# Pop culture references that have yet to be lampooned on "the Simpsons" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475 "2005-08-03T21:00:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/21 "2005-08-04T02:05:09Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Did this one. (Don’t remember episode, so I’m paraphrasing here): > > Homer is babysitting Rod and Todd and they watch “Kids Say the Darndest Things” Bill Cosby is the host and he turns a comment about Pokemon into one of his usual indecipherable routines. “Pokemon! With the pokey and the mon!” \ This is basically a parody of Cobsy himself, and not his recent diatribes against modern popular and black culture. And if we’re going to mention Bill Cosby parodied on the Simpsons, you can’t forget: Cosby (as Mr. Huxtable, on the set of _The Cosby Show_): Hey kids, meet your grandpa Murphy! His Youngest Kid (either Rudy or the one Raven-Symone played): But we have three grandpas already. Cobsy: But this one’s a famous jazz musician! Kid: They all are. Cobsy (to Bleeding Gums): You see, the kids, they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage. With the hippin’ and the hoppin’ and the bippin’ and the boppin’, they don’t know what the jazz…is all about. You see, Jazz is like a Jell-O Pudding Pop…no, it’s actually more like Kodak film…no. Jazz is like the New Coke- it’ll last forever. (chuckles to himself) > [@](#): > > 1. the tv show “Zoom.” Seeing as this was a show from the 1970s, this looks to me more like _Family Guy_ material. Perhaps Peter himself, in a striped sweater, as part of the cast. What would the joke be? I don’t know. “Well, uh, _what about_ Naomi? And if you tell me you don’t know who she is again…” I got nothin’. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/22 "2005-08-04T02:25:30Z")
A really funny South Park episode is simply called \*\*Simpsons \*\* Already Did It Butters, in his role as “Professor Chaos,” has been trying to figure out a way to bring disarray to the town; however, his assistant, General Disarray, keeps pointing out that each of Butters’ plans (aside from being ridiculous) have also already been done by the TV show The **Simpsons**. Butters finally goes insane, seeing the entire town as if it were the \*\*Simpsons’ \*\* town of Springfield. When Butters sees the Sea People, and discovers that they believe Cartman to be a god, he screams that it is a copy of the Treehouse of Horror short “The Genesis Tub,” where Lisa \*\*Simpson \*\* brings to life a civilization to life in her tooth which think that SHE is a god. It is then pointed out that The \*\*Simpsons \*\* **have done everything** , so worrying about that is irrelevant. Butters recovers from his paranoia. So, lets face it. Simpson’s already did it. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/23 "2005-08-04T06:10:47Z")
> [@lhovis73](#): > > This example led me to reflect that there seem to be surprisingly few specific comic book references on The Simpsons… I thought the Simpsons was supposed to be hip and relevant? There are few things less hip and more irrelevant to pop culture today than comic books. The CBG character himself is a clue that the Simpsons finds all things comic book to be lame and for losers. “But look at the great comic book movies and how popular they are!” you might say. But realize that their popularity isn’t driven by comic book fans. Hell, I never read a comic book in my life, but I was quite excited for Spiderman: _Spiderman, Spiderman Does whatever a spider can Spins a web, any size Catches thieves, just like flies Look out! Here comes Spiderman_ I think only X-Men had no tv audience to draw from, but at least it sucked in all the trekkies with Picard. Batman, Spiderman, the Hulk; they are drawing in the Gen-Xers with tv nostalgia, not comic book fans having nerdgasms. ---
**Author:** ![Domokun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Domokun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domokun)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/24 "2005-08-04T06:21:21Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > 1. internet chat-rooms such as “the Straight Dope Message Boards.” \ “Last night’s “Itchy and Scratchy” was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever. Rest assured that I was on the Internet within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world.” \ ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/25 "2005-08-04T09:49:22Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > I think only X-Men had no tv audience to draw from… Not true. There was a pretty well known [cartoon series](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103584/) in the 90s. Anyone of a certain age would have been very familiar with the X-men characters before the movie came out without ever having picked up a comic. There’s also a Simpsons episode with Stan Lee as a guest star. Although he’s become reasonably well-known to your average TV viewer because of the recent Marvel movies, I think his appearance still counts as a nod to the comic book fans in the audience. The same episode sees Bart creating ‘Angry Dad’, an internet cartoon based on Homer. It’s no “when come back, bring pie”, but it’s certainly a reference to the popularity of net toons in general. ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/26 "2005-08-04T12:33:56Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > There are few things less hip and more irrelevant to pop culture today than comic books. The CBG character himself is a clue that the Simpsons finds all things comic book to be lame and for losers. Wow…are you _trying_ to be a dick? ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/27 "2005-08-04T12:37:21Z")
As far as I know, the Simpsons has never done a Big Lebowski reference. (Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends has, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/28 "2005-08-04T13:07:01Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > \ a Big Lebowski reference. > > (Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends has, though.) Do tell! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/29 "2005-08-04T15:41:10Z")
> [@Licentious Ectomorph](#): > > Wow…are you _trying_ to be a dick? Did you just call me a dick? Open a pit thread if you want to hammer me; I can take it. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/30 "2005-08-04T16:14:43Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > As far as I know, the Simpsons has never done a Big Lebowski reference. In the original airing of the “Party Posse” episode (WEE!), Burns saying: “You call yourself a Chinaman?” was in later airings dubbed to “You call yourself Chinese?” Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/31 "2005-08-04T17:08:53Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > In the original airing of the “Party Posse” episode (WEE!), Burns saying: “You call yourself a Chinaman?” was in later airings dubbed to “You call yourself > Chinese?” Does that count? This line was actually changed because Chinese-Americans were offended by the use of the word “Chinaman.” (It was supposed to be one of those antiquated things Mr. Burns always says, but “Chinaman” is considered an offensive term.) I don’t think it references anything in particular. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/32 "2005-08-04T17:58:05Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Do tell! Truth be told, I haven’t seen the episode myself. All I have to go on is a screencap I got somewhere, and is probably sitting on one of my archive DVDs. I’m on lunch right now, but I’ll dig through 'em after work and post a link. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/33 "2005-08-04T18:25:13Z")
Don’t forget about the **Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con**! ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/34 "2005-08-04T18:27:16Z")
whoops! At the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con: Comic Book Guy: Someone has mixed an “Amazing Spiderman” in with the “Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spiderman” series. This will not stand. Comic Book Girl: Pardon me, but I wish to tender a serious offer for this stack of water-damaged "Little Lulu"s. Comic Book Guy: “A”, that is not water, that is Diet Mr. Pibb. And “B”, I … ooh … ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/35 "2005-08-04T19:04:21Z")
“Wanna go out?” “Comb the Sweetarts out of your beard and you’re on.” “Don’t try to change me, baby.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/36 "2005-08-05T00:56:20Z")
> [@Jayrot](#): > > Don’t forget about the **Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con**! Be there _and_ be square! ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/37 "2005-08-05T03:06:24Z")
[Foster’s Home - Big Lablooski](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/TentacleMonster/FostersHome-BigLablooski.jpg) That’s all I got on that. I’d go as far to say that the Simpsons has never referenced a Cohen Bros. movie. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/38 "2005-08-05T03:13:22Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > [Foster’s Home - Big Lablooski](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/TentacleMonster/FostersHome-BigLablooski.jpg) > > That’s all I got on that. > > I’d go as far to say that the Simpsons has never referenced a Cohen Bros. movie. That’s not correct. In the “Brother From the Same Planet” episode, Milhouse invites Bart to join him in sneaking into an R-rated movie: **Barton Fink**. ---
**Author:** ![Amethyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@Amethyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amethyst)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/39 "2005-08-05T14:03:20Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > zoom > Seeing as this was a show from the 1970s, this looks to me more like _Family Guy_ material. Perhaps Peter himself, in a striped sweater, as part of the cast. What would the joke be? I don’t know. “Well, uh, _what about_ Naomi? And if you tell me you don’t know who she is again…” I got nothin’. As an aside Zoom is still on PBS …[http://pbskids.org/zoom/](http://pbskids.org/zoom/) And I know it is the same show because they still recite the address as I remember from my childhood (Zoom, Box 350 Boston Mass 02134 - this address permanently etched in my memory) and they do Ubbi Dubbi talk and Zoom do’s. I want to do the trick with her arms that Bernadette could do). I’ve watched the current show a few times with my step daughters, ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475/40 "2005-08-05T14:45:15Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > That’s not correct. In the “Brother From the Same Planet” episode, Milhouse invites Bart to join him in sneaking into an R-rated movie: **Barton Fink**. And rode off in the back of a pickup chanting, “Barton Fink! Barton Fink!” I think they didn’t know it was going to be \*that \* kind of R-rated movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-references-that-have-yet-to-be-lampooned-on-the-simpsons/315475.md?page=3)