Ask Simpsons Questions Here (Jokes We Don't Get, Which Episode, etc.)

jennifer · 07-09-2006, 06:58 AM

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**Captain Edwell** · 07-09-2006, 08:24 AM

5F10: Bart writes "Pain is not the cleanser" on the chalkboard
CABF14: Bart writes "Fire is not the cleanser" on the chalkboard
FABF02: Flanders deals with jealousy by tugging on his moustache, repeating "Pain is the cleanser! Pain is the cleanser!"

Where'd this "x is the cleanser" schtick come from? Is it a reference, or a Simpsons original?

**Mowbs** · 07-09-2006, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Buh

it's basically just random, except for the gag with the chorus line (they only do that to fill in time, when the episode is too short)

and i guess the couch gag for "who shot mr. burns (part two)" is also not random, because they have the police line-up. but i am just assuming the rest is random

It's not random. There is not a different couch gag for every episode. Some eps have the same couch gag. But even still, any time you see a particular episode air, it will have the same couch gag. The gags do repeat, though.

**Ivanhoe** · 07-09-2006, 11:45 AM

I tried to found some sort of key, or logic order of the couch sequences, but I really think it is random. Some "couches" repeat maybe because they didn't think of anything new, or because of some inside joke the creators have we don't know about.

My personal favorite is the James Bond couch from "And Maggie Makes Three" and the one when the camera goes away from Earth, through galaxies, which form molecules and it all ends up back in the living room and Homer says it was cool. This was in season 16, in the episode with 50 Cent, I think.

**grissom** · 07-09-2006, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Ivanhoe

and the one when the camera goes away from Earth, through galaxies, which form molecules and it all ends up back in the living room and Homer says it was cool. This was in season 16, in the episode with 50 Cent, I think.

I think it was first used in season 15 actually. Pretty sure it was "The Ziff Who Came To Dinner".

**Charlie** · 07-09-2006, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by grissom

I think it was first used in season 15 actually. Pretty sure it was "The Ziff Who Came To Dinner".

Yep, and it's second airing was at the start of On A Clear Day I Can't See My Sister, but Homer's "sweet" line is replaced with "cool".

**Charlie** · 07-09-2006, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by The lesson is never try

that is from guess whos coing to criticise dinner from season 11, homer recommends every food he eats, thus the whole town becoming fat.

Thanks, i've only seen that episode a couple times so i didn't remember

i was also wondering where the one with Homer and Lisa (and I think Milhouse and other people) are in the car, and Homer swears at the ambulance, but now I remembered that's from the same episode when they go to the springfield shopper.

**Charlie** · 07-11-2006, 05:48 AM

Sorry for TRIPLE posting but the other post was from yesterday.

Anyway,

what was the episode that ended with the song "Lean on Me"?

**Heub** · 07-11-2006, 05:53 AM

Originally Posted by ivan_simpsons

Sorry for TRIPLE posting but the other post was from yesterday.

Anyway,

what was the episode that ended with the song "Lean on Me"?

That would be Radioactive Man

**Jim Jones** · 07-11-2006, 06:08 AM

Originally Posted by ivan_simpsons

Sorry for TRIPLE posting but the other post was from yesterday.

Anyway,

what was the episode that ended with the song "Lean on Me"?

you could combine them and delete two...

**Nebuchanezzar** · 07-11-2006, 06:14 AM

In A Streetcar Named Marge, what is the name of the song Maggie plays on her little glockenspiel thing? It's been bugging me for years.

**Heub** · 07-11-2006, 06:34 AM

Originally Posted by Nebuchanezzar

In A Streetcar Named Marge, what is the name of the song Maggie plays on her little glockenspiel thing? It's been bugging me for years.

That would be "Dance of the sugar plum fairy" by Tchaïkovski from the Nutcracker Suite.

**radio-man** · 07-11-2006, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Mowbs

I have a question about "Barting Over" in season 14. The one with Tony Hawk, which is the 300th episode.

What is meant by this dialogue?:

MARGE: I can't count how many times your father has done something crazy like this?
LISA: (pulls out a counter) It's 300, mom.
MARGE: I could've swore it was 302.
LISA: Shhhh.

Are there two missing episodes that never aired or something?

contrary to ryan, i believe it is actually because there were two simpsons specials that weren't actually counted as episodes. they were just specials and due to that episode being the actual 300th, they were making a joke that homer has done more stupid things contrary to the episode number simply because of the two specials. (thank god, i can breathe again)

**sung** · 07-11-2006, 07:51 PM

1. In "Itchy and Scratchy the Movie", what's that song that Lisa plays on record when Bart plays around with the dentures?

2. On the song "Do the Bartman", who's singing the backvocal? It sounds like Michael Jackson...

3. In "Weekends at Burnsie" what's that song coming out when Homer smokes the medical marijuana in the bedroom?

**radio-man** · 07-11-2006, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by Buh

it's basically just random, except for the gag with the chorus line (they only do that to fill in time, when the episode is too short)

and i guess the couch gag for "who shot mr. burns (part two)" is also not random, because they have the police line-up. but i am just assuming the rest is random

actually, i think they take time to come up with couch gags for certain situations, like wsmr.b prt2, but in the other cases, they use season-specific gags theyve created and it isnt random, they set it up for time, and they spread them out throughout the season to get a good mix if they do need to repeat.

**Charlie** · 07-11-2006, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by radio-man

contrary to ryan, i believe it is actually because there were two simpsons specials that weren't actually counted as episodes. they were just specials and due to that episode being the actual 300th, they were making a joke that homer has done more stupid things contrary to the episode number simply because of the two specials. (thank god, i can breathe again)

But the specials still count as episodes of The Simpsons, so they still count towards the number of episodes made, even if they are specials or not. That's why the 300th is wrong.

**radio-man** · 07-11-2006, 07:59 PM

does anyone remember the episode where fat tony is driving his car and starts smoking a cigar while some music is playing? The camera moves around and im guessing its a movie reference. Does anyone know a)the reference b)what the plot was to the episode in the first place c)the name and season of it and d)what song is it?
thx

**Charlie** · 07-11-2006, 08:01 PM

a) The Sopranos b) it's the one where Homer starts SpringShield c) Poppa's Got A Brand New Badge (season 13) d) isn't it the same song used in the Sopranos? (ive never watch sopranos so i wouldnt know)

**radio-man** · 07-11-2006, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by ivan_simpsons

But the specials still count as episodes of The Simpsons, so they still count towards the number of episodes made, even if they are specials or not. That's why the 300th is wrong.

and thats why the joke was made, because it is the "official" 300th episode

"official" meaning it was the official 300th episode (not counting specials as episodes)

**Charlie** · 07-11-2006, 08:03 PM

Yeah...you're talking about the joke in "Barting Over" aren't you?

**radio-man** · 07-11-2006, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by ivan_simpsons

a) The Sopranos b) it's the one where Homer starts SpringShield c) Poppa's Got A Brand New Badge (season 13) d) isn't it the same song used in the Sopranos? (ive never watch sopranos so i wouldnt know)

neither have i, so thx though, i had forgotten that episode

**Homer4President** · 07-11-2006, 11:11 PM

In the cat burgler episode when Kent Brockman is intereviewing Homer, Homer says the line "You can come up with statistics for anything something percent of all people know that"? What is the percentage? I thought it was 14 and my friend thinks it is 40.

**Mowbs** · 07-11-2006, 11:20 PM

I have a pretty strange question about "Three Men and a Comic Book".

I wish I had a picture to show you what I'm talking about, but I don't. But...when they're all fighting in Bart's treehouse and Marge suggests to Homer that he check on them (Homer looks up and says "they're fine") it shows him sitting in like a bean bag chiar or something. What room of the house is he in?

**Charlie** · 07-11-2006, 11:43 PM

the rumpus room. it's the same room seen in GABF16 the girl who slept too little, where Maggie watches sesame street.

**Heub** · 07-12-2006, 02:12 AM

Originally Posted by Ian

1. In "Itchy and Scratchy the Movie", what's that song that Lisa plays on record when Bart plays around with the dentures?

2. On the song "Do the Bartman", who's singing the backvocal? It sounds like Michael Jackson...

3. In "Weekends at Burnsie" what's that song coming out when Homer smokes the medical marijuana in the bedroom?

1. That would be the Sabre dance by Aram Khachaturian
2. It was written by Michael Jackson but in the booklet from "Sing the blues" it says "Background vocals : Bryan Loren"
3.Incense and Peppermints by Strawberry Alarm Clock when he starts to smoke and then Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple when he sings.

does anyone remember the episode where fat tony is driving his car and starts smoking a cigar while some music is playing? The camera moves around and im guessing its a movie reference. Does anyone know a)the reference b)what the plot was to the episode in the first place c)the name and season of it and d)what song is it?

Yes it's the theme from the Sopranos and it's called Woke up this morning by Alabama 3

**Simpsons Forever!** · 07-12-2006, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Homer4President

In the cat burgler episode when Kent Brockman is intereviewing Homer, Homer says the line "You can come up with statistics for anything something percent of all people know that"? What is the percentage? I thought it was 14 and my friend thinks it is 40.

Homer actually says "forfty," so I guess your friend was closest.

**Adam R** · 07-12-2006, 12:58 PM

^I thought it was "fourfteen"

The confusion continues...

**Homer4President** · 07-12-2006, 06:52 PM

Yes that sounds right I hope it is! The fourfteen% sounds more accurate.

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