Overall, I think the Monorail episode ("Marge vs. the Monorail"), written by Conan O'Brien, is my favorite. But there are SO MANY one-off scenes and lines from all kinds of episodes that I can't even begin to put together a top 10 list.
Love this one, and I was going to use the line "I call the big one Bitey" in conversation earlier today. I also like the earlier a Sideshow Bob episodes-- Cape Fear, Sideshow Bob Roberts, etc. Ralph's crush on Lisa is cute, too. I haven't watched more than one or two of each of the last few seasons. I love the earlier seasons, though.
Since I love trains I keep hoping one year my H will give me this card for valentines day.
Love this one, and I was going to use the line "I call the big one Bitey" in conversation earlier today. I also like the earlier a Sideshow Bob episodes-- Cape Fear, Sideshow Bob Roberts, etc. Ralph's crush on Lisa is cute, too. I haven't watched more than one or two of each of the last few seasons. I love the earlier seasons, though.
Since I love trains I keep hoping one year my H will give me this card for valentines day.
H printed one out for me way back. I gave him a "lets bee friends" later.
Sorry, but I must publically shun this statement. I've only caught a few recent episodes but they are ghastly, ungodly, unspeakably awful. Unrecognizable, even. Zero cleverness or quotable lines, and all focused on iPhones or what have you, or going 30 years into the future. Humorless and just awful. Devoid of entertainment or soul. As far as I'm concerned the show ended once it stopped being good (whenever that was exactly, but we all know when the line was crossed).
They're not showing Simpsons on TV every evening here like they used to, and I legitimately am not comfortable with life/where I live unless it's showing daily. It sounds crazycakes, but a (good, old) Simpsons episode on the daily grounds me.
Overall, I think the Monorail episode ("Marge vs. the Monorail"), written by Conan O'Brien, is my favorite. But there are SO MANY one-off scenes and lines from all kinds of episodes that I can't even begin to put together a top 10 list.
Love this one, and I was going to use the line "I call the big one Bitey" in conversation earlier today. I also like the earlier a Sideshow Bob episodes-- Cape Fear, Sideshow Bob Roberts, etc. Ralph's crush on Lisa is cute, too. I haven't watched more than one or two of each of the last few seasons. I love the earlier seasons, though.
This is how GBCN has affected me in real life ... I was watching that episode recently and thought to myself, "It's bullshit that Ralph won't leave Lisa alone, and bullshit that she is made to feel bad after telling him that she has no interest in him."
And then I got all pissy at Chief Wiggum telling Ralph to just keep pursuing her, as if he's trying to crack a nut. LOL
"Damn GBCN, you've ruined my imagination. Just like you've ruined my ability to ... uh ... oh well." *turns on TV and chuckles*
I would also like to register my disdain for parents who forbid their children from watching The Simpsons.
If I have kids I will basically force feed the good episodes to them essentially from birth. It's just basic, rational parenting. The future of mankind needs this.
Really though, love them or hate them, The Simpson family has become synonymous with the middle-class American family. They have 2.5 kids, a dog, a cat, two parents who, despite everything, still love each other. It doesn't get more idyllic. Add in financial woes, a wacky extended family, friends, frenemies (except Sideshow Bob), vices, habits, and everything else- the Simpsons embody what we are today and really, always will. There isn't a person out there who can't identify a character that reminds them of themselves. It's a show with all the social graces of a burp in church, but the love and fun that we all wish we had in our lives.
Really though, love them or hate them, The Simpson family has become synonymous with the middle-class American family. They have 2.5 kids, a dog, a cat, two parents who, despite everything, still love each other. It doesn't get more idyllic. Add in financial woes, a wacky extended family, friends, frenemies (except Sideshow Bob), vices, habits, and everything else- the Simpsons embody what we are today and really, always will. There isn't a person out there who can't identify a character that reminds them of themselves. It's a show with all the social graces of a burp in church, but the love and fun that we all wish we had in our lives.
I like how the John Waters episode points this out - the rabbit ears on the TV, the 2.3 children, the Hi-C and Fluffernutters, and pearls on a little girl. It's a fairy tale!
I was reading an article that talks about another FOX cartoon, Bob's Burgers (which is HILARIOUS and you should all watch it, lol), and points out why the Belcher family is more realistic than the Simpson family. The Belcher/Simpson marriages in particular are discussed:
Look, I know that The Simpsons is a cartoon. But the gross imbalance of Marge and Homer’s marriage is so obvious and troublesome that Marge finally reaching her breaking point (again) ended up as a major plot point of The Simpsons Movie. Admittedly, she brings some heartache on herself by staying with Homer even after he’s hideously embarrassed her at a chili cook-off, told all their marital secrets to the students in a class he’s teaching at The Learning Annex, endangered the family by being reckless with a handgun … I could go on. All of his failings as a husband are consistent with everything we know about his character, whereas on the rare occasions when Marge is the bigger screw-up — developing a gambling addiction, aggressively pursuing an invitation to join the local country club — she’s acting completely out of character and snaps back to normal by the episode’s end. The more Simpsons producers have to reach to find ways for Homer to disappoint Marge, the harder it is to buy that she would want to stay married to him. The Belcher marriage is not only more equitable than the Simpsons marriage, it’s more believable than those on many live-action sitcoms, on which the husband is a lazy boob and the wife is a nagging shrew (Everybody Loves Raymond, The King Of Queens, Home Improvement). Sure, Bob gets so annoyed by Linda’s parents that he recklessly hides between the walls in the apartment to avoid them. But Linda’s not perfect, either: She ignores Bob’s objections when she wants to do things like hang her sister’s terrible paintings (of animal anuses) all over the restaurant, or expand their horizons by double-dating with Mort and his Internet girlfriend. And that’s about as touchy as things ever get between Linda and Bob: None of their conflicts is remotely a deal-breaker.
Homer's screw-ups were funny and forgivable in the beginning of the series, but like wise_rita said the show has really gone downhill lately. If Marge were a GBCNer talking about the things that her DH Homer had done, I think we'd all be telling her to run for the hills.
Really though, love them or hate them, The Simpson family has become synonymous with the middle-class American family. They have 2.5 kids, a dog, a cat, two parents who, despite everything, still love each other. It doesn't get more idyllic. Add in financial woes, a wacky extended family, friends, frenemies (except Sideshow Bob), vices, habits, and everything else- the Simpsons embody what we are today and really, always will. There isn't a person out there who can't identify a character that reminds them of themselves. It's a show with all the social graces of a burp in church, but the love and fun that we all wish we had in our lives.
I like how the John Waters episode points this out - the rabbit ears on the TV, the 2.3 children, the Hi-C and Fluffernutters, and pearls on a little girl. It's a fairy tale!
I was reading an article that talks about another FOX cartoon, Bob's Burgers (which is HILARIOUS and you should all watch it, lol), and points out why the Belcher family is more realistic than the Simpson family. The Belcher/Simpson marriages in particular are discussed:
Look, I know that The Simpsons is a cartoon. But the gross imbalance of Marge and Homer’s marriage is so obvious and troublesome that Marge finally reaching her breaking point (again) ended up as a major plot point of The Simpsons Movie. Admittedly, she brings some heartache on herself by staying with Homer even after he’s hideously embarrassed her at a chili cook-off, told all their marital secrets to the students in a class he’s teaching at The Learning Annex, endangered the family by being reckless with a handgun … I could go on. All of his failings as a husband are consistent with everything we know about his character, whereas on the rare occasions when Marge is the bigger screw-up — developing a gambling addiction, aggressively pursuing an invitation to join the local country club — she’s acting completely out of character and snaps back to normal by the episode’s end. The more Simpsons producers have to reach to find ways for Homer to disappoint Marge, the harder it is to buy that she would want to stay married to him. The Belcher marriage is not only more equitable than the Simpsons marriage, it’s more believable than those on many live-action sitcoms, on which the husband is a lazy boob and the wife is a nagging shrew (Everybody Loves Raymond, The King Of Queens, Home Improvement). Sure, Bob gets so annoyed by Linda’s parents that he recklessly hides between the walls in the apartment to avoid them. But Linda’s not perfect, either: She ignores Bob’s objections when she wants to do things like hang her sister’s terrible paintings (of animal anuses) all over the restaurant, or expand their horizons by double-dating with Mort and his Internet girlfriend. And that’s about as touchy as things ever get between Linda and Bob: None of their conflicts is remotely a deal-breaker.
Homer's screw-ups were funny and forgivable in the beginning of the series, but like wise_rita said the show has really gone downhill lately. If Marge were a GBCNer talking about the things that her DH Homer had done, I think we'd all be telling her to run for the hills.
I LOVE Bob's Burgers. LOVE. Louise is my spirit animal.
On that note though, I don't think The Simpsons are realistic enough to cross over into the "real world." We all know they won't age, Marge won't leave Homer for good, Bart will always be mischevious, Lisa will always be a girl with a noble quest. Maggie won't ever talk, and Snowball/Santos L. Halper will always be there. It's perfection. You can get lost in the static-ness of Springfield. It's like a dream that you know couldn't ever come true, but it's nice for the time you're there.
I like how the John Waters episode points this out - the rabbit ears on the TV, the 2.3 children, the Hi-C and Fluffernutters, and pearls on a little girl. It's a fairy tale!
I was reading an article that talks about another FOX cartoon, Bob's Burgers (which is HILARIOUS and you should all watch it, lol), and points out why the Belcher family is more realistic than the Simpson family. The Belcher/Simpson marriages in particular are discussed:
Homer's screw-ups were funny and forgivable in the beginning of the series, but like wise_rita said the show has really gone downhill lately. If Marge were a GBCNer talking about the things that her DH Homer had done, I think we'd all be telling her to run for the hills.
I LOVE Bob's Burgers. LOVE. Louise is my spirit animal.
On that note though, I don't think The Simpsons are realistic enough to cross over into the "real world." We all know they won't age, Marge won't leave Homer for good, Bart will always be mischevious, Lisa will always be a girl with a noble quest. Maggie won't ever talk, and Snowball/Santos L. Halper will always be there. It's perfection. You can get lost in the static-ness of Springfield. It's like a dream that you know couldn't ever come true, but it's nice for the time you're there.
"Santos L. Halper" made me snort out loud. I just don't think the humor on The Simpsons is good enough nowadays for me to overlook their shortcomings. I could forgive Homer for being a brainless boob because his antics were followed by two hilarious minutes of Sideshow Bob stepping on garden rakes.
I think Tina Belcher is a fantastic role model for little girls. I love that they make her weird and awkward without making her pathetic.
I LOVE Bob's Burgers. LOVE. Louise is my spirit animal.
On that note though, I don't think The Simpsons are realistic enough to cross over into the "real world." We all know they won't age, Marge won't leave Homer for good, Bart will always be mischevious, Lisa will always be a girl with a noble quest. Maggie won't ever talk, and Snowball/Santos L. Halper will always be there. It's perfection. You can get lost in the static-ness of Springfield. It's like a dream that you know couldn't ever come true, but it's nice for the time you're there.
"Santos L. Halper" made me snort out loud. I just don't think the humor on The Simpsons is good enough nowadays for me to overlook their shortcomings. I could forgive Homer for being a brainless boob because his antics were followed by two hilarious minutes of Sideshow Bob stepping on garden rakes.
I think Tina Belcher is a fantastic role model for little girls. I love that they make her weird and awkward without making her pathetic.
I will agree. The Simpsons' are not what they used to be. But I will still watch. It's almost like a current nostalgia. It's all new, but yet, it's so familiar and hearkens back to a better time. I have too many feels about all this.
I also love the one where Lisa becomes a vegetarian. Love.
You don't win friends with salad.
Both amazing episodes. When the Flanders fostered the kids and left that newspaper on the stoop of their house, I lost it. I still lose it. Gah, I'm tearing up now!
"Wait, Homer,What did you just say?" "I said shut your ugly face, Flanders!"
I also love the one where Lisa becomes a vegetarian. Love.
Homer : Lisa, you mean you aren't going to eat bacon, pork or ham? Lisa: dad, those all come from the same animal. Homer: sure Lisa, some wonderful magical animal. (Pictures weird animal in his head)
"Santos L. Halper" made me snort out loud. I just don't think the humor on The Simpsons is good enough nowadays for me to overlook their shortcomings. I could forgive Homer for being a brainless boob because his antics were followed by two hilarious minutes of Sideshow Bob stepping on garden rakes.
I think Tina Belcher is a fantastic role model for little girls. I love that they make her weird and awkward without making her pathetic.
I will agree. The Simpsons' are not what they used to be. But I will still watch. It's almost like a current nostalgia. It's all new, but yet, it's so familiar and hearkens back to a better time. I have too many feels about all this.
Agreed. The Simpsons has been a HUGE part of my life ... something I looked forward to on Sunday nights, something I was excited to see in reruns, something that cheered me up during the awkward tween and teen years. Knowing the show inside and out actually helped me make friends in late high school and in college.
It's not the same as How I Met Your Mother, where I disliked it by the end but I was determined to stick with it for the payoff (RAGE at that bullshit ending of theirs). I know that The Simpsons is nowhere near as good as it used to be, but I've still got a soft spot for them and I'll support them until they decide to end it. I really do hope that they pull the plug soon, but I can't blame them for wanting to see how far they can take this.
Piggybacking on your avatar, same thing with Futurama - the first run was fantastic, but the reboot was ... not. But I stuck with it out of loyalty. And I think they brought it home pretty well with a very sweet, satisfying ending.
Post by chittybangbang on Jul 25, 2014 9:30:35 GMT -5
"One fish, two fish, blowfish, blue fish" has always stood out in my mind as fantastic. Just in the whole what would you do with only a day to live type thing.
Also clown college is a massive favourite. Any time the dog does something weird in our house one of us will say to the other "we'll I don't think any of us were expecting that".
I will agree. The Simpsons' are not what they used to be. But I will still watch. It's almost like a current nostalgia. It's all new, but yet, it's so familiar and hearkens back to a better time. I have too many feels about all this.
Agreed. The Simpsons has been a HUGE part of my life ... something I looked forward to on Sunday nights, something I was excited to see in reruns, something that cheered me up during the awkward tween and teen years. Knowing the show inside and out actually helped me make friends in late high school and in college.
It's not the same as How I Met Your Mother, where I disliked it by the end but I was determined to stick with it for the payoff (RAGE at that bullshit ending of theirs). I know that The Simpsons is nowhere near as good as it used to be, but I've still got a soft spot for them and I'll support them until they decide to end it. I really do hope that they pull the plug soon, but I can't blame them for wanting to see how far they can take this.
Piggybacking on your avatar, same thing with Futurama - the first run was fantastic, but the reboot was ... not. But I stuck with it out of loyalty. And I think they brought it home pretty well with a very sweet, satisfying ending.
Futurama is and always will be my favorite show. I was glad they brought it back, since their first second cancellation left things up in the air. I really REALLY need a Tapped Out: Futurama.
"It smells like burning" is my favorite quote ever. I love Ralph. I love every episode with Ralph. The one where Bart becomes his friend only for the skeleton key, and then realizes how great Ralph is at the end? Tears. Real tears.
"One fish, two fish, blowfish, blue fish" has always stood out in my mind as fantastic. Just in the whole what would you do with only a day to live type thing.
Also clown college is a massive favourite. Any time the dog does something weird in our house one of us will say to the other "we'll I don't think any of us were expecting that".
We have a black cat and seriously debated naming her Snowball II (never mind the fact that we never had a Snowball I).
I like to pick her up and coo, "Be the baby, kitty! Come on! Be the baby!"
"It smells like burning" is my favorite quote ever. I love Ralph. I love every episode with Ralph. The one where Bart becomes his friend only for the skeleton key, and then realizes how great Ralph is at the end? Tears. Real tears.
I've cried at the one where Homer drops his mother off with the hippies and the last thing he says to her is, "Don't forget me!" And then he sits on his car hood and watches the stars.
Look, I know that The Simpsons is a cartoon. But the gross imbalance of Marge and Homer’s marriage is so obvious and troublesome that Marge finally reaching her breaking point (again) ended up as a major plot point of The Simpsons Movie. Admittedly, she brings some heartache on herself by staying with Homer even after he’s hideously embarrassed her at a chili cook-off, told all their marital secrets to the students in a class he’s teaching at The Learning Annex, endangered the family by being reckless with a handgun … I could go on. All of his failings as a husband are consistent with everything we know about his character, whereas on the rare occasions when Marge is the bigger screw-up — developing a gambling addiction, aggressively pursuing an invitation to join the local country club — she’s acting completely out of character and snaps back to normal by the episode’s end. The more Simpsons producers have to reach to find ways for Homer to disappoint Marge, the harder it is to buy that she would want to stay married to him. The Belcher marriage is not only more equitable than the Simpsons marriage, it’s more believable than those on many live-action sitcoms, on which the husband is a lazy boob and the wife is a nagging shrew (Everybody Loves Raymond, The King Of Queens, Home Improvement). Sure, Bob gets so annoyed by Linda’s parents that he recklessly hides between the walls in the apartment to avoid them. But Linda’s not perfect, either: She ignores Bob’s objections when she wants to do things like hang her sister’s terrible paintings (of animal anuses) all over the restaurant, or expand their horizons by double-dating with Mort and his Internet girlfriend. And that’s about as touchy as things ever get between Linda and Bob: None of their conflicts is remotely a deal-breaker.
Homer's screw-ups were funny and forgivable in the beginning of the series, but like wise_rita said the show has really gone downhill lately. If Marge were a GBCNer talking about the things that her DH Homer had done, I think we'd all be telling her to run for the hills.
I've seen these episodes multiple times and I still laughed out loud while I read those sentences. I freaking love this show. When season 3 was finally added to Netflix I sent H a text in all caps because OMG BOBS BURGERS IS ON NETFLIX, COME HOME NOW SO WE CAN WATCH ALL THE EPISODES!!!1!!1ELEVENTY!! DD loves it too.
Gene is the only that occasionally annoys me, everyone and everything else is perfection. And of course, I love Lisa and she was awesome while I was growing up, especially with her rants on Malibu Stacey and her love for Bleeding Gums and her saxophone and being unashamedly nerdy BUT… I think Tina is almost as awesome and, especially recently, more interesting to watch.
"I'm sick of acting like a dumb, helpless girl just so a hot boy who dances his feelings will notice me. That's not who I am. I'm a smart, strong, sensual woman."
Homer's screw-ups were funny and forgivable in the beginning of the series, but like wise_rita said the show has really gone downhill lately. If Marge were a GBCNer talking about the things that her DH Homer had done, I think we'd all be telling her to run for the hills.
I've seen these episodes multiple times and I still laughed out loud while I read those sentences. I freaking love this show. When season 3 was finally added to Netflix I sent H a text in all caps because OMG BOBS BURGERS IS ON NETFLIX, COME HOME NOW SO WE CAN WATCH ALL THE EPISODES!!!1!!1ELEVENTY!! DD loves it too.
Gene is the only that occasionally annoys me, everyone and everything else is perfection. And of course, I love Lisa and she was awesome while I was growing up, especially with her rants on Malibu Stacey and her love for Bleeding Gums and her saxophone and being unashamedly nerdy BUT… I think Tina is almost as awesome and, especially recently, more interesting to watch.
"I'm sick of acting like a dumb, helpless girl just so a hot boy who dances his feelings will notice me. That's not who I am. I'm a smart, strong, sensual woman."
The Dumbo parody song about the animal butts was what first made me fall in love with this show.
"It smells like burning" is my favorite quote ever. I love Ralph. I love every episode with Ralph. The one where Bart becomes his friend only for the skeleton key, and then realizes how great Ralph is at the end? Tears. Real tears.
(heart) I regularly use that line when I smell smoke.
The Simpsons have been on tv the majority of my life. I barely remember a time when I didn't watch them Sunday nights. It's just what you do.
"It smells like burning" is my favorite quote ever. I love Ralph. I love every episode with Ralph. The one where Bart becomes his friend only for the skeleton key, and then realizes how great Ralph is at the end? Tears. Real tears.
I always think "These berries (or they?) taste like burning" is from the Lord of the Flies episode. Again, another quality episode that I can't believe didn't make the top 10 list!!
Post by LoveTrains on Jul 25, 2014 11:06:00 GMT -5
I just wasn't sure if there was another episode with some quality stuff that I was missing! You don't have to turn in your fan card. I am sure you have me beat.