# Simpsons 4/22 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252 "2007-04-23T03:56:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/1 "2007-04-23T03:56:04Z")
Huh. How often does one get to say, “South Park already did it.” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/2 "2007-04-23T03:58:47Z")
It took them this long to get around to _Bend It Like Beckham_? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/3 "2007-04-23T04:21:07Z")
I’m an idiot, when did South Park do it? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/4 "2007-04-23T08:12:40Z")
[QUOTE=RandMcnally] I’m an idiot, when did South Park do it? [/QUOTE] Episode 1008, [Make Love, Not Warcraft](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love%2C_Not_Warcraft), the parallel being that in the South Park episode, Stan’s dad, Randy became involved in the boys’ game. The irony of this being that South Park had done a Simpsons themed episode, [Simpsons Already Did It](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It). ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/5 "2007-04-23T12:19:08Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Episode 1008, [Make Love, Not Warcraft](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love%2C_Not_Warcraft), the parallel being that in the South Park episode, Stan’s dad, Randy became involved in the boys’ game. The irony of this being that South Park had done a Simpsons themed episode, [Simpsons Already Did It](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Already_Did_It). [/QUOTE] Though in a weird way, they didn’t. Since it takes about a year to make a Simpson’s episode and a week to make a South Park episode, this Simpson’s episode was long since written, voiced and being animated before the SP episode was concieved. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/6 "2007-04-23T12:55:45Z")
Besides, it’s just part of the culture now. It’s like saying SP can’t do a baseball episode because Simpsons did it. I liked the bit about “what do you do with the real Moe?” The over-the-top sitcom style laughter, then the cut to Moe tied up. I enjoyed the Homer naked gag, too. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/7 "2007-04-23T13:05:12Z")
Well, whoever did it first, South Park did it better- did you ever think you’d see the day that would happen? But for a recent Simpsons, it wasn’t terrible, which is a compliment- hopefully they’re saving all the good gags for the movie. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/8 "2007-04-23T13:53:30Z")
I did enjoy the line, “And I got a list of places you can’t trick or treat anymore.” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/9 "2007-04-23T13:55:53Z")
Wee Bairn: > [@](#): > > Well, whoever did it first, South Park did it better- did you ever think you’d see the day that would happen? Are you kidding? I said that way back when I compared South Park’s “Chicken Lover” to “Kentucky Fried Lisa.” ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/10 "2007-04-23T14:27:33Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Wee Bairn: Are you kidding? I said that way back when I compared South Park’s “Chicken Lover” to “Kentucky Fried Lisa.” [/QUOTE] I agree South Park has been kicking SImpson’s ass for a while now, I just meant now we have two identical episodes to compare against each other- unless the two you quote are identical/similar, I don’t recall Kentucky Fried Lisa. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/11 "2007-04-23T14:28:48Z")
[QUOTE=Snooooopy] It took them this long to get around to _Bend It Like Beckham_? [/QUOTE] Most of their movie parodies are like that these days. But I liked the scene in the movie theater anyway. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/12 "2007-04-23T14:55:28Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] I don’t recall Kentucky Fried Lisa. [/QUOTE] There is no such episode. I believe it’s supposed to be a joke. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/13 "2007-04-23T14:55:37Z")
Wee Bairn: > [@](#): > > I agree South Park has been kicking SImpson’s ass for a while now, I just meant now we have two identical episodes to compare against each other- unless the two you quote are identical/similar, I don’t recall Kentucky Fried Lisa. There wasn’t one (that I know of). I was just figuring someone would use their imagination and get a laugh out of thinking of how an episode with that title might parallel the South Park “Chicken Lover” episode. Of course, in a crowd of whom a significant portion actually remembers the titles of all 300+ Simpsons episodes, the joke falls a bit flat. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/14 "2007-04-23T15:19:50Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Wee Bairn: There wasn’t one (that I know of). I was just figuring someone would use their imagination and get a laugh out of thinking of how an episode with that title might parallel the South Park “Chicken Lover” episode. Of course, in a crowd of whom a significant portion actually remembers the titles of all 300+ Simpsons episodes, the joke falls a bit flat. ☹ [/QUOTE] I don’t know most titles, and have missed enough recent episodes to not know a lot of what’s happened the last few seasons, but I did think it odd that the Simpsons would have anything close to the Chicken Lover episode 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/15 "2007-04-23T15:24:07Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Of course, in a crowd of whom a significant portion actually remembers the titles of all 300+ Simpsons episodes, the joke falls a bit flat. ☹ [/QUOTE] It was a good try. This one fit the pattern from this year, I thought - a few real standout lines, a plot that sometimes seemed a little familiar and an odd b-story. Unlike some recent ones (even ones I liked), I bought the plot here. I can buy Marge not having e-mail, for one thing, and I guess I relate to her computer overuse. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/16 "2007-04-23T16:20:52Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] It was a good try. This one fit the pattern from this year, I thought - a few real standout lines, a plot that sometimes seemed a little familiar and an odd b-story. Unlike some recent ones (even ones I liked), I bought the plot here. I can buy Marge not having e-mail, for one thing, and I guess I relate to her computer overuse. 😛 [/QUOTE] Well, one consistent theme throughout the Simpsons over the years is Marge’s addictive personality. Whether it’s gambling, or weightlifting, or (in this case) computer use - once she gets involved in doing something, she frequently becomes obsessive about it. Overall I did like the episode - it was kind of nice to see Homer in the right, and Lisa in the wrong for a change. And I really enjoyed the scene where the statue of the Virgin Mary came off her pedistal and kicked ass. ---
**Author:** ![Baine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Baine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baine)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/17 "2007-04-23T17:51:38Z")
I think it’s odd how whenever a Simpson gets obsessively involved with a new group, all the townspeople just happen to be obsessively involved with it as well. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/18 "2007-04-23T17:56:25Z")
[QUOTE=Baine] I think it’s odd how whenever a Simpson gets obsessively involved with a new group, all the townspeople just happen to be obsessively involved with it as well. [/QUOTE] I commented to the wife that it was “Convienent.” What do you want them to do, come up with a few dozen throw away characters each week? I’m happy to be still getting new episodes, much less have a need to get new characters. Besides, it was a fun way to see our favorite characters. Edna as a 'ho. Like we didn’t know that already! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/19 "2007-04-23T17:59:14Z")
[QUOTE=Runestar] Well, one consistent theme throughout the Simpsons over the years is Marge’s addictive personality. Whether it’s gambling, or weightlifting, or (in this case) computer use - once she gets involved in doing something, she frequently becomes obsessive about it. Overall I did like the episode - it was kind of nice to see Homer in the right, and Lisa in the wrong for a change. And I really enjoyed the scene where the statue of the Virgin Mary came off her pedistal and kicked ass. [/QUOTE] Speaking of which. . .what was the music playing during that clip. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252/20 "2007-04-23T18:22:57Z")
[QUOTE=LateComer] Though in a weird way, they didn’t. Since it takes about a year to make a Simpson’s episode and a week to make a South Park episode, this Simpson’s episode was long since written, voiced and being animated before the SP episode was concieved. [/QUOTE] **LateComer** , I just wanted to say I love your location. **Homer City** is so appropriate! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-4-22/401252.md?page=2)