.com) as well. Serindipity, I boldly state for the record I have never seen a single frame of Dawson’s creek. I don’t own a poster, I don’t listen to the theme song, and I don’t have the Dawson’s Creek trapper keeper. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/18 "2000-11-20T06:29:10Z")
Yeah Ender, but he was also off Champions and The Mighty Ducks and EVERYONE’S seen them… ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/19 "2000-11-20T08:20:00Z")
I think the best part of tonight’s Simpsons was a very obscure in-joke… The whole thing with the sliding log was taken from a very old Disney cartoon, one of those Donald Duck vs. Chip 'n Dale cartoons. Donald was a logger trying to chop down the chipmunk’s home, and when the log was going down the log chute, the chipmunks pulled the siding off the chute, and the log begins sliding all over the place (ultimately crashing into Donald’s house with him in it). As it was, that ending with the log sliding across the country (“This log is our log, this log is your log…”) had me and my brothers in stitches for several minutes. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903/20 "2000-11-20T14:09:52Z")
“And that’s Lisa Simpson, Springfield’s little lez tree-hugger.” “To clarify, that’s littl **est** tree-hugger.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-thoroughly-impressed-with-tonights-simpsons/41903.md?page=2)