Talking Simpsons - Burns Baby Burns With Merritt K

Mike Mariano

Coming to this extremely late, but this episode led me to the official Rodney Dangerfield YouTube page. It’s surprisingly well-maintained and features his stand-up over several decades, plus the stand-up of performers at Dangerfield's, the comedy club he owned. I mainly knew Rodney Dangerfield from his movies and this episode, so these YouTube clips gave me better perspective as to what Dangerfield was like in his element. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHp34ke51AhDCuGETD4qbA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdHp34ke51AhDCuGETD4qbA</a>

nina matsumoto

I say it the "American" way and always find it weird when non-Japanese people get all uppity about it being pronounced "correctly"

Niko Wells

Here is a breakdown of some Amusement/Theme Parks if they charged Flanders style of Season Passes: Flanders Pass: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom: 815.84 Flanders Pass: California's Great America: 672 Flanders Pass: Disneyland Resort: 2960 Flanders Pass: Walt Disney World: 2944 Flanders Pass: Universal Studios Hollywood: 2064

Niko Wells

The Cider Mill Season Pass joke is one of my favorites in the whole series because of how absurd it is. Amusement Parks and Theme Parks usually promote the Season/Annual pass as being around paid for in 2-6 visits. To find out the true level of absurdity, I found a Cider Mill that charges admission for 11.95 a day. Flanders then spent 191.20 on his season pass alone to visit this Cider Mill. The Cider Mill did have a season pass that is 29.99, paying for itself in 3 visits.

Kenneth Nelson

The ending is good, especially later in my life when I learned it was a Caddyshack party. I especially love the line "It's a party Marge. It doesnt have to make sense." Having said that, I always felt like the ending was a portent of all the lazy endings that just kind of end the show. Especially since this episode is so centric on one celebrity guest which is another thing I dislike about later day Simpsons. But obviously this episode and the way they handle those things is way better than anything in the future.

Jarrod Hornbeck

Great episode. Excellent insight. You guys reminded me just how many great lines there are in this particular episode. Two side notes, though. I’m pretty sure the Lime Rickey Burns was drinking was like a soda-fountain limeaid. Also, despite Henry’s glowing admiration, I will not be convinced that Journey are good. They are not. They are objectively bad. I will not be swayed.

ryan

Is anyone else having a problem with the RSS feed?

Scott Scallion

I feel like "You read too many hideout books" is in the category of "Marge, you're a tool of the doghouse makers." Marge makes a reasonable observation and Homer responds self-defensively with a ridiculous accusation. Are there any more examples of these? They are so fun.

Joe Hodgson

I thought the same. They were quite popular in the New England area and you still see them sold at carnivals and such. The cherry variant seems to be the most popular. My mom grew up in Massachusetts and had them a lot as a kid and she said to me it tastes like a cherry-lime-aid, which you can get in many places today. Knowing that it's also a cocktail, I assume the joke is you're expecting Burns to want a cocktail when he tells Smithers to make him one, then laugh when you see he actually wanted the soda-variant (as illustrated by the paper cup and straw)..

I always thought Burns drinking a “Lime Rickey” was a reference to the old soda drink and didn’t even know that a Rickey was a cocktail. It was apparently most popular during the era of prohibition and soda fountains, so it’s definitely something he’s have. Here’s a Serious Eats article about them (<a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/2015/04/lime-rickey-soda-fountain-history.html)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.seriouseats.com/2015/04/lime-rickey-soda-fountain-history.html)</a>

Sadie Carter

Yeah, they tend to when speaking English, because since it comes from animation, it sounds weird otherwise, but when speaking Japanese it is awnime. So while both are technically correct, awnime definitely makes you sound like a bit of a snob (which I've been guilty of).

The Mad Dummy boss in Undertale exits stage left to the same slide whistle as Homer's brain. Things like Vaudeville hooks exist, but this feels like a direct reference, and it took me until this episode to connect the two. Given the humor of the game and how old game creator Toby Fox is, I wouldn't be surprised if he is a big fan of the Simpsons as well.

Frank Grimes

Relatively speaking, the Tomb Raider reboot is a pretty decent video game movie, compared to the others we've had. I enjoyed it more than the Joli ones. I hear it's very close to the games as well (haven't played a TR game beyond the PS1 ones)

Scott Sutton

In spite of most Japanese "a" sounds being pronounced "ah," my experience with Japanese people says they pronounce "anime" with a short "a," the "American" way. Strange but true.

Andrew X

Pet peeve mispronounciation: calling Japanese animation "aw-nime"

Alex Forsyth

Whenever I bump into an old co-worker or classmate I haven't seen in years and nothing of significance has happened since(ie no marriage or kids) I always include "Oh and once I saw a blimp" and they never get the reference.

mavrick

This is one the perfect episodes, almost every line is killer. I mean, three, THREE lines of the show! unprecedented