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

[Scorpion McClure]

I've read that in the episode "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder", Teller (of Penn & Teller) is actually voiced by Hank Azaria (or Harry Shearer, depending on the site). Even though Teller is given the Guest voice credit. But, I've also read that it actually IS Teller. So, which one is it?

As well, are there any celebrities that the Simpsons team has said they will NEVER have as a guest voice on the show?

[Curtis]

This has been bothering me for years every time I see who shot Mr. Burns Part Two, In the original version aired on Fox I swear I can remember a scene where Moe, Homer and Barney tear down the sun blocker and it lands in Shelbyvile. In the syndicated versions you see the part where Homer is cleaning the tool shed after Abe defiled it and Moe drives up asking him to tear it down with him. Can you guys let me know of this really happened or am I wrong?

[Andy]

It did happen, and it was cut in the syndicated version.

[Ed Flanders]

I've read that in the episode "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder", Teller (of Penn & Teller) is actually voiced by Hank Azaria (or Harry Shearer, depending on the site). Even though Teller is given the Guest voice credit. But, I've also read that it actually IS Teller. So, which one is it?

According to SNPP and IMDB, it was indeed Teller himself.

[Colburn]

In the episode "You Only Move Twice", there is one gag I don't fully understand:
(I don't remember the actual quotes, but it involved Homer holding Scorpio's coat, and showing Scorpio's coat on Scorpio backwards at his next shot.) I just assumed this was a statement of the episode's wackiness, but I recently saw something else using this gag; I'd like to know what the joke's intended purpose is (if any), and if it's a parody of something.

[Curtis]

Oh yeah I love that joke it was ment just as a whacky thing as you said it has no meaning. Homer was going to hang up his coat for him but couldn't find a wall and Scorpio said he does not belive in walls and he quickly took the coat from him and put it on wrong.

[chiefdan]

In "Sweet and Sour Marge", Krusty refers to someone named Alkie Summer. Who is that?

[Larson Something]

Elke Sommer, German blonde bombshell of the 60s, appeared in films such as The Prize with Paul Newman, Boy Did I Get A Wrong Number! with Bob Hope, and A Shot In The Dark, the first Pink Panther sequel. She also guested on an episode of The Muppet Show.

[deshem]

In the episode "You Only Move Twice", there is one gag I don't fully understand:
(I don't remember the actual quotes, but it involved Homer holding Scorpio's coat, and showing Scorpio's coat on Scorpio backwards at his next shot.) I just assumed this was a statement of the episode's wackiness, but I recently saw something else using this gag; I'd like to know what the joke's intended purpose is (if any), and if it's a parody of something.

Hank tries to impress Homer with a magic trick of a kind by saying he never gave him the coat at all, and to prove it he of course needs to be wearing it. In the time given, though, he is only able to put it on at an incredible speed, hence the mistake of putting it on backwards. Homer, however, is still impressed.

[Roger Myers III]

I've read that in the episode "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder", Teller (of Penn & Teller) is actually voiced by Hank Azaria (or Harry Shearer, depending on the site). Even though Teller is given the Guest voice credit. But, I've also read that it actually IS Teller. So, which one is it?

It was Teller - not that anyone in the public would know what he sounds like. That's what such a nice meta-ref about his actual line.

As well, are there any celebrities that the Simpsons team has said they will NEVER have as a guest voice on the show?

No.

Oh yeah I love that joke it was ment just as a whacky thing as you said it has no meaning. Homer was going to hang up his coat for him but couldn't find a wall.

No - the "there are no corners" part was a parody of a well-known (in corporations) 'new agey' corporate training exercise, in keeping with the 'laid-back boss' characterization of Scorpio. The coat part wasn't a "magic trick", but Hank trying to add a second, similar addition to it. (The rest of Deshem's description is about right.)

[Curtis]

Did they ever say in an episode Dr. Marvin Monroe died, I saw him on a recent episode and did they ever give a reason for Lionil Hutz and Troy McClure dissapearing. ( Yes I know Phil Hartmen died im asking about in the show)

[pat]

the FAQ for this board will give you your answer:

There was never an episode featuring Dr. Marvin Monroe's death. After playing a recurring role in the first couple of seasons, the writers of The Simpsons simply stopped using the character. In the episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two," the hospital Mr. Burns stayed at was named Dr. Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital. Finally, in "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" it is finally revealed that Monroe is intended to be dead.

HOWEVER, in season 15's Diatribe of a Mad Housewife, Dr. Marvin Monroe re-appears and mentions he had a long illness that kept him from being visible this last decade or so. The writers have not gone into this any further, so it's very uncertain whether Monroe actually died or if this is a joke the writers are playing on us. Time will tell, as usual. The original "killing off" was probably because Harry Shearer did not like doing Monroe's raspy voice. You try it.

and for mcclure and hutz: when hartman died, the characters he voiced were just discontinued for that reason. for the show itself, the characters just no longer appeared after hartman's death, so there was no explanation given for their disappearance.

[Eart]

It was Teller - not that anyone in the public would know what he sounds like. That's what such a nice meta-ref about his actual line.

Are you serious?

I didn't think that it was actually him.

[Random Aussie]

'Sideshow Bob's last Gleaming' was just on and there is one line that I don't really get. During the politcal exchanges underground with Mayor Quimby, the air force leader says something along the lines of...
"We'll find him faster then Garfield finding lasagna, sorry, my wife thought that was gangster" or something roughly like that.
If anyone has the exact quote it might help. Anyway, I really don't understand the line.

[chris]

Random Aussie, the exact quote:

No need, sir. We'll find that headcase faster than Garfield finds lasagna.
[Quimby looks at him]
Oh. Sorry, my wife thought that was gangbusters.

I don't know if that phrase is used in Australia, but it basically means something goes over extremely successful/with a great impact; hence, she thought her joke was a winner.

[Roger Myers III]

Are you serious?

Yes. You have 1 more question left.

and for mcclure and hutz: when hartman died, the characters he voiced were just discontinued for that reason. for the show itself, the characters just no longer appeared after hartman's death, so there was no explanation given for their disappearance.

Actually, the characters will never speak again, but are "allowed" to appear in the background. (Troy hasn't, but Hutz has a few times since.)

No need, sir. We'll find that headcase faster than Garfield finds lasagna.
[Quimby looks at him]
Oh. Sorry, my wife thought that was gangbusters.

I don't know if that phrase is used in Australia, but it basically means something goes over extremely successful/with a great impact; hence, she thought her joke was a winner.

And the larger point is that the rest of them, (and many people,) find the running gag (in his comic strip) that "Garfield loves lasagna" stupid and tiresome

[Simpsons Forever!]

Does anyone know who does the voice of, "The Simpsons", when the name appears in the clouds at the very beginning of the opening sequence?

[Butters]

Actually, the characters will never speak again, but are "allowed" to appear in the background. (Troy hasn't, but Hutz has a few times since.)

Troy has. In Moe Baby Blues during the pan over the crowd as Wiggum looks for someone to throw out (Hutz appears there as well).
http://springfieldparadise3.free.fr/...abf17//035.jpg

[Andy]

Jeez, they look kinda weird. Troy kinda looks like he's aged a decade, or Ronald Reagan, or both.

Coincidentally, Lunchlady Doris is there too.

[Malachy]

I have a question...does anyone know what kind of sax it is that Lisa plays?

[Nameless]

I have a question...does anyone know what kind of sax it is that Lisa plays?

It's a baritone.

[729]

In Diatribe of a Mad Housewife, when Homer's listening to the cassete version of the book, what is the last thing that is said before the end of the scene? One of the anorexic twins says something really fast. I watched it today and just kept rewinding to work out what the hell she was saying and I'm pretty sure I heard 'Homer' (That's what attracted my attention).

[Ed Flanders]

Can anyone explain the joke in Lady Bouvier's Lover when Comic Book Guy says the Snagglepuss drawing was done by "Hic Heisler"?

[bobservo]

Can anyone explain the joke in Lady Bouvier's Lover when Comic Book Guy says the Snagglepuss drawing was done by "Hic Heisler"?

There's no joke. Hig Heisler was a cartoonist that worked for Hanna-Barbera.

[Roger Myers III]

Does anyone know who does the voice of, "The Simpsons", when the name appears in the clouds at the very beginning of the opening sequence?

Uncredited studio singers-for-hire whose name are lost to the ages.

Troy has. In Moe Baby Blues during the pan over the crowd as Wiggum looks for someone to throw out (Hutz appears there as well).

Thanks, Butters! Seeing that warmed my heart.

In Diatribe of a Mad Housewife, when Homer's listening to the cassete version of the book, what is the last thing that is said before the end of the scene? One of the anorexic twins says something really fast. I watched it today and just kept rewinding to work out what the hell she was saying and I'm pretty sure I heard 'Homer' (That's what attracted my attention).

Ashley says "Bummer - I didn't know people were sad in the past!"

[WaldoWatcher]

Question: Which episodes have "Where's Waldo" in them?

[deshem]

He's mentioned in "The Otto Show" when Otto is looking for reading material, in a Halloween Segment "Dial Z for Zombies" when Bart reads one of his books to discover he's really easy to find now, and he's in "Bart's Comet", visible among the crowd for a second in the bomb shelter.

[George Cauldron]

And Waldo's biggest moment comes in "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder," where he walks behind Homer just as he yells "Where's Waldo?"

[Moses Wiggum]

Q: what grade are Bart and Lisa In? i know it is probly a dumb q's but i am having a blond moment

[mr. broom]

Bart is in fourth grade and Lisa is in second grade. In "Bart Vs. Lisa Vs. the Third Grade" they were both in, you guessed it,