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Cape Feare episode on The Simpsons is so good
- Thread starter jokkir
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Sideshow Bob's cry of "No" when Homer asks everyone if they want to drive over the cactus patch makes me laugh so hard. Also Sideshow Bob getting stomped by elephants celebrating Hannibal crossing the Alps. I love there is one elephant that only has the word "and". Of course the rake gag too. Lot of good violence.
Yeah, that's a good one. Most episodes with Sideshow Bob are great.
Also this little pearl, classic Wiggum:
As for favourites, too many to count.
The Monorail one, Who shot Mr Burns, Beer Baron, Lemon of Troy, the one with the Bear patrol that ends up being about immigrants, the one where kids are forced into curfew and they start spilling secrets, when Bart goes to work on Maison Derriere, when the teachers go on strike... So many...
Also this little pearl, classic Wiggum:
As for favourites, too many to count.
The Monorail one, Who shot Mr Burns, Beer Baron, Lemon of Troy, the one with the Bear patrol that ends up being about immigrants, the one where kids are forced into curfew and they start spilling secrets, when Bart goes to work on Maison Derriere, when the teachers go on strike... So many...
The rake bit is still so fucking perfect. I'm can easily just picture some editor and the director in the editing room, stretching that bit by doubling that footage again and again.
One of my favorite, underappreciated gags in the show is how a pair of unidentified hands from offscreen gives Side Show Bob a bouquet after performing his one-man play. Everyone else is supposed to be tied up, it's just bart and side show bob on the boat, haha.
Probably the most iconic moment from the show, always makes me laugh no matter how many times I watch it.
*groans*
What I love about the scene is not just the "bake 'em away toys" line, but the absurdity that because of the time of day, the cops all showed up in pajamas, but still put their uniform hats on.
It's definitely one of the best. What kind of insane writing team thinks of the H.M.S. Pinafore?
You know it's good when you can hear the exact soun he makes even years later
*groans*
there's like 3 layers to every joke in this episode
and it's non fucking stop for the entire episode
these writers were high on something
In some interview the writers said during that period they wouldn't put out an episode until every joke and scene was squeezed for every last drop of laughter, and that meant each joke had to have multiple levels. The best example is this, in terms of how many beats it has:
You've got:
- The bike getting cleaned when you think it will be destroyed
- It falls apart anyway
- The evil driver intended it the whole time!
- The driver gets his comeuppance
All in like 15 seconds
Totally. And this kind of stuff was all over the place during those first 8 season. Next level wit on display, honestly unlike any other tv show I've ever seen.
There's a reason why the show has aged so well and constantly produces new memes that catch on like wildfire, 20+ years after the episodes originally aired.
One of the best episodes, my favorite Sideshow Bob episode
The production gradually getting more and more elaborate is one of my favorite gags in this episode.
The production gradually getting more and more elaborate is one of my favorite gags in this episode.
I have weirdly vivid memories of the day I watched it the first time when i was young. I suppose thats a testament to how good I thought it was back then.
I had my young nephew laughing so hard when I was recreating this scene with my sister.
One of my favorite low-key jokes is how they are in their pajamas
The density of jokes in this ep (and most of the classics) is phenomenal. In the first 5 minutes or so you have:
All naturally flowing with/from the main plot, no cut-aways or non-sequiturs.
All naturally flowing with/from the main plot, no cut-aways or non-sequiturs.
"She'll do 300 hectares on a single gas of kerosene."
"What country is this car from?"
"It uh, no longer exists. But take her for a test drive and you'll agree - zagreb evnan zlotnik diev!"
"Put it in H!"
This whole scene kills me, and the fly logo on the steering wheel always makes me laugh.
It's probably my favourite episode on most days of the week. Top 5 on all days.
Unrelated, but I love this scene so much.
I just fell down a rabbit hole looking up what the hell that car was supposed to be.. what the
Unrelated, but I love this scene so much.
I just fell down a rabbit hole looking up what the hell that car was supposed to be.. what the
Used to be my all-time favorite, but I burned myself out on it.
It's up there though, top five easily. Which for me probably rounds out with Lemon of Troy, Marge vs. the Monorail, Last Exit to Springfield and... ugh. Too much to choose from for a fifth.
It's up there though, top five easily. Which for me probably rounds out with Lemon of Troy, Marge vs. the Monorail, Last Exit to Springfield and... ugh. Too much to choose from for a fifth.
