Top 10 Simpsons Moments
This isn't my list. It's gratuitously stolen from FHM's article which I came across on this thread on TexAgs. I'm just putting all the clips together in one place in lieu of the alleged disappointment that is The Simpsons Movie. It's a decent list, though it wouldn't necessarily be my top ten. Any collection of classic Simpsons clips is worth a look in my opinion.
*All commentary is from the article.*
10. The Flintstones
Simpsons creator Matt Groening always gives credit to the first cartoon family, The Flintstones, even going as far as to name Homer’s best friend Barney after Barney Rubble. This hilarious opening scene of the “Marge vs. the Monorail” episode offers another salute to the Stone Age family.
9. Can I Borrow A Feeling?
After Milhouse’s parents, Kirk and Luann Van Houten, get divorced in the Season 8 episode “A Milhouse Divided,” Luann begins to date an American Gladiator named Chase. Kirk, on the other hand, takes up with a bald prostitute named Starla and records a memorable song titled “Can I Borrow a Feeling?”
8. Cape Feare
While this scene from the Season 5 episode “Cape Feare” is widely considered to be one of the most memorable Simpsons’ moments of all time, it was originally conceived as a way to kill time. The episode was too short and the writers needed a way to make it longer. The answer? More rakes.
7. 64 Slices of American Cheese
When the Simpsons find Mr. Burns’ beloved childhood teddy bear, Bobo, in a bag of ice, they are offered millions of dollars its return. But realizing that Maggie loves it, Homer can’t give it up. That doesn’t stop Smithers and Burns from breaking into the Simpson house and attempting to take the stuffed animal.
6. Adventures of Ned Flanders
Like the “Cape Feare” clip, this memorable segment was tacked onto the Season 4 episode “The Front,” which featured Bart and Lisa writing episodes of The Itchy and Scratchy Show. Although it started as filler, it became an instant classic.
5. The Monorail Song
Late Night talk show host Conan O’Brien got his start in the entertainment industry penning episodes of The Simpsons, including this classic in which the residents of Springfield decide to put all the town’s money into a monorail after being charmed by traveling salesman Lyle Lanley, voiced by the late Phil Hartman.
4. Radioactive Man
After seeing an advertisement in Variety (FLIM SPRINGFIELD!), Hollywood producers decide to make the big budget film adaptation of the classic comic book Radioactive Man in Springfield with disastrous results. Milhouse is cast as the sidekick, Fallout Boy—giving birth to one of the funniest scenes and lamest bands of all time.
3. Sugar Sugar
In the Season 6 episode “Lisa’s Rival,” Homer finds an overturned sugar truck and decides to keep all the sweet, white gold for himself. Soon, he becomes mad with power and begins acting like every rapper’s favorite movie character, Scarface. First you get the sugar, then you get the power.
2. Steel Mill
In this clip from the Emmy-award winning Season 8 episode “Homer’s Phobia,” Homer is convinced Bart is gay and does everything he can to make him a real man, including an ill-advised trip to the local steel mill. As Moe would later inform Homer, “Where you been, Homer? The whole steel industry’s gay!”
1. Lie Detector
Season 6 of The Simpsons ended with the unforgettable cliffhanger “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” Although the revelation that Maggie shot him annoyed fans, the search to find the gunman made for some of the funniest scenes of all time, including this one where Moe the bartender is hooked up to a polygraph machine and forced to tell the truth.
*All commentary is from the article.*
10. The Flintstones
Simpsons creator Matt Groening always gives credit to the first cartoon family, The Flintstones, even going as far as to name Homer’s best friend Barney after Barney Rubble. This hilarious opening scene of the “Marge vs. the Monorail” episode offers another salute to the Stone Age family.
9. Can I Borrow A Feeling?
After Milhouse’s parents, Kirk and Luann Van Houten, get divorced in the Season 8 episode “A Milhouse Divided,” Luann begins to date an American Gladiator named Chase. Kirk, on the other hand, takes up with a bald prostitute named Starla and records a memorable song titled “Can I Borrow a Feeling?”
8. Cape Feare
While this scene from the Season 5 episode “Cape Feare” is widely considered to be one of the most memorable Simpsons’ moments of all time, it was originally conceived as a way to kill time. The episode was too short and the writers needed a way to make it longer. The answer? More rakes.
7. 64 Slices of American Cheese
When the Simpsons find Mr. Burns’ beloved childhood teddy bear, Bobo, in a bag of ice, they are offered millions of dollars its return. But realizing that Maggie loves it, Homer can’t give it up. That doesn’t stop Smithers and Burns from breaking into the Simpson house and attempting to take the stuffed animal.
6. Adventures of Ned Flanders
Like the “Cape Feare” clip, this memorable segment was tacked onto the Season 4 episode “The Front,” which featured Bart and Lisa writing episodes of The Itchy and Scratchy Show. Although it started as filler, it became an instant classic.
5. The Monorail Song
Late Night talk show host Conan O’Brien got his start in the entertainment industry penning episodes of The Simpsons, including this classic in which the residents of Springfield decide to put all the town’s money into a monorail after being charmed by traveling salesman Lyle Lanley, voiced by the late Phil Hartman.
4. Radioactive Man
After seeing an advertisement in Variety (FLIM SPRINGFIELD!), Hollywood producers decide to make the big budget film adaptation of the classic comic book Radioactive Man in Springfield with disastrous results. Milhouse is cast as the sidekick, Fallout Boy—giving birth to one of the funniest scenes and lamest bands of all time.
3. Sugar Sugar
In the Season 6 episode “Lisa’s Rival,” Homer finds an overturned sugar truck and decides to keep all the sweet, white gold for himself. Soon, he becomes mad with power and begins acting like every rapper’s favorite movie character, Scarface. First you get the sugar, then you get the power.
2. Steel Mill
In this clip from the Emmy-award winning Season 8 episode “Homer’s Phobia,” Homer is convinced Bart is gay and does everything he can to make him a real man, including an ill-advised trip to the local steel mill. As Moe would later inform Homer, “Where you been, Homer? The whole steel industry’s gay!”
1. Lie Detector
Season 6 of The Simpsons ended with the unforgettable cliffhanger “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” Although the revelation that Maggie shot him annoyed fans, the search to find the gunman made for some of the funniest scenes of all time, including this one where Moe the bartender is hooked up to a polygraph machine and forced to tell the truth.
