![]() And the whimsical fantasy music feels straight out of Wonka. That poor little Poochie that Homer rips a bite out of. Aren’t you the safety inspector?” “D’oh.”īest Visual Gag: The “Land of Chocolate” daydream fantasy is so classically Homer. They’re huge on safety, and well, Homer’s never been strict with all that. “That is all.”ĭ’oh! Moment: Poor Homer is the subject of job evaluations by the Germans. We regret to announce the following lay-offs, which I will read in alphabetical order:” Pause. What went to air was a thematically dense and joke-rich episode.Įssential Quote: Ever feel like the universe is working against you? “Attention workers, we have completed our evaluation of the plant. ![]() Sam Simon lobbed the amazing idea of “Homer and the Land of Chocolate.” And according to Mike Reiss, again on the commentary, the writers all had to band together come up with just one suitable Moe’s Tavern phone prank. Phil Hartman knew German, and assisted with dialogue. According to Al Jean on the commentary, the Japanese were dropped for fear of being cliché, and swapped with Germans during the writing process. Vitti laid the groundwork, but it seems like everyone pitched in. To start, Jon Vitti scribed “Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk” with a pitch about the nuclear power plant being bought out by the Japanese. Writers’ Room: Talk about writing by committee. Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk Season Three, Episode 11 Again, I’m Blake Goble, and I’ll leave you with what we all came here to see: hardcore nudity!ģ0. And judging by Fox’s constant renewals and that Don Hertzfeldt couch gag, The Simpsons may just last beyond all known life and humanity. Who knows what adventures they’ll have between now and the point at which the show becomes unprofitable. Who in the hell has been watching this show over the past 10 years, anyway, beside Al Jean? (Even Matt Groening has been caught off guard by the fact that his creation is a Guinness record holder.)Īnyway, The Simpsons have come a long way since a John Ford lookalike turned crude sketches into comic gold to allegedly pay off gambling debts. Three-eyed fish and monorails, anyone? Oh, and don’t forget an arsenal of Harvard grads writing by committee.Īnd don’t be alarmed if the episodes mostly come from the first 10 seasons, aka The Golden Age of The Simpsons. The best Simpsons episodes were usually the product of unusual ideas, insanely specific humor, and the realization that animation has no limits in terms of the jokes and stories that can be told. Our panel of Simpsons experts (all graduates of Bovine University) have assembled the very finest in Simpsonia. We could talk about this show’s eternal life on TV, the billions it’s made Rupert Murdoch, or how the show has become damn hard to follow since the 14th … well, 12th season.īut for the sake of expediency, we’re simply here to celebrate Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie’s 30 years of hilarity and share the best episodes of The Simpsons. ![]() The bootleg t-shirts and universe of product placements. We could thank Tracey Ullman for getting TV’s first family on the air. We could marvel at the lucky history of Matt Groening hastily pitching The Simpsons as a series of sketches for FOX. ![]() ![]() There are about a million quotes, anecdotes, personal histories, and so on that could open this piece. You might remember me from other Consequence of Sound mega-posts such as “A Burns for All Seasons at 20: Cinema’s Citizen Lame?” and “Radiohead: I hate every Kid I see from Kid A to Kid Z.” Today, I have the pleasure of introducing you to one of Consequence of Sound’s latest and greatest efforts in ad-slathered pop culture: a perfectly cromulent ranking of the 30 best episodes of The Simpsons! But where to begin?ĭon’t panic, dear readers! This isn’t a Crisitunity. To celebrate, Consequence of Sound is re-broadcasting live from Springfield by revisiting their picks for the top episodes of The Simpsons, a feature which originally ran in 2017. Thirty years ago today, America’s favorite animated family made their debut on Fox. ![]()
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