I know this is a gag, but I would unironically really like to see more ranking videos about frivolous or cute topics from you; your ability to analyze, evaluate and persuade with even little details like this is a big part of what I think separates you as a critic.
Wowcrendor's "pointless top 10" series has unironically proven it's a good format, picking the most ridiculous, niche set dressing and trying to appreciate it is actually pretty cool
Anyone else think that Gentle Ben not looking like a Simpsons character, but an actual real world bear makes the gag that much more impactful? Seeing the other bears having big, goofy, Simpsons eyes in this list made me realize I never noticed that before. Also, props for Fozzie. I didn't care for that gag, but it's freaking Fozzie!
Can’t wait for the top 20 Simpsons elephants! Elephants have some of the funniest segments on the Simpsons, such as trampling on sideshow Bob and eating soldiers in Vietnam!
Great list, however at 6:27 Jims calls the bear Homer wanted "Sir-Hugginton" but it was actually called Lord Hugginton. Boy, I sure hope someone was fired for that blunder.
I thought Bobo was going to win, I’ll admit, but the number one spot did deserve to go to a real bear. I feel that way for all the same reasons I was disappointed in Aunt Patty’s coming out episode.
"Hey Waylon! Who's the bear? Is that the Mr. Burns you're always talking about?" I was expecting Homer to be on the list. But not even an honorable mention.
This might be a bit of a sappy comment, but a lot of the times when I wake up I'm just utterly sad and it takes awhile to adjust from that. Whenever I wake up and see there's a new video uploaded to this channel it instantly cheers me up and makes the mornings bearable (pun not intended lol). I can't thank you enough for making these videos, Jim!
This reminds of when my favourite pop music critic youtuber suddenly and without explanation released a video counting down the Top 10 Buses of the '90s.
No joke, my two biggest loves in life are Simpsons and bears. It was like you made this video just for me. I couldn't be happier. Gentle Ben absolutely deserves the number 1 slot, for so many reasons. His characterisation as a bear, just being a bear, is spot on. He's clearly been trained to do the job, but doesn't care for it in the slightest, and is probably just doing it to get fed. Then he sees the food and it all goes out the window. He only becomes aggressive when provoked, just perfect stuff. Then add to that it's an absolutely iconic Simpsons scene, partly because it is one of the best satirical gags on the show (in my humble opinion). The ridiculous premise, the nature of daytime talk shows like it, the commentary that you need so little talent to host such a show the job can be done by a barely domesticated wild animal with a microphone strapped to its head. Just wonderful. Also, you missed Smithers in a bear costume in your honourable mentions. Just an amazing video, thank you so much.
I know this is an April fools video, but I was genuinely invested in this. I was even a little disappointed that the polar bear from the movie didn't make it to this list. I have a fond memory of watching it in theater with my dad who had never seen a single episode before and fell asleep through a chunk of the first half of the movie. He woke up just near the fake "To be continued" and the polar bear kicking the fox got a real laugh out of him.
I know this is one april's gag, but I do geniuenly love how the bears look in The Simpsons. I'm always thinking about that one in the intro-act of "Much Apu About Nothing". He's just being a fella. I would trust him even if he betrayed me and mauled me into a gutter.
The number one spot reminds me of a joke from Dilberts animated series. It had a bear on a talk show discussing economics. Or rather the show was about economics and the talking bear narcistically wanted to talk about himself and his ability to talk. And when he didn't get his way he maulled his fellow hosts causing one of them to lose there face and another to have a really sore ass.
I didn't realize the Ping-Ping and Sim-Sim bit was infamous, but I believe it. It very much feels like a scene more befitting of Family Guy than The Simpsons.
I love that there already are like 40 bears shown in this videos , but the conclussion is "every scene would be improved by adding a bear". And you are totally right btw
Glad you acknowledged the little bear that's around Homer's arm in "'Round Springfield" ("man, you better not feed the bears!"). I always thought that joke was so off-the-wall. 😅
while i too LOVE the Smokey robot joke (i quote it a lot more often than one would think possible) my favorite is the "when a sign says Do Not Feed The Bears." Man, You'd Better Not Feed The Bears" bear.
I for one am utterly shocked and appalled that the utter bathroom mat that is The Curious Bear cub managed to get on the list when other, obviously superior bears, namely Brown-nose Bear and the Intensive Care Bear are only in the Honorable Mentions. They would mop the floor with that green chump. I am but one step away from calling shenanigans on the integrity of this entire list.
Much Apu About Nothing is one of my favorites, and I know it by heart because I used it many semesters to teach logical fallacies. So glad the Bear Tax Bear made it so high on your countdown. And yes, he’s adorable! For a bear.
Gentle Ben is also my favorite Simpsons bear, though The Friendly Neighborhood Bear is my second pick. I honestly never noticed the picture above Lisa's bed, and I never figured that the statue of Jebediah Springfield was standing on a bear's corpse. I knew he was standing on something, but never bothered to figure out what.
Totally agree with your n°1 bear. It's one of those jokes that I remember, and if I randomly think of it I laugh. The best "tv technical difficulties" joke. I also really like the Cletus bear, for some reason that one also stuck with me, I guess that's what a great bear does
I don’t think this was an Aprils Fool joke, this was a great video with a lot of effort put into it and one that made me appreciate more of the bears in the Simpsons. Thank you Jim
I know this is more of an April Fool's video, but I kinda like it, when people talk about animals in videos, fictional or not. Next year you can do the same thing with dinosaurs, maybe.
15:40 With every entry I knew this was going to happen, my certainty growing to a fever pitch, the honorable mention montage cementing it, and I was rewarded with the true #1 Simpsons bear.
If you’ve seen the movie *Funny Girl* where Barbra Streisand sings “My Man” at the end, you’ll understand. If you were born in the 80s and one of your first crushes was Ricky Schroder, you will also understand.
I’ve always loved the Smokey the Bear at the nature center joke. Along with Bart’s “Can I play outside, away from the Bear?” Line. I worked at a town festival last year and since I live in an area prone to forest fires, the chamber of commerce and DNR put up a giant inflatable Smokey the Bear in the park. I forget how many times I walked past this thing, but every time I did, I had that bit running through my head.
Bobo is the biggest woobie in Simpsons history. He was abandoned by Mr Burns, and then blamed for the fall of Berlin and frozen. And after all that, he still took Mr. Burns back.
I think loveable bears vs violent bears needs to be approached situationally. The Simpson's has always been a show that elevates its archetypical characters through humanising moments so that we never lose touch of the people underneath the exaggerated humour entirely, and I don't see why we should make the exception for bears. What I think we're really missing is any long running bear characters. Sadly those that have appeared have always seemed to lack the longevity of monkey, dog or human equivalents. Maybe the world just wasn't ready for such comic dramatic genius.
Hi Jims! You may remember me from my comments on “The Simpsons Season 10 Retrospective” and not “Gladys, the Groovy Mule”. I’m here today to request a Simpsons Histories episode on the iconic character of Mr. Benevenstanciano. Thanks very much for your videos, over from the UK. Been watching for nearly five years now.
god i'm half worried for your well being half wanting to see how much more niche you can get. top 10 simpsons fish moments. top 10 simpsons bacteria moments. top 10 syllables in the simpsons. you;re the best
Honestly I’d love to see more videos on animals of the Simpsons universe, there’s so much content to mine and the level of detail you put into seemingly frivolous topics makes it genuinely great viewing.
OK love this. I hope you never stop making ridiculous April fools videos about things that seem ridiculous but that make awesome videos anyway. On a meta note, I saw your tweet about the computer disaster and that you thought this might not get out on time despite working so hard on it so I am very pleasantly surprised to see it up. Yay Jims!
Welcome to my new series, BAD SIMPSONS TOP 10 LISTS. I hope you enjoy
You could make any Bad Simpsons Lists and it would sound interesting.
This is the new series we needed
is it a bad top 10 list because it has 20 entries, or bad because of the quality? Because in terms of quality this is amazing.
Can’t wait for the top 10 Moleman noises
For next year’s April Fools’ Day, can you do Top 10 Graggle Simpson appearances?
this is the type of april fools joke i love, a serious video about something stupid instead of pretending to release something fun
The Operations Room does something pretty similar, as does TimeGhost with World War Two.
Considering Homer almost died on April Fools’ Day and all we got was a clip show…
Replacing M&Ms (UK!Smarties) in the candy bowl with Skittles.
“A bear like creature, most likely a bear, has come down from the hills in search of food or perhaps employment” always gets me.
That whole opening sequence is gold, the rest of the episode is fine but the bear stuff just steals the show
I know this is a gag, but I would unironically really like to see more ranking videos about frivolous or cute topics from you; your ability to analyze, evaluate and persuade with even little details like this is a big part of what I think separates you as a critic.
This was uploaded on April Fools’.
@@BlackCover95 "i know this is a gag"
Wowcrendor's "pointless top 10" series has unironically proven it's a good format, picking the most ridiculous, niche set dressing and trying to appreciate it is actually pretty cool
Hard disagree, there's enough more in depth topics Jim's still gotta hit before he start scraping the bottom of barrel.
@@BlackCover95 *raises eyebrow in Australian* but it was uploaded on the 2nd of April.
"Uhh... Chief? Can I at least shield my crotch?"
"Bears can't talk, Eddie"
the little song Eddie hums when he walks out in the suit is *chef's kiss*
I can't believe there are enough bears in this show not only to do a top 20 but have honorable mentions
Anyone else think that Gentle Ben not looking like a Simpsons character, but an actual real world bear makes the gag that much more impactful? Seeing the other bears having big, goofy, Simpsons eyes in this list made me realize I never noticed that before. Also, props for Fozzie. I didn't care for that gag, but it's freaking Fozzie!
Joke's on you, TheRealJims.
This is unironically good and we want MORE of it!
When the joke is so professionally made that it just ends up being a good idea XD
I worry you run out of ideas but then "Top 20 Simpson Bears" comes along and I sigh in relief.
But what does he do after?
@@bubblesbomb8949Let’s say… Top 20 Moe’s.
Top Elephants
have no fears weve got stories for years
😅I didn’t think he was gonna do Gentle Ben, but then BAM! #1😅
Book 'em, Lou. Twenty counts of being a bear and one count of being an accessory to being a bear.
The fact that this video is even conceptually possible is why I love the simpsons and this channel.
Remember that ballet is simply a bear driving a car
Please, I enjoy all the meats of our cultural stew.
It's so genius.
Dodododo do do do do do
Bear is driving how can this be?!
@@pepesilvia8033who is driving? BEAR IS DRIVING
It's like a freakin' Country Bear Jamboroo around here!
"We're the Bears who sing for Duke, doo dah, doo dah, drinking moonshine till we puke all the doo dah *HICCUP*"
it's a duketastrophe! @@Tadicuslegion78
@@Tadicuslegion78 "Eh-heh-heh! Big dumb belchin' bear!"
Of course the “Hot stuff coming through” steel worker was going to be the top bear, I just didn’t think Jims would have the guts to do it!
Oh, be nice
Is he hairy enough to be a bear or is he simply a hunk?
Can’t wait for the top 20 Simpsons elephants! Elephants have some of the funniest segments on the Simpsons, such as trampling on sideshow Bob and eating soldiers in Vietnam!
If Stampy doesn't top the list, I'm gonna be mad.
Finally the bear tax I pay coming to my RUclips feed
Let the bears pay the bear tax, I pay the Homer tax!
@@ericisbananamanNo, that’s the HOMEOWNER tax.
That Curious Bear Cub fact about him being in Lisa's room portrait blew my mind , i never realised that it was that bear. thanks Jims!
Agreed. I’d never noticed the painting or the video title!
Great list, however at 6:27 Jims calls the bear Homer wanted "Sir-Hugginton" but it was actually called Lord Hugginton. Boy, I sure hope someone was fired for that blunder.
dang
Are we to believe that this is some kind of [ *REPEATED GIGGLE SNORTS* ] magic lordship or something?
the "Intensive Care Bear" joke is one of my all-time favorite Homer hallucinations
“Why does a bear need a crow bar”? “I don’t like to get my hands dirty”.
The best kind of April Fool's RUclips video is a video with an incredibly goofy niche concept being delievered in complete earnest. Great work Jims.
I forgot what day it was and watched this without any thought that it could be a joke! Good job indeed.
Gentle Ben deserves his #1 spot. I'll never forget how he healed the relationship between me and my stepfather. Most emotional day of my life.
I thought Bobo was going to win, I’ll admit, but the number one spot did deserve to go to a real bear. I feel that way for all the same reasons I was disappointed in Aunt Patty’s coming out episode.
"Hey Waylon! Who's the bear? Is that the Mr. Burns you're always talking about?"
I was expecting Homer to be on the list. But not even an honorable mention.
100% expected homer to be first place on my first watch LOL
Wiggum's delivery of "Bears can't talk, Eddie." slays me every time.
This might be a bit of a sappy comment, but a lot of the times when I wake up I'm just utterly sad and it takes awhile to adjust from that. Whenever I wake up and see there's a new video uploaded to this channel it instantly cheers me up and makes the mornings bearable (pun not intended lol). I can't thank you enough for making these videos, Jim!
The best April Fools jokes are the ones with actually high effort instead of a three second “got ya!” Clip.
This is one of them.
What about the bears in the gay steel mill
The three little bears animatronic always gets me. Such a funny scene with the Grandpa reveal. And I just love the broken talk box on Mama Bear.
That montage of all the bears that didn't make the cut mixed with the remixed DKC3 brothers bear song
*Chef's kiss*
Every time I think I’ve got this RUclips thing figured out, you always end up doing a video that makes me reconsider my entire approach.
We need the Top 20 Family Guy Bears!
@@TheRealJims I refuse to let you down.
This reminds of when my favourite pop music critic youtuber suddenly and without explanation released a video counting down the Top 10 Buses of the '90s.
Todd in the Shadows
Trash list if it doesn't have the Lex Express on it.
0:51 Professor Farnsworth cameo
hahahaha heck yes
Woah what??
6:00 "jellystone yogi is basically 'what if homer was a doctor?'" lol spot on
But Velma gets the hate campaign?
@@Attmaywwwhat do u mean??
I love the bear robot so much. I love thinking about a writer just smiling to themself as they pen something that fundementally stupid.
I was hoping it would be high up
That's like my 6th favorite Simpsons gag, and quite possibly the one I recite the most.
"Once the panda ice cream shows up, you know who's about to come."
Thats some good writing there Jim.
Can this actually become a full series? Just lists on the most innocuous of things?
If he does apes, we're gonna need this pushed to top 40
🎶WE'RE HEAR, WE'RE QUEER! WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE BEARS! 🎶
Gentle Ben better be number one
Edit: That's what I'm talking about
"Roar, roar, roar-- nobody understands you, she-bear!" 😂
I quote this to my wife to this day 😂
No joke, my two biggest loves in life are Simpsons and bears. It was like you made this video just for me. I couldn't be happier.
Gentle Ben absolutely deserves the number 1 slot, for so many reasons. His characterisation as a bear, just being a bear, is spot on. He's clearly been trained to do the job, but doesn't care for it in the slightest, and is probably just doing it to get fed. Then he sees the food and it all goes out the window. He only becomes aggressive when provoked, just perfect stuff. Then add to that it's an absolutely iconic Simpsons scene, partly because it is one of the best satirical gags on the show (in my humble opinion). The ridiculous premise, the nature of daytime talk shows like it, the commentary that you need so little talent to host such a show the job can be done by a barely domesticated wild animal with a microphone strapped to its head. Just wonderful.
Also, you missed Smithers in a bear costume in your honourable mentions.
Just an amazing video, thank you so much.
This list was unbearable.
Perfect
I know this is an April fools video, but I was genuinely invested in this. I was even a little disappointed that the polar bear from the movie didn't make it to this list. I have a fond memory of watching it in theater with my dad who had never seen a single episode before and fell asleep through a chunk of the first half of the movie. He woke up just near the fake "To be continued" and the polar bear kicking the fox got a real laugh out of him.
4:43 "You know who's about to come."
Phrasing!
Jims always has great needle drops BUT the Brothers Bear remix theme from DKC3 in this video might take the cake for one of the best.
No, Real Jims: on April 1st you’re supposed to upload a joke video not this absolute top tier content
I know this is one april's gag, but I do geniuenly love how the bears look in The Simpsons. I'm always thinking about that one in the intro-act of "Much Apu About Nothing". He's just being a fella. I would trust him even if he betrayed me and mauled me into a gutter.
The number one spot reminds me of a joke from Dilberts animated series. It had a bear on a talk show discussing economics. Or rather the show was about economics and the talking bear narcistically wanted to talk about himself and his ability to talk. And when he didn't get his way he maulled his fellow hosts causing one of them to lose there face and another to have a really sore ass.
I didn't realize the Ping-Ping and Sim-Sim bit was infamous, but I believe it. It very much feels like a scene more befitting of Family Guy than The Simpsons.
- So, you want a realistic, down-to-earth TheRealJims top 20... that's completely off-the-wall and swarming with bears?
-yeah that's right
You commenters don't know what you want!
And you should win stuff by watching
Oh, you commenters don't know what you want.
I love that there already are like 40 bears shown in this videos , but the conclussion is "every scene would be improved by adding a bear". And you are totally right btw
“Papa bears are assholes” is this foreshadowing a Jerkass Papa bear video next year?
Choppy the Bear "a bear with Chainsaw, now thats a killing machine!
Glad you acknowledged the little bear that's around Homer's arm in "'Round Springfield" ("man, you better not feed the bears!"). I always thought that joke was so off-the-wall. 😅
My favorite is the Bear who got arrested by being a bear
while i too LOVE the Smokey robot joke (i quote it a lot more often than one would think possible) my favorite is the "when a sign says Do Not Feed The Bears." Man, You'd Better Not Feed The Bears" bear.
"Papa bears are a bunch of assholes" -TheRealJims, April 2024
I for one am utterly shocked and appalled that the utter bathroom mat that is The Curious Bear cub managed to get on the list when other, obviously superior bears, namely Brown-nose Bear and the Intensive Care Bear are only in the Honorable Mentions. They would mop the floor with that green chump. I am but one step away from calling shenanigans on the integrity of this entire list.
You don't understand. The Curious Bear Cub has lore. LORE!
Much Apu About Nothing is one of my favorites, and I know it by heart because I used it many semesters to teach logical fallacies. So glad the Bear Tax Bear made it so high on your countdown. And yes, he’s adorable! For a bear.
1:13 That was like a gunshot for some reason
Obviously Camp Krusty will take away Top 20 Simpsons Hats
You joke, but there probably are enough memorable hats to do that list 🤔
@@TheRealJims After 30+ seasons that's probally true of anything
Probably one of the best bear related Simpsons top 20 lists I have seen. Definitely top 10
Gentle Ben is also my favorite Simpsons bear, though The Friendly Neighborhood Bear is my second pick. I honestly never noticed the picture above Lisa's bed, and I never figured that the statue of Jebediah Springfield was standing on a bear's corpse. I knew he was standing on something, but never bothered to figure out what.
Finally, the video we’ve all been waiting for
Bear-ly got through this video cause i had to keep paws-ing to look at all the bears. I felt quite Grizzly by the end
Finally we're talking about the most important things in Simpsons
For a list about Bears, this was pretty fun
I’ve been waiting for the Call of the Simpsons bears to have their due for a very long time. Couldn’t be happier with their high placement.
I'm seein' double! The top 40 Simpsons bears!
I appreciate the use of that rock cover of The Brothers Bear theme from DKC3 for the Honorary Bear Mentions! Beary fitting!
Totally agree with your n°1 bear. It's one of those jokes that I remember, and if I randomly think of it I laugh. The best "tv technical difficulties" joke. I also really like the Cletus bear, for some reason that one also stuck with me, I guess that's what a great bear does
I don’t think this was an Aprils Fool joke, this was a great video with a lot of effort put into it and one that made me appreciate more of the bears in the Simpsons. Thank you Jim
I know this is more of an April Fool's video, but I kinda like it, when people talk about animals in videos, fictional or not. Next year you can do the same thing with dinosaurs, maybe.
I knew there were plenty of bears in the show, but I never thought that a lot of them contributed so much in terms of the plot and jokes
“And if Jimmy wants forest fire word play, Jimmy gets forest fire word play!” My god he’s gone mad with power
i guess jim was in a BEARY silly mood today
That pun was just emBEARrassing!
@@Attmay well your pun was unBEARable
Im glad you included the bear from the fire, it's always made me so sad 🐻 💔
15:40 With every entry I knew this was going to happen, my certainty growing to a fever pitch, the honorable mention montage cementing it, and I was rewarded with the true #1 Simpsons bear.
If intensive care bear isn't first I riot
The phrase "every frame a painting" gets thrown around a lot these days. But every frame of Gentle Ben is a painting
Let the bears pay the bear tax, I pay the Homer tax.
Dad, that's the home OWNER tax.
One of my favorite Simpsons bears has the be the bear boss in the arcade game. Godspeed, Blanka-balling grizzly dude.
Something about referring to Mr.Burns as Smithers' "his man" is oddly hilarious to me
If you’ve seen the movie *Funny Girl* where Barbra Streisand sings “My Man” at the end, you’ll understand.
If you were born in the 80s and one of your first crushes was Ricky Schroder, you will also understand.
I’ve always loved the Smokey the Bear at the nature center joke. Along with Bart’s “Can I play outside, away from the Bear?” Line. I worked at a town festival last year and since I live in an area prone to forest fires, the chamber of commerce and DNR put up a giant inflatable Smokey the Bear in the park. I forget how many times I walked past this thing, but every time I did, I had that bit running through my head.
Thank god you've finally spoken about Bears in The Simpsons. I've been talking about this for DECADES but NOBODY would listen until now.
Not including one of the bears from 'Homers Phobia' is an outrage
Wrong kind of bears.
@@Attmay cancelled
I can't believe the Foreman of the Gay Steel Mill didn't make the list, he's gainfully employed and a fine boss!
Solid list! But I think the best bear is the gummy bear that Homer mistook for a pimple or a boil.
It's LORD Huggington, STUPID!!
Also, superb use of Donkey Kong music, especially the Brothers Bear track
Can I just say that the voice acting on the trainer when he gets swatted by Ben is top notch? I still use that sound effect in my daily life.
I get that this is a silly April Fools video, but it was so genuinely entertaining, I would love to see more of these bad top 10 lists!
But has Bart ever owned any of these bears?
Bobo is the biggest woobie in Simpsons history. He was abandoned by Mr Burns, and then blamed for the fall of Berlin and frozen. And after all that, he still took Mr. Burns back.
I think loveable bears vs violent bears needs to be approached situationally.
The Simpson's has always been a show that elevates its archetypical characters through humanising moments so that we never lose touch of the people underneath the exaggerated humour entirely, and I don't see why we should make the exception for bears.
What I think we're really missing is any long running bear characters. Sadly those that have appeared have always seemed to lack the longevity of monkey, dog or human equivalents.
Maybe the world just wasn't ready for such comic dramatic genius.
Just putting this many bears in one compilation is such a labor of love. Thank you
Hi Jims! You may remember me from my comments on “The Simpsons Season 10 Retrospective” and not “Gladys, the Groovy Mule”. I’m here today to request a Simpsons Histories episode on the iconic character of Mr. Benevenstanciano. Thanks very much for your videos, over from the UK. Been watching for nearly five years now.
Yeah, the "you ain't goin' nowhere, cutie" line from Moe would even be a tad dark were it coming out of Quagmire's mouth in Family Guy.
god i'm half worried for your well being half wanting to see how much more niche you can get. top 10 simpsons fish moments. top 10 simpsons bacteria moments. top 10 syllables in the simpsons. you;re the best
Honestly I’d love to see more videos on animals of the Simpsons universe, there’s so much content to mine and the level of detail you put into seemingly frivolous topics makes it genuinely great viewing.
Thank you for doing a full video and not just one beat and saying prank. I really appreciate that cause I did enjoy the video 😊
Here in latin america, the intensive care bear scene is very iconic
OK love this. I hope you never stop making ridiculous April fools videos about things that seem ridiculous but that make awesome videos anyway.
On a meta note, I saw your tweet about the computer disaster and that you thought this might not get out on time despite working so hard on it so I am very pleasantly surprised to see it up. Yay Jims!