The funniest bits of the post-funny Simpsons?
October 20, 2010 9:51 AM   Subscribe

What are the "classic" bits and one-liners from post-classic Simpsons?

Most people agree that the quality of The Simpsons nosedived after around Season 9 or so. It's been up and down ever since then, without ever regaining the cachet that the original series had. However, once in a while, a decent joke emerges. What are some of the more quotable bits from latter-day Simpsons?
posted by Sticherbeast to Media & Arts (25 answers total) 20 users marked this as a favorite
 
As a Simpsons fan who can quote nearly every episode from the first ten seasons, I have to say there are just too many. Here's the IMDB link to the Simpsons quote page, which has a lot of the classics.

"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!" - Homer
posted by allseeingabstract at 9:59 AM on October 20, 2010


allseeingabstract, the question is specifically about seasons after 9 or so. The 'To alcohol' quote is from season 8.
posted by shakespeherian at 10:02 AM on October 20, 2010


Response by poster: I'm looking for quotes after the show's peak, after about Season 9. Your quote is from the 8th season, when the Simpsons was still basically awesome.
posted by Sticherbeast at 10:03 AM on October 20, 2010


In the 300th episode, Homer skateboards down a half-pipe or whatever and Lisa says to Marge something like, "how many stupid things like this has dad done?" And Marge takes out a number clicker, clicks it, and says, "looks like about 300." Easy joke, and obvious, but the number clicker did amuse me.
posted by phunniemee at 10:04 AM on October 20, 2010


Best answer: Wikiquotes: The Simpsons, starting at season 10.

TV Fanatic quotes from season 20 - TV Fanatic jumps from Season 5 to Season 20 for some reason.
posted by filthy light thief at 10:05 AM on October 20, 2010 [1 favorite]


The Max Power episode (Homer To The Max) was pretty good:

Marge: But I fell in love with Homer Simpson. I don't wanna snuggle with Max Power.
Max (Homer): Nobody snuggles with Max Power - you strap yourself in and feel the G's! [performs a hip gyration]
Marge: Oh, Lord!
Max: And it doesn't stop in the bedroom. Oh no! I'm taking charge! Kids, there's three ways to do things. The right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way.
Bart: Isn't that the wrong way?
Max: Yeah, but faster.

And of course there's "Stupid sexy Flanders!".
posted by EndsOfInvention at 10:53 AM on October 20, 2010 [3 favorites]


"That's not a knife, THIS is a knife"
"That looks like a spoon to me."
"I SEE YOU'VE PLAYED KNIFEY-SPOONEY BEFORE!"

Love it.
posted by TomMelee at 11:08 AM on October 20, 2010


The post specifically says post-season nine quotes only.
posted by proj at 11:19 AM on October 20, 2010


Another vote for Stupid sexy Flanders (Season 11)!

nothing at all.... nothing at all... nothing at all!
posted by joeyjoejoejr at 11:24 AM on October 20, 2010 [2 favorites]


Best answer: The last couple of seasons have been golden, and I say this as someone who stopped watching back in 2002 or so and only recently came back.

MoneyBart:
Nelson: “She can do the kind of math that has letters!”

Moe Letter Blues:
Krusty: "This Mother's Day, why don't you give your mom what she really wants? A break from you!"

To Surveil with Love:
Homer: "God created the devil? Finally he did something cool!"

Marge: "That's not Sesame Street, that's a Gay Bar."

The Squirt and the Whale:

As Comic Book Guys corset starts going out: "Star Trek I Captain Kirk to...II... V ... Generations ... 'Boston Legal.'"

Chief of Drugs:

Marge: "Bart, dealing drugs? That's impossible. He doesn't have the math skills!"

American History X-cellent:

Smithers: In the next few weeks, we'll be introducing a medical plan that covers illness, and a suggestion box that is no longer a guillotine for the hand

Stealing first base:

(about Skinner) Chalmers: "He's our Joe Biden,"
Ralph: "I cheated wrong. I copied the Lisa name and the Ralph answers".

Treehouse of Horror XVII:

Lenny: "First World War"? Why do you keep calling it that?

Crook and Ladder:

Apu: Apu is dead! He has been reincarnated as this cat.
[Homer and Moe gasp]
Apu: Ha! You have just been Apu'd!

Midnight Towboy:

Homer: (Chuckles) I guess I'm more powerful than God now.
Ned: You know what they say: "With great power comes great responsibility."
Homer: Who said that?! I'll kill them with my power!

Eternal Moonshine of the Simpsons Mind:

Homer: Dad, I can't remember what I did last night. Do have any idea?
Grampa: You come to me for help rememberin'? That's like asking your horse to do your taxes -which I did in 1998.

Lisa The Drama Queen:

Marge: Are you saying Lisa is not at the Model U.N.?
Martin: (Dressed as a Belgian delegate.) To the extent you can trust the word of a Belgian...yes!

Eeny Teeny Moe:

Carl: How did your date go, Moe?
Moe: Incredible. I've never felt like this before. It's like my heart wants to do her.
posted by damn dirty ape at 11:27 AM on October 20, 2010 [7 favorites]


s12e11 Worst Episode Ever

Hibbert: Then get a friend to run it for you. You do have
friends, don't you?
CBG: Well, the Superfriends.
Hibbert: You should get some friends who aren't printed on
paper.

Good ep. Also nohomers.net is great for this, there's a bunch of
threads ranking post-classic era episodes.
posted by Lorin at 11:40 AM on October 20, 2010


Sorry, I read that as before season 9.
posted by allseeingabstract at 11:45 AM on October 20, 2010


While "meh" was used in passing earlier in the show, the one where they spell it out (literally) comes later.
posted by Gary at 11:46 AM on October 20, 2010






"Jebus" came from Season 11
posted by bunyip at 12:06 PM on October 20, 2010


"I don't even believe in Jebus" is from season 11.
posted by Gary at 12:08 PM on October 20, 2010


Skinner's Sense of Snow in Season 12 is full of these. A favourite is Homer: "Enough of your sexually suggestive dancing! Bring me my ranch dressing hose!" That is possibly my favourite episode of The Simpsons (and I am horrified to realize that it is nearly 10 years old. Ouch).

The Jebus episode is also good.
posted by urbanlenny at 2:16 PM on October 20, 2010


Best answer: Also from Crook and Ladder...

Homer: "Aw, I have three kids and no money. Why can't I have no kids and three money?"
posted by malapropist at 2:25 PM on October 20, 2010 [4 favorites]


Jebediah: [on film] A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Edna: Embiggens? I never heard that word before I moved to Springfield
Ms.Hoover: I don't know why. It's a perfectly cromulent word.
posted by Biru at 2:34 PM on October 20, 2010


Best answer: I don't really watch the Simpsons anymore but just this last week, Marge consoles Lisa by informing her that she can still go to "McGill, the Harvard of Canada!"

Lisa, dejectedly: "Anything that's the something of the something isn't really the anything of anything."

Which make me LOL.
posted by disillusioned at 3:16 PM on October 20, 2010 [2 favorites]


Skinner's Sense of Snow

One of my favorite quotes is from this episode:

(after Skinner catches Bart digging an escape tunnel through the snow)
Bart : "I was *gonna* put buttresses in!"
posted by pickingoutathermos at 4:25 PM on October 20, 2010


I think it is fascinating what people suggest as "classic" bits. At the risk of similar ridicule, I propose:
Buck Mitchell yells "This is the worst blimp crash ever!!!", to which, Grampa replies "Too soon!" (season 17!)
posted by misterbrandt at 7:18 PM on October 20, 2010


Yeah, I don't watch much anymore either, but I did happen to see last week's episode ("MoneyBART") and it had a couple of gags that can certainly hold their own with classic Simpsons.

Bart: But... without a coach, we can't play!
Marge: Homie, maybe you could do it.
Homer: Sorry, Marge. Last time I stepped on a baseball field, I got tased.
Marge: You know, some day these kids will be out of the house, and you'll regret not spending more time with them.
Homer: That's a problem for future Homer. Man, I don't envy that guy.
(Homer empties a bottle of vodka into a jar of mayonnaise, chugs it, and passes out)
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 9:25 PM on October 20, 2010


"Everything's coming up Milhouse!" (Season 10)
posted by girlmightlive at 6:18 PM on October 23, 2010


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