The only reason I subscribe to Disney+ is to watch the Simpsons everyday, start from Season 1, work my way through, and then start again. Great Video Minty!!
Get the DVDs. USED DVDs, because they've pulled "Stark Raving Dad", the Michael Jackson episodes, off of newer pressings after Leaving Neverland was released.
The audio commentary tracks are awesome too. They are often quite funny. Futurama audio commentary has the same effort put into them. They did a great job with those. Well worth buying the DVDs back in the day.
Dear Minty, I'm going through one hell of a rough patch in my life, and can't seem to catch a break. I don't know how I'll be able to pick myself up, and everyday some new kind of bullshit happens that knocks me down a couple more pegs. In the midst of all this, binging your videos has been the only thing that has brought me genuine happiness, aside from personal time with my family. For that, I just want to thank you for being you, and taking the time out of your day to make videos like these that a lot of people love, and I just hope you know that some of us hold you very dear to our hearts. ❤
Yes. I'm not doing so great at the game of life either right now. And you are so right. Minty reminds me of some pretty great times. I believe that everyone cycles through bad times, but if we stay good people, it cannot last forever. 😊🤗
I watch them still, too. The 90s were the best episodes and up to the mid-2000s. I try to watch the new episodes, but it's just too woke nowadays and not even close to being funny.
Very well done Minty! That was a great trip down memory lane. I'm glad you waited and really thought it through. That video is better than documentaries made about the Simpsons.
Im a former artist on The Simpsons(seasons 18, 19, 20, 21 & The Movie), when I started, my directors always suggested me to study seasons 2-6 sonce thise were considered to be the best for learning the characters.
I've been rewatching the Simpsons for the last 3 weeks and I'm up to season 4 and I honestly thing the show it the mark from season 2 onwards, I think after series 7-9 that's when it starting being bit as funny but I'm still a hardcore fan and I'm keep watching to the final series and rewatching
This was the end of the show for me. The animation and writing had changed enough I stopped watching the newer seasons. But I watch all the earlier ones on DVD.
The who shot burns thing was also a spoof of the Dallas show, who shot JR. I used to be a huge fan! Used to love drawing them and getting the books about the episodes. Still got lots of the playmates toys. Treehouse of horror eps were best. Just got burned out
The Dallas episode was 1979-1980. Simpsons even copied the "season ends with part 1 to hook viewers into watching part 2 at the start of next season". Simpsons did it almost 15 years later in 1995.
Early Simpsons was like 90% hilarious references Family Guy is like 98% lazy references ... I didn't mean to drag Family Guy into this but really think is a great example of references done right.
Another fun-fact about 'The Springfield Files'; later on, 'The X-Files' repaid the favor by referencing 'The Simpsons' on THEIR show! Specifically, there was a scene in a nuclear-power-plant where a safety inspector is called "Homer". =)
In the scripts, 'D'Oh' is annotated as 'Annoyed Grunt', and always has been. It is supposed to be a reference to early cinema, when characters couldn't curse.
But it wasn't in the dictionary until after the Simpsons unless Minty got it wrong. An inverse is the term "Timmy" a derogative workplace term for a idiot, when in fact it came from South Park, yet no-one remembers its origins.
I remember all the trailers and commercials for the Simpsons and the day before it premiered my Dad got stationed in Germany so I never got to watch it until the 3rd season lol my kids know this story because I was so so hyped for it at 13 years old and it was ripped out of my grasps for years. It never aired on AFN the armed forces network overseas until season 3 lol
Holy crap!! Had no idea Harry Shearer was that old! Here's an interesting tidbit about him, though. He provided the voice of then president Reagan, in a season 1 episode of ALF.
My favorite dialogue - Homer (Pretending to be Mr. Burns): Hello. My name is Mr. Burns. I believe you have a letter for me. Worker: Okay, Mr. Burns. What's your first name? Homer: I don't knoowww.
Well, Mr. Burns had done it, The Power Plant had won it, With Roger Clemens clucking all the while, Mike Scioscia's tragic illness made us smile, While Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the bar-room tile. Chorus: We're talkin' softball, From Maine to San Diego, Talkin' softball, Mattingly and Canseco, Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw, Steve Sax and his run-in with the law, We're talkin' Homer, Ozzie and the Straw. (repeat chorus)
The kids today just don't know. From 1989-92 if you were in high school (or middle, if your parents let you) this was must see TV, discussed and rehashed at lunch and practice on the next school day. It was huge!
... only if your family was wealthy enough to have cable tv. Fox wasn't on over the air TV back then. I remember hearing all about the show from the rich kids at school, but didn't get to see it for myself until college.
I only watched the Tracy Ulman show for the Simpsons. 🤷♂️ Talking to one of my nephews when he became an adult,he told me that there were a lot of jokes that he didn't got as a kid.
I love the episode when Homer recovers his hair (using dimoxidil instead of minoxidil) and is recognized as a "young excecutive), and the episode when the Germans buy the nuclear plant.
For an American, the Simpsons has historically been an extremely useful travel tool... Meaning, all across the globe, if you're speaking to someone, you can usually carry on a conversation about the Simpsons... It's so well known, complete strangers can bond over it...
@@agostinodublino1387 that is no doubt true... Just figure my American brethren could use the advice more... We aren't exactly known for our habit of international travel lmao
@@the_kombinator music does tend to work well too, tho it's a little more specific to age and background and whatnot... ...the best thing America has going for it globally (as far as reputation) is its art... Music, movies and television most specifically... So, it's always a good go to for some conversation...
The Simpsons premiered when I was in the Army. Stationed at Ft. Bragg, we got a new troop who had spent two years overseas. He was really astounded that shows like "Living with Children" and "The Simpsons" were on TV. It was a funny conversation talking with him when he came back to the US.
I think the most memorable Simpson experience was in In 2007 when 7-Eleven advertising executives collaborated with 20th Century Fox to seize on the "The Simpsons Movie" opportunity in a big way, temporarily converting some of its stores to resemble "The Simpsons'" Kwik-E-Marts. I remember my co-workers and I took a long lunch to visit a Kwik-E-Mart which was located across the street from a theater playing the "The Simpson Movie". We were in Simpson heaven. We took a lot of photos of us next to the Springfield characters cardboard cut outs. Fun times. Why did they remove Apu out of the show. None of my Indian friends today were not offended by the character. Its a curiosity for sure for controversial topic at that time.
Homer: "Nuke you ler Lisa, it's pronounced Nuke You Ler!!!" Lisa's brain: "I know....I heard it too....here's some music!" *Fur Elise starts to play, Lisa smiles*
I was 11 in 1987 and enjoyed The Tracey Ulman show but my friends and I loved the animated sketches we called “the Bart part”. When The Simpsons debuted I taped every episode on the VCR and my friends and I would parrot jokes back and forth to each other in class. The Simpsons became a skeleton key for unlocking friendships. If I was meeting somebody for the first time I’d ask “do you like the Simpsons” and if they said “yes” we immediately became friends. I think it would have been more special if show ended when the movie came out. Coincidentally I fell out of love around the same time. To this day, I quote the show to friends as a joke and shorthand to comment on any situation in life.
I missed out on the Tracey Ullman Show. My introduction to the Simpsons was "Simpsons roasting on an open fire". I do remember Tracey's less talked about '90s HBO series, Tracey Takes on..., though.
I was about 15 years old when the Simpsons came on to TV and loved them from the start. The first 13 or 14 seasons were the best and will always be my favorite shows. ( I hope I didn't brain my damage )😂
When the show started, a lot of its fans were younger males, and as the show progressed, those kids grew into young adults and then middle-aged men. I think that's why the focus shifted from Bart to Homer.
This is great Minty! I'm sure you can do a "10 More Things, Another 10 Things, Here's 10 Additional Things" going over three decades discussing on specific episodes that may reference the moments in time. To add with your living the moments with the Simpson's, I recalled my school did not allow a Bart T-Shirt that says, "Bart Simpson - Under Achiever." I thought that was funny!
The original edgyness is what made the show, but it is the PC era. Being 57 I love that I grew up in an era where ultra edgyness was loved and no one got offended. The removal of the twin towers, pre 9-11, is ridiculous! I love watching older movies and seeing the towers. And as for HW Bush ... yeah the Waltons, Leave it to Beaver ... fiction... Thanks, Minty! Great episode 👏👏💗 Cheers from Kentucky, US! :)
Capcom announced in June 2024 that they will be removing the Twin Towers from the ending of a re-release of the Punisher arcade game. I can understand when The Simpsons didn't air the episode where it is said "all the jerks" are put into one of the towers for a while right after 9/11, but its insane to remove the towers in 2024.
I tried to show it to my kids, but they don't see the appeal. They think the comedy sucks, but it is all about getting all the references and jokes. What they consider fun and entertaining, it is not for us born in the 1900's like they say.
I'll never forget watching The Crepes of Wrath. It was in the employee cafeteria at SixFlags, all of the senior people arranged our breaks to coincide with the showing, the room was packed and when it ended the place emptied. The moment when Bart realizes he can speak French still brings a tear to my eye today.
That is so far from true... If you haven't watched in 20 years, how do you know it's no longer funny? Sure, they've had some stinkers... and currently, Julie Kavner can barely perform Marge's voice anymore... but the show is still funny. And I'm NOT a kid... I watched the earliest version on the Tracy Ullman show, and have watched EVERY Sunday ever since!
When the season ended maybe 15 years ago, I lost interest in catching up on new episodes. Maybe only saw a couple episodes since, such as a Christmas episode where the family is broke and turns their house into a bed and breakfast to strangers. I hoped it'd tap into that Hall of Fame Boy Meets World episode where they do the same to their neighbor's house. Nowhere near as good and convinced me too I wasn't missing anything. This video sums up how the show plays it way too safe this century versus it's first decade
Great Video, as usual, Minty. I never watched routinely, but, I have seen them. I hope that you mention that they started as part of The Tracy Ullman Show (which I loved, even the fact it got cancelled).
I have loved your content for years, and I think one of the things I like best (aside from your endearing personality,) is when you incorporate your personal Australian expierence. I'm American, so hearing the Australian TV announcer guy was hilarious and rad. 😂
Another great episode Minty! I've been a Simpsons fan since the Tracey Ulman show! The only record you missed: The most celebrity cameos/ guest appearances of any show including SNL (Saturday Night Live) My favorite episode, you showed the clip. Homer keeps all of Maggie's pics where he needs them the most. "Do it for her."
From Chicago I remember in a year when 7/11 was coming up there was a single 7 Eleven that was turned into a Quickie Mart. We closed our business to go and get a limited edition cup for aSlurpee. The whole place was converted to a Quickie Mart including the sign. Was just awesome.
Great job, Minty! Thanks for the video. Can’t recall the episode name but I laughed the hardest when the Simpsons went to Australia. Think that might have been in the 5th season.
I used to read Vancouver's indie newspaper The Georgia Straight in the 80s because it ran the Life In Hell comic strip and thought "This should be a cartoon show like Bugs Bunny but for adults."
Great presentation Mark! Brings back fond memories! I used to race home to watch it with my 2 children, they could not read yet but when the opener with Bart and the black board started they would yell "Read the sign daddy read the sign" Then after the show I would have to explain it!
The only reason I subscribe to Disney+ is to watch the Simpsons everyday, start from Season 1, work my way through, and then start again. Great Video Minty!!
Get the DVDs. USED DVDs, because they've pulled "Stark Raving Dad", the Michael Jackson episodes, off of newer pressings after Leaving Neverland was released.
The audio commentary tracks are awesome too. They are often quite funny. Futurama audio commentary has the same effort put into them. They did a great job with those. Well worth buying the DVDs back in the day.
@@KasumiKenshirou and the compression of seasons 1-20 crops out most of the scenes.. DVD all the way
Still not a good enough reason to pay for Disney+. Buy the DVDs, and tell Disney to suck it
@KasumiKenshirou I agree. I hoped when it was debunked they would bring that episode back, but no such luck 😢
Homer's Brain: "Oh, glory of glories. Oh, heavenly testament to the eternal majesty of God's creation..."
Homer's mouth: "HOLY MACARONI!"
Homer is the best. The monorail episode is great. Phil Hartmans characters are legendary. Bart getting the boot from Australia is hilarious 😂
My favorite episode of THE SIMPSONS is a Halloween episode when they go to that haunted house like in the movie THE SHINING
Same!! Second would be the first Halloween special 😊
I grew up watching The Simpsons. The earlier seasons was really good.
Fave quote? Mine is “you’ll have to speak up, im wearing a towel”
@@camdflage"A turkey is a bad person"
Thanks
@@camdflage 🥰
"oh I'm not a doctor"
Ending the video with the Gracie Films end credit reference was a brilliant touch. Bravo!
Dear Minty, I'm going through one hell of a rough patch in my life, and can't seem to catch a break. I don't know how I'll be able to pick myself up, and everyday some new kind of bullshit happens that knocks me down a couple more pegs. In the midst of all this, binging your videos has been the only thing that has brought me genuine happiness, aside from personal time with my family. For that, I just want to thank you for being you, and taking the time out of your day to make videos like these that a lot of people love, and I just hope you know that some of us hold you very dear to our hearts. ❤
Yes. I'm not doing so great at the game of life either right now. And you are so right. Minty reminds me of some pretty great times. I believe that everyone cycles through bad times, but if we stay good people, it cannot last forever. 😊🤗
I still watch the Simpsons to this day. The Treehouse of Horrors episodes have been my favorite.
I watch them still, too. The 90s were the best episodes and up to the mid-2000s. I try to watch the new episodes, but it's just too woke nowadays and not even close to being funny.
Watch The show every night before bed time. Stress relieff
I always remembered I, Homer episode being the last I've seen before the charm started to fade
Comic Book Guy = Minty
BEST CHARACTER LIKENESS EVER! 😂
Its moreso all the merchandise behind. Enough to literally open a retro comic book shop.
@@blackcurtains4710 either way, well deserved.
Very well done Minty! That was a great trip down memory lane. I'm glad you waited and really thought it through. That video is better than documentaries made about the Simpsons.
Im a former artist on The Simpsons(seasons 18, 19, 20, 21 & The Movie), when I started, my directors always suggested me to study seasons 2-6 sonce thise were considered to be the best for learning the characters.
That is a very cool resume man
@@cmaden78 not really
Hey, I have an idea for a simpsons episode. Who should I contact
@@chombymas7472 there's nobody you can contact, they have writers and they don't accept unsolicited materials, that's just the way it is.
I've been rewatching the Simpsons for the last 3 weeks and I'm up to season 4 and I honestly thing the show it the mark from season 2 onwards, I think after series 7-9 that's when it starting being bit as funny but I'm still a hardcore fan and I'm keep watching to the final series and rewatching
The Simpsons and the Bundys. FOX had it good back then.
EVERYTHING had it good back then! Things just suck these days; the atmosphere...the ambience.....the 80/90s were just more fun and enjoyable.
For sure! Married with Children is probably the best sitcom ever.
Sooooo good!
Malcolm in the Middle deserves honorable mention too. While I still cite the first couple seasons of Family Guy before it was "canceled"
Took out that crappy Cosby show
This was the end of the show for me. The animation and writing had changed enough I stopped watching the newer seasons. But I watch all the earlier ones on DVD.
The who shot burns thing was also a spoof of the Dallas show, who shot JR. I used to be a huge fan! Used to love drawing them and getting the books about the episodes. Still got lots of the playmates toys. Treehouse of horror eps were best. Just got burned out
I think the show went down hill when they killed of Maud in such a ridicules way.
@@jackbits6397 plus Brad Bird leaving
The Dallas episode was 1979-1980. Simpsons even copied the "season ends with part 1 to hook viewers into watching part 2 at the start of next season". Simpsons did it almost 15 years later in 1995.
Early Simpsons was like 90% hilarious references Family Guy is like 98% lazy references ... I didn't mean to drag Family Guy into this but really think is a great example of references done right.
@@jackbits6397 don't be ridiculous
I'm surprised you didn't cover the insane amount of conspiracy theories this show has had to endure.
It's a cover up, this is misdirection. Beware the mouse!
I started watching the Simpsons when I was 9, I still love them and enjoy watching the show.
Another fun-fact about 'The Springfield Files'; later on, 'The X-Files' repaid the favor by referencing 'The Simpsons' on THEIR show! Specifically, there was a scene in a nuclear-power-plant where a safety inspector is called "Homer". =)
My favorite episode is Marge Be Not Proud, the Christmas episode where Bart shoplifts a video game right before Christmas.
"Get two! I'm not sharing with Caitlin!"
buy me Bonestorm or go to hell!
In the scripts, 'D'Oh' is annotated as 'Annoyed Grunt', and always has been. It is supposed to be a reference to early cinema, when characters couldn't curse.
The 1930’s actor James Finlayson known for Laurel and Hardy pictures, was known for saying D’oh. Groening commented on this at one point.
@@jeffjacobson59 Yes! Couldn't remember the name - thank you!
But it wasn't in the dictionary until after the Simpsons unless Minty got it wrong. An inverse is the term "Timmy" a derogative workplace term for a idiot, when in fact it came from South Park, yet no-one remembers its origins.
I took that as "Annoyed Grunt" being military and thought, that tracks... 🤦 😂😂 I need more sleep.
@@BELLA-mf6hb Ha ha ha🤣
Dude, you killed me with the “Shhh!” At the end! Well done, sir! 😂
I found myself smiling and laughing this whole episode, as well as trying to guess where Minty was going next. Great episode!
My favourite gag is the Krusty Home Pregnancy Test, which said on the box 'Warning. May cause miscarriages '
Dark
I remember all the trailers and commercials for the Simpsons and the day before it premiered my Dad got stationed in Germany so I never got to watch it until the 3rd season lol my kids know this story because I was so so hyped for it at 13 years old and it was ripped out of my grasps for years. It never aired on AFN the armed forces network overseas until season 3 lol
Behind the laughter might be my favorite episode
I like how you ended that- I havent watched Simpsons in years but I do remember that at the end of each credit roll
I still have Do the Bartman on my workout playlist
I still like this song.
It was better than the Dragnet Rap but my favorite song from that record (jeesh) is Homer singing Born Under a Bad Sign.
Everybody if you got the notion
Front to back in a rock like motion 😎
I used to have it on cassette
Martin Prince: Oh, that's so 1991! LMAO! All seriousness, though, I still love the song, too.
I know that Harry Shearer is now 80. OMG! He really is Mr. Burns!! 😮
Omg. I just turned fifty so it tracks but still..
Bet they're sorry they pulled the plug on him now. Who could've known he'd pull through and live another five decades?
Oh, are their faces red!
Holy crap!! Had no idea Harry Shearer was that old! Here's an interesting tidbit about him, though. He provided the voice of then president Reagan, in a season 1 episode of ALF.
@@p.l.537Burns died? I stop watching 2003
@@p.l.537 Haven't watched the show for decades.................................did he leave / get fired from the show??
You’ve done it again Comic Book Guy!!
My favorite dialogue -
Homer (Pretending to be Mr. Burns): Hello. My name is Mr. Burns. I believe you have a letter for me.
Worker: Okay, Mr. Burns. What's your first name?
Homer: I don't knoowww.
Didn't he do that with Mr. Braun
Great plan Bart...
Did you say Boo or Boo-urns?
Classic
@@jasonglover1425.... I was saying "boo-urns"....
*You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try!* 😂
"you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't"
If you hate your job you don't quit.. you just do it really half assed
I use this line all time!
"I can't promise I'll try but I'll try to try."
Well, Mr. Burns had done it,
The Power Plant had won it,
With Roger Clemens clucking all the while,
Mike Scioscia's tragic illness made us smile,
While Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the bar-room tile.
Chorus:
We're talkin' softball,
From Maine to San Diego,
Talkin' softball,
Mattingly and Canseco,
Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw,
Steve Sax and his run-in with the law,
We're talkin' Homer,
Ozzie and the Straw.
(repeat chorus)
Nice touch there at the end Minty….even the bumpers and scrolls were memorable then. Sit Ubu, sit…good dog.
No TV and no beer make Homer do something something😂😅
It's just "make Homer something something". Then Marge says "Go crazy?"
don't mind if I do!
I was in lighted by this episode. Good job. I remember when Bart left his frog hoppy in Australia.
Maybe you were enlightened?
I will always love this show I’ve been watching since the first episode
Mr. Plow!... that's my name!! That name again...
The kids today just don't know. From 1989-92 if you were in high school (or middle, if your parents let you) this was must see TV, discussed and rehashed at lunch and practice on the next school day. It was huge!
... only if your family was wealthy enough to have cable tv. Fox wasn't on over the air TV back then.
I remember hearing all about the show from the rich kids at school, but didn't get to see it for myself until college.
@@ateamfan42 it was on fox. Fox wasn't saturated though so maybe no local affiliate?
@@kpk33x Fox was only available on cable then. We had exactly 4 channels available over the air then: ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS.
@@ateamfan42 I was close enough to a fox affiliate to get a grainy picture (unless weather was bad)
Let you in HS? I was watching the Simpsons in second grade
I only watched the Tracy Ulman show for the Simpsons. 🤷♂️
Talking to one of my nephews when he became an adult,he told me that there were a lot of jokes that he didn't got as a kid.
Remember these wise, wise words Minty... You don't win friends with salad, you don't win friends with salad.
10:43 No wonder nobody voted for (or , at least, disliked) Bush Sr. back then jajaja.
2 words, mispronounced by Homer, that are so iconic to me that they've replaced the actual words in my lexicon, are "trabapoline" & "saxomophone".
Im am so smart i am smrat i mean Smart
I read somewhere that the colour yellow was chosen because people would instantly recognise the Simpsons when flicking through channels on the TV.
I love the episode when Homer recovers his hair (using dimoxidil instead of minoxidil) and is recognized as a "young excecutive), and the episode when the Germans buy the nuclear plant.
For an American, the Simpsons has historically been an extremely useful travel tool... Meaning, all across the globe, if you're speaking to someone, you can usually carry on a conversation about the Simpsons... It's so well known, complete strangers can bond over it...
it actually works for every nationality
@@agostinodublino1387 that is no doubt true... Just figure my American brethren could use the advice more... We aren't exactly known for our habit of international travel lmao
@@ryansteele2677the third world is in America, why would we want to travel?
Heh, not really, not in France or Poland in the 90s. In summer camps, we bonded over music (mostly 90s grunge and punk)
@@the_kombinator music does tend to work well too, tho it's a little more specific to age and background and whatnot... ...the best thing America has going for it globally (as far as reputation) is its art... Music, movies and television most specifically... So, it's always a good go to for some conversation...
Love your 10 Things series, Minty, and this is my favorite one so far!
" A Millhouse Divided " is One of my many Fave Episodes.
“Boy, I’ve never felt so close to you as I do right now.” Homer, rolling backwards on a skateboard…
Minty, I’ve been an avid watcher of your content since the beginning. Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your videos! Much love from Detroit!!
The Simpsons premiered when I was in the Army. Stationed at Ft. Bragg, we got a new troop who had spent two years overseas. He was really astounded that shows like "Living with Children" and "The Simpsons" were on TV. It was a funny conversation talking with him when he came back to the US.
Do you mean Married With Children?
@@patrickaker4380 Yes. Old man's memories.
The more I watch this video the more memories flow back. Being in my parents home watching it going through school and everything. Just crazy.
Speaking of the Simpsons, as far as I care, you're ready for a family when you watch The Simpsons and think about having a family.
"Doughnuts... is there anything they can't do?" - Homer J. Simpson
I think the most memorable Simpson experience was in In 2007 when 7-Eleven advertising executives collaborated with 20th Century Fox to seize on the "The Simpsons Movie" opportunity in a big way, temporarily converting some of its stores to resemble "The Simpsons'" Kwik-E-Marts. I remember my co-workers and I took a long lunch to visit a Kwik-E-Mart which was located across the street from a theater playing the "The Simpson Movie". We were in Simpson heaven. We took a lot of photos of us next to the Springfield characters cardboard cut outs. Fun times. Why did they remove Apu out of the show. None of my Indian friends today were not offended by the character. Its a curiosity for sure for controversial topic at that time.
Homer: "Nuke you ler Lisa, it's pronounced Nuke You Ler!!!"
Lisa's brain: "I know....I heard it too....here's some music!"
*Fur Elise starts to play, Lisa smiles*
In 2005 I was in New York City and saw Hank Azaria walk past me, it was my greatest Simpsons moment.
Finally you did Simpsons! Love all the videos, it's awesome!! Heading to AU in October if you need something from the US. Cheers!
That is funny when we were kids him Simpsons was considered raunchy😂😂😂 that ain't got s*** on the shows now....
Long overdue, thanks for the segment Minty! Totally agree too, growing up during its heyday was a very special experience.
I was 11 in 1987 and enjoyed The Tracey Ulman show but my friends and I loved the animated sketches we called “the Bart part”. When The Simpsons debuted I taped every episode on the VCR and my friends and I would parrot jokes back and forth to each other in class. The Simpsons became a skeleton key for unlocking friendships. If I was meeting somebody for the first time I’d ask “do you like the Simpsons” and if they said “yes” we immediately became friends. I think it would have been more special if show ended when the movie came out. Coincidentally I fell out of love around the same time. To this day, I quote the show to friends as a joke and shorthand to comment on any situation in life.
I missed out on the Tracey Ullman Show. My introduction to the Simpsons was "Simpsons roasting on an open fire". I do remember Tracey's less talked about '90s HBO series, Tracey Takes on..., though.
Good thing I never watched any other video about The Simpsons until now thank you Minty
I was about 15 years old when the Simpsons came on to TV and loved them from the start. The first 13 or 14 seasons were the best and will always be my favorite shows.
( I hope I didn't brain my damage )😂
When the show started, a lot of its fans were younger males, and as the show progressed, those kids grew into young adults and then middle-aged men. I think that's why the focus shifted from Bart to Homer.
Many thanks Minty!✌️
This is great Minty! I'm sure you can do a "10 More Things, Another 10 Things, Here's 10 Additional Things" going over three decades discussing on specific episodes that may reference the moments in time.
To add with your living the moments with the Simpson's, I recalled my school did not allow a Bart T-Shirt that says, "Bart Simpson - Under Achiever." I thought that was funny!
The Simpsons was great with a large emphasis on was.
Awesome review, minty 😎 I grew up watching the Simpsons. It was one of my favorite shows to watch as a kid along with home improvement. Good times
Can you do a video on futurama
I have the first 15 seasons of The Simpsons on DVD.
My "Simpsons" era.
The original edgyness is what made the show, but it is the PC era. Being 57 I love that I grew up in an era where ultra edgyness was loved and no one got offended. The removal of the twin towers, pre 9-11, is ridiculous! I love watching older movies and seeing the towers. And as for HW Bush ... yeah the Waltons, Leave it to Beaver ... fiction... Thanks, Minty! Great episode 👏👏💗 Cheers from Kentucky, US! :)
Capcom announced in June 2024 that they will be removing the Twin Towers from the ending of a re-release of the Punisher arcade game. I can understand when The Simpsons didn't air the episode where it is said "all the jerks" are put into one of the towers for a while right after 9/11, but its insane to remove the towers in 2024.
Always love the videos Minty. That outro got me. Well done once again.
29:16 in the southern US I always heard the term "more than you can shake a stick at"
I live in Georgia and have never heard anyone say that.
I've lived in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and currently live in Virginia, there's more cows in that field than you can shake a stick at.
I heard it growing up in Canada too
@@GiosueManninoit’s an Albany expression.
I'm British and I've definitely heard it used here.
Loved hearing the classic arcade music in the background!
I tried to show it to my kids, but they don't see the appeal. They think the comedy sucks, but it is all about getting all the references and jokes. What they consider fun and entertaining, it is not for us born in the 1900's like they say.
Smart kids
No context for them with a lot of it, I had the same response with my smurfs.😊
My son loved The simpsons from he was 5 years old. Now he is 13. and still love The show
Pssff, kids these days 😒 Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go yell at a cloud.
My kids like it.
Mr Plow is a dope episode, so is Marge vs Monorail.
A good portion of the channels audience is probably comic store guy 😂
And proud of it. And alot of Bart, Mr. Burns, Moe, Willie, Otto, & Sideshow Bob. Insults only betray your low intellect. 😊
‘Worst-comment-EVER!’ 😉
I've been following you since day one love you brother keep it up
Great video
lol. it came out one minute ago
Videos are so good that he proves that even with ultra low audio quality, you can make bomb content
Sideshow Bob was always my favorite character.
Disco Stu mine.
I'll never forget watching The Crepes of Wrath. It was in the employee cafeteria at SixFlags, all of the senior people arranged our breaks to coincide with the showing, the room was packed and when it ended the place emptied. The moment when Bart realizes he can speak French still brings a tear to my eye today.
I remember watching this on the Tracy Ullman Show and was so stoked when it got it's own show. It's my favorite show of all time. Awesome video man..
No. 1 It's been going on too long. Ooooh!
My favorite Simpson's joke.. Billy Corrigan, Smashing Pumpkins. Homer Simpsons, smiling politely.
11:31 "Hawk Tuah!"
Is that still a thing. You know that girl was really doing that all over town
No you're thinking of that rapper nikki
Hawk tuah
@tinocontreras5105
One of your best ones yet. Thank you as always and keep it up mate!
I've not watched in probably 20 years. It's not funny anymore.
That is so far from true...
If you haven't watched in 20 years, how do you know it's no longer funny?
Sure, they've had some stinkers... and currently, Julie Kavner can barely perform Marge's voice anymore... but the show is still funny.
And I'm NOT a kid... I watched the earliest version on the Tracy Ullman show, and have watched EVERY Sunday ever since!
Facts
When the season ended maybe 15 years ago, I lost interest in catching up on new episodes. Maybe only saw a couple episodes since, such as a Christmas episode where the family is broke and turns their house into a bed and breakfast to strangers. I hoped it'd tap into that Hall of Fame Boy Meets World episode where they do the same to their neighbor's house. Nowhere near as good and convinced me too I wasn't missing anything. This video sums up how the show plays it way too safe this century versus it's first decade
@@thisisnotachannelnothing about it is funny. It's all propaganda home oh garbage. Hasn't been funny since 1990.
@@GiosueManninoWhat a great sense of humor, you must have
Another excellent video from one of the best RUclips channels out there.
Awesome video, mate! Would love to see long-form episode on Futurama ❤
Got burned out on the Simpsons years ago. Around the time of the movie.
I love that era
Great Video, as usual, Minty. I never watched routinely, but, I have seen them. I hope that you mention that they started as part of The Tracy Ullman Show (which I loved, even the fact it got cancelled).
I have loved your content for years, and I think one of the things I like best (aside from your endearing personality,) is when you incorporate your personal Australian expierence. I'm American, so hearing the Australian TV announcer guy was hilarious and rad. 😂
Another great episode Minty! I've been a Simpsons fan since the Tracey Ulman show! The only record you missed: The most celebrity cameos/ guest appearances of any show including SNL (Saturday Night Live) My favorite episode, you showed the clip. Homer keeps all of Maggie's pics where he needs them the most. "Do it for her."
From Chicago I remember in a year when 7/11 was coming up there was a single 7 Eleven that was turned into a Quickie Mart. We closed our business to go and get a limited edition cup for aSlurpee. The whole place was converted to a Quickie Mart including the sign. Was just awesome.
‘That’s the 1st time anything has gone wrong’
Great job, Minty! Thanks for the video. Can’t recall the episode name but I laughed the hardest when the Simpsons went to Australia. Think that might have been in the 5th season.
My fav banned episode is Goo Goo Gai Pan 😂 definitely a bit sketch but still a hilarious episode i.e.: "the man who broke a dragon's heart" 🐉
I can't believe the Simpsons has been on air my entire life, lol
I used to read Vancouver's indie newspaper The Georgia Straight in the 80s because it ran the Life In Hell comic strip and thought "This should be a cartoon show like Bugs Bunny but for adults."
Love your channel Minty, keep the videos coming 👍💥
Great presentation Mark! Brings back fond memories!
I used to race home to watch it with my 2 children, they could not read yet but when the opener with Bart and the black board started they would yell "Read the sign daddy read the sign" Then after the show I would have to explain it!