endlessmike's ranking of the top 20 Simpsons episodes, #1 is up!

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endlessmike		#61	[-]
Posts: 523 (12/28/08 4:27 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'm going to pump these out, because I actually want to finish this soon. So the write-ups will be shorter and not as many quotes or pictures, not that they mattered anyway. 10. You Only Move Twice (Season 8) Hank Scorpio was a great one-episode character, and it was nice to see Homer succeed at his job in such a spectacular fashion. It also showed how much the family dynamic can get screwed up by moving the Simpsons out of the dysfunctional Springfield. The plot may have veered towards ridiculousness with Scorpio being a super-villian and Homer owning the Denver Broncos, but the humor and the more down to earth aspects of the plot makes up for it. Oh, and the Scorpio theme song at the end is great. Quotes: Apu: Hello. I am not interested in buying your house, but I would like to use your rest room, flip through your magazines, rearrange your carefully shelved items and handle your food products in an unsanitary manner. Ha! Now you know how it feels! Homer: Thank you. Come again. Hank: You will notice, my new best friend, that we are pretty casual around here. Homer: Yes, sir. I will notice that. Very casual, Mr. Scorpion. Milhouse-looking Kid: Hey, Bart, do you have a best friend yet? 'Cause I've been looking for someone to boss me around. 9. Homer vs. Patty and Selma (season 6) I've always thought the Homer/Patty+Selma dynamic was great, and it's the focal point of this episode. The whole Bart as a ballerina subplot is just ok, but good enough not to hurt the overall enjoyment in anyway. And Homer actually shows some heart at the end, despite being abused by Marge's sisters the entire time. Quotes: Carl: Homer, quit wallowing in self-pity. Pull yourself together and come get drunk with us. Selma: Come on, Homer: you can't spell "obsequious" without I-O-U. Homer: I'll have to trust you on that. Lisa: Hey, Dad. Whatcha doin'? Homer: Daddy has very important work to do. He's looking through the want ads to find a part-time job. Lisa: Dad, that's a gag paper we got at the carnival. Homer: Oh. No wonder I didn't hear about Bart being elected world's greatest sex machine.
endlessmike		#62	[-]
Posts: 524 (12/28/08 4:49 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	8. Mr. Plow (season 4) This is one of the more famous episodes in Simpsons' history, so I don't really think it needs much of an explanation. It's simply a classic. Also, one of the funniest images I've ever seen on Sucks is the "Mr. Palau" chop. Quotes: Agent: Now, before I give you the check, one more question. This place ``Moe's'' you left just before the accident. This is a business of some kind? Homer: [thinks] Don't tell him you were at a bar! Gasp! But what else is open at night? [aloud] It's a pornography store. I was buying pornography. [thinks] Heh heh heh. I would'a never thought of that. I'm Mr. Plow, and I'm here to say, I'm the velvetest guy in the USA. I got a big plow and I move a lot of things, Like your cow if ya had one... 7. Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badasssss Song (season 5) I've always loved Principal Skinner as a character, and thought he was always underrated. His social awkwardness, his bizarre relationship with his mother and constant battles with Bart are great. The irony in this episode is that Bart succeeds in getting Skinner fired when he wasn't even trying to. The result is that Bart and Skinner come to a realization that they almost have a mutual respect for each other and actually form a sort of friendship. It also shows how competent a principal Skinner really is, and how Bart realizes that he needs him to keep him in check. Without any opposition, Bart's schemes to cause trouble are meaningless. It's just a really great episode that portrays Skinner as a sympathetic character and a real person as opposed to just a school authority figure. Note: As much as this episode helped develop Skinner's character, it gets destroyed with the Armin Tamzarian ep in season 9. I still can't believe the writers did that.
WylDawg		#63	[-]
Posts: 17069 (12/28/08 7:56 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The whole Bart as a ballerina subplot is just ok I disagree, I thought it was awsome. "Leap, like you've never lept before!" "............oh well, as long as he's hurt." And the falling smoking K from the Skinner episode is another top 5 Simpsons gags of all time.
Quiddity		#64	[-]
Posts: 4509 (12/28/08 8:08 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Patti or Selma (I don't remember who): He spent your life savings on jack o'lanterns! Homer: YOU TOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All terrific episodes, particularly 7 through 5.
star jumper		#65	[-]
Posts: 38431 (12/29/08 6:59 AM) I'm an ugly Yeti King Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer is defo #1.
A Dying Clown		#66	[-]
Posts: 7345 (12/29/08 1:03 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I hated Mr Plow It was the first of the "Homer gets a wacky job" episodes and seemed a lot messier than the classics that season.
WylDawg		#67	[-]
Posts: 17088 (12/29/08 1:44 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	star jumper wrote: El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer is defo #1. Meh, the only funny bit in that episode was: "This is because I kicked you, right?" turtle nods I'm still hoping for Lisa on ice as #1
Thailandsurvivor		#68	[-]
Posts: 4118 (12/29/08 10:54 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Note: As much as this episode helped develop Skinner's character, it gets destroyed with the Armin Tamzarian ep in season 9. I still can't believe the writers did that. Agreed. I don't understand why they needed to throw him away like that.
endlessmike		#69	[-]
Posts: 533 (12/30/08 12:42 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	As an added bonus, I shall now rank all the Itchy and Scratchy related characters I can think of: 21. Crazy animal rights activist ladies 20. The Speedo Man 19. The Irishman 18. Scratchy's wife made of dynamite 17. Quentin Tarantino 16. Scratchy's son 15. Itchy's son 14. Scratchy's kids made of dynamite 13. Gun-wielding, TV-watching Elvis 12. Pinicchio 11. Battery 10. Steamboat Itchy 9. Worker 8. That Happy Cat 7. Teddy Roosevelt 6. Poochie 5. Squirrel Marge 4. Itchy 3. Scratchy 2. Parasite 1. Sting-y Also, my top 7 Itchy and Scratchy episodes: 1. Porch Pals: Itchy and Scratchy share lemonade. Then they dance together, and later Scratchy reads Itchy a bedtime story. 2. My Bloody Valentine: Itchy gives Scratchy his own heart as a valentine. Scratchy learns later he needs a heart to live, and dies before he can reach it. 3. Four Funerals and a Wedding: Scratchy is getting married. Itchy replaces the woman with a bride made of dynamite. They have children made of dynamite, too. When they are old, she explodes, killing Scratchy. Itchy runs out and has a heart attack. 4. Untitled Squirrel Marge episode: A squirrel resembling Marge appears, telling Itchy & Scratchy to stop hitting each other. Itchy knocks the squirrel's head off with a baseball bat. 5. Dazed and Contused: Itchy hits Scratchy with a mallet, then they both tell the viewers not to take drugs. 6. Flay Me to the Moon: Itchy ties Scratchy's tongue to a rocket, which gets wrapped around the moon. The tongue retracts, pulling the moon onto the house. 7. The Beagle Has Landed: Itchy and Scratchy go towards a fireworks factory. Poochie shows up and does lots of crazy antics... then drives off with their car.
jensamember36		#70	[-]
Posts: 2129 (12/30/08 1:45 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	endlessmike wrote: The only problem I have with this ep is that Homer and Bart using the blowing alley lanes to supply the bar and then brewing their own booze in the basement was a little too wacky, but it still led to some funny stuff and it's a minor complaint.
endlessmike		#71	[-]
Posts: 535 (12/30/08 2:00 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	that's what I get for not proofreading and relying on spellcheck
jensamember36		#72	[-]
Posts: 2130 (12/30/08 2:19 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	i don't think spellcheck would've helped since well it isn't misspelled but i'm thankful that you don't since it's x many
Quiddity		#73	[-]
Posts: 4520 (12/30/08 5:34 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Homer: Oh Marge, you do love me! Take that, space coyote! Marge: Space Coyote!?!?!?!?
endlessmike		#74	[-]
Posts: 536 (12/30/08 11:13 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	jensamember36 wrote: i don't think spellcheck would've helped since well it isn't misspelled well, yeah that's what I was getting at, I should have proofread it too because spellcheck wouldn't catch it.
endlessmike		#75	[-]
Posts: 575 (01/25/09 12:37 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	6. Marge Be Not Proud (season 7) As I'm typing this, I'm thinking that maybe I made a mistake by ranking this episode so low. It's absolutely hilarious and the story with Bart disappointing Marge is really handled well by the writers. Plus it features the greatest video game of all time, Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge (Bonestorm is a distant second). There are some great lines and some great jokes, including a video game in the Try N Save case called "Save Hitler's Brain". And then there's THRILLHO, which was the inspiration for my old avatar. best quote: Homer (when he sees Flanders' Time magazine cover): "Must've been a pretty slow century" 5. Last Exit to Springfield (season 4) I'm pretty sure this is widely regarded as the greatest Simpson's of all-time, and I certainly agree that it's up there. This is the first episode I can think of with a large-scale Homer vs. Burns fued. I love the 'dental plan / Lisa needs braces' joke so much, that I use it as my text message alert on my phone, mostly for the purpose of annoying people because it loops about 7 times. There's a bunch of classic Lenny moments in this episode, which is a plus, including when Homer punches him in the back of the head. Last Edited By: endlessmike 01/25/09 2:46 PM. Edited 1 times.
endlessmike		#76	[-]
Posts: 576 (01/25/09 12:45 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	4. Homer at the Bat (season 3) I love baseball, and I love the Simpsons. Combine the two and the result is one of my favorite television episodes of all time. I'm also a huge Daryl Strawberry fan (I was at the Mets game where they named the all-time Mets players of all time, and almost all of them were in attendance except for Strawberry because he was in jail. They had a video of him on the big screen that he filmed thanking the fans for the honor and it was totally heart-felt and it almost brought a tear to my eye and he got the loudest ovation of the night after the video finished.) Anyway, back to the episode. The randomness of what happened to the rest of the team, making them unable to play the championship, was great, especially Mike Scioscia getting radiation poisoning.
Alffmix		#77	[-]
Posts: 6508 (01/26/09 12:03 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	If you watch the episode and you don't laugh at this : You have no soul.
Thailandsurvivor		#78	[-]
Posts: 4728 (01/26/09 7:12 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Do you need to watch the episode to laugh at that?
Lurlene McDaniels		#79	[-]
Posts: 1219 (01/26/09 9:33 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Homer: "Hey...I don't remember saying that!"
endlessmike		#80	[-]
Posts: 589 (02/02/09 9:37 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	3. Lisa on Ice (season 6) First of all, I'm not a Lisa fan, at least not as her character stands now. But before she was an 8 year-old Buddhist, an activist against everything and the most over-opinionated child ever, she was actually a smart, semi-regular kid and the writers treated her like that. "Lisa on Ice" is an example of the Simpson's in their absolute prime, where they take a universal issue like sibling-rivalry and produce one of the funniest, well-written television episodes of all-time. Lisa, the perfectionist when it comes to grades, shockingly finds out that she's failing gym. This leads to her pursue a sport outside of gym class in order to save her grade. This leads to Apu discovering her unlikely talent in hockey goaltending, while Bart is the star offensive player for his team. Sibling rivalry ensues, with Homer fueling the fire along the way. The strength of the episode is the main storyline, but it's filled with hilarious moments with strong contributions from characters like Milhouse, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Moe, etc. Marge is the voice of reason with the kids, but even she has an oddly hilarious obsession over Milhouse's teeth that got knocked out. It's just classic Simpsons in every sense, with great jokes, visual gags, character interaction and a great ending that shows that the Simpsons can have heart along with humor. Also, props to Wyldawg for calling this episode making it far. Quotes: Jimbo: Nice PJs, Simpson. Did your mommy buy 'em for ya? Bart: Of course she did. Who else would have? Jimbo: All right, Simpson, you win this round. Skinner: [over PA] Attention, this is Principal Skinner, your principal, with a message from the Principal's Office. All students please proceed immediately to an assembly in the Butthead Memorial Auditorium. [to himself] Dammit, I wish we hadn't let the students name that one. Ralph: Me fail English? That's unpossible! Homer: Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else -- and it hasn't -- it's that girls should stick to girls' sports, such as hot-oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such-and-such. Man: In that case I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. [to Lisa] Don't worry, it's just a name. [Lisa and others are chased by fire-breathing monsters] Lisa: He said it was just a name! Man: What he meant is that Monster Island is actually a peninsula. Homer: OK, little buddy: hop in! [Bart steps forward] Ah bah! I mean my little _girl_ buddy. Lisa: That's very nice, Dad, but it's wrong for you to reward violent competitive behavior. However, I _will_ sit up front with you if it's a fatherly gesture of love. Homer: [kindly] OK, hon. [she gets in] Sucker! Competitive violence, that's why you're here! Bart: Lisa, certain differences -- rivalries, if you will -- have come up between us. At first I thought we could talk it over like civilized people. But instead, I just ripped the head off Mr. Honeybunny. [holds up stuffed rabbit in one hand, head in the other] Lisa: Bart, that was _your_ cherished childhood toy. Bart: Aah! Mr. Honeybunny! Wiggum: All right, I'm going to make a little deal with you mugs. I'm going to let you all out to see my team play the hockey game _if_ you promise to return to your cells. Snake: Sorry, pig, we can't make that promise. Wiggum: All right...all right, I'll sweeten the deal. You can see the game, you don't have to come back, _but_: you have to promise not to commit any more crimes, OK? Snake: No. Wiggum: I'll take that as a yes.

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