# What are your favorite Simpsons moments?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, cartoons-animation\
**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395 "2021-05-04T21:36:22Z")\
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Besides the episode with The Who, I think my all-time favorite moment is the appearance of Howell Huser. His real-life counterpart was one of my favorite television personalities.

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/242 "2022-02-13T05:24:42Z")

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> [@WildaBeast](#):
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> “There’s your answer, fish bulb."

Reminds me of the Egyptian pharaoh [Catfish Chisel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmer).

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/243 "2022-02-13T15:32:47Z")

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Krusty sings Joe Cocker/BillyPreston:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FcLhAHUh9k0/maxresdefault.jpg "[I Simpson] Krusty the Clown - You Are So Beautiful (Sub Ita)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcLhAHUh9k0)

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**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/244 "2022-02-16T18:16:54Z")

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Can’t find it online and I don’t remember exactly:

Santa’s Little Helper (the dog) picks up a scent.

Chief Wiggum: Let him go, Lou. He’s not following his nose; he’s following his heart.

Lou: Sometimes I forget why you’re the chief, _(choking up)_ but I remember now!

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/245 "2022-02-22T00:32:50Z")

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Bart: Wooow, my father, an astronaut. I feel so full of … What’s the opposite of shame?  
Marge: Pride?  
Bart: No, not that far from shame.  
Homer: Less shame?  
Bart [tenderly]: Yea.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/unqU0ndCW84/maxresdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - Opposite of Shame") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unqU0ndCW84)

And, of course, from the same episode: Hail Ants.

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And: “I for one…”

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/247 "2022-02-22T18:44:53Z")

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Homer’s response to the waitress cracks me up every time:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BT2fteBsL0s/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - Another Placemat Sir") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT2fteBsL0s)

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