Best. Episode. Ever: The Great Rajah Simpsons Poll - discussion thread

[Simmo Fortyone]

Current polls open:

None. Quarter finals to be posted shortly

Episodes through to the Quarter Finals:

A Star Is Burns
Cape Feare
Homer at the Bat
Homer Goes To College
Homer the Great
Homer's Enemy
Marge vs The Monorail
You Only Move Twice

[son_of_foley]

I'll give it some thought but my favourite really is you only move twice. It's brilliant.

[RFF Champ]

I don't know if my brain can handle this, it'll take me days.

[Hulkamaniac]

What is the Cape Fear one?

Cape Feare?

That is awesome.

[RFF Champ]

What is the Cape Fear one?

Cape Feare?

That is awesome.

It's the one where they are put into the witness protection program on the boat because Sideshow Bob is given parole. Sideshow Bob straps himself to the bottom of the car and tries to kill Bart on the boat one night but Bart says his last wish is for him to sing a sailor song (I forget which) and Bob takes too long and the boat shores in Springfield and he gets arrested.

EDIT: cheeky edit there.

[JoJo the rabid monkey]

The Boy Who Knew too much
Deep Space Homer
Homerpalooza
You Only Move Twice
Lisa's substitute
Marge vs. The Monorail
A Streetcar named Marge
Kamp Krusty
The Secret war of Lisa Simpson
dancin' homer

[Simmo Fortyone]

...but Bart says his last wish is for him to sing a sailor song (I forget which) and Bob takes too long...
The entire score of Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore"

[RFF Champ]

That's the one.

"It's also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling."

[Simmo Fortyone]

My personal top 10...

1. Simpson Tide
2. $pringfield
3. Homer's Enemy
4. Deep Space Homer
5. Homer Goes To College
6. Radioactive Man
7. Lisa's Rival
8. You Only Move Twice
9. Homer The Smithers
10. Homer The Great

[Hulkamaniac]

I dont understand how anyone cant rate Cape Feare in their top 10.

Its also the one where the guys are trying to get Homer to understand that he's actually now Mr. Thompson.

[Dave]

And with the rakes, definitely in my top ten if not my number 1.

[Red Dog]

What is the Cape Fear one?

Cape Feare?

That is awesome.
It's the one where SS Bob treads on about 10 rakes that smack him in the face on their boat. I normally like sophisticated humour but a cartton villan getting rakes in the face is hilarious. (edit: this has already been answered, I didn't read the thread).

My favourite is the X Files one.

Whats that called?

[H2K]

It's foolish to try and list a top 10 Simpsons episodes

So here's my top 10...

10: Lisa's Substitute
9: Lemon Of Troy
8: Bart Carny
7: Treehouse Of Horror V (The Shinning, Time And Punishment, Nightmare Cafeteria)
6: Homer The Great
5: Homer Goes To College
4: Marge vs The Monorail
3: The Springfield Files (X-Files parody)
2: Das Bus (Lord of the Flies parody)
1: You Only Move Twice

Surprised Das Bus hasn't been mentioned yet, love that one.
"And eventually, they were rescued. by....oooh, let's say, Moe" *credits*

[RFF Champ]

I never enjoyed the Horror episodes, they were just never as good as the normal episodes.

[MichaelC]

Cape Feare's also the one with the cactus patch, "No one who speaks German can be a bad man", and the elephants.

The X-files one is called The Springfield Files.

EDIT - It's going to take me a while to cut it down to 10 - there's a hell of a lot of great episodes.

[Atty]

Here's what my top ten would probably be. But it's kind of off the top of my head and things may get shuffled before I make a top 25.

10. Cape Feare
9. Much Apu About Nothing
8. The Itchy & Scratchy & Pootchie Show
7. Lisa The Vegetarian
6. Three Men And A Comic Book
5. Trash of the Titans
4. Bart The General
3. Last Exit to Springfield
2. I Love Lisa
1. Sideshow Bob Roberts


Bob running for Mayor has been my favorite since I first saw it. Afterall, Dad can't afford six dollars a night... :lol:


[EDIT]Somehow forgot "You Only Move Twice." So many great ones...

[BlackShadow215]

I'll get around to this, but I think all of my favorites are between Season 4 and Season 9.

[Matty C]

This was hard, like really, really hard.

1. You Only Move Twice
2. Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment
3. Homer the Great
4. Marge vs. the Monorail
5. Cape Feare
6. Homer at the Bat
7. Mr. Plow
8. Itchy and Scratchyland
9. The Joy of Sect
10. Brother from the Same Planet

That could change depending on my mood. The top three are pretty much tied but I figured a tie would be a pain in the ass for Simmo.

The top 6 are all pretty even really, they’re all the first one’s that come to my mind in this discussion. I could easily have filled a top 25 and still had problems eliminating some of the better episodes.

It was hard to eliminate the Team Homer, Flaming Moe’s, Simpson Tide and Homer’s Quintet episodes in particular.

Edit: Shit I totally missed Brother from the Same Planet... I'm putting that in instead of the Clown College, barely.

[Gary J]

Cape Feare is my favourite one.

Whats the one where Selma wants a baby and takes the kids to Duff Gardens as practice because Homer can't go as he ate the sandwich that was left over from the company picnic.

[MichaelC]

Selma's Choice, Gary.


I've got my shortlist down to 20 episodes

35 - 22 "Blood Feud"
39 – 4 "Bart the Murderer"
41 – 6 "Like Father, Like Clown"
53 – 18 "Separate Vocations"
62 - 3 "Homer the Heretic"
79 - 20 "Whacking Day"
83 - 2 "Cape Feare"
94 - 13 "Homer and Apu"
101 - 20 "The Boy Who Knew Too Much"
104 - 1 "Bart of Darkness"
108 - 5 "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
128 - 25 "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"
151 - 23 "Much Apu About Nothing"
155 - 2 "You Only Move Twice"
169 - 16 "Brother from Another Series"
171 - 18 "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment"
191 - 13 "The Joy of Sect"
201 - 23 "King of the Hill"
254–06 "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
266–18 "Trilogy of Error"

I'll cut it down further tommorow.

[darkhorse]

1. Selma's Choice
2. Flaming Moe's
3. Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire
4. Homer The Heretic
5. Weekend At Burnsie's
6. Two Cars In Every Garage And Three Eyes On Every Fish
7. The Last Temptation Of Homer
8. Large Marge
9. There's No Disgrace Like Home
10. The Bart Wants What It Wants

[H2K]

Anyone else think Homer simply looked funnier back in the day? I don't know if it's just the association with great episodes or not, but something about the model looks better..

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9784/homercompare.gif

[Kunt 4 Life]

the las vegas one is the best.

[JIJ]

Awesome thread.

I'll have a think.

[MichaelC]

This was bloody hard...


10 Sideshow Bob Roberts
- "You can't handle the truth. No truth- handler, you. Bah! I deride your truth- handling abilities."

9 Bart of Darkness
Automated phone: Hello, and welcome to the Springfield Police Department "Rescue Phone"! If you know the name of the felony being committed, press one. To choose from a list of felonies, press two. If you are being murdered, or are calling from a rotary phone, please stay on the line.
[Bart presses four numbers on the phone]
Automated phone: You have selected "regicide!" If you know the name of the King or Queen being murdered, press one.
[Bart hangs up]


8 Much Apu About Nothing
Marge: What you're saying is so understandable. And really, your only crime was violating U.S. law.

7 Cape Fearer
Lisa: It's from my pen pal, Anya!
[As Lisa reads, the letter writer's voice can be heard in voice over.]
Anya: "Dear Lisa - as I write this, I am very sad. Our president has been overthrown and...
Gruff male voice: ...replaced by the benevolent General Krull. All hail Krull and his glorious new regime! Sincerely, Little Girl."

6 Homer vs the 18th Ammendment
Rex Banner: You're out there somewhere, Beer Baron, and I'll find you.
Homer: [Faintly, as from a long way away] No, you won't!
Rex Banner: Yes, I will!
Homer: [Faintly] Won't!


5 Trilogy of Error
Wiggum: [answering phone] 9-1-1. This'd better be good.
Marge: I just cut off my husband's thumb!
Wiggum: ATTEMPTED MURDER?! YOU'LL BURN FOR THIS! BURN IN JAIL!
Marge: It was an accident!
Wiggum: Yeah, yeah. Save it for "Dateline: Tuesday." Uh, what's your address so I can come arrest you?
Marge: Arrest me? Um, my address, it's um, 1-2-3 ... Fake Street.
Wiggum: [writing address down] 1-2-3 Fake Street. Okay see you soon!
Ned: [reading] Harry Potter, and all his wizard friends, went straight to Hell for practicing witchcraft.
Todd: Yay! [Ned throws the book into the burning fireplace]

4 Who Shot Mr Burns (Part One)
Superintendent Chalmers: Why is it when I heard the word "school" and the word "exploded," I immediately thought of the word "SKINNER"?!
Homer: Here's your package, Mr. Burns.
Mr. Burns: My name is the return address, you senseless dunderpate! Smithers, who is this nincompoop?
Homer's brain: Oh, I've worked here for ten years and my boss doesn't even know my name. Well that's gonna change right now!
Homer: My name is Homer J. Simp--
[Burns pushes a red button; a 1000g (therefore tiny) weight falls on Homer's head.]
Homer: Ow! -- son.
Mr. Burns: [inspecting the weight] Hmm, sounded large when I ordered it. [sighs] I can't make hide nor hair of these metric booby traps.

3 Brother from Another Series
[Cecil has locked Bob, Bart and Lisa in the dam and leaves to blow it up.]
Lisa: Oh, it's hopeless! Utterly, utterly hopeless!
Sideshow Bob: Oh, I see. When it's one of my schemes, you can't foil it fast enough. But when Cecil tries to kill you, "It's hopeless! Utterly, utterly hopeless!"

2 The Boy Who Knew Too Much
"Oh my god, someone took a bite out of the big rice krispie square. Oh, and the waiter's been brutally beaten."

1 Homer Heretic
"We interrupt this current affairs programme to bring you...a football match."

[BlackShadow215]

After trying to rank my favorite episodes, it's just so damn hard. So for starters, here are ten of my favorite.

Cape Feare
Homer: Bad Man
Marge vs. Monorail
Radioactive Man
I Love Lisa
Homer's Phobia
The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
Lemon of Troy
Homer Loves Flanders
Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily

[JIJ]

I've changed my mind, I'm not gonna do this because its just too hard. I just looked back over the first two seasons and I couldn't really separate any of them. All that happened was I came over ridiculously nostalgic and started thinking back to when I was a kid and how I used to collect Simpsons videos (the days before they started bringing out seasons on DVD's).

I :heart: The Simpsons.

[BlackShadow215]

Though I think this is a good idea, and I'm sure people will be able to pull off a list of 25, I'm thinking as a side thing, maybe we can have a top 5 list from each season. Then from each season's favorite, narrow it to a list ranking those favorites?

[JIJ]

That would be easier.

[MichaelC]

To be honest, until we get to say, Season 9 or 10, a top five from each season would still be bloody hard.

Especially Season Four and Five.

[Cougar]

The lack of love for "Homer Badman" and "Lisa on Ice" is disturbing me.

[Fro]

"Kill, Bart! Kill, Bart!"

"Kill Bart! Kill Bart!"

[Simmo Fortyone]

Though I think this is a good idea, and I'm sure people will be able to pull off a list of 25
I asked for 10.

Thanks for the submissions so far folks. Keep em coming.

[BlackShadow215]

The lack of love for "Homer Badman" and "Lisa on Ice" is disturbing me.

Homer flicking the lights saying "Fight, Fight, fight fight!"

[Olympus]

I just typed mine, but then it didn't go through. I'm not doing it again. Fuck.

[Big]

10. The DeBarted
9. Bart Gets an F
8. Bart the Daredevil
7. $pringfield
6. Dancin' Homer
5. Bart of Darkness
4. Dead Putting Society
3. Duffless
2. Bart the Murderer (this is NOT the bird killing one)
1. Last Exit to Springfield


:yes:
Good topic, but 10 is really hard to narrow it down to.

[Badger]

Homer Bad Man and Cape Feare are 2 of my favourites.

I forget what it's called, but the one where Marge starts a Pretzel business and Homer gets the Mafia to help her out resulting in a fight with the Yakuza is great too.

[MichaelC]

2. Bart the Murderer (this is NOT the bird killing one)



It's the Goodfellas'ish type one. With Bart and the Mafia, and Skinner going missing. Just missed my cut.

Getting it to ten was very hard - my original shortlist had about 60 episodes!

[Badger]

I forget what it's called, but the one where Marge starts a Pretzel business and Homer gets the Mafia to help her out resulting in a fight with the Yakuza is great too.

"The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" that's it.

[turdpower]

I can't do this, I definitely don't have a stand out favourite.

[virms]

I can't do it either. What was the episode called with tomacco?

[TapOut]

Isn't it just called Tomacco?

[Gary J]

1. Cape Feare
2. Selma's Choice
3. The Last Temptation Of Homer
4. You Only Move Twice
5. Trilogy Of Error
6. Homer Alone
7. Treehouse Of Horror V
8. Last Exit To Springfield
9. Rosebud
10. A Streetcar Named Marge
11. Homer At The Bat
12. Homer's Phobia
13. 24 Minutes
14. Duffless
15. Homer's Enemy
16. Marge Vs The Monorail
17. Deep Space Homer
18. Marge On The Lam
19. Homer Loves Flanders
20. Life On The Fast Lane
21. Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
22. Homerpalooza
23. Mr Plow
24. Homer The Heretic
25. Itchy And Scratchy Land

[darkhorse]

I can't do it either. What was the episode called with tomacco?

E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

[Adamy]

1. 22 Short Films About Springfield
2. 'Round Springfield (Bleeding Gums Murphy dies)
3. Cape Feare
4. You Only Move Twice
5. Homer The Great (Stonecutters)
6. Homer's Enemy (Frank Grimes)
7. Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment (Beer Baron)
8. $pringfield (Burns builds a casino)
9. Homer Goes To College
10. The City Of New York vs. Homer Simpson

"22 Short Films About Springfield" is easily my all-time favorite episode, but it's only because I saw enough other episodes to appreciate the characters being recontextualized. For instance, the Skinner/Chalmers dynamic is always hilarious, but in the domestic setting it's even funnier.

I don't typically like Lisa-centric episodes, but "'Round Springfield" is the perfect balance of sweetness and left-field humor.

[JIJ]

The 22 short films episode is magnificent. I just love the way its almost a voyeuristic look into the towns private lives away from The Simpsons themselves.

[Cubed-Sphere]

I'm going to attempt to do a top 20 or 25 soon but first I figured this was the perfect place for my mini-rant. The Simpsons is still quite genius. It seems to me that most people saw a decline early in the show's second decade and then some irrational phenomenon occurred where everyone agreed it sucked, and would continue to suck until the day it went off the air.

Frankly, I'm as critical of the series as anyone, I'm not a blind fanboy. I see that episodes in seasons 12-16 were pretty dire, with only a handful of bright spots per season. However, in the last 4 years it's really picked back up and frankly season 20 was darn-tootin' goo-diddily-ood. If you liked the show past season 5 and then grew tired of it at the turn of the century or so, the newest seasons are surprisingly watchable, but if you're one of those that only like the first four seasons then you're probably never going to get anything like that again. I personally find that the series hit its stride around seasons 3 and 4 and kept going strong through season 9 with seasons 10 and 11 being solid in their own right. I'm glad to say I've enjoyed the show again recently and I hope it continues.

[MichaelC]

Its not as good as it used to be.

However, a fall from perfection is still a decline into brilliance, and when on form, its still great.

[Cubed-Sphere]

Exactly, and I feel it's been more "on" than not as of late.

[Simmo Fortyone]

I don't typically like Lisa-centric episodes,
I hate them with a passion. I only included Lisa's Rival because of the subplot with Homer "finding" the sugar. If you edited out all the Lisa bits of that episode, the remaining 8 minutes would be the funniest piece of television ever.

[Badger]

Aye the Lisa episodes are too "moral" and not enough funny. Definitely the weakest Simpson.

I was watching "Brother From The Same Planet" the other night, underrated episode that one.

Kent: "We have just gotten word that a fist-fight has broken out down town, and one of the participants is a giant lizard?"
*pic of lizard*
Kent: "Do we have a source on this?......2 drunken frat boys, do you have any names?.....uh-huh I.P. Freely.....GRRRRRR!"

And Homer falling on the fire extinguisher:

Homer: "This is even more painful than it looks!"

[Mr. Boombastic]

"22 Short Films About Springfield" is easily my all-time favorite episode, but it's only because I saw enough other episodes to appreciate the characters being recontextualized. For instance, the Skinner/Chalmers dynamic is always hilarious, but in the domestic setting it's even funnier.

MMmmmmm, steamed hams!!!

[Adamy]

Superintendant Chalmers: AURORA BOREALIS?! At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?

Principal Skinner: Yes!

Superintendent Chalmers: ...May I see it?

Principal Skinner: No.

Agnes Skinner: Seymour! The house is on fire!

Principal Skinner: No, Mother, it’s just the Northern Lights.

[wardy]

Aye the Lisa episodes are too "moral" and not enough funny. Definitely the weakest Simpson.

I was watching "Brother From The Same Planet" the other night, underrated episode that one.

Kent: "We have just gotten word that a fist-fight has broken out down town, and one of the participants is a giant lizard?"
*pic of lizard*
Kent: "Do we have a source on this?......2 drunken frat boys, do you have any names?.....uh-huh I.P. Freely.....GRRRRRR!"

And Homer falling on the fire extinguisher:

Homer: "This is even more painful than it looks!"
Best part of that episode is the advert for the Bigger Brothers thing...

*Little boy's standing over a grave*
Voiceover: Your daddy's gone huh?
*Boy nods looking sad*
Voiceover: And he's never coming back.
Boy: He might...
Voiceover: No, he's not.

Or something, classic anyway.

I fucking love The Simpsons and own, in my humble opinion, the 3 best seasons on DVD: 4,5 and 6. My favourite episodes are probably all from those 3 seasons, with stand-outs being: Marge Vs The Monorail, Cape Feare, Homer Badman, Homer's Barbershop Quartet, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, Burns' Heir, Homie The Clown, A Star Is Burns...fucking hell, so many good episodes.

The strongest episode is probably Cape Feare, it's just laugh after laugh, and I still piss myself laughing when I watch it for the billionth time.

I used to think season 4 was the strongest, but now I'm not sure. It's defo one of those 3 though.

[Jenova]

Gotta love "The city of New York vs. Homer Simpson".

"Fresh kravlakash"
"Hey can you go across the street and get me a slice of pizza?"
"No pizza, only kravlakash."
"Oh, ok give me one bowl."
"No bowl, stick, STICK!"
"EWWWW, thats...just...awful!"
"Now, what have you got to wash that awful taste out of my mouth?"
"Mountain Dew or crab juice."
"Blaaugh, I'll take a crab juice."
"BURRRP, uh-oh, ahh you got a men's room in there?"
"Only kravlakash, men's room in tower, TOWER, observation deck."

Or that bus passing by him: "ahhhh, Flushing Meadows." and that daydream with all the crappers...:lol:

[BlackShadow215]

Especially love the montage of the reason's why he hated New York, back from during hit pit stop there when he was much younger. Played to the Entertainer....

[Excel]

I hate them with a passion. I only included Lisa's Rival because of the subplot with Homer "finding" the sugar. If you edited out all the Lisa bits of that episode, the remaining 8 minutes would be the funniest piece of television ever.

First you get thee sugar, then you get thee power, then you get thee women

[Fro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuFV1Dc-K-k

This episode also contains "So long dental plan!"

Classic.

[Hulkamaniac]

Haha. That is classic.

"Lisa needs braces".

[MichaelC]

- How often do you clean your teeth?
- Twice a day.
- LIAR!


Loved the dentist in that one.

[wardy]

Dental plan.

[Jenova]

Especially love the montage of the reason's why he hated New York, back from during hit pit stop there when he was much younger. Played to the Entertainer....

....And that's when the chuds came after me... :lol:

[Fro]

This is pretty quickly put together.

1. Homer to the Max
2. Homer's Enemy
3. Marge vs. the Monorail
4. E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
5. Simpson Tide
6. Homer the Great
7. Homer the Vigilante
8. King-Size Homer
9. Trash of the Titans
10. Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment

[Hulkamaniac]

Dental plan.

Lisa needs braces.

[wardy]

DENTAL PLAN

This thread inspired me to watch Burns' Heir earlier and I've decided that it's one of the best ever. So many laugh out loud moments, like when Homer writes Bart's cue cards for his audition (It's Curns dammit!), Hans Moleman joining the family, B'OH!, or when Burns reveals to the hippies that all along he was smoking 'harmless tobacco!'

[Badger]

Lisa need braces.

*drops pencil down arse crack*

"Hey you interrupted my train of thought!"

DENTAL PLAN!

[Atty]

"Do you really want old man Patterson with his finger on the button?"

"WHAT BUTTON?!?!?!?!?!"

[JoJo the rabid monkey]

so am I the only one who liked The Boy Who Knew Too Much? SAY CHOWDAH, YOU FROG!

[wardy]

Love that episode.

Completely forgot about Marge Gets A Job. That idiot Tibor lost the key!

[wardy]

Work hard Zootroy, and at the end of each week you'll get a shiny penny!

[wardy]

THE FALKLAND ISLANDS HAVE BEEN INVADED!

[MichaelC]

This was bloody hard...


10 Sideshow Bob Roberts
- "You can't handle the truth. No truth- handler, you. Bah! I deride your truth- handling abilities."

9 Bart of Darkness
Automated phone: Hello, and welcome to the Springfield Police Department "Rescue Phone"! If you know the name of the felony being committed, press one. To choose from a list of felonies, press two. If you are being murdered, or are calling from a rotary phone, please stay on the line.

Automated phone: You have selected "regicide!" If you know the name of the King or Queen being murdered, press one.
[Bart hangs up]


8 Much Apu About Nothing
Marge: What you're saying is so understandable. And really, your only crime was violating U.S. law.

7 Cape Fearer
Lisa: It's from my pen pal, Anya!
[As Lisa reads, the letter writer's voice can be heard in voice over.]
Anya: "Dear Lisa - as I write this, I am very sad. Our president has been overthrown and...
Gruff male voice: ...replaced by the benevolent General Krull. All hail Krull and his glorious new regime! Sincerely, Little Girl."

6 Homer vs the 18th Ammendment
Rex Banner: You're out there somewhere, Beer Baron, and I'll find you.
Homer: [Faintly, as from a long way away] No, you won't!
Rex Banner: Yes, I will!
Homer: [Faintly] Won't!


5 Trilogy of Error
Wiggum: [answering phone] 9-1-1. This'd better be good.
Marge: I just cut off my husband's thumb!
Wiggum: ATTEMPTED MURDER?! YOU'LL BURN FOR THIS! BURN IN JAIL!
Marge: It was an accident!
Wiggum: Yeah, yeah. Save it for "Dateline: Tuesday." Uh, what's your address so I can come arrest you?
Marge: Arrest me? Um, my address, it's um, 1-2-3 ... Fake Street.
Wiggum: [writing address down] 1-2-3 Fake Street. Okay see you soon!
Ned: [reading] Harry Potter, and all his wizard friends, went straight to Hell for practicing witchcraft.
Todd: Yay! [Ned throws the book into the burning fireplace]

4 Who Shot Mr Burns (Part One)
Superintendent Chalmers: Why is it when I heard the word "school" and the word "exploded," I immediately thought of the word "SKINNER"?!
Homer: Here's your package, Mr. Burns.
Mr. Burns: My name is the return address, you senseless dunderpate! Smithers, who is this nincompoop?
Homer's brain: Oh, I've worked here for ten years and my boss doesn't even know my name. Well that's gonna change right now!
Homer: My name is Homer J. Simp--
[Burns pushes a red button; a 1000g (therefore tiny) weight falls on Homer's head.]
Homer: Ow! -- son.
Mr. Burns: [inspecting the weight] Hmm, sounded large when I ordered it. [sighs] I can't make hide nor hair of these metric booby traps.

3 Brother from Another Series
[Cecil has locked Bob, Bart and Lisa in the dam and leaves to blow it up.]
Lisa: Oh, it's hopeless! Utterly, utterly hopeless!
Sideshow Bob: Oh, I see. When it's one of my schemes, you can't foil it fast enough. But when Cecil tries to kill you, "It's hopeless! Utterly, utterly hopeless!"

[b]
2 The Boy Who Knew Too Much
"Oh my god, someone took a bite out of the big rice krispie square. Oh, and the waiter's been brutally beaten."

1 Homer Heretic
"We interrupt this current affairs programme to bring you...a football match."


so am I the only one who liked The Boy Who Knew Too Much? SAY CHOWDAH, YOU FROG!

Seeing as I voted it my 2nd favourite, not quite the only person, Jojo.

"He's like some kind of non-giving up school guy", the Closeau tributes, Free Willy, Lionel Hutz, its all great.

[turdpower]

6 Homer vs the 18th Ammendment
Rex Banner: You're out there somewhere, Beer Baron, and I'll find you.
Homer: [Faintly, as from a long way away] No, you won't!
Rex Banner: Yes, I will!
Homer: [Faintly] Won't!

Doesn't he say D'oh instead of Won't?

I'm probably wrong and a bit pissed.

[darkhorse]

Skinner: I know you can read my thoughts, Bart. Just remember if I find out you cut class, your ass is mine. Yes, you heard me. I think things I would never say.
Homer: I know you can read my thoughts, boy. Meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow...

[Atty]

Love that episode.

Completely forgot about Marge Gets A Job. That idiot Tibor lost the key!


I blame everything on Tibor. :D

[MichaelC]

Doesn't he say D'oh instead of Won't?

I'm probably wrong and a bit pissed.

I'm sure it's "Wont" but I don't have the episode to hand. Took the quotes off Wiki.

[Adamy]

Skinner: I know you can read my thoughts, Bart. Just remember if I find out you cut class, your ass is mine. Yes, you heard me. I think things I would never say.
Homer: I know you can read my thoughts, boy. Meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow...

I believe Freddie Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel.

[Adamy]

so am I the only one who liked The Boy Who Knew Too Much? SAY CHOWDAH, YOU FROG!

Just missed my cut. Same for Team Homer, Deep Space Homer, Lisa the Vegetarian, Burns' Heir, Homer Loves Flanders, Secrets of a Successful Marriage, etc., etc.

[Fro]

Ahahaha my local Fox affiliate is showing the Frank Grimes episode right now.

*Alarm sounds*
Grimes: Simpson, you've got a 513.
*Homer checks his watch*
Grimes: No, a 513. In your procedures manual - a 513?
*Homer checks his watch again*
Grimes: Look at your control panel!
Homer: Oh, a five THIR-teen. I'll handle it.
*pours a bucket of water on his control panel*

[Mr. Boombastic]

Remembering all of these great episodes reminds me of why I hardly ever watch Simpsons reruns anymore...because they always put the crappy newer reruns on instead of the classics!!!!

[Badger]

Skinner: I know you can read my thoughts, Bart. Just remember if I find out you cut class, your ass is mine. Yes, you heard me. I think things I would never say.
Homer: I know you can read my thoughts, boy. Meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow...

When I first saw that episode, I used to think he was saying "yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum."

That was a fun episode, loved the Terminator spoof with Skinner stalking Bart walking into the river and out the other side. And "I am not a clumsy Clousea-esque waiter!" then the waiter falls into the rat traps.

Another good Terminator 2 sppof in "Homer Loves Flanders" when he chases Flanders' car with the golf clubs.

[Jenova]

The episode where Homer changes his name to Max Power was hilarious.

"Kids, there are 3 ways in life to do things: The right way, the wrong way and the Max Power way."
"Isn't that the wrong way?"
"Yes, but faster."

[Simmo Fortyone]

Righto...

Since people are having a hard time picking a top ten, I'll run this as a series of polls. Give me a day or two to sort out a format and we'll get underway.

[MichaelC]

Righto...

Since people are having a hard time picking a top ten, I'll run this as a series of polls. Give me a day or two to sort out a format and we'll get underway.

:yes:

But..... Will the polls be multiple-choice?

:D

(I only mean if you're going Season by Season, if it's X v Y I understand)

[Fro]

Good. I thought the polls we did for best movie ever and best comedian ever were great and more fun than the top 25 list format.

[Badger]

Polls would be a lot easier. :yes:

[Simmo Fortyone]

Quick question... does anyone know what the maximum number of choices you can have a poll is? I'm assuming 10.

[Fro]

10.

[Simmo Fortyone]

OK, starting later today....

- There will be 3 polls per season, with each poll drawn randomly.
- Going to start with Season 20 and work backwards.
- For seasons 1 and 13-20, the top of each poll will go through.
- For seasons 2 to 12, the top two will go through.
- A wildcard round will be held for episodes that barely miss the cut

- From there, every episode will be drawn randomly into groups of 6 and the top 2 will go through.
- For the last 32 episodes, straight-up knockout.

For the first round, I'm going to open up 3 polls (one whole season) at once and leave them for 48 hours (maybe less for the first few).

Questions for the powers-that-be: can I edit poll choices within the same thread once a poll has closed? Will folks be ok with 3 new threads for this poll (keep this one for general discussion)?

[Vice]

Questions for the powers-that-be: can I edit poll choices within the same thread once a poll has closed? Will folks be ok with 3 new threads for this poll (keep this one for general discussion)?


You can edit the choice names, but people can't vote again. So, one poll and it's kicked. I'm fine with you making a bunch of threads, by the way.

Oh, and remember to make the poll public. You have to click that little box.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Sweet, thanks :yes:

Will start things off when I get home from work (about 5-6 hours from now)

[turdpower]

Simmo, any chance you could just do these in the normal order.

Starting at 1, yeah?

You'd get more interest in the polls IMO because more people have seen all the earlier stuff compared to the later ones.

[JIJ]

Yeah I'm not voting coz I haven't seen any of these.

[turdpower]

I'd seen one episode from each of the three polls.

[wardy]

I haven't seen any of them because watching recent Simpsons episodes is similar to being raped except it isn't funny at all.

[Fro]

Yeah these polls for recent seasons (16-20 at least) will be pretty brutal. I doubt any episodes will make it past the second round so maybe you should use your best judgment to cut them down a bit, Simmo.

[turdpower]

Just start from the beginning instead of the end.

Seems odd to do it in reverse order.

[wardy]

Simmo has always been a bit backward.

[Atty]

I actually quite enjoyed season 20, but starting with it's a bit ridiculous. Just start at the beginning with what just about everyone has seen and cares about.

It just kills interest to start at the end.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Simmo, any chance you could just do these in the normal order.

Starting at 1, yeah?

You'd get more interest in the polls IMO because more people have seen all the earlier stuff compared to the later ones.
If I started at 1, interest would have dropped off altogether by the time I got to 17 or so.

I'm going to barrel through seasons 19 to 13 with one poll each, picking the 9 highest rating episodes from each with an "Other (please specify)" option. Will try and have that shit out of the way in the next couple of days :yes: Then we can get to the good stuff.

[turdpower]

Not really mate, if people haven't seen the episodes they won't vote. People like wardy and JIJ have said they haven't seen the last 5 or so series, which is probably true for a lot of people who just haven't bothered posting. It means that people will lose interest quicker and forget about the polls.

JUST DO SERIES 1 FIRST. K? :heart:

[Fro]

If I started at 1, interest would have dropped off altogether by the time I got to 17 or so.

I'm going to barrel through seasons 19 to 13 with one poll each, picking the 9 highest rating episodes from each with an "Other (please specify)" option. Will try and have that shit out of the way in the next couple of days :yes: Then we can get to the good stuff.

That sounds good to me.

If you wanted to avoid having a stretch of uninteresting seaons, I don't see any reason you couldn't do them out of order.

[Atty]

If I started at 1, interest would have dropped off altogether by the time I got to 17 or so.

The problem with this is that people will be less interested in the whole thing by the time you get to the seasons most seem interested in (10 and under.)

I'd do this:

That sounds good to me.

If you wanted to avoid having a stretch of uninteresting seaons, I don't see any reason you couldn't do them out of order.

Alternate them. Like do 1 & 2, then 19. Then pick up with 3 & 18, 4 & 17, 5 & 16 and so forth. It gets to what people are interested quickly, maintains some order and, in my opinion, is a much better and more effective way to go.

[wardy]

Sounds like a better idea.

[Andy]

There shouldn't be any debate about this. The best episode of the Simpsons is clearly "Marge vs The Monorail".

[wardy]

It's probably either that or Cape Feare.

[MichaelC]

There shouldn't be any debate about this. The best episode of the Simpsons is clearly "Marge vs The Monorail".

Monor...d'oh!

Didn't even make my top ten, I'm afraid.

[MichaelC]

It's probably either that or Cape Feare.

I see your claims and raise you.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_the_Heretic

[BlackShadow215]

Both Cape Feare and Marge vs. the Monorail are definitely in the top ten. But an argument can be made for so many other episodes: Homer's Phobia, Itchy & Scratchy Land, Homer Badman.

But if we went straight up Cape Feare vs. Marge vs. the Monorail, My vote goes to Cape Feare.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Alternate them. Like do 1 & 2, then 19. Then pick up with 3 & 18, 4 & 17, 5 & 16 and so forth. It gets to what people are interested quickly, maintains some order and, in my opinion, is a much better and more effective way to go.
You know what, that sounds alright. Didn't get around to posting yesterday's poll (work is flat out with end of financial year) but this afternoon I'll post polls for seasons 1, 18 & 19. I want to get the late ones out of the way cos it's not likely that any of 13-20 are going to make it past stage 2.

[Andy]

Monor...d'oh!

Didn't even make my top ten, I'm afraid.

WHAT?!

That episode has the best one-liners and laugh-out-loud moments I've ever seen in 20 minutes, let alone a Simpsons episode.

"I shouldn't have stopped for that haircut" I mean COME ON :rofl:

[wardy]

What if, Marge? What if I'm in the shower and I slip on a bar of soap? OH MY GOD, I'D BE KILLED!

[Andy]

Marge: Homer, there's a man here who thinks he can help you.
Homer: Batman?
Marge: No, he's a scientist.
Homer: Batman's a scientist.
Marge: It's NOT Batman.

[wardy]

Heh heh, Mule.

[Andy]

I call the big one Bitey.

[wardy]

The kids could call you HOJU!

[wardy]

Just got an image of Homer playing Burns' head like a bongo. I'm off to the living room.

[Andy]

Er, does anyone wanna switch seats?

[Atty]

IT'S THE RAPTURE!!!

Quick, get Bart out of the house before God comes!

[MichaelC]

Treehouse of Horror IV is probably the best Hallowe'en one, and it sits up well to any other of the episodes from the time.

"Dear Homer, I. O. U. one emergency donut. Signed, Homer."
Bastard! He's always one step ahead.
-- Homer, not realizing his own foresight, "Treehouse of Horror IV"

Homer: [ruefully] I'd sell my soul for a donut.
[The devil appears, looking like Flanders]
Flanders: Heh heh, that can be arranged.
Homer: What -- Flanders! You're the devil?
Flanders: Ho ho, it's always the one you least suspect.
-- All those wasted years of church, "Treehouse of Horror IV"

Burns: Hmm...who's that goat-legged fellow? I like the cut of his
jib.
Smithers: Er, Prince of Darkness, sir. He's your eleven o'clock.
-- The next installment on the billion, "Treehouse of Horror IV"

Flanders: I simply ask for what is mine!
[He sits down smugly]
Hutz: [cocky] That was a right-pretty speech, sir. But I ask you,
what is a contract? Webster's defines it as "an agreement
under the law which is unbreakable." [emphasizing] Which is
unbreakable!
[The jury look at him]
Excuse me, I must use the restroom.
-- An expert law-talking guy, "Treehouse of Horror IV"

Skinner: Now I've gotten word that a child is using his imagination...
and I've come to put a stop to it!
Bart: [desperate] No, no, it's true, there's a monster on the bus!
Skinner: The only monster on this bus is a lack of proper respect for
the rules.
-- Seymour's adages, "Treehouse of Horror IV"

Skinner: Pull, Willy, pull!
Willy: I'm doing all the pulling, you blouse-wearing poodle walker!
-- Fitting epithets, "Treehouse of Horror IV"

Brockman: Another local peasant has been found dead -- drained of his
blood with two teeth marks on his throat. This black cape was
found on the scene.
[Cape has "DRACULA" written on it]
Police are baffled.
Wiggum: We think we're dealing with a supernatural being, most likely
a mummy. As a precaution, I've ordered the Egyptian wing of
the Springfield museum destroyed.
-- Taking no chances, "Treehouse of Horror IV"

Burns: [over the intercom] Welcome, come in. Ah, fresh victims for
my ever-growing army of the undead --
Smithers: Sir, you have to let go of that button.
Burns: Well, son of a bitch --
-- Vampires and technology don't mix, "Treehouse of Horror IV"

Homer: Ooh, punch!
Lisa: [sniffs it] Ew! Dad, this is blood!
Homer: Correction -- _free_ blood.

Homer, we've got to do something. Today, he's drinking people's blood.
Tomorrow, he could be smoking!

Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American Dream?

And then there's the Vampire book, the Super fun happy slide, the contract, the Jury of the Damned, and even though the middle part is the weakest, it's still a damn good Twilight Zone pastiche.

If only I had my Season Five boxset in the flat as opposed to at mums, I'd watch that episode right now.

[turdpower]

SIMMO, can we get some bloody polls please mate?

[son_of_foley]

There shouldn't be any debate about this. The best episode of the Simpsons is clearly "Marge vs The Monorail".

Shut up andy. If you badmouth "You only Move twice" like this again directly or indirectly you are dead.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Working on it now. Gimme 20 minutes.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Ok, so today's polls are Season 1 Poll 1, Season 1 Poll 2 and Season 19. Gonna shake up the order a bit.

Current schedule...
Tomorrow - Seasons 18, 17 and 16
Friday - Season 2 Polls 1-3
Saturday - Seasons 15, 14 and 13
Sunday - Season 8 Polls 1-3

I'll leave Season 8 open for a few days because I'm out of town on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Season 17 has got to be the shittest season there is.

I reckon the problem they had from about season 11 onwards is they didn't know how to end an episode. Some of the final 90 seconds of some episodes are just bizarre unfunny shit.

Another problem is the formula seemed to go from random-event-in-random-setting-leads-to-wacky-scenario to just random-event-to-random-event-repeat. No real plot as such.

[Badger]

Just curious Simmo, wouldn't it just be easier to go through them in order from 1 to 20?

Voted for Season 1, but haven't really paid any attention to the latter seasons. I'll wait for the earlier and middle seasons.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Badger - as I've mentioned before, I want to get all the more unpopular seasons out of the way early so interest is kept.

Season 2 polls posted (late). Seasons 13-15 getting posted later today.


As I've made note of in the polls themselves, can people please avoid posting in the poll threads themselves so they fall off down the page quicker. Don't want to have 10 threads hanging around the top of the forum. Keep discussion in here for now, but we'll have discussions in later polls.

I'll keep the first post of this thread updated with polls that are currently open.

Thanks :yes:

[Simmo Fortyone]

Goddamn, Season 2 Poll 3 is the hardest one so far. Toss up between Three Men and a Comic Book, and Simpson and Delilah. I hope both make it through.

[Fro]

Treehouse of Horror is probably the best and shouldn't be overlooked there.

How To Cook Humans
How To Cook For Humans
How To Cook Forty Humans
...

[turdpower]

Simmo, I think you should make advertise the thread in the Asylum. Who doesn't like the Simpsons?

[Badger]

Badger - as I've mentioned before, I want to get all the more unpopular seasons out of the way early so interest is kept.

Season 2 polls posted (late). Seasons 13-15 getting posted later today.


As I've made note of in the polls themselves, can people please avoid posting in the poll threads themselves so they fall off down the page quicker. Don't want to have 10 threads hanging around the top of the forum. Keep discussion in here for now, but we'll have discussions in later polls.

I'll keep the first post of this thread updated with polls that are currently open.

Thanks :yes:


Okay fair dos, guess I really should read through the thread.

Is Season 8 one of the more unpopular ones though? I'd need a reminder of what was in it.

Also said this in the Season 2 Poll 3 thread, but I think this thread should be stickied. Also perhaps a little prompt in the title to keep all discussion in here.

[Simmo Fortyone]

but I think this thread should be stickied
Sounds good. Vice?

I'll get on to Asylum promotion. Vice, while you're here reading through your vanity search, how would you feel about an advertising thread in W-land? One of the premises of this poll is to get more people into this section of the forums.

[Vice]

I didn't vanity search this. Honest~!

:$



But yeah, sticking this thread is fine. As for a thread in W-land, well, just make a post in the VIP Lounge since that's made for being off topic, and 90% of the people that matter upstairs read/post there (so, like, 4 people). Is that alright?

[Simmo Fortyone]

Sure thing. Thanks champ :yes:


Seasons 13, 14 and 15 now posted. I'll post Season 8 later today and that'll be it for a couple of days.


As far as the whole "keep all discussion in this thread goes", if you want to vote for "Other (please specify)" then it's fine to post your choice in the poll thread :yes:

[Mr. Boombastic]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090705/ap_on_re_us/us_disney_monorail_crash

Sorry Disney World, Simpsons already did it.

[Beefy]

The episode where Homer changes his name to Max Power was hilarious.

"Kids, there are 3 ways in life to do things: The right way, the wrong way and the Max Power way."
"Isn't that the wrong way?"
"Yes, but faster."

"This place is so posh they spell the house number with letters"
"Marge, from now on we'll be spelling everything with letters".

[The_Mike]

I've only voted once or twice since I'm not always around at the moment but I'm keeping tabs on the vote. I'm fairly sure You Only Move Twice will win, and it certainly deserves to be right up there in contention, but it will become increasingly interesting as the field gets narrower. I'm really curious how quickly the later seasons and season one die off. Just about every memorable moment and quote I see is from season 2-9 or so, if I recall correctly. Does anyone have really fond memories of episodes or moments from the later years?

I think things have certainly picked up since the movie, though. They finally remembered Homer is an idiot, not an asshole, and learned to stop ending each episode with a bizarre non-sequitor or a random song in the last 90 seconds. I'm actually seeing plots and themes returning, which is lovely. I understand it's hard to find something new to say after 500-odd episodes, but for a long time it really felt like the stories were basically mad-libs strung together with scenes of Homer being obnoxiously stupid.

Soon, the next big question: Favourite Simpsons character? And does anybody like Marge?

[Fro]

I'm really curious how quickly the later seasons and season one die off. Just about every memorable moment and quote I see is from season 2-9 or so, if I recall correctly. Does anyone have really fond memories of episodes or moments from the later years?

Season 10 was the best of them all imho. It had such classics as:

"Homer to the Max"
"Thirty Minutes over Tokyo"
"Viva Ned Flanders"
"Mayored to the Mob" (Luke, be a Jedi tonight)
"Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'" (Canyonero)
"The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" (Thomas Edison)

I'd say the prime of the series was 4-11. (Tomacco was in 11)

[Badger]

Soon, the next big question: Favourite Simpsons character? And does anybody like Marge?

Marge has her moments.

A better question is "Does anybody like Lisa?"

[The_Mike]

Season 10 was the best of them all imho. It had such classics as:

"Homer to the Max"
"Thirty Minutes over Tokyo"
"Viva Ned Flanders"
"Mayored to the Mob" (Luke, be a Jedi tonight)
"Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'" (Canyonero)
"The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" (Thomas Edison)

I'd say the prime of the series was 4-11. (Tomacco was in 11)

I had a feeling I was off a bit, they were always shown so randomly over here I have very little sense of which season is which, I just know the ballpark area of where things went down hill.


Marge has her moments.

A better question is "Does anybody like Lisa?"

I like Lisa. She can be very annoying but she at least has purpose in balancing the family dynamic and there have been a few good Lisa episodes (like the one where she channelled Eva Peron). Marge just seems to be there because the family needs a mother, and her neuroses are a lot more annoying than they are funny. She has very little character of her own beyond nagging and repressing.

[turdpower]

Series 11 wasn't bad either. And 12.

[Fro]

I had a feeling I was off a bit, they were always shown so randomly over here I have very little sense of which season is which, I just know the ballpark area of where things went down hill.

Yeah, I knew what you were getting at, but still wanted to point out how great season 10 was. To actually answer your question though, yeah, there are a lot of good episodes and moments in later seasons, but they definitely got fewer and further between as time went on.

Season 13 ("Homer the Moe"):

Bart is digging a hole in the backyard for no reason.

Lisa warns Bart that he'll dig his way to China, but Bart is sanguine about the possibility. At that moment, Chinese soldiers are using a satellite to spy on the Simpsons' yard.

Spy: Those inscrutable Americans. What are they up to now?
Humungous: I will stop them. I am strong. I am the great Humungous.
General: We all know you're the great Humungous.
Humungous: Well, I'm just saying.
General: Oh, you always just saying!
Moe: [voice over] Homer, is this story going anywhere?
[cut to Moe's Tavern. Homer, Lenny, and Carl are seated at the bar]
Homer: Yes. Eventually, I become king of the Morlocks.
Carl: But Morlocks are from the future.
Homer: You calling me a liar?
Moe: Wait a minute, Homer. If it's true, what about all the stuff you weren't around for?
Lenny: Yeah. How'd you know the Chinese were spying on you?
Homer: Oh, I just naturally assumed.
Moe: That is the stupidest story I ever heard, and I read the entire "Sweet Valley High" series.

Classic.

[The_Mike]

:lol:

Ironically that's rather how Simpsons stories became over time. The Poochy episode was remarkably fore-sighted. I suppose there were always good moments though, even as the episodes got more ropey, it's just there's so much and I see them so randomly I find it hard to distinguish or remember a lot of the time. You're right about Season 10, though, that's a lot of classic episodes in one place.

[JoJo the rabid monkey]

I'VE RUN OUT OF PIE-RELATED PUNS

[KorruptJustice]

I like Lisa. She can be very annoying but she at least has purpose in balancing the family dynamic and there have been a few good Lisa episodes (like the one where she channelled Eva Peron). Marge just seems to be there because the family needs a mother, and her neuroses are a lot more annoying than they are funny. She has very little character of her own beyond nagging and repressing.

Yeah, while I'm not really a fan of Lisa, she does at least have her moments; moreso than Marge, anyway. I've never been a fan of Marge, and can probably count the number of episodes that she's made me laugh on one hand.

[Fro]

Shut up, Becky!

Marge and Lisa are each great, essential characters and the show would suck without them. They usually play the straight man to Homer and Bart, and do so perfectly, but also frequently provide their own laughs.

[Badger]

It's not like Marge nags every single show anyway, sometimes she lets loose and makes mistakes like everyone else, like her night out with Ruth Powers and when she becomes addicted to gambling.

[The_Mike]

Shut up, Becky!

Marge and Lisa are each great, essential characters and the show would suck without them. They usually play the straight man to Homer and Bart, and do so perfectly, but also frequently provide their own laughs.

I disagree that Marge is essential. Lisa is sophisticated and confident enough to stand on her own as the family's moral and sensible compass, and she has no problems telling Homer he's an idiot as much as she does Bart. Marge, on the other hand, never seems to do anything but complain or randomly select to be as irrational as Homer. She doesn't seem to actually be capable of arguing her position like Lisa can, she just groans and moans a lot, alternating between passively accepting Homer's shit and blowing up on him.


It's not like Marge nags every single show anyway, sometimes she lets loose and makes mistakes like everyone else, like her night out with Ruth Powers and when she becomes addicted to gambling.

I found Marge's addiction to gambling to be pretty boring, to be honest (though it may be because I have seen that episode a hundred times). She doesn't have that idiotic charm that gets Homer a free pass whenever he gets sucked into anything. And I really do think she nags in 99% of the episodes. Seriously.

This does sound all very negative but I'm not trying to say she's a terrible character. I don't think she's entirely necessary to the show but the everyday family dynamic would be a bit odd without a mother, and she does have a role to play in the larger community. I just don't like her or find her funny, myself.

[mth]

And does anybody like Marge?
I do enjoy the occasions where they show that she's a wee bit crazy. The nagging and getting mad stuff gets old, but the occasional times that they show she's a bit OCD or doesn't have a solid grip on much outside of her own home are quite amusing.
I can't pull any quotes out off the top of my head, unfortunate, other than "Who gives a gibble? Gabba gabba hey!"
Oh, also when she makes Bart and Lisa wigs after they get bad haircuts and asks if they still think she's crazy for keeping their trimmings "Now to get these back in the freezer!"

[turdpower]

How about some more fucking polls?

[Simmo Fortyone]

How about some more fucking SHUT UP :mad:

Been out of town for a few days. Working on more polls now.

[turdpower]

LIAR

[Simmo Fortyone]

ok ok ok ok sorry for the delay :$

Season 3 and 4 up now. Open for 3 days. Season 5 and 6 will go up on Wednesday.

[JoJo the rabid monkey]

Ridiculously hard. Voted for A Streetcar Named Marge mostly because I watched A Streetcar Named Desire earlier tonight, and I didn't see Marge vs. the Monorail right under it. Whoops.

[wardy]

Thought the first poll for season 4 was extremely difficult. Had to go to IMDB to refresh my memory and the Itchy & Scratchy episode had so many good quotes.

The other 2 were pretty clean cut with the Monorail one obviously getting my vote as well as Marge Gets A Job which I have a soft spot for. The more I think about it now, I probably prefer Marge In Chains which has some classic moments such as the juice loosener and Lionel Hutz.

[Simmo Fortyone]

I went for Brother From The Same Planet, confident that Marge vs the Monorail will go through.

'III' is the only one of the Treehouse of Horrors that I genuinely enjoy because it has two of my favourite exchanges...

"Take this object, but beware it carries a terrible curse!"
"That's bad."
"But it comes with a free frogurt!"
"That's good!"
"The frogurt is also cursed."
"That's bad."
"But you get your choice of topping!"
"That's good!"
"The toppings contains Potassium Benzoate."
...
"That's bad."
"Can I go now?"

...and...

"Dad, we did something very bad!"
"Did you wreck the car?"
"No!"
"Did you raise the dead?"
"Yes!"
"But the car's okay?"

[Badger]

Polls 1 and 3 for season 4 were hard, but I called the big one bitey because I couldn't give up my dental plan.

[MichaelC]

Homer the Heretic got a really bad draw.

[Fro]

This is tough now. I can't decide between Treehouse of Horror III and Kamp Krusty, both great.

The Halloween episodes in this show's prime were hilarious.

[RFF Champ]

I don't think I ever enjoyed a Halloween episode.

[Fro]

Wow that sucks for you. Why not?

[virms]

Can't vote in Season 4 poll 3.

3 episodes are too good to choose between.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Be honest, are people only voting for Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk because of the "land of chocolate" scene?

[Badger]

I didn't vote for that one, but one of the reasons I voted for Homer's Triple Bypass was the "Bad Cops" scene at the start, it's a classic.

[darkhorse]

Be honest, are people only voting for Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk because of the "land of chocolate" scene?

That, the part where Homer squanders his stock on beer and the part where Bart goes to Moe's.

[wardy]

"People who are going to be laid off in alphabetical order: Simpson, Homer. Zat is all."

[Badger]

Hey Simmo you should run a separate poll for the Sideshow Bob episodes just for shits and giggles.

[MichaelC]

We looked up Funeral for a Friend and Eternal Sunshine of the Simpson Mind purely due to this tournie and really enjoyed them. So thanks, Simmo.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Not a problem.

Been having net issues at home (at work currently and the poll stuff is on my laptop). Apparently they don't like it when you don't pay the bill. Sorry for the delay, folks. Season 5 and 6 polls should be up this arvo.

[Simmo Fortyone]

OK, now I've got the internet working at home, I'm looking to finish off the first round by mid-next week. I've gone through and done all the little description thingys for each episode now, so it's just a matter of posting them.

Season 5 & 6 - open from now until 23rd
Season 7 & 8 - open from 22nd until 25th
Season 9 & 10 - open from 24th until 27th
Season 11 & 12 - open from 27th until 29th

Wildcard round polls will go up late next week, then it's on to Round 2 :hyper:

[Simmo Fortyone]

Wow. The season 5 and 6 polls are a bitch. S6 Poll 2 has three of my favourite episodes ever :(

And those of you who aren't voting in some polls because they're "too hard" (and I know who is doing it), man up and bloody well vote. I'm not asking you which one of your children to kill.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Gone with $pringfield in S5 Poll 2 in the hope that Cape Feare will get through anyway. Please don't let me down, folks :(

[Fro]

S6P2 is indeed a tough one. Homer the Great is a must, but in an ideal world I'd love to see Two Dozen and One Greyhounds (see my vest), The PTA Disbands and Lemon of Troy all in the second round as well. Tough call.

[MichaelC]

Wow. The season 5 and 6 polls are a bitch. S6 Poll 2 has three of my favourite episodes ever :(

And those of you who aren't voting in some polls because they're "too hard" (and I know who is doing it), man up and bloody well vote. I'm not asking you which one of your children to kill.

You might as well be.


Hmmm


6, 3. Easy vote for Bart of Darkness, one of the best Hitchcock piss takes ever.

6, 2 Homie the Clown, Homer the Great, Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1), Two Dozen and One Greyhounds, The PTA Disbands. You are clearly an evil person. Homie the Clown gets my vote because it'll probably get forgotten. Very strong lineup though.

6,1. They all have good stuff, but its down to Sideshow Bob Roberts or Homer Badman, and the Bob episode just has so much more going for it.

5,3. The Boy Who Knew Too Much was a relatively easy choice even if it is one of my favourite episodes.

5, 2. Everyone will go for Cape Feare, so I've gone for Boy Scoutz in the Hood with the ironic dolphins to give it a shot for 2nd place.

5, 1. Treehouse of Horror IV has too much great in it to not be voted for, Homer and Apu was a close second.

People seem to like the ones I'm not that fond of!

[turdpower]

Just looking at season 6 and fuck me, I could pick about 5 of them just in the first poll :(

[turdpower]

Cape Feare not as far ahead as I thought. No love for Bart's elephant either, which I find shocking.

[wardy]

I found the season 5 polls harder.

[MichaelC]

Cape Feare not as far ahead as I thought. No love for Bart's elephant either, which I find shocking.

It's the single choice thing that is the problem. Homer and Apu has nul point so far. Sideshow Bob Roberts had the same until I voted - mind you, atnumbers isn't here with his Sideshow Bob campaign yet.

[wardy]

Homer and Apu's best moment was the deleted scene from the 138th episode spectacular.

"It's funny, their clothes are different from my clothes."

[MichaelC]

The Christians at the Airport. "Are we in India yet?". The three questions.

It has lots of great moments in it.

[wardy]

Just noticed that I voted for the 2 episodes from Season 5 that were actually made by the Season 4 production team: Homer's Barbershop Quartet and Cape Feare. And with season 5 clearly being one of the best it shows just how strong season 4 was.

Also, can't believe the lack of love for Burns' Heir. Amazing episode.

[Badger]

Fuck me, that was hard.


The Christians at the Airport. "Are we in India yet?". The three questions.

It has lots of great moments in it.

The oversized giant camera hat, Homer going back to eat an expired hot dog, refusing 5lbs of shrimp but talking 10lbs.

Also it needed some help since Deep Space Homer doesn't need it.

[wardy]

I just went back and watched that episode and it's definitely a classic, completely forgot about the song and James Woods even though I watched it as recently as a month or 2 ago. It also has a lot of the silly understated stuff that I loved about the classic episodes such as: "Shhh Lisa, the dog is barking!" and "He's raking the leaves? That's your job! And if he tries to do Lisa's wood chopping..."

Fuck there was other stuff that I can't even remember now.

[Badger]

Grampa: "Ah, there's an interesting story behind this nickel. In 1957, I remember it was, I got up in the morning and made myself a piece of toast. I set the toaster to three - medium brown."

Apu: "Ah there she is! The world's first convenience store!"
Homer: "This isn't very convenient!"
Apu: "Please. Must you down on everything we do?"

[turdpower]

Bart of Darkness is class, but I had to go for the Aussie one.

Here: let me read to you from my play. Ahem. "'Kippers for breakfast, Aunt Helga? Is it St Swithin's Day already?', 'Tis,' replied Aunt Helga"

[JoJo the rabid monkey]

Bullfrog? That's a funny name. I would've called them chazwozzers.

[Atty]

6,1. They all have good stuff, but its down to Sideshow Bob Roberts or Homer Badman, and the Bob episode just has so much more going for it.


Sideshow Bob Roberts is my favorite episode of the whole show. So much greatness down to the little things like Haldeman and Erlichman in Bob's car and Archie characters feuding with Homer.

And it debuted the Republican Party Headquarters, complete with Schwarzenegger before he got into politics...

[Simmo Fortyone]

Don't let the casino episode get eliminated ffs

[wardy]

Bullfrog? That's a funny name. I would've called them chazwozzers.
They're in the left and larry, and all over the balarnychug.

No love for Bart Gets Famous or Bart's Girlfriend?

"Instead of going to the box factory, we'll be going to the... box factory!"

Willy: The idea was to blind your enemy with luxury!

I think it would've been better if we rated all the episodes out of 10, with 2 still going through. That way these episodes would stand a better chance.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Holy shit. After rewatching Cape Feare I realised I'd completely forgot that it has one of my favourite scenes ever - Up Late With McBain!

That is some outfit, Zoe. It makes you look like a homosexual.
*crowd boos*
MAYBE YOU ARE ALL HOMOSEXUALS TOO!

[turdpower]

What episode is this from:

Mein bratwurst has a first name, It's F-R-I-T-Z, Mein bratwurst has a second name, It's S-C-H-N-A-C-K-E-N-P-F-E-F-F-E-R-H-A-U-S-E-N.

[wardy]

It's the Sherry Bobbins one.

And now I'm going down to Emmet's Fix-it shop, to fix Emmet.

[darkhorse]

Burns: Smithers...are they booing me?
Smithers: Uh, no, they're saying "Boo-urns! Boo-urns!"
Burns: Are you saying "boo" or "Boo-urns"?
Audience: Boo! Boo!
Moleman: I was saying "Boo-urns"...

[Simmo Fortyone]

In case it wasn't painfully obvious from the plethora of threads just posted, Seasons 7 and 8 are posted. They close Saturday morning GMT. Season 5 and 6 still open for another 24 hours.

[JoJo the rabid monkey]

The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots.

[Excel]

Hank Scorpio for the win!

"Homer, if you could kill anybody on the way out that would really help me alot."

[Beefy]

Holy shit. After rewatching Cape Feare I realised I'd completely forgot that it has one of my favourite scenes ever - Up Late With McBain!

That is some outfit, Zoe. It makes you look like a homosexual.
*crowd boos*
MAYBE YOU ARE ALL HOMOSEXUALS TOO!

Yeah that's why that episode is the best ever. It's almost a 'Greatest Hits' in one episode with just quality gag running into quality gag.

[MichaelC]

8,3
Brother From Another Series
Mountain of Madness
El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer
The Springfield Files
Quite literally, four of my favourite SImpsons episodes. The Frasier contratong, Burns and Homer up the mountain, Johnny Cash's coyote, or the X-Files and Nimoy. I went for Sideshow Bob, but this one was on par with Season 4 and 5 for toughness.

8,2. Hank Scorpio is blatantly going to go through, so I put my vote in for Homer vs the Eighteenth Amendment. Rex Banner is one of my favourite one off characters.

8,1. Tough because none of them are really great. Couldn't we have fitted two of the 8.1 top four in here? I went for In Marge We Trust. Purely for the "Baboons to the right of me" sermon.

7,3. Easily Much Apu About Nothing. "Even when it was the bears, I knew it was the immigrants!", "A large bear like creature, possibly a bear..." "I got so up with immigrant bashing, I never realised it could hurt someone I care about."

7,2. They're all good, but I voted for Treehouse of Horror VI, because no one else will. And it has some of my favourite moments.
"There's nothing sinister about Groundskeeper WIllie. He just disappeared without a trace. Now, let's have no more talk about this mysterious coverup."
--
"It was the thirteenth hour, of the thirteenth day, of the thirteenth month. We were at a school meeting to complain about the faulty calenders the school bought."
(followed by Homer walking into the school freezing, glancing at the calender and muttering angrily, "Lousy Smarch weather!"
---
"Describe what you see, Homer?"
"Has anyone seen the movie Tron?"
"No." "No." "No." "No." "no." "no." "No." "no." "No." "No." "no." "No." "No." "Yes....I mean no."


7,1. Bart the Fink. "Oh my god, a big plane crash. Gather round, people. Come on, don't be shy." "Some people might think you a hero, boy. But not me, I loved that clown." And the useless Cayman Islands guy.

[turdpower]

The last 4 in series 8 poll 2 are all brilliant.

And it was hard to choose between Sherry Bobbins and the Burlesque one. Went for the one with less votes.

No love for the Sideshow Bob atomic bomb episode. I just assumed it would be walking away with it.

[Simmo Fortyone]

You know what, after thinking the last 5 or 6 years have been rubbish, I'm enjoying the episodes in the latest series. I'm watching The Good, The Sad and the Drugly and it has made me laugh like a retard.

[MichaelC]

The last 4 in series 8 poll 2 are all brilliant.

And it was hard to choose between Sherry Bobbins and the Burlesque one. Went for the one with less votes.

No love for the Sideshow Bob atomic bomb episode. I just assumed it would be walking away with it.

Though I love all Sideshow Bob episodes, it is one of the weakest.

[JoJo the rabid monkey]

I am the only person to vote for any of the season seven episodes I voted for. What's wrong with everyone else?

[MichaelC]

I am the only person to vote for any of the season seven episodes I voted for. What's wrong with everyone else?

What ones did you vote for?

[Fro]

Season 8 Poll 2 is insane.The fact that 3 of the following 5 episodes won't make it out of the first round is absurd. At least 3 of these are among the top 10 episodes ever. Save them, Simmo!


Homer's Phobia

You Only Move Twice

Hurricane Neddy

Homer vs the Eighteenth Amendment

Homer's Enemy

[MichaelC]

The gay one is overrated. And the hurricane one really didn't hold up well when I last saw it.

And I might be the only person who thinks it, but I didn't really like the Frank Grimes episode.

The other two are top notch though.

[JoJo the rabid monkey]

What ones did you vote for?

Homerpalooza
--"Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins"
"Homer Simpson, smiling politely."
--Homer's ridiculous cool kid getup and the reaction. "Don't commit your hate crimes here. HATE CRIME!"
--"Somebody ordered the London Orchestra...possibly while high." <stares at Cypress Hill>

The Day the Violence Died
--The Steamboat Willie-style Itchy and Scratchy cartoons
--the meta-ending, where versions of the Ullman Simpsons save the day.
--Itchy and Scratchy meet Fritz the Cat!
--I'm not greedy. As long as I've got my health, and my millions of dollars and my gold house and my rocket car, I don't need anything else.

Scenes From the Class Struggle in Springfield
--"Use the open-faced club. The sand wedge!"
"Mmmm, open-faced club sandwich"
--the ridiculous way the rich women accent their names
--Lisa sticking to her liberal values until she sees ponies. I always like the episodes that remember she's an eight year old instead of a tiny tiny politician
--"Don't ask me, I'm just hair. Your head ended 18 inches ago."

[MichaelC]

That last one does have Burns's golf anecdote, followed by the line "I wonder if this Homer Nixon is a relative?"
"I don't think so, Sir, they both pronounce and spell their names differently."


They're good, but I stand by my picks - Much Apu About Nothing, Bart the Fink, and Treehouse of Horror VI.

[JoJo the rabid monkey]

Yeah, I agonized over my choices and there were a couple polls where you really couldn't go wrong, but I didn't expect to be the only one to choose as I did.

[MichaelC]

Skinner: Wheel him out quietly. It's best the children don't see.
[Lunch Lady Doris starts wheeling out the trolley]
[the sheet, stuck under Skinner's foot, comes off]
Children: [seeing Martin's twisted features] Aah!
Skinner: Oh, just get it out of here.
Not into the kindergarten! [more screams from outside]
-- Traumatizing the wee ones, "Treehouse of Horror VI"

Lisa: Mom! Dad! Martin died at school today!
Marge: Mmm! I don't see what that has to do with Groundskeeper Willy.
Bart: [pause] Umm...we didn't mention Groundskeeper Willy, Mom.
Marge: Mmm...kids, it's time we told you the true story and put your
fears to rest. It's a story of murder and revenge from beyond
the grave.
-- Oh yeah, _real_ assuaging, "Treehouse of Horror VI"

Willy: [a mere skeleton] You'll pay for this...with your children's
blood!
Wiggum: Oh, right. How are you going to get them? Skeleton power?
Willy: I'll strike where you canna protect them -- in their dreams!
-- The smouldering skeleton speaks, "Treehouse of Horror VI"

****************

This is Kent Brockman with a special report from the Channel 6 News
Copter. A large, bear-like animal, most likely a bear, has wandered
down from the hill in search of food or perhaps employment.
-- Perhaps on `Gentle Ben', "Much Apu About Nothing

the police soon
arrive on the scene and tranquilize the bear. And Barney.

Book 'em Lou. One count of being a bear. And one count of being an
accessory to being a bear.
-- Chief Wiggum arrests a bear and Barney, "Much Apu About Nothing"

Assistant: Sir, there's an unruly mob here to see you.
Quimby: Does it have an appointment?
Assistant: [consults clipboard] Yes, it does.
Skinner: I phoned ahead!
-- Never can be too prepared, "Much Apu About Nothing"

Homer: Mr. Mayor, I hate to break it to you, but this town is infested
by bears.
Moe: Yeah, and these ones are smarter than the average bear. They
swiped my pic-a-nic basket.

Homer: Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a
charm.
Lisa: That's spacious reasoning, Dad.
Homer: Thank you, dear.
Lisa: By your logic I could claim that this rock keeps tigers away.
Homer: Oh, how does it work?
Lisa: It doesn't work.
Homer: Uh-huh.
Lisa: It's just a stupid rock.
Homer: Uh-huh.
Lisa: But I don't see any tigers around, do you?
[Homer thinks of this, then pulls out some money]
Homer: Lisa, I want to buy your rock.

Willie: [threatens children] You want to pick on immigrants? Then
pick on Willie!
Skinner: Willie, please. The students want to pick on someone their
own size.
-- Ach, "Much Apu About Nothing"

What you're saying is so understandable. And really, your only crime
was violating U.S. law.
-- Marge to Apu, "Much Apu About Nothing"

Proctor: All right, here's your last question. What was the cause of
the Civil War?
Apu: Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious
schism between the abolitionists and the anti-abolitionists,
there were economic factors, both domestic and inter--
Proctor: Wait, wait... just say slavery.
Apu: Slavery it is, sir.
-- "Much Apu About Nothing"

When are people going to learn? ... Democracy doesn't work!
-- Homer J. Simpson, free-thinking anarchist, "Much Apu About Nothing"

[Simmo Fortyone]

Season 8 Poll 2 is insane.The fact that 3 of the following 5 episodes won't make it out of the first round is absurd. At least 3 of these are among the top 10 episodes ever. Save them, Simmo!


Homer's Phobia

You Only Move Twice

Hurricane Neddy

Homer vs the Eighteenth Amendment

Homer's Enemy
Yeah the whole "randomised picks" thing annoyed me with this one :( However if there's a tie for 2nd there's the wildcard round :chin:

[Badger]

I voted for Team Homer in the first one, had some good stuff like the Steretypes bowling team and Mr Burns drilling Hans Moleman's brain mistaking him for a leprichaun trying to get his lucky charms.

Season 8 Poll 2 was the hardest, torn between Homer's Enemy and You Only Move Twice. You Only Move Twice just edged it, but if I had another vote then Homer's Enemy would get it.

[turdpower]

Homerpalooza
--"Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins"
"Homer Simpson, smiling politely."
--Homer's ridiculous cool kid getup and the reaction. "Don't commit your hate crimes here. HATE CRIME!"
--"Somebody ordered the London Orchestra...possibly while high." <stares at Cypress Hill>

He actually says "Cypress Hill, I'm looking at you".

Insane in the Brain does sound brilliant with an orchestra as well.

[wardy]

MY EYES! THE GLASSES DO NOTHING!

Drederick Tatum is out for revenge: ON HOMER SIMPSON!

Tatum: I am going to make orphans of his children.
Brockman (I think): He does have a wife, you know.
Tatum: Yes, but I believe that she would die of grief.

[JoJo the rabid monkey]

Insane in the Brain does sound brilliant with an orchestra as well.

As does the Sonic Youth version of the theme song.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Seasons 5 and 6 closed. Seasons 9 and 10 go up tomorrow.


How come every season 7 and 8 poll has 50-odd views and only 20-ish votes? Who is reading but not voting? OWN UP

[turdpower]

People might have gone in to see who's voted for what.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Season 9 polls posted. I'm in a rush to get shit done before I go away for the weekend so I might not have time to post Season 10 today. Will see how I go.

[Badger]

The Trouble With Trillions needs more love.

"Marge how many kids do we have? I'll put nine. Bart, Lisa, Maggie is seven people."
"Homer you know we don't have...."
"Shut up shut up shut up if I don't hear you it's not illegal!"

*drives up to red traffic lights*

"If I don't see it it's not illegal."

Or when Burns tries to scold him with the water. So many good scenes.

[turdpower]

The Trouble With Trillions needs more love.

"Marge how many kids do we have? I'll put nine. Bart, Lisa, Maggie is seven people."

Marge! How many kids do we have? Oh, no time to count, I'll just estimate! Uh... nine!

....


OK, Marge, if anyone asks, you require twenty four hour nursing care, Lisa's a clergyman, Maggie is seven people, and Bart was wounded in Vietnam!

[Badger]

Oops, maybe I should have looked it up. I got some bits it though.

In any case an underrated episode. One line I often quote when I do my Otto impression is "Taxes? Isn't this the line for Metallica?"

[Jenova]

MY EYES! THE GLASSES DO NOTHING!

Drederick Tatum is out for revenge: ON HOMER SIMPSON!

Tatum: I am going to make orphans of his children.
Brockman (I think): He does have a wife, you know.
Tatum: Yes, but I believe that she would die of grief.

Haha, love that Tatum interview.

Also when Moe psyches up Homer before the fight:
Moe: I'm not going to lie to you Homer. There's a good chance you can win tonight, but you gotta visualize how you gonna beat him.
Homer: Gotcha.
(Homer thinking)
Announcer: A congenical heart defect has befell Tatum moments before he could step into the ring.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Seasons 10 and 11 now open. Season 12 and the first of the wildcard rounds open on Friday. Round 2 begins next week :hyper:

[Fro]

I'd like to point out how excellent the food critic episode is.

Bart: Check it out Dad, you can print out the headline from the day you were born.
Homer: Ooh, pointless nostalgia!
[keys in his birth date. A paper appears showing a Homer-like baby with the headline, "Unusually Large, Ugly Baby Born"]

Tour guide: Each paper contains a certain percent of recycled paper.
Lisa: And what percent is that?
Tour guide: Zero. Zero's a percent!

Editor: Not bad, not bad at all! We're going to run this on page one! ... of section H-2.
Homer: Whoo-hoo! Stop the presses!
[Man hits stop button, wreaking havoc in the plant]
Homer: [places his article on the conveyor belt] OK, Start the presses!
Editor: That takes four hours.
Homer: Whatever, I'll be at Moe's.

[turdpower]

I'd say the Focosyn and Tommaco ones are my favourite from 11 and you've put them in the same bloody poll :irked:

[turdpower]

No love for the Tokyo episode either. It's fucking brilliant.

[Fro]

Yeah, the Tokyo one is great. I think I'd put Canyonero and Maxium Homerdrive ahead of it though. Season 10 is my fave.

[wardy]

This is when the series started declining drastically, I don't know what to vote for because I don't particularly remember the funny bits. I'll need to watch them again.

[turdpower]

11 and 10 were good wardy.

[wardy]

You may be right. But I can remember being 11 or 12 years old, watching the likes of Maximum Homerdrive and Homer To The Max and thinking that something has gone horribly wrong. I've seen them since and my opinion has admittedly changed a bit. Maybe I was just comparing it to the greatness of the previous seasons, but you have to admit that the quality had dropped. When Fro says 10 was his favourite season I think WHAT?

[Simmo Fortyone]

Yeah going through each episode I felt that 9 was the last solid season. 10, 11 and 12 had their moments. I think that from 10 onwards there have been no sentimental (for want of a better word) episodes like Mother Simpson or And Maggie Makes Three. It all seemed to evolve into Homer et al being in stupid situations.

[turdpower]

The ideas and general episode storylines did seem to get stupider and stupider. But they've done so many episodes, it clearly would get harder.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Absolutely. Can't fault them for that. I'd still take a poorer episode of The Simpsons over an episode of The Hills or whatever dross passes for television today.

[turdpower]

Neighbours!

[Badger]

Not related to the current polls in anyway, but Beefy posting about McBain earlier reminds me of a few of my favourite McBain scenes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIlpYLIiZLE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5AeI35Il94

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ZoHhvQgjU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFZh92MUOY

Also can't find it on Youtube at the moment, but this bit is great:

Police Chief: "McBain! That cannon of yours is not regulation size!"
McBain: "But how do you expect me to avenge my partner with this tiny pea-shooter!"
Police Chief: "In my department we do things by the book!"
(McBain shoots book in Police Chief's hand, blowing a hole in the wall) "Bye book!"

[wardy]

ICE TO SEE YOU!

[turdpower]

Someone posted the "full" movie of McBain ages ago. Basically someone had whacked together every clip of McBain and it made sense. Sort of.

[wardy]

Don't think it's on youtube anymore. GAY.

[Badger]

Someone posted the "full" movie of McBain ages ago. Basically someone had whacked together every clip of McBain and it made sense. Sort of.

Yeah, shame that's not up on Youtube anymore.

Bastards.

[Matty C]

McBain was pure gold during the entire Radioctive Man movie episode. I used the goggles line all the time.

[TapOut]

If someone finds that McBain "movie", please post it here. I've never seen it.

I used to be into The Simpsons hardcore but have fallen off of them greatly over the last 8 years or so.

[Fro]

I voted for Tomacco instantly cuz it's one of my faves, but I just saw that the Mel Gibson one is on the same ballot. CLASSIC.

All in favor, say die!

[Homer and Mel are mooning the studio execs speeding towards them in a car]
Mel: Will you please tell me the rest of the plan?
Homer: It was your plan, from "Braveheart." Your army mooned the enemy until they could take no more and surrendered.
Gibson: No they didn't! They attacked us in a horribly bloody battle. Remember?
Homer: Actually I didn't see it, but on the poster it --
[car crashes into Homer]

[Badger]

"Trilogy of Error" is awesome, especially Linguo's exchange with the Mafia.

"Shaddapaya face!"
"Shut up YOUR face!"

[Simmo Fortyone]

Season 12 up. First of the wildcard rounds going up in a minute.

[Simmo Fortyone]

OK, 2 wildcard rounds have been posted and will be open for 48 hours. You can vote for as many as you like in those polls. The top 4 will go through. There are two more wildcard rounds that will be posted as soon as Season 12 closes, as well as the first four polls of Round 2 :yes:

[Fro]

Haha Linguo

'Sentence fragment' is also a sentence fragment.

[Badger]

"Must conserve battery power."

"Linguo dead?"
"Lingo IS dead."

[Simmo Fortyone]

Final wildcard poll up. Should read "top 5 go through" not "top 4".

Round 2 starting tomorrow. 96 episodes, 16 polls of 6 episodes each with the top 2 from each going through. Get ready for some tough decisions, kids.

[Vice]

Final wildcard poll up. Should read "top 5 go through" not "top 4".


Fixed. Not that it'll make a huge difference, but still.

[H2K]

Lost Our Lisa is my favorite from there. Such a strong episode throughout. With of course the Homer classic "I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there... Please save me Superman!"

and one that always gets me, when Lisa is talking on the phone with Homer, trying to convince him to let her take a bus

Homer: Museum? I don't like the sound of that... what did your mother say?
Lisa: Umm, I wasn't one hundred percent clear on that. She said something, but she was kind of in a rush to get Bart to the emergency room.
Homer: Hmmm, so you wanna take the bus eh?

:lol: complete lack of interest in his son being rushed to the hospital

[Badger]

Homer was golden in that episode, I always laugh when he gets stuck in the drawbridge with all the cars running over his head and in the next scene there's a big tyre tread mark on his head.

Drawbridge Guy: "You said to crush him right?"
Lisa: "NO!"

When he rushes into the museum frantically searching for Lisa he walks out with a load of souvenirs.

Also when Lisa's waiting for the bus, Moe getting into the taxi for the VD clinic, and Comic Book Guy saying Lisa can get his seat "If you can answers these questions three! Question the first!"