# the WTC Simpsons episode **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137 "2001-09-12T19:26:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/41 "2001-09-14T06:01:26Z")
That’s just ridiculous. Pull an episode of a CARTOON?! I’m still not sure how I feel about shelving movies and postponing sitcoms… No, I’m sure. It’s stupid, too. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/42 "2001-09-14T11:14:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\* Still, the whole thing is so eerie now. > \*\* Why eerie? The Simpsons episode didn’t show the WTC’s demise, did it? Just because they reference the WTC, doesn’t mean that it’s bad or in poor taste or anything. The “jerks” comment would be inappropriate if the episode was made AFTER 9-11-01, but since it was before, I think it’s just a reminder of happier times. You can’t change what happened by locking out all mention of the WTC forever - they stood there for 30 years. There’s nothing wrong with that at all. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2001, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/43 "2001-09-14T12:25:58Z")
I started a thread on this in Cafe Society, and some people thought I was over-reacting. But I keep remembering the episode that was shown the Monday after Flight 800 went down on Wednesday, killing 230 people. The episode where Bart & Milhous find a $20 bill and paint the town. The episode with the line “Where did a $20 bill come from?” “Maybe a plane exploded.” I would have airred 30 minutes of dead air before showing that episode at that time. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/44 "2001-09-14T13:44:10Z")
They’ll show this over again. I mean, why don’t we quit showing all episode of **Seinfeld** that had the WTC in the background, or **Law and Order** or the thousands of other TV shows (or movies) that had the WTC in a scene? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/45 "2001-09-14T14:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ITR champion \* > \*\*Reading my copy of _Sports Illustrated_ today, I saw an ad for a movie with Arnold that’s coming out this fall. I can’t recall the title. It seems to be about a fireman whose wife and child are murdered by terrorists. Does anyone else know anything about this? My guess is that it will be shelved for several years. \*\* This is what I thought too. I saw the trailer for this, “Collateral Damage”, which is supposed to come out October 5. A Spanish guy, I believe from Latin America, sets off a bomb that kills Ahnold’s family. I thought at first that it would be postponed, but on the other hand, Ahnold seems to go hunt down the guy and kick his butt, so that may be a nice story to show. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/46 "2001-09-14T17:25:18Z")
Just as another data point: FOX reran the episode where Mrs. Flanders died at the track the day after Dale Earnhardt died. I wasn’t a big racing fan, but I still was sick about it, and running the episode seemed tasteless. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/47 "2001-09-14T17:29:51Z")
> [@](#): > > _bean\_shadow says:_ They’ll show this over again. I mean, why don’t we quit showing all episode of Seinfeld that had the WTC in the background, or Law and Order or the thousands of other TV shows (or movies) that had the WTC in a scene? Interesting you mention this since a multi-part cross-over story thread involving all three _Law & Order_ shows (there’s a third premiering this year) about a terrorist threat in Manhattan has been shelved now. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/48 "2001-09-14T19:22:35Z")
Well, not eerie, per se…just odd. It’s not so strange I’d never want them to show it again or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/49 "2001-09-14T20:06:38Z")
I posted to the other thread too–this is one of my favorite episodes and I hope they don’t shelve it. I hope they don’t shelve anything from the past that has the WTC in it. We can’t change history. It’s a big load of dookey if they start trying to do that. As for upcoming things, yes, definitely shelve those for a while. But they should still be able to show them in the future…put a notice that it might be disturbing or something beforehand so people who want/need to avoid it can. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/50 "2001-09-15T02:25:06Z")
In related news, Roger Ebert mentions the kind of post-tragedy censorship in his review of _O_, the updating of Othello. I invite you all to go and check it out… [http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-oth31f.html](http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-oth31f.html) Tenebras ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/51 "2001-09-15T03:18:20Z")
I turned on Seinfeld tonight expecting the Series Finale Part I. Instead was an episode that war aired earlier in the week. My theory? The plot involved a plane going down. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/52 "2001-09-15T03:36:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\* > It is a shame though, because that episode contains the infamous and hilarious “crab juice” sequence. > \*\* It’s on the edge of my consciousness… please… help… me… remember… ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/53 "2001-09-15T13:11:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by watsonwil \* > \*\*I turned on Seinfeld tonight expecting the Series Finale Part I. Instead was an episode that war aired earlier in the week. My theory? The plot involved a plane going down. Thoughts? \*\* Was that the last episode, where their plane is going down and they all confess something (one was that George cheated at the Master of Your Domain bet and that Jerry was the real winner; the other was that Elaine loved Jerry)? I do believe that with some shows they’ll not show some episodes that might be chilling in the wake of the crash, but as time goes on, they’ll air them. Interestingly enough, I saw the episode of The Simpsons titled “And Maggie Makes Three” last night. At the begining, Homer has this dream where he’s warding off terrorists. “Homer 10, Terrorists 8.” ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/54 "2001-09-15T16:39:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by furt \* > \*\*It’s on the edge of my consciousness… please… help… me… remember… \*\* Homer: Uh…would you mind going across the street and getting me a slice of pizza? Guy: No pizza, just horoslsh (sorry, no idea what he said), horoslh! ::gives him this lumpy brown thing on a stick:: Homer: ::practically inhaling:: Now I need something to wash the awful taste out of my mouth…what do you have? Guy\>: Mountain dew or crab juice. Homer\>: Ewww, oh, yech…- I’ll take a crab juice. ::downs about ten to fifteen cans…:: Uh oh. You wouldn’t happen to have a bathroom in there, would you? Guy\>: Only horoslh. Bathroom in tower, tower!! I’m doing this from memory so some of the quotes are off a little. ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/55 "2001-09-15T17:27:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by furt \* > > \*\*It’s on the edge of my consciousness… please… help… me… remember… \*\* > > Homer: Uh…would you mind going across the street and getting me a slice of pizza? > > Guy: No pizza, just horoslsh (sorry, no idea what he said), horoslh! ::gives him this lumpy brown thing on a stick:: > > Homer: ::practically inhaling:: Now I need something to wash the awful taste out of my mouth…what do you have? > > Guy\>: Mountain dew or crab juice. > > Homer\>: Ewww, oh, yech…- I’ll take a crab juice. ::downs about ten to fifteen cans…:: Uh oh. You wouldn’t happen to have a bathroom in there, would youGuy?\>: Only horoslh. Bathroom in tower, tower!! > I’m doing this from memory so some of the quotes are off a little. \*\* It’s clavgalash. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/56 "2001-09-15T17:47:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bean\_shadow \* > \*\* > Was that the last episode, where their plane is going down and they all confess something (one was that George cheated at the Master of Your Domain bet and that Jerry was the real winner; the other was that Elaine loved Jerry)? > > I do believe that with some shows they’ll not show some episodes that might be chilling in the wake of the crash, but as time goes on, they’ll air them. > > Interestingly enough, I saw the episode of The Simpsons titled “And Maggie Makes Three” last night. At the begining, Homer has this dream where he’s warding off terrorists. “Homer 10, Terrorists 8.” \*\* Yeah. That’s the episode. I also fully agree with your assessment. There will be a cooling off period and then we will see the episodes. If the don’t appear on TV, they’ll be available on DVD in the full season collections. Anyone planning on getting the Season One collection when it comes out this fall? ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/57 "2001-09-15T17:50:42Z")
thanks… lol ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/58 "2001-09-16T19:21:23Z")
It’s Khlav Kalash. “I’ll take one bowl” “No bowl, stick.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/59 "2001-09-17T00:57:24Z")
It recently occurred to me that probably some restaurant was running a `two for tuesday’ special on 9/11. I’ll bet we’ll see an end to those promotions. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137/60 "2001-09-17T03:23:40Z")
Ok, this is getting silly. I can understand the TV show episodes to a certain extent, but the 2 For Tuesday specials? Give me a break! That’s really stretching it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wtc-simpsons-episode/81137.md?page=4)