# Simpsons mar-20-05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495 "2005-03-21T01:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/1 "2005-03-21T01:06:25Z")
One of the funniest one-liners I’ve heard from the simpsons in a long time… It’s every parent’s worst nightmare… they’ve stolen a car **AND** they’re _‘Home alone!!’_ ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/2 "2005-03-21T01:12:27Z")
“Give us back our kids, you Cypress splitting bastards!!” 😃 Great episode. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/3 "2005-03-21T01:48:55Z")
“‘Dino’: short for ‘dinosaur?’ Remember to Ask Jeeves.” ---
**Author:** ![malden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@malden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malden)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/4 "2005-03-21T02:08:29Z")
Very funny episode. Bart, to Lisa: “It’s time to open the envelope I gave you.” 😃 Homer coughing up spiders. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/5 "2005-03-21T04:43:59Z")
Charlotte’s Dead Bug Spray I was never actually president…I just created some kind of stove or something. -Ben Franklin ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/6 "2005-03-21T05:01:03Z")
I’m pretty sure me getting fat was your idea! -Homer Simpson ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/7 "2005-03-21T14:12:24Z")
I was just excited by the mention of Tulip Time, Holland, MI. Yeah for my hometown! That alone made this episode one of the greats for me. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/8 "2005-03-21T14:34:03Z")
> [@Phelan](#): > > “Give us back our kids, you Cypress splitting bastards!!” 😃 > Great episode. Nitpick: That would be Cyprus, not cypress. ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/9 "2005-03-21T15:06:48Z")
Damnit!! I looked that up too! My stupid, not paying attention ability… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/10 "2005-03-21T15:42:28Z")
Hard work? You get to work at 10:30, take a nap, and spend the rest of the time until lunch Googling your own name! Who told you that? You did, during sex! ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/11 "2005-03-21T16:03:34Z")
A great episode! Probably the best of the season. It funny, tightly written, and the randomness still managed to (basically) flow well within the plot, and everyone seemed in character. I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/12 "2005-03-21T16:10:57Z")
Best couch gag in a really long time, too. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/13 "2005-03-21T16:29:13Z")
Homer: What about my womanly needs?! LOL! Great episode! ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/14 "2005-03-21T16:32:01Z")
> [@malden](#): > > Very funny episode. > > Bart, to Lisa: “It’s time to open the envelope I gave you.” 😃 I don’t know why, but that made me laugh the most. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/15 "2005-03-21T18:06:14Z")
I thought it was a pretty mediocre episode, but my favorite line was, “I could have married Sidwshow Mel!” ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/16 "2005-03-21T18:16:44Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > I don’t know why, but that made me laugh the most. I don’t know why either, but I must have laughed out loud for 2 minutes over this one. I’m laughing just reading about it. And I’m not one to laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/17 "2005-03-21T18:20:47Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Hard work? You get to work at 10:30, take a nap, and spend the rest of the time until lunch Googling your own name! > > Who told you that? > > You did, during sex! I think she actually said “You shouted it out when we were making love!” which is much funnier, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/18 "2005-03-21T19:12:14Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Best couch gag in a really long time, too. Okay, I might have missed this, and I definitely didn’t catch it on tape. (Was a little late cueing up my VCR, so I wasn’t all set to record until the first commercials were running.) Help a fellow simpson-fan out with a couch gag recap? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/19 "2005-03-21T19:15:19Z")
There are six SUV’s right on our tail! Don’t worry, there’s a gentle curve coming up. Couch gag: Homer pulls off a scalp wig and Sideshow Bob’s hair pops out. He grabs a knife and starts chasing Bart. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495/20 "2005-03-21T19:39:14Z")
I thought it was a terribly lame episode, and further evidence of the show’s descent into pastiche. We’ve seen “Homer buys a vehicle against Marge’s wishes” before (the Canyonero). We’ve even seen an RV purchased from Bob’s RV Roundup before. The “Marge gets so mad at Homer’s selfishness their marriage almost fails” has been done more times than I can count, and I’m getting really freaking tired of it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-mar-20-05/295495.md?page=2)