Favourite Simpsons episode

22 Short Films About Springfield has my favorite Simpsons scene ever.

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/54624/detail/

 

Of course I should also mention the one featuring my namesake:

You Only Move Twice.


"Don't call me Mr. Scorpion. It's Mr. Scorpio. But don't call me that either. Call me Hank!"

I just found this web site devoted to that episode.

http://globex.frinky.com/

 

monorail

 

Homer's mom
Homer to the Max
Last Exit to Springfield
Homer at the Bat
Hurricane Neddy

Honestly, in the first 10 seasons, there were just so many good ones it is hard to pick just a couple.

 

Mr. Plow might be my favorite episode of any sitcom of all-time. Pitch perfect.

I just watched the Adam West scene from that episode. Something I never noticed before ... they turn frame slightly sideways to give the impression that West was insane when he's (insanely) riffing about Eartha Kitt and the Batusi.

Brilliance. That whole episode is brilliance.

Deep Space Homer, Marge vs. the Monorail, Bart Gets An Elephant ("he likes peanuts"), Bart vs. Australia, King-Size Homer, A Fish Called Selma, Homerpalooza, The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show, Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment and Homer's Enemy (the Frank Grimes episode) are all extremely strong.

A scene from a lesser episode where I nearly lost my shit, because it came out of nowhere, was when Homer dressed up as Ganesha as part of some Apu-based plot. That ... and the out-of-nowhere "Heh-heh ... Andy Capp that wife-beating drunk!" cold open, which I believe is from the Monorail episode.

Seinfeld and The Simpsons went toe-to-toe in that 1992-97 period. Brilliant though they both are, I'll take The Simpsons every time.

 

I can't believe that Bart on the Road has yet to be mentioned. This picture makes me laugh every...freakin...time.

Aaaaaaanndy Williams!

 

That episode contains the line I quote most out of any episode in any series ever: "I was saying Booo-urns"

 

The collection of spin-off series has more than its share of moments.

 

I didn't think he was going to do Moon River, but then, bam .... second encore ...

 

Frank Grimes, 22 Short Stories, Hurrican Neddy, Frank Scorpio.

Best show in TV history for the first 8 seasons or so.

 

Your show was pretty damn funny, too, Rusty.

 

I stopped watching the Simpsons in the late 90s and a by 01-02, I picked it back up. Being so young when it first came out, I missed many of the references. When I got back into it, I couldn't stop laughing during the reruns. Just great writing.
That being said, I still choose Seinfeld over Simpsons by a narrow margin. I mean, I switched to a money clip just to avoid having a Costanza wallet.