# Proof of the brilliance of the Simpsons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242 "2002-10-07T18:33:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/41 "2002-10-09T23:21:44Z")
And if they don’t learn that lesson, keep repeating it until they do. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 9, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/42 "2002-10-09T23:23:43Z")
Some of us need five attempts to learn that lesson. Stacy Lavelle, creator of “Malibu Stacy”: My company forced my out in 1974. They said my way of thinking wasn’t cost-effective. Lisa: That’s terrible. Stacy: Well, that and I was funnelling profits to the Viet Cong. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/43 "2002-10-10T00:07:29Z")
Dangnabit, I’m gonna kill whichever hamster keeps regurgitating my posts OVER AND OVER. Well, to make up for it, I’ll throw in some more quotes. I love the fact that Mr. Burns is made out to be a bigoted monster, and yet it’s still hysterical: Burns: I want you to do for me what Spielberg did for Oscar Schindler! Senor Spielbergo: Senor Schindler es bueno! Senor Burns…es el diablo. Burns: Listen, Spielbergo. Schindler and I are like peas in a pod! We’re both factory owners. We both made shells for the Nazis, but mine worked, damn it! Now, go out there and win me that festival. Burns (asking about his stock portfolio): Hmm. … Confederated Slave Holdings – how’s that one doing? Burns (recruiting for a softball league): I want the best players alive today! From the National League! The American League! The Negro League! ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/44 "2002-10-10T02:15:09Z")
C’mon Lisa … MONKEYS! ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/45 "2002-10-10T02:28:54Z")
The Rashomon episode the Simpsons did was ok. Mild nitpick- The title/music suggested it was based on Run, Lola, Run, but in RLR, it wasn’t the same story told from different perspectives. It was four different VERSIONS of what could happen. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/46 "2002-10-10T05:27:28Z")
Last weekend while out on the golf course I drained a long putt to win the hole and attributed it to long hours playing Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/47 "2002-10-10T05:42:42Z")
Skinner: Curse the man who invented helium! Curse Pierre-Jules-Cesar Janssen! I had to look this one up. ---
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/48 "2002-10-10T06:48:50Z")
Homer sets his HighSchool Diploma on fire… Homer: I am so smart, I am so smart, ESS EHM AR TEE (S-M-R-T) gotta love that quote! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/49 "2002-10-10T07:40:20Z")
**Lisa:** Hmm. Pablo Neruda said, “Laughter is the language of the soul.” **Bart:** (_matter-of-factly_) I am familiar with the works of Pablo Neruda. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/50 "2002-10-10T08:19:26Z")
Also in the “Bart’s Comet” episode: Bart asks Skinner if he’d ever discovered anything, Skinner says: **“Once…but by the time I got to the phone, my discovery had already been reported by Principal Kahoutek.”** I looked it up (took a few times to get the spelling), and there’s a Kahoutek comet that has apparently has an interesting discovery [history.](http://comets.amsmeteors.org/comets/pcomets/076p.html) And it was a baby ox! ---
**Author:** ![Eidolon909](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@Eidolon909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eidolon909)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/51 "2002-10-10T11:09:37Z")
All the Brilliance of the Simpsons comes out of Monty Burns’ mouth… Behold: Burnes: What country is that over there, it just screams capitalism. Smithers: Thats Cuba sir. Burns: Ok, land the plane Smithers. Smithers: Sir, you’re flying. Burns: Excellent. ```auto Burnes: Well, that's odd.... I've just robbed a man of his livelihood, and yet I feel strangely empty. Tell you what, Smithers, - have him beaten to a pulp. ``` And my all time favourite… Burns: Smithers, I look like a square with these creases in my jeans. Smithers: Those creases are in your legs, Sir. Burns: Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/52 "2002-10-10T13:35:27Z")
I am partial to the genius Kang and Kodos: WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOUR PLANET SINCE ITS CREATION…5000 YEARS AGO…BY GOD!!! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/53 "2002-10-10T14:48:33Z")
“Ex…ac…tly…D’oh!” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/54 "2002-10-10T18:56:09Z")
I’ll see you in HELL, dinner plate!! ::plate fragments spray Homer’s face:: ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/55 "2002-10-10T18:58:15Z")
[sub]grumble[/sub] ::Plate fragments spray Homer’s face:: ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/56 "2002-10-10T20:57:59Z")
**Homer:** [shaking fist at the heavens] Why do you mock me, O Lord? **Marge:** Homer, that’s not God. That’s just a waffle that Bart tossed up there. [Marge scrapes it off the ceiling into Homer’s hands] **Homer:** I know I shouldn’t eat thee, but – [bites] Mmmm, sacrilicious. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/57 "2002-10-11T08:07:40Z")
Oh, my all-time favorite (tried to post before, but the hamsters got it): (Homer is in gun store) Homer: I’d like to buy a handgun. Store owner: Sorry, there’s a three-day waiting period for gun purchases. Homer (whiny): Three days?!? But I’m angry NOW!!! ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242/58 "2002-10-11T18:20:33Z")
If you remember the following scene of 7(?) days after he buys the gun, you kind of realise that they even pull off the toilet humor pretty well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-the-brilliance-of-the-simpsons/131242.md?page=2)