The Simpsons

[Locke]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

Homer at the Bat turns 25 this week. Fox has a new mockumentary on Sunday:

http://thecomeback.com/pop-culture/h...ut-sunday.html

This was always one of my favorite episodes.

Where can you watch this?

[MissTeeks]

Originally Posted by Locke

Where can you watch this?

It's on the Fox website if you can get around the geographic restriction.

https://www.fox.com/springfield-of-d...homer-simpson/

[Ashasx]

I guess they pissed off a lot of people last night:

https://twitter.com/user/status/983200703660351488

[zamler]

This show is dead to me haven't watched in a couple of years.

[White Out 403]

oh god. now they're coming for apu. jesus christ.

[CliffFletcher]

I watched the Simpsons at broadcast from episode one until I stopped in the late 90s. But now I'm re-watching it with the kids on iTunes. Quite the nostalgia trip to watch memorable episodes I hadn't seen in almost 30 years. And my kids got a big kick out of Mr. Burns uttering the line they've heard me say every time we've eaten fish and chips: "Let the fools have their tar-tar sauce."

Oh, and I hope the writers stick to their guns about Apu. The whole point of the Simpsons is caricaturing every demographic under the sun. 1,900 people angry on twitter is nothing more than 1,900 people angry on twitter.

[dino7c]

good god everything is offensive these days

racist character apu? come on now its ####ing funny

Maybe Cletus is offensive to my red neck trailer park living uncle, where does it end

[Scroopy Noopers]

Don’t have a cow - Apu.

That’s hilarious!

[Nadal Fan]

If you change Apu then how about groundskeeper Willy, Bumblebee Man, Krusty the Clown, where does it end?

[White Out 403]

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

If you change Apu then how about groundskeeper Willy, Bumblebee Man, Krusty the Clown, where does it end?

So the big rebuttal in the short doc "the problem with apu" is that italians and scotts and latinos already have other strong identifiable pubic characters, as if that its the simpsons fault. ludicrous.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

This loser is just desperate for his 15 minutes. It's funny to see him take a shot at the Simpsons for not being relevant. Oh, yeah, arguably the greatest television show in history is worried that some two bit loser hack comedian is trying to make a name for himself by playing the victim racist card so he can get himself some publicity.

The sad part is that his fake outrage is working. He's got all the headlines and since everyone loves a controversy, the Simpsons are getting ripped by pretty much every site/publication out there.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

The sad part is that his fake outrage is working. He's got all the headlines and since everyone loves a controversy, the Simpsons are getting ripped by pretty much every site/publication out there.

The media's habit of turning any twitter spat into CONTROVERSY has got to end. Sure, it will whip up the usual suspects and the easily riled. But at this point most people gotta be sick of the outrage machine. We can't let our entertainment and our politics dance to the tune of a few outraged people abetted by cynical journalists.

And yes, journalists are extremely cynical in the way they handle this stuff. They know that there's something wrong with depicting anything that 95 per cent of people are fine with and 5 per cent upset about as a genuinely contentious issue. They do it for the page clicks, but they know it's bull####.

[rotten42]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

The media's habit of turning any twitter spat into CONTROVERSY has got to end. Sure, it will whip up the usual suspects and the easily riled. But at this point most people gotta be sick of the outrage machine. We can't let our entertainment and our politics dance to the tune of a few outraged people abetted by cynical journalists.

\.

I agree....I think it could also be said about the whole "Can CP become a "civil" place again? thread.

[Nadal Fan]

Season premiere tonight, and I thought it was actually pretty funny. Did anyone else catch the Calgary reference? There filming a movie and Homer said downtown New York was actually filmed in Calgary, I love when the Simpsons show us love. Plus Gal Gadot was in it.

[calf]

I had no idea this was a debate, and I don't know how I feel.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1121811209047535616

https://www.buzzfeed.com/katangus/th...rive-you-crazy

But despite being almost universally beloved, there is ONE THING about "You Only Move Twice" that fans have never been able to agree on.

It comes partway through the episode. Hank welcomes the Simpsons to their new home, and to show them JUST how welcoming he is, he throws away his moccasins — and this exchange happens:
Hank: Don't like them? Then neither do I! [throws away the moccasins] Ever see a guy say goodbye to a shoe?

Homer: [chuckling] Yes, once.

A pretty amusing, innocuous scene right? WRONG. Because here's the question that can tear friendships apart at the seams:

When Homer says "yes, once," is he referring to some previous time he'd seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?

...OR...

Is he referring to having JUST SEEN Hank throw away his moccasins?

[btimbit]

What a great episode

[CaptainCrunch]

yeah it makes one sad when compared to the show now.

[Ped]

It's often cut in reruns but when Homer asks Scorpio if he has any sugar, and then Scorpio pulls out loose sugar from his pockets and says sorry its not in packets, then asked Homer if he wants any cream (with his hands back in his pockets).



"Uhhhh, no."


People that watch Simpsons today have no idea of how funny it was, like the vegetarian episode, or Willy talking about 'ating the mess the dog left on the floor, or the film festival


So many moments.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by calf

I had no idea this was a debate, and I don't know how I feel.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1121811209047535616

https://www.buzzfeed.com/katangus/th...rive-you-crazy

Apparently, that line was improvised (both the Albert Brooks line and Dan Castellaneta's response were improvised).

Castellaneta said:

"The line was improvised. Albert Brooks always improvised whenever he did the show. That line was a reflexive response to Albert's improvised line about seeing a man say goodbye to a shoe. I probably thought it was a previous time but it is funnier if it means he saw it at that moment."

https://www.buzzfeed.com/katangus/do...Xzg#.xoZ1lzBAn

[Cecil Terwilliger]

That buzzfeed poll has over 100k votes.

Today the internet has officially proved its usefulness in our society.