# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/41 "2005-05-03T16:12:49Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > Actually, it was a parody of Mark Russell, a piano-playing political comedian who often appears on PBS. Somewhat off topic but this is the first I’ve realised that Mark Russel was supposed to be funny. ---
**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/42 "2005-05-03T16:41:51Z")
I’m a bit hesitant to point my browser to [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com) while at the office. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/43 "2005-05-03T16:48:57Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > I’m a bit hesitant to point my browser to [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com) while at the office. Vagina ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/44 "2005-05-03T16:52:00Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > Vagina Or as one, _willy lump lump_ put it, “complimentary term for a kickin vagina.” ---
**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, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/45 "2005-05-03T17:18:04Z")
Thanks, neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/46 "2005-05-03T20:57:21Z")
“The Death of Sadsack? This better not be another fake-out!” Me, being a youngin, had to look up Sadsack. And being a non-comic book reader, had to have my husband explain the whole thing to me. There are so many hidden references in that show that I am sure I will never catch. ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/47 "2005-05-03T21:18:22Z")
And obviously I’d never heard of Mark Russell until now either. 🙂 > [@Trunk](#): > > 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. In the “Homer 3-d” Halloween episode Patty and Selma bring a bunch of clamshells over to the house for cleaning and while they’re prying out dead clams with their fingers one of them (I think Patty but I could be wrong) says “hey, you can just suck them out!” Dunno if it’s meant to be an entendre, but it seems likely. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/48 "2005-05-03T22:44:52Z")
In _The Treehouse of Horror III_ the Devil Flanders says “hi Bart”. I didn’t get it until I watched it last night and remembered that Bart already met the Devil in _Bart Get Hit By A Car_. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/49 "2005-05-03T22:47:39Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > In _The Treehouse of Horror III_ the Devil Flanders says “hi Bart”. I didn’t get it until I watched it last night and remembered that Bart already met the Devil in _Bart Get Hit By A Car_. Well, then. I figured he said hi to Bart because Bart was inherently evil. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/50 "2005-05-03T22:56:12Z")
> [@continuity eror](#): > > In the “Homer 3-d” Halloween episode Patty and Selma bring a bunch of clamshells over to the house for cleaning and while they’re prying out dead clams with their fingers one of them (I think Patty but I could be wrong) says “hey, you can just suck them out!” Dunno if it’s meant to be an entendre, but it seems likely. I’m pretty sure those were hermit crabs. And none of them in a can of Buzz cola, neither. ---
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/51 "2005-05-03T22:57:51Z")
This isn’t really a hidden joke or anything, but somehow I’d seen the episode about 50 times before I even noticed this gag. It’s the episode where Lisa gets a vision into the future at the Renaissance fair… Her husband-to-be says to her at one point: “You know, I’ve attempted to enjoy your family on a personal level, on an ironic level, as a novelty, as camp, as kitsch, as a cautionary example… Nothing works!” I thought that was hysterical when I finally noticed it! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/52 "2005-05-03T23:24:59Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > 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. Except, possibly the fact that in the painting, it’s a scallop shell, not a clam shell. Not sure about the shell in the episode that referenced the painting, because my viewing record is spotty. [sub]WooHoo! That means I can still look forward to some older Simpsons episodes![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47774/32.png) [@ZeroGyro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroGyro)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/53 "2005-05-03T23:38:45Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Well, then. I figured he said hi to Bart because Bart was inherently evil. Yeah, this was my way of understanding it. It’s funny because Bart has a casual relationship with Satan. If it’s reference to an earlier episode, then it isn’t really funny (and it wouldn’t make sense: the first Satan that Bart meets isn’t the Flanders version). So I think this another misreading of a joke. ---
**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 4, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/54 "2005-05-04T00:04:15Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > 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. Well, just to be overwhelmingly clear, I always thought it was just a reference to the painting, as well. It was only on the date of this thread’s genesis that it dawned on me that there may be another meaning to the line. I truthfully have no idea whether the writers meant the “clam” to refer to girly naughty bits (which, for the record, I am inordinately fond of), but it _adds to the joke_. Whether it was intentional is a matter of dispute. Whether it is funny, is (IMHO) not. ---
**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 4, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/55 "2005-05-04T00:13:24Z")
> [@Cagey Drifter](#): > > This isn’t really a hidden joke or anything, but somehow I’d seen the episode about 50 times before I even noticed this gag. It’s the episode where Lisa gets a vision into the future at the Renaissance fair… > > Her husband-to-be says to her at one point: > > “You know, I’ve attempted to enjoy your family on a personal level, on an ironic level, as a novelty, as camp, as kitsch, as a cautionary example… Nothing works!” > > I thought that was hysterical when I finally noticed it! I’ll be the first to admit: I’m not sure if I’m getting this one. ---
**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 4, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/56 "2005-05-04T00:44:33Z")
> [@Dijon Warlock](#): > > I’ll be the first to admit: I’m not sure if I’m getting this one. If i’m not mistaken, it’s a nod to the many ways in which The Simpsons, as a TV show and cultural artifact, is understood and interpreted by the people who watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/57 "2005-05-04T03:27:28Z")
Remember the episode where Homer runs for Sanitation Commisioner by promising all sorts of expensive and outrageous services? He ends up jamming the town’s trash in some caves outside of town. He makes some remark to Marge about Springfield becoming America’s trash-hole. Marge responds in pig-latin by saying: “Ixnay on the ashhole-tray”. Do you think the censors realized the writers were trying to sneak the word “asshole” past them? 😃 ---
**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 4, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/58 "2005-05-04T09:49:28Z")
**Frostillicus!?!** What are YOU doing in a Simpsons thread?!? Yeah, if the censors _didn’t_ get the “ash-hole” thing, then they were idiots. I prefer to think that everyone knew about this joke and passed it through a technical loophole. (Huh-huh-huh…I said “hole”…) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/59 "2005-05-04T15:51:25Z")
Well, there was the Krusty See ‘n’ Say. I’d heard it a few times before it dawned on me. (The cord is pulled) “‘S’ is for shiksa! S…H…I…uh…I think there’s a T in there…” At first, I thought it was just another “Krusty shoddy product” joke, with “Krusty can’t spell” thrown in for good measure. But of course, I later noticed that Krusty had spelled out “shit.” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079/60 "2005-05-04T19:51:24Z")
Mine isn’t as off-color as yours, but it does show the many levels of how _The Simpsons_ works. From the episode where Otto ends up staying at the Simpson place, earlier in the episode, he’s seen in a trash bin. Someone asks him, “You sleep in a dumpster?” to which Otto replies, “Oh, I wish. Dumpster brand trash receptacles are top of the line! This is just a TrashCo Waste Disposal Unit.” This is a funny line in and of itself, but it is funnier when you realize that “Dumpster” is actually a trademarked brand name for a certain manufacturer of trash bins which, like Band-Aid, Kitty Litter, Popsicle, and others, has been used as a catch-all term for the general product. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-jokes-you-didnt-get-the-first-time/302079.md?page=4)