Homer is Mr. Sparkle

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  • Опубликовано: 19 дек 2024

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  • @JSBeats85
    @JSBeats85 5 лет назад +1900

    "Hello chief, let's talk why not"

    • @Caun-88
      @Caun-88 5 лет назад +180

      I need to start answering all telephone calls like this

    • @Speciman33
      @Speciman33 5 лет назад +45

      This is it, Chief

    • @Doxsein
      @Doxsein 5 лет назад +36

      This line was one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a little while.

    • @MybeautifulandamazingPrincess
      @MybeautifulandamazingPrincess 5 лет назад +8

      *Herro
      Use proper Japanese ok

    • @SKyrim190
      @SKyrim190 5 лет назад +21

      I give tape. Ansowru everysing. 100% garantee

  • @jjii66
    @jjii66 5 лет назад +3525

    Little did I realize, actual Japanese commercials are much weirder than this one.

    • @CZghost
      @CZghost 5 лет назад +63

      Don't ever seek Japanese commecials :D :D If you want to stay sane! :D

    • @Shanethefilmmaker
      @Shanethefilmmaker 5 лет назад +83

      @@CZghost I stumbled upon a Japanese McDonald's commercial once. To this day I am still trying to put my brain back together.

    • @nathangamble125
      @nathangamble125 5 лет назад +14

      Try watching Korean ones, they're just as mad.

    • @voidling2632
      @voidling2632 5 лет назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/H7m1GY31wUI/видео.html

    • @mikegaskin5542
      @mikegaskin5542 5 лет назад

      @Joe Black en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_celebrity_advertising

  • @Solider7
    @Solider7 3 года назад +887

    It never crossed Homer's mind that he could've become the spokesperson for that detergent. He could've made a fortune.

    • @lazyquahog9385
      @lazyquahog9385 Год назад +61

      Especially since the Simpsons went to Japan two seasons later

    • @alvexok5523
      @alvexok5523 9 месяцев назад +45

      ​​@@lazyquahog9385Yeah, that's right. Homer could've made some good money just for looking so much like Mr. Sparkle. But to be their spokesperson, he probably would've needed to understand at least some Japanese, which he didn't.

    • @madlaugher3300
      @madlaugher3300 5 месяцев назад +20

      @@alvexok5523I mean he said hello in Japanese so really he would just need to say whatever he’s been told, he doesn’t actually need to understand it

    • @alifaan595
      @alifaan595 4 месяца назад +15

      ​@@alvexok5523I don't think so, there were many, many western celebrities who have been in Japanese commercials, especially in the 80s. I doubt they can speak much Japanese other than what they're told

    • @ironhell813
      @ironhell813 4 месяца назад +6

      That’s really it, didn’t need to know any of it at all…
      Most celebs just read a phonetic cue card that’s been rehearsed so it’s proper pronunciation.

  • @kuribayashi84
    @kuribayashi84 6 лет назад +3459

    "Come on Kids, lets go home."
    "We *are* home."
    "That was fast..."

    • @TikiFoamy38
      @TikiFoamy38 6 лет назад +37

      He thought he was out somewhere. lol

    • @Pikcast
      @Pikcast 5 лет назад +31

      Im gonna say that one day xD

    • @harley1264
      @harley1264 5 лет назад +11

      Wierd flex but ok

    • @williamzhao2521
      @williamzhao2521 5 лет назад +4

      dumpster diving for patents. Yeah that was fast.

    • @simoneperez349
      @simoneperez349 5 лет назад +3

      @Kevin Pilkinton HU HI HU HA HA XD

  • @Darkstar1484
    @Darkstar1484 5 лет назад +3527

    I honestly wish the Mr. Sparkle thing had become a running gag in the series.

    • @lindsaydale307
      @lindsaydale307 5 лет назад +223

      Darkstar1484 they show the box here and there

    • @Darkstar1484
      @Darkstar1484 5 лет назад +233

      @@lindsaydale307 Yeah but it would have been funny if it came up during the visit to Japan or something like that.

    • @JrystalTyaeli
      @JrystalTyaeli 5 лет назад +237

      It has been brought up a few times. In the episode where Comic Book Guy gets a Japanese wife she remarks that Homer looks like Mr.Sparkle and that drinking that detergent is a popular way to commit suicide.

    • @armorybrunotjr.3204
      @armorybrunotjr.3204 5 лет назад +78

      In "30 Minutes Over Tokyo", while Bart is watching "Battling Seizure Robots", there is a brief showing of the Mr. Sparkle spot.

    • @usefulvidiots7869
      @usefulvidiots7869 5 лет назад +50

      Ah, but that's what makes great writing. Subtlety and not beating the shit out of a concept. I think you'd like 'Family Guy' more.

  • @Narokkurai
    @Narokkurai 5 лет назад +2541

    "Hai. Hai. Hai. Bye. Hi."
    Such an underrated line.

    • @carnibenz8217
      @carnibenz8217 5 лет назад +23

      holy shit I never got that before

    • @himarik4609
      @himarik4609 5 лет назад +3

      What does that mean?

    • @josenicundano7093
      @josenicundano7093 5 лет назад +118

      @@himarik4609 "hai" means "yes" in japanese :)

    • @catmerchant8699
      @catmerchant8699 5 лет назад +41

      Yellow Talon Its a gag on how actual (professional) Japanese people talk on their phone. Especially to their boss. "hai" "hai" and then when they finish their call and say "arigato gozaimashita" and they actually bow as they would if their boss was in front of them.

    • @himarik4609
      @himarik4609 5 лет назад +1

      Makes sense now

  • @arnbrandy
    @arnbrandy 3 месяца назад +76

    I like how it represents how hard it was to get any information before the public internet.

  • @fermillo65
    @fermillo65 5 лет назад +1959

    Love how readily available that Hokkaido, Japan phone book was at the library

    • @gbcontolini
      @gbcontolini 5 лет назад +188

      As accessible as the single plum floating in perfume served in a man's hat at Moe's Cavern.

    • @LiveTheNuMetal
      @LiveTheNuMetal 5 лет назад +29

      I applaud your obscure reference.

    • @Siegberg91
      @Siegberg91 5 лет назад +14

      Didnt the USA have a strong miltary presence in Japan in case Somebody wants to call Somebody who serves there they would need japanese phonebooks

    • @ajayalcos3928
      @ajayalcos3928 5 лет назад +7

      @@Siegberg91 Not in Hokkaido.

    • @keithmills778
      @keithmills778 5 лет назад +31

      And Hokkaido is an entire island, with a population of over five million. I would expect the phone book to be a bit larger than that!

  • @AdaManny555
    @AdaManny555 5 лет назад +705

    Until the Mr. Sparkle was resolved, this was actually one of the most intriguing episodes ever.

    • @thesprawl2361
      @thesprawl2361 5 лет назад +78

      Yes, it was such an out-of-nowhere plot idea, with a really strange, meta-textual feel, like the Simpsons universe was folding in on itself David Lynch-style.
      I'm not sure, but I'd rather we never found out the explanation.

    • @thesprawl2361
      @thesprawl2361 5 лет назад +35

      ...Also, this season was the last gasp of the show's greatness; the writers really started pushing at the boundaries of what The Simpsons fundamentally was as a show: after all, this season also had the notorious Frank Grimes episode.

    • @rustyjames1727
      @rustyjames1727 5 лет назад +4

      More intriguing than when Smithers shot Mr Burns?

    • @TallSilentGuy
      @TallSilentGuy 5 лет назад +6

      I think Carl ripping off cash from his bar buddies and then taking off to Iceland was pretty damn intriguing!

    • @leskay1
      @leskay1 4 года назад +3

      I concur @AMan555
      .
      I can only think of a couple of others OTTOMH.... _Lisa the Skeptic_ is right up there for me, and to a slightly lesser extent, the ep where Homer is tripping balls on Chief Wiggum's chilli concoction.... Oh yeah, _The Springfield Files_ was also v.intriguing in terms of me NEEDING CLOSURE. 🗿 😃 That time it was Mr Burns who was tripping balls.

  • @thenamesgames6393
    @thenamesgames6393 6 лет назад +1010

    0:50 the way they captured Homers confusion and the little helplessness he shows was perfect.

    • @parteibonza
      @parteibonza 6 лет назад +35

      TheNamesGames I remember I laughed for days when this first came out

    • @darylcastillo1439
      @darylcastillo1439 5 лет назад +36

      It really set the tone for one of the finest sub-plots in Simpsons history! 🤣

    • @MrOvlov02
      @MrOvlov02 5 лет назад +5

      so much better than family guy

    • @Vikashar
      @Vikashar 2 года назад +1

      I have to fart real bad

    • @yosefdemby8792
      @yosefdemby8792 2 года назад +2

      Kudos to Dan Castellaneta!

  • @FirstLast-cg2nk
    @FirstLast-cg2nk 5 лет назад +334

    I love the fact that Mr Sparkle says that he will banish dirt to the land of wind and ghosts. That's actually pretty badass. Top that, Mr Clean.

    • @isaiahromero9861
      @isaiahromero9861 2 месяца назад +22

      A lot of Japanese sayings when translated to English go unnecessarily hard for no reason lmao

  • @andrewszombie
    @andrewszombie 6 лет назад +1700

    "Yeeeeep, theres your answer fishbulb" 😂😂

    • @alexriley7752
      @alexriley7752 5 лет назад +66

      @PoWeR ToKeR 420 Point to where the bad man touched you.

    • @edwardv1255
      @edwardv1255 5 лет назад +42

      @PoWeR ToKeR 420 you're so rad, not taking any guff from the sheeps. You are, and will continue to be, our leading expert on what is _actually_ funny and what is not. I bow to you, good Sir.

    • @KFrost-fx7dt
      @KFrost-fx7dt 5 лет назад +14

      Not sure why, but that was always my most memorable Simpson's quote.

    • @brianpan6453
      @brianpan6453 5 лет назад +7

      @PoWeR ToKeR 420 , Maggie Simpson would dip your head in a box of Mr. Sparkle and wash the floor with you!

    • @charlesdarwin6224
      @charlesdarwin6224 5 лет назад +1

      @PoWeR ToKeR 420 there's a reason he has almost 700 likes and you have 0

  • @robertjohnsonfox8829
    @robertjohnsonfox8829 5 лет назад +771

    When the commercial said "I am disrespectful to dirt" I almost died.

    • @elijahrobinson2362
      @elijahrobinson2362 5 лет назад +78

      Can you see that I am serious?

    • @ItzDrPlow
      @ItzDrPlow 5 лет назад +7

      ^ who let officer killjoy in here

    • @Bacony_Cakes
      @Bacony_Cakes 5 лет назад +3

      Racism against Florans is a serious issue. Don't make fun of it.

    • @pervenchemusic
      @pervenchemusic 5 лет назад

      @@Bacony_Cakes shut up

    • @Bacony_Cakes
      @Bacony_Cakes 5 лет назад

      @@pervenchemusic Oh, i'm *so* scared, you ridiculous ape!

  • @Dartanius100
    @Dartanius100 5 лет назад +644

    "You have many question, Mr. Sparkle! I send you premium, answer question, hundred percent!"
    "Hmm!"

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper 5 лет назад +39

      And it did

    • @Ryfinius
      @Ryfinius 5 лет назад +24

      I love how happy homer is with his response

    • @kenhernandez8128
      @kenhernandez8128 4 года назад +7

      That whole conversation is comic gold.

    • @TomboTime
      @TomboTime 2 года назад +4

      Well, to his credit he delivered on his promise

    • @therealmccoy1000
      @therealmccoy1000 2 года назад

      Here you go phone book from Hokkaido, Japan...
      Lol

  • @sleepytimetaquito
    @sleepytimetaquito 6 лет назад +833

    At 0:54 that is like the most human reaction I’ve ever seen on this show.

    • @pepe6666
      @pepe6666 6 лет назад +82

      yeah i felt kinda bad for him. you should pay attention to marge the actress plays it real straight

    • @reallivebluescat
      @reallivebluescat 5 лет назад +11

      waaaaait a minute, Homer does that alot, you´re not a real Simpsons fan!
      😂

    • @theoziggy2071
      @theoziggy2071 5 лет назад +15

      Yeah the acting was so good I actually felt bad for him

    • @Trilltendo64
      @Trilltendo64 5 лет назад +4

      I thought he was doing a bill dauterieve impression

    • @spatulathegreat
      @spatulathegreat 5 лет назад +12

      It's a fantastic outside the box style of acting. Amazing

  • @pumpkinhill4570
    @pumpkinhill4570 3 года назад +136

    "You have very lucky dishes, Mr. Simpson. This soap is from the sacred forest of Hokkaido, renowned for its many soap factories."
    That turn at the end of the line gets me every time.

    • @alvexok5523
      @alvexok5523 9 месяцев назад +6

      "To the land of wind and ghosts"

    • @SecretTechniqueGuy
      @SecretTechniqueGuy 15 дней назад +1

      "Countless" soap factories makes it a bit more bleak

  • @Haze1434
    @Haze1434 5 лет назад +168

    From now on, I'm going to answer the phone with "Hello Chief, let's talk, why not?"

    • @Emanresuadeen
      @Emanresuadeen 5 лет назад +11

      That will make you a Champion of Winning Superb!

    • @ThisCharmingMan1984
      @ThisCharmingMan1984 4 года назад +17

      I usually answer with: “Ahoy hoy”.

    • @harizotoh7
      @harizotoh7 4 года назад +2

      I like to think that guy's really into American media and thinks everyone talks like slang from the 90's tv shows.

    • @alvexok5523
      @alvexok5523 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@ThisCharmingMan1984or "morshy morshy?" Or did the Japanese guy answer the phone saying "worshy worshy?"

    • @ironhell813
      @ironhell813 4 месяца назад +3

      It’s moshi moshi, and it’s an actual Japanese greeting.

  • @rickyp.martin3209
    @rickyp.martin3209 5 лет назад +212

    "Yup there's your answer fish bulb." Gets me every time. 😂

  • @SH-ly1uy
    @SH-ly1uy 3 года назад +85

    After over 20 years I still laugh on how the library guy pulls out the phone book like they need it at least twice a day

  • @sithinthemaking
    @sithinthemaking 6 лет назад +540

    "Ahh. Hello American investor. I see that you are interested in distributing Mr Sparkle in your home prefecture."

    • @parteibonza
      @parteibonza 6 лет назад +14

      sithinthemaking yes! The fat samurai in the tub

    • @MeatyController
      @MeatyController 5 лет назад +25

      You have chosen wisely

    • @mattdombrowski8435
      @mattdombrowski8435 5 лет назад +6

      @@MinscFromBaldursGate92 with one exception (Brazil) episodes about foriegn countries were always popular in those countries

    • @cleanerben9636
      @cleanerben9636 5 лет назад +2

      @@MinscFromBaldursGate92 no, you just see everything as racist. Funny. What does that make you eh?

    • @jorgep102
      @jorgep102 5 лет назад

      CaptainMarvell92 Returns clown

  • @MikeMeehan
    @MikeMeehan 5 лет назад +211

    I’ve always been fond of the idea that a phone book for Hokkaido, Japan is at the ready right under the Librarian’s desk

    • @marccolten9801
      @marccolten9801 5 лет назад +7

      And in English.

    • @Ryfinius
      @Ryfinius 5 лет назад +9

      A lot of people have questions about Mr. Sparkle

    • @alvexok5523
      @alvexok5523 9 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah, lol. And it's also similar to how the guy at the post office suddenly pulls out a huge bag of care packages for Homer that his mother sent him over the years.
      Like after all of those years, it'd be right there under the front desk instead of stocked away somewhere near the back of the warehouse.

  • @CatGoneCrazy
    @CatGoneCrazy 5 лет назад +78

    “Yep, there’s your answer, Fishbulb” is an amazing line from Bart. Superb writing!

  • @ZanMindtrip
    @ZanMindtrip Месяц назад +17

    Homer embracing being Mr Sparkle is so heartwarming.

  • @rafloolx7944
    @rafloolx7944 6 лет назад +724

    Is it a local call? Lool

    • @autisticgamer4949
      @autisticgamer4949 6 лет назад +62

      Er...Yes

    • @yellowblanka6058
      @yellowblanka6058 5 лет назад +41

      Followed by loud continuous dialing, haha.

    • @newman793
      @newman793 5 лет назад

      Raf Loolx 🚶‍♂️

    • @TallSilentGuy
      @TallSilentGuy 5 лет назад +4

      2:27 The counter assistant is glancing towards Homer but still doesn't seem to register what's happening...

    • @shanehughes3511
      @shanehughes3511 5 лет назад +2

      @@yellowblanka6058 when simple gags made the Simpsons great, the good days

  • @naturallyash6130
    @naturallyash6130 5 лет назад +81

    Homer's whimpering is so cute.

  • @Damon089
    @Damon089 6 лет назад +366

    "Mr. Sparkle. A joint venture of Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern."

    • @ironcito1101
      @ironcito1101 6 лет назад +56

      There's your answer, fishbulb!

    • @Touchii
      @Touchii 6 лет назад +4

      We know that

    • @hasch5756
      @hasch5756 5 лет назад +20

      I have heavy manufacturing concerns about this

    • @cleanerben9636
      @cleanerben9636 5 лет назад +2

      Always go industrial concern after doing the political effort tree.

    • @oabuseer
      @oabuseer 4 года назад

      @John Barber "Spare my life and I shall grant you three wishe- AGHH!"

  • @TallSilentGuy
    @TallSilentGuy 3 месяца назад +14

    1:04 "But Marge, I'm obsessed with it!" An amazing flash of self-awareness there from Homer! 😂

  • @larryh502
    @larryh502 5 лет назад +128

    "I AM DISRESPECTFUL TO DIRT! CAN YOU SEE THAT I AM SERIOUS?"

  • @jrmcferren
    @jrmcferren 5 лет назад +41

    "Yep, There's your answer fishbulb." I love that quote!

  • @MisterVercetti
    @MisterVercetti 5 лет назад +150

    "Nobody is watching us right now."
    Well, that's certainly true these days.

    • @bjosezombie87
      @bjosezombie87 5 лет назад +4

      🤣I cant

    • @kenhernandez8128
      @kenhernandez8128 4 года назад +1

      I just watched season 31 and it was good.

    • @2bobaf
      @2bobaf 4 года назад +2

      @blue heeler Nothing wrong with that.

  • @Justgregular88
    @Justgregular88 5 лет назад +48

    The guy asking a two headed cow about his plans for summer is beyond hysterical 🤣

    • @angelsaltamontes7336
      @angelsaltamontes7336 4 года назад

      Her plans. Cows are female, as anyone but an udder fool would know. (Take no offense, you're getting educrated here.) This cow are as proud of their femininity as of their two head. Head? Head of cow. Two head of cow. One cow. Japan. TV. Sayonara, sarong, so long. Happy to be seeing no more!!

    • @cindyluu8523
      @cindyluu8523 2 года назад +12

      I've watched this a million times and didn't know it was a two headed cow, i thought it was two cows

  • @tommyhill7645
    @tommyhill7645 5 лет назад +771

    The 45 downvoters will be banished to the land of wind and ghosts

    • @joedufour8188
      @joedufour8188 5 лет назад +22

      They're just young people who have never seen a phone book, a corded phone, or a library. They thought it all looked too fake.

    • @aceous99
      @aceous99 5 лет назад +5

      send them to the suicide forest so they can be immotalized by Jake Paul

    • @Alusnovalotus
      @Alusnovalotus 5 лет назад +1

      Joe Dufour it’s too much for them. Like the treasure hunters that first discovered dinosaurs

    • @repletereplete8002
      @repletereplete8002 5 лет назад +6

      I used to own a really draughty old house and there was a storage cupboard in the basement full of draughts and spiders which I dubbed The Land of Wind and Ghosts in it's honour. Maybe they'll end up there;?

    • @FullofSouthernCharm
      @FullofSouthernCharm 5 лет назад +1

      Ha

  • @MrSadface
    @MrSadface 6 лет назад +205

    Why hasn't anyone made a ten hour version of Homer calling the factory!?

    • @ouahidbouchikhi74
      @ouahidbouchikhi74 5 лет назад +6

      then make it yourself!

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja 5 лет назад +9

      You mean like that user 20fadhil?

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja 5 лет назад +5

      @@ouahidbouchikhi74 Easier said then done you did a powerful computer to render all that.

    • @doct0rnic
      @doct0rnic 5 лет назад +2

      Because that's stupid

    • @milla0722
      @milla0722 5 лет назад +2

      Because that part is long enough as it is, that's why 😂

  • @mingodingo
    @mingodingo 6 лет назад +192

    And I've been calling people fish bulb ever since

    • @GaelicCelt1990
      @GaelicCelt1990 5 лет назад +10

      I once had a goldfish named Fishbulb, who I named after watching this episode.

    • @evilubuntu9001
      @evilubuntu9001 5 лет назад +5

      I named my first born child FISHBULB 😧

    • @Dougiewoof
      @Dougiewoof 5 лет назад

      @@evilubuntu9001 plz tell your joking

    • @evilubuntu9001
      @evilubuntu9001 5 лет назад +4

      @@Dougiewoof I never joke about my work, 007

    • @Dougiewoof
      @Dougiewoof 5 лет назад

      @@evilubuntu9001 is that a James bond refrance????

  • @magicman9218
    @magicman9218 5 лет назад +105

    Banishes dirt to the land of wind and ghosts

  • @EA-js1me
    @EA-js1me 5 лет назад +65

    “Hai, hai, hai... bye!” “Hi!”

  • @Melissa0774
    @Melissa0774 5 лет назад +68

    I like how the librarian runs away as soon as he realizes how many numbers Homer is dialing.

    • @RamaRunako
      @RamaRunako 2 месяца назад +4

      Scared of bills

    • @Melissa0774
      @Melissa0774 2 месяца назад +4

      @@RamaRunako Exactly. He was scared his boss would see what he did. Maybe the cost of the phone bill would be deducted from his paycheck.

    • @rosenia5409
      @rosenia5409 16 дней назад +1

      Actually, if you guys looks closer, the librarian went back to smiling for 1/4th of second before walking away. I thought the librarian was stressed but after watching second time to show the funny clip, that’s when I noticed it lol sorry to have ruin that scene, I’m too analytical :P

    • @ChromeMan04
      @ChromeMan04 12 дней назад

      He had to take a dump

  • @monozeroth7907
    @monozeroth7907 5 лет назад +25

    Look at how many quality inspections they perform for dish detergent, "Made in Japan" is truly top tier.

  • @ST-kr7hz
    @ST-kr7hz 5 лет назад +24

    I love the classic Simpsons so much. Such clever writing, id watch it every night with my dad after dinner.

    • @loveandabcs
      @loveandabcs 13 дней назад

      Did it change at some point?

  • @Cyberbrickmaster1986
    @Cyberbrickmaster1986 6 лет назад +97

    2:25 I love how he dials just like everyone else does when reading from the Yellow Pages!

    • @kevinharvey7139
      @kevinharvey7139 6 лет назад +7

      Lol u wrote this message a week ago, who the fuck uses the yellow pages these days haha - I don't think I have seen a yellow pages for about 10 years

    • @Cyberbrickmaster1986
      @Cyberbrickmaster1986 6 лет назад +18

      @@kevinharvey7139 When did I ever refer to people nowadays? I only referred to people in general.

    • @PlayupskybIues
      @PlayupskybIues 5 лет назад +3

      @@kevinharvey7139 my mum used to do this when I was like 5 now I'm 20 sooooo they died like 3 years after that

    • @GameDjeenie
      @GameDjeenie 5 лет назад +11

      @@kevinharvey7139 You make it sounds like it's illegal or something if we still use yellow pages in 2019. Why people care if some still use 20th century stuff today ??

    • @Josh12323
      @Josh12323 5 лет назад +7

      @@GameDjeenie once the fbi raided my neighbors house after they learned they used yellow pages

  • @branflakes12341
    @branflakes12341 5 лет назад +107

    That call quite possibility bankrupt the library 😂

    • @musAKulture
      @musAKulture 5 лет назад +15

      i vaguely remember that calls from canada to china was something like 25 cents to two dollars per minute. it should be cheaper to call to japan, and cost in 1997 (episode date) can't be that much more expensive vs. 2000 since even in 2005 the cost stayed the same.
      in other words, it was probably about the librarian's pay for the whole day at most.

    • @musAKulture
      @musAKulture 5 лет назад +1

      www.consumer-action.org/news/articles/1997_long_distance_phone_rates_pricing_survey

    • @branflakes12341
      @branflakes12341 5 лет назад

      @@musAKulture As much as i respect your explanation, one issue the Simpsons is based in the US haha

    • @musAKulture
      @musAKulture 5 лет назад +4

      @@branflakes12341 we're basically the same country. hate to admit it but.

    • @killian9314
      @killian9314 5 лет назад

      @@musAKulture well, there is also inflation to take into account, 25 cents in the 90s, is like 75 cents today innit?

  • @jimifrisch8073
    @jimifrisch8073 5 лет назад +24

    "Yep. There's your answer fishbulb." That cracked me up!

  • @simonrichard9873
    @simonrichard9873 5 лет назад +9

    Tamarabuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern
    I love how specific that is

  • @Sly88Frye
    @Sly88Frye Год назад +30

    I've always loved this episode. And my favorite part really is when the Japanese tourists see Homer and they call him Mr sparkle and he just simply bows and says konichiwa

    • @davidmusic824
      @davidmusic824 Год назад +2

      Yeah he's actually quite sweet here and shows them a lot of respect 🙏

    • @chrisc6857
      @chrisc6857 Год назад +1

      Though one does have to wonder how Homer, of all people, knows the word konichiwa.

    • @christopherallen8822
      @christopherallen8822 Год назад

      ​@@chrisc6857Homer speaks Japanese, Chris. He can also read Chinese.

  • @SaltySam43
    @SaltySam43 3 года назад +43

    This episode got me kicked out of a college class… as an adult. My friend sat across from me and repeatedly mouthed “Meeestaaah Spaaaaaarkle”.

  • @arctavr9633
    @arctavr9633 5 лет назад +21

    Marge: there is nobody watching us right now!
    John cena: *ARE U SURE ABOUT THAT*

  • @bjltv.homeoftheplaylists3784
    @bjltv.homeoftheplaylists3784 6 лет назад +137

    1:50 you have very lucky dishes Mr Simpson. 😄

  • @TBustah
    @TBustah 3 года назад +16

    In retrospect, they should’ve had Akira say that they use Mr. Sparkle in his restaurant’s kitchen. Somebody in Springfield must use it, otherwise the empty wouldn’t have been in the city’s dump, and they missed a perfect opportunity for a joke. He could have asked Homer if he’d been rooting through their trash, and Homer could’ve said something like “Uh..not this week”, and then run out the door. XD

  • @almostfm
    @almostfm 2 года назад +10

    "Nobody is watching us right now" is criminally underrated.

  • @clinteldorado
    @clinteldorado 2 года назад +15

    I don’t know why, but Akira’s “Hai. Hai. Hai. Bye. Hi!” absolutely kills me.

    • @MIGGIE237
      @MIGGIE237 Год назад +1

      I never knew Hai meant yes until I watched Tokyo Vice

  • @bobbyk9815
    @bobbyk9815 2 месяца назад +7

    Just noticed that the Springfield Library is open "8-12". They either have very short hours or very long ones.

  • @ironcito1101
    @ironcito1101 2 дня назад +1

    I love that corporate merger animation at 4:12. Also the fact that seemingly a fishery and a heavy industry joined forces to create dishwasher, for some reason 😅

  • @Del-Canada
    @Del-Canada 3 месяца назад +5

    I remember coming home from work in the late eighties and nineties and cracking a beer getting ready for the latest Simpsons episode to air.

  • @gatienlaurol5793
    @gatienlaurol5793 2 года назад +8

    I love Homer’s little reading glasses XD

  • @ec4221
    @ec4221 6 лет назад +78

    Homer fishbulb

  • @scottsinclair1986
    @scottsinclair1986 6 лет назад +129

    I would have loved to have seen an episode where Homer contacts the makers of Mr Sparkle and asks to be a live action spokesman for them. They could have shown him and the family travelling to Japan and getting into so much shenanigans. In fact I'm surprised that Homer wasn't mobbed when he first went to Japan in another episode.

    • @razkable
      @razkable 5 лет назад +9

      that would be the main plot of an ep but this was a B plot in a marge ned lovejoy episode A plot...I prefer it as a B plot...it gets more out of less screen time then a longer story would get out of it....

    • @jespersschmidt
      @jespersschmidt 5 лет назад

      scottsinclair1986 why would he be mobbed when he went to Japan?

    • @strawberrysoulforever8336
      @strawberrysoulforever8336 5 лет назад +1

      Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo. It wasn't as good as I'd hoped.

    • @guyincognito7308
      @guyincognito7308 5 лет назад

      @@strawberrysoulforever8336 I'll admit I got a laugh when Homer walks through the jail cell door!!!

    • @Robb1977
      @Robb1977 3 года назад +7

      It would have been a great way for them to make money again when they're bankrupt in Japan. Rather than the gameshow thing (or whatever plot device they used) Homer doing something with the detergent company. having him act in commercials would be functionally similar to the gameshow segment, but also be a callback to this episode.

  • @comeawaywithme
    @comeawaywithme 5 лет назад +9

    my fave is Bart saying "boring" after seeing the greatest commercial of all time

  • @RedAndtheBlackRocker
    @RedAndtheBlackRocker 5 лет назад +13

    "You have very lucky dishes, Mr. Simpson."

  • @PANZERFAUST90
    @PANZERFAUST90 6 лет назад +132

    MEESTAAAAAAHHH SPAAHHHKLLLLLLLLEEEE 8D ✨

  • @metalhead532
    @metalhead532 20 дней назад +4

    “Well, it was a good ride while it lasted. Come on kid, let’s go home.”
    “We are home”
    “That was fast”
    Can’t stop cracking up

  • @forwardfaith
    @forwardfaith Год назад +5

    the sign at the dump says 'no littering'

  • @sbwification2
    @sbwification2 Месяц назад +5

    "let's talk, why not"

  • @ecardullo10
    @ecardullo10 3 месяца назад +4

    I use the phrase "hello chief let's talk why not" way more than I should 😂

  • @David_P132
    @David_P132 4 года назад +7

    Consistently one of the best shows ever written for tv.

  • @luffyduffy7817
    @luffyduffy7817 5 лет назад +10

    Homer’s delivery at 0:54 is one of the best things ever

  • @vangogo6819
    @vangogo6819 5 лет назад +9

    "There's your answer fishbulb! ", one of my favorite lines.

  • @supremereader7614
    @supremereader7614 5 лет назад +9

    “That’s ridiculous, nobody is watching us right now.” 😅

  • @ThejollyFrenchman
    @ThejollyFrenchman 5 лет назад +14

    I love that the librarian has a phone book for Hokkaido right under his desk.

    • @alvexok5523
      @alvexok5523 9 месяцев назад +1

      I've thought that there are probably 3 long shelves stacked under that long front desk (see at 2:21, it's a long desk) which the shelves are all filled with phone books from cities all over the world. Why would an American town's library only have one foriegn phone book, and it being Hokkaido. If they were to have just one, you'd think it'd more likely be Mexico. And if they did have one from Japan, you'd think it'd more likely be Tokyo or Osaka

  • @FreeRangeHuman4083
    @FreeRangeHuman4083 5 лет назад +8

    I AM DISRESPECTFULL TO DIRT, CAN YOU SEE THAT I AM SERIOUS?

  • @captaindreadnought212
    @captaindreadnought212 3 месяца назад +2

    “Come on kids, lets go home”
    “We are home”
    “That was fast….”

  • @gannman2001
    @gannman2001 Месяц назад +5

    I had a few hours to kill recently, while at the Incheon Airport in Seoul Korea. I saw some Korean TV commercials for home products, such as kitchen cleansers and the like. I understand now where the inspiration for 'Mr Sparkle' came from !

  • @coolrock92
    @coolrock92 6 лет назад +18

    The kon’nichiwa was just the icing on the cake lol

  • @alexshank1414
    @alexshank1414 22 дня назад +3

    Homer’s whimpering from confused fright is hilarious.

  • @lynottlives
    @lynottlives 5 лет назад +14

    How did he have such an obscure phone book readily at hand? 😂 brilliant

  • @MegaPhilX
    @MegaPhilX 5 лет назад +23

    Hello chief! Let's talk why not!

  • @sammavacaist
    @sammavacaist 5 лет назад +5

    This brings back memories of the days before the internet...

  • @Angelicdoll88
    @Angelicdoll88 5 лет назад +5

    Come on kids let's go home ,We are home!! That was fast 😂😂

  • @sh22xpr
    @sh22xpr 2 месяца назад +2

    They pictured "Internet mysteries" perfectly with this.

  • @grantgoodman8415
    @grantgoodman8415 5 лет назад +6

    “Any plans for summer?” the reporter asks the two-headed cow...

  • @Pyro-Moloch
    @Pyro-Moloch 5 лет назад +18

    So basically that fish already had Homer's face, the lightbulb only gave shape to the head and the yellow skin colour

  • @bigdaddycool6930
    @bigdaddycool6930 Год назад +3

    *gasp* “MISTA SPARKORU! MISTA SPARKORU!” “Konichiwa.”
    Best part of this episode lmao

  • @Ashguy733
    @Ashguy733 6 лет назад +83

    "Hai hai, hai, bye!"

    • @adams3560
      @adams3560 5 лет назад +13

      It’s actually Hai, which means yes.

    • @jamsea389
      @jamsea389 5 лет назад +11

      He was actually speaking Japanese. That's the joke.

    • @AmericasComic
      @AmericasComic 5 лет назад +1

      Adam Dunlop hi!

  • @robertweich9765
    @robertweich9765 5 лет назад +10

    "Howdy, let's talk! Why not?"

  • @andrikrslovic3400
    @andrikrslovic3400 4 года назад +4

    "I'm disrespectful to dirt! Can't you see I'm serious?" is going on my Tinder bio.

  • @Chuterix
    @Chuterix 2 года назад +9

    4:25 I remember graggle in this scene

  • @cromwellthesynth
    @cromwellthesynth 6 лет назад +26

    anyone else notice the Thunderbird 2 toy in the background at 3:32?

    • @JG-vo3mh
      @JG-vo3mh 5 лет назад

      Pesky Polecat no, but I did think someone texted me

  • @blackfire3744
    @blackfire3744 5 лет назад +11

    Surprisingly, the Mr sparkle commercial isn't too far off from how real Japanese commercials are portrayed.

    • @michaelmartin9022
      @michaelmartin9022 5 лет назад +2

      Advertising at that time was wierd. There was a car advert in the UK that was just giant vases and purple sheets, it didn't say anything about the car.

  • @johne378
    @johne378 15 дней назад +2

    The local library has a phone book for Hokkaido, Japan. Makes sense.

  • @SUEDUCE
    @SUEDUCE 5 лет назад +7

    "Come on kids let's go home", but we are home, that was fast! Lol 😂

  • @BlazeTheGamer1
    @BlazeTheGamer1 16 дней назад +1

    “That didn’t explain anything!” I miss these one liners 😂

  • @Tildybean42
    @Tildybean42 5 лет назад +7

    "There's your answer Fishbulb" My new response to everything

    • @ViolentRainbow
      @ViolentRainbow 5 лет назад

      It worked in 1997 it doesn't work now, come up with a new response or gtfo.

    • @Tildybean42
      @Tildybean42 5 лет назад +1

      @@ViolentRainbow jeez

  • @RonanMurphy08
    @RonanMurphy08 5 лет назад +1

    This channel is great. Thank you.

  • @JavaoftheLava
    @JavaoftheLava 5 лет назад +5

    "Nobody is watching us right now."
    Love it.

  • @MastaStacka
    @MastaStacka 2 месяца назад +2

    "There's your answer, fishbulb"

  • @joetri10
    @joetri10 5 лет назад +22

    Is this actually the whole episode condensed into 5 minutes, yet missing nothing? lmao

  • @BigRamifications
    @BigRamifications 4 года назад +4

    Someone has cut a fair bit of Mr Sparkle's voiceover [and subtitles] @3:38. In the uncensored version, Mr Sparkle does _kinda_ threaten the 3 girls with death, so, I dunno, maybe Hari Kondabolu has had another big ol' cry, and Matt Groening has nixed the offending sentences.

    • @reidsal4042
      @reidsal4042 3 месяца назад +1

      I believe he says "Join me or die"

  • @SaintThomasofAcre
    @SaintThomasofAcre 25 дней назад +2

    "Do you have any plans for the summer?"

  • @janicehayashibara5271
    @janicehayashibara5271 5 лет назад +10

    Me and my brother would always use this reference when doing the dishes 😂😂

  • @cranius1986
    @cranius1986 26 дней назад +1

    Yeah, there´s you answer, fishbulb.

  • @ded4044
    @ded4044 6 лет назад +36

    1:16 they should’ve all looked at us