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[friskykillface]

treehouse of horror time
thats good

 

[gaiadyne]

I watched A Clockwork Orange for the first time because of this episode

 

[UberTag]

I watched A Clockwork Orange for the first time because of this episode

A Clockwork Orange might be the most satirized movie over the entire run of the show. I can't think of too many others that could give it a run except for possibly Planet of the Apes.

 

[Prof. Bathtub]

A Clockwork Orange might be the most satirized movie over the entire run of the show. I can't think of too many others that could give it a run except for possibly Planet of the Apes.

Citizen Kane and/or Psycho? Considering how two characters have a lot of aspects lifted from each movie respectively.

 

[gaiadyne]

A Clockwork Orange might be the most satirized movie over the entire run of the show. I can't think of too many others that could give it a run except for possibly Planet of the Apes.

I re watched that treehouse of horror where they parodied it after watching the movie and I was able to pick up on all the references but I wish it was during an earlier season when I think they could have pulled it off better

 

[Nudull]

That Fish Police gag. Coldblooded.

 

[BatDan]

A better Star Trek XII than the actual Star Trek XII (Into Darkness)

 

[Sanjuro]

USA USA USA

 

[Sanjuro]

Mmmmm. Burger.

 

[UberTag]

This string of episodes until 2am tonight is arguably the strongest in the entire show's run.
Nothing but classics.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

I always loved how the Lisa's Wedding episode called back to this episode.

 

[BatDan]

Bart! Why are you doing that?!

"The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races"

 

[Sanjuro]

Native American Ice Cream

 

[NameGenerated]

We got beets!

 

[RPGCrazied]

Did they HD these? They look better than I remember. DVD's certainly don't look this good.

 

[Mister Negative]

SAVE SCRAP IRON

 

[Sanjuro]

Did they HD these? They look better than I remember. DVD's certainly don't look this good.

They do not look better than the DVDs.

They Mario 64 start screened them. Zoom, stretch, clean up, depixelate. Sometimes the result is okay though. There is no HD source.

 

[Mister Negative]

the betamax player jokes might be the most poorly aged jokes on this show

 

[RPGCrazied]

They do not look better than the DVDs.

They Mario 64 start screened them. Zoom, stretch, clean up, depixelate. Sometimes the result is okay though. There is no HD source.

Maybe I'll check them. I have the first 13 seasons on DVD. They just seem cleaner than I remember.

 

[BatDan]

"I like stories"

40 years to see the movie. Doesn't really work knowing the accessibility of DVD/Blu-Ray/Streaming. Ah well.

 

[smokeymicpot]

20 years till Bart is Justice of the Supreme Court.

 

[friskykillface]

20 years until two tickets to a movie cost $650

 

[Piston Hyundai]

I wish we lived in the Bang Bang Bart timeline

 

[BatDan]

16 years actually. That episode came out in 1992
... HOLY FUCK

 

[UberTag]

We got beets!

Lisa's so happy to have beets. She must feel about them the same way Marge feels about potatoes.

 

[Sanjuro]

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Use carbon fiber stucco lathe!

 

[BatDan]

Cueball, the man with no hair!
GRRRRR

 

[BigAT]

I think the Simpsons was what introduced me to the idea that people hated Jimmy Carter. As a youth I just knew him as the nice, folksy former president that spent his time helping people with Habitat for Humanity. I had no idea how unpopular his presidency was.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

the betamax player jokes might be the most poorly aged jokes on this show

Still makes me laugh. I still give my childhood friend shit for his family choosing beta.

 

[UberTag]

I think the Simpsons was what introduced me to the idea that people hated Jimmy Carter. As a youth I just knew him as the nice, folksy former president that spent his time helping people with Habitat for Humanity. I had no idea how unpopular his presidency was.

Who doesn't love breakdancing Jimmy Carter?

I wonder what other undoubtedly popular future presidents have been portrayed similarly on The Simpsons...

 

[BigAT]

Does season 4 have the most interior shots of a beating heart of any season? Between Burns' dead heart in this episode and the several times in Homer's Triple Bypass, someone on the team must have really loved that gag.

Tom Jones blasting over the depressed employees with the funny hats is a great bit.

 

[Sanjuro]

 

[Ecotic]

"People like us can't afford justice." - I love that line.

 

[BatDan]

The rare Springfield moose.

 

[Vilix]

They're right smack in the middle of the golden episodes. 😁

 

[friskykillface]

Conan the god

 

[Hazmat]

This is the show at its best. There's a run of four episodes coming up that has Marge vs the Monorail, Selma's Choice, and I Love Lisa. Three of my absolute favorites.

 

[DrFunk]

DAS
BUTT

 

[vypek]

I just realized this is a Sara Gilbert guest voicing

 

[BatDan]

I'm surprised Laura never showed up again. It's not like Sara Gilbert is that busy.

 

[BigAT]

The only real shame of this marathon each year is how many great episodes are on at absolutely unwatchable hours. Cape Feare/Homer Goes to College at 5:00-5:30 AM is a bummer.

 

[mreddie]

I'm surprised Laura never showed up again. It's not like Sara Gilbert is that busy.

Zooey is only GF with multiple appearances next to the ones who came back in the GF Memory Lane episode.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

The only real shame of this marathon each year is how many great episodes are on at absolutely unwatchable hours. Cape Feare/Homer Goes to College at 5:00-5:30 AM is a bummer.

I choo choo choose not to sleep.

 

[vypek]

Laura, girl from Utah who is pregnant, Shonda .... Bart really seems to fall for older girls. There might be more. IDK if the girl from juvie was the same age as Bart

EDIT: From a post below I guess her name is Shauna and not Shonda lol

 

[BatDan]

The refrigerator comparison scene!

Laura, girl from Utah who is pregnant, Shonda .... Bart really seems to fall for older girls. There might be more. IDK if the girl from juvie was the same age as Bart

I think the older women aspect in later seasons come from writers wanting to write Bart older but they can't physically him older.

 

[Prof. Bathtub]

I'm surprised Laura never showed up again. It's not like Sara Gilbert is that busy.

It may be that it's tough to find things to do with that kind of character (Gravity Falls comes to mind.) Still, there is a distinct lack of non-squeaky voiced teens.

 

[spindashing]

STELLA!

 

[vypek]

"1094" Evergreen Terrace. That changes a few times. I mostly remember it as 742. I wonder what address was the first to be mentioned

 

[UberTag]

I'm surprised Laura never showed up again. It's not like Sara Gilbert is that busy.

Laura's character model materialized for the first-time in a long while in this year's Treehouse of Horror installment so that's something.

I don't count that as a reappearance, though. Just like I don't count the dozens of non-speaking appearances of Jessica Lovejoy, either... three of which were plot-related. That character would never be the same without Meryl.

They'd actually be more enthused about using Laura again if Sara Gilbert WAS busy and they had something of hers to promote. That's why they brought back the Zooey Deschanel-voiced Mary for a grand total of 3 episodes... seemingly to do nothing but sing lame songs.

It's probably better that Laura doesn't show up again as they'd be apt to write her like Shauna Chalmers. And let's not forget that they brought Laura's mom, Ruth, back one time too many. I could have done without seeing her again in Strong Arms of the Ma where she was wasted.

Recasting characters isn't unheard of, either. Manjula was infamously recast prior to Jan Hooks' death but Krusty's daughter, Sophie is getting recast for a Christmas episode airing next month. Instead of Drew Barrymore who, like Sara, is also decidedly unbusy outside of her exec producer gigs, they have Natasha Lyonne voicing her now.