# What are your favorite Simpsons moments? **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/61 "2021-05-05T22:23:07Z")
“Thank you for asking. Now, Homer, as you no doubt recall, you were done a favor by our, uh, how shall I say . . . Mafia Crime Syndicate.” “Oh, yeah.” “Now the time has come for _you_ to do _us_ a favor.” “You mean the mob only did me a favor to get something in return? Oh, Fat Tony! I will say _Good Day_ to you, sir.” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/62 "2021-05-05T22:57:44Z")
So much to choose from, but I’ve got to go with this sequence: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q0o0-h4puHc/maxresdefault.jpg "Bart Simpson The Boy Who Cried Wolf") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0o0-h4puHc) It really packs so much of what’s great about the Simpsons in so little time. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/63 "2021-05-05T22:59:38Z")
[“Eastern Europe’s favorite cat and mouse team…Worker and Parasite!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2_dhUv_CrI) I don’t know why i find this so hysterical…but I do. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/64 "2021-05-05T23:43:04Z")
The pool episode where broken leg Bart’s going crazy, and making Lisa listen to his play. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/65 "2021-05-06T00:20:13Z")
**Shock Therapy:** “Okay, you want to kill each other. That’s good, that’s healthy!” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VTeiPRYaXwc/hqdefault.jpg "Shock Therapy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTeiPRYaXwc) Cant believe there isn’t a clip for this one… **At the marriage retreat:** Reverend Lovejoy: Ned, Maude, what brings you here? Ned: Well… sometimes God bless her, she underlines passages in my Bible because she can’t find hers! Homer: Oh, lucky you don’t keep guns in the house. Reverend Lovejoy: Homer, why are you here? Homer: Oh, because I got drunk and looked down her dress! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/66 "2021-05-06T00:28:58Z")
**Watching the Thanksgiving Day parade:** [![](https://frinkiac.com/video/S02E07/0cegFoROl2PnIqOAqvqpXFDiMTM=.gif) ](https://frinkiac.com/video/S02E07/0cegFoROl2PnIqOAqvqpXFDiMTM=.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/67 "2021-05-06T00:37:07Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > The eager way he says “Explain how!” kills me. So much of that show is the voice actor delivery. Dan Castellaneta is a treasure. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/68 "2021-05-06T00:41:26Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The sign on the feed store in the “Tomacco” episode: “Sneed’s Feed and Seed (Formerly Chuck’s)”. Maybe the naughtiest TV joke snuck past the censors ever. That whole episode, man. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/69 "2021-05-06T00:47:38Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > So much of that show is the voice actor delivery. Dan Castellaneta is a treasure. Not wishing to beat a dead horse, but DC is brilliant [here](https://youtu.be/bLiXjaPqSyY?t=207): ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/70 "2021-05-06T00:58:58Z")
Curtis E. Bear [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TKSWnD-U5LA/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - Curtis E Bear The Courtesy Bear") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKSWnD-U5LA) Balzac [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2oIw4QPuDI0/hqdefault.jpg "Simpsons Balzac") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oIw4QPuDI0) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/71 "2021-05-06T01:05:06Z")
One of my all-time favorite “bait-and-switch” jokes: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xxc7S2EyMGk/hqdefault.jpg "I'm seeing double here, four Krusty's!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxc7S2EyMGk) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/72 "2021-05-06T01:22:43Z")
How can I pick a moment?!? “Ow, my eye! I’m not supposed to get pudding in it.” “SuperNintendo Chalmers” “Eh, I could pull a better cartoon out of my aa…hh–[hey, Whoa!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpmmEy0KwPg) Wasn’t that great, kids?” A lot of those reading this thread will get a kick out of this New Yorker interview article with John Swartzwelder, the famously reclusive golden-era Simpsons writer. It was just published a few days ago. That ‘seat on the space shuttle’ remark, what a piece of work: > **[John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons”](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/john-swartzwelder-sage-of-the-simpsons)** > > The first major interview with one of the most revered comedy writers of all time. (I had to try a few browsers to get it to work) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/73 "2021-05-06T02:41:57Z")
So many. I will just list a few quotes. 1. “I was saying Boo-urns.” 2. “You don’t win friends with salad.” 3. “My eyes! The googles - they do nuthink.” 4. “I call the big one Bitey.” 5. “Everyone loves rats. So why not their milk?” 6. “I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.” 7. “Save me, Jeebus.” 8. “Disco Stu don’t advertise.” 9. “Wait! There is still more dust on this space cookbook!” 10. “My name is Otto! I like to get blotto!” 11. “Don’t blame me. I voted for Kudos.” 12. “… Your drug keeper-awayer…” 13. “Does this sound like a man who has had all that he could eat?” 14. “The ring came off my pudding can!” 15. “My son is ALSO named Bort.” 16. “Apu, gimme a squishee! One made entirely out of syrup!” 17. “My English is inelegant. Your beer, it tastes like swill to us. Is that right?” 18. “Four finger discount!” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/74 "2021-05-06T03:29:37Z")
Me fail English? That’s unpossible! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JXFGy10b7Js/hqdefault.jpg "Me fail English? That's unpossible") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXFGy10b7Js) I’m actually speaking Rigilian… [https://comb.io/CaoEWS](https://comb.io/CaoEWS) ---
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Remembered another one: James Taylor singing _Fire and Rain_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lv2r0aM4vhk/hqdefault.jpg "[I Simpson] James Taylor - You've Got a Friend + Fire and Rain (Sub Ita)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv2r0aM4vhk) ---
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And seeing Ralph, one short clip gives two classic lines: “I bent my wookie” and “My cat’s breath smells like cat food.” (_And_ features Winona Ryder.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AUjUGh57yyA/maxresdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - Ralph beat the smart kids") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUjUGh57yyA) ---
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> [@cmkeller](#): > > So much to choose from, but I’ve got to go with this sequence: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0o0-h4puHc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0o0-h4puHc) > > It really packs so much of what’s great about the Simpsons in so little time. Okay, who spots the continuity error? ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/78 "2021-05-06T04:28:45Z")
Am I allowed to mention that I’ve written a book which features Q&A’s with Simpsons writers James L. Brooks, Mike Reiss, Al Jean, and Jay Kogen? A lot of great behind-the-scenes stuff! It’s on Amazon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395/79 "2021-05-06T04:48:33Z")
What continuity error? The blank blackboard after Bart returns his test and collapses?? That’s all I can spot. ---
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> [@solost](#): > > Top of the line in utility sports > Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts > > Canyoneeeeroooo Some years ago, I bought a 2012 Chevy Tahoe. When my friends saw it, they started singing the “Canyonero” jingle. My vehicle has been known as “the Canyonero” ever since. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-simpsons-moments/941395.md?page=5)