Homer: Hey, that's super. See you later. Lisa: Dad, don't you remember? It's our special Saturday. Marge: You agreed to spend one Saturday a month doing something with the kids. Homer: Ohhh. [slaps forehead] ..... Homer: Okay, Bart, it's your turn to pick, where are we headed? Bowling? Demolition derby? P. J. O'Harrigan's? Bart: Hysterical, but I traded my turn to Lisa for her dessert. Homer: D'oh! But we did a Lisa thing last month -- [notices Marge glaring at him, and changes to a happier tone of voice] -- and I'm glad we did. But now I think we should do something that normal people would like. Lisa: Why do you assume that I won't pick something fun? Let's see ... [leafs through newspaper] Oh, this looks very educational. Homer: [groans] ..... Homer: [to Bart] This is all your fault for trading away your turn. Just for that, no dessert tonight. Bart: [to Lisa] Trade you my next turn for your dessert. Lisa: Deal. Homer: D'oh!These guys are just amazing. Also they get all kinds of people to do voices for them. For example , in the episode with the superbowl - they had Rupert Murdoch and Dolly Parton give voice as themselves.
Truly amazing stuff. Stuff like in the episode with the Bi-Mon Sci-Fi Con , you can find kids wearing Futurama tshirts, the police box from Doctor Who - even Tom Baker (the ever loved doctor). Not to mention the favourite - Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) actually endorsing Sprint over AT & T on stage with light saber instead of a laser pointer (oh, how the mighty have fallen, that..). To top it off we see Mark Hammil sing Luke, be a jedi tonight in a top hat (with a light saber instead of the typical vaudeville walking stick).
Simpsons used to air at 5:30 pm every day - which meant that I only got a sparing dose of the cynical satire and that too only on days when I got home on 5. But seeing two or three a day has really kicked it up into high gear. The part that is very interesting about the stories is that half the humor is referential - same things we see in real life , but only from a different perspective.If Douglas Adams had lived, I think he'd have enjoyed Simpsons. Call it wishful thinking, but I think he himself would have worked on a H2G2 spoof episode with Matt Groening. Even I can imagine how that would go - but I like to be surprised.
Simpsons is the best cartoon series for adults that I've EVER seen.