So… there seem to be two different kinds of Simpsons watchers here.
I’m not sure how to characterize the difference.
So why did I post this?
-FrL-
I thought he said “Elyria.” As in Elyria, Ohio.
Now that would be funny.
“wooly bully” and “Pangea” were hilarious, and the toupee, and Snake’s indiana jones past…it was chock full of now classic moments!
I think memorable quotes make any episode great…like:
“Id trade it all for a little more”
“what can I do, I’m just one man” -Tomacco episode
“Help me bite crime”
“Street signs indoors, now Ive seen everything!”
I agree the New York one was good. He has written a handful of good ones (which also include the episode in which Lisa cheats on a test, Mr. Burns’s son visits, Homer runs for sanitation engineer, and the kids try to figure out why Homer and Marge are traveling cross-country. Not a big fan of his other episodes, including Tomacco, the death of Maude, a tennis court, Homer encountering a dead body, Marge’s breast implants, and the horrible Dude, Where’s My Ranch?) The main reason why he isn’t liked is because he once said in an interview that the fans’ opinions didn’t matter- “that’s why they’re the fans and we’re the ones writing the show.” He has also gone on record as saying he had never watched an episode of the show before being hired to write for it.
One of the best episodes I have seen in a long time. Just perfect.
Bingo, that’s what blew this ep for me. Burns would never risk the power plant, after what happened to him when he sold it to the Germans (the entire town laughed at him). That, and IIRC, Moe has said in the past that he’s never had a relationship (and implied, IIRC) that he’s never gotten laid. I’ve pretty much enjoyed every episode this season, but this one was just all wrong for me.
Moe has gotten the babe from time-to-time. There was the waitress (Collette/Catherine O’Hara) in “Flaming Moe’s”. He had a girlfriend (Renee/Helen Hunt) in “Dumbbell Indemnity”. He was seen making out with Selma in the astronomy blackout episode. He seemed to be having a good time with an actress in the one where he got plastic surgery and went to work on the soap opera. He also was surrounded by “babes” in “Homer the Moe” where he redid the bar into a trendy place. (There was also the Simpsons Spinoff Showcase where Grampa Simpson/The Love Tester helps him out with a gal. But that is probably non-canonical.)
If you have Catherine O’Hara and Helen Hunt as girlfriends, you aren’t doing too bad in my opinion.
This just about slayed me. I honestly thought Bart was out of ammo, and almost anything he says or does today comes across as lame at best, as if he’s trying too hard. But “munch my butt”? Good god, that got me. Brilliant in it’s immature simplicity.
The Pangea line had me howling so loud I didn’t hear the “password has been emailed” bit.
I liked the goat’s story. I think it was his surprised bleat that I liked the most.
One two three four got me. “One… two, three, four. Four producers” brought tears to my eyes.
“Mad beast!” “Liberal midget!” was awesome.
“Animals are crapping in our houses and we’re cleaning it up. Did we lose a war?”
Nice. His stock just rose in my book.
Yeah, just a throwaway gag, but hilarious.
With the associated risks; he once hopped in a cab and told the driver “VD clinic.”
I could have sworn Burns said, “Tangiers” for his birthplace.
Hmmm…
We’ve seen Moe have at least one relationship. With the woman voiced by Helen Hunt. I’m not certain whether he got laid, but he’s definitely had relationships.
Psst: see post 67
Jim
Hmmmmm, I loved this episode, but I’m having a brain fart. What was the driving with the boot?
And they all ran away in terror. Classic!
I thought it was a very good ep.
It’s a clamplike device that police can put on one of the wheels of your car when you’re parked illegally. If you drove away with it on the car, it’d do a bunch of damage.
I don’t get it, can someone enlighten me please?
Lisa ran to Burns’ mansion to escape the ram. Burns opened the door, and she, out of breath, yelled “Mad beast!” That is, “I ran over here because there’s a mad beast, please let me in so I can hide.” He thought she was calling him “mad beast,” and called her “liberal midget” in response.
I love those misdirected insults.
Lisa is out of breath and being chased by an apparently angry Ram.
She gets to Burns’ door and rings the bell and manages to say “Mad beast!”
Burns replies: “Liberal midget!”
In context it was very funny.
Jim