Quicky Opinion: Them, Robot was a funny episode of Simpsons, which offered some (Though not enough for my tastes) good satire about the state of the economy and had a pretty good story about Homer trying to work with robots, only to inevitably reprogram them to try to kill them after they won't let him drink beer because of their prime directive. Many of the jokes were good here and the story worked well enough. All in all, a pretty solid week for The Simpsons. Quicky Grade: 78% (Good)
Memorable Moments
-I enjoyed the cold open, which shows how much the economy has changed since 1989. And the various allusions to things that happened to The Simpsons in those various years (Michael Jackson, Stampy, and the return of Plopper among other things) was good too.
-Homer: "Thank God it's TGIF!"
-Enjoyed the live band Burns has Smithers conduct to kick off afternoon announcements and Homer's Super D'oh, which results in the desturction of the newly rebuilt Washington Monument, the Museum of Sight Gags and Gil, apparently. His dominoes are fine though. Train Conductor: "I told them to make these tracks D'oh proof."
-Homer: "A weekend without drinking is no big deal. I did it when I was in that alcohol induced coma!"
-Lisa: "You promised to help me write a Haiku." Homer: "Why did I do that? It sounds so dull and boring. What was I thinking?" (Cut to Lisa who's written all this down as her haiku.) Lisa: "Thank you."
-Employee Drug Testing Today. Tomorrow: Tequila Tuesday.
-Homer: "Oh Lord, I have once again besodded my liver with thy fermented gifts. If you can weasal me out of this physical, I will blow your mind by doing something incredibly holy. At some point. Amen. Now to mumble in a religious fashion."
-Mr. Burns: "This Trap Door App works like a charm." Other apps on Mr. Burns Ipad include Am I Alive?, Ukulele Hero, Google Naps, Captain Billy's Whiz-Bang and Angry Burns.
-Mr. Burns: "This is the last time I pay the price for the irritating mortality of the human worker. Smithers, it's time to restaff with the super intelligent Kangaroo's we've been breeding." Smithers: "I'm sorry sir, but they just filled their pouches with office supplies and hopped away." Mr. Burns: "Even the Joeys?" Smithers: "You know sir, there is a more high-tech solution." Mr. Burns: "More high-tech than Kangaroos?"
-Homer's reaction to the robots: "Aah! Comic-Con nerds!"
-Mr. Burns: "I give you permission to shake your fists in anger twice. (They all do that) I didn't say Monty Says. Now I have cause to terminate."
-Mr. Burns: "Now get out!" Carl: "You didn't say Monty says." Mr. Burns: "This is no game!"
-Homer: "Mr. Burns, before I leave, I've got a few things to get off my chest! One! I like the new microwave in the break room. Just push popcorn, you don't have to know how long. Two! Replacing us with robots is heartless and dispicable! Three! How about a farewell party with a caricature artist? You know, it's something both kids and adults can enjoy. So to sum up: Nicely done, we hate you, and food for thought."
-Mr. Burns: "As it turns out, there is one job available, but be forewarned: it promises naught, but soul-crushing boredom." Homer: "Does the chair lean back like this? (He leans far back)" Mr. Burns: "Yes." Homer: "Woohoo!"
-Moe: "Homer, show a little more sensitivity around these jobless washouts, eh?"
-Homer: "I'm miserable there. I'm all alone and when there's some problem due to human error, guess who gets blamed." Lenny: "Homer? You know what I'm playing for ya? The world's smallest violin. And now I gotta sell it, just to make rent!"
-The Android's Dungeon: Androids Not Welcome.
-First Church of Springfield: We've Run Out of Consoling Phrases
-The flashback to the arrival of Mr. Burns and the origin of Moe becoming ugly on the outside was pretty funny.
-Smithers: "Fine. We will not be reading Death in Venice today." Clas: "Ooooooh." Kearney: "Someone's in a mood!"
-Homer: "What happened to you guys? You used to be cool." Robot: "We are the same temperature we have always been."
-Robot: "We cannot take the inferior one." Milhouse: "My heart makes up for my shortcomings. Like Rudy!" Robot: "Rudy was only put in at the end of a meaningless game." Different Robot: "We will notify you if this game becomes meaningless."
-Homer: "That could've been MY motherboard lying in the street."
-Robot: "Alcohol is harmful to humans." Homer: "Yeah, yeah, save your breath." Robot: "We have no breath. Different Robot: "We do vent Nitrogen once a year". Robot: "You do not want to be around for that."
-Flanders: "Uh, Homer, I'm afraid this is the part of God's perfect plan where you are murdered by robots." Homer: Flanders, I don't judge a robot by the colour of their eyes. I look at their hands, which have turned into buzzsaws.
-Robots: "Eliminate impediment. Eliminate-" Homer: "Just say 'kill me' jerks!" Robots: "Kill him. Kill him."
-Lisa: "Dad! They can only go three miles an hour!" Homer: I'm doomed! Can they climb stairs?" Lisa: "With great difficulty." Homer: "I'm doomed!!"
-Mr. Burns: "There's one thing man has that machines can never match: hounds!"
-Mr. Burns: "Ahh, the Solarium. We'll be safely cornered in this glass room with one door."
-Homer: "Before we die, can you tell me how old you really are?" Mr. Burns: "Well, it has 4 digits..."
-Lenny: "Unemplyed Springfielders to the rescue!" Carl: "And underemployed!"
-Smithers: "To Servos with love!"
-Homer: "Guys, thank you! The words 'prime directive' get thrown around a lot these days, but I'm glad yours was saving me. The saddest part is none of this had to happen if Mr. Burns had simply trusted the human worker. Or, if someone, anyone, had told me that robots were incapable of human feelings." Robot: "I told you precisely that fact, 1582 ti- (Bart takes his head off)"
-Mr. Burns: "You're all hired back- as temps!"
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Monday, 19 March 2012
Monday, 12 March 2012
Memorable Moments: The Simpsons: How I Wet Your Mother
Quicky Opinion: I was a bit worried about this episode before watching it, because I heard it was an Inception spoof, and while I loved that movie, I was worried the episode would come across as dated. Luckily though, this didn't turn out to be the case at all, as the episode only used certain elements from Inception (which all worked) and it was all used to tell a well-done, funny, and at the end, very sweet story about Homer still feeling responsible for his mother leaving when he was a kid. The mystery of why he was wetting the bed was a good one and I liked the mislead at the beginning that actually planted the seeds for the real source of Homer's guilt. And Glenn Close is always good as Mona Simpson, so it's good to know they can still come up with ways to use her character, even though she's dead. All in all, another great one from The Simpsons. Quicky Grade: 80% (Great)
Memorable Moments
-Boxes in the Supply Closet include: 'Paba-Free, Sunscreen', 'Pants, Emergency', "Putty, Silly', and 'Putty, Serious.'
-Homer: "Did you guys see that stupid foul call in the game last night?" Lenny: "See it? We followed the Ref home and beat the crap out of him." Carl: "I still think that may have been a kid who worked at Footlocker."
-Homer: "Attention lovers of unguarded office supplies! Come and steal things you can easily afford!"
-Mr. Burns: "Oh Lenny, why would you steal my bear?" Lenny: "I just wanted something to cuddle at night." Mr. Burns: "That's my cuddle bear. I loved him, I shot him. He's mine!"
-Barney: "If you paid us better, we wouldn't have to steal." Mr. Burns: "You don't even work here!" Barney: "Wha?! You mean I've been calling in sick for nothing! I may not be here tomorrow. That's for sure."
-Homer: "Before I do anything, I stop and ask myself: What Would Jesus and Mr. Burns Do?"
-Mr. Burns: "Hush. Now, while Simpson gets the day off, the rest of you will write 30-page essays entitled: Homer Simpson, Moral Lone Star." Lenny: "Question: Can we have fun with it?" Mr. Burns: "No, you may not."
-Homer: "I wet the bed! The one embarassing thing I've never done!"
-Homer: "Marge, from time to time, I've heard you speak of a 'washing machine'. Where could I find this marvelous contraption?"
-Random Girl: "This is the best 'I'm sorry' party Homer's ever thrown." Lenny to Girl: "Who the hell are you?"
-Homer: "One more announcement: make sure you whack Pinata Me and not Real Me."
-Homer's Party Plan: 1. Get Them to Forgive Me. 2. Ask Them to Chip In.
-Homer: "Tomorrow morning, my sheets will be as dry as the surface of Mars, except for the poles."
-Homer: "Ohh, I did the right thing for nothing!"
-Springfield Yellow Pages: The Internet For Old People.
-Shameful Eddie's: The Embarassing Problem Superstore.
-Bart: "What's going on? Is this a joke?" Homer: "Son, I'm afraid the Uralarm Wiz-No-More 9000 is no joke."
-Marge: "We're wetting the bed?!" Homer: "Hey, when you were pregnant, everything was 'we'!"
-Confidence Man Adult Diapers
-Professor Frink: "Yes, I heard about your husbands bedwetting problem." Marge: "How do you know about it?" Professor Frink: "Tweeted by Bart. Retweeted by Krusty."
-Homer: "In my dreams, I'm an intermediate skiier."
-Marge: "It's Death! I recognize him from 40th Birthday cards!"
-Professor Frink: "Because I neglected to install the latest Adobe Acrobat update, if you die in the dream, you die in real life." Marge: "nuh!" Professor Frink: "Incidentally, I've also proven that Hell is real and everybody goes there. Frink out."
-Bart: "Wait, dreams have rules?" Lisa: "Everything has rules, Bart." Bart: "Not me, when I hit the dance floor."
-The dream done in Tracy Ullman style complete with the old Homer voice was quite funny.
-Also funny: Homer's friend Keggy, which is a female talking beer keg with Marge's hair, doughnut ears, and a pizza tongue."
-Dream Apu: "In this fantasy Kwik-E-Mart, you get your change in bacon!"
-Dream Moes: "In this place, Mothers are FOR drunk driving."
-Homer: "Oh, lighten up Marge. I take you to the Disneyland of me and you just wanna go to the lost-and-found".
-Professor Frink: "If I unhook them now, I won't know if this is safe to use on chimps!"
-Homer: "Quick! Gum up the gears with Moes!"
-Homer: "Oh Death, you're a lifesaver!"
-Marge: "Mona, you're alive?!" Mona: "No, but I live on in Homer's dreams." Homer: "Just like my hair." (a head of light brown curlish hair grows on him) Marge: "That's Jennifer Aniston's hair on Friends!" Homer: "Exactly like Chandler. Always criticizing."
-Homer: "There's nothing in this dream world that can't strangle you!"
-Bart: "Pathetic. The kid who can't keep his parents marriage together is no kid at all."
-Homer: "I'm cured! I'll never wet the bed again!" Marge: "And maybe, you'll stop overeating too." Homer: "No can do, baby."
-Mona: "And never forget Homer: the three of us will always be together. In your memory. Right next to the movie trivia."
-Homer: "Woohoo! I'm dry! Come on everybody! Feel daddy's underpants!" Lisa: "We'll take your word for it."
Memorable Moments
-Boxes in the Supply Closet include: 'Paba-Free, Sunscreen', 'Pants, Emergency', "Putty, Silly', and 'Putty, Serious.'
-Homer: "Did you guys see that stupid foul call in the game last night?" Lenny: "See it? We followed the Ref home and beat the crap out of him." Carl: "I still think that may have been a kid who worked at Footlocker."
-Homer: "Attention lovers of unguarded office supplies! Come and steal things you can easily afford!"
-Mr. Burns: "Oh Lenny, why would you steal my bear?" Lenny: "I just wanted something to cuddle at night." Mr. Burns: "That's my cuddle bear. I loved him, I shot him. He's mine!"
-Barney: "If you paid us better, we wouldn't have to steal." Mr. Burns: "You don't even work here!" Barney: "Wha?! You mean I've been calling in sick for nothing! I may not be here tomorrow. That's for sure."
-Homer: "Before I do anything, I stop and ask myself: What Would Jesus and Mr. Burns Do?"
-Mr. Burns: "Hush. Now, while Simpson gets the day off, the rest of you will write 30-page essays entitled: Homer Simpson, Moral Lone Star." Lenny: "Question: Can we have fun with it?" Mr. Burns: "No, you may not."
-Homer: "I wet the bed! The one embarassing thing I've never done!"
-Homer: "Marge, from time to time, I've heard you speak of a 'washing machine'. Where could I find this marvelous contraption?"
-Random Girl: "This is the best 'I'm sorry' party Homer's ever thrown." Lenny to Girl: "Who the hell are you?"
-Homer: "One more announcement: make sure you whack Pinata Me and not Real Me."
-Homer's Party Plan: 1. Get Them to Forgive Me. 2. Ask Them to Chip In.
-Homer: "Tomorrow morning, my sheets will be as dry as the surface of Mars, except for the poles."
-Homer: "Ohh, I did the right thing for nothing!"
-Springfield Yellow Pages: The Internet For Old People.
-Shameful Eddie's: The Embarassing Problem Superstore.
-Bart: "What's going on? Is this a joke?" Homer: "Son, I'm afraid the Uralarm Wiz-No-More 9000 is no joke."
-Marge: "We're wetting the bed?!" Homer: "Hey, when you were pregnant, everything was 'we'!"
-Confidence Man Adult Diapers
-Professor Frink: "Yes, I heard about your husbands bedwetting problem." Marge: "How do you know about it?" Professor Frink: "Tweeted by Bart. Retweeted by Krusty."
-Homer: "In my dreams, I'm an intermediate skiier."
-Marge: "It's Death! I recognize him from 40th Birthday cards!"
-Professor Frink: "Because I neglected to install the latest Adobe Acrobat update, if you die in the dream, you die in real life." Marge: "nuh!" Professor Frink: "Incidentally, I've also proven that Hell is real and everybody goes there. Frink out."
-Bart: "Wait, dreams have rules?" Lisa: "Everything has rules, Bart." Bart: "Not me, when I hit the dance floor."
-The dream done in Tracy Ullman style complete with the old Homer voice was quite funny.
-Also funny: Homer's friend Keggy, which is a female talking beer keg with Marge's hair, doughnut ears, and a pizza tongue."
-Dream Apu: "In this fantasy Kwik-E-Mart, you get your change in bacon!"
-Dream Moes: "In this place, Mothers are FOR drunk driving."
-Homer: "Oh, lighten up Marge. I take you to the Disneyland of me and you just wanna go to the lost-and-found".
-Professor Frink: "If I unhook them now, I won't know if this is safe to use on chimps!"
-Homer: "Quick! Gum up the gears with Moes!"
-Homer: "Oh Death, you're a lifesaver!"
-Marge: "Mona, you're alive?!" Mona: "No, but I live on in Homer's dreams." Homer: "Just like my hair." (a head of light brown curlish hair grows on him) Marge: "That's Jennifer Aniston's hair on Friends!" Homer: "Exactly like Chandler. Always criticizing."
-Homer: "There's nothing in this dream world that can't strangle you!"
-Bart: "Pathetic. The kid who can't keep his parents marriage together is no kid at all."
-Homer: "I'm cured! I'll never wet the bed again!" Marge: "And maybe, you'll stop overeating too." Homer: "No can do, baby."
-Mona: "And never forget Homer: the three of us will always be together. In your memory. Right next to the movie trivia."
-Homer: "Woohoo! I'm dry! Come on everybody! Feel daddy's underpants!" Lisa: "We'll take your word for it."
Monday, 16 January 2012
Memorable Moments: The Simpsons: The D'oh-cial Network
Quicky Opinion: The D'oh-cial Network wasn't the best episode of this season, but it still brought the laughs to the table. I was glad to see it was more targeting Facebook than The Social Network, as a complete parody of that movie would feel pretty dated at this point. I liked the framing device that the whole story was set around and the general plot. But, you would think The Simpsons would be able to come up with more material for a show targeting Facebook. There were two filler segments at the end, for crying out loud (Though those were both pretty funny). So not The Simpsons best effort this season, but still one with plenty of funny moments. Quicky Grade: Enjoyable Enough (Pretty Good)
Memorable Moments
-Chalkboard: We Do Need No Education
-The Couch Gag with the family rushing to make an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman was quite enjoyable.
-Blue-Haired Lawyer: "Lisa Simpson, your actions have brought devastation upon this town. And all because of your selfish desire to be accepted by others".
-Homer: "Leave her alone! That's my only talking daughter!"
-Blue-Haired Lawyer: "Your honor, I would like to request that everyone in the court in their minds picture what the witness is describing". Judge Snyder: "I'll allow it. But no flights of fancy".
-Lisa: "Like all too many stories about my family, it began with somebody watching television".
-Marge: "Homie, stop watching the movie in the other people's car". Homer: " Ooh, but I'm invested in the characters!"
-Homer: "Marge, if you were married to Da Vinci, you wouldn't tell him not to Da Vinch".
-Stores in the new mall include Nothing Under A Thousand, Nouveau Bitch, and Banana Dictatorship.
-Lisa: "I kinda just want to create my own thing. Do you sell any plain sets?" Blocko Store Clerk: "No. We do all the imagining for you". Lisa: "Eh, well I'll just buy one of these and build something different". Blocko Store Clerk: "You do and you better build yourself a lawyer".
-Blue-Haired Lawyer: "Ms. Simpson, does the court really need to hear everything that happened in every store your family visited?" Lisa: "Trust me, I've left a lot out and cleaned up the swears".
-Mapple Store Clerk: "Yep, the lightest, most desirable computer in the world- for the next three weeks- The Mapple Void".
-Homer: "I'll take it, provided you charge me for services Google offers for free". Mapple Store Clerk: "I already have". Homer: "Suh-weet".
-Homer downloading The Complete Works of Shakespeare was a funny joke made funnier with him flexing and saying "Now, who's the greatest writer of all time?"
-The entire sequence which follows after Bart advises Lisa not to use the word conundrum, only to get overheard by Jimbo, beaten up by Jimbo, gets out of the situation when Martin Prince becomes a better target, and helps Jimbo beat up Martin was great.
-Ralph likes ice cream as food and a pillow.
-Lisa: "What if I started an online meeting place where all are equal and I am the undisputed centre?"
-Lisa: "Since I had no friends, I assembled a motley crew of the friendless to help put together my social network. Did we become friends? No."
-Springfield Elementary Computer Lab: Proud Home of the Commodore 64"
-Nelson: "The only way I would be your friend is if I could click a box under a picture saying Accept Friendship Request From.
-Jimbo: "I just got invited to make out with Shauna. See?" Dolph: "That went out to 200 guys". Jimbo: "Aw." Dolph: "And 7 girls". Jimbo: "Ahh."
-Ralph: "All my friends have birthdays this year".
-Skinner: "Doggone it. I'm less popular than the hornet's nest in the gym". Chalmers: "You said you were getting rid of that nest. Skinner: "Uhm, We trade the honey for chalk and yard sticks". Chalmers: "Hornets make honey?" Skinner: "Better than Wasp honey. Not as good as Bee". Chalmers: "Is this how you talk on dates?" Skinner: "I wish my dates were this interesting".
-Lisa: "I have 1000 friends! And only 8 of them are Milhouse!" Bart: "1000 kids? If you got each of them to send you a dollar, you'd be a millionaire!"
-Lisa: "I created something popular!" Homer: "And I created something that created something popular!" Abe: "And I created an alcoholic hippo!" Homer: "You never showed it to me!" Abe: "A stupid alcoholic hippo." Homer: "I still wanna see it". Abe: "There is no Hippo!" Homer: Then why did you say it?" Abe: "Because you're the hippo!" Homer: "Are you just saying that because you don't want me to see the hippo?" Abe: "I don't have a hippo!"
-Part of Homer's drunk SpringFace message to Marge: "...Counting the moments to closing time until I can stumble home to you. Another round Moe. Uh-oh. Did I type that? Delete! Delete! Hmm, typing delete does not delete."
-Lenny: "Uh-oh. Bernice Hibbert keeps liking Bumblebee Man's posts. That's how it staarts".
-Lisa: "Friend, friend, awaiting reply, friend".
-Lisa: "I have 1000 friends and I feel more alone than ever". Ralph on Playground Spinny Thing: "Wee!" Lisa: "I am trying to set a mood here". Ralph: "Wee..."
-I appreciated the joke about Ask Jeeves.
-Blue Haired Lawyer (Apparently also known as Burn's Lawyer): "And so Springface became too big to control. Just like the 60 ft. baby in my self-published novel: The 60 Ft. Baby. Order it online now while you can still cheat the Government on sale's tax."
-Lenny: "I don't know how to use the phone on my phone".
-Lisa: "I had a friend in common with Malcolm Gladwell!" Blue-Haired Lawyer: "He friends everybody".
-Bart: "We don't need your crummy website. We can make anything into guns".
-Janey: "Lisa, Lisa! Wanna play Marco Polo with us? We just realized you don't have to play in a pool!"
-End Captions: Principal Skinner Was Convicted of Selling Hornet Honey as Bee Honey. Mr. Burns received a payment of $35 Million Dollars even though he didn't do anything. Groundskeeper Willie was not in this episode. Lisa learned that it's not how many SpringFace friends you have, what matters is how many followers you have on SpringTwit. Kearney's Avatar died in Vietnam.
-The end thing with Patty and Selma against the Winklevoss Twins (Voiced by Armie Hammer) was also great.
-So was The Simpson's Show's Too Short Story. Especially Skinner's moral getting undercut by another Bart prank.
Memorable Moments
-Chalkboard: We Do Need No Education
-The Couch Gag with the family rushing to make an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman was quite enjoyable.
-Blue-Haired Lawyer: "Lisa Simpson, your actions have brought devastation upon this town. And all because of your selfish desire to be accepted by others".
-Homer: "Leave her alone! That's my only talking daughter!"
-Blue-Haired Lawyer: "Your honor, I would like to request that everyone in the court in their minds picture what the witness is describing". Judge Snyder: "I'll allow it. But no flights of fancy".
-Lisa: "Like all too many stories about my family, it began with somebody watching television".
-Marge: "Homie, stop watching the movie in the other people's car". Homer: " Ooh, but I'm invested in the characters!"
-Homer: "Marge, if you were married to Da Vinci, you wouldn't tell him not to Da Vinch".
-Stores in the new mall include Nothing Under A Thousand, Nouveau Bitch, and Banana Dictatorship.
-Lisa: "I kinda just want to create my own thing. Do you sell any plain sets?" Blocko Store Clerk: "No. We do all the imagining for you". Lisa: "Eh, well I'll just buy one of these and build something different". Blocko Store Clerk: "You do and you better build yourself a lawyer".
-Blue-Haired Lawyer: "Ms. Simpson, does the court really need to hear everything that happened in every store your family visited?" Lisa: "Trust me, I've left a lot out and cleaned up the swears".
-Mapple Store Clerk: "Yep, the lightest, most desirable computer in the world- for the next three weeks- The Mapple Void".
-Homer: "I'll take it, provided you charge me for services Google offers for free". Mapple Store Clerk: "I already have". Homer: "Suh-weet".
-Homer downloading The Complete Works of Shakespeare was a funny joke made funnier with him flexing and saying "Now, who's the greatest writer of all time?"
-The entire sequence which follows after Bart advises Lisa not to use the word conundrum, only to get overheard by Jimbo, beaten up by Jimbo, gets out of the situation when Martin Prince becomes a better target, and helps Jimbo beat up Martin was great.
-Ralph likes ice cream as food and a pillow.
-Lisa: "What if I started an online meeting place where all are equal and I am the undisputed centre?"
-Lisa: "Since I had no friends, I assembled a motley crew of the friendless to help put together my social network. Did we become friends? No."
-Springfield Elementary Computer Lab: Proud Home of the Commodore 64"
-Nelson: "The only way I would be your friend is if I could click a box under a picture saying Accept Friendship Request From.
-Jimbo: "I just got invited to make out with Shauna. See?" Dolph: "That went out to 200 guys". Jimbo: "Aw." Dolph: "And 7 girls". Jimbo: "Ahh."
-Ralph: "All my friends have birthdays this year".
-Skinner: "Doggone it. I'm less popular than the hornet's nest in the gym". Chalmers: "You said you were getting rid of that nest. Skinner: "Uhm, We trade the honey for chalk and yard sticks". Chalmers: "Hornets make honey?" Skinner: "Better than Wasp honey. Not as good as Bee". Chalmers: "Is this how you talk on dates?" Skinner: "I wish my dates were this interesting".
-Lisa: "I have 1000 friends! And only 8 of them are Milhouse!" Bart: "1000 kids? If you got each of them to send you a dollar, you'd be a millionaire!"
-Lisa: "I created something popular!" Homer: "And I created something that created something popular!" Abe: "And I created an alcoholic hippo!" Homer: "You never showed it to me!" Abe: "A stupid alcoholic hippo." Homer: "I still wanna see it". Abe: "There is no Hippo!" Homer: Then why did you say it?" Abe: "Because you're the hippo!" Homer: "Are you just saying that because you don't want me to see the hippo?" Abe: "I don't have a hippo!"
-Part of Homer's drunk SpringFace message to Marge: "...Counting the moments to closing time until I can stumble home to you. Another round Moe. Uh-oh. Did I type that? Delete! Delete! Hmm, typing delete does not delete."
-Lenny: "Uh-oh. Bernice Hibbert keeps liking Bumblebee Man's posts. That's how it staarts".
-Lisa: "Friend, friend, awaiting reply, friend".
-Lisa: "I have 1000 friends and I feel more alone than ever". Ralph on Playground Spinny Thing: "Wee!" Lisa: "I am trying to set a mood here". Ralph: "Wee..."
-I appreciated the joke about Ask Jeeves.
-Blue Haired Lawyer (Apparently also known as Burn's Lawyer): "And so Springface became too big to control. Just like the 60 ft. baby in my self-published novel: The 60 Ft. Baby. Order it online now while you can still cheat the Government on sale's tax."
-Lenny: "I don't know how to use the phone on my phone".
-Lisa: "I had a friend in common with Malcolm Gladwell!" Blue-Haired Lawyer: "He friends everybody".
-Bart: "We don't need your crummy website. We can make anything into guns".
-Janey: "Lisa, Lisa! Wanna play Marco Polo with us? We just realized you don't have to play in a pool!"
-End Captions: Principal Skinner Was Convicted of Selling Hornet Honey as Bee Honey. Mr. Burns received a payment of $35 Million Dollars even though he didn't do anything. Groundskeeper Willie was not in this episode. Lisa learned that it's not how many SpringFace friends you have, what matters is how many followers you have on SpringTwit. Kearney's Avatar died in Vietnam.
-The end thing with Patty and Selma against the Winklevoss Twins (Voiced by Armie Hammer) was also great.
-So was The Simpson's Show's Too Short Story. Especially Skinner's moral getting undercut by another Bart prank.
Monday, 9 January 2012
Memorable Moments: The Simpsons: Politically Inept, With Homer Simpson
Quicky Opinion: Politically Inept, With Homer Simpson wasn't as strong as the last couple episodes of this season had been, but it still had plenty of good moments. The idea of Homer as political pungent was great, and worked well for the most part. And while the last few minutes of the episode fell a little flat, I liked the twist with the fake dream. All in all, this was a good way for Simpsons to start the new year. Grade: Awesome! (Good)
Memorable Moments
-Homer: "The only things I wait in line this long for are slightly better cellphones".
-Why are the Simpsons going to a wedding? Marge: "Cousin Cathy invited us so our feelings won't be hurt and we're going so HER feelings won't be hurt." Homer: "I just don't understand the world of grown-ups".
-Homer: "Don't argue in front of the airport line. Strangers are judging are marriage!"
-Bart: "Lisa, do you really need all these Kurt Vonnegut novels?" Lisa: "They self-reference each other!"
-Homer: "Marge, do we really need all these (lowers his voice) feminine products?" Marge: "That's toothpaste!"
-TSA Lady: "True patriots breastfeed".
-Pilot: "We're going to be turning off the air, but ethnic people are permitted to open and eat their homecooked food."
-Pilot (After 7 Hours): "Good news folks. We've been cleared to taxi back to the terminal. You still can't get off but you will be able to look through the window and see other people walking around and making fun of us. Still no word on take-off."
-Stewardess: "Sir, please return to your seat". Homer: "But I have to go to the bathroom!" Stewardess: "You should've thought about that before you drank the fluids you need to live".
-Homer: "All I want is what everybody wants: preferential treatment!"
-Homer (While being beaten by TSA Agents): "I regret nothing!... except this part.
-Bart: "Post to YouTube with the following keywords: Fat, Stupid, Classic Simpsons, and just to be safe: Baby Rides Kitten Rides Penguin".
-Homer: "What gave me away?" Apu: "Well, the Hot Dogs spin counter-clockwise in fear whenever you're here, sir".
-Homer: “The quiet Homer Simpson that kept it all bottled up inside is dead. This is the birth of Homer Simpson: blowhard!”
-Homer: "Woohoo! I'm famous again!" Nash Castor: "Yes, your video's been mashed up, autotuned, Phillipined Prisonered, and occasionally watched.
-Things seen on the Headbutt News Ticker include: Rick Perry Mistakenly Signs Order To Execute Himself. Obama Calls Mulligan on First Term, Europe Puts Greece on Ebay, Steve Jobs Unveils iGhost, Congress Delays End of the World To 2013, and Biden To Republican Candidates: "Compared To You, Me Am Smart".
-Bart: "From now on, when someone asks me, I'm going to say you ARE my father". Homer: "Aw, son. Now I regret bad mouthing you to that girl you like".
-The network's Liberal Strawman sings a song to If I Only Had A Brain: "Oh, the plain and simple fact is: I'd like to raise your taxes and make your children gay".
-Marge: "How can you speak about your audience that way?" Executive: "Well what you do is you think of a derogatory term and then you think opf another word that starts with the same letter".
-Homer's book: America: Love It Or I'll Punch You. 36 Pgs including Index. It also has a book on tape version read by Lenny.
-Homer: "It's already happening people. Hoard your toilet paper. Shoot the mailman! Shoot the mailman."
-Karl: "Is it a little weird how much he cries?" Lenny: "No way. When a guy who loves America cries, that makes him super straight".
-To make a Homer Simpson Halloween mask, they just painted Shrek's face yellow.
-Right after Homer tells the children they've never seen him cry before, he bursts into tears when he finds out there's no more gravy.
-Homer: “They know I’m doing a character. Like Stephen Colbert or Newt Gingrich.”
-Homer: "I have something very American to show you. Follow me. (He walks right into the camera). Death to America! I mean- over here."
-Homer: "When March Madness spills over into April, that's the gravy. When someone messes with you and you invade the country that did it, and another one, that's the gravy. When you stick your flag in the moon and say 'Now, we're done trying!', that's the gravy! So get on the boat- the Gravy Boat! Good night, and good gravy!"
-Lisa: "What's the Gravy Boat?" Homer: "Just an innocuous little symbol, like a smiley face, or... an IOU".
-Protest signs include "Occupy Springfield: And Stay For The Garlic Festival" and a burning sign calling to
"Cut Pay for Firemen".
-Kent Brockman: “The gravy boat movement is spreading across the nation like a rumor about some kid and someone’s mom hooking up in a high school.”
-“Now Lisa, I'm an entertainer. And you can’t entertain and inform at the same time. And if you’re Access Hollywood, you do neither.”
-Springfield Republican Headquarters: We Win in 2012 Or Your Money Back.
-Homer: "Maybe I'll vote Democrat. The great thing is when they get in, they act like Republicans".
-Lisa: "You're endorsing Ted Nugent for President? He's a right wing Rock Star who likes everything I hate!" Bart: "Could there be anyone awesomer?"
-James Madison: "Rise Homer Simpson." Homer: "Aah! Mozart!"
-James Madison: "Now come, and I shall teach you of Democracy". Homer: "Can we get some pizza on the way?" James Madison: "Everything's closed". Homer: They sell some at the gas station." James Madison: "I don't want gas station pizza!"
-Homer: "So, how come your pictures not on money". James Madison: "Actually, I'm on the 5000 Dollar bill." Homer: "Do you give those out to fans, because I'm a fan!"
James Madison: "You are an embarassment to the aristocratic slave holders who forged this mighty nation!"
Homer: "No, no, John hancock. I don't need any insurance. Sam Adams?! i'm sorry I made fun of your winter ale".
-James Madison Look-Alike: Great for Birthday Parties, Field Trips, Fake Dreams.
-Bart: "I did it just to mess with your mind". Homer: "That's what a Play within a Play is for!" Marge: No stranglings on school days!"
Homer: "Well, if there's one thing I don't like being taught, it's a lesson!"
Homer: "The words 'Strutting Stadium Rocker" are overused a lot these days".
Homer: "My lips will say anything, but my eyes know the truth! My ears are keeping their mouth shut".
Memorable Moments
-Homer: "The only things I wait in line this long for are slightly better cellphones".
-Why are the Simpsons going to a wedding? Marge: "Cousin Cathy invited us so our feelings won't be hurt and we're going so HER feelings won't be hurt." Homer: "I just don't understand the world of grown-ups".
-Homer: "Don't argue in front of the airport line. Strangers are judging are marriage!"
-Bart: "Lisa, do you really need all these Kurt Vonnegut novels?" Lisa: "They self-reference each other!"
-Homer: "Marge, do we really need all these (lowers his voice) feminine products?" Marge: "That's toothpaste!"
-TSA Lady: "True patriots breastfeed".
-Pilot: "We're going to be turning off the air, but ethnic people are permitted to open and eat their homecooked food."
-Pilot (After 7 Hours): "Good news folks. We've been cleared to taxi back to the terminal. You still can't get off but you will be able to look through the window and see other people walking around and making fun of us. Still no word on take-off."
-Stewardess: "Sir, please return to your seat". Homer: "But I have to go to the bathroom!" Stewardess: "You should've thought about that before you drank the fluids you need to live".
-Homer: "All I want is what everybody wants: preferential treatment!"
-Homer (While being beaten by TSA Agents): "I regret nothing!... except this part.
-Bart: "Post to YouTube with the following keywords: Fat, Stupid, Classic Simpsons, and just to be safe: Baby Rides Kitten Rides Penguin".
-Homer: "What gave me away?" Apu: "Well, the Hot Dogs spin counter-clockwise in fear whenever you're here, sir".
-Homer: “The quiet Homer Simpson that kept it all bottled up inside is dead. This is the birth of Homer Simpson: blowhard!”
-Homer: "Woohoo! I'm famous again!" Nash Castor: "Yes, your video's been mashed up, autotuned, Phillipined Prisonered, and occasionally watched.
-Things seen on the Headbutt News Ticker include: Rick Perry Mistakenly Signs Order To Execute Himself. Obama Calls Mulligan on First Term, Europe Puts Greece on Ebay, Steve Jobs Unveils iGhost, Congress Delays End of the World To 2013, and Biden To Republican Candidates: "Compared To You, Me Am Smart".
-Bart: "From now on, when someone asks me, I'm going to say you ARE my father". Homer: "Aw, son. Now I regret bad mouthing you to that girl you like".
-The network's Liberal Strawman sings a song to If I Only Had A Brain: "Oh, the plain and simple fact is: I'd like to raise your taxes and make your children gay".
-Marge: "How can you speak about your audience that way?" Executive: "Well what you do is you think of a derogatory term and then you think opf another word that starts with the same letter".
-Homer's book: America: Love It Or I'll Punch You. 36 Pgs including Index. It also has a book on tape version read by Lenny.
-Homer: "It's already happening people. Hoard your toilet paper. Shoot the mailman! Shoot the mailman."
-Karl: "Is it a little weird how much he cries?" Lenny: "No way. When a guy who loves America cries, that makes him super straight".
-To make a Homer Simpson Halloween mask, they just painted Shrek's face yellow.
-Right after Homer tells the children they've never seen him cry before, he bursts into tears when he finds out there's no more gravy.
-Homer: “They know I’m doing a character. Like Stephen Colbert or Newt Gingrich.”
-Homer: "I have something very American to show you. Follow me. (He walks right into the camera). Death to America! I mean- over here."
-Homer: "When March Madness spills over into April, that's the gravy. When someone messes with you and you invade the country that did it, and another one, that's the gravy. When you stick your flag in the moon and say 'Now, we're done trying!', that's the gravy! So get on the boat- the Gravy Boat! Good night, and good gravy!"
-Lisa: "What's the Gravy Boat?" Homer: "Just an innocuous little symbol, like a smiley face, or... an IOU".
-Protest signs include "Occupy Springfield: And Stay For The Garlic Festival" and a burning sign calling to
"Cut Pay for Firemen".
-Kent Brockman: “The gravy boat movement is spreading across the nation like a rumor about some kid and someone’s mom hooking up in a high school.”
-“Now Lisa, I'm an entertainer. And you can’t entertain and inform at the same time. And if you’re Access Hollywood, you do neither.”
-Springfield Republican Headquarters: We Win in 2012 Or Your Money Back.
-Homer: "Maybe I'll vote Democrat. The great thing is when they get in, they act like Republicans".
-Lisa: "You're endorsing Ted Nugent for President? He's a right wing Rock Star who likes everything I hate!" Bart: "Could there be anyone awesomer?"
-James Madison: "Rise Homer Simpson." Homer: "Aah! Mozart!"
-James Madison: "Now come, and I shall teach you of Democracy". Homer: "Can we get some pizza on the way?" James Madison: "Everything's closed". Homer: They sell some at the gas station." James Madison: "I don't want gas station pizza!"
-Homer: "So, how come your pictures not on money". James Madison: "Actually, I'm on the 5000 Dollar bill." Homer: "Do you give those out to fans, because I'm a fan!"
James Madison: "You are an embarassment to the aristocratic slave holders who forged this mighty nation!"
Homer: "No, no, John hancock. I don't need any insurance. Sam Adams?! i'm sorry I made fun of your winter ale".
-James Madison Look-Alike: Great for Birthday Parties, Field Trips, Fake Dreams.
-Bart: "I did it just to mess with your mind". Homer: "That's what a Play within a Play is for!" Marge: No stranglings on school days!"
Homer: "Well, if there's one thing I don't like being taught, it's a lesson!"
Homer: "The words 'Strutting Stadium Rocker" are overused a lot these days".
Homer: "My lips will say anything, but my eyes know the truth! My ears are keeping their mouth shut".
Monday, 12 December 2011
Memorable Moments: The Simpsons: Holidays of Future Passed
Quicky Opinion: Holidays of Future Passed was a future episode and a Christmas episode all wrapped up in one. And a great one at that. There was multiple storylines, all of which had a good amount of humour and heart. This is definitely one of the best Future episodes the show has done. Maybe even as good as Lisa's Wedding from season 6. Maybe. Quicky Grade: Zounds! (Almost Perfect)
Memorable Moments
-Grandpa is dressed as Santa for Christmas Card photos. "I'm Santa?! Ohh, now I'll never die".
-Last years Christmas Card with the pets dressed as Reindeer didn't go so well. Cut to a photo of Homer getting attacked by the pets in antlers.
-Homer prepares to see It's A Wonderful Life. "I wonder what my life would be like if I never saw that movie".
-Merry Christmas From The Simpsons... And A Tranquil New Year From Lisa The Budhist.
-The montage of Christmas Cards to show the passage of time was great. I liked how Bart went from having a State College banner to a Flunked Out banner by the next year. Also the Christmas Card of Bart getting kicked out of the house.
-Bart is divorced from his girlfriend from the previous future episode
-Skinner: "You're two weeks late on the rent Bart. Not to mention that Geography report from 30 years ago".
-In the future people can transport and hear thoughts.
-Lisa: "This is a tough time of year for someone who is allergic to Holly, Mistletoe, the red part of Candy Canes..."
-St. Beatles Cathedral
-Once again, the show finds a way to keep Maggie from talking, even when she's the lead singer in a rock band. Computer Doctor: "Everything looks great Maggie, but until this baby comes, I don't want you to make a sound".
-Homer: "Oh, Marge. How would you like to have some Future Sex?" Marge: "Why do you say future? This is now". Homer: "I meant a week from now. That's when the new penis gets here."
-In the future, people recieve B-Mail. Messages sent to their brain. Including spam and viruses.
-Homer carries a top hat, red scarf, carrot, and pipe because he likes to dress up to eat his carrot and smoke.
-Homer: "Who wants to go to the park and go to the Merry-Go-Nowhere?!"
-Ned: "That's why when Homer killed Edna, I married Maude's ghost!" Ghost Maude: "There is no God, Ned! It's just a meaningless void." Ned: "Heheh. Isn't she pretty?"
-Future Air Travel. Also great.
-Christmas Cookie Recipes come in pill form now. You still have to make the actual cookies yourself though.
-Lisa: "Sometimes I wish strangling your kid is still legal." Marge: "Not since they passed Homer's Law."
-Homer and Bart's kids take advantage of a futuristic battle at the Kwik-E-Mart to get free Squishees. Cyborg Snake. Also funny.
-Kearney: "Computer, hospital". Cut to the cab arriving at the computer hospital.
-The stars are used to advertise now.
-Treehouse: "Our consciousness was a secret for thousands of years. Then one Pine Tree had to open his sappy mouth". Bart: "Back in position!"
-The hospital is next to the Monty Burns Institute for Soul Extraction.
-Hospital Attendant: "Im sorry. There's no roo at the in... patient facility". Kearny: "Lady this is Maggie Simpson. She just played a sold-out show in Beijing!" H.A: "Hmmm, a star in the east? Let me see. We do have a little room in the manger... I mean mangier wing.
-Marge: "People learn from their mistakes. And your father made SO many mistakes".
-Selma's Lovebot: "Even a robot built only to love you cannot love you. I am leaving with your sister's Compudroid."
-In place of an epidural, Maggie gets a pacifier, which is said to be even more effective.
-Apu and Manjula's Octuplets also had Octuplets. Go figure.
-Apu believes a cow is the reincarnation of his dead brother Sanjay. It's actually a mongoose that died 600 years ago, but Apu doesn't know that.
-Lisa: "Sometimes a mother's job IS to butt in!" Marge: "Lisa?" Lisa: "Butt out!"
-Martin Prince is now Marsha Princess.
-Lisa: "Google! Even though you've enslaved half the world, you're still a damn fine search engine."
-Ralph: "Hey Bart!" Bart: "Hey Ralph. I heard you died." Ralph: "I got cloneded." He promptly shoots himself accidentally, causing a new clone to take over. That Ralph gets run over by a truck driven by another Ralph who drives into a building, exploding and revealing the cargo was even more Ralphs who are all on fire.
-Bart goes to Moes: "Wow, this place hasn't changed a bit!" Moe: "Yeah, I keep meaning to change this place around, but it's always a crime scene". Cut to chalk outlines of people including Sideshow Bob, the rake, and Bumblebee Man.
-Lenny and Carl switched brains with each other at some point because Lenny wanted to get back together with his wife who had been sleeping with Carl at the time. SHE had switched her brain with a monkey on a Japanese game show and it just got weirder from there, though Lenny found it quite normal.
-Grandpa froze himself because he was sick and there was no cure. They did find one, but Homer isn't telling him that because it's way cheaper than a nursing home.
-Homer: "Everyone thinks their dad's a jerk. And everyone's right! But when you get older, you realize how much you love them."
-Bart: "Boys, I've been acting likes a 10-year-old for these past 30 years. But I swear to you, I will grow up and start acting like a 20-year-old, the way a divorced 40-year-old should!"
-Bart's Son: "You've taught us the meaning of Christmas, which schools are forbidden to tell us anymore."
-Grandpa: "If there's one time of year to give unwed mothers a break, it's Christmas."
-Marge: "Smile everyone, while the pets take our picture!" Bart: "Hmm, funny how they evolved and we didn't".
-Happy Holidays, Peace on Earth. And a Morphistic Quiznox To Our Allies on Rigel 7.
Memorable Moments
-Grandpa is dressed as Santa for Christmas Card photos. "I'm Santa?! Ohh, now I'll never die".
-Last years Christmas Card with the pets dressed as Reindeer didn't go so well. Cut to a photo of Homer getting attacked by the pets in antlers.
-Homer prepares to see It's A Wonderful Life. "I wonder what my life would be like if I never saw that movie".
-Merry Christmas From The Simpsons... And A Tranquil New Year From Lisa The Budhist.
-The montage of Christmas Cards to show the passage of time was great. I liked how Bart went from having a State College banner to a Flunked Out banner by the next year. Also the Christmas Card of Bart getting kicked out of the house.
-Bart is divorced from his girlfriend from the previous future episode
-Skinner: "You're two weeks late on the rent Bart. Not to mention that Geography report from 30 years ago".
-In the future people can transport and hear thoughts.
-Lisa: "This is a tough time of year for someone who is allergic to Holly, Mistletoe, the red part of Candy Canes..."
-St. Beatles Cathedral
-Once again, the show finds a way to keep Maggie from talking, even when she's the lead singer in a rock band. Computer Doctor: "Everything looks great Maggie, but until this baby comes, I don't want you to make a sound".
-Homer: "Oh, Marge. How would you like to have some Future Sex?" Marge: "Why do you say future? This is now". Homer: "I meant a week from now. That's when the new penis gets here."
-In the future, people recieve B-Mail. Messages sent to their brain. Including spam and viruses.
-Homer carries a top hat, red scarf, carrot, and pipe because he likes to dress up to eat his carrot and smoke.
-Homer: "Who wants to go to the park and go to the Merry-Go-Nowhere?!"
-Ned: "That's why when Homer killed Edna, I married Maude's ghost!" Ghost Maude: "There is no God, Ned! It's just a meaningless void." Ned: "Heheh. Isn't she pretty?"
-Future Air Travel. Also great.
-Christmas Cookie Recipes come in pill form now. You still have to make the actual cookies yourself though.
-Lisa: "Sometimes I wish strangling your kid is still legal." Marge: "Not since they passed Homer's Law."
-Homer and Bart's kids take advantage of a futuristic battle at the Kwik-E-Mart to get free Squishees. Cyborg Snake. Also funny.
-Kearney: "Computer, hospital". Cut to the cab arriving at the computer hospital.
-The stars are used to advertise now.
-Treehouse: "Our consciousness was a secret for thousands of years. Then one Pine Tree had to open his sappy mouth". Bart: "Back in position!"
-The hospital is next to the Monty Burns Institute for Soul Extraction.
-Hospital Attendant: "Im sorry. There's no roo at the in... patient facility". Kearny: "Lady this is Maggie Simpson. She just played a sold-out show in Beijing!" H.A: "Hmmm, a star in the east? Let me see. We do have a little room in the manger... I mean mangier wing.
-Marge: "People learn from their mistakes. And your father made SO many mistakes".
-Selma's Lovebot: "Even a robot built only to love you cannot love you. I am leaving with your sister's Compudroid."
-In place of an epidural, Maggie gets a pacifier, which is said to be even more effective.
-Apu and Manjula's Octuplets also had Octuplets. Go figure.
-Apu believes a cow is the reincarnation of his dead brother Sanjay. It's actually a mongoose that died 600 years ago, but Apu doesn't know that.
-Lisa: "Sometimes a mother's job IS to butt in!" Marge: "Lisa?" Lisa: "Butt out!"
-Martin Prince is now Marsha Princess.
-Lisa: "Google! Even though you've enslaved half the world, you're still a damn fine search engine."
-Ralph: "Hey Bart!" Bart: "Hey Ralph. I heard you died." Ralph: "I got cloneded." He promptly shoots himself accidentally, causing a new clone to take over. That Ralph gets run over by a truck driven by another Ralph who drives into a building, exploding and revealing the cargo was even more Ralphs who are all on fire.
-Bart goes to Moes: "Wow, this place hasn't changed a bit!" Moe: "Yeah, I keep meaning to change this place around, but it's always a crime scene". Cut to chalk outlines of people including Sideshow Bob, the rake, and Bumblebee Man.
-Lenny and Carl switched brains with each other at some point because Lenny wanted to get back together with his wife who had been sleeping with Carl at the time. SHE had switched her brain with a monkey on a Japanese game show and it just got weirder from there, though Lenny found it quite normal.
-Grandpa froze himself because he was sick and there was no cure. They did find one, but Homer isn't telling him that because it's way cheaper than a nursing home.
-Homer: "Everyone thinks their dad's a jerk. And everyone's right! But when you get older, you realize how much you love them."
-Bart: "Boys, I've been acting likes a 10-year-old for these past 30 years. But I swear to you, I will grow up and start acting like a 20-year-old, the way a divorced 40-year-old should!"
-Bart's Son: "You've taught us the meaning of Christmas, which schools are forbidden to tell us anymore."
-Grandpa: "If there's one time of year to give unwed mothers a break, it's Christmas."
-Marge: "Smile everyone, while the pets take our picture!" Bart: "Hmm, funny how they evolved and we didn't".
-Happy Holidays, Peace on Earth. And a Morphistic Quiznox To Our Allies on Rigel 7.
Monday, 5 December 2011
Memorable Moments: The Simpsons: The Ten-Per-Cent Solution
Quicky Opinion: The Ten-Per-Cent Solution was a lot of fun, taking another classic Simpsons plot (How many career comebacks has Krusty had now?) and throwing a new spin on it, by focusing the story on Krusty's relationship with his original agent. It also targets cable networks, Nostalgia, and even itself in a couple places for another solid episode. Season 23 has been good so far and it'll hopefully get even better from here. Quicky Grade: Totally Awesome! (Great)
Memorable Moments
-My favorite of the Itchy and Scratchy's was The Social Petwork, mostly for the way it resolved the cartoon through a big block of text, while Scala and Kolacny Brother's cover of Creep (which helped make The Social Network's trailer really memorable) played. I also liked Maggie doing a Nazi Salute after The King's speech parody
-Krusty: "And all the movies are over a year old! It's like like those parodies were written when the movies came out but it took so long to animate them that we look dated and hacky!"
-Marge: “No more TV! We’re going to get some fresh air and visit a museum. Of television!”
-Marge: "We have to see the museum of TV before next Wednesday when it's closing. Forever!" Homer: "It's closing?! But where will people find clips of old TV shows if they're not housed in a giant building?!" Cut to clever Hulu gag.
-Museum of TV and Television. Liquidation Sale: Touch the things you used to watch.
-Bart accidentally fires a gun, which hits another gun in Homer's pocket. While Homer is admiring his other gun, it fires, shoots JR, hits the enterprise, bounces off Superman and uncovers oil by the Beverly Hillbillies.
-Homer: "My pants are splitting open! And people will see my tattoo of Donald Duck smoking a doob. That was for Marge's eyes only".
-Marge: "Isn't that just a rip-off of the Honeymooners?" Homer: "Everything's a rip-off of the Honeymooners! Margie, you're the greatest!" Marge: "Oh, Ralph, Fred, Archie, King of Queens, I mean Homer".
-Homer enjoys The Adventures of Fatso Flannigan. "Hehehe. They were so childless and miserable!"
-Annie: “If you ever hear a star’s name and wonder: Is he dead? The answer is either ‘I represent him’ or yes!”
-TV Executive: "Krusty, this is never easy but... you're fired. Oh! That was easy"
-Krusty's contract states that if he's fired, it has to be done by literally firing him from a cannon. Too bad he lands in another cannon which shoots him back into the first cannon.
-Krusty: "They took my dressing room, my parking space, even my writer, so I don't have a funny third item!"
-Agent: "Krustala, I'm gonna drop you as a friend first, so that when I drop you as a client, you'll know it was only business."
-Krusty: "Go away! No kid should see his hero sunk so low!" Lisa: "Well you're not exactly my hero. I see you more as a cautionary tale".
-Bart: "People also lover a quitter. Sarah Palin. The Beatles."
-Young Krusty: "Scary world. We start with the A Bomb then skip right to the H Bomb. These geniuses can blow up the planet, but they don't know the alphabet!"
-In the flashback we also see young Jasper, young crazy cat lady, young Hans, young Agnes Skinner, and pretty much the same but in an Army Uniform Seymour Skinner.
-Young Krusty: "I don't wanna play in Peoria. They're always doing contruction on highway 74!"
-Annie: “Today’s kids are less sensitive than an army condom. They see more on TV than my mother did on her wedding night. And they don’t complain about it for the next 50 years!”
-Annie: "I was so mad at him, I didn't have sex with a clown for 5 months!" Homer: "What about mimes?" Annie: "I'm not made of stone!"
-Krusty: "Deep down I'm doing this to get back at my father!" Rabbi Krustofski: "Don't blame this on me. Your childhood was heaven."
-Annie: "I promise you, Krusty will show up on time or sober. That's right! I said 'or'!"
-Krusty: “They were kids, and we gave them candy if they laughed! And if they didn’t, until the 70s, I hit them with a stick! Some jerk tracked down the kids and made a documentary. It’s called ‘Circus of Shame’ or something.”
-Sideshow Mel: "And now let's welcome a man the Spanish called Senor No-Fun, Krusty the Klown!"
-Nostalgic Fan: "Everything I loved as a kid and hated as a teenager, I love as an adult!"
-Krusty's new show is getting the best reviews of his career. 2 and a Half stars. For fans only.
-Krusty: "I'm back on top! And this time, I'm not going to blow it all on cocaine for my horses!"
-Krusty: "Wait a minute... THERE'S SOFT PORNO?!"
-Krusty: "And you know anything said at a network pitch meeting can be taken to the bank.
-Hbowtime: It's not just TV, it's more expensive.
-Annie: "Wait a minute! We have very specific language in our contract saying 'No guests that are funnier than Krusty!'" Executive: "Janeane has promised to be strictly angry and political. Janeane Garofolo: "And I'll keep my promise. Like Obama did with Guantanamo". Krusty: Ohh, it's funnier than I can ever hope to be".
-Executive: "Krusty, this is exactly the type of meddling that only we're supposed to do".
-Krusty: "I did that laugh that people can interpret anyway they want". Annie: "I thought that laugh meant 'I Love You!'" Krusty: "It can..."
-Moe: "I'm paying extra for this channel? It hasn't been good since The Wire! Aw, who am I kidding. I never watched The Wire! I had to bluff my way through so many conversations.
Memorable Moments
-My favorite of the Itchy and Scratchy's was The Social Petwork, mostly for the way it resolved the cartoon through a big block of text, while Scala and Kolacny Brother's cover of Creep (which helped make The Social Network's trailer really memorable) played. I also liked Maggie doing a Nazi Salute after The King's speech parody
-Krusty: "And all the movies are over a year old! It's like like those parodies were written when the movies came out but it took so long to animate them that we look dated and hacky!"
-Marge: “No more TV! We’re going to get some fresh air and visit a museum. Of television!”
-Marge: "We have to see the museum of TV before next Wednesday when it's closing. Forever!" Homer: "It's closing?! But where will people find clips of old TV shows if they're not housed in a giant building?!" Cut to clever Hulu gag.
-Museum of TV and Television. Liquidation Sale: Touch the things you used to watch.
-Bart accidentally fires a gun, which hits another gun in Homer's pocket. While Homer is admiring his other gun, it fires, shoots JR, hits the enterprise, bounces off Superman and uncovers oil by the Beverly Hillbillies.
-Homer: "My pants are splitting open! And people will see my tattoo of Donald Duck smoking a doob. That was for Marge's eyes only".
-Marge: "Isn't that just a rip-off of the Honeymooners?" Homer: "Everything's a rip-off of the Honeymooners! Margie, you're the greatest!" Marge: "Oh, Ralph, Fred, Archie, King of Queens, I mean Homer".
-Homer enjoys The Adventures of Fatso Flannigan. "Hehehe. They were so childless and miserable!"
-Annie: “If you ever hear a star’s name and wonder: Is he dead? The answer is either ‘I represent him’ or yes!”
-TV Executive: "Krusty, this is never easy but... you're fired. Oh! That was easy"
-Krusty's contract states that if he's fired, it has to be done by literally firing him from a cannon. Too bad he lands in another cannon which shoots him back into the first cannon.
-Krusty: "They took my dressing room, my parking space, even my writer, so I don't have a funny third item!"
-Agent: "Krustala, I'm gonna drop you as a friend first, so that when I drop you as a client, you'll know it was only business."
-Krusty: "Go away! No kid should see his hero sunk so low!" Lisa: "Well you're not exactly my hero. I see you more as a cautionary tale".
-Bart: "People also lover a quitter. Sarah Palin. The Beatles."
-Young Krusty: "Scary world. We start with the A Bomb then skip right to the H Bomb. These geniuses can blow up the planet, but they don't know the alphabet!"
-In the flashback we also see young Jasper, young crazy cat lady, young Hans, young Agnes Skinner, and pretty much the same but in an Army Uniform Seymour Skinner.
-Young Krusty: "I don't wanna play in Peoria. They're always doing contruction on highway 74!"
-Annie: “Today’s kids are less sensitive than an army condom. They see more on TV than my mother did on her wedding night. And they don’t complain about it for the next 50 years!”
-Annie: "I was so mad at him, I didn't have sex with a clown for 5 months!" Homer: "What about mimes?" Annie: "I'm not made of stone!"
-Krusty: "Deep down I'm doing this to get back at my father!" Rabbi Krustofski: "Don't blame this on me. Your childhood was heaven."
-Annie: "I promise you, Krusty will show up on time or sober. That's right! I said 'or'!"
-Krusty: “They were kids, and we gave them candy if they laughed! And if they didn’t, until the 70s, I hit them with a stick! Some jerk tracked down the kids and made a documentary. It’s called ‘Circus of Shame’ or something.”
-Sideshow Mel: "And now let's welcome a man the Spanish called Senor No-Fun, Krusty the Klown!"
-Nostalgic Fan: "Everything I loved as a kid and hated as a teenager, I love as an adult!"
-Krusty's new show is getting the best reviews of his career. 2 and a Half stars. For fans only.
-Krusty: "I'm back on top! And this time, I'm not going to blow it all on cocaine for my horses!"
-Krusty: "Wait a minute... THERE'S SOFT PORNO?!"
-Krusty: "And you know anything said at a network pitch meeting can be taken to the bank.
-Hbowtime: It's not just TV, it's more expensive.
-Annie: "Wait a minute! We have very specific language in our contract saying 'No guests that are funnier than Krusty!'" Executive: "Janeane has promised to be strictly angry and political. Janeane Garofolo: "And I'll keep my promise. Like Obama did with Guantanamo". Krusty: Ohh, it's funnier than I can ever hope to be".
-Executive: "Krusty, this is exactly the type of meddling that only we're supposed to do".
-Krusty: "I did that laugh that people can interpret anyway they want". Annie: "I thought that laugh meant 'I Love You!'" Krusty: "It can..."
-Moe: "I'm paying extra for this channel? It hasn't been good since The Wire! Aw, who am I kidding. I never watched The Wire! I had to bluff my way through so many conversations.
Monday, 28 November 2011
Memorable Moments: The Simpsons: The Man In The Blue Flannel Pants
Quicky Opinion: The Man In The Blue Flannel Pants wasn't quite as good as the previous couple weeks, but it still managed to pack in lots of funny lines. Plus it used Mad Men to freshen up the standard "Homer get promoted" plot in funny and interesting ways. So season 23 continues being quite swell. Quicky Grade: Totally Awesome! (Great)
Memorable Moments
-Bart's corpse bride fantasy was pretty funny. Especially Homer's tearful response to the bride eating Bart's brains. "Why does she get to eat before the reception?"
-Milhouse: "Maybe for once, I'll win." Krusty: "Children of troubled marriages not eligible".
-Homer once hired an unauthorized Krusty look-alike for Lisa's first communion. Krappy the Klonk.
-Absolut Krusty Presents: Celebrating Friendship With The Stimsons
-Kurt has to go to the kid's party because he said the clown scared him.
-Mr. Burns: "I was in an anecdote once".
-Mr. Burns is asked to do a popular song for karaoke.: "Do you have anything by Prince... Wilhelm of Prussia?"
-Smithers: "As safety inspector, he hasn't really set the world on fire. Although, he came close several times."
-Robet Marlow: "Before you go any farther Simpson, it's my duty to warn you. Account men lose their soul". Homer: "Woohoo! No more church!"
-Homer: "Wow! I can't believe I'm eating steak with the mayor! The next time I vote for you, it's going to be on purpose!"
-Homer: "Could you be my dad?" Marlow: "If your mom was a secretary, there's a pretty good chance I am".
-Bart: "I'll get one of those jobs where you don't have to read like french fry maker or general!"
-Homer: "You can't touch electricity Marge. You can't feel it". Marge: "That's because it would kill you".
-Marge's confrontation with Marlow and the constantly switching backgrounds was great.
-Marlow: "I gave up on my family. Than I gave up on my other secret family. I missed my son's graduation, my father's funeral and my dog's best in show".
-Nelson: "You're reading a chapter book! For fun! Bully's! To me!"
-The bully's getting drawn into Little Women was also classic. "Bart needs to work on differentiating the character voices a little better". "I know. I keep thinking, why is Meg saying that and than I realize, it's Beth!"
-Secretary: "This is a whisper amplifying intercom!"
-Mr. Burns: "It's about time. We've been making small talk abotu Mussolini for 15 minutes!"
-Diversity Kittens on Melting Pot Mountain. Also great!
-Homer: "My co-workers are like a family. But in some ways, my family are like a family too".
-Mr. Burns: "How ironic. I survived the titanic by making a raft out of stirrage passengers. And now this".
-Homer falls off a waterfall but he survives AND finds gold.
-Homer: "Your worries are over. Now I'm back to being a boring old safety inspector at a nuclear power plant".
Memorable Moments
-Bart's corpse bride fantasy was pretty funny. Especially Homer's tearful response to the bride eating Bart's brains. "Why does she get to eat before the reception?"
-Milhouse: "Maybe for once, I'll win." Krusty: "Children of troubled marriages not eligible".
-Homer once hired an unauthorized Krusty look-alike for Lisa's first communion. Krappy the Klonk.
-Absolut Krusty Presents: Celebrating Friendship With The Stimsons
-Kurt has to go to the kid's party because he said the clown scared him.
-Mr. Burns: "I was in an anecdote once".
-Mr. Burns is asked to do a popular song for karaoke.: "Do you have anything by Prince... Wilhelm of Prussia?"
-Smithers: "As safety inspector, he hasn't really set the world on fire. Although, he came close several times."
-Robet Marlow: "Before you go any farther Simpson, it's my duty to warn you. Account men lose their soul". Homer: "Woohoo! No more church!"
-Homer: "Wow! I can't believe I'm eating steak with the mayor! The next time I vote for you, it's going to be on purpose!"
-Homer: "Could you be my dad?" Marlow: "If your mom was a secretary, there's a pretty good chance I am".
-Bart: "I'll get one of those jobs where you don't have to read like french fry maker or general!"
-Homer: "You can't touch electricity Marge. You can't feel it". Marge: "That's because it would kill you".
-Marge's confrontation with Marlow and the constantly switching backgrounds was great.
-Marlow: "I gave up on my family. Than I gave up on my other secret family. I missed my son's graduation, my father's funeral and my dog's best in show".
-Nelson: "You're reading a chapter book! For fun! Bully's! To me!"
-The bully's getting drawn into Little Women was also classic. "Bart needs to work on differentiating the character voices a little better". "I know. I keep thinking, why is Meg saying that and than I realize, it's Beth!"
-Secretary: "This is a whisper amplifying intercom!"
-Mr. Burns: "It's about time. We've been making small talk abotu Mussolini for 15 minutes!"
-Diversity Kittens on Melting Pot Mountain. Also great!
-Homer: "My co-workers are like a family. But in some ways, my family are like a family too".
-Mr. Burns: "How ironic. I survived the titanic by making a raft out of stirrage passengers. And now this".
-Homer falls off a waterfall but he survives AND finds gold.
-Homer: "Your worries are over. Now I'm back to being a boring old safety inspector at a nuclear power plant".
Monday, 21 November 2011
Memorable Moments: The Simpsons: The Book Job
Quicky Opinion: Wow. The Book Job was definitely the best episode of the 23rd season so far and also one of the better modern Simpsons episodes in general. Combining satire about books written by committee with a heist film parody, making good use of characters like Moe or Professor Frink, and filled with tons of great jokes (and two great guest stars), this episode will stick in my memory for a while to come now. Grade: Zoundas! (Almost Perfect)
Memorable Moments
-For the second time in the row, no opening sequence, but if the episodes are this strong, I'm fine with that.
-The opening scene at the Dinosaur Show was great, especially with many of the kids freaking out at the dinosaurs. Milhouse shouts: "Those aren't dinosaurs! Dinosaurs sing!" before throwing his Barney doll at one. Ralph simply says: "I wanna go back inside Mommy." and tries to re-enter the womb.
-Lisa is shocked that T.R Francis isn't a real person. "Everybody knows you got the idea for the series after an explosion at a crumpet factory knocked you off a double-decker bus. How could that be made-up?"
-Angelica Button adventures include "Angelica Button and the Chalice of Consequence", "Angelica Button and The Mystery of Secrets", and "Angelica Button and the Half-Blood Pudding"
-Patty has read "enough fantasy novels to choke a hippogriff". Books on her shelf include: "My Orthodontist Is A Werewolf", "The Body Snatcher In The Rye", "Epic Fail", and "Booze Cruise of the Dawn Treader."
-Moe has apparently written five moderately successful childrens books, including There's A Rainbow In My Basement.
-Bart: "All we need now is a computer guy". Cut to them at Professor Frink's house. Homer: "Do you have a computer?" Professor Frink: "Uh, uh yes." Homer: "You're in." Frink: "In what?".
-Bart: "Like no one ever writes for money, Lisa? I don't see your boyfriend William Shakespeare missing out on too many meals."
-Some of the vampire books/categories shown include "Vampire Umpire", "Pep Rally of the Damned", books on Vampirates, "Tru Blood" (in the Southern Vampire section), and "The Babybiters Club".
-Bart: "OK Gaiman, you're in. Your job is to get lunch".
-Book titles seen at the book fair include: "Girl With The 'How To Train Your Dragon' Tatoo" "The Bourne Exploitation", "The Porpoise Driven Life", and "Sit, Stay, Love" by Rufus.
-CEO Guy: “Is R.L. Stine here? Because you just gave me goosebumps.”
-CEO Guy: "Don't feel bad. Before we got our hands on Twilight, it was about a girl who falls in love with a golem. But teenagers weren't going to spend their allowances to join team Schmule".
-Patty: "How could they do this to our book?" Skinner: "It was the singular vision of seven people!"
-Homer is inspired by the words of Neil Gaiman. “British Fonzie is right.”
-Bart: “Rule Number One of book heist: never fall in love with the book!”
-Skinner: "Bart, remember the thousand-year war between the trolls and the ogres?" Bart: "Yeah". Skinner: "Now It's a dance contest at the vampire prom".
-Tween Lit Inc. World Headquarters. Warning: Difficult To Break Into.
-Best one of the phase title cards that pop up from time to time: The Actual Heist.
-CEO Guy: "So you thought you would un-ruin your book. If it's any consolation, you never had a chance". Homer: "Woohoo! All right".
-CEO Guy: "Oh, by the way. The audio book is only available abridged. A-BRIDGED! Hahaha!"
-Lisa: “I got the idea from every movie ever made.”
-Neil Gaiman: "I heisted myself to the bestseller list once again. And the most brilliant part is I don't even know how to read."
-My favorite of all the fake book titles though, has to be "To Kill A Mockingjay", because To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorite books, and I just recently finished the Hunger Games Trilogy.
Memorable Moments
-For the second time in the row, no opening sequence, but if the episodes are this strong, I'm fine with that.
-The opening scene at the Dinosaur Show was great, especially with many of the kids freaking out at the dinosaurs. Milhouse shouts: "Those aren't dinosaurs! Dinosaurs sing!" before throwing his Barney doll at one. Ralph simply says: "I wanna go back inside Mommy." and tries to re-enter the womb.
-Lisa is shocked that T.R Francis isn't a real person. "Everybody knows you got the idea for the series after an explosion at a crumpet factory knocked you off a double-decker bus. How could that be made-up?"
-Angelica Button adventures include "Angelica Button and the Chalice of Consequence", "Angelica Button and The Mystery of Secrets", and "Angelica Button and the Half-Blood Pudding"
-Patty has read "enough fantasy novels to choke a hippogriff". Books on her shelf include: "My Orthodontist Is A Werewolf", "The Body Snatcher In The Rye", "Epic Fail", and "Booze Cruise of the Dawn Treader."
-Moe has apparently written five moderately successful childrens books, including There's A Rainbow In My Basement.
-Bart: "All we need now is a computer guy". Cut to them at Professor Frink's house. Homer: "Do you have a computer?" Professor Frink: "Uh, uh yes." Homer: "You're in." Frink: "In what?".
-Bart: "Like no one ever writes for money, Lisa? I don't see your boyfriend William Shakespeare missing out on too many meals."
-Some of the vampire books/categories shown include "Vampire Umpire", "Pep Rally of the Damned", books on Vampirates, "Tru Blood" (in the Southern Vampire section), and "The Babybiters Club".
-Bart: "OK Gaiman, you're in. Your job is to get lunch".
-Book titles seen at the book fair include: "Girl With The 'How To Train Your Dragon' Tatoo" "The Bourne Exploitation", "The Porpoise Driven Life", and "Sit, Stay, Love" by Rufus.
-CEO Guy: “Is R.L. Stine here? Because you just gave me goosebumps.”
-CEO Guy: "Don't feel bad. Before we got our hands on Twilight, it was about a girl who falls in love with a golem. But teenagers weren't going to spend their allowances to join team Schmule".
-Patty: "How could they do this to our book?" Skinner: "It was the singular vision of seven people!"
-Homer is inspired by the words of Neil Gaiman. “British Fonzie is right.”
-Bart: “Rule Number One of book heist: never fall in love with the book!”
-Skinner: "Bart, remember the thousand-year war between the trolls and the ogres?" Bart: "Yeah". Skinner: "Now It's a dance contest at the vampire prom".
-Tween Lit Inc. World Headquarters. Warning: Difficult To Break Into.
-Best one of the phase title cards that pop up from time to time: The Actual Heist.
-CEO Guy: "So you thought you would un-ruin your book. If it's any consolation, you never had a chance". Homer: "Woohoo! All right".
-CEO Guy: "Oh, by the way. The audio book is only available abridged. A-BRIDGED! Hahaha!"
-Lisa: “I got the idea from every movie ever made.”
-Neil Gaiman: "I heisted myself to the bestseller list once again. And the most brilliant part is I don't even know how to read."
-My favorite of all the fake book titles though, has to be "To Kill A Mockingjay", because To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorite books, and I just recently finished the Hunger Games Trilogy.
Monday, 14 November 2011
Memorable Moments: The Simpsons: The Food Wife
Quicky Opinion: I actually probably could've done a full opinion of The Food Wife, which is probably my favorite episode The Simpsons has done this season. There was dozens of good freeze frame gags, and the plot about Marge wanting to be seen as the "fun mom", was made fresh with the food blog angle. Good guest star use too. And Homer mistakening a meth lab for the resturant where all the food is made by science was a great climax. Good job, Simpsons. Quicky Grade: Totally Awesome! (Great)
Memorable Moments
-Previous Fun Dad Saturday activites: Cemetary Paintball and Go Karts on real roads.
-Homer: "Is there any better feeling than cutting in line, because a plastic badge says you're special?"
-Among the many videogame booths shown at the E4 convention, I noticed Grand Theft Scratchy, Mapple, Bongo Games (A reference to Matt Groening's comic company), Chalmskinn Interactive (with Chalmer's face on it), Dig Dug: Revelations, Terrence Mallick's Tree of Life Online, Driver's License 2: License to Drive, Assassin's Creed: Summer of Love, and Human Centipede. Among other things.
-Other good jokes at E4: Marching Band, and Homer's videogame experience trying to get the kids to Hall G for the Funtendo videogame announcement (the Zii Zu)
-Marge: "How come they never call me fun mom?" Homer: "A family's like a team. On every team you have the slam dunking mega star and the referee".
-The whole Cross Games joke was funny too.
-Lisa is suprised that the people at Little Ethiopia use "pancakes" as spoons.
-The foodies Marge, Lisa, and Bart meet apparently discovered Korean BBQ in Springfield before the Koreans.
-Homer: "I don't eat anything new unless I've tried it before".
-Homer: "Alright, food nerds. Reality check: All the food in those pictures is poop by now. Minds blown. You're welcome."
-Krusty: "Krustyland has a new ride, the Eyeballs of Death. It only passed the safety by a 3 to 2 vote. And that third vote didn't come cheap".
-Homer: "Marge, this isn't a food restaurant. It's a meth restaurant. A meth-taurant!"
-I also liked the meth dealer having a Ratatouille flashback. Even though that's kind of a dated reference.
-Best Guest Star Appearance: Gordon Ramsey yelling at Marge, and then hijacking her dream.
Memorable Moments
-Previous Fun Dad Saturday activites: Cemetary Paintball and Go Karts on real roads.
-Homer: "Is there any better feeling than cutting in line, because a plastic badge says you're special?"
-Among the many videogame booths shown at the E4 convention, I noticed Grand Theft Scratchy, Mapple, Bongo Games (A reference to Matt Groening's comic company), Chalmskinn Interactive (with Chalmer's face on it), Dig Dug: Revelations, Terrence Mallick's Tree of Life Online, Driver's License 2: License to Drive, Assassin's Creed: Summer of Love, and Human Centipede. Among other things.
-Other good jokes at E4: Marching Band, and Homer's videogame experience trying to get the kids to Hall G for the Funtendo videogame announcement (the Zii Zu)
-Marge: "How come they never call me fun mom?" Homer: "A family's like a team. On every team you have the slam dunking mega star and the referee".
-The whole Cross Games joke was funny too.
-Lisa is suprised that the people at Little Ethiopia use "pancakes" as spoons.
-The foodies Marge, Lisa, and Bart meet apparently discovered Korean BBQ in Springfield before the Koreans.
-Homer: "I don't eat anything new unless I've tried it before".
-Homer: "Alright, food nerds. Reality check: All the food in those pictures is poop by now. Minds blown. You're welcome."
-Krusty: "Krustyland has a new ride, the Eyeballs of Death. It only passed the safety by a 3 to 2 vote. And that third vote didn't come cheap".
-Homer: "Marge, this isn't a food restaurant. It's a meth restaurant. A meth-taurant!"
-I also liked the meth dealer having a Ratatouille flashback. Even though that's kind of a dated reference.
-Best Guest Star Appearance: Gordon Ramsey yelling at Marge, and then hijacking her dream.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Sunday-Tuesday Quicky Opinion Time, Yo!
Hey everyone! Due to a couple of days full of wacky adventures, but not much opportunity to maintain this blog, I am doing a quicky opinion for Simpsons, HIMYM, Terra Nova, New Girl, and Glee. Then, I'll probably take a break from the "quicky" thing for a while. Key word: probably. I'm a busy guy.
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXII: Treehouse of Horror has been around for 22 years. Almost as long as The Simpsons, so the writers have a pretty good idea on how to make them memorable. And this installment is a good one with only one real weak installment (the first story after the amusing title sequence, where Homer is paralyzed and can only communicate by farting, and even that one had a great (albeit totally unintentional) Breaking Bad Reference), and two stronger ones. My favorite was probably the middle segment, which was a bit of a Dexter spoof, mainly because I've never seen Avatar, so I didn't get many of the various references I assumed were made during that final segment. Quicky Grade: Awesome! (Good)
How I Met Your Mother: The Return of the Slutty Pumpkin: First they brought back Victoria. Now the Slutty Pumpkin (who is Katie Holmes!) is brought back into the show, and this time we actually get to meet her. The episode, which was about wanting to like something, but just not connecting with it, was a good one, with lots of comedy from Ted realizing he and Naomi don't work, and a good twist ending where we find out Naomi feels the same way. The other two stories, were good too, especially the one where we learn that Barney is a quarter Canadian. Classic. Grade: Totally Awesome! (Great)
Terra Nova: Bylaw: Bylaw was a solid episode, that revolved around the first murder committed in Terra Nova. Though someone confessed to the murder early one, which led to an interesting dilemma, where Taylor had to decide whether to carry through with the bylaw that states banishment is the punishment for murder, the actual muder turns out to be more complicated than this. A few twists and turns later and the real culprit is being banished. Also slight advancement on Josh trying to bring his girlfriend to Terra Nova, by making him promise he'll do some mysterious task for Mira. And he's still annoying. Dinosaurs are still sweet though, and the baby Anklyosaur was cute. Grade: Awesome! (Good) Quicky Dinosaur Scene Count: 3
New Girl: Naked: Naked takes one of those classic sitcom conventions: one character walks in on a character of the opposite gender naked, and puts it's own charming, Zooey Deschanel-filled, spin on it. Basically Jess walks in on Nick dancing naked, laughs and shatters his confidence at the worse possible time: his first date since his break-up. Lots of crazy things happen, but the funniest part of the episode has to be Schmidt who is offended that he is the only one who hasn't seen Nick's penis (Winston and Nick grew up together.). His attempts to see it were hilarious. So after a three-week break, New Girl came back as funny as it's been so far. And that's a good thing. Grade: Awesome! (Good)
Glee: Pot O' Gold: After Asian F, I wasn't sure that Pot O' Gold could be as compelling, and I turned out to be... mostly right. There was still plenty of enjoyable moments. I like that Burt will be taking on Sue for the congress seat and that story was good. I also liked new Irish exchange student, Rory and his attempts to get Brittany's "Pot O' Gold" were amusing. Quinn's attempts to get her baby back though just didn't fit in right with me, no matter what justification the writers attempt to give her and Puck/Shelby is kind of creepy. And the whole Santana and Brittany defecting thing wasn't the best plot. But I still enjoyed this episode though and the next one looks to be interesting, to say the least. Grade: Enjoyable Enough (Pretty Good)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXII: Treehouse of Horror has been around for 22 years. Almost as long as The Simpsons, so the writers have a pretty good idea on how to make them memorable. And this installment is a good one with only one real weak installment (the first story after the amusing title sequence, where Homer is paralyzed and can only communicate by farting, and even that one had a great (albeit totally unintentional) Breaking Bad Reference), and two stronger ones. My favorite was probably the middle segment, which was a bit of a Dexter spoof, mainly because I've never seen Avatar, so I didn't get many of the various references I assumed were made during that final segment. Quicky Grade: Awesome! (Good)
How I Met Your Mother: The Return of the Slutty Pumpkin: First they brought back Victoria. Now the Slutty Pumpkin (who is Katie Holmes!) is brought back into the show, and this time we actually get to meet her. The episode, which was about wanting to like something, but just not connecting with it, was a good one, with lots of comedy from Ted realizing he and Naomi don't work, and a good twist ending where we find out Naomi feels the same way. The other two stories, were good too, especially the one where we learn that Barney is a quarter Canadian. Classic. Grade: Totally Awesome! (Great)
Terra Nova: Bylaw: Bylaw was a solid episode, that revolved around the first murder committed in Terra Nova. Though someone confessed to the murder early one, which led to an interesting dilemma, where Taylor had to decide whether to carry through with the bylaw that states banishment is the punishment for murder, the actual muder turns out to be more complicated than this. A few twists and turns later and the real culprit is being banished. Also slight advancement on Josh trying to bring his girlfriend to Terra Nova, by making him promise he'll do some mysterious task for Mira. And he's still annoying. Dinosaurs are still sweet though, and the baby Anklyosaur was cute. Grade: Awesome! (Good) Quicky Dinosaur Scene Count: 3
New Girl: Naked: Naked takes one of those classic sitcom conventions: one character walks in on a character of the opposite gender naked, and puts it's own charming, Zooey Deschanel-filled, spin on it. Basically Jess walks in on Nick dancing naked, laughs and shatters his confidence at the worse possible time: his first date since his break-up. Lots of crazy things happen, but the funniest part of the episode has to be Schmidt who is offended that he is the only one who hasn't seen Nick's penis (Winston and Nick grew up together.). His attempts to see it were hilarious. So after a three-week break, New Girl came back as funny as it's been so far. And that's a good thing. Grade: Awesome! (Good)
Glee: Pot O' Gold: After Asian F, I wasn't sure that Pot O' Gold could be as compelling, and I turned out to be... mostly right. There was still plenty of enjoyable moments. I like that Burt will be taking on Sue for the congress seat and that story was good. I also liked new Irish exchange student, Rory and his attempts to get Brittany's "Pot O' Gold" were amusing. Quinn's attempts to get her baby back though just didn't fit in right with me, no matter what justification the writers attempt to give her and Puck/Shelby is kind of creepy. And the whole Santana and Brittany defecting thing wasn't the best plot. But I still enjoyed this episode though and the next one looks to be interesting, to say the least. Grade: Enjoyable Enough (Pretty Good)
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
The Simpsons: Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts
It's a bit surprising that in over 22 seasons, The Simpsons had yet to do an episode about Superintendent Chalmers (except for his segment with Skinner in season 7 classic 22 Short Films About Springfield). Of all the residents of Springfield, surely Gary Chalmers must have more to him than constantly getting angry at Skinner (though that dynamic is one of the funnier ones on the show). So it was nice for him to get some of the spotlight in tonight's Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts, which once again used a couple classic storylines (Bart gets taught by someone who actually teaches him something and Bart takes over the school to get something he wants), to good effect, with plenty of good gags to keep things fresh.
After Bart's latest prank at the school auction (with the theme "Drowning in Debt") pretending to be a British millionaire who bids thousands of dollars on all the items (except for lunch with Principal Skinner. No one wants that), Chalmers is laying into Skinner, when Skinner challenges him to try and teach Bart Simpsons. Chalmers accepts the challenge, and gets Bart interested in Teddy Roosevelt (though Bart's fantasy of Roosevelt getting shot, but still finishing his speech involves Roosevelt as a superhuman tyrant.). He then takes Bart on a horse ride in a national park, as part of a more hands-on learning experience. Soon, Milhouse, Nelson, Jimbo, Kearney, and Dolph are all interested and join Bart and Chalmers with their more "Manly" learning (Chalmers thinks education is failing boys because it's more geared at girls and is about feelings and other non-manly things.). But when Nelson falls off a cliff, while they're on an unauthorized camping trip looking for a pair of T.R's spectacles, his mother sues and Chalmers gets fired by Comptroller Atkins (who I haven't seen since his initial appearance way back in season 10's Lisa gets an 'A'. Though I could be mistaken.) This leads Bart and company to take over the school in order to get Chalmers his job back. In the end they're successful and Chalmers even gets a promotion (superduperintendent).
Again, this isn't the first time Bart's been excited by learning and this isn't the first time he's taken over the school. But the episode works, because of its focus on Chalmers and who he is, besides the guy always shouting "SKINNER!" Plus there's lots of great gags throughout from Homer's reaction to getting asked to pay for Bart's prank, even though he has no legal obligation to do so, to Chalmers telling Otto to "just drive" and Otto driving right into a tree. So The Simpsons delivers another solid episode in their 23rd season. Hopefully they can continue the streak.
Grade: Awesome! (Good)
Memorable Moments
-There was a crazy stylistic couch gag by Ren and Stimpy creator Jon Kricfaulsi that was awesome.
-At the auction, you can buy shirts from Springfield Elementary and shirts from better schools.
-Skinner: "Why do I believe everything I hear in a British accent?"
-"You've filled my head with horse poop and atheism!"-What Chalmers has taught Bart.
-Jimbo: "School failed me? Does school have to go to summer Jimbo?"
-An Anti-drug pamphlet at the school: Saying Yes To Saying No To Saying Yes To Drugs.
-Teddy Roosevelt is credited as a guest voice.
After Bart's latest prank at the school auction (with the theme "Drowning in Debt") pretending to be a British millionaire who bids thousands of dollars on all the items (except for lunch with Principal Skinner. No one wants that), Chalmers is laying into Skinner, when Skinner challenges him to try and teach Bart Simpsons. Chalmers accepts the challenge, and gets Bart interested in Teddy Roosevelt (though Bart's fantasy of Roosevelt getting shot, but still finishing his speech involves Roosevelt as a superhuman tyrant.). He then takes Bart on a horse ride in a national park, as part of a more hands-on learning experience. Soon, Milhouse, Nelson, Jimbo, Kearney, and Dolph are all interested and join Bart and Chalmers with their more "Manly" learning (Chalmers thinks education is failing boys because it's more geared at girls and is about feelings and other non-manly things.). But when Nelson falls off a cliff, while they're on an unauthorized camping trip looking for a pair of T.R's spectacles, his mother sues and Chalmers gets fired by Comptroller Atkins (who I haven't seen since his initial appearance way back in season 10's Lisa gets an 'A'. Though I could be mistaken.) This leads Bart and company to take over the school in order to get Chalmers his job back. In the end they're successful and Chalmers even gets a promotion (superduperintendent).
Again, this isn't the first time Bart's been excited by learning and this isn't the first time he's taken over the school. But the episode works, because of its focus on Chalmers and who he is, besides the guy always shouting "SKINNER!" Plus there's lots of great gags throughout from Homer's reaction to getting asked to pay for Bart's prank, even though he has no legal obligation to do so, to Chalmers telling Otto to "just drive" and Otto driving right into a tree. So The Simpsons delivers another solid episode in their 23rd season. Hopefully they can continue the streak.
Grade: Awesome! (Good)
Memorable Moments
-There was a crazy stylistic couch gag by Ren and Stimpy creator Jon Kricfaulsi that was awesome.
-At the auction, you can buy shirts from Springfield Elementary and shirts from better schools.
-Skinner: "Why do I believe everything I hear in a British accent?"
-"You've filled my head with horse poop and atheism!"-What Chalmers has taught Bart.
-Jimbo: "School failed me? Does school have to go to summer Jimbo?"
-An Anti-drug pamphlet at the school: Saying Yes To Saying No To Saying Yes To Drugs.
-Teddy Roosevelt is credited as a guest voice.
Monday, 26 September 2011
The Simpsons: The Falcon and The D'ohman
As I mentioned way back in the beginning of this blog (Almost three weeks. What a ride.), The Simpsons was the first television show I loved enough to watch it over and over and over. As I was less internet-savvy in these days, I couldn't access episodes online and spent over a year catching up on re-runs on CBC and Fox (when we had cable) just to see every episode, which was a long (but rewarding) process. And while the show has gotten on in the years, it's still entertaining (The move into high-def actually helped the show quality-wise) and I can't really recall ever hating an episode. It might not be at it's peak anymore but it can still pack a punch.
Like tonight's episode. It uses a classic premise (Homer tries to get somebody to like him) to start the story (and the old "guest stays at The Simpsons home" premise comes into play later), utilizes a big-name guest star (Keifer Sutherland playing a character somewhat like Jack Bauer.) who factors into the plot in a major way, and features the results of the fan-participation gimmick introduced in the previous season's finale. Now this isn't necessarily a bad thing (Using a classic premise and having a big guest star factor heavily in the plot happened in the peak of the show to and the Nedna thing wasn't that bad) as long as they keep the show funny and thankfully, this episode was plenty funny.
.After a decent opening scene with Homer making up words to Police classic Walking on the Moon as he comes into work late (I'm not counting Comic Book Guy pointing out that at some point, the results of the fan participation gimmick.) and a good gag with Homer messing with the punch clock so he appears to have come in early AND worked late, Homer finds out that the plant has a new security guard Wayne (Sutherland) who's gruff and keeps everyone at a distance. Homer tries to befriend him and one night, after being caught in a rain storm, a hail storm and running out of sidewalk (it's being replaced by a pay sidewalk) Wayne has no choice but to accept a ride from Homer and agrees to get one beer with him. But when Snake holds up the bar, Wayne is revealed to be a Jack Bauer-esque action hero and saves the day.
Of course, Wayne is also haunted by constant flashbacks to a dark, traumatic past (In a great gag after Wayne tells Homer this, we learn that Homer is haunted by flashforwards to a dark, traumatic future) and loses his job when one of these flashbacks has him attack Mr. Burns, while he's trying to give Wayne a silver helmet for his brave actions. Wayne's flashbacks are funny (though the one at the end involving him having to write a propaganda musical about Kim Jong Il goes on a little long), especially during a scene where Wayne, who is now a guest at the Simpson household is having flashback nightmares and talking loudly in his sleep about his nightmares. Wayne is forced to confront his past though, when old enemies discover he's alive and kidnap Homer as bait. The kidnapping leads to a couple great gags (Homer getting distracted during the recording of the hostage video, and the revelation that Homer has a tracking device on him because some were in a bowl and he swallowed them) and a good action sequence. Then, with Homer safe, Wayne is about to set off on his own again when Marge realizes a place where someone with his training and violent tendencies would fit in: the DMV.
As I mentioned above, this is a pretty standard episode with a lot of enjoyable gags throughout. There are some weak jokes (Marge has a Top Chef fantasy sequence, which only seemed to exist to shoehorn in another guest star and wasn't that funny springs to mind.) and the scenes concerning the Ned Flanders/Edna Krabapple pairing fell kind of flat (though I actually love the idea of the two dating, which was confirmed after a mislead. It could lead to some interesting things down the road.) Also I don't think any of the good jokes or moments will stand out to me if I try to remember this episode later on the way moments from other episodes old and new (including Keifer Sutherland's last guest appearance in season 18). But this was a solid premiere, and I enjoyed it more than the last season premiere The Simpsons did (and that one had The Flight of the Conchords in it.). So this is looking to be another good season from reliable old Simpsons. And with episode 500(!) on the horizon, it should be a big one.
Grade: Awesome! (Good)
Memorable Moments
-Oh there was also a Taiwanese dramatization of Wayn'es rescue at the bar, which is funny becuase those animations are always pretty ridiculous.-Good background gag: A sign at the power plant that says "Don't Do This" with an image of a mushroom cloud on it.
- Carl: What's what the new security guard? He's acting all aloof. By the way, that's my word now - "he's."
- Homer: I guess it's not much when you look at real problems in the world like Major League umpires not using instant replay.
-A good "where is Springfield" joke:
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
An Introduction, Yo!
The Simpsons was my first love.
Now when I say first love, I'm not saying I had a crush on The Simpsons. That'd be weird. I just mean that they were first television show that I was obsessed with. The first TV show where I made an effort to see every episode- some multiple times- and memorize my favorite moments. As a young Canadian Jr. High student, it was also my gateway into something special: the world of prime time television.
Prime time was something I always knew existed. I knew of all the classics that had come before my birth (I was born in 1992 by the by.) and a lot of the shows that were on at the time (2006-2007), but I didn't have much desire to watch them. Until one night, I stumbled upon the season 6 premiere of 24 (which had preempted Simpsons that night), started watching, and kept watching. I was hooked. Maybe prime time was worth watching after all. My only problem was that I didn't have cable, so watching TV was a bit of a hassle. It'd take a special show- even more special than 24- to make me dive in. Then heading into summer, something special happened. Having heard good things about it and having seen a couple episodes which I liked well enough, I rented the second season of The Office.
The Office was my second TV love and is still my greatest TV love. I became addicted. I watched every episodes of the second season a couple times within the course of a week. I began watching the third season online. I began memorizing my favorite moments. The works. That fall, I watched the new season of Office and a couple other shows I thought were interesting (Chuck and Pushing Daisies). I was fully committed to watching prime time now. Even the writer's strike didn't faze me (the writer's strike was how I started watching reruns of my third great TV love: Arrested Development. It's also why I decided to commit to Lost.).
These days, I still watch plenty of TV. And I'm still addicted to The Office. I can quote lines off-hand perfectly, and I'm pro at the trivia board game. My friends try to prove they're bigger fans than me and they fail. I probably know more about The Office than anyone in my province (Alberta.). And that's a modest guess. So what does any of this have to do with anything? Well, a lot of this most recent paragraph is me bragging, honestly. But the rest is to give a bit of background on how I came to love TV enough to blog about it. Now here comes some more background.
I'm a big fan of TV. But I also know that people like to talk about more than TV. I like to talk about other things too. I'm actually a pretty active guy, but sometimes I just want to talk/read about my favorite shows. Which is why, when I found websites that review episodes of television (primarily I use IGN and AV Club), I soaked it up. I loved reading reviews. Getting a professional's take on what I loved. Sometimes I agreed with them and sometimes I didn't, but I loved them.
Over the years though I began to desire more than those reviews could give me. I wanted my own voice to be heard. So I thought about making a blog where I gave my opinions (not reviews, as I don't think I'm a critical enough person to call them reviews.) on the shows in the NBC Thursday night comedy line-up. So I would review The Office and some of my newer loves: Community, Parks and Recreation, and 30 Rock. Over time though the idea expanded to making a blog where I would cover most, if not all of the shows I watch. And hence, this blog was born.
So with all that background out of the way here's the 411. Starting next week, I will begin posting my opinions about shows this fall. Some of these shows I will continue to post an opinion for all season long (The NBC Comedy Thursday Shows (but not Whitney. It doesn't seem appealing), Glee, Fringe, etc.), some of the shows ( the news ones), I may only post an opinion occasionally depending on how I feel about the show (New Girl, Person of Interest, Terra Nova, etc.). These opinions will probably be posted irregularly at first, as I don't always have access to cable or the internet, but I'll try not to be too late. These opinions will consists of a recap or sorts, some memorable moments and end with a rating of sorts (I won't be using grades or ratings. I'll probably use words.). Then hopefully, people will comment with their own opinion and that will possibly lead to some good discussions.
So what shows will I be covering? I'll post a list tomorrow. The first opinion will be for The CW's Ringer, which is premiering next week and which I'm interested in, mainly because I'm a big Buffy Fan, and Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert on Lost) is a big plus also. Than, I'll talk about the one reality show we'll probably cover: Survivor: South Pacific. So get excited because Kenny Sage Talks TV, Yo! is here and it'll probably be awesome!
Now when I say first love, I'm not saying I had a crush on The Simpsons. That'd be weird. I just mean that they were first television show that I was obsessed with. The first TV show where I made an effort to see every episode- some multiple times- and memorize my favorite moments. As a young Canadian Jr. High student, it was also my gateway into something special: the world of prime time television.
Prime time was something I always knew existed. I knew of all the classics that had come before my birth (I was born in 1992 by the by.) and a lot of the shows that were on at the time (2006-2007), but I didn't have much desire to watch them. Until one night, I stumbled upon the season 6 premiere of 24 (which had preempted Simpsons that night), started watching, and kept watching. I was hooked. Maybe prime time was worth watching after all. My only problem was that I didn't have cable, so watching TV was a bit of a hassle. It'd take a special show- even more special than 24- to make me dive in. Then heading into summer, something special happened. Having heard good things about it and having seen a couple episodes which I liked well enough, I rented the second season of The Office.
The Office was my second TV love and is still my greatest TV love. I became addicted. I watched every episodes of the second season a couple times within the course of a week. I began watching the third season online. I began memorizing my favorite moments. The works. That fall, I watched the new season of Office and a couple other shows I thought were interesting (Chuck and Pushing Daisies). I was fully committed to watching prime time now. Even the writer's strike didn't faze me (the writer's strike was how I started watching reruns of my third great TV love: Arrested Development. It's also why I decided to commit to Lost.).
These days, I still watch plenty of TV. And I'm still addicted to The Office. I can quote lines off-hand perfectly, and I'm pro at the trivia board game. My friends try to prove they're bigger fans than me and they fail. I probably know more about The Office than anyone in my province (Alberta.). And that's a modest guess. So what does any of this have to do with anything? Well, a lot of this most recent paragraph is me bragging, honestly. But the rest is to give a bit of background on how I came to love TV enough to blog about it. Now here comes some more background.
I'm a big fan of TV. But I also know that people like to talk about more than TV. I like to talk about other things too. I'm actually a pretty active guy, but sometimes I just want to talk/read about my favorite shows. Which is why, when I found websites that review episodes of television (primarily I use IGN and AV Club), I soaked it up. I loved reading reviews. Getting a professional's take on what I loved. Sometimes I agreed with them and sometimes I didn't, but I loved them.
Over the years though I began to desire more than those reviews could give me. I wanted my own voice to be heard. So I thought about making a blog where I gave my opinions (not reviews, as I don't think I'm a critical enough person to call them reviews.) on the shows in the NBC Thursday night comedy line-up. So I would review The Office and some of my newer loves: Community, Parks and Recreation, and 30 Rock. Over time though the idea expanded to making a blog where I would cover most, if not all of the shows I watch. And hence, this blog was born.
So with all that background out of the way here's the 411. Starting next week, I will begin posting my opinions about shows this fall. Some of these shows I will continue to post an opinion for all season long (The NBC Comedy Thursday Shows (but not Whitney. It doesn't seem appealing), Glee, Fringe, etc.), some of the shows ( the news ones), I may only post an opinion occasionally depending on how I feel about the show (New Girl, Person of Interest, Terra Nova, etc.). These opinions will probably be posted irregularly at first, as I don't always have access to cable or the internet, but I'll try not to be too late. These opinions will consists of a recap or sorts, some memorable moments and end with a rating of sorts (I won't be using grades or ratings. I'll probably use words.). Then hopefully, people will comment with their own opinion and that will possibly lead to some good discussions.
So what shows will I be covering? I'll post a list tomorrow. The first opinion will be for The CW's Ringer, which is premiering next week and which I'm interested in, mainly because I'm a big Buffy Fan, and Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert on Lost) is a big plus also. Than, I'll talk about the one reality show we'll probably cover: Survivor: South Pacific. So get excited because Kenny Sage Talks TV, Yo! is here and it'll probably be awesome!
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