# Simpsons Throwaways and Tossoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082 "2003-06-02T06:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/41 "2003-06-03T06:30:42Z")
Bart: And you are a _dorkus mallorkus_. Lisa: _That’s not Latin_! It’s just the way she says it. She bites off the words and sounds genuinely stunned that the words she’s hearing aren’t Latin. My bro and I get no end of amusement over this line. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/42 "2003-06-03T07:54:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pilot141 \* > Man, am I the only one who actually does the frame-by-frame to catch stuff? > > In the episode where Krusty gets busted as a tax cheat, when Bart and Krusty are sitting on the curb and a bus drives by, the sign on the bus says “You could be watching Must See TV right now.” They’ve done that more than once. An episode from years ago also had a bus driving by with an ad for “Mad About You”, which at the time ran opposite the Simpsons. Not only did you have to freeze-frame to see it, but the sign was split between 2 different frames. > [@](#): > > In almost every episode where they pan from one floor to another in the Simpson’s house, there is something between the floors. One episode it’s gold and jewels, another its a bunch of bugs (as in microphone bugs) from the FBI, CIA, and I think Fox. Anyone else notice that on recent episodes, they spend too much time pausing between the floors, pretty much clubbing you over the head with the joke? It ruins the subtlety. ---
**Author:** ![mmmiiikkkeee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@mmmiiikkkeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmiiikkkeee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/43 "2003-06-03T08:19:01Z")
Apu telling the Simpsons how he came to America and enrolled at “ **S** pringfield **H** eights **I** nstitute of **T** echnology” in the Proposition 24 episode. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/44 "2003-06-03T16:17:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*The constant low level mocking of the Fox Network comes to mind. \*\* From the Mr. Plow episode. At the 2 or 3 am viewing of Homer’s commercial he say “It may be a crappy channel but the Simpsons are on TV” I also like when Marge is away. (Can’t remember if it’s when she was incarcerated for stealing liquor from the Qwik-e-Mart or when she went to Rancho Relaxo. Lisa suggests that perhaps they ought to do some laundry because “I feel like I’ve been wearing this same red dress forever!” There is a follow up to the episode guide, very thin though. Apparently there are two. Under a hundred pages, two seasons each. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/45 "2003-06-03T16:30:33Z")
Similarly, on the “Canary Burns” episode, Homer muses that “Bart won’t be ten forever . . .” ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/46 "2003-06-03T17:27:49Z")
My personal favorite is the episode where the mock UN is shipwrecked on the island, and it turns into a “Lord of the Flies” type thing. At the very end, as the camera is moving away from the island, James Earl Jones does a voice-over/narrator type thing, saying, “The children all learned to live together in harmony, and eventually they were rescued by… oh, let’s say… Mo.” I bust up every time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/47 "2003-06-03T17:58:15Z")
Flanders: Hey, Homer. What ever happened to that plow you had when you had the plow company? Homer: What are you talking about? Flanders: Mr. Plow! You’re wearing the jacket right now. Homer: (_Turns around and is indeed wearing the “Mr. Plow” jacket_) I really don’t know what you’re talking about. (Drives away humming the Mr. Plow song.) The Fighting Hellfish Episode: Burns accidently smashes into Maggie’s room with his crane. Maggie says, “Santa?” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/48 "2003-06-03T18:22:43Z")
There were a bunch of great throwaways in the medical marijuana episode. Doctor Hibbert: You’ll need a medical bong. Would you like the wizard, or the skull? Homer (to the tune of Smoke on the Water): They burned down the gamblin’ house, it died with an awful sound/I really need a candy bar… I think I’ll have a Mounds Otto: Man, do you realize that _Shemp_ is _Hemp_ spelled backwards? Homer: And Otto is Otto backwards! [pause] Otto: Now I’m just scared. Otto: [staring at his hands] They call 'em fingers, but you never see 'em fing. Oh, there they go. [Sees his wedding ring and stares] That’s right, I _married_ that chick. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/49 "2003-06-03T18:35:14Z")
Maggie’s enrolled in the “Ayn Rand School for Tots”, and after OFF returns to fetch her post-escape (cue _Great Escape_ music), Homer wades through the babies to fetch Maggie–an homage to the Hitchcock movie _The Birds_. As they exit the school, Hitchcock himself walks by with two poodles–the two poodles he cameoed with in _The Birds_. Also, the pig latin from the Trashman episode: “Ixnay on the ashhole-tray” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/50 "2003-06-03T18:55:59Z")
Duffman: “DUFFman CAN’T breathe. OOH no!” or “New feelings BREWING in Duffman. WHAT would JESUS do?” Moe: “It’s a real pleasure to compete against, ah, the Mick there, and the chick wit da rack.” Mr. Bergstrom: Mrs. Kraboppel, are you trying to seduce me? Not to hijack the thread, but Family Guy was great at these too… among the funniest thing I’ve ever heard was “You know the Germans - if you don’t join the party, they come and get you!” Peter is talking about how much fun they are, of course. And just after that - they’re at a fair - the guy in the German food booth attacks the guy in the Polish food booth. And starts making eyes at the (nervous) guy in the Czech booth. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/51 "2003-06-03T19:00:28Z")
I still say the funniest exchange (well, to me, anyway) was: Marge’s mother: I was the most beautiful girl in Springfield! It drove all my friends _crazy_. Grandpa Simpson: Oh? What friends? Marge’s mother: Oh, Frances Farmer . . . Zelda Fitzgerald . . . little Sylvia Plath . . . ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/52 "2003-06-03T19:17:29Z")
One of my favorites is from Kent Brockman: “…authorities say that the phony pope can be identified by his high top sneakers and incredibly foul mouth”. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/53 "2003-06-03T20:41:15Z")
Of course there’s always the one where Burns is making a movie about himself: “I’m just like Oskar Schindler. We’re both wealthy industrialists, we both made shells for the Nazis. But mine WORKED, dammit!!!” ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/54 "2003-06-03T22:11:00Z")
The scene where Milhouse was running away from being a movie “kid sidekick:” How many corners did the treehouse have? ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/55 "2003-06-03T22:20:46Z")
There are lots of good ones involving Kent Brockman. Whenever a scene starts with him he’s always finishing up a story with something like: “… leaving the Vice President in charge. Now for the lighter side of the news …” ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/56 "2003-06-03T23:23:47Z")
Just tonight, Homer was listing his jobs, and in the time it took him to do that, Marge was able to get up, leave the room, put ALL her hair in curlers, come back to bed, and snuggle in. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/57 "2003-06-03T23:54:21Z")
In the episode where Bart and Lisa script an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon and submit it under Abe’s name, they get a tour of the animation complex. The guide is explaining how during long progressive shots they sometimes save money by reusing backdrop cells. At that moment they are all walking down a long hallway and the doorways and trashcans behind them start repeating. Supposedly, if you freeze frame the scene where they open the door on the room full of animators, you can see that they are being watched over by armed guards. Anyone have verification of this? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/58 "2003-06-04T02:04:18Z")
It always kills me when Homer is rummaging around at the swap meet in the “Be Sharps” episode, and everything in the 5 cent box is priceless: • Copy of the famous rare Declaration of Independence (“Crap”) • Famous sheet of upside down biplane stamps (“Crap”) • First Superman comic book (“Crap”) • Strativarius violin (“Strati-WHO-vius?!”) Another one of my favorites is the episode where Lisa tries to see if Bart is dumber than the hamster - when Bart tries to grab the cupcakes, and the shot is identical to the famous scene in _A Clockwork Orange_ when Alex is reaching for the naked breasts and can’t touch them due to his conditioning. The camera angle, shuddering, music, cupcakes…sublime. ---
**Author:** ![Phouchg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Phouchg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phouchg)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/59 "2003-06-04T03:48:10Z")
This line _kills_ me: Ralphie Wiggum after eating lots of sugar is jumping up and down “I’m happy AND ANGRY!!” ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082/60 "2003-06-04T04:49:44Z")
_[cut to outdoor scene, Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]_ **Crow** (off-screen): “CAAW!!” I was watching the Season 2 DVD with commentary turned on, and someone, possibly Groening, pointed out that a crow squawks _every_ time a scene cuts to the exterior shot of the SNPP. Now I never miss it. Cracks me up, it does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-throwaways-and-tossoffs/179082.md?page=4)