At the end of one episode of the Simpsons, Ralph Wiggam says, “My cats breath smells like cat food.” This was a stray off the wall comment so I assumed that it meant something, but I couldn’t figure out what. The episode was about Lisa competing with a new girl and in one of the scenes she was being outwitted through anagrams. I spent hours trying to anagram this into something sensible to no avail.
What did this comment by Ralph wiggam mean? I didn’t get the joke and it has been bugging me for years.
Don’t feel bad, Christopher. I always really hoped that there was an anagram in there. I always thought that would have been absolutely hilarious- a joke that only the really nerdy Simpsons geeks got, but alas, it’s a non-sequitor.
On a side note, I do now appreciate Ralph’s little comments as being utter nonsense. I love him.
On similar lines, there was one episode – I don’t remember which one – that had some credits rolling by as part of the show (not the final credits). They wizzed by so fast that you couldn’t read any of it. So of course, after taping it, we watched it in super slo-mo to reveal a bunch of lame joked names going by… and then the words:
In the episode where Homer is accused of sexual molestation, the “Hard Copy”-like show runs a list of retractions at high speed. I think the “no life” line could be in that one.
cmburns is correct. The episode that included the “If you are reading this, you have no life” was the one where Homer is accused of sexual harrassment (Homer Bad Man). Here’s a list of the other things that went by.
Also in the Ralph-cat realm, there was one episode in which Miss Hoover was talking about something and Ralph raised his hand. Miss Hoover just replied with “Ralph, this isn’t about your cat, is it?”
And another time, Ralph said, simply, “My cat’s name is Mittens.”
I believe Ralph mentions his cat a number of times in the episode.
Taking a quick look, yes. When he asks Lisa what the answer to number 7 is on a test, Lisa explains in her large-wordy way that would be cheating. Ralph replies with, “My cat’s name is Mittens.” After the test is over, Ms. Hoover asks what Columbus was looking for. Ralph raises his hand, but quickly puts it down again when Ms. Hoover realizes he’s going to say something about his cat.
And of course, at the end of the show, he points out his cat’s breath smells like cat food. He must have been on a cat kick that day.
