Office by Alex Penny
30 Day Simpsons Challenge- Day 9
Favourite Simpsons Parody
The Simpsons are masters of parody, but I think my favourite is just their parodies on terrible musical adaptations of things. I love when they see the Broadway play about celebrity rehab, but to me the winner is the parody of “A Streetcar Named Desire”. The episode also parodies The Birds and The Great Escape, but taking the last line of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece spoken by a traumatized, raped woman meant to hit the audience with biting irony and turning it into a huge musical number just makes me laugh every time.
Runners-up:
See My Vest and The Shinning
Day 8- Favourite Homer Simpson Quote
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is- never try.
Runner-up:
Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover…
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Day 7- Favourite Simpsons Moment
I don’t know why, but I always love that moment where Marge is selling houses and shows the Flanders a pretty run-down shack. The wall falls down to reveal Lenny sitting in the kitchen in his underwear eating beans from a can. He abashedly recoils and says sheepishly,
Please don’t tell anyone how I live!
I just love it because that’s how I feel so often when I’m alone :)
Runners Up:
“I told that idiot to slice my sandwich!”
Sideshow Bob stepping on rakes.
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Favourite Simpsons Musical Moment
Oh, so many good ones but the winner for me is “An Amendment to Be”, the note-perfect parody of Schoolhouse Rock. My brothers and I had this memorized and would crack each other up singing it.
“What if people say you’re not good enough to be in the constitution?”
“Then I’ll crush all opposition to me,
And I’ll make Ted Kennedy pay-
If he fights back,
I’ll say that he’s gay”
Runners Up: Monorail song or the entire Hullapalooza episode.
“Homer Simpson wrecks my pig, Cypress Hill steals my orchestra, and Sonic Youth won’t stay out of my cooler! Get out of there you guys!”
“Come on, Mr. Frampton. You’re not going to eat all that watermelon!”
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Day 5- Favourite Simpsons Quote
There are about a hundred that could have made this list but since it says “favourite” and not “best” I’ll go with the one that constantly makes me fall over laughing because of context, delivery and timing.
Comic Book Guy is walking down the street eating and reading a comic book. He only looks up just as a nuclear missile is heading right at him, about to destroy the whole town.
“But, Aquaman! You cannot marry a woman without gills! You’re from two different worlds!
[Looks up to see the missile]
Oh, I have wasted my life.”
Runner-up: “Don’t mind her, Marge. Her idea of wit is nothing more than an incisive observation humourously phrased and delivered with impeccable timing.”
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Day 4- Favourite Simpsons Guest Star
Finally, one I can answer without hesitation! The phenomenal Albert Brooks who has only appeared a handful of times but gave so much life to characters like Jaques the bowling instructor, Brad “Do what you feel like” Goodman, and the best one-off character EVER, Hank Scorpio.
Hey, look at my feet. You like those moccasins? Look in your closet; there’s a pair for you. Don’t like them? Then neither do I!
[throws them out the door]
Get the hell outta here! Ever see a guy say good-bye to a shoe?
Runners Up: Kelsey Grammar, Dustin Hoffman, John Waters, and Phil Hartman if that even counts as a guest star.
Day 3. Favourite Simpsons Season
Again, so hard. On a whim I’m going to go with Season 7 because it has “King Sized Homer”, “The Simpsons’ 138th Episode Spectacular”, “Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield” and “A Fish Called Selma”. Gotta love it.
Definitely close runners up are seasons 5 and 6.
You see, love liberates. It doesn’t bind. Love says, “I love you. I love you if you’re in China, I love you if you’re across town, I love you if you’re in Harlem. I love you! I would like to be near you. I would like to have your arms around me, I’d like to hear your voice in my ear. But that’s not possible now, so I love you. Go.”
Love liberates. It doesn’t just hold. That’s ego. Love liberates.
- Maya Angelou
He’s the best :)
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DAY 2- Favourite Simpsons Character
Oh, God, another tough one. Honestly, just in terms of how great it is to have a character like this, I’ll have to go with Krusty. (I mean, I gotta stick with my Jewish people here.) I’ve always loved how the Simpsons is like the anti-sitcom with teachers, parents, educators and employers totally the opposite of how they are on most shows (i.e. caring, helpful, committed, etc.)
I’ll always laugh every time the curtain closes on Krusty’s goofy face and he immediately lets out a disgruntled sigh and lights up a cigarette as soon as the cameras are off. Like Krusty once said, “I learned something about myself today. It ain’t comedy that’s in my blood. It’s selling out.”
“Kids, we need to talk for a moment about Krusty Brand Chew Goo Gum-Like Substance. We all knew it contained spider eggs, but the hantavirus? That came out of left field. So, if you’re experiencing numbness and/or comas, send five dollars to: Antidote, P.O. Box…”
Runners up are for sure Troy McClure, Hank Scorpio, Sideshow Bob, and Milhouse Van Houten.
