The Duval Beast
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That Itchy and Scratchy scene seemed to go on forever.
The Simpsons - "Stealing First Base" - Talkback [3/21]
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shahab29inch
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This was a good episode. Most of my laughs came from the kissing montage especially Wall-E kissing Eve.
snoopy5643
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I have to say, I liked the Bart plot more than the Lisa plot.
Kind of wish they'd had focoused on the main plot more.
Am shocked that the relationship didn't end, wonder if shey'll be back more? Or talked about at least? Like maybe say, me and my girlfriend are going out this Saturday sorry can't help baby sit. That'd be nice instead of just acting like it never happened.
Over all, I give it a 4/5.
Kind of wish they'd had focoused on the main plot more.
Am shocked that the relationship didn't end, wonder if shey'll be back more? Or talked about at least? Like maybe say, me and my girlfriend are going out this Saturday sorry can't help baby sit. That'd be nice instead of just acting like it never happened.
Over all, I give it a 4/5.
c.malacina
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So that was Sarah Silverman playing Nikki.
Good to see I'm not the only one who hates her.
Good to see I'm not the only one who hates her.
PuckDat Make It Seven!
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This episode seems to be aimed at kids with ADD.
Look, I know jokes nowadays tend to be run-on jokes, but his was insane. For example:
--The Construction/GPS Joke was pointed out by Bart and then the family drive through a construction site, spin around a crapload of times, get hit by a girder and then the girder joke lingers for a few seconds...in case you didn't get it.
--Lisa's reaction to getting an "F". I've seen banks fail faster.
--Lisa's "I got an F! I hope Harvard never finds out!"...Cut to a Harvard satalite focused on Lisa.
--Bart and Nikki skateboarding was dragged on far too long and it stopped being funny half-way through.
--Itchy and Scratchy in 3D: This has got to be the longest I&S 'short' ever and it wasn't anything special. How about an I&S short called: "Berevity is the Soul of Wit!" where Itchy goes back in time and kills Scratchy Shakespeare and steals his material and gets rich.?
--Skinner and Willie Kissing with Al Jean saying: "Hey nerds! I can make this joke lasssssst all the way through the episode! Just watch me! Don't make me make you file a restraining order!"
--Bart and Nikki's CPR kissy collage was funny at first, but it didn't have to be the montage from hell.
About the only jokes where the joke wasn't dragged on, meta-joked was Nelson's "Blind Buddy" and Grandpa's "Static thought bubble."
2.5/5, but since there was minimal Homer Simpson, thank the gods, this gets bumped up to a 3.
Look, I know jokes nowadays tend to be run-on jokes, but his was insane. For example:
--The Construction/GPS Joke was pointed out by Bart and then the family drive through a construction site, spin around a crapload of times, get hit by a girder and then the girder joke lingers for a few seconds...in case you didn't get it.
--Lisa's reaction to getting an "F". I've seen banks fail faster.
--Lisa's "I got an F! I hope Harvard never finds out!"...Cut to a Harvard satalite focused on Lisa.
--Bart and Nikki skateboarding was dragged on far too long and it stopped being funny half-way through.
--Itchy and Scratchy in 3D: This has got to be the longest I&S 'short' ever and it wasn't anything special. How about an I&S short called: "Berevity is the Soul of Wit!" where Itchy goes back in time and kills Scratchy Shakespeare and steals his material and gets rich.?
--Skinner and Willie Kissing with Al Jean saying: "Hey nerds! I can make this joke lasssssst all the way through the episode! Just watch me! Don't make me make you file a restraining order!"
--Bart and Nikki's CPR kissy collage was funny at first, but it didn't have to be the montage from hell.
About the only jokes where the joke wasn't dragged on, meta-joked was Nelson's "Blind Buddy" and Grandpa's "Static thought bubble."
2.5/5, but since there was minimal Homer Simpson, thank the gods, this gets bumped up to a 3.
The length of the short actually makes sense if you're familiar with Koyaanisqatsi (the film that the show is a spoof of)
I think the humor here has to do with some of the choices used for the montage (i.e. Alien 3), hence it has to be long in order to mix in scenes that would usually appear in a kiss montage with the comical choices.
I think the humor here has to do with some of the choices used for the montage (i.e. Alien 3), hence it has to be long in order to mix in scenes that would usually appear in a kiss montage with the comical choices.
joey.caneva
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I didn't mind her here. I don't really mind her in anything where she's not being Sarah Silverman.
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"WTF" was my reaction to the Itchy and Scratchy thing.
Oh yeah, I missed the last 3 minutes. Kissing montage, huh? Anybody know them all?
Oh yeah, I missed the last 3 minutes. Kissing montage, huh? Anybody know them all?
ROTTWEILERMOM
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Great episode :anime:
My favorite part is Homer straggling Skinner XD
My favorite part is Homer straggling Skinner XD
unluckyasfuc
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I was worried I was the only one who hated her. Thanks for posting.
That joke was great. I will never get tired of nerd jokes, especially since I know there are people out there that are THAT paranoid about their performance.
Every scene in The Simpsons (or every comedy show for that matter) isn't meant to be funny. Sometimes they are meant to make a point and/or move a story along. Watch some episodes from "the golden years of The Simpsons" and you'll see examples.
I had a feeling they were spoofing something there. Thanks for pointing out out Koyaanisqatsi, Tnadct1.
It was special. I think this is the first time they've shown an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon outside of television.
And before someone complains about it being a scene from "The Ictchy and Scratchy Movie" that Bart can't see, consider this: It was a cartoon short before a movie started. If Roger Rabbit (and I'm almost certain there are Pixar ones)can do it, why can't a Simpsons episode?
Your comment just demonstrated why that joke was funny. Of course it was funny to begin with within the context of the episode's subject matter, but thanks for the extra laugh.
I wonder how many people were able to point out which movie scenes were the original version and which were played for humor. I can honestly say I didn't recognize a few of them and I enjoyed the montage anyway.
That joke was great. I will never get tired of nerd jokes, especially since I know there are people out there that are THAT paranoid about their performance.
Every scene in The Simpsons (or every comedy show for that matter) isn't meant to be funny. Sometimes they are meant to make a point and/or move a story along. Watch some episodes from "the golden years of The Simpsons" and you'll see examples.
I had a feeling they were spoofing something there. Thanks for pointing out out Koyaanisqatsi, Tnadct1.
It was special. I think this is the first time they've shown an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon outside of television.
And before someone complains about it being a scene from "The Ictchy and Scratchy Movie" that Bart can't see, consider this: It was a cartoon short before a movie started. If Roger Rabbit (and I'm almost certain there are Pixar ones)can do it, why can't a Simpsons episode?
Your comment just demonstrated why that joke was funny. Of course it was funny to begin with within the context of the episode's subject matter, but thanks for the extra laugh.
I wonder how many people were able to point out which movie scenes were the original version and which were played for humor. I can honestly say I didn't recognize a few of them and I enjoyed the montage anyway.
mikestheking95
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That indeed was a funny part 
KefkasInsaneFollower
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Yeah, when Skinner insulted Homer and Homer yelled "Why you little-!" and jumped up onstage and started strangling him I about fell on the floor laughing. That was classic! And I loved the kiss montage. It even had Lady and the Tramp!
I loved this episode. But you know...just ONCE I wish Scratchy would massacre Itchy. Just once. Even Tom got even with Jerry once in a while...
I loved this episode. But you know...just ONCE I wish Scratchy would massacre Itchy. Just once. Even Tom got even with Jerry once in a while...
I wasn't complaining about the subject matter, I said the joke was dragged out TOO LONG. I like nerd jokes, too, but only if they're funny and don't waste my time.
Well, it sure as heck wasn't being serious, either. I'd say it was another time-waster of joke that tries to be a joke that turned out to be a lot of nothing. And if you want to drag those "Golden Years" (a period by your succint viewpoint of my posts you deem doesn't really exist outside of my imagination) drama-driven scenes into this, a vast majority of them you could tell the show wasn't trying to be funny and it was where the writers stopped being funny to make a point. Compared to these days when the jokes bomb, then it's mistaken for a 'drama' fillled scene.
No, the Short would've been funny if it didn't run-on for so long, so in the end it was a lot of nothing and there was an episode called "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie" where I&S was shown farrrr into the future and in a movie theatre.
I know humor is subjective, but if people are laughing at the current Simpsons humor because the jokes are just dragged out and not because the actual source of the joke is funny itself, then that's pretty darn sad.
I watch an episode and I think the jokes fired on all cylinders, or I watch an episode and think the jokes bombed, or were dragged on too long. I don't arbitralily make up scenarios to make what I just watched just to fake myself into being amused. If wanted to fake my amusement, I'll spend 100 bucks to get into disneyworld.
Of course it was funny...if you reallly want it to be....I guess. But in reality, kids don't run schools and the joke was just another run-on joke in an episode that's nothing but run-on jokes. This nonsense would be funny if each of these 'jokes' were divided up and put on youtube, but in a professionally produced Simpsons episode, the standard should be much higher.
Well, it sure as heck wasn't being serious, either. I'd say it was another time-waster of joke that tries to be a joke that turned out to be a lot of nothing. And if you want to drag those "Golden Years" (a period by your succint viewpoint of my posts you deem doesn't really exist outside of my imagination) drama-driven scenes into this, a vast majority of them you could tell the show wasn't trying to be funny and it was where the writers stopped being funny to make a point. Compared to these days when the jokes bomb, then it's mistaken for a 'drama' fillled scene.
No, the Short would've been funny if it didn't run-on for so long, so in the end it was a lot of nothing and there was an episode called "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie" where I&S was shown farrrr into the future and in a movie theatre.
I know humor is subjective, but if people are laughing at the current Simpsons humor because the jokes are just dragged out and not because the actual source of the joke is funny itself, then that's pretty darn sad.
I watch an episode and I think the jokes fired on all cylinders, or I watch an episode and think the jokes bombed, or were dragged on too long. I don't arbitralily make up scenarios to make what I just watched just to fake myself into being amused. If wanted to fake my amusement, I'll spend 100 bucks to get into disneyworld.
Of course it was funny...if you reallly want it to be....I guess. But in reality, kids don't run schools and the joke was just another run-on joke in an episode that's nothing but run-on jokes. This nonsense would be funny if each of these 'jokes' were divided up and put on youtube, but in a professionally produced Simpsons episode, the standard should be much higher.
It apparently happened once, back in the season five ep. Homer Goes To College, but due an unfortunate event(one of Homer's nerd buddies unplugging the TV for his computer), we didn't get to see it, and Krusty promised us that the cartoon was a one time event and it wouldn't air again. Sadly, it seems he was right.