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[ElectricBlanketFire]

Dental plan! Lisa needs braces.

Any Simpsons fan knows that Lenny's cry of "DENTAL PLAN!" will be swiftly followed by Marge's reasoned plea that "Lisa needs braces." They know this because the loop is played over and over again in the show's season four episode "Last Exit to Springfield." In the episode, Homer faces a quandary: If he and his colleagues give up their dental plan, they can have a keg of beer at their meetings. It takes these two voices, echoing endlessly, to help him realize this is a bad idea.

Another bad idea? The

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Australian TV station Eleven—

which is home to a host of shows, which include The Simpsons, Futurama, and How I Met Your Mother—playing this clip on a loop for nearly four hours straight. Recently, the station posted the loop via Facebook Live video with the caption, "Just ‘Lisa needs braces' on loop. How long can you last?"

Dental plan! Lisa needs braces.

 

[thecosmicfly]

I'm ruining the combo posts right now.

 

[Alex Anderson]

I'm ruining the combo posts right now.

 

[jotun?]

dental plan!

 

[Dishwalla]

Was hoping this would be a statement of some sort, like a protest, against the current push against ACA.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I'm ruining the combo posts right now.

I'm ruining the combo posts right now.

Thanks a lot Carl! Now I've lost my train of thought...

 

[echoshifting]

So long dental plan!

 

[Ogodei]

Too early for flapjacks?

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The non shitpost question is if they did this for April Fool's or not. What was the context?

 

[GurgleBot20]

I was kinda hoping they were airing the episode and decided to loop it as the scene comes on, scaring anybody who was actually watching it.

 

[Tregard]

So long dental plan!

dental plan!

 

[Big Chungus]

dental plan!

lisa needs braces!

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Is there a Simpson gif/pic for this?

 

[Tathanen]

Is there a Simpson gif/pic for this?

 

[Zombie James]

Is there a Simpson gif/pic for this?

 

[PetriP-TNT]

DENTAL PLAN

 

[toxicgonzo]

dental plan!

lisa needs braces!

denta*gets shot*

 

[greycolumbus]

SO. LONG. DENTAL. PLAN.

 

[Apoc29]

From now on the baby sleeps in the crib.

 

[NewGame]

Only 4 hours?

 

[echoshifting]

SO. LONG. DENTAL. PLAN.

Too early for flapjacks?

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Did they do this for April fools or not? What was the context?

 

[sixteen-bit]

imagine being forced to watch through all 4 hours

 

[echoshifting]

Did they do this for April fools or not? What was the context?

I think it was just to see how long they could get people to watch it.

They said they only stopped due to Facebook restrictions and would have kept going forever if they could

 

[liquidtmd]

imagine being forced to watch through all 4 hours

 

[nekkid]

Sounds like Negan's closet for season 8.

 

[kulapik]

Clickbait, this was only on Facebook, not on actual TV.

 

[Koomaster]

I was kinda hoping they were airing the episode and decided to loop it as the scene comes on, scaring anybody who was actually watching it.

That would actually be quite amazing. One minute you're watching the episode and then suddenly you realize the scene is looping more than it should and you're left wondering what happened. xD

 

[Richie]

That would actually be quite amazing. One minute you're watching the episode and then suddenly you realize the scene is looping more than it should and you're left wondering what happened. xD

Like the evolution of Sideshow Bob's rake gag. Would be brilliant.

 

[AuthenticM]

Probably my favorite Simpsons bit. Though it's much better in Québec French.

edit: OH MY GOD. France French Simpsons is fucking terrible.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

In 1992, 102 Jams in Greensboro, NC looped 2 words ("oh jam," from the opening of "Teddy's Jam") for more than 2 days. (I was in high school when it happened.)

There's actually a recorded clip of the on-air talent talking about it as it was actually happening here: http://www.carolinasoul.org/site/in...ams_the_plight_of_the_jam_machine_-_part_one/