The Simpsons.. why so good?? - sam the parrot pls reply

Because Homer is everything we wish we could be.

The acting is far better than on any other television program. Go figure...

Monty

The humor is top notch. I love the one when Homer licks the frogs looking for the hallucinogenic one.

Also, irony is a huge part of their humor, and it is humor I dig.

Plus, Harry Shearer does lots of the voices, and anything attached to Spinal Tap has to be good.

The Simpsons is the best comedy show on TV today and ironically, one of only 4 shows that did not lose % of audience viewers from last season (read that somewhere). Homer steals the show, and the support characters are terrific. The humor is top notch and very cleverly done; you have to pay attention the whole show. Can't wait to see Duff beer as a road race sponsor.

I like the Simpsons because it has humor for everyone. Some of the jokes require a little intelligence to understand but other jokes are just down right crude and hilarious. Simpsons will never die!

My show is WAYYY better than that King of the Hill show.

(these are only my favorites, so I'm sure people will disagree with them, so keep adding your own)

1. In the Sushi Restaurant episode, the scene when 'Richie Sakai' breaks into that song.

2. Forget which episode, but its a season 2 one, there's this scene from a movie, where a Paul Hoganeseque Aussie is in a Jeep, trying to put the moves on a girl, who's pretty shaken up about a dingo who was torn apart. 'It was probably just a wallaby.'

3. Another Aussie moment, when they are actually in Australia, the store clerk who would have called a bullfrog a 'chazwozzer'.

4. 'Devil's Advocate'

5. Rainier Wolfcastle's 'comedy flick'

Does Saddam Hussein have the "Simpson gene?" Just wondering.

Simpson's is great, but SO is King of the Hill.

Has great quotable quotes:

"Good Lord LuAnne, put on some pants."

"We would've liked to have had more kids, but Hank's got a narrow urethra."

Also, that episode with Jimmy Carter was great. Hank and his father were having a potentially relationship-ending argument when Carter breaks in and asks Hank's father "If there were a button you could push that would make is so that Hank never existed, would you push it"? After struggling greatly with this, the father says, "NO!" Carter then says "Ok then, we have a foundation for peace."

Please keep your stupid King of the Hill remarks off of this thread. That fails to come even close to the magnitude of the Simpsons. Get bent.

WIGGUM: "I'd like to help you, ma'am, but there's no law against sending threatening letters."

MARGE: "I'm pretty sure there is."

WIGGUM: "The day I take cop lessons from 'Ma Kettle'..."

LOU: "Hey, she's right, chief."

WIGGUM: "Well shut my mouth!" (Now he's reading the book Lou brought in) "- it's also illegal to put squirrels in your pants for the purposes of gambling." (Turns around and looks in the next room where some guy has a squirrel in his pants) "Boys, knock it off!"

Homer (holding a tub of ice cream): Marge, where's that metal dealy... for digging...?

Marge: You mean a spoon?

Mafia guy: Johnny tight-lips, where'd they shoot ya?

Johnny: I ain't sayin' nuttin.

Mafia guy: But Johnny, what'll we tell da doctor?

Johnny: Tell him to suck a lemon.

Homer: Oh yeah. A dog like this you have to feed everyday.

Marge: I can't get Maggie to eat. Maybe if you try...

Homer: Oh, I'm twenty-six hours late for work- no time for Maggie. [Sees the back of a cereal box] Ooh! Where's Waldo? No... no... this would be a lot easier without all these people. Nope... no... [gasps] It's him! No...

Marge: Homer!

Homer: Waldo, where are you?

Fat Tony: Any last words, Simpson?

Homer: Yeah! You can kill me, but someone'll take my place. And if you kill him, someone'll take his place. And... that's pretty much the end of it. The town'll be yours.

Lenny: Gee, Homer, I thought someone with two wives would be happy.

Carl: No, you're thinking of someone with two knives.

Moe (with two knives): I gotta say this is pretty great!

Skinner: We can buy real periodic tables instead of these promotional ones from Oscar Meyer.

Krabappel:Who can tell me the atomic weight of bolognium?

Martin: Ooh ... delicious?

Krabappel: Correct. I would also accept snacktacular.

Okay, folks, show's over. Nothing to see here, show's- Oh my God! A horrible plane crash! Hey everybody, get a load of this flaming wreckage! Come on, crowd around. Crowd around. Don't be shy. Crowd around.

Lisa: Dad! I had a bad dream!

Homer: Oh Lisa. You just lay down and tell me all about it.

Lisa:I know this sounds absurd, but I was dreaming that the Boogieman was chasing me and...

Homer:AAAHHHH! Boogieman!

[Runs to Bart's room]

Homer:Bart,I don't want to alarm you, but we may have an ordeal involving a Boogieman or BoogieMEN in the house!

Bart:Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Homer: Oh, Lord! Why do you mock me?

Marge: Homer, that's not God. That's a waffle Bart stuck to the ceiling.

[Marge pries the waffle off the ceiling.]

Homer: Lord, I know I shouldn't eat Thee, but... (munch munch munch)

Mmmm... sacrilicious.

Homer: Where is Bart, anyway? His dinner's getting all cold and eaten.

Homer: Step aside, everyone! Sensitive love letters are my specialty. Dear Baby, Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: you.

Homer: I'm tired of running away. Did Braveheart run away? Did Payback run away?

Bart: This is a great cave? How did you find it?

Millhaus: This is where I come to cry.

Petey Pablo,

Since you made the rules, I will respectfully comply.

Now THAT'S whas Saddam should say.

The best episode of all-time is when Homer quits drinking for a month. Nothing is better than Homer singing "when I was 17, I had some very good beer...I bought with a fake ID, my name was brian Mcgee, when I was 17.

Shapely model: "And I like makin' bacon on the beach"

Homer: "Me too!" Bubble showing his thoughts (He is frying bacon in a pan on the beach)

Homer to gun shop clerk: "I want to buy a gun"

Clerk: "There is a 5 day waiting period"

Homer: "But I won't be mad then."

Clerk: "Sorry"

Homer: "If I had a gun, I'd shoot you."

Clerk: "But you don't."

Homer: "Ohhh"

Homer: Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get.

Homer: Homer no function beer well without.

Homer: But every time I learn something new, it pushes out something old! Remember that time I took a home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?

Marge: That's because you were drunk!

Homer: And how!

Rev. Lovejoy: This so-called "new religion" is nothing but a pack of weird rituals and chants, designed to take away the money of fools. Let us say the Lord's Prayer 40 times, but first, let's pass the collection plate!

Maude Flanders: They were having S-E-X in front of C-H-I-L-D-R-E-N!

Krusty the Clown: Sex Cauldron? I thought they closed that place down!

Ralph Wiggum: Me fail English? That's unpossible!

I love how the first five minutes of the newer episodes have NOTHING to do with the rest of the show.

I do not look forward to the day when they take this show off the air. I will probably throw away my TV...

Chad Sexington --

AR,

Yeah I also find that to be one of the best things about the show.

I love the Mensa episode with Steve Hawkings

Moe: Who's going to pay for these beers

Homer (robot voice): I will

Hawking's: I didnt say that

Homer (robot voice): Yes I did

Hawking's mechanical boxing glove

Homer (robot voice): Doh

and in the same episode (i havent seen it in a while so forgive me) where i think carl said something to the mensa guys and lenny said something like "hey thats too clever lets get him"

and i love the one when Homer messes with the nuclear power plant and all the machines come to life..I cant remember the exact quotes but its something where Lisa said something about Technology wonders

Homer: Wonder's Lisa or Blunders?

Lisa: I think that was implied

Homer: Implied Lisa or implode?

CHIEF WIGGUM (On the Phone): "Maam, you need to come to the station to pick up your husband....he's DOA.

LADY ON PHONE: "Oh My God, he's dead?"

WIGGUM: "Oh, no, no, sorry. I meant DUI. I always get those two mixed up."

NEW LADY WALKS INTO STATION: "Hi, I'm here to pick up my husband. You called and said he was here for a DUI."

WIGGUM: "Uh, gotta go. Sorry....."

"Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such films as "Designated Divers: The Life Saving Nerds"."

BART: "Can I speak to Amanda? Amanda Huginkiss?"

MOE: "Hey everybody, I'm looking for a man to hug-n-kiss"

HOMER: "Lisa, vampires are make-believe, just like elves, gremlins, and eskimos."

Bart: "A soul is just something religions make up to scare kids, like the boogie-man or Michael Jackson."

TROY MCCLURE: "Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from such self-health videos as 'Smoke Yourself Thin' and 'Get Confident, Stupid.'"

Kent Brockman: "A lawless bunch of drunken hooligans! Is this what we think of when we think of the Irish?"

Kent Brockman: "St. Patrick's Day, the day where everyone is a little Irish, except, of course, for the gays and the Italians."

HOMER to BART: "You tried your best and failed miserably. The message is 'never try.'"

Homer: "Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel."

And finally, perhaps my favorite Simpson's moment of all time is when Bart sells his soul to Milhouse and is unable to laugh, so Lisa proposes a test. She proceeds to simply set a skateboard down in the middle of the entranceway, and she and Bart hide in the closet. Homer comes along singing "Oh dododo" and proceeds to step on the sakateboard, lose his balance, and catapault himself forward where he gets his head caught between the bannister posts of the stairs. Homer calls out for help while Lisa laughs in the closet and Bart is unalbe to laugh. Santa's Little Helper comes along, and Homer says "Yes, here boy, get help." Santa's Little Helper starts biting Homer in the ass while Homer continues to call out "Ow...who's doing that?...ow...why isn't anybody-ow!" Classic.