# Simpsons Jokes You Didn't Get The First TIme **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079 "2005-05-02T17:12:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/21 "2005-05-03T03:04:04Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Chocolate Star Wars? Huh? The only thing I can think of is that it’s a reference to The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (and of course, Star Wars). Still, that reference doesn’t quite scan either. It wasn’t until two weeks ago that I figured out the piano-playing comedian in “Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington” was based on a real guy, Tom Lehrer. I had never heard of or heard him before, and thought it was an original creation even though it had all the hallmarks of a reference. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/22 "2005-05-03T03:21:10Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > They’ve done a bunch of great Cuckoo’s Nest jokes on that show. I love where Homer is introduced to the Chief in that episode, and is told that the big Indian doesn’t talk. Homer says hello, and the Chief says “hi” back. I rolled from that. I love the insinuation that the Chief didn’t speak because no one ever talked to him. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/23 "2005-05-03T03:35:21Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > It wasn’t until two weeks ago that I figured out the piano-playing comedian in “Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington” was based on a real guy, Tom Lehrer. I had never heard of or heard him before, and thought it was an original creation even though it had all the hallmarks of a reference. It was based on a real guy alright, but that guy is Mark Russell. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/24 "2005-05-03T03:38:13Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > It wasn’t until two weeks ago that I figured out the piano-playing comedian in “Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington” was based on a real guy, Tom Lehrer. I had never heard of or heard him before, and thought it was an original creation even though it had all the hallmarks of a reference. Actually, it was a parody of Mark Russell, a piano-playing political comedian who often appears on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/25 "2005-05-03T03:39:06Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > It wasn’t until two weeks ago that I figured out the piano-playing comedian in “Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington” was based on a real guy, Tom Lehrer. I had never heard of or heard him before, and thought it was an original creation even though it had all the hallmarks of a reference. The piano-playing comedian was based off of [Mark Russell](http://www.markrussell.net/), a very pale imitation of Tom Lehrer. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/26 "2005-05-03T03:40:21Z")
If only I hadn’t wasted the time looking for a link… I could’ve been first, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/27 "2005-05-03T07:23:57Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > The only thing I can think of is that it’s a reference to The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (and of course, Star Wars). Still, that reference doesn’t quite scan either. It referes to a “chocolate starfish” , otherwise known as an anus ---
**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:** [May 3, 2005, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/28 "2005-05-03T09:46:09Z")
> [@andrewdt85](#): > > In the episode One Fish, Two Fish… where Homer has a day to live… I have often thought that “FUGU ME!” would make a great t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/29 "2005-05-03T10:40:12Z")
One I didn’t pick up on, in the episode where Mr. Burns is trying to outdo a new millionaire who arrives in Springfield. Mr. Burns bemoans the fact that this rival millionaire donated two male pandas to Springfield zoo and go them to mate. I didn’t pick up the first time that when Mr Burns called them “Bamboo gobblers,” he wasn’t referring to their diet… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/30 "2005-05-03T10:54:21Z")
When the family goes to Japan, i never got the reference to _Rashomon_, as i hadn’t seen the movie when i saw that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/31 "2005-05-03T14:37:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I must’ve missed that too - actually I always miss those, I didn’t get “sugar walls” or “Sneed” or “Flaming Homer” before I came to this board - but ‘chocolate starfish’ is slang for the asshole. “I’m gonna go toss the virtual salad!” I almost peed myself when I heard that. George ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/32 "2005-05-03T14:58:13Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > “I’m gonna go toss the virtual salad!” I almost peed myself when I heard that. > > George I saw that one last night, too, and never noticed it the first few times I saw it! There were a few naughty references in that ep. “Morningwood Penitentary” (which I had to point out to my husband, of all people :rolleyes: ). I know there was at least one more because I kept thinking the writers were awfully horny while working on that episode. Oh, and I didn’t get Flaming Moe until this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/33 "2005-05-03T15:04:59Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Oh, and I didn’t get Flaming Moe until this thread! Me neither, and I’ve seen all the older shows dozens of times, PLUS I’m a dirty old bastard! George ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/34 "2005-05-03T15:18:03Z")
I fail to see why the mere mention of the word “clam” means that they’re making a joke on another level. Just sounds like something they said to reference the painting. There is no further context to suggest it’s a double-entendre. . .now if there was an episode where Patty stated she liked eating clams, that might be a joke one might miss. What’s to get or not get about calling the drink a “Flaming Moe”. Sure, one has heard “moe” as short for “homo” and flaming is also used to describe some gay people, but was there actually a joke that depended on calling the drink a “Flaming Moe”? Again, for illustrative purposes, a joke that might have gone over one’s head would be if an obviously gay guy entered the (non-gay) bar and said, “this isn’t what I was expecting”. What’s the joke that someone missed? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/35 "2005-05-03T15:38:06Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > What’s the joke that someone missed? Strictly speaking it’s a pun, not a joke. A lot of us didn’t realize that Flaming Homer/Flaming Moe had that other meaning - it sounded like a normal name when you consider that the drink was given its flavor by lighting it on fire. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/36 "2005-05-03T15:45:01Z")
IIRC, the exchange went something like this: Homer: I call it a Flaming Ho– Moe: Moe. It’s a Flaming Moe. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/37 "2005-05-03T15:48:33Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > IIRC, the exchange went something like this: > > Homer: I call it a Flaming Ho– > Moe: Moe. It’s a Flaming Moe. Oh, that makes sense. . .a joke where they might have snuck in the phrase “flaming homo” for a larf. It makes more sense than just the name “Flaming Moe” working on a level that was never actually mined for a joke. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/38 "2005-05-03T15:54:21Z")
Er, what am I missing with “sugar walls”? I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/39 "2005-05-03T15:58:39Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Er, what am I missing with “sugar walls”? I don’t get it. > **[Urban Dictionary: Sugar Walls](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sugar%20Walls)** > > Sugar Walls are slang for a woman's vagina, usually one that has a sweet taste. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/40 "2005-05-03T16:10:17Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > It makes more sense than just the name “Flaming Moe” working on a level that was never actually mined for a joke. I didn’t get it because I never knew until recently that it’s somewhat common to hear someone called “Mo” (short for “Homo”). So I think I was mined for a joke in that sense, regardless of the quoted lines between Homer and Moe. “Flaming Moe” is funny by itself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079.md?page=3)