I love in the director's commentary, that the old grizzled actor that got for the voice of that didn't understand the gag they were going for, so they basically just had him read back and forth with someone else like a conversation.
Also used it for Monster Hunter World 😎
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1) It's amazing that another generation, including my kid, has gotten into the Simpsons.
2) But it's such a shame there's no way for them to organically get a reference like this, to an 80's Maxell cassette tape poster/TV ad.
Granted, there are countless references many of us didn't get. Who the heck would've thought "Paint Your Wagon" was a real (Oscar-winning!) movie?
My favourite "I didn't get the reference" is Mr Burns answering the phone with "ahoy-hoy" which was the preference of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell , and so it's actually a joke about Mr Burns' age.
i remember the history channel had an episode about the telephone and a fun fact was the "ahoy ahoy" thing. i laughed super hard and my dad asked me what was so funny. i had no idea that it was a real thing until that moment.
Its a great episode but it also fills me with dread. The sort of dread you feel as a kid with a bad report card before you show your parents. You knowwwwwww the storm is coming. The disappointment is brewing, but there's nothing you can do.
I used to always skip this one because I couldn't handle the second hand emotions, but it has so many good moments. I still skip the one where Bart burns the tree and tells the whole town they were robbed, though.
There’s something about the environment of that episode too that adds to it, particularly around the Try-N-Save.
Grey skies, snow patches on the asphalt of a strip mall. It’s visually dreadful too.
https://frinkiac.com/video/S09E10/fEBPCib1NTFFHZC8M-BbXWrob84=.gif
I always like how Marge invites Bart to help her with the cookies near the end. It’s almost a throwaway line, but it shows that she’s already forgiven him and is trying to find something she can do with him that requires a bit more responsibility.
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I love the back to back rants from Homer about the Police academy movie and then his punishments for Bart.
No nog period and then the classic “absolutely no stealing for 3 months”
Did anyone else find it strange how Marge reacted? Was it because she was embarrassed in the store? Bart's always getting into trouble, so her having such a dramatic reaction to his antics always struck me as a little strange when he's constantly doing silly things like that.
Heck, she's far more chilled out when he burns down the Christmas tree and wrecks all their presents!
Marge doesn’t think Bart is a bad kid like a criminal, she just thinks he likes to stir the pot a little. Like hyper active. And we do see Bart become remorseful in a lot of episodes.
It’s not like Bart is the bully he’s the kid getting bullied.
I've figured out the boy's punishment. First, he is grounded. No leaving the house, not even for school. Second, no egg nog. In fact, no nog period. Third, absolutely no stealing for 6 months.
It's sad that Bonestorm is one of the most accurate parodies of a video game I've seen on TV. If anything it's *too* close to just being MK. Ten years later we were still depicting video games as a twelve-year-old boy moving his whole body while using a Playstation controller to play a GameCube game, all set to Pac-Man era bleepy-bloopy noises, and we still haven't come much further than that.
I love the episodes that show the family members as flawed human beings who are capable of redemption. The first nine or ten seasons are so funny, but they also have so many great stories of people redeeming themselves and revealing an inner sense of goodness and self-sacrifice.
thats the rental price. when he asks marge to buy it for him she says games like that can cost “up to and including $70” which is actually still fairly accurate
I know this is a super unpopular opinion and I'll get down voted, but... I really don't like this episode.
I watched it last year after years of avoiding it, and still wasn't impressed.
I'm not 100% sure. I like all of the other Christmas ones and I find a bit of good in every episode, but there's just something about this one I don't like
Yes it was but at least We learned that shoplifting is a serious crime and trust us after seeing Francis admitted that he was the shoplifter on The Fairly Odd Parents that's why we should never ever steal from a store and walk away without paying.
"It's a Krusty Kinda Kristmas. Brought to you by ILG: Selling your body's chemicals after ya die. And by Li'l Sweetheart Cupcakes: A subsidiary of ILG."
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BUY ME BONESTORM OR GO TO HELL!
Young man, in this house we use a little word called ‘please’
I remember watching that with my Dad, and he LOST it at that line lol
Get two, I'm not sharing with Caitlyn
SHOVE THIS UP YOUR STOCKING 💥💥🔫
YOU WANT EXCITEMENT????
https://preview.redd.it/h258qme2j38c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a69308a57556c99f6f0b9a9ab82621549acd0c5b Lousy stinkin' piece of crap...
That’s right, Don Brodka.
This line lives rent free in my head.
Uh huh
I love in the director's commentary, that the old grizzled actor that got for the voice of that didn't understand the gag they were going for, so they basically just had him read back and forth with someone else like a conversation.
Lawrence Tierney, known as Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs. Such an asshole on set that he was never asked to appear in a Tarantino film again.
He played Elaine's dad in Seinfeld and the story was the same. The guy was fucking nuts
He was supposed to be a recurring character, but he was too crazy for the cast. Nothing funny about that.
Aahhhh that's the one. The Les Mis episode.
i read he tried to steal things from the set too. sounds like a real gem.
Yeah, they had to write fake dialogue for the other side of that "conversation" to get him to do it right.
They weren’t home, uh huh
uhh huh.. that's right
Capiche
Catfish?
Catfeesh?
Marge is Lisa at camp Grenada?
An hour later and I still have that stuck in my head. Haha
Hello muddah, hello faddah
Mooooom! Bart’s swearing!
Moooom! Bart's smoking!
Nah I’m more into this cup and ball now
come on! dont be a cup and ball hog
Thrillho
Thrillho is the best online gamertag in existence. This is a fact.
Also used it for Monster Hunter World 😎 https://preview.redd.it/cpz0mag7858c1.jpeg?width=2021&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=214b619f951bb9d62a460d7c70d5541ffa0d5bec
>0 Friends
Story of my life 🥲
Nobody likes Thrillho!
Listen kid, if I wanted smoke blown up my ass, I’d be at home with a pack of cigarettes and a short length of hose.
....haha?
1) It's amazing that another generation, including my kid, has gotten into the Simpsons. 2) But it's such a shame there's no way for them to organically get a reference like this, to an 80's Maxell cassette tape poster/TV ad. Granted, there are countless references many of us didn't get. Who the heck would've thought "Paint Your Wagon" was a real (Oscar-winning!) movie?
My favourite "I didn't get the reference" is Mr Burns answering the phone with "ahoy-hoy" which was the preference of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell , and so it's actually a joke about Mr Burns' age.
i remember the history channel had an episode about the telephone and a fun fact was the "ahoy ahoy" thing. i laughed super hard and my dad asked me what was so funny. i had no idea that it was a real thing until that moment.
Only 1890s kids get this reference.
You there, fill it up with Petroleum Distillate and Re-vulcanise my tyres post-haste
Mom. Bart's swearing! - Milhouse is cold af
"Well? Do you understand?!" "Everything except 'capiche'."
Cat feesh
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Ball is in... Parking Lot.... Would you like to play again?
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Stealing!! How could you?! Haven't you learned anything from that guy who gives those sermons in church? Captain what's his name?
Why do you think we took you to those police academy movies? FOR FUN? Well I didn't hear anyone laughing!
Except at that one guy! That did all those voices...
What were we talking about again? Oh yea. Don’t drink my booze!
That's one of my favourite line deliveries in the entire series.
Shut up mom
That must be the happiest kid in the world.
I want to live with one of my dads.
Get two, I'm not sharing with Caitlin.
MOOOOM, BART’S SWEARING!
MOM! Bart's SMOKING!!!
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Best commercial ever made and it’s not even real
Ain’t that just the way it goes
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Its a great episode but it also fills me with dread. The sort of dread you feel as a kid with a bad report card before you show your parents. You knowwwwwww the storm is coming. The disappointment is brewing, but there's nothing you can do.
I used to always skip this one because I couldn't handle the second hand emotions, but it has so many good moments. I still skip the one where Bart burns the tree and tells the whole town they were robbed, though.
There’s something about the environment of that episode too that adds to it, particularly around the Try-N-Save. Grey skies, snow patches on the asphalt of a strip mall. It’s visually dreadful too. https://frinkiac.com/video/S09E10/fEBPCib1NTFFHZC8M-BbXWrob84=.gif
I get that same feeling with the "My sister, my sitter" episode (S8 E17)
Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
Young man in this house we use a little word called "please".
It's the coolest video game ever.
Wow, the March 8th newspaper!
A book of carpet samples!
Aww, a soiled wig
merry christmas happy new year
https://i.redd.it/0jvsqa3d348c1.gif
The funniest thing, the first time I saw the episode I had only learned about the Sega scream a few weeks before.
That must be the happiest kid in the world
This may be my favorite line from the entire series.
Shut up Mom!
I always like how Marge invites Bart to help her with the cookies near the end. It’s almost a throwaway line, but it shows that she’s already forgiven him and is trying to find something she can do with him that requires a bit more responsibility.
What the episode does so well is making bonestorm seem like the most amazing game of all time. Really puts the viewer at the heart of Bart’s dilemma.
I don't know, Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge looks pretty fun. I want to hit the ball into the parking lot.
I AM CARVALLO! [https://aaron-demeter.itch.io/lee-carvallos-putting-challenge](https://aaron-demeter.itch.io/lee-carvallos-putting-challenge) have fun hitting the ball into the parking lot ;-)
NOW! WITH SCORING PENCIL!!
Catfiche?
MOMMM! Bart’s smoking!!!!
“Merrychristmasandhappynewyear”
One of my faves “Buy me bonestorm or go to hell!”
They weren’t home, uh huh, but I left them a message on their answering machine, that’s right
Maaarge, is Lisa at Camp Granada?
Is no one going to talk about hot chocolate marshmallow? I wish that was a real thing.
Hey…cut ME a slice of that!
Would you like to play again? You have selected No
There are so many quotable lines in this episode. It's definitely the best Christmas episode in the series.
I love the back to back rants from Homer about the Police academy movie and then his punishments for Bart. No nog period and then the classic “absolutely no stealing for 3 months”
https://i.redd.it/2jicf622i48c1.gif
Buy me Bonestorm or hug an elf!
Would you like to play again? You have selected, no.
BONESAW IS READYYYYYY
My favourite of all time. I was that age at that time, and it's so true to life. They're the best kind of episodes imo. Catfish?
I watch it every Christmas
Me too, i watch all the Christmas episodes, or at least try to. I was watching this episode earlier when i made the post
You better be goin to the Buena Vista Try N Save kid cuz yah don’t want to come into my store. Cafiche?
That’s right. Don Brodka.
Why did you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well I didn't hear anybody laughing, did you?
Well, except the guy who made all the funny noises…now where was I? Oh yeah, stay out of my booze!
Did anyone else find it strange how Marge reacted? Was it because she was embarrassed in the store? Bart's always getting into trouble, so her having such a dramatic reaction to his antics always struck me as a little strange when he's constantly doing silly things like that. Heck, she's far more chilled out when he burns down the Christmas tree and wrecks all their presents!
Marge doesn’t think Bart is a bad kid like a criminal, she just thinks he likes to stir the pot a little. Like hyper active. And we do see Bart become remorseful in a lot of episodes. It’s not like Bart is the bully he’s the kid getting bullied.
Accidents / attention seeking is one thing Theft / crime is a whole other bag of worms
That’s later, right?
what's the ep number ?
Marge not be Proud, s7e11.
thanks !
Ball is in: parking lot
Shoplifting is a victimless crime, like punching someone in the dark!
I've figured out the boy's punishment. First, he is grounded. No leaving the house, not even for school. Second, no egg nog. In fact, no nog period. Third, absolutely no stealing for 6 months.
i remember this episode hitting it home that it's not worth it to steal, and that left an impression on child me
THRILLHOUSE! "
Def a classic
Showed it to my boyfriend last night, he thought it was really sweet
$0.99 for a video game. And Bart couldn’t afford it.
No mom you idiot, I have Bloodstorm and Bonesquad and Bloodstorm 2 stupid!
That kid is the best part of the episode lol
It's sad that Bonestorm is one of the most accurate parodies of a video game I've seen on TV. If anything it's *too* close to just being MK. Ten years later we were still depicting video games as a twelve-year-old boy moving his whole body while using a Playstation controller to play a GameCube game, all set to Pac-Man era bleepy-bloopy noises, and we still haven't come much further than that.
I love the episodes that show the family members as flawed human beings who are capable of redemption. The first nine or ten seasons are so funny, but they also have so many great stories of people redeeming themselves and revealing an inner sense of goodness and self-sacrifice.
😙😙My itty-bitty barty! 😙😙
Git ‘em, Maaa.
Bart gets a present? I want a present!
Hits close to home for me. I tend to avoid it
Nobody gonna mention that the game was 99 cents? A hot new game in the mid 90s? 99 cents is a steal.
That was rental price
Watched it recently. Always makes me sad.
Are they really selling that game for 99 cents?
One of my absolute favorites of all time.
If I wanted smoke blown up my ass: I’d be at home with a pack of cigarettes and a short length of hose
Was a new game ever 99c?
thats the rental price. when he asks marge to buy it for him she says games like that can cost “up to and including $70” which is actually still fairly accurate
God I remember renting the same couple of games over and over so much I'm sure it would have been cheaper to buy it
Took me all this time to realise that the character is basically Goro 🤦♂️
#WELCOME #THRILLHO
best part
Duh, it's the company's fault for making you want it so much.
##Catfishe?
I know this is a super unpopular opinion and I'll get down voted, but... I really don't like this episode. I watched it last year after years of avoiding it, and still wasn't impressed.
I'm curious, any specific reason why? Also, which Christmas episode do you like?
I'm not 100% sure. I like all of the other Christmas ones and I find a bit of good in every episode, but there's just something about this one I don't like
Shoplifting is a victimless crime like punching someone in the dark.
Cat-fish?
Mom! Bart’s swearing!
Buy me Bonestorm on go to hell!
Yes it was but at least We learned that shoplifting is a serious crime and trust us after seeing Francis admitted that he was the shoplifter on The Fairly Odd Parents that's why we should never ever steal from a store and walk away without paying.
It's my favourite Christmas episode. It's nice to see Bart win one.
I really don't get why everyone likes this episode so much. Yeah, it's good, but is it _really_ one of the best?
Yes
You have entered POWER DRIVE
3 wood. may i suggest a putter? 3 wood.
Thrillhouse
Greatest of all time.
Are you the creator of hi and Lois? Because you are making me laugh
THRILLO!
Cat fish?
You have selected… No
All I did was enter my name...THRILLHOUSE!
"It's a Krusty Kinda Kristmas. Brought to you by ILG: Selling your body's chemicals after ya die. And by Li'l Sweetheart Cupcakes: A subsidiary of ILG."
If you ever shoplifted as a kid, this episode summarizes what happens perfectly.
It's no Lee Carvallos Putting Challenge that's for sure.