The Simpson turn 500 - name your favorite episode

The Coffee Shop
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That’s right, #500 is this Sunday night. While the Simpsons used to be regular viewing for me, lately they have slipped and I watch half-heartedly. Their recent struggles notwithstanding, this show is clearly one of the handful of best shows ever to grace our small screen. So, name your favorite episode(s). I’ll get us started.

  1. Last Exit To Springfield - Homer becomes head of the union at work.
  2. Mr. Plow - Call Mr. Plow, that’s my name, that name again is Mr. Plow…
  3. Bart the Daredevil - Bart, wounds heal, chicks dig scars, and the U S of A has the best doctor to daredevil ratio in the world!
  4. Homer’s Phobia - I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals fa-laaaaaaaaammmming.
  5. Cape Feare - Sideshow Bob and HMS Pinafore, sheer brillance
  6. Homer the Great - Homer is the savior of the Stonecutters secret society
  7. You Only Move Twice - Homer kills James Bond, unintentionally of course…
  8. A Fish Called Selma - Troy McCLure’s shining moment (RIP Phil Hartmann)
  9. Two Cars in Every Garage and 3 Eyes on Every Fish - Mr. Burns runs for govenor
  10. Sideshow Bob Roberts - SSB runs for mayor, Quimby looks like a sweaty devil, and the funniest damn scrolling FOX news ticker ever.
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That’s a tough question…probably “Lisa Becomes a Vegetarian”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bps-xbo8wnA

or when the Germans try to buy the power plant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRTngtsOY8Q.

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Man it is hard to choose a favorite, and while I used to watch it religiously. I haven’t watched it once in the last 5 years. So here goes.

  1. I’m Spelling as Fast as I Can - Homer tours with the Krusty Ribwhich, a play on the McRib
  2. Homer vs the Eighteenth Amendment - Homer is Springfields Beer Baron
  3. Mr. Plow - Call Mr. Plow, that’s my name, that name again is Mr. Plow…
  4. Cape Feare - Sideshow Bob and HMS Pinafore, sheer brillance
  5. Homer the Great - Homer is the savior of the Stonecutters secret society
  6. Bart to the Future - Casino manager shows bart a vision of his future
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I am biased.
The one where they are on spring break, use the 1982 AAA Travel Guide and end up in KNOXVILLE! Knoxville! KNOXVILLE!
They run a car into our illustrious Sunsphere and knock it over.
Can’t help it if they come to my town.

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The Stonecutters episode and the one about Mojo the helper monkey.

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I’m like you where I used to watch religiously but not so much anymore. Agree with many of the choices, my top 10 in no particular order would be:

  1. Homer’s lawsuit against the all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant.
  2. Homer’s crusade to keep the Isotopes from moving to Alberquerque (“Hello Homer, I am the ghost of Cesar Chavez”…“Why do you look like Cesar Romero?”…“Because you don’t know who Cesar Chavez is”)
  3. Marge’s Thelma & Louise adventure with Ruth Powers
  4. Cape Fear (best of the Sideshow Bob episodes)
  5. Stonecutters
  6. Homer’s Phobia
  7. Marge becoming a roided-up female bodybuilder
  8. Homer becoming the union head (“Dental Plan!” “Lisa needs braces!”)
  9. Grimey
  10. Mr. Plow
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I didn’t even mention all the great Treehouse of Horrors (like when Kand and Kodos become Clinton and Bob Dole).

And how could I have forgotten the classic parody of the X-Files. So many sight gags in that one.

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And how could I have forgotten the classic parody of the X-Files. So many sight gags in that one.

“I bring you love!” Hahahaha, forgot about that one.

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Had the Budweiser frogs being eaten by a croc that says “Coors”.

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I didn’t even mention all the great Treehouse of Horrors (like when Kand and Kodos become Clinton and Bob Dole).

“Perhaps I’ll vote for a third party candidate”

“Go ahead, throw your vote away!” followed by evil laughter.

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No Halloween episodes?!!! Some of those are pure brilliance.
M~

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386JprXXU90
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Its good to see you included the Stonecutters or I would have had to name this the Worst…thread…ever.

Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do, We do.

Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do.

Who keeps back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do, we do.

Who robs cavefish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we dooooooo.

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x whatever on watching seasons 4 thru 10 religiously and now I can’t remember the last time I saw an episode…

A couple of my faves:

Marge vs. the Monorail - “I call him “Bitey””.

Radioactive Man - “The googles! They do nothing!”

Brad

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This thread is lacking monorail.

Did I say monorail?

YES MONORAIL.

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H: No TV and no beer make Homer something something
M: Go Crazy?
H: Don’t mind if I do!

I think it’s treehouse #2 with the shinning parody. Not the Shining, as Willy aptly points out.

Monorail
Monorail!
MONORAIL!

Naturally, Phil Hartman was the monorail salesman too :smiley:

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Bart the Genius: Bart is mistakenly placed in a school for “gifted children” after he cheats on an intelligence test at school.

Maybe it’s the crappy drawings of the first season or the joy I had seeing what was once a 30 second clip on the Tracy Ullman show get its own 30 minute slot, but this episode is one of the best.

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Homer on Medical marijuana. Couple of lines:

Lisa: “Why’s it smell like the art teacher’s office?”

Or:

Homer to Marge after messing up call waiting: “Hold on. I’ve go Marge on the other line and she’s really bumming me out.”

Or:

To Ned Flanders at his front door: “Hold on. You do the most amazing Flanders. Now do Wiggum!”

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“MMMMMMMMM donuts”
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Pretty much any episode from the Conan O Brian era.

However, my favourite character has to be Ralph Wiggum:

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