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chuckstryker Heckler "I'm back, bigger, badder and madder than ever". Posts: 46	The Simpsons Oct 20, 2006 9:26:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by chuckstryker on Oct 20, 2006 9:26:26 GMT A lot of the early Simpsons episodes are very good but some of the more recent stuff is just crap. - And ALL Lisa episodes are boring.
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Lieutenant Columbo Lifetime Achievement in Comedy The Lieutenant Crumpled Detective Posts: 5,533	The Simpsons Oct 25, 2006 22:06:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lieutenant Columbo on Oct 25, 2006 22:06:29 GMT YES! True - Lisa is cr*p! Her episodes aren't any good at all! To quote from Comic Book Guy: "Worst character ever!" Cheers for saying what we all should be thinking Mr. Styker! N.
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ilhi Heckler Y'know i'm da best Posts: 14	The Simpsons Nov 7, 2006 21:26:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ilhi on Nov 7, 2006 21:26:43 GMT I'm stuck watching old episodes on channel 4 although when i was in America, the day before halloween, the 10th Halloween Special (Tree House of Horror) is one of my personal bests.
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Lieutenant Columbo Lifetime Achievement in Comedy The Lieutenant Crumpled Detective Posts: 5,533	The Simpsons Nov 7, 2006 21:36:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lieutenant Columbo on Nov 7, 2006 21:36:54 GMT Yep - the horror ones are usually good I reckon. Not seen the new one though! Boo! ;D N.
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ilhi Heckler Y'know i'm da best Posts: 14	The Simpsons Nov 8, 2006 16:12:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ilhi on Nov 8, 2006 16:12:54 GMT I saw one, with killer dolphins (think it's 11) that one's awesome.
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Stan Butler Manager This planet is almost extinct! Posts: 8,918	The Simpsons Nov 8, 2006 17:14:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Stan Butler on Nov 8, 2006 17:14:07 GMT ilhi said: I saw one, with killer dolphins (think it's 11) that one's awesome. I don't think I've seen that one.
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The Collector Concert Secretary Funky Gibbon Sad In'it[Mo0:3] Posts: 10,380	The Simpsons Nov 8, 2006 21:38:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Collector on Nov 8, 2006 21:38:29 GMT It was On C4 recently, not a bad one
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Lieutenant Columbo Lifetime Achievement in Comedy The Lieutenant Crumpled Detective Posts: 5,533	The Simpsons Nov 10, 2006 9:16:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lieutenant Columbo on Nov 10, 2006 9:16:20 GMT Yep - the dolphins one is good - I like it... especially when one does the daft squeeky voice and then changes it! ;D N.
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Lieutenant Columbo Lifetime Achievement in Comedy The Lieutenant Crumpled Detective Posts: 5,533	The Simpsons Jan 7, 2007 18:50:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lieutenant Columbo on Jan 7, 2007 18:50:19 GMT Here... click this! N.
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Post by Lieutenant Columbo on Jan 12, 2007 10:36:37 GMT

Well... I managed to tape AND 'DVD' this one - "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" - the episode guest-starrring Patrick McGoohan (2000).

What's it about?

Here's the info:
Homer shows up to work, but no one lets him in. Lenny and Carl stop by and tell him the plant is closed; everyone else was informed via e-mail. Homer decides to buy a computer. The best one costs $5,000 and Homer must start a fifth mortgage. After he gives up on learning how to use it, Lisa sets up the computer. Homer quickly catches on and starts his own webpage, which contains copyrighted material from other pages. To avoid getting sued, Homer calls himself "Mr. X". When no one visits his page, Homer posts a rumor that Mayor Quimby spent the street repair fund on a secret swimming pool. The rumor is later proven to be true.

Homer later decides to post more rumors and keep digging and probing until everyone is in jail. He later uncovers that Apu is selling week-old donuts as bagels, a police scandal, and that Mr. Burns is selling uranium to terrorists. Mr. X wins the Pulitzer Prize, but when Homer hears the cash reward is going to starving children because no one knows who Mr. X is, he reveals that he is Mr. X. With the whole town aware of Homer's double identity, no one wants to talk to him. As his webpage's popularity goes down, Homer posts made-up stories. As Homer's page gets popular again, he gets kidnapped.

Homer wakes up on "the Island", a strange community straight out of The Prisoner (with the exception of the name, which in The Prisoner is "the Village".) Everyone there has a secret that a powerful organization doesn't want to share with the world. Homer learns that one of his stories was true (the story he was captured for indicated that flu shots control your mind). While he is trapped, Homer is replaced at home by an impersonator with a German accent. Homer gets help from Number Six (voiced by Patrick McGoohan, reprising the role he played in The Prisoner) and escapes the island. He returns home and defeats his German double. However, the entire family is drugged by the dog and taken back to the Island, where they are quite happy.

Have to say, like most episodes of the Simpsons, it's hit and miss... a lot of cr*p in there which shows they were running out of ideas... but some good lines and 'Homer moments' (which basically I reckon they should really change the name of the show to "Homer & Supporting Cast" as all the rest are just so much baggage).

Again, you see that the cast of this show are CR*P at doing English accents, especially one who tells Homer that he's arrived on the "Oy-laynd" - Gawd, why do they attempt this, it would even make Dick Van Dyke cringe - here folks - watch 'Family Guy' and see how they do it - FAR superior.

Ahem - that aside - here are some of the quotes from the episode that I like:

(after Homer escapes and pops Rover)
Number Two: Why did you think a big balloon would stop him?
Female scientist: Shut up! That's why!

Marge: Homie!
Fake Homer: (German accent) Marge, honey, fräulein, I'm home.
Marge: You're not my husband!
Fake Homer: Ja, please forgive my unexplained two week absence. To make it up to you, we will go out to a sensibly priced restaurant, then have a night of efficient German sex.
Marge: Well, I sure don't feel like cooking.

Fake Homer: Aren't there any evil movies on? Maybe something about an evil island?
Bart: There's something different about you, Dad.
Fake Homer: I am a new tie wearing.
Bart: Oh yeah...

Number Six (after Homer steals his boat which he spent 33 years building): That's the third time that's happened!

Comic Book Guy (on the internet): What's this? (clicks link) "Stolen Funds: Pothole Money Used for Swimming Pool"?! There is no emoticon for what I'm feeling!

Skinner: Our mayor's corrupt? Hmm. Mr. X has certainly done this town a great service, despite his poor grammar and spelling.
Agnes (in another room): Seymour, are you looking at pictures of naked ladies?!
Skinner: No, Mother.
Agnes: You sissy!

Homer: I am not a number! I am a man, and don't you ever...oh wait...
(He notices a button on his shirt with a "5" on it)
Homer: I'm Number Five. Ha-ha! In your face, Number Six!

It also gets a mention here... plus some pretty funny comments about 'The Prisoner'
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Last Edit: Jan 12, 2007 10:38:10 GMT by Lieutenant Columbo

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jugggler Heckler I've got three balls Posts: 85	The Simpsons Jan 12, 2007 23:40:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jugggler on Jan 12, 2007 23:40:33 GMT Ah, the prisoner episode. A classic simpsons episode if ever there was one.

Lieutenant Columbo Lifetime Achievement in Comedy The Lieutenant Crumpled Detective Posts: 5,533	The Simpsons Jan 18, 2007 9:09:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lieutenant Columbo on Jan 18, 2007 9:09:43 GMT jugggler said: Ah, the prisoner episode. A classic simpsons episode if ever there was one. There was - it is (well... parts of it). Best stuff I reckon is the 'Sideshow Bob' stuff! N.
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jugggler Heckler I've got three balls Posts: 85	The Simpsons Jan 18, 2007 13:21:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jugggler on Jan 18, 2007 13:21:38 GMT The "Cape Fear" parody was one of my favourite sideshow bob episodes.

Lieutenant Columbo Lifetime Achievement in Comedy The Lieutenant Crumpled Detective Posts: 5,533	The Simpsons Jan 18, 2007 15:42:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lieutenant Columbo on Jan 18, 2007 15:42:19 GMT His mortal enemy... No not Bart: THE GARDEN RAKE!!! ;D N.
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Stan Butler Manager This planet is almost extinct! Posts: 8,918	The Simpsons Jan 18, 2007 16:54:55 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Stan Butler on Jan 18, 2007 16:54:55 GMT columbo said: THE GARDEN RAKE!!! ;D N. Classic scene that!
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