Favourite Simpsons episode

[Bubbler]

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 ****, 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.

 

[expendable]

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

Aaaaaaanndy Williams!

 

[Beef03]

My favorite is Matt Groening's least favorite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Burns

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

 

[finishthehat]

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

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

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

Aaaaaaanndy Williams!

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

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

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

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

 

[expendable]

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. :D

 

[turski7]

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.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

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

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

Is Frank my twin brother?

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Yes, Mr. Scorpion.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

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


And if you need me, I'll be at Marianne's Hammocks in the Hammock District.



Another good episode that hasn't been mentioned: Homer vs. The City of New York.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Pretty much all of Season 4 is outstanding. They were on such a roll that year.

"Homer the Heretic," "Lisa the Beauty Queen," "Mr. Plow," "Homer's Triple Bypass," "Brother from the Same Planet" (Homer becomes a 'bigger brother'), "Last Exit to Springfield" (the power plant strike), "I Love Lisa," "Duffless," "The Front" (Grampa writes for Itchy and Scratchy), "Krusty Gets Kancelled" ... were all pantheon episodes.

Two personal favorites not from that season:

"Homer's Barber Shop Quartet" (first episode of Season 5) — especially delicious for a Beatles fan

"The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" (Season 8 )

 

[Guy_Incognito]

These are all good choices (though I thought 22 stories was overrated). The only two I'll add that I don't think I've seen here are the Mary Poppins episode and the one where Homer creates a religion to get out of going to church.

The two things I find myself quoting most often are Bart upon hearing that the Flanders boys will be staying with the Simpsons after their mother died - "Why do all the bad things happen to me?" And, Homer buying Marge a bowling ball for her birthday with his name on it.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

The Beer Baron episode was also pretty good.



A great line from an early episode (season 1 or 2): The one where Marge thinks about leaving Homer for Jacques, the bowling instructor.

The dialogue at the end of the episode after Marge comes to the nuclear plant:

Homer's co-worker: Hey, Homer, what'll I tell the boss?
Homer: Tell him I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love and I won't be back for 10 minutes.

 

[Steak Snabler]

The Beer Baron episode was also pretty good.

With Robert Stack as Rex Banner.

And it contains one of the greatest line in television history, when Homer makes a toast "To alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

 

[Bubbler]

Can't believe I forgot Homer Goes To College on my list.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

The Beer Baron episode was also pretty good.

With Robert Stack as Rex Banner.

And it contains one of the greatest line in television history, when Homer makes a toast "To alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

I love the scene where they test the catapult with a cat. Then, when they send Banner away, he complains that he was trying to enforce the law. And Homer and the town say, "And we salute you for it."

 

[workerB12]

Homer: (Toasts.) To Alcohol. The cause of. And solution to. All of life's problems.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Homer: (Toasts.) To Alcohol. The cause of. And solution to. All of life's problems.

Why didn't I think of that?

 

[Precious Roy]

"Missionary Impossible"
Because we all believe in Jebus.
Save us Jebus!