Holy Crap! Are You Guys Watchin the Simpsons? Did you hear this???

[FinallyStartingToWin]

Homer, on bart getting expelled


"and if you get expelled from that school, then you're going to military school, where you'll be sent to the next war quagmire. What will it be next, North Korea, Iran, Who knows? Anything's possible with mr. cuckoobananas in charge!"

I was laughin my ass off!!! It is now my new fav simpson's quote!

[ET Awful]

1. I choked on my Pepsi

Heheheheheheh

:rofl:

[Snotcicles]

59. Well it was good while it lasted n/t

[tjdee]

2. Mr. CuckooBananas!!

It's my new favorite too...even though I missed it. :(
In fact, I think I will only call Bush that from now on.

Though, I do like Bunnypants.

[FinallyStartingToWin]

It was toooooo funny. I'm still crackin up. Just the way he said it

With the total sarcasm in his voice. "whooo knowssss, aaanythings possible with MR CUCKOOBANANAS in charge" LOL

[radfringe]

48. Mr. CuckooBannanas

It's Now officialy my favorite nickname for him

[radfringe]

179. get it here...

[jasmeel]

3. Awesome! n/t

[Cleita]

4. Mr. Cuckoobananas?

LOL. That's going in my vocabulary.

[underpants]

71. Yep that is the new nickname for W in my house

Homar hath spoken

[OrlandoGator]

5. And the coup de grace is that it's on Fox network.

The Simpsons is such a cash cow for Faux that they can't control what Groening says. I love it.

[northzax]

63. ah, see I think

that they allow self mocking on network to immunize the news programming.

[moggie]

65. See, Fox IS fair and balanced! n/t

[MADem]

76. I disagree, Murdoch KNOWS full well what he is doing

He is all about the DOUGH. If he could make money by being a screaming lefty news outlet and a screaming rightwing entertainment outlet, he'd do it. But rightwingers SUCK when it comes to entertainment--they just are NOT FUNNY. They are so full of themselves that they can only be sated with Faux News, like good little fascists.

It's always been this way with Faux--tits and ass, Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire, cheesy reality shows, edgy cartoons, and Afro-centric entertainment programming. Entertain the liberals on one side, while stroking the conservatives on his news arm.

No fool, that Aussie bastard. He plays both ends, without any shame.

[etherealtruth]

6. My kids insisted on watching "Liar, Liar" ...

They will be punished for causing me to miss that :)!

[Botany]

7. D'oh!

Chimpy is getting his due!

[Captain Ultra]

9. Another one!

Flanders: "I wish it were more like the old days, the simpler more moral days that only existed in the minds of us Republicans!" (I think that was the quote...)

[Ian David]

14. Yep, that's the quote! Wanna bet the fundies complain to the FCC about FOX

Hmm...

[FinallyStartingToWin]

17. That was funny too, in the earlier episode. I think the quote was

"I wish we could go back to the old days, a simpler time that only exists in the minds of republicans"

I'm so glad for once I'm home early enough to have caught both episodes. I know tomorrow at work I'm all of a sudden gonna laugh out loud and everyone will wonder why, cause the mr.cuckoobananas will run through my head.

[MountainLaurel]

20. That was pretty much it

Except perhaps it might have been "us Republicans"

But nonetheless, definitely a snarf-worthy comment.

[newyawker99]

58. Hi Captain Ultra!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Name removed]

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[FreedomAngel82]

35. The links didn't work for me

I'd love to watch but they didn't work for me. Any idea why? :shrug:

[valis]

40. How did you find these? What tracker site do you use? Tx.

[ConfuZed]

42. I forgot I posted it here my original post was deleted by the admins

Its only fair that I remove the two links I posted above sorry guys.

[atommom]

10. Yes, it was a good Republican-bashing evening of the Simpsons!

I feel so refreshed. :)

[AlmightyTallest]

11. Damn! I missed it

I knew I should have watched Simpsons tonight. Hope Crooks and Liars will get a video clip.

[Ian David]

12. They're ridiculing the catholic church and Homer admitted to masturbating

Wow.

The Simpsons has grown claws!

[ET Awful]

16. Not only did he confess to masturbating, but he's done it

8 billion times and has no intention of stopping :evilgrin:

[Ian David]

49. How long would it take Homer Simpson to masturbate 8 Billion times?

Double-check my math on this:

If he did it once per day, from the day he was born, it would take him about 21,902,806.3 years.

Assuming Homer is about 50 years old, he would have to masturbate 160,000,000 times per year.

That would mean Homer Simpson masturbates 438,356.2 times per day.

Homer pleasures himself 18,264.8 times per hour.

Homer must be leaving a trail behind him, because he ejaculates 304.4 times per minute, or 50.7 times per second.

If a single male orgasm releases 1 teaspoon of "material," Homer would need to have a prostate the size of a watermelon just to get through a single day.

This is impossible!

However, I have a few theories on how it is possible that Homer masturbated 8,000,000,000 times.

Homer and the Time Machine
Remember the episode where Homer goes back in time about 6 Million years? In fact, I think this might have happened to him more than once.

It is possible that he spent 6 million years "catching up" with his current time period, and did not age until then. For a time, there would be two Homer Simpson's on Earth, until he re-locates then time machine and gets in it to fix the paradox. So Homer Prime would have: 50 years to masturbate, plus 6 Million more, plus 50 more until the time machine is built.

We can also include an extra 50 years for Homer #2 to masturbate and count toward the same total, if we want to be generous. So, Homer would have 6,000,150 years to masturbate 8,000,000,000 times. He'd only have to play with himself 1333.3 times per year, or 3.7 times per day.

Homer falls into the Third Dimension

Remember that episode where Homer is sucked into that strange 3-dimensional world with all the geometric shapes? It is possible that millions of years passed in Homer's subjective time while back in his home universe it was mere minutes. It is also possible that Homer didn't age during this time.


Animation Time Dilation

Television is shot at 30 frames/second.

We've already figured out that Homer masturbates 304.4 times per minute, or 50.7 times per second. That would mean he masturbates 1.7 times per frame.

This explains what Homer is doing during the time the animators draw each frame.

Double-check my math. I could be way off.

[ET Awful]

53. You forgot to take into account the numerous Homer clones that were

created and later disposed of. It's conceivable that each of these clones went toward the tally as well.

[Ian David]

54. Good point! Thanks! n/t

[No Michael Savage]

100. Homer is 38 years-old

[annabanana]

13. Just confirmed with my 16 year old

Good Lord! and on Faux too!

[FinallyStartingToWin]

15. Confirmed? Thank's for trusting me LOL

Actually, the second it was over I ran right to my comp and typed it up so I wouldn't forget. The quote is pretty much verbatum.

:)

[Beetwasher]

18. THE BEST!

Simply the best.

[FinallyStartingToWin]

19. And at the end Flanders Said

"Yeah, Can't we just get back to our real enemies, monogomous gays and stem cells"

What happened this week to irk the simpsons writers so much LOL

[MountainLaurel]

21. Woot!

:applause:

I want to have Matt Groening's love child.

[Sequoia]

114. Way back in 1984

Matt was at Hidey Ho Comics (check spelling) in Santa Monica signing his comic about that zany rabbit, Binky: "Love is Hell" and my future husband and I said to one another, "This guy is going to be famous someday, he's just too witty". I still have that comic book, my husband's burned in the Topanga Fire in the early 90s (car and home too, sigh). The Simpons were just about to, or appearing at that time on "The Tracy Ullman Show". (She was just on The Daily Show, and she's as sharp and funny as ever)

[Botany]

23. D'oh!

The Simpsons just called out * and his fundies on fox!

President Cuckoo Bananas! Will now replace * or bush on my posts!

also "stem cell research & monogamous gays"

:rofl:

[Ian David]

25. WE ALL HAVE TO WRITE AND CALL TO THANK THEM!! N/T

[tavalon]

41. Matt G. has never been a friend of the BFEE n/t

[getmeouttahere]

60. What happened?????

What DIDN'T happen in the last 2 months to make the Simpson's writers mad????? LOL

[K-W]

87. The show is almost done so they dont care about office politics. EOM

[Pepperbelly]

119. They never have cared about that and far from done btw. nt

[Nothing Without Hope]

170. That is an EXCELLENT line - it's becoming editorialized! And on Faux! n/t

[lady lib]

22. The only way to pierce that arrogant, thick elephant hide

is with HUMOR. Way to go, Matt!!

[FinallyStartingToWin]

24. You're Absolutely Right.

I was thinking how many millions of people were watching that. And how innocent and humorous the remark came across. 100% effective! I was just telling my wife (who's getting sick of me repeating the line already lol) that I couldn't have come up with a more effective punchline in a hundred years. Kudos to Groening!

[ConfuZed]

26. kick n/t

:kick:

[peekaloo]

27. The first ep with Flanders in Humbleton was great, too.

"I wish we could return to a time in America that only exists in Republicans heads".

Viva la Simpsons!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

28. Welcome to the Lexicon

Mr. Cuckoobananas!!

Thank you Matt Groenig!

[Rowdyboy]

29. The Simpsons, in their 16th season, are still remarkable...

[Straight Shooter]

30. It suits the chimp, doesn't it?

A monkey is cuckoo for bananas, right? Matt was probably playing with that idea in his head and -- voila! -- magical inspiration.

Mr. Cuckoobananas in the White House. Bwahahahahaha!

[Hosnon]

31. "Commander Cuckoobananas" I believe it was...

[Cleita]

32. I'm watching it now. (Left Coast)

Buwahahaha. "St. Jeromes. He suffered for us, now it's your turn." Bart getting his knuckles slapped with a yardstick. Brings back memories. Sniff.

:rofl:

[FreedomAngel82]

33. LOL

I missed it since I was flipping back and forth from that to "Charmed." I saw most of the episode but missed that part. ;( Too funny though!! And on faux network too! Ha!

[Wizard777]

34. ROTFLMAO! Go Homer!! Knock it outta the park!!! n/t

[spindoctor]

36. Funny, but how bad is it if we need cartoon characters to voice our minds?

In struggling, educationally challenged South-America the only way to communicate social and political issues to the people is by acting it out in the popular soap operas.

Between South Park, King of the Hill and the Simpsons, one gets a better picture of the US from cartoons than from CNN, MSNBC and FOX combined.

[Jose Diablo]

44. I think its how we wrap our mind around something in reality we do not

want to face.

If there are issues needing to be faced that are difficult, in that we collectively really do not want to voice, then often times these issues are framed as humor.

You can see this happening in the funny papers also. Try reading the funnies each day for a few weeks. What will become apparent is there are issues in peoples minds that the editorial page and the headlines are reluctant to pursue.

This happened in the 60's and 70's too. Doonesbury, Lil' Abner to name a few from back then using current events to frame humor.

Humor is a pressure valve with us. As Simon and Garfunkel sang, "the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls". The funnies are the subway walls. As is the 'Simpsons'.

But why do the humorists write these things. Because that is why they are humorists, they know what people will find funny, they sense in some way what is troubling people and use these themes to make money by making jokes about what is troubling people. They are in a sense our 'prophets'.

It's really about us and our make-up, as humans. Why some things are 'funny'. What to watch for, is when it stops being funny, because that is when the riots will start, when the pressure valve gets stuck.

[Lisa]

93. and Pogo, back during the McCarthy era

Walt Kelly managed to get some very subversive stuff into the strip. Even the innocuous "replacement" strips he did, for when newspapers refused to carry the regular Pogo strip, were done in such a way that readers knew he was being censored.

[ClintonTyree]

172. Oh man, I used to LOVE Pogo....

I really miss that strip. It was always my favorite back in the 60's Kelly was cutting edge and I really mourned his death. It felt like part of America had died with him. Someone should bring that strip back, buy the rights and get it swinging the hammer again.

[Stand and Fight]

37. COMMANDER CUCKOO-BANANAS!!!

Man, you have got to love the Simpsons! They hit the nail right on the head, "...Anything's possible with Commander Cuckoo-bananas in charge!"

Download clip here:
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2UGDNZ8XTVC8311U6HIEB5ONUW

[WLKjr]

45. OMG, that was SOOOO FUNNYYYYY

reminds me of an episode I saw that is older that did something similar.

[DrDebug]

47. Thank you very much

A great episode. Even Homer gets it! So what is wrong with the average Joe??

[ooglymoogly]

94. thank you stand and fight for the link

now i see what the excitement is about....what a great clip...sending it to friends....thanks

[Stand and Fight]

102. No problem.

Glad to be of service... As someone said up-thread, isn't it a shame that we have to rely on comedy to tell more truth than the news? Just think The Daily Show, Family Guy, and The Simpsons... Sad.

[Lucky Luciano]

38. Bart on the topic of catholics vs protestants

"We need to stop making such a big deal about our stupid little differences and focus on our big stupid similarities!"

A paraphrase..

:rofl:

[drm604]

74. I almost fell out of my chair when he said that!

Go Simpsons!

[shadowknows69]

39. commander coocoobanannas to be exact

Americas latest military quagmire. Groening calls it like he sees it I guess. SLAM.

[FighttheFuture]

82. Actually, it is Cuckoo-bananas, and the exact quote is...

"and if you get kicked out of that one you're going straight in the army, where you'll be sent straight to Americas latest military quagmire. Where will it be? North Korea? Iran? Anythings possible with Commander Cuckoo-bananas in charge!"


An amazing episode!!

Still, getting rid of Bush and the Rethuglican majority is only the fist step. Attitudes must change. Progressive social causes must be pushed. people must be educated, not continually dumbed down.

[NMMNG]

43. I loved it!

I almost choked on my iced coffee :spray:

[Lost147]

46. I loved the ending

The two armies 1000 years later battle and kill each other over whether Bart preached peace and harmony or acceptance... or something like that.

[newfaceinhell]

50. lol.....I will now slap myself everytime i refer to Bush as anything BUT

"mr cuckoobananas":rofl:

[Nickster]

51. That was one of the greatest episodes. n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

52. Watched it with my husband

I couldn't believe it! I love The Simpsons. One of my favorite quotes from them: "The dead have risen, and they're voting Republican!" :rofl:

[cascadiance]

55. Homer is called in to see Commander Cuckoobananas!

Homer says, gotta go see this Commander Cuckoobananas!


Homer... Waiting his turn...


He looks outside the window and sees Bush and Tony Blair with each other...


Waits a little longer and then bumps into Tony Blair... Tony says, you just missed him. Go out to the parking lot! He's on his way out!


George Cuckobananas Senior says, "Sorry, he just left!"


Homer, oh well, still have to wait to see Commander Cuckoobananas!

[kiki]

56. I like:

"Grandpa, didn't you wonder why you kept getting big cheques for no reason?"

"I figgered it was because the Demmycrats were in power!"

[Dawgs]

57. How bout Flanders saying...

When his new town was trying to get him to remove his mustache, Flanders said something like, 'They can't tell me what to do, it's my body and my choice' - an obvious comparison to the pro-choice argument.

Last night's episodes were very pro-Democratic and anti-religious right. I loved it.

[getmeouttahere]

61. I don't watch much TV, and had pretty much given up....

on the Simpsons, but it sounds like they are still able to make us laugh AND think after 16 years! Bravo!

One of my fave quotes of all time was:

"Alcohol - the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!"

This stuff definitely tops that!

[FinallyStartingToWin]

78. That had been my all time favorite till last night!

That one and also the episode with mary bobbins, the following dialog:

Lisa: Mom's sacrificed so much for us. We should all sacrifice something for her. I'll start by giving up my malibu stacey collection.

Bart: And I'll take up smoking, and give that up

Homer: awww, I'm proud of you son, quitting smoking is one of the hardest things you could ever do. Here's a dollar

Lisa: Dadddddd, but he didn't dooooo anything!

Homer: Didn't he lisa, didn't he......

Then there's also this episode, when bart gives away santa's little helper:

Homer: So you could either sit here crying over your lost dog over a bowl of dog food, and keep eating dogfood until your tears taste like dogfood and the dog comes back, or you could go out there and find him!

Bart: You're right! I'm going out there to get my dog!

Homer: sighhhhhhh, damn, I almost had him eating dogfood!

[rndmprsn]

62. haha i saw it too...

i had to rewind my DVR box a few times just to relisten...homer giving bushboy mr cuckoobananas a verbal spanking...i love it!

[paineinthearse]

64. This proves Fox is a whore

They will air anything for $$$$, on the news side fake and misleading information, on the entertainment side radical left political views.

[realisticphish]

92. radical left?

i would hardly call it RADICAL. Rational left,perhaps

[ComerPerro]

109. to be fair, according to the MSM any dissent IS radical left

[realisticphish]

145. ah

touche...

[LiberalinNC]

66. Leave it to a cartoon to get it right! Even Homer's smart enough

to realize we have a nut in the white house. LMAO

[eyepaddle]

67. I once took a Simpsons quiz and

my score was something like "you need to get out more" so as you can see, I've watched a lot of The Simpsons, and last night's two-fer reminded me why.

Superb.

Did anybody catch the writer's credit for that episode?

[seg4527]

86. writeres credits

First episode: GABF15 - Home Away From Homer - Written by Joel H. Cohen

It doesn't have the second writer listed yet on the page I get my simpsons info www.snpp.com but I think I remember the writer being Matt Warburton. Don't take me on that though.

And of course, Al Jean, executive producer and head writer from Season 13 to present, co-executive producer seaons 3 and 4.

I'm a simpsons nerd. I have the writing staff practically memorized. Spend nearly as much time at a simpsons forum as I do here on DU. :-)

[eyepaddle]

90. Cool thanks!

I've read the L.I.S.A. but haven't checked out snpp.com before. I will now! (I do know it stands for Springfield Nuclear Power Plant though!)

:D

[Justpat]

68. So this is what it has come to....

the only people left to tell the truth in our country are
animated cartoon characters. I need a drink.

[Robworld]

69. The most liberal shows on TV today are on the Fox channel

Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad are the 3 shows on network TV with the most jokes made against the right wing Christian fanatics. They are also distributed by the same company whose news channel enables the right wing Christian fanatics

Go figure

http://www.dumdumgoestothecircus.com/
Website updated today

[getmeouttahere]

72. They'll play both sides as long as they can get away with it!

Must be nice to have that much moral flexibility!

[cascadiance]

98. Let's not forget that they also put out the X-Files and 24...

though this season of 24 has been a bit more "right wing" in sentiments than previous seasons were. The second season especially appeared to be damning Bush's policies. I have a feeling that there's a lot more entrenched management in the studio part of Fox outside of the Fox News portion that aren't as willing to be Rupert Murdoch or Roger Ailles punching bags.

[Botany]

70. From now on * is Cuckoo Bananas

:rofl:

[Sparkly]

75. Fits with "Banana Republican," too.

[racaulk]

83. I LOVE your "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" avatars!!!

I hope I'm not the only one that got the reference. Too funny! :D :rofl:

[arsonata]

73. You Beat Me!

I was going to post this quote somewhere. The name Commander Cuckoobananas bears repeating. Who ever thought Homer could be so insightful?

It's kind of sad though that the only slightly liberal voices on television are 3 cartoons (The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad) and a fake news program (The Daily Show).

Oh, but I can't forget PBS! Wait... nevermind.

[GreenPartyVoter]

77. Oh, wow! *lol* That's great!

[Joey Liberal]

79. Rev. Dobson will issue an alert! N/T

[fishwax]

80. Those were two great episodes last night

the Flanders quote in the 1st episode was great too, and lots of funny stuff on Catholics/Protestants. Two of the best episodes in years, I thought :D

[stanwyck]

81. Bill Mahr was right...it's up to the entertainers

now to discredit this administration and show the incompetency and lies since our media is hopeless.
We have The Simpsons, The Daily Show, Bill Mahr's show, Aaron McGruder, Chris Rock, Alec Baldwin, and numerous others.
What we don't have are fearless journalists...and when we do, their spineless, money-driven suits muzzle them.

[drm604]

91. Entertainers speaking up when everyone else is silent

is an American tradition. Anyone remember The Smothers Brothers or Laugh-In? The Smothers Brothers' show was cancelled for speaking out. Ironically, this time around corporate power and profitability may actually be protecting this means of dissent.

[stanwyck]

103. good point. Greed is serving us

as long as the ratings are there and the advertising revenue, we'll still have The Simpsons and The Daily Show.
And lose Dennis Miller.
(thank God)

[catzies]

118. I think it's older than that...the medieval court jesters come to mind

And remember Groundskeeper Willie in the medieval pageant? :rofl:

[Divameow77]

84. There is a reason The Simpsons has been on the air for

16 years. Gotta love them Simpsons.

[Sequoia]

85. I thought it was "Ex-x-xcellant" Smithers!

Bananas=moneky

[BattyDem]

88. I was LMAO!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Anything that makes me laugh like that has got to be my sig line! ;-)

[Democracy White]

89. Mr. Cuckoobannanas Ha!

I missed that quote cause I was in the bathroom at the time. But I am going to call him that and add it to the repetoire of nicknames I have seen on this board.

Dee

[lies and propaganda]

95. i screamed so loud!!!!

Goes right above my now 2nd fave, after Marge gets robbed in the alley and becomes an agoraphobic. When she finally goes outside she runs past Ned and then past Grandpa at the nursing home.....
"Ned, Im not afraid anymore!"
"Well, arent you a superduper recuper!"
"Grandpa! Im not afraid anymore!"
"Then you arent paying close enough attention!"

And whats the one about beer being the cause and solution to all our problems... The Simpsons hit it everytime.

[Toucano]

96. Homer's brow was actually furrowed when he said it.

It's gold, baby!

[XemaSab]

97. Best Simpsons line ever:

A dark and stormy night at Springfield Republican HQ.

A group of shadowy men is sitting around a shadowy table.

Burns: What act of unmitigated evil should the Republican party undertake this week?

Ralph Nader, sitting at the table, raises and starts waving his hand and goes "Ooooh! Ooooh! Oooooh!"

Burns: "You've already done enough, Nader."

[Kurovski]

99. This won't do much for military recruitment.

Do you think the Armed forces will withdraw the millions in advertising revenue they pay FOX in the Simpsons time slot?

Had they already stopped?

Commander Cuckoo Bananas.

[MrScorpio]

101. Googlebomb Commander Cuckoobananas

Stick it in your profile

Build a link, the instructions are in HTML lookup

[Ian David]

107. Someone bought the domain name cuckoobananas.com yesterday!

cuckoobananas.com is RESEERVED
Registrar: SCHLUND+PARTNER AG Status: ACTIVE
created: 14-May-2005 (They bought it yesterday!)

<snip>

domain: cuckoobananas.com
created: 14-May-2005
last-changed: 14-May-2005
registration-expiration: 14-May-2006

nserver: ns29.1and1.com 217.160.224.2
nserver: ns30.1and1.com 217.160.228.2

status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED

registrant-firstname: Mike
registrant-lastname: Andrews
registrant-street1: 630 Muirfield Ave
registrant-pcode: 93065
registrant-state: CA
registrant-city: Simi Valley
registrant-ccode: US
registrant-phone: +1.8055780337
registrant-email: [e-mail]

More:
http://www.betterwhois.com/bwhois.cgi?domain=Cuckoobananas.com&x=62&y=20

However:

commandercuckoobananas.com is AVAILABLE
http://www.betterwhois.com/bwhois.cgi?domain=CommanderCuckoobananas.com&x=83&y=12

cuckoobananas.org is AVAILABLE
http://www.betterwhois.com/bwhois.cgi?domain=Cuckoobananas.org&x=0&y=0

[Forever Free]

104. Didn't Bart already attend military school a few seasons ago?

with Lisa? And Lisa was bullied for being the only girl there? It was a great episode. I missed the first part of this one though. Drat.

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[FinallyStartingToWin]

106. HAHAHAHAHA

Commander Cuckoo Bananas is going down hahaha. Commander Cuckoo Bananas has like a 40% approval rating LOL Commander Cuckoo Bananas will be tried for warcrimes before the decade is through! LOL Commander Cuckoo Bananas can't even get the right to support his agenda anymore! HEHEHE

What a loser! Commander Cuckoo Bananas!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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[oxbow]

108. Entertainers have and always will be lefties

Homer singlehandedly did more for our cause than millions of dollars in moveon ads ever could. Now middle America KNOWS we're in a 'military quagmire' too. The meme is out there. So spread it all around.

[blondeatlast]

110. So very true. I've been using it for years, but now it's really out there.

And words matter, indeed.

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[Sequoia]

123. Hey, who let this guy in?

We know all about "WHO' Homer is and stands for, now off you go to Freeper Land. And, by the way, drop that towelhead stuff, it has no place on this forum.

[blondeatlast]

125. Time to raise the minimum post count, IMHO. nt

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[FinallyStartingToWin]

143. LOL LOL! I'm Honored My Original Post Threatened Your "Ideals" Enough

To Join DU! LOL

Hey, to each their own opinion. You have a different perspective. Well Hooray! Want a Scooby Snack? We all have different perspectives, but most of us don't have to keep shouting it out to make ourselves feel special or convince ourselves of something.

So you have a different perspective. Here's a Cigar...

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[cestpaspossible]

154. U.S.A! U.S.A!!

[FinallyStartingToWin]

156. Wow, Again, touting your special 115th post point of view

I wonder how many more times you need to shout it in this thread until you feel satisfied that we understand :eyes:

Listen, we (those who agree) get what you are saying, we (those who agree) just simply find it generally to be an absurd assessment of reality.

But once again, Yayyyyy for you for thinking outside the box and coming up with the least likely scenario to equal reality. Hey, come to think of it Commander Cuckoo Bananas has done that a few times too. Ya know, like thinking the least likely scenario of killing tons of Muslims, taking away their freedoms, lying about why, stealing their oil, and invading their land equals the best way to spread freedom and liberty?

So yayyyy for you, free thinker. :toast:

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[cestpaspossible]

129. Based on your detailed knowledge of the views of the thousands of DUers?

lol

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[Beware the Beast Man]

140. Pizza's Ready!!!

:hi:

[JohnyCanuck]

112. The way I see it Homer might not be an intellectual,

but compared to Commander CuckooBananas, he's fucking Einstein.

[blondeatlast]

113. Gee, no, I've never seen the Simpsons before. I thought the comment

indicated that even the average Joes like Homer were waking up to what's happening.

FWIW, I have an English degree--I'm not unfamiliar with parody.

Please share more of your insight--care to take on The Daily Show?

:eyes:

Can't wait to see your profile...

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[blondeatlast]

117. Landover Baptist? Gee, that's not for real?

Am I EVER so dumb! :sarcasm:

You might want to take a look at my post again--I never said he was an intellectual. I said he was an average joe who "got it."

I'll lighten up if you will.

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[blondeatlast]

121. Yeah, you win. Whatever.

Take it up with the rest of the celebratory posters in this thread, because YOU WIN!

It's not like Matt Groening's politics aren't really well known, but have at it--you beat me.

Congratulations and welcome to DU.

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[dhinojosa]

132. Then learn that you are getting bent out of shape.

Damn you are getting bent out of shape and attacking other DU members over the Simpsons, yikes.

It was funny, people like Homer, and some view him as the everyday American. I would rather have people quoting Homer Simpson than Rush Limbaugh anyday.

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[dhinojosa]

142. You presented a view that just rained on everyone's parade.

Flamebait, or whatever you want to call it. Homer had a fun quote, that's all, nothing more, nothing less. It's not a sad day in leftworld or whatever you called it. People like Homer, and liked his quote.

There are many posts, and other things in this world you can flex all your intellectual energy at, but this? Cmon.

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[dhinojosa]

157. Talk about overcompensating

Quoting: All I have done is asked you to consider something that you have not considered (like a REAL progressive). I have yet to have one poster say 'yeah, you could look at it that way, because the statement is ridiculous', instead I get people claiming the statement is coherent and that they share Homer Simpsons point of view.

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and....it was a funny quote. This being Democratic Underground, with Democratic being the operative word, yeah, they share Homer Simpson's point of view with this quote.

I know you're 19 threads into this DU, so don't be so hasty to judge this site as not intellectually stimulating. There is a lot of great stuff here from LBN to political support groups to an Editorial Discussion Group and more. Many times people post action items and see them through. We (REAL-progressives, whatever that means) indulge in this silly stuff and we get into the harder topics too.

The differentiating clue is, if it involves Homer Simpson, it's going to be a silly post. Don't take it too hard and start a flame war because you think we are in a sad state of affairs for quoting a cartoon.

Oh, relax and welcome to DU.

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[getmeouttahere]

173. Hey folks, don't engage these people...

ignore them! All they want to do is stir the pot, which proves what the plaid adder is saying about their still being angry despite winning the election and having control over virtually all the government. Besides, how pathetic is it for someone to spend so much time in a website dominated by people they despise. It's like having an anti-Celine Dion (or anti-anything) website. Why would you put so much time and effort into something you hate??? That's as pathetic as it gets!!!

[Kurovski]

178. There was actually some room for debate.

I don't know if you saw the deleted posts, but there were some points worth ferreting out.

But in the end, the departed Duer was most likely a RW "activist" attempting damage control, because the Simpsons are MAJORLY HUGE!

The funniest part was when he wrote that you shouldn't explain what you are, but let your posts speak for themselves.

This while saying how far left he is, member of Sierra Club, ACLU, blah, blah, blah...

[cestpaspossible]

131. Parody is funny.

"What will it be next, North Korea, Iran, Who knows? Anything's possible with mr. cuckoobananas in charge!"

While true, that isn't funny.

On the other hand, Homer running around yelling 'U-S-A!! U-S-A!!' in response to something he saw on TV is both wholly fictional, and funny.

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134. 'U-S-A!! U-S-A!!'

lol

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[cestpaspossible]

146. Thanks for demonstating an inablity to recognize a real parody.

Can you guess who the subject of the parody is?

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[cestpaspossible]

153. Yeah, that's what I thought

lol

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164. U.S.A! U.S.A!!!

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168. nt

[Dave Reynolds]

141. Welcome to DU1

Enjoy your relatively brief visit!:hi:

[Kurovski]

151. Homer: the accidental intellectual. He 's always been one.

the character of Homer Simpson has chanted "USA, USA!" in past episodes. People are free to interpret the context in which he did so.

The statement made in the recent episode is a bold and bald one. if "regular" guy Homer can see the writing on the wall, it's only because it's written in large neon letters, and many Americans wake to realize that obviousness.

Homer is also expressing concern for his own son becoming embroiled in such an undertaking as the Bush wars, actually, more of a warning. Not to go too deep with all this. I can think of only one reason why you would want to muddy the waters on this one. Otherwise, it seems you've come to lord it over us for our inability to recognise layers of humor in parody and satire. We already know that we're reactive and jumpy over this administration. It's particularly touchy times for those of small economic means.

While you write of your concern that the left here is behaving like the Right, you go ahead and take part in the sport of freeps, baiting nervous, upset and yes, insecure people. Maybe you don't have to worry about money and health care. Perhaps you don't have family in the military, or military age children. Perhaps you do.

Some people become edgy when times get this fucking shitty.

Mockery is an important tool for a Democracy to keep itself free when faced with an erosion of rights and citizen's power.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3666577

Bush was indeed called a name in this episode. So be it. it can serve as a parody of Liberals as well, so be that. I have seen other political jokes on The Simpsons that can go either way.

Court jesters kept their heads by saying things no one else could by couching it as a joke. I THINK that's what you mean.

Homer's statement is over the top and couched in an irrational manner, and he is reacting with exasperation to his son's dwindling options in life, but it contains truth in it.

The Simpsons can keep Murdoch off their back by keeping it open to interpretation. This has been discussed before at DU.

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[JimmyJazz]

137. HI! Welcome to DU!

Tell the rest of your friends to join us, too - you all might learn something! Here's my special "welcome" smilie:

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[Skittles]

144. LOL, FOX NEWS has fake reports all the time

but then you know that, don't you? :D

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[Skittles]

152. I don't understand what is fake about TDS segments

the anchors are fake but the news they present is for the most part dead on.

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[blondeatlast]

111. Maybe I'm optimistic, but let's see if there are more thinly veiled

references to come, especialy on the animated shows.

I see it as a clear possibility.

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[Cha]

127. That's a KEEPER!

"mr cuckoobananas"!!

[lynch03]

158. Mr. CUCKOOBANNAS

HAHAH that's the funniest name i've ever heard and it seems to fit bush perfectly..

[otohara]

159. Scotty Will Demand A Retraction

as soon as they find out about it, in about 3 weeks.

I laughed my ass off when I heard it. I knew the show would be good since it touched on religion again, it did not disappoint.

[AuntiBush]

160. Wow! Thank you! I am no longer confused!

Here... all this time I couldn't pin-it. You know. My famous last line these days (when someone aske me which state I livein) is "The State of Confusion." Now, thanks to FinallyStartingToWin, and the Bart/Homer gang, I can honestly state where I live.

Notice my new bottom-sig! Thanks!

:rofl:

At least I can define my moments better now.

[lonestarnot]

161. Simpson's now a must view! Right up there with South Park, KO and

the JS.

[SammyBlue]

169. We have a book called "The Doa of Pooh"

We need one called "The Wisdom of Homer."

[JohnyCanuck]

171. THE WISDOM OF HOMER SIMPSON

Homer: And Lord, we are especially thankful for nuclear power, the cleanest, safest energy source there is. Except for solar, which is just a pipe dream. <7F07>

Homer: I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here. <7F11>

Marge: It's not like you go to museums or read books or anything.
Homer: You think I don't want to? It's those TV networks, Marge: they won't let me. One quality show after another, each one fresher and more brilliant than the last. If they only stumbled once, just gave us thirty minutes to ourselves, but they won't! They won't let me live! <1F20>

Homer: My campaign is a disaster, Moe. I hate the public so much. If only they'd elect me, I'd make them pay. <5F09>

http://www.samikarjalainen.fi/homer.html

[getmeouttahere]

174. That Homer diatribe about TV is a classic!

I'd forgotten about that. For so many people in this country, that is SO true. They can't turn away from the boob-tube for a minute!

[Generic Guy]

175. That was funny

but, they are an equal opportunity offender. They take just as many shots at us as they do at the repugs.

[Kurovski]

176. Not as many, but they do.

They trounced Clinton a few times, for the sex stuff and then there was the episode which closed with the following exchange:

Bill Clinton: Thank you, Lisa, for teaching kids everywhere a valuable lesson: If things don't go your way, just keep complaining until your dreams come true.
Marge: That's a pretty lousy lesson.
Bill Clinton: Hey, I'm a pretty lousy president.

It is interesting to note that Lisa's lesson is pretty much the modus operandi for the Republican party even though they're in control of EVERY BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT!

And then there's Mayor Quimby who has evolved into an icon of generic politics itself.

The Simpsons mostly takes the current administration to task and has always hit Republicans the hardest--which if you're brave enough to do it in our well-cultivated Brownshirt-ian atmosphere--is like shooting fish in a barrel.

The Simpsons has the characters of Corporate overlord Mr. Montgomery C.Burns, RW radio host Birch Barlow, hapless criminal Sideshow Bob, Ahnuld knock-off Rainier Wolfcastle and the lovably honest Flanders with which they regularly evicserate today's Republican Party.

And didn't Cletus, the slack-jawed yokel, name one of his young'uns "Condoleeza"?

Maybe you're thinking of "King of the Hill"? But they mostly stick to slamming simperingly hypocritical ecology teachers, and permissive parents, which I also enjoy.

After Hank Hill had a personal crises during election 2000 in which he reconsidered voting for Bush because he expierienced a limp handshake from George at a rally, we haven't really heard much.

Do you suppose Jeff Gannon taught George that handshake?

Kurovski, oh girlene! You SSSSSSSSTOP!

[outrage]

177. It's funny because it's true...