Trivia: In addition to becoming an internet meme, the scene where Homer emerges from and later disappears into the hedge wall was realised as a Chia Pet.
Phaneron
28th Oct 2024
The Simpsons (1989)
8th Jun 2024
The Simpsons (1989)
Krusty Gets Kancelled - S4-E22
Other mistake: When the Red Hot Chili Peppers are performing on Krusty's TV special, bassist Flea is playing a standard electric guitar.
21st Apr 2024
The Simpsons (1989)
15th Dec 2023
The Simpsons (1989)
22nd May 2023
The Simpsons (1989)
I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can - S14-E12
Mayor Quimby: Lisa, with second place, you're the biggest winner this town has ever had. Before you, it was the woman who dated Charles Grodin. (00:20:22)
22nd May 2023
The Simpsons (1989)
Campaign ad narrator: Mayor Quimby supports revolving door prisons. Mayor Quimby even released Sideshow Bob, a man twice convicted of attempted murder. Can you trust a man like Mayor Quimby? Vote Sideshow Bob for Mayor.
2nd Apr 2023
The Simpsons (1989)
Itchy and Scratchy and Marge - S2-E9
Trivia: One of this episode's plots features outraged parents trying to prevent children from seeing the statue of Michelangelo's David because his penis is visible. In March 2023, a principal at a Tallahassee, Florida charter school was fired after parents complained about their children seeing images of the statue, deeming it to be pornographic.
10th Feb 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Trivia: Homer becomes the owner of the Denver Broncos at the end of the episode, much to his chagrin as he preferred to own the Dallas Cowboys and the Broncos are bumbling. In real life, the Broncos won two consecutive Super Bowls not long after this episode aired, while the Cowboys have been mediocre at best since.
1st Jan 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Mothers and Other Strangers - S33-E9
Continuity mistake: A teenage Homer and his father travel to Utah to look for Homer's fugitive mother, whom they find. This completely contradicts the episode Mother Simpson, where Homer didn't reconnect with his mom until he was in his late thirties, and was told all his life by his father that she was dead, even believing that the grave of Walt Whitman belonged to his mother.
31st Aug 2021
The Simpsons (1989)
Trivia: In celebration of this episode's 25th anniversary, Homer Simpson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, complete with an exhibit highlighting the episode.
5th Nov 2020
The Simpsons (1989)
Barney: And I say England's greatest Prime Minister was Lord Palmerston.
Wade Boggs: Pitt the Elder.
Barney: Lord Palmerston!
Wade Boggs: Pitt the Elder!
Barney: OK, you asked for it, Boggs! [Punches him out.]
Moe: Yeah, that's showing him, Barney! Pitt the Elder.
Barney: Lord Palmerston! [Punches Moe out.]
5th Nov 2020
The Simpsons (1989)
Principal Skinner: Bart, now that you've graduated, I can finally say this: you really press my cider! [Crowd gasps in disbelief.]
5th Nov 2020
The Simpsons (1989)
Agnes Skinner: Start over. I want everything in one bag.
Squeaky-voiced Teen: Yes ma'am.
Agnes Skinner: But I don't want the bag to be heavy.
Squeaky-voiced Teen: I don't think that's possible.
Agnes Skinner: What are you, the possible police? Just do it.
4th Sep 2020
The Simpsons (1989)
Trivia: Marge's hairstyle in this episode is the Rachel, popularized by Jennifer Aniston on Friends.
4th Sep 2020
The Simpsons (1989)
11th Jul 2020
The Simpsons (1989)
Krusty Gets Kancelled - S4-E22
Anthony Kiedis: You told our agent this place holds 30,000 people.
Moe: It does. We had 30,000 here last night. Now play, the audience is getting restless.
Barney: We want Chilly Willy! We want Chilly Willy!
Bart: Hey, Red Hot Chili Peppers, would you guys like to appear on a Krusty the Clown special?
Flea: Sure, if you can get us out of this gig.
Bart: No problemo. Hey Moe, look over there.
Moe: [Turns around and looks at the wall.] What? What am I looking at? I don't see nothin'. [Bart sneaks the Red Hot Chili Peppers out of the bar.] I'm gonna stop lookin' soon. What? What, is that it?
Homer: Hey Moe, can I look too?
Moe: Sure, but it'll cost you.
Homer: My wallet's in the car.
Moe: He is so stupid. And now back to the wall.
11th Jul 2020
The Simpsons (1989)
11th Jul 2020
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer: [Screams] The Moody Blues!
Graeme Edge: Cold-hearted Homer ditching his wife, while ancient Ned runs for his life.
Justin Hayward: Chips of red and blue and white, but we decide which...
John Lodge: Can the poems, it's ass-whooping time!
Ray Thomas: I want fatty!
11th Jul 2020
The Simpsons (1989)
11th Jul 2020
The Simpsons (1989)
Otto: Hey landlord, some clown changed my locks, padlocked the door, and put up an eviction notice.
Landlord: Yeah, that was me.
Otto: You!? But why?
Landlord: Because you haven't paid your rent.
Otto: Well, can I at least get my stuff?
Landlord: All I found in there was a jar of mustard, and a couple of old cycle magazines.
Otto: Wow! I have mustard!?
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