# Simpsons: Worst Episode Evah! 11-18-07 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984 "2007-11-19T01:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/41 "2007-11-19T22:22:46Z")
[QUOTE=middleman] [sub]cbawlmer, I am not stalking you or anything. You told me your husband was the manager of the CL BC store in a discussion regarding Krystal hamburger restaurants![/sub] [/QUOTE] Guess what? They did some shifting around of employees and now my husband is the manager of the 1960 store. He’s the tall, bald guy named Jeremy. Next time you’re in there, tell him you know me from the Dope. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/42 "2007-11-19T22:24:03Z")
The fact that Tintin and Snowy (aka Milou) were in it made it an instant personal favorite. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/43 "2007-11-19T22:33:37Z")
[QUOTE=middleman] “Hey, Geary. Like nonlinear shapes much?” [/QUOTE] That should be “Hey Geary, like curvilinear forms much?” ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/44 "2007-11-19T23:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=Snooooopy] I didn’t like the way the writers just put the new comic book guy chracter aside and forgot about him. What they should have done is have the meteor at the end fall on his head. [/QUOTE] Nah. Mulk should have kicked him into the Sun 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/45 "2007-11-20T02:55:42Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] That should be “Hey Geary, like curvilinear forms much?” [/QUOTE] Actually it should be “Hey _Gehry_,” but who’s to quibble? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/46 "2007-11-20T03:49:18Z")
Pretty good episode (by recent the “standard” of recent years). Crappy couch gag though. Loved the Opal bit. The most interesting part was that they openly named many comic characters: Superman, Batman, Little Lulu, Jughead, etc. But they only did “Thung” and “Bulk” (or somesuch). What was the point they were trying to make? There was a quasi-reboot in the episode with Homer waking up and back to normal. So I think the CBG will be back as before. So, Jack Black still has a little bit of career left. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/47 "2007-11-20T03:56:06Z")
_Watchmen Babies_ alone sold the episode to me, though it’s well under the Dennis Miller Ratio. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/48 "2007-11-20T05:03:17Z")
My DVR cut off right before the credits started. Were the three comic book writers actually voiced by the real people? I thought Moore’s voice sounded like one of the regular Simpsons actors, but going by posts in this thread I take it that really was Moore? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/49 "2007-11-20T05:09:55Z")
A great episode, one of the best they’ve put out recently. I do wish they’d resolved the stories. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/50 "2007-11-20T05:24:45Z")
[QUOTE=Eyebrows 0f Doom] My DVR cut off right before the credits started. Were the three comic book writers actually voiced by the real people? I thought Moore’s voice sounded like one of the regular Simpsons actors, but going by posts in this thread I take it that really was Moore? [/QUOTE] Maus is in the haus! All three artists provided their own voices. “I loved your Radioactive Man.” “Oh, you like that I made your favorite hero a heroin-addicted jazz critic?” “I don’t pay attention to that. I just like when he punches people.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/51 "2007-11-20T14:19:14Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] “Oh, you like that I made your favorite hero a heroin-addicted jazz critic?” [/QUOTE] I think it was even better than that - "a heroin-addicted jazz musician _who isn’t radioactive?"_ Quite a voice on that guy, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/52 "2007-11-20T16:27:21Z")
I loved that Alan Moore played up the bat-shit insane persona. Even more respect for that guy… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/53 "2007-11-21T02:20:22Z")
**mobo** was right, Moore’s Radioactive Man was a critic, not a musician. And he wasn’t radioactive. 😉 Did any other Arrested Development fans listen closely to the Tom Jones cover? I just realized “What’s New Pussycat?” was translated to “Annyong Pussycat…” ---
**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:** [November 21, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/54 "2007-11-21T07:15:47Z")
Hello? ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/55 "2007-11-21T20:12:23Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Did any other Arrested Development fans listen closely to the Tom Jones cover? I just realized “What’s New Pussycat?” was translated to “Annyong Pussycat…” [/QUOTE] I assumed they chose that song specifically for that reason. I mean, what _other_ Korean words do geeks know? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/56 "2007-11-21T20:14:05Z")
Geeks know Korean words? ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/57 "2007-11-21T20:25:05Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Did any other Arrested Development fans listen closely to the Tom Jones cover? I just realized “What’s New Pussycat?” was translated to “Annyong Pussycat…” [/QUOTE] But “annyong” is hello, so… I vote for coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984/58 "2007-11-21T20:41:43Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Geeks know Korean words? [/QUOTE] Not in general, just that one word. And only if they’re _Arrested Development_ fans, which lots of geeks are. [QUOTE=SmackFu] But “annyong” is hello, so… I vote for coincidence. [/QUOTE] And “what’s new” is an idiomatic greeting equivalent to “hello.” Translations are almost never word-for-word, especially when you’re trying to keep with the rhythm of music. I doubt it’s a coincidence – of all the songs in all the languages they possibly could have picked, they found a cover tune with the word “annyong” in it. _The one Korean word anyone is likely to recognize_, and then only some people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-worst-episode-evah-11-18-07/426984.md?page=2)