# Simpsons: RIP Snowball II **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042 "2004-01-11T20:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gaba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@gaba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaba)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/41 "2004-01-12T11:21:46Z")
The only thing worse than Simpsons possibly lessening in quality is NOT HAVING THE OPORTUNITY TO WATCH THEM AT ALL ANYMORE :-/ Like here. Poland. Home of the polar bears. well… not quite. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/42 "2004-01-12T14:21:54Z")
The only thing more enjoyable then a new Simpsons is laughing at the strident efforts of the CBG’s. Plus you can’t have too many Robocop jokes. . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/43 "2004-01-12T14:22:54Z")
After watching last week’s and last night’s, I agree with **Tortuga** ’s assessment. The single-people tax-credit episode was pretty funny, especially since it had _one_ storyline. With this week’s, I think the creators were trying to do pathos or sentimentalism, but it just came off as mean-spirited. They got the idea for a “Battlebots” parody, decided to employ Homer’s slapstick comedy (which is _always_ funny :rolleyes: ), and threw in a Marge-Lisa subplot to give them something to do. Oh, and since it’s “The Simpsons,” make a few other clever pop-culture (and self-referential) jokes, and instant episode. In this case it just ended up instant crap. Not quite “Saddlesore Galactica,” but almost. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/44 "2004-01-12T15:03:10Z")
Any episode with the Crazy Cat Lady leaps into the Top 100. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/45 "2004-01-12T15:50:39Z")
The B plot (the Dead Cats) was funny. The A plot (Battlebots parody) wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/46 "2004-01-12T22:16:58Z")
I thought this whole episode was hilarious. And I thought last week’s episode was only OK. A few things that cracked me up: -Kilhammed Aiee smashing, eating, and excreting a T-1000 -Homer-as-robot defeating Jessica Lovejoy by smashing her remote control -Gil: “I’m eating food tonight!” -“Principal Tanzerian” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/47 "2004-01-12T22:33:11Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > -Kilhammed Aiee smashing, eating, and excreting a T-1000 I thought it excreted a trophy. ---
**Author:** ![cichlidiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cichlidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cichlidiot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/48 "2004-01-12T22:44:23Z")
The cats hissing and swiping at Lisa and Marge as they are told to leave the shelter, cracked me up. “Ha Ha…your Dad’s not handy!” ---
**Author:** ![Sauroposeidon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sauroposeidon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauroposeidon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/49 "2004-01-12T23:16:12Z")
I thought it was a good episode. The dead cats subplot wasn’t very funny, but at least it wasn’t terribly depressing. Snowball II never really had much of a personality. They would have a much sadder episode if Santa’s Little Helper died. Homer and Bart gave above average performances. I liked Homer’s line about the cats being reincarnated as a higher form of life, “like a dog, or a snowman”. And “I’m riding a unicycle with my pants down! This is every boy’s dream!” is one of Bart’s greatest moments, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/50 "2004-01-13T02:39:24Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Evidence? In “Brother can You Spare Two Dimes,” he is seen _with his kid_. He flies him in a place, it crashes through a window, and he says, > “My wife is going to kill me.” > > Then, in the ep. where Abe makes a sex tonic, he drinks it, becomes suave, and leaves with a nerdy chick, who we can assume is his wife. In his first appearance ever, when Abe refuses to finance his death ray project, he says “You know, my wife will be happy”. So he was married even back then. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/51 "2004-01-22T09:28:31Z")
[quote=Originally Posted by MaxTheVool] -Kilhammed Aiee smashing, eating, and excreting a T-1000 [/q] > [@Revtim](#): > > I thought it excreted a trophy. Yes, yes, but the trophy was made from the T-1000. Even better when it held its excremental trophy/victim over its head. Ah, the sweet smell of victory. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@coffeecam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/52 "2004-01-22T22:04:22Z")
I missed the episode, D’oh. So I have nothing to add to this but my .sig. C ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/53 "2004-01-23T00:38:18Z")
> [@Tortuga](#): > > Yes, yes, but the trophy was made from the T-1000. Even better when it held its excremental trophy/victim over its head. > Ah, the sweet smell of victory. As long as we’re nitpicking, it was the T-800. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/54 "2004-01-23T00:51:41Z")
> [@coffeecam](#): > > I missed the episode, D’oh. So I have nothing to add to this but my .sig. > > C Damn that mayor’s son!!! ---
**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:** [January 23, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042/55 "2004-01-23T01:57:41Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Damn that mayor’s son!!! Actually, Snowball I was run over by “the Mayor’s beer-swilling brother, Clovis”. But this was only mentioned in a Halowe’en episode, so possibly it doesn’t count. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-rip-snowball-ii/224042.md?page=2)