# Simpsons 11/20/2011 "The Book Job" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601 "2011-11-21T01:45:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/1 "2011-11-21T01:45:03Z")
Best episode this season by a mile. Already, “British Fonzie” (as a nickname for Neil Gaiman) is trending on Twitter and I think will stick to him for life. The ridiculous “publish” button on the computer was hilarious. Some good lines: “Are you R.L. Stine? Because you are giving me Goosebumps!” “So you found out your favorite writer is a dinosaur.” Etc. Also liked Lisa’s “writing” habits. Lots of fun was had. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/2 "2011-11-21T02:08:59Z")
I haven’t been watching this season, but this was classic Simpson. Loved the shout out to **[The Far Side](http://s4.hubimg.com/u/209795_f520.jpg)**. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/3 "2011-11-21T02:36:35Z")
bathtub reference to Breaking Bad. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/4 "2011-11-21T04:34:36Z")
It was the first new one I’ve watched in years. I just randomly tuned in. Pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/5 "2011-11-21T11:40:22Z")
Trolliest episode I’ve seen in a while! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/6 "2011-11-21T15:31:18Z")
> [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > Trolliest episode I’ve seen in a while! you know Moe had to be a major character in any story with them. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/7 "2011-11-23T02:48:59Z")
I didn’t see this one when I put my AD thread…but I’ll post my comments about Simpsons A good one overall! pretty original and quite funny “I got the idea from every movie ever made” ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/8 "2011-11-23T04:10:51Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > It was the first new one I’ve watched in years. I just randomly tuned in. Pretty good. Weirdly enough, same here. I hadn’t watched Simpsons in _ages_ until this episode. Kind of pleased that I randomly caught a Neil Gaiman cameo. And I loved the Far side tribute - felt like classic Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/9 "2011-11-23T05:07:34Z")
Worth hitting the pause button for: The background poster of THE GIRL WITH THE “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON” TATTOO. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/10 "2011-11-23T11:10:23Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I haven’t been watching this season, but this was classic Simpson. Loved the shout out to **[The Far Side](http://s4.hubimg.com/u/209795_f520.jpg)**. I was trying to remember where I saw those three smoking dinosaurs from! Nevermind that I saw that comic literally two days ago… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/11 "2011-11-23T13:54:21Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > It was the first new one I’ve watched in years. I just randomly tuned in. Pretty good. Same here. Must have been some weird programming convergence that caused us all to tune in after a long Simpsons sabbatical. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/12 "2011-11-23T13:55:50Z")
**Once Upon a Time** wasn’t on. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/13 "2011-11-23T14:03:52Z")
No, that’s not it. Me, I was just killing time until _The Walking Dead_, and decided to check out The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/14 "2011-11-23T14:41:28Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > It was the first new one I’ve watched in years. I just randomly tuned in. Pretty good. Same here. Haven’t watched an original Simpsons in a couple of years. By the end I was telling myself I need to watch more Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/15 "2011-11-23T15:30:37Z")
Best episode I’ve seen in a long time! ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/16 "2011-11-24T11:38:10Z")
I mostly enjoyed it, but hated how they reset-button’d away the money. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-11-20-2011-the-book-job/603601/17 "2011-11-24T19:43:35Z")
I really enjoyed it, and thought it was interesting that they broadcast a writing-themed episode on the same day as many ‘National Novel Writing Month’ mid-way events worldwide, including the big fundraiser dinner in San Fran. 🙂