# Last Exit to Springfield **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392 "2018-03-11T19:00:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/1 "2018-03-11T19:00:51Z")
This episode is one of the classics from the early days of the Simpsons, and has some of the best-remembered lines (although onions on the belt have gone out of style, unfortunately). It also aired on March 11, 1993, exactly 25 years ago today. I remember watching the episode on broadcast television. It used to be on Thursday nights. Time flies. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/2 "2018-03-11T19:55:50Z")
Homer running in a circle while lying on the floor making Zoidberg sounds is one of my favorite bits in the entire show. [Link](https://youtu.be/3wj4qrAl_U4?t=1m57s) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/3 "2018-03-11T20:45:16Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Homer running in a circle while lying on the floor making Zoidberg sounds is one of my favorite bits in the entire show. [Link](https://youtu.be/3wj4qrAl_U4?t=1m57s) I kid you not, I’m a teacher and it has become tradition for me to do that when the last student leaves and the building is empty on the last day of school. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/4 "2018-03-11T20:45:19Z")
Play, “Classical Gas.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/5 "2018-03-11T20:52:11Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Homer running in a circle while lying on the floor making Zoidberg sounds is one of my favorite bits in the entire show. [Link](https://youtu.be/3wj4qrAl_U4?t=1m57s) Zoidberg sounds? Zoidberg sounds? Surely you mean Curly sounds! I’m not even a stooges fan, but seriously folks. 🙂 This is the greatest Simpson Episode. [Lisa in the Sky with Diamonds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxjHRwb5vo0). > [@\[Grampa](#): > > ]([Dan Castellaneta - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144657/?ref_=tt_trv_qu)) We can’t bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don’t go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m’shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. “Gimme five bees for a quarter,” you’d say. Now where were we… oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. I didn’t have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones… ETA: “It was the best of times, it was the BLURST of times?” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/6 "2018-03-11T22:04:06Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > This is the greatest Simpson Episode. [Lisa in the Sky with Diamonds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxjHRwb5vo0). > " More than that: it’s the Platonic ideal of a \*Simpsons \*episode. No gimmicks, no foreign locations, no guest stars; just a good story, great jokes and exactly the right amount of sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/7 "2018-03-11T22:09:49Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Homer running in a circle while lying on the floor making Zoidberg sounds is one of my favorite bits in the entire show. [Link](https://youtu.be/3wj4qrAl_U4?t=1m57s) Technically those were Curly noises. But yes, love it! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/8 "2018-03-11T22:38:46Z")
Lisa needs braces! Dental plan! Lisa needs braces! Dental plan! Lisa needs braces! Dental plan! Lisa needs braces! Dental plan! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/9 "2018-03-11T23:01:11Z")
“Find the bathroom alright, Homer?” “Uh…yeah!” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/10 "2018-03-11T23:29:42Z")
[Did you guys see that OJ Simpson was the original pick for the quick cameo? They got Dr. Joyce instead.](http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/11/oj-simpson-simpsons-last-exit-to-springfield/) Only months before the murders. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/11 "2018-03-12T00:03:24Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Homer running in a circle while lying on the floor making Zoidberg sounds is one of my favorite bits in the entire show. [Link](https://youtu.be/3wj4qrAl_U4?t=1m57s) > [@What\_Exit](#): > > Zoidberg sounds? Zoidberg sounds? Surely you mean Curly sounds! I’m not even a stooges fan, but seriously folks. 🙂 > [@snfaulkner](#): > > Technically those were Curly noises. But yes, love it! [Know your meme: Whoop Whoop Whoop](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/whoop-whoop-whoop) [Curly Floor Spinning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2iZPRif2i4) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/12 "2018-03-12T01:38:40Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Homer running in a circle while lying on the floor making Zoidberg sounds is one of my favorite bits in the entire show. [Link](https://youtu.be/3wj4qrAl_U4?t=1m57s) > [@What\_Exit](#): > > Zoidberg sounds? Zoidberg sounds? Surely you mean Curly sounds! I’m not even a stooges fan, but seriously folks. 🙂 > [@snfaulkner](#): > > Technically those were Curly noises. But yes, love it! > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > [Know your meme: Whoop Whoop Whoop](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/whoop-whoop-whoop) > > [Curly Floor Spinning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2iZPRif2i4) To borrow a line from The Rolling Stones: > [@](#): > > Doin’ things I used to do. They think are new. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/13 "2018-03-12T09:49:55Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Zoidberg sounds? Zoidberg sounds? Surely you mean Curly sounds! I’m not even a stooges fan, but seriously folks. 🙂 I did not know that. The Stooges weren’t ever really popular here in Finland. Don’t really know much about them except that there’s three of them and they like to poke each other in the eye. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/14 "2018-03-12T10:52:38Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > More than that: it’s the Platonic ideal of a \*Simpsons \*episode. No gimmicks, no foreign locations, no guest stars; just a good story, great jokes and exactly the right amount of sentiment. I’m not sure they leave in the gay innuendo joke (“backdoor shenanigans”) if they made it nowadays, though. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/15 "2018-03-12T12:10:17Z")
I had no idea that this was considered [one of the best if not the best episode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Exit_to_Springfield#Reception). Just for season 4 alone, I’d put it behind _Treehouse of Horror III_, _Marge vs. the Monorail_, _Whacking Day_, _I Love Lisa_, and _Kamp Krusty_. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/16 "2018-03-12T13:22:03Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > I did not know that. The Stooges weren’t ever really popular here in Finland. Don’t really know much about them except that there’s three of them and they like to poke each other in the eye. Yeah, unlike the Marx Brothers, the Stooges never really crossed the Atlantic. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/17 "2018-03-12T14:51:03Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > I did not know that. The Stooges weren’t ever really popular here in Finland. Don’t really know much about them except that there’s three of them and they like to poke each other in the eye. > [@Alessan](#): > > Yeah, unlike the Marx Brothers, the Stooges never really crossed the Atlantic. Fair enough, the Marx brothers were made of awesome and except for the non-Marx brothers musical numbers their movies are still hilarious today. Though I’m surprised they translate well as they were at least as much wordplay and visual jokes. The Stooges were just slapstick and extremely repetitive at that. As I said, not a fan, but as an American I guess impossible not to be aware of them. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/18 "2018-03-12T14:51:45Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > I did not know that. The Stooges weren’t ever really popular here in Finland. Don’t really know much about them except that there’s three of them and they like to poke each other in the eye. [Moe is their leader.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yZqtw8K-74) ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/19 "2018-03-12T15:05:48Z")
See that’s the kind of things I know the Stooges from. Never actually seen a Stooges film. I’ve never seen a episode of Jay Leno or Oprah but I can deduce from pop culture references that one was a late night host who’s voice went high every time he told a punchline to a joke while the other was some kind of leader to a cult of mostly middle aged women. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392/20 "2018-03-12T15:36:21Z")
DENTAL PLAN! I almost literally rolled on the floor laughing when the Grinch reference came. Ah, those were the days! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-exit-to-springfield/810392.md?page=2)