# Simpson quotes that made it past the censors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718 "2002-08-07T03:34:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [August 8, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/41 "2002-08-08T06:08:06Z")
You guys have got all the good ones. Sigh. Remember the “Gulp 'n Blow”- isn’t that where Marge was working while she was pregnant with Bart? That’s a pretty racy one…😉 In “My Sister, My Sitter,” when Lisa takes Bart to Dr. Nick’s practice and you see all the people waiting in line, including Mr. Smithers. “Mr. Smithers, do you think we could go in front of you?” Smithers responds, sort of leaned over and looking uncomfortable, “Umm, no, I’d prefer to take care of this immediately.” The old gerbil joke. Plus they manage to make fun of FOX and Rupert Murdoch. (Hehe, I love the part in “Behind the Laughter” with Rupert struggling to write his name.) But I guess that’s fair game. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/42 "2002-08-08T06:10:12Z")
Oh, wait. **Tuckerfan** has inspired me. What about Carl? “Ooh pick me, I’m an urban Lenny!” That was funny and all, but people- you know…other people- might have seen it as inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/43 "2002-08-08T06:19:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > In “This Little Wiggy”, there’s Morningwood Penitentiary and at the science museum, Bart says “I’m gonna go toss the virtual salad.” \*\* Bart also gets a salad-tossing remark off at the prison rodeo. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/44 "2002-08-08T06:32:40Z")
I didn’t think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. – Bart Simpson, “Screaming Yellow Honkers” (Season Ten, 1998-1999) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/45 "2002-08-08T13:15:31Z")
Comic Book Guy, eating Marshallow Peeps “Oh, if only real chicks would go down this easy.” My favorite is still Sneed’s Feed and Seed (Formerly Chuck’s). ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/46 "2002-08-08T13:36:10Z")
Don’t forget that in the barbecue scene of “Lisa the Vegetarian”, Homer offers to give Dr. Hibbard a “hot beef injection”! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/47 "2002-08-08T16:13:24Z")
I’m still amazed that they get away with taking the piss out of the cops so much. As Chief Wiggum said at the barbecue when he saw Homer’s ‘Piggs de Resistance’ “ha hah haah hah…look at its nose!” ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/48 "2002-08-08T20:50:40Z")
**Tuckerfan** says: > [@](#): > > Yeah, but look at some of the things Hibbard says. As the writer’s of the show often point out, Hibbard often says things that are totally inappropriate for the occassion. Then there was the episode where they were doing an operation outside and something lands in the patient and kills him. Hibbard’s totally blase about the whole thing. Can you picture the “Coz” pulling a stunt like that on one of his shows? I think not. Fair enough. I’ll give you that point. However, you have to admit that every ethnic group, religion, gender etc. gets its share of sterotype jokes, except blacks. Examples of stereotypes - Having the Indian Apu running the convienence store. “Please do not offer my god a peanut. Get out of my store, thank you and come again!” Chief Wiggum, the oafish, heavyweight cop who loves to eat. “His left tail light is smaller than the right one. Better pull him over!” The born-again Flanders. “Okalie Dokalie”. Stereotype examples abound! Catholics, women, old people, politicians, newscasters, homosexuals, businessmen, bar patrons, teachers, eggheads, hillbillies, the scottish… the list goes on and on. They all get hammered via stereotypes. One of the reasons it’s so funny is **because** of the stereotypes. However, I don’t recall Dr. Hibbard, Carl, or any other black character being stereotyped and lampooned in the cartoon (other than perhaps “Bleeding Gums” Murphy, if you buy the stereotype of the black jazz saxaphonist being accurate… however I don’t remember any lampooning). For some reason, this seems to be the only group with a “hands-off” policy. Am I wrong? I can’t think of any instances, but I’ll concede that my memory could be wrong. ---
**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 9, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/49 "2002-08-09T00:05:53Z")
Hmm, offhand I can’t think of any black stereotyping (Bleeding Gums Murphy is a judgement call) **EXCEPT** for a series of minor sight gags involving Dr. Hibbert’s hair. During flashback episodes showing events from the eighties and nineties, Hibbert’s hairstyle changes to reflect current fashion: “I Married Marge” (1980): mile-high Afro “Lisa’s First Word” (1984): braids & beads “Lisa’s Sax” (1990): Mr. T hairstyle “And Maggie Makes Three” (1993): high-top fade **Max** reminded me of a bowling team named “The Stereotypes”, made up of Cletus, Luigi (the pizza parlour owner), the Sea Captain and Willie. Apu: Oh, they _begged_ me to join their team, _begged_ me. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/50 "2002-08-09T00:06:03Z")
There’s also the episode where Homer invents a new drink and calls it The Flaming Homer, only to have the recipe stolen by Moe and renamed The Flaming Moe. I missed this one several times until I saw **matt\_mcl** (I think) refer to himself as a “flaming 'mo” and the penny dropped. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/51 "2002-08-09T00:41:56Z")
Oh my god. The penny just dropped for me, **Miller**. I had NO idea how suggestive that sounded!! Oh wow. [Homer]Cosmic…[/Homer] ---
**Author:** ![Ace\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Ace\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace_Face)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/52 "2002-08-09T07:27:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max \* > \*\ ***Tuckerfan** says: > Am I wrong? I can’t think of any instances, but I’ll concede that my memory could be wrong. \*\* There was one episode where Homer is watching a black comic on TV, and the comic is comparing how a white person drives a car (uptight and serious) versus a black person (laid back and cool). Homer laughs and says “it’s so true, we’re so lame!” To me this was a clear jab at certain black comedians, who recycle countless variations on this joke in their routines. Only an oaf like Homer finds it funny anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/53 "2002-08-09T09:18:33Z")
Oh, and **Max** , Apu’s a Pakistani, not an Indian, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreaming_of_Maria_Callas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/54 "2002-08-09T12:12:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*Oh, and **Max** , Apu’s a Pakistani, not an Indian, IIRC. \*\* He was called “The Jolly Bengali” in the “Short Films About Springfield” episode, and he’s Hindu (as evidenced by i.a. a statue of Ganesha in the Kwik-E Mart), so I think it’s pretty established that he’s Indian… UnuMondo, nitpicker ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/55 "2002-08-09T12:25:23Z")
In the episode where Marge gets the women of Sprigfield all wimmins libbed-up the men call a meeting to complain. Sideshow Mel complains VERY loudly… “My wife will no longer pleasure in the french arts” Maybe it doesn’t meen that in America but in England this is hot stuff. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/56 "2002-08-09T12:25:27Z")
In the episode where Marge gets the women of Sprigfield all wimmins libbed-up the men call a meeting to complain. Sideshow Mel complains VERY loudly… “My wife will no longer pleasure me in the french arts” Maybe it doesn’t meen that in America but in England this is hot stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/57 "2002-08-09T12:27:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*There’s also the episode where Homer invents a new drink and calls it The Flaming Homer, only to have the recipe stolen by Moe and renamed The Flaming Moe. I missed this one several times until I saw **matt\_mcl** (I think) refer to himself as a “flaming 'mo” and the penny dropped. \*\* I think the 'mo thing is pretty much NYC slang. In the episode with John, Homer says “I like my beer cold, my something something, and my homosexuals flaming.” The next scene takes place at Moe’s. For those who didn’t get it the first time. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/58 "2002-08-09T15:21:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*There’s also the episode where Homer invents a new drink and calls it The Flaming Homer, only to have the recipe stolen by Moe and renamed The Flaming Moe. I missed this one several times until I saw **matt\_mcl** (I think) refer to himself as a “flaming 'mo” and the penny dropped. \*\* Actually, the original name has the same gag. Think of the similarity between “Homer” and “homo.” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/59 "2002-08-09T15:29:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UnuMondo \* > \*\* > > He was called “The Jolly Bengali” in the “Short Films About Springfield” episode, and he’s Hindu (as evidenced by i.a. a statue of Ganesha in the Kwik-E Mart), so I think it’s pretty established that he’s Indian… > > UnuMondo, nitpicker \*\* **BZZT!** Thank you for playing! Bob, who’s our next contestant on your life as a loser? Not according to [this](http://www.snpp.com/other/papers/kb.paper.html)! > [@](#): > > **Apu was born in Ramatur, Pakistan** and attended Calcutta Technical Institute (CalTech) where he graduated valedictorian of his class of seven million. (emphasis mine) ---
**Author:** ![RenoGQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@RenoGQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RenoGQ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718/60 "2002-08-09T17:04:11Z")
How about the store in Chinatown named “Toys ‘L’ Us” or the gun store named “Blood, Bath & Beyond”… 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpson-quotes-that-made-it-past-the-censors/122718.md?page=4)