The Simpsons DVDs

[Winslow Leach]

My favourite scene is in Road to Rhode Island when they're in the shady motel room.... "Oh, for GOD's sake, he's wearing a wire!"

Lol, funny you should mention "Road to Rhode Island." When I referred to Brian and Stewie as a classic comedy team, I had Hope & Crosby in mind. Which I guess was the point...since the episode is called "Road to..." and Hope and Crosby starred in seven Road films, and...I'll be quiet now.

Voice 1: You got the stuff?

Voice 2: Yeah, I've got it. Where's the money, huh? I wanna see the money!

Voice 1: No, no, no. You don't see the money until I see the stuff!

Stewie: Oh for God's sake, there's only one way to put an end to this nuisance! He's wearing a wire!

Voice 1: What? You son of a--

(gunshots)

How 'bout the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" scene?

Stewie: Montgomery Clift, who was in "From Here to Eternity" with Burt Lancaster, who was in "Atlantic City" with Susan Sarandon, who was in "White Palace" with Kevin Bacon. There!

Brian: Nice. Except that was James Spader in "White Palace," moron!

Stewie: Oh, Mr. Snippy.

Brian: Look, I just need some time to think, all right?

Stewie: Oh yes. You have got lots to think about, haven't you? Public drunkeness, grand theft auto--

Brian: You left out the part where I made you smash your head against the windshield.

Stewie: Huh. I don't recall--

(Brian slams on the brakes, causing Stewie to hit the windshield)

Stewie: Well, I suppose I walked right into that one.

Sorry...I'm juggling muffins left and right here...

One of the cool things about The Simpsons DVDs are the deleted scenes. A lot of the deleted material was cut for time, but it's just as funny. In "Burns' Heir," for example, there's a scene in which Burns threatens Homer with a robot version of Richard Simmons, that goes out of control. "Smithers, release the robotic Richard Simmons!" And of course you get scenes that were originally part of the episode, but cut for syndication. In the casino ep., Homer runs into a Rain Man-like character. Some of the sets even come with complete scripts for certain episodes that you can read right on your television screen.

 

[Winslow Leach]

Oh, Wal-Mart is selling seasons 1-5 too for about $20. The sets are packaged with a Simpsons t-shirt.

 

[MrsPepper]

Lol, funny you should mention "Road to Rhode Island." When I referred to Brian and Stewie as a classic comedy team, I had Hope & Crosby in mind. Which I guess was the point...since the episode is called "Road to..." and Hope and Crosby starred in seven Road films, and...I'll be quiet now.

Oh, definately. ^_^ The Road episodes of Family Guy are the best ones, and I'm also a Bob Hope fan so it's pretty cool. Have you seen Road to Rupert, when Stewie dances with Gene Kelly? **giggles** Nice quotes, btw!

And I'm running out of things to say about the Simpsons. Trying to keep it on topic here. Oh, Winslow, actually, I have a question. In which episode, or season or whatever, does Homer sing to the tune of The Flintstones?

Simpson/ Homer Simpson/ he's the greatest guy in history.../
From the/ town of Springfield/ he's about to hit a chestnut tree.... AAAAARHGHGH!

 

[Winslow Leach]

Oh, Winslow, actually, I have a question. In which episode, or season or whatever, does Homer sing to the tune of The Flintstones?

Simpson/ Homer Simpson/ he's the greatest guy in history.../
From the/ town of Springfield/ he's about to hit a chestnut tree.... AAAAARHGHGH!

That's from Marge vs. the Monorail (January, 1993, Season 4). Lyle Langley (Phil Hartman), a con man, talks--or rather sings--Springfield into purchasing a Monorail system that turns out to be faulty. The Langley character is patterned after Professor Harold Hill from The Music Man. This is another Conan O'Brien-penned episode, and Conan has said that this is his favorite show.

Marge: Homer, there's a man here who thinks he can help you!

Homer: Batman?

Marge: No, he's a scientist.

Homer: Batman's a scientist!

Marge: It's not Batman!

 

[Winslow Leach]

Oh, definately. ^_^ The Road episodes of Family Guy are the best ones, and I'm also a Bob Hope fan so it's pretty cool. Have you seen Road to Rupert, when Stewie dances with Gene Kelly? **giggles** Nice quotes, btw!

Thanks! Yeah, Road to Rupert is a good ep. That scene with Gene Kelly and Stewie is from Anchors Away (1945), in which Gene danced with Jerry the mouse. The Family Guy team did an excellent job putting Stewie in there, and choreographing his moves!

This is also the ep. where Meg is forced to drive Peter around.

Peter: Lois, this is the best you could do?

Lois: Well, it was either Meg or a talking monkey smoking a cigar, but I didn't think you'd like that.

There's also Road to Europe, where Stewie runs away from home and tries to move in with his friends from his favorite TV show, "Jolly Farm Review."

Speaking of getting off-topic, have you looked at my "Face of Leach" thread lately? It started with those pics of me, now we're talking about parking meters for some reason, lol!

 

[travellingpat]

Hmm wal mart too? Thats a couple towns over but maybe ill go up there soon....i have to get money first haah

 

[Drtooth]

Being poor and not even having of the Fraggle or Futurama sets yet, I always wanted some of the Simpsons ones. I'd buy the entire first 10 seasons, since after that it was just hit and mix. The movie was great and showed they could still make a good story with the Simpsons in it, but other than that there's a good reason why family Guy started to surpass Simpson's popularity.... though honestly, I'm really Digging American Dad more.

You know, I had the oppertunity to buy season 1 for 10 bucks, but as I had no money at the time, i missed the offer.

 

[Sgt Floyd]

If you ask me, I say season 8, but as for the first 5? Season 5!

 

[Erine81981]

I like the first season because i'm a first season bum. I've always enjoyed the first season to any show because its the first time you get to seem them all and see how it starts out. That's what i enjoy but i also like Season 2-5 myself too. But to choose it would have to be Season 1. I'm waiting on getting Bart's head. I'll either ask for it for Christmas or buy it when i can.

 

[Drtooth]

Funny thing. i don't have any real Simpsons DVD's, but I have a HK VCD of the Simpsons in english with chinese subtitles (that as it's a VCD cannot be turned off) that I got for 3 bucks. Legit or not (I think it is, but it wasn't supposed to be available stateside. Oops), I love it, only because the inserted booklet has an ad for other VCD's and Bart writing on the chalkboard in Chinese. I gotta frame it or something. it's too cool NOT to.