I fear to watch yet I cannot turn away.
Pretty much any time Johnny Tightlips shows up:
The current “Buying butter” thread reminded me of this delightful exchange:
“You gave both dogs away? You know how I feel about giving!”
[Sobbing]Pinchy would have wanted it this way[/s]
Nice PJs Simpson, Did you mom buy them for you?
Of course she did, who else would have?
You win this round Simpson…
I also routinely say “I am so smart, smrt”
Use any open faced club Simpson, your sand wedge
Mmmm open faced club sandwich…
Homer: So I just wanna know, how come you made your Homer Simpson character so- Stupid?
Executive: Well, I can assure you, it happened organically.
Homer: It better have!
Snakes. Nature’s quitters.
Cleaning my gun with the safety off, safety off, safety off…
Time for a wee nip, and a wee nap.
That colored chalk was spawned by Lucifer himself!
(being stung by bees after putting fortune in swear jar): “Fiddle dee dee!”
“Dad, you killed the zombie Flanders!”
“He was a zombie?”
I also love “I am evil Homer! I am evil Homer!”
squishes eye with poker stick
Remember Alf? He’s back…in Pog-form!
Let me tell you the story of Hercules and the Lion.
Is it a Bible story?
Yeah probably.
Son, you don’t have to follow in my footsteps.
That’s ok, I don’t even like using the bathroom after you.
I can’t believe that I just now thought of this one, even though I think about it most every time I hear about turkeys, or jive, or sassing it.
Also, the time Homer met the pumpkin smasher.
Wisdom of the Flintstones
I’ll just note the brief appearance of Kenny Brocklestein in a newscasting flashback.
Part of Fox’s new Fall lineup:
The decline of the American cartoon:
Something I’ve noticed recently: While they updated the Simpsons’ TV to be a flat screen, Marge and Homer still have the same cars they had 30 years ago. They’re drawn to look like sort of generic late 1970s or early 1980s American cars, so I’m thinking the idea originally was to portray the the Simpsons as driving crappy old cars, but ones that might realistically be on the road in the early 1990s. But today they look downright anachronistic, just like a CRT television.
Ah yes, Groundskeeper Willie goes in for topless wolf wrestling
Two more favorite Groundskeeper Willie moments: when he asks after the health of Angus MacCloud from back in North Kilt Town, only to catch Homer the “thievin’ grease bandit”…
If I ever get into a physical altercation again (I’m over 50 years old now so my window has likely long passed), I’ll be sure to preface it with: “If it was up to me, I’d let ya go. But the lads have a temper (shows his fists), and they’ve been drinkin’ all day!”
And eventually, he notes that the reason he came to the United States was because Scotland had been ruined for him by the current inhabitants:
Ha, I was just thinking of this episode last week!
Because the premise of it was that, after driving Bart and his classmates to school and having them deride his “rocking out” to Grand Funk Railroad as “dinosaur music” (the playlist of his choice of radio station: “KFSL Fossil 103 - classic hits from Abba to Zeppelin comma Led!”), he goes out to learn about contemporary music and ends up touring with Lollapalooza.
Well, that episode first aired in 1996, where Grand Funk Railroad’s heyday was circa 1970-74, meaning the “dinosaur music” was 22-26 years old. And guess what’s 22-26 year old music now? Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins!
That on-the-whole-kinda-weak episode has a number of great points, the cement mixer pelican being one of them; Homer’s first appeal to “Jebus”; and the memorable PBS Pledge Enforcement Van (“Why oh why did I register with Insta-trace?”)
But the reference from that episode that occurs to me the most often is this one, pretty much every time anyone brings up going to Vegas, Reno, or Atlantic City:
