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In my opinion, the simpsons is the best thing on TV at the moment and has been for the last couple years. I have seen nearly all the episodes and even if I had seen one five times, I would still find it funny. Not many programs can do that can they?
All age groups find it funny and enjoy watching it aswell, when I watch, my mom and dad watch it aswell and they, my dad especially, has really bad taste in programs.
When Matt Groening created all the characters, all the ingridients were there for a great show but no one could have predicted how fantastic it is. Another thing that is interesting is that over the many years of talking about it to friends, I have never come accross someone who dislikes the program.
Funny elements that make the program what it is
The characters are fantastic, I mean how funny is Homer when he cries over spilt beer or Mr Burns giving someone a verbal rocket. There is a character in this program that anyone can relate to, ANYONE.
The storylines, there are two that stick in my mind especially and always will, the one where Homer has to gain weight so he can become disabled and the one where George Bush moves in accross the road. The George Bush episode is probably the best episode ever!
Other little extras make the program what it is, things like when they mimic something out of a film ie. When Homer be friends Flanders and Ned tries to drive off and Homer clutches on to the back of the car like the T1000 in terminator 2. That scene was fantastic.
I would just like to add that my favourite characters (apart from the obvious homer and bart) are:-
Mojo the monkey - only features once but he was outstanding, especially his "happy dance" :D
Comic Book Guy - The ruler of sarcasm, his one liners crack me up every time
Mr Burns - His thriftiness and his dislike for fellow people with funny results make him a good character
George Bush - not him personally but he was involved in the epic battle against Homer
There are just a few of my favourites, the list could go on for ages though :).
Concluding this little essay on why the simpsons is so great, I would just like to say, The Simpsons is great!
Atomic_Koala
Homer : I always wondered, whats the meaning of life?
God : You'll find out when you die
Homer : (whineing) Awww but I wanna know now!
God : Cant you wait 6 months?
Homer : no
God : Well... okay... the meaning of life is... (end credits run)
(phone rings)
Homer "Hello Dean your a stupid head"
(Dean sees Homer using phone outside)
Dean "Homer is that you"
(Homer screams before running away)
In the same episode - When he leaves in the middle of a lecture to chase a squirall around a tree!!
Some of Homers best lines I think:
When tested by Patty and Selma for a choffours license:
"Nagging the driver - minus ten points - for you"
"Being a jerk minus a million points"
When trying to comfort Bart after Krustys apparant death:
"Dont worry, lots of people die all the time. Why you could end up dead tomorrow"
When abducted by aliens in a halloween special:
"Please dont eat me, I have a wife and kids eat them"
When trying to retreive a letter sent to Mr Burns at the post office:
"Hello my name is Mr Burns I believe you have a letter for me"
"OK Mr Burns what is your first name?"
"I dont know"
(When after the other bar memebres had been jesting with Moes by both hiding a cobra in the cash desk, and setting his tie on fire, Homer unscrews the top of the suger dispenser.... and after visiting Cheers bar...)
Homer enters Moes dressed in a top hat, tails and a monicle, exclaiming in a terrbile voice that he is Guy Incognito... whereupon Moes immeaditly sets upon him, before throwing him unconsious out of the bar...
The real Homer then stumbles onto the body, exclaiming his surpirse that he's found his excat double... before seeing a dog with a fluffy tail that he has to chase after giggling like a school girl :)
> The episode where Homer is accused of sexual assault:
Mmmmm Gummy Venus DeMilo
Er, is I.P. Freely here? Hey everybody! I.P. Freely!
Barney: Ya sure do Moe! Hahaha! Buuuuurp!
Listen to me, you lousy bum, when I get a hold of you, I swear I'm gonna slice your heart in half!
Hahaha!
Hey, is there a Butz here? Seymour Butz? Hey everybody, I wanna Seymour Butz!
Oh, wait a minute...
Listen, you little scum-sucking pus-bucket! When I get my hands on you, I'm gonna cut out your eyeballs with a corkscrew!
Hahaha!
Mike Rotch! Mike Rotch! Hey has anybody seen Mike Rotch lately?
Listen to me, you little puke. One of these days, I'm going to catch you, and I'm going to carve my name on your back with an ice pick!
Hahahaaaa!
Uh, Hugh Jass? Oh, someody check the men's room for a Hugh Jass!
Bea O'Problem ! Bea O'Problem! Come on guys, do I have a Bea O'Problem here?
Barney : You sure do!
Oh, it's you isn't it?
Listen you, when I get a hold of you, I'm going to use your head as a bucket and paint my house with your brains!
Hahaha!
Uh, Amanda Huggenkiss? Hey, I'm looking for Amanda Huggenkiss! Ah, why can't I find Amanda Huggenkiss?
Barney : Maybe your standards are too high!
You little S.O.B.! Why, when I find out who you are, I'm going to shove a sausage down your throat and stick starving dogs in your butt!
Mr. Burns : I'm looking for a Mr. Smithers, first name Wayland?
Oh, so, you're looking for a Mr. Smithers, eh? First name Wayland, is it?
Listen to me, you; when I catch you, I'm gonna pull out your eyes and stick'em down your pants, so you can watch me kick the crap outta you, okay? Then I'm gonna use your tongue to paint my boat!
Other Great Lines on the Simpsons :D
Atomic_Koala
Homer: "step aside everyone. Sensitive love letters are my specialty."
Homer's letter:
'Dear Baby,
Welcome to DumpVille.
Population : YOU!!!'
Marge: "I have nothing to say to you, Homer."
Homer: "But Marge, I was a political prisoner."
Marge: "HOW where you a political prisoner?"
Homer: "I kicked a giant mouse in the butt!
Do I have to draw you a diagram?"
Homer: "Kids, let me tell you about another so-called 'wicked' guy. He had long hair and some wild ideas and he didn't always do what other people thought was right. And that man's name was...
I forgot.
But the point is...
I forgot.
Marge, you know who I'm talking about. He used to drive that blue car."
Homer: "Operator. What's the number for 911?"
Homer: "Aww... 20 dollars? I wanted a peanut!"
Homer's brain: "20 dollars can buy many peanuts!"
Homer: "Explain how!"
Homer's brain: "Money can be exchanged for goods and services!"
Homer: "Woo hoo!"
Homer (praying): "Dear Lord, the gods have been good to me. As an offering, I present these milk and cookies. If you wish me to eat them instead, please give me no sign whatsoever...thy will be done." (munch munch munch)
Homer: "If there's one thing I've learned, it's that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
Homer: "What's the point of going out? We're just going to wind up here, anyway."
Homer: "To find Flanders, I have to think like Flanders."
Homer's brain : "I'm a big four-eyed lame-o! And I wear the same stupid sweater every day and..."
Homer: "The Springfield River!"
I think you will all agree that these quotes make the Simpsons what it is today
Atomic_Koala
Homer - "Oh God, help me, please help me God!!"
Godfrey Jones - "Hello Homer, this is God....frey Jones!!"
Classic!!
What do you thinks the best ever line from the Simpsons??