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[Rhomega Beta]

I loved this episode because of the "similar but different world" concept I've come to love in parallel universe stories. I think it's my overall favorite.

Milhouse: Look everyone! An old man is talking!
Grampa: Grampa's the name. Did you know this tree dates back to frontier times?
Kids: *excited chatter*
Grampa: Shut up!

 

[Patrick Bateman]

I just noticed a huge mistake in episode 3.22. "The Otto Show".

They give bart a guitar for left handers:

He shows it to Otto who plays it upside down righthanded (which would be possible).

But then a little later, it turns into a full guitar for right handers:

I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of a... magic guitar or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

 

[NameGenerated]

The music scene in Whacking Day has Lisa switching between left-handed and right-handed Bass too.

 

[Aaron Strife]

I loved this episode because of the "similar but different world" concept I've come to love in parallel universe stories. I think it's my overall favorite.

Reminds me of

Lemon of Troy is easily a top 5 episode, up there with Cape Feare, Marge vs the Monorail, Last Exit to Springfield... and I don't actually have a fifth one to round that out.

Edit: Homer Goes to College

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Reminds me of

This is also one of my favorite Futurama episodes, though the "coin flipping" gimmick went on for too long.

 

[Guzim]

I just noticed a huge mistake in episode 3.22. "The Otto Show".

They give bart a guitar for left handers:

He shows it to Otto who plays it upside down righthanded (which would be possible).

But then a little later, it turns into a full guitar for right handers:

I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of a... magic guitar or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

To be fair, Homer and Marge spent a lot of money on that guitar.

 

[Nerdkiller]

 

[Darker]

No...

...It's the children who are wrong.

 

[BigAT]

I just noticed a huge mistake in episode 3.22. "The Otto Show".

They give bart a guitar for left handers:

He shows it to Otto who plays it upside down righthanded (which would be possible).

But then a little later, it turns into a full guitar for right handers:

I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of a... magic guitar or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

 

[Pacbois]

 

[platypotamus]

This is a perfectly cromulant explanation!

 

[Darker]

Is the episode with Neighbour Bush disliked?

Some of the jokes are good, but it eschewed the 'Normal Middle American Family Life' constant in a pretty sensational manner.

 

[BigAT]

Is the episode with Neighbour Bush disliked?

Some of the jokes are good, but it eschewed the 'Normal Middle American Family Life' constant in a pretty sensational manner.

I'm sure there are some people that hate it just like the crazies that think Homer's Enemy is the worst episode ever produced.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

I liked the Bush episode (Two Bad Neighbors), but I also liked Homer's Enemy, and seeing how a former US President (and another power plant employee) deal with Homer and Bart's antics.

 

[Aaron Strife]

The Bush episode is great and I love the ending with Gerald Ford. It would have been neat to see him as a recurring character as just a pal of Homer's but I suppose that could have gone in predictable directions.

 

[Professor Beef]

I never got the complaints people had about Homer's Enemy ("Homer is being a jerk/going out of his way to antagonize Grimes")when those same complaints are much more valid for Two Bad Neighbors.

 

[Pacbois]

Two Bad Neighbors feels weirdly over the top, it's not bad, but it sometimes feels like it might be modern Simpsons. I know that Homer's Enemy has also over the top stuff but I think it feels more natural somehow.

 

[Professor Beef]

Two Bad Neighbors feels weirdly over the top, it's not bad, but it sometimes feels like it might be modern Simpsons. I know that Homer's Enemy has also over the top stuff but I think it feels more natural somehow.

It might be because the buildup is gradual in Homer's Enemy. Even though Homer is admittedly a jerk in the beginning (as opposed to the entire episode as critics would wrongfully have you believe), he tones it down as he tries to befriend Grimes, and the tension finally erupts when Homer wins the contest at the end.

TBN, on the other hand, has things going from 0-60 after the first act. I love both episodes, but the complaints about Homer's Enemy get on my nerves for how incorrect they are.

 

[Langdon Alger]

I like Homer's Enemy because Grimes is like a real person inserted into the insane Simpsons universe, and he reacts to the Simpson's world, and to Homer especially, with the incredulity that a semi-real person would have if they were put in that world.

 

[UberTag]

I would gladly take a dozen episodes like Homer's Enemy before dealing with Two Bad Neighbors again.
Bart acting like Dennis the Menace and Homer suddenly being against corporal punishment? Pass.
The Bushes were pretty much that episode's only saving grace.

 

[Joni]

I would gladly take a dozen episodes like Homer's Enemy before dealing with Two Bad Neighbors again.
Bart acting like Dennis the Menace and Homer suddenly being against corporal punishment? Pass.
The Bushes were pretty much that episode's only saving grace.

I don't remember many instances where Homer has reacted favorably to punishing his children for doing something they did to someone else.

 

[Guzim]

Hmm... good memoirs. Good, not great.

 

[Boss Doggie]

I still hate McCartney for forcing a character aspect to Lisa which I would argue would be the root of her character problems.

With that said, after watching Lisa the Vegetarian, I find it hilarious that her start of vegetarianism wasn't because she was thinking about animal welfare in general, but because she thought an animal was cute. I wouldn't really mind her vegetarianism if they made her a hypocritical type who only did things for shallow reasons (i.e. something is cute).

 

[Professor Beef]

I still hate McCartney for forcing a character aspect to Lisa which I would argue would be the root of her character problems.

With that said, after watching Lisa the Vegetarian, I find it hilarious that her start of vegetarianism wasn't because she was thinking about animal welfare in general, but because she thought an animal was cute. I wouldn't really mind her vegetarianism if they made her a hypocritical type who only did things for shallow reasons (i.e. something is cute).

...she's 8

 

[The Real Abed]

This is awesome.

SIMPSONS PIXELS by Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon with a theme by Jeremy Dower.

It's so well done and lovely to look at. And since it is Paul Robertson, you can expect it to get weird by the end.

They should just make it the couch gag for an episode. I mean everyone else has made one.

 

[Taborcarn]

 

[Nerdkiller]

 

[Boss Doggie]

...she's 8

But her character doesn't befit that personally.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Homer: Hey Moe, you wanna come with me and Wally to the Super Bowl?
Moe: Oh yeah! My favorite team's in it! The [NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS]. Yeah, ever since I was a boy I always loved the [NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS].
Homer: Yeah, they're good, but I wouldn't cut out the [SEATTLE SEAHAWKS].
Wally: Yeah, I hear President [OBAMA] is going to be watching with his wife [MICHELLE].

 

[NameGenerated]

Speaking of that, I watched three episodes in a row the other day. Homer Loves Flanders, Sunday, Cruddy Sunday, and Homer The Moe. All three episodes used the same football animation of a close up on the QB passing, then the receiver catching it and getting tackled against the pylon for a TD. Funny coincidence.

 

[explodet]

They should just make it the couch gag for an episode. I mean everyone else has made one.

It's not without precedent, that Sky1 ad with the live-action intro was made just as an advertisement and the producers just took it and replaced the regular intro for an episode.

http://vimeo.com/16932235

 

[Patrick Bateman]

This is awesome.

SIMPSONS PIXELS by Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon with a theme by Jeremy Dower.

It's so well done and lovely to look at. And since it is Paul Robertson, you can expect it to get weird by the end.

They should just make it the couch gag for an episode. I mean everyone else has made one.

Weird that the head movement looks way better animated in pixel art than in the latest episodes..

 

[Nerdkiller]

"On closer inspection, these are loafers."

 

[inm8num2]

 

[The Real Abed]

Weird that the head movement looks way better animated in pixel art than in the latest episodes..

Because it's modeled after the animation from the original intro when it was all done by hand with flair instead of by computer with precision.

 

[ElTopo]

"On closer inspection, these are loafers."

"Jay, my new film is a mixture of action und comedy. It's called Mcbain: Let's Get Silly."

"Have you ever noticed how men leave the toilet seat up? That's the Joke."

"You suck Mcbain!"

(Fires into the crowd with a machine gun)

"And now here is my Woody Allen impression. I'm a neurotic nerd who likes to sleep with little girls."

"You really suck Mcbain!"

(Throws a grenade into the crowd in slow motion)

"The whole film is me in front of a brick wall for 2 hours. It cost 80 million dollars."

"How do you sleep at night?"

"On top of a pile of money with lots of beautiful ladies."

One of the greatest Simpsons episodes of all time. And I really wish Fox didn't cancel the Critic.

 

[inm8num2]

"And you must be the man who didn't know if he had a pimple or a boil."
"It was a gummy bear."

 

[ElTopo]

"Smithers they're booing me!"

"No they're saying boo-urns boo-urns!"

"Are you saying boo or boo-urns?"

"BOOOOOOOOO!"

"I was saying boo-urns."

 

[Rhomega Beta]

"YOU SUCK, MCBAIN"

"And now here is my Woody Allen impression. I'm a neurotic nerd who likes to sleep with little girls."

"You really suck Mcbain!"

I could've sworn the actual response is "Hey, that really sucked!"

 

[Professor Beef]

I could've sworn the actual response is "Hey, that really sucked!"

The 2nd heckler said that.

 

[Muskieratboi]

Hands up who wouldn't want a giant Cocoa-sponge marshmallow?

Bart doesn't appreciate how awesome that is.

 

[platypotamus]

Hands up who wouldn't want a giant Cocoa-sponge marshmallow?

Bart doesn't appreciate how awesome that is.

I've always thought the same.

 

[BigAT]

Hands up who wouldn't want a giant Cocoa-sponge marshmallow?

Bart doesn't appreciate how awesome that is.

I've always thought the same.

Absolutely. Grandpa's reaction basically mirrors my own.

 

[inm8num2]

 

[The Real Abed]

I've always thought the same.

Absolutely. Grandpa's reaction basically mirrors my own.

Me too. I always thought it would be delicious. Why has no one marketed this yet? Marshmallows that have the ability to soak up liquid like a sponge and expand to the size of a mug so you can slice them into pieces. Come on Science! Get it done!

 

[Professor Beef]

I use "like a sucker" variants all the time thanks to this episode.

 

[inm8num2]

I wish I could find a gif of Homer using the wheelchair then jumping out and running to beat everyone else to the dining hall.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Hands up who wouldn't want a giant Cocoa-sponge marshmallow?

Bart doesn't appreciate how awesome that is.

The marshmallow barely turns brown so I would fear the cocoa taste would be fairly weak.

"And now here is my Woody Allen impression. I'm a neurotic nerd who likes to sleep with little girls."

You know I like those Woodsy Allen movies, except for that nervous fella who's always in them.

 

[Blue Ninja]

"On closer inspection, these are loafers."

I just watched this episode, just came to post this. Dammit. :lol

 

[UberTag]

Because it's modeled after the animation from the original intro when it was all done by hand with flair instead of by computer with precision.

Proof that competent character animation still occasionally happens in the HD era...