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jeendicott
05-18-2003, 08:56 AM
This might be of interest to Simpson/Beatle fans on this forum. Yeah, there may be one or two. :D
From TV Guide:
Flanders' Fab Four fanaticism and the softer side of Szyslak (i.e., Moe) are revealed in back-to-back episodes, which conclude the series' 14th season.
In the early show, Milhouse and Bart damage Ned's Beatles memorabilia and are subsequently enrolled in separate youth groups. But the organizations' quests for community kudos spawn a rivalry that turns nasty.
In the finale that follows, Moe saves Maggie's life, forming a baby-bartender bond that the Simpsons come to find intrusive (like when he offers “The Godfather” saga as a bedtime story). But Moe comes to the rescue once again when Maggie is caught in the middle of “an Italian-American Mexican standoff.”
Looks great, JE. I'll be home by then, so I'll be snug up in bed with an electric blanket watching. I'll have some chicken noodle soup and Sprite, too, if I can stomach it.
Shouldn't this be in Visual Arts?
mudbone
05-18-2003, 03:10 PM
Originally posted by AKA
Shouldn't this be in Visual Arts?
Yep!
mud-:D
Steve-oh
05-18-2003, 03:15 PM
I've always thought it was pretty cool that the "Threetles" all appeared on the Simpsons. I always liked Ringo's appearance best - answering fan mail decades after it was sent - "Yes Marge, in Britain we have French Fries - we call them chips."
George's appearance wound up in the "Any Road" video. Paul and Linda's episode was my favorite, though.
Tyler
05-18-2003, 06:11 PM
Any Simpsons/Beatles connection makes for an interesting combination, I'll be watching tonight.
Claviusb
05-18-2003, 06:27 PM
Originally posted by AKA
Paul and Linda's episode was my favorite, though.
The McCartneys agreed to do the episode with the stipulation that Lisa wouldn't just become a vegaterian for just that episode. They didn't want to watch her ordering a hamburger on a show two weeks later.
Jimbo
05-18-2003, 07:01 PM
Well, now that I've seen it, I must say that, Beatles references aside, it was one of the least funny episodes this season. The second one, with Moe forming a bond with Maggie, was at least 100 times better. :thumbsup:
Tyler
05-19-2003, 12:04 AM
Both episodes were among the best of the season. I just wish there were more scenes in Ned's Beatles room. How does someone as lame as Flanders get into the Beatles?
Evan L
05-19-2003, 06:58 AM
Originally posted by Claviusb
The McCartneys agreed to do the episode with the stipulation that Lisa wouldn't just become a vegaterian for just that episode. They didn't want to watch her ordering a hamburger on a show two weeks later.
If you look closely, years later, she is still a vegetarian(look carefully at her dinner plates). Pretty cool.
Jimbo
05-19-2003, 09:24 AM
Originally posted by Pretzel Logic79
Both episodes were among the best of the season. I just wish there were more scenes in Ned's Beatles room. How does someone as lame as Flanders get into the Beatles?
Remember the Halloween episode from a few years ago, based on the Y2K hysteria? It's the end of the world, and Flanders & family are in church, as Rev. Lovejoy delivers his sermon:
Lovejoy: Judgment Day is upon us. I warned you the Lord wouldn't stand for your minidresses and Beatle boots.
Flanders (wearing Beatle boots): I've resisted these for thirty-five years. Why did I wear them today?:laugh:
Beatlelennon65
05-19-2003, 12:45 PM
Fabbest episode ever!
Did they really have that Beatle pop? LSD cola!
Even better was Homer's hallucinations in the episode with Johnny Cash as the Space Coyote. Jasper is head saying "Goo-goo-goo-joob."
Mike Dow
05-19-2003, 02:21 PM
The Beatles references were cool (Bart quoting I Am The Walrus after drinking the 39 year old soda was funny) but the youth group plot thread was quite lame. There were certainly better episodes this season. I have to admit, I felt a pang of something when Milhouse asked...
"Who are The Beatles" to which Bart replied,
"They did all the songs on Maggie's baby albums" ouch. No one is spared the sword on this show--even the fabs.
guy incognito
05-20-2003, 07:03 PM
Originally posted by Claviusb
The McCartneys agreed to do the episode with the stipulation that Lisa wouldn't just become a vegaterian for just that episode. They didn't want to watch her ordering a hamburger on a show two weeks later.
Truth be told, having Lisa be a vegetarian turned out to be perfectly in tune with her character anyhow. She's always been Springfield's most idealistic, progressive-minded, even (I daresay) P.C. resident. Her aversion to meat seems as natural as her feminism, religious skepticism, and environmentalism. Actually, Lisa on the show is to leftist boho P.C.-ism what Flanders is to devout religiosity, or Burns to oligarchic rapaciousness. :D
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