Great rerun on tonight: Homer gets sent to do missionary work on some tropical island. It has, incidentally, one of the funniest opening segments in all of Simpsons history: The PBS pledge where Homer places a fake pledge of $10,000 and Betty White sends a band of PBS thugs after him to collect the money. The posse included an angry Mr. Rogers ("It's a beautiful day to kick your ass"), Teletubbies that shoot lasers from their head-thingies, and a Big Bird that swoops down from the sky and screaches like a bird of prey when it lands in front of the fleeing Homer.
But, the reason I revisited this thread: After licking toads on the tropical island, Homer begins hallucinating. He hold the toad in front of his eyes, and it begins talking in Marge's voice (which is actually coming through on a Ham radio in his room). Homer realizes what's really going on, and focusses his attention on the radio, where Marge is still trying to get his attention. This is how she calls him...
Quote: Hello?... is there anybody in theeerrrrre?
The opening lyric of "Comfortably Numb", for those unaware, and Marge "sings" it perfectly. The Simpsons' tribute to Pink Floyd.
They need to get on their feet again
That is so cheap.
In that Homer goes to college episode, the Dean has a DSOTM poster on his wall. And in the future episode, there is a Rolling Stones poster parodying their "Steel Wheels" album, that says Rolling Stones Tour 2010 - "Steel Wheelchairs".
Who shot Mr. Burns?
(after Wiggum wakes up from the inspired "Better look Burns' suit!" dream)
Eddie: Hey chief, I figured we could go down to forensics and have another look at Burns' suit. Wiggum: Did you have the same dream with the burning cards and the backwards talking? Eddie: I'll drive.
Re: The Simpsons - most quotable show
From a couple of weeks ago, a rerun:
Homer and Bart are scheming to con the residents of Springfield into giving them cash, through set-ups and fake crisis (one involves a "blind" Bart dropping an fake cake onto the ground after knocking into Kent Brochman, who feels bad and gives him money to replace it).
So, as Homer and Bart discuss the plans in their kitchen, Bart expresses concern that what they're doing simply isn't right. Homer suggests that it's a sort of "payback" for all of the terrible things God has forced him to endure over the years, and that it's justified. Bart begins to agree, and also suggests that they'd only be taking money from people they know anyway, so it's all ok. And, then Homer says...
"Yeah... it's like the seasons."
I don't know what it is about that line, but I died when I first heard it. But, it took a couple of seconds, as I tried to "get it". Once I realized there was nothing at all to "get", and that it was just a ridiculous comment, I found it hysterical. I cracked up the second time too, even though I knew it was coming on the rerun. It's just so idiotic and off the wall, I just found it so funny. And, you'd have had to heard it to get how weird it was; My description alone does it no justice.
I need to start using that line to justify everything in my life that makes no sense.
Well...
It means Dark Side of the Monkey will have no EzBoard-sponsored ads of any kind for the next for the next 6 months. No pop ups, no banners, no "announcement" ads (so it seems), and none of those bottom links.
I had to ask real nice, and they said ok. So, they gave me that little collection of pixels to to compensate for my lack of a real life.
That icon is a work of art, full of frustration and irony. Pacman is impotent, and gets killed by any non-pill entity he touches. So what happens when two Pacmen collide? The only tiebreaker is the power pill, which turns the tables. Anything he touches, dies. However in that case, the two Pacmen would both die again. The piece makes a poignant statement about the temporary nature of existence and the more temporary nature of coexistence. Essentially, existence itself is very fragile, so we should make the most of it and stop doing things like slouching at chair and analysing the artistic merit of icons ...
Bah.
Hey Thunder, that quote got me too. However I much preferred the appearance by MJ and the "rest" of the Jackson five, in sync no less. LOL.
From tonight's re-run:
(Homer is imprisoned for grand theft auto after assisting Moe in insurance fraud. He breaks out of the prison by masquerading as the prison librarian after beating the real one, Hans Moleman, over the head with a copy of "How to dig out of prison". He's commandeered the bookshelf-on-wheels and is using it as a scooter.)
Homer: Must kill Moe, must kill Moe ... Wheeeee! Must kill Moe, must kill moe ... Wheeeeee!
Re: From tonight's re-run:
Kinda humerous one from a couple of nights ago:
Lisa: Hey, I know a place you guys can skate that's virtually deserted!
*kids mumble, confused*
Lisa: You know, like, whatever
*kids mumble in understanding*
Mr. Burns: Hello, my name is Mr. Burns
Clerk guy: (in a friendly manner) Alright Mr. Burns, what's your first name?
Mr. Burns: I... Don't... know...
And from the ever-so-popular Ralph Wiggum:
"Daddy, I'm ready to get out now!"
You really have to hear it for it to be as funny as it is.
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"Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such nature documentaries as Earwigs - Ewwwwwwww! and Man vs. Nature - The Road to Victory."
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