# Mommie Beerest: Simpsons 1-30 (unboxed spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [January 31, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506 "2005-01-31T01:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/1 "2005-01-31T01:38:40Z")
Here it is, the first good episode of the season! Funny lines and such, and the typical sort of Simpsony satire (the Dreamworks CGI parody was dead-on) pad an interesting story about Marge and Moe. Yes, you heard that right. And Homer and Marge’s _Love Will Keep Us Together_ was pretty funny, too. (And a clever Web-fan ref with Homer jokingly calling himself “Jerkass Homer.”) Moe: Hey, hold the phone. An English pub? That just might work. Chorus: _d_ In song…_d_ Moe: _d_ Oh, my pub could be British instead of armpittish, so why don’t we all…_d_ ah, screw it. Let’s get renovatin’. Homer (anxiously awaiting a kiss from Marge): Well, I might as well use this pucker for something. (Takes out trumpet and starts playing _Greensleeves_) Homer: And the worst part is, this is brunch! So you’ve ruined _two_ meals! See you all at lupper. Homer: _Moe’s: A Tribute._ M is for Moe, the owner of Moe’s. O is for the O in the middle of “Moe’s.” E is for ecceptance, the feeling I always got here at Moe’s. Trailer announcer: Coming this summer from Dreamworks: _Cards!_ Fifty-two jokers play the game of their lives!.. With Eddie Murphy as the Jack of Clubs! (Jack of Clubs is pulled over by two card policemen) Jack of Clubs: You don’t understand, officer. I thought that king was a queen!.. Eight of Clubs: Hey Jack, you got any twos? Jack (Nicholson) of Diamonds: You can’t handle the twos! Playing at the Springfield Googolplex: 3 Fast 3 Furious Kill Bill Maher Breast Camp Explosion 2 Dude, Where’s My Prostate Baby Cops 3: Tired and Cranky Michael Eisner vs Michael Ovitz (referring to a current Disney-related lawsuit) Disney’s “Stroller Rental: The Movie” (referring to Disney’s recent spate of theme-park-attraction-based movies: _Country Bears_, _Haunted Mansion_, and _Pirates of the Carribean_.) ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/2 "2005-01-31T03:38:39Z")
This was the first new episode of the Simpsons I’ve watched since episode 150 or 200 or whatever the last milestone episode was a couple years ago, and while I didn’t really think it was good, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be. I will say, though, that that Dreamworks parody was great. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/3 "2005-01-31T04:19:38Z")
It’s nice that they dedicated an episode to Johnny Carson. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/4 "2005-01-31T04:43:11Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > It’s nice that they dedicated an episode to Johnny Carson. _The Simpsons_ is usually pretty good when it comes to dedications for previous guest stars, usually running a dedication card as soon as a former guest dies. (I recently re-watched the episode Carson guested on a couple days ago in his memory. I found the line “Oh, I’d thought I’d lift this 1987 Buick Skylark over my head” funnier than ever.) ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/5 "2005-01-31T04:48:01Z")
I liked it. Obviously, it wasn’t quite on the level that, say, the fourth and fifth season were, but it was one of the best new episodes I’ve seen in a while. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/6 "2005-01-31T05:08:40Z")
New Health Inspectors: There are numerous violations here. For one, the body of my predecessor is still on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/7 "2005-01-31T13:20:42Z")
A pretty decent episode even if it was repetetive from older episodes. How many times have we seen “Moe get’s a new bar” (family diner, new wave club) and Homer and Marge’s marriage is on the rocks (Life on the Fast Lane, A Milhouse Divided, the Gay Episode). But at least they made it funny. - The CARDS teaser was pretty funny. - Duffman’s thrusting at the wake. - Moe waiting for the tide. - The dead body still there and waiting for Trash Day. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/8 "2005-01-31T13:36:19Z")
How about the Gay Bar across the street (Who knew?): “The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen” I thought it was a fine episode. off topic: The new King of the Hill episode was pretty funny as well (Dale loses his faith in conspiracy theories and becomes an ultra-patriot). ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/9 "2005-01-31T15:50:34Z")
A good episode. I was beginning to think it was a bit slow until the Dreamworks parody, which was comedy gold. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/10 "2005-01-31T16:38:42Z")
I laughed so hard at Duffman’s mourning costume I cannot tell you, then again when one of the Seven Duffs poured some of himself on the ground. HA! ---
**Author:** ![Berserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Berserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berserker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/11 "2005-01-31T16:44:16Z")
“Cmon Homer, what is marge’s favorite food?” “Ice?” ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mommie-beerest-simpsons-1-30-unboxed-spoilers/287506/12 "2005-02-02T14:27:23Z")
I thought it was excellent, the best of the season so far, which is actually saying something, as this season has been better than two or trhee years ago. The bit with Homer pretending to be even dumber than he is so Marge would watch the kids was inspired (“Bart sleeps in the microwave, right?”). > [@watsonwil](#): > > How many times have we seen… Homer and Marge’s marriage is on the rocks But this is a new twist; I don’t know that we’ve ever seen Homer neglected before. _Neglectful_, yes. And sometimes he’s whined about Marge being busy with other things, but always unreasonably before now. –Cliffy