# The Simpsons 25 March 2007 (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480 "2007-03-26T00:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/1 "2007-03-26T00:04:00Z")
Cool opening šŸ™‚ , but we didnā€™t get to see dino-Marge! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![ChessPieceFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@ChessPieceFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChessPieceFace)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/2 "2007-03-26T00:45:53Z")
Yeah, that goes down as one of the best couch gags ever in my book. I loved that Moe devolved. Episode was nothing special, except for the return of Gabbo. You could see him in one of the crowd scenes in the movie trailerā€¦ maybe working on the movie reminded someone he existed, so they decided to use him again in the show? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/3 "2007-03-26T00:53:52Z")
A lot of good sight gags in this one. Quimby and Brockman was just terrifying. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/4 "2007-03-26T01:27:31Z")
If only they couldā€™ve closed with the couch gag instead of closing with the 25 minutes of crap that followed. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/5 "2007-03-26T03:43:34Z")
[QUOTE=ChessPieceFace] Yeah, that goes down as one of the best couch gags ever in my book. I loved that Moe devolved. Episode was nothing special [/QUOTE] Yep, to both. After seeing the full opening, then that really long couch gag, I said to myself, ā€œThis episode musta run short.ā€ The ep itself was nothing special: not bad, but not particularly good. I did laugh a time or two, like at Rainier Wolfcastleā€™s speech about how he is not made of sushi. (But the biggest laugh I got during this weekā€™s Simpsons was when I accidentally dropped the remote on the floor next to the cat, startling her and causing her to jump up onto the footstool, startling the other cat who had been lying on the stool and causing both to jump off in opposite directions.) ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/6 "2007-03-26T03:50:08Z")
I stopped watching half-way through. I donā€™t regret it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/7 "2007-03-26T05:15:08Z")
I didnā€™t recognize the celebrity in between Elton John and Jose Canseco in the montage. Who was he? Also, a couple other observations. I loved the restaged 1987 photo showing the Simpsons as they looked on the Tracy Ullman Show. And Lenny was absolutely creepy dressed as Seven of Nine in the Voyager finale photo. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/8 "2007-03-26T11:41:44Z")
For a recent epsiode, not bad. Clearly written by someone with both a love for Simpsons history (many references to older episodes) and a love for classic Simpsons humor. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/9 "2007-03-26T12:03:47Z")
Best couch gag ever. ā€œWhat took you so long?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/10 "2007-03-26T13:39:44Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] I didnā€™t recognize the celebrity in between Elton John and Jose Canseco in the montage. Who was he? [/QUOTE] Jimmy Durante, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/11 "2007-03-26T13:58:40Z")
Lenny as 7 of 9 too damn funny! The couch gag rocked too. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/12 "2007-03-26T14:43:15Z")
Is someone who knows what to look for willing to find this great couch gag on YouTube for the rest of us who missed it? Iā€™m curious. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/13 "2007-03-26T14:54:42Z")
[QUOTE=Rodgers01] Is someone who knows what to look for willing to find this great couch gag on YouTube for the rest of us who missed it? Iā€™m curious. [/QUOTE] [Here](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=simpsons+evolution) you go ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/14 "2007-03-26T15:08:15Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] [Here](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=simpsons+evolution) you go [/QUOTE] Ah, thank you ā€“ that was indeed great! ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/15 "2007-03-26T16:39:14Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] Cool opening šŸ™‚ , but we didnā€™t get to see dino-Marge! :mad: [/QUOTE] Was she the dragonfly? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/16 "2007-03-26T16:45:46Z")
Great opening couch gag; I didnā€™t think the episode was too bad. Homer driving dangerously with Maggie was great - ā€œTwo and ten, Einstein!ā€ - and I liked him later bumping into the oh-so-sweet Betty White. I got distracted and missed what Homer said at the _Star Trek Voyager_ finale party before bursting into tears. Anyone remember? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/17 "2007-03-26T17:48:56Z")
I also liked the couch gag. I wonder if anyone picked up it was paying homage to [this Fatboy Slim video.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE1LZ0sPk_c) ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/18 "2007-03-26T17:53:36Z")
I liked the gag but would have liked it better if they had shown Homer stopping at the ape stage, and had someone else carry it along. When you think of the dozen or so times Homer has been depicted as ape-likeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/19 "2007-03-26T17:56:56Z")
There were some other great little moments, particularly some of the embarassing celebrity photosā€¦ like Drederick Tatum snorting Secretariatā€™s ashes. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480/20 "2007-03-26T18:12:29Z")
[QUOTE=Elendilā€™s Heir] I got distracted and missed what Homer said at the _Star Trek Voyager_ finale party before bursting into tears. Anyone remember? [/QUOTE] ā€˜Oh, Captain Janeway, your voyage ended too soon!ā€™ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-25-march-2007-spoilers/397480.md?page=2)