1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,480 Read it did it do this is future placeholder for jingle 2 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,340 If you know how to do one call me okay, bye 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,800 Hey, what's up everybody welcome back? Thank you for tuning into the 4 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:25,840 Donuts podcast I am your host a guy. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to share my name 5 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:26,940 Anyway 6 00:00:26,940 --> 00:00:33,300 Welcome back. I'm so glad that you're here this this one. We're gonna go over episode 2 last week 7 00:00:33,820 --> 00:00:36,740 We we talked about episode 1 the original 8 00:00:37,540 --> 00:00:43,820 Episode of the Simpsons, which is called Simpsons roasting on an open fire and we will get through this 9 00:00:44,380 --> 00:00:50,540 Ladies and gentlemen we will get through the first two seasons, and it will be worth it and we will 10 00:00:51,780 --> 00:00:53,780 live 11 00:00:53,780 --> 00:00:56,380 I can't say that we'll believe that it was worth it 12 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:03,140 It will be though for real though is there's there's a lot of great stuff in these in these episodes 13 00:01:03,140 --> 00:01:06,700 I like to tease and make fun because it's just 14 00:01:07,420 --> 00:01:08,620 so 15 00:01:08,620 --> 00:01:14,620 Cringy to watch these older episodes, but there's a lot of great stuff and this episode 16 00:01:15,140 --> 00:01:20,020 A lot of amazing things happen, so I hope that you did your homework. I hope you watched it 17 00:01:20,020 --> 00:01:24,020 sometime the last week these episodes 18 00:01:25,740 --> 00:01:28,740 Will air every Wednesday, so 19 00:01:29,620 --> 00:01:34,020 Set a reminder in your phone go watch the episode on Tuesday night 20 00:01:34,660 --> 00:01:39,220 Hour on Wednesday, you know before you go home from work. I mean after you go home from work 21 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:42,100 Don't pull a homer and 22 00:01:42,620 --> 00:01:46,940 and and follow along and have some great fun with the trivia and 23 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,460 So on so let's get started shall we? 24 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:51,660 so 25 00:01:51,660 --> 00:01:54,820 Simpsons roasting on an open fire the first episode was great 26 00:01:55,060 --> 00:01:58,460 It set the stage for the series and that's that's terrific 27 00:01:58,460 --> 00:02:03,220 but a lot of changes happen in the second episode which is Bart the genius and 28 00:02:03,660 --> 00:02:05,660 And we're here to talk about them, so 29 00:02:06,780 --> 00:02:09,420 First of all we're gonna do some trivia questions I 30 00:02:10,620 --> 00:02:14,620 Have three trivia questions, which I will answer in the next episode 31 00:02:14,620 --> 00:02:20,140 I have three trivia questions, which I will answer at the end of the podcast and 32 00:02:20,660 --> 00:02:25,220 If you get them right email me let me know I would sure love to hear about it 33 00:02:25,820 --> 00:02:27,700 My email is 34 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:30,180 shartanpants at gmail.com 35 00:02:31,060 --> 00:02:33,260 That's sh a r t n 36 00:02:34,780 --> 00:02:37,140 Pant s shartanpants at gmail.com 37 00:02:38,060 --> 00:02:40,180 So listen here's the trivia in 38 00:02:41,340 --> 00:02:43,340 Dr. Pryor's office 39 00:02:43,340 --> 00:02:45,340 He's a school psychologist 40 00:02:45,740 --> 00:02:48,420 There are two pictures on his wall on 41 00:02:49,220 --> 00:02:51,220 one side of his office 42 00:02:51,540 --> 00:02:54,060 The picture on the wall is of Albert Einstein 43 00:02:54,820 --> 00:02:56,620 So your question is 44 00:02:56,620 --> 00:03:02,060 Who is the picture who is in the other picture on the opposite wall? 45 00:03:02,060 --> 00:03:12,180 Question number two according to Homer Simpson who invented the light bulb and 46 00:03:13,220 --> 00:03:17,980 Finally the last question. What is Martin's IQ? 47 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:22,300 Dun dun dun 48 00:03:23,540 --> 00:03:28,260 All right again if you know it email me for real. I want to know if you knew him ahead of time 49 00:03:28,260 --> 00:03:35,180 And if you knew just because you have an amazing memory or if you knew because you just watched it yesterday 50 00:03:35,780 --> 00:03:38,900 Either way you still win wins a win so listen 51 00:03:38,900 --> 00:03:44,900 This is the first episode where we get a chalk a chalkboard gag and a couch gag 52 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:53,620 And of course both of them have become staples in the show, but like we talked about last week 53 00:03:54,340 --> 00:03:56,420 Neither were in the opening sequence 54 00:03:56,420 --> 00:04:00,460 It just started with them driving down the street so we get the chalkboard gag 55 00:04:01,140 --> 00:04:03,140 You know 56 00:04:03,140 --> 00:04:05,780 And then it goes right into the classroom of the school 57 00:04:06,340 --> 00:04:11,380 And then I'm sure any big fans know sometimes due to time constraints 58 00:04:11,380 --> 00:04:15,460 they would just cut that gag and go right into the show, but 59 00:04:16,260 --> 00:04:19,660 For the most part the the chalkboard gag 60 00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:22,980 You know that first major sequence is in there 61 00:04:22,980 --> 00:04:26,620 So as that changes throughout we will discuss them 62 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:31,340 Because there are a lot of changes to that opening sequence 63 00:04:31,340 --> 00:04:36,140 There's some minor changes like you know the walls of certain rooms or different colors now 64 00:04:36,140 --> 00:04:40,900 But you know like we'll talk about in a more consequential changes 65 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:45,580 to that sequence, so it goes through the sequence and 66 00:04:46,460 --> 00:04:49,780 It's kind of this is one of those things kind of hard to watch 67 00:04:49,780 --> 00:04:54,020 Just you know you got Bart on his on a skateboard and 68 00:04:55,060 --> 00:04:57,060 Maggie and and 69 00:04:57,060 --> 00:04:59,820 Marge at the store, and then they're driving home and the 70 00:05:00,420 --> 00:05:05,420 The horn on their on their car is kind of goofy sounding, but it changes eventually 71 00:05:06,540 --> 00:05:10,980 Lisa is very clearly holding a guitar case 72 00:05:11,860 --> 00:05:15,340 And there's more of her in this opening sequence 73 00:05:15,340 --> 00:05:19,340 And that gets cut back a little bit and eventually she's holding a saxophone 74 00:05:19,340 --> 00:05:22,140 Which is great because that's what she plays 75 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:25,100 And then we get to the couch gag so 76 00:05:26,220 --> 00:05:28,700 the first couch gag is 77 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:36,340 The family sits and Bart is squeezed off the couch up into the air and out of frame and 78 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:37,860 then 79 00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:40,340 When the shot goes to the TV 80 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:45,340 He falls down to the floor again so 81 00:05:46,020 --> 00:05:49,060 Which brings us to some obscure references or fun facts 82 00:05:49,060 --> 00:05:55,260 This is the only time that the couch gag visually continues into the closing shot of the TV 83 00:05:55,260 --> 00:05:58,660 it's the only time that ever happens in the show and 84 00:05:59,260 --> 00:06:01,260 this couch gag 85 00:06:01,660 --> 00:06:05,020 Was reused in the telltale head 86 00:06:05,020 --> 00:06:09,340 so we'll come upon that again, I wonder 87 00:06:09,340 --> 00:06:15,180 It's the only time it's ever used so I wonder if in the telltale head Bart still falls through 88 00:06:16,060 --> 00:06:22,220 The TV scene don't skip ahead. We'll get there. It's not far away, so 89 00:06:23,260 --> 00:06:27,020 That'll be fun to come back to you. I'll remember will you remember I won't remember 90 00:06:27,020 --> 00:06:34,060 I don't know who I thought I was kidding. I might remember. I'm gonna write it down all right, so the original air date was 91 00:06:34,780 --> 00:06:38,940 The the January 14th 1990 so like we said last week 92 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:44,220 the the first episode was the only one to to air in 1989 and 93 00:06:45,260 --> 00:06:48,620 The rest were all after the 90s and through the 90s 94 00:06:49,340 --> 00:06:51,340 So it's not far away, so 95 00:06:51,340 --> 00:06:57,180 1989 and the rest were all after the 90s and through the 90s 96 00:06:58,780 --> 00:07:00,780 so 97 00:07:01,940 --> 00:07:09,580 Bart the genius this episode is the episode that truly establishes Bart as a breakout character 98 00:07:10,020 --> 00:07:13,660 And and we'll talk about how that's more significant 99 00:07:14,380 --> 00:07:19,740 Especially in this opening sequence so the first sequence is is the family sitting down to play Scrabble 100 00:07:19,740 --> 00:07:21,740 And there's some fun jokes in there 101 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:28,460 You know the their dictionaries holding up one of the legs of their couch, which I thought was funny and 102 00:07:29,820 --> 00:07:32,300 so they're like they looked up a word and 103 00:07:33,340 --> 00:07:36,700 Okay, so Bart cheats and he invents a word 104 00:07:37,660 --> 00:07:40,700 And many of you know it that word is Quidgey bow 105 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:45,980 And it has become in in Simpsons canon a fan favorite 106 00:07:45,980 --> 00:07:49,420 Every true fan knows Quidgey bow and they know what it is 107 00:07:50,140 --> 00:07:55,980 and so Homer confronts him and says you know we're not leaving until you tell me what it is and 108 00:07:57,020 --> 00:08:02,860 That's when he tells him the definition is a big dumb balding North American ape with no chin and 109 00:08:03,580 --> 00:08:05,100 then 110 00:08:05,100 --> 00:08:07,580 Our March says and short temper 111 00:08:08,300 --> 00:08:10,300 And then they you know 112 00:08:10,620 --> 00:08:12,620 They do their thing so 113 00:08:12,620 --> 00:08:17,420 Quidgey bow a big dumb balding North American ape with no chin has become 114 00:08:18,860 --> 00:08:21,420 One of one of the fans most favorite 115 00:08:22,220 --> 00:08:29,020 Word it's it's on TV show. I mean it's it's on t-shirts. It's on stickers. It's oh we should make stickers 116 00:08:29,740 --> 00:08:35,340 I'm gonna make a Quidgey bow sticker who wants Quidgey bow stickers if you guys want a Quidgey bow sticker 117 00:08:35,740 --> 00:08:38,540 I will put it up on a website and 118 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:41,820 Yeah, you know 119 00:08:41,820 --> 00:08:43,820 Yeah, that'd be awesome 120 00:08:44,860 --> 00:08:46,940 Hey anyway, uh enough sidetrack 121 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:50,060 then in school trouble 122 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:57,920 During the next scene they're in school and and Bart has some trouble because uh, he's vandalizing 123 00:08:59,580 --> 00:09:00,860 Beautifully 124 00:09:00,860 --> 00:09:03,580 He does a great job with a spray spray cam, but 125 00:09:04,460 --> 00:09:06,460 Martin Prince tattles on him 126 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:09,580 freaking martin prince 127 00:09:09,580 --> 00:09:12,940 he uh, he plays quite a prominent role here in the early few episodes, but 128 00:09:13,660 --> 00:09:20,620 Uh our seasons rather but so yeah, he tattles on Bart and then Bart said to see principal skinner after school 129 00:09:21,660 --> 00:09:23,660 well 130 00:09:23,660 --> 00:09:25,660 During the test that they had to take 131 00:09:26,460 --> 00:09:28,060 um 132 00:09:28,060 --> 00:09:31,820 They it's an aptitude test and um 133 00:09:33,260 --> 00:09:35,260 Bart has his daydream 134 00:09:35,340 --> 00:09:37,980 about switching tests with martin 135 00:09:37,980 --> 00:09:41,500 and martin finishes crazy early and goes out and 136 00:09:42,220 --> 00:09:47,900 sits and reads by a tree and and very out of character for who we know now is martin prince 137 00:09:48,220 --> 00:09:50,220 He's making faces at Bart 138 00:09:52,140 --> 00:09:54,140 Which is funny 139 00:09:54,220 --> 00:09:55,580 but 140 00:09:55,580 --> 00:09:58,460 Forgive me. I know a lot of times we're going through this and i'll 141 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:04,540 Explain something to happen and i'll end it with that that was funny or which was funny. Just forgive me 142 00:10:04,860 --> 00:10:06,860 Okay, I get it. I know 143 00:10:06,860 --> 00:10:11,180 I I think almost everything in the sense is funny. You're going to be fine 144 00:10:11,820 --> 00:10:13,340 Just get past it 145 00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:15,340 And uh, you'll be okay. All right 146 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:18,860 So Bart 147 00:10:18,860 --> 00:10:25,100 Erases his name puts martin's name on his paper and vice versa turns it in and we're done 148 00:10:26,060 --> 00:10:29,100 Well, then the next scene it goes to dr. Pryor 149 00:10:29,660 --> 00:10:31,660 who's the school psychologist 150 00:10:31,660 --> 00:10:33,100 and 151 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:38,540 What school has a has a psychologist and then I my school's growing up never had psychologists 152 00:10:39,660 --> 00:10:41,660 Maybe they did 153 00:10:41,740 --> 00:10:45,260 But I was never bright enough or troubled enough 154 00:10:46,620 --> 00:10:48,620 To need to meet them 155 00:10:52,780 --> 00:10:54,780 Interesting 156 00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:58,540 All right, so he declares Bart a genius 157 00:10:58,540 --> 00:11:03,660 And he says he's going to do a test based on the switched test results 158 00:11:03,660 --> 00:11:06,700 And this is where he says what Bart's IQ is 159 00:11:07,660 --> 00:11:13,020 This is the the trivia that I asked earlier because of course we know it's not Bart's IQ. It's 160 00:11:13,580 --> 00:11:15,180 Martin's 161 00:11:15,180 --> 00:11:17,180 And i'm not going to tell you what the IQ is 162 00:11:18,060 --> 00:11:20,700 Because I tell you at the end so just relax 163 00:11:21,900 --> 00:11:25,100 Or you can pause this and just go watch the episode like I freaking asked you to 164 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:29,420 So this is where Bart's character really starts to develop 165 00:11:30,140 --> 00:11:32,700 Uh in a very deep way and we see 166 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:36,940 It getting closer to to who we know now is Bart 167 00:11:37,420 --> 00:11:41,820 Very different from the first episode in a lot of ways, but now we we see 168 00:11:42,220 --> 00:11:47,500 Bart solidify the personality traits of him being mischievous and rebellious 169 00:11:49,260 --> 00:11:50,860 But he also 170 00:11:50,860 --> 00:11:51,980 exhibits 171 00:11:51,980 --> 00:11:58,620 Some vulnerability and and a yearning for connection which we'll see because in the next scene 172 00:11:59,340 --> 00:12:00,700 um 173 00:12:00,700 --> 00:12:04,940 They uh, you know, the psychologist brings Bart in and has a talk with him 174 00:12:05,740 --> 00:12:07,740 And they uh, they decide 175 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:11,900 To uh to transfer but no, i'm sorry. He talks to principal skinner 176 00:12:12,540 --> 00:12:15,420 And they decide to uh to transfer Bart 177 00:12:16,140 --> 00:12:17,260 to 178 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:19,260 Uh a school for the gifted 179 00:12:19,260 --> 00:12:21,260 Uh, okay 180 00:12:22,060 --> 00:12:25,340 I don't like to do a lot of editing because I prefer 181 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:29,980 I prefer this to be very organic. So i'm gonna make mistakes 182 00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:35,420 And it's seriously not because i'm lazy. It's because I want you to know me for who I am for real 183 00:12:35,900 --> 00:12:41,420 And i'm doing this for fun. So i'm not trying to appease people to make it sound better 184 00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:47,580 I made a mistake. So it's it's it's I was while I was correct on both accounts actually 185 00:12:47,580 --> 00:12:48,780 So there 186 00:12:48,780 --> 00:12:51,660 Uh, everybody's in principal skinner's office 187 00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:54,380 uh and 188 00:12:54,380 --> 00:12:59,340 I didn't get that wrong. I said it was prior's office. So there is a principal's office barton's family 189 00:12:59,900 --> 00:13:01,100 and 190 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:01,740 um 191 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:02,780 then 192 00:13:02,780 --> 00:13:06,860 Mr. Pryor comes in to share the wonderful news. Sorry 193 00:13:08,620 --> 00:13:09,980 Okay 194 00:13:09,980 --> 00:13:11,980 moving on 195 00:13:12,220 --> 00:13:14,620 He gets transferred to a school for gifted children 196 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:19,740 And he struggles a lot to fit in and understand the advanced material 197 00:13:20,620 --> 00:13:22,620 And there's some good jokes in there 198 00:13:22,780 --> 00:13:23,740 but 199 00:13:23,740 --> 00:13:27,980 A really obscure joke that I think a lot of people don't really grasp 200 00:13:28,780 --> 00:13:30,780 Is the satire 201 00:13:31,660 --> 00:13:38,220 Of of both traditional education systems and the pressure placed on gifted children 202 00:13:39,580 --> 00:13:43,180 And and I did I mean I didn't realize that in the beginning 203 00:13:43,180 --> 00:13:45,180 Do I mean I didn't realize that in? 204 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:52,940 1990 but now that i'm much older and i've seen this episode several times I get it now, especially growing up 205 00:13:53,740 --> 00:13:59,260 In that environment not the gifted children when I didn't ever go there. I was I was almost in the other 206 00:14:00,220 --> 00:14:02,060 classes but 207 00:14:02,060 --> 00:14:08,860 The the satire is not lost on me and it just shows again how clever these writers really were which I 208 00:14:08,860 --> 00:14:12,320 Absolutely adore very very funny stuff 209 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,840 So now Bart's isolated from 210 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,160 his 211 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,160 potential friends at the new school 212 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,040 um because he's dumb and then 213 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:30,560 He uh, he attempts to rekindle or to connect again with his his older friends 214 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:35,120 And uh, and they turn on them. They reject him because they think he's a nerd 215 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:37,840 and uh, and that's um 216 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,720 More millhouse is shown but with black hair 217 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:43,760 And I think a different voice 218 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:45,840 No, I can't remember 219 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:47,840 You tell me 220 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,520 But i'm gonna look it up as soon as we're done because I I won't sleep tonight 221 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,240 So he's got no friends and that sucks 222 00:14:55,280 --> 00:15:00,720 Uh, but to make it better we get to the next scene and marge is so excited about 223 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:07,120 Um bart's genius level academics that um 224 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:11,760 She gets them tickets to an opera 225 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,200 um 226 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:14,400 which is 227 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:16,720 It's funny in a lot of ways, but it also makes me wonder 228 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:21,680 I mean with without destitute the simpsons are always made out to be you wonder sometimes 229 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,120 You know how they how they afford? 230 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,320 box seats 231 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:33,760 At the opera, is that what it's called box seats? No at the balcony. Yeah balcony seats 232 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,880 Is it the mezzanine no mezzanine it's balcony pretty sure 233 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:44,240 You can tell I never went to the opera or any place classy enough to have a balcony 234 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,400 Anyway 235 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:55,280 Uh bart and homer are incredibly bored and eventually they just start making fart jokes and uh 236 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:59,040 Uh martin's family looks up at him, which is ironic 237 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,160 And because you know martin's the genius 238 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,200 That wasn't lost on me 239 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:07,680 and martin's dad 240 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:09,920 says something 241 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,920 really rude and snobby 242 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:14,880 but true because 243 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,600 Because they're dumb and uh and being obnoxious at a very upscale event 244 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:25,440 So the next scene we get to we get back to bart's school and he's very confidently mixing 245 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,320 Some chemicals and some some test tubes 246 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:30,960 test tubes 247 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Uh beakers 248 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:35,600 Yeah 249 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,920 And his teacher who who by the way is the it's the same voice 250 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:41,680 um 251 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:45,120 As edna krabappel and this is the first episode where we get to hear 252 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:52,480 both edna krabappel and this other uh this other person miss melon who is uh, they're they're both voiced by 253 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:54,640 marsha wallace 254 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,640 So that's fun 255 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:02,080 Uh, and of course she becomes long-term character. Mr. Krabappel. She's in like almost every episode 256 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:09,760 And uh, miss melon I don't think is ever in another episode but same voice same person early on they they really didn't try to 257 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,320 Change their voice a whole lot 258 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,360 You know like last episode lisa did 259 00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:21,040 You know yardley smith she did voices of like two or three other characters 260 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:23,040 um 261 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,560 Which was funny 262 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:30,160 But then we we end up getting somebody like hank azaria who does dozens of voices and they're all completely different 263 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,360 Sometimes you can't even tell you know, he's doing the same one 264 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,920 Whereas you get somebody like 265 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:40,240 Dan castellaneta who does homer simpson's voice 266 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,240 and there are times when 267 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,480 when he's doing willy 268 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:53,600 And because he's yelling just just the right pitch you can tell that's okay. Totally that's homer, right? 269 00:17:54,960 --> 00:18:01,440 But in this episode and in this in this particular instance, there's like very little change to the voice. So I you know 270 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,760 Obviously the writing in that direction evolved and got much better 271 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,080 As uh as the time went on which is great 272 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,840 because it I mean it just seemed kind of lazy, but 273 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,720 That's right. We know it gets better 274 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:19,280 So that's that's the the great thing we can look back and remember 275 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,680 It did get better 276 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:28,080 So he's uh, he's mixing these two chemicals and and miss melon says well, you know what happens when you mix 277 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,720 These uh this and this 278 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,360 And he's still confident 279 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:39,760 Pours it anyway, and then kaboom really fun looking explosion funny classic sound of an explosion 280 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:46,160 And then you know, it's seen from outside the school then it cuts back in the class and there everybody's covered in 281 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,320 in green dew 282 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,200 So 283 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,320 He's got he causes an explosion during a chemistry 284 00:18:52,860 --> 00:18:54,320 experiment 285 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,200 And then he's uh, he's brought back to 286 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,160 Mr. Pryor's office 287 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,920 and um, they they start to talking 288 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,120 and 289 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,120 This guy's really gullible mr. Pryor 290 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:17,520 Or or just incredibly trusting and somebody or in in those, you know those those tests 291 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,120 those standardized testing, you know the the 292 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,920 Aptitude tests with the scantron machines just so convinced 293 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,440 That the machine nailed it that he doesn't question bart 294 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,920 So anyway bart starts to put together a 295 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:39,680 Proposal that he convinced he was going to do and eventually just decides he's going to confess 296 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:44,480 Very different from the bart we we end up knowing so 297 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:49,680 You know, there's a lot more of this to kind of sensitive vulnerable bart at the very beginning of the episode 298 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,240 and or of the 299 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,520 The series and he okay, so he confesses by 300 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,760 Riding it out and he has an internal monologue the whole time 301 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:05,520 And then mr. Pryor comes back. He reads it and he's no I see so 302 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:11,200 Everything starts to go back to normal and then it shows bart at home 303 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:13,920 him 304 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,920 I don't think people realize 305 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,400 This this was the kind of humor we had 306 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:23,120 in the 90s, okay, Bart's dad his father homer 307 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,440 Says let's go. Let's go wash you off with some turpentine 308 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,120 I mean, I don't know how many times a 309 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,200 I don't imagine that a show would get away with it now 310 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,800 But then we got shows like Family Guy and they seem to get away with everything 311 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:44,640 Despite being canceled twice by the geniuses of bart 312 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,640 so maybe i'm being a little pedantic but 313 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,280 It seemed 314 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,680 It seems now as an adult that that's 315 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,640 I why didn't I understand that joke? So turpentine is very dangerous 316 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:04,160 You know, like you're not going to fry off your skin unless you've got like a severe allergy to the ingredients, but 317 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,840 Turpentine poisoning is a very real thing and you can get it from inhaling the fuel 318 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:15,440 turpentine poisoning is a very real thing and you can get it from inhaling the fumes or 319 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,840 Having contact on your skin and you know it getting into your bloodstream 320 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,520 just but it was 1990 so 321 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:30,640 I just made stupid jokes like that. I loved it. I thought it was hilarious. I 322 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,520 I mean as an adult as a kid, I didn't know what it was. I don't know what turpentine was so 323 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,720 That joke was lost on me as as a youngster 324 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,120 But now as an adult who's clearly been desensitized 325 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,880 I think I think it's funny though 326 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,840 So then that's it with a lot of episodes 327 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,520 They they eventually just get to the end of the episode in this closure 328 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:01,520 Sometimes there's ironic closure or fourth wall breaking closure, but in this case, it was just standard 329 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,920 You know, he returns the springfell elementary things go back to the way they were 330 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,240 he confessed to Homer like I said and they washed it off with turpentine and 331 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:16,480 Originally he or initially he's angry, but eventually calms down. So that's it. That's the episode so 332 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:23,760 Fun fact that the recap and then all my blathering in between and before 333 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,280 Ends up being about the length of one episode. So 334 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:33,280 You're welcome. Now we get to talk about some more fun stuff and then and then discuss what we have 335 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,920 for next week 336 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,360 so 337 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:41,280 The opening sequences, there's a lot to that happens in this 338 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:46,240 So it's like I said, it's the first time the opening sequence was used in its entirety 339 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,960 And it's it's definitely 340 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,040 different 341 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,560 from the 342 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,560 second season opening 343 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,600 Which we'll talk about, you know in a month or two 344 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,360 Because there's they've made a lot of changes at that point 345 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,920 so 346 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:09,600 Now i'm not going to admit that i'm the kind of a nerd that like compares the opening sequence 347 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:15,760 In the first episode that they played in to like the opening sequence nowadays, but 348 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,080 If I was 349 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:21,120 That level of nerd i'd be able to tell you 350 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:24,400 That the school is a very light purple 351 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:27,120 Instead of the orange 352 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,280 Ish color that we know it to be 353 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:35,600 The simpsons logo is in a very dark at least a darker blue sky 354 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,240 with only a few clouds 355 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,040 That are whiter and transparent 356 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:48,720 There's a there's a bald man eating a sandwich with tongs the power plant when you're eating a sandwich 357 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,080 with tongs the power plant when you see homer 358 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,520 The walls of the 359 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,520 grocery store are red 360 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:01,120 Mm-hmm. Yep 361 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:07,360 Um lisa saxophone changes it's it's a lot more higher pitched 362 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,240 uh her solo 363 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:12,640 and 364 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:17,120 I don't know when it happened but and I I hope this isn't a mandela effect 365 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:20,960 I do my work my research. I like i've practiced again and i've just recently 366 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,360 Watched the first three seasons, but at some point I swear to you 367 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:31,920 That part of the sequence starts to get adjustments too like the songs that she plays. That's not a mandela effect 368 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,640 I'm not crazy that song changes and we're gonna find out when it happens 369 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,080 And uh, and that'll be fun. But so there's lots of little easter eggs and things like that 370 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,000 um 371 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,280 Yeah 372 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,760 I'm such a nerd, but that's why i'm doing this 373 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,640 I mean, i'm a nerd. I love the simpsons and that's exactly why 374 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:58,800 I decided to do this podcast and if you're listening, I'd like to think you're kind of a nerd, too 375 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,240 so 376 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:07,840 That's you know the opening sequence. There's probably other changes to or other differences that you may have noticed that I didn't 377 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:09,600 um 378 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,920 there's uh, there's some other things that you want to 379 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,640 We probably want to dive into like 380 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,520 the family dynamics 381 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,000 um, we really do start to see 382 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:26,640 Especially the the difference between the the relationship between bart and homer from episode one to episode two 383 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,040 like there's a little bit of it when 384 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:36,480 When bart pulls off homer's mask when he's the santa, but then they go and have a little heart to heart in santa's little workshop 385 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,040 um, but now 386 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,200 We've got more 387 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,200 moments of conflict 388 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:44,080 um 389 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,040 That become a lot more common, but but also some tenderness 390 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,600 There's uh, there's a lot of that that we'll 391 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,480 That we'll see more and more 392 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:58,160 And it it becomes I mean it becomes what we know it's it evolves into the relationship that we know 393 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,920 Between bart and homer right now and it's awesome 394 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,020 You know, that's that's what made them the simpsons 395 00:26:06,020 --> 00:26:13,140 Uh in a lot of ways is the relationship between bart and homer. Um, the why you little is 396 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:17,940 Known in I don't know how many countries but people all over the world know it 397 00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:21,380 Uh the you also 398 00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:24,180 Kind of see a difference in humor 399 00:26:24,980 --> 00:26:27,540 that's used in in the episode and it's 400 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:33,940 There's lots of different humor that they use and it's not just like slapstick humor 401 00:26:33,940 --> 00:26:35,940 Which i've always thought was funny 402 00:26:36,340 --> 00:26:40,260 But it's also the satire which as a child I didn't really get 403 00:26:41,140 --> 00:26:43,140 I got the easy ones 404 00:26:43,140 --> 00:26:46,100 But the obscure satire I didn't understand 405 00:26:46,660 --> 00:26:49,940 And I love that because I feel like they they're writing it for 406 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:52,900 For us in the 90s 407 00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:54,980 but 408 00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:59,380 For us to rediscover 30 years 30 years later, right? 409 00:26:59,380 --> 00:27:03,860 Uh, they that's not why they were writing it, but that's what I tell myself because it's it's funny 410 00:27:04,660 --> 00:27:08,580 Um, so there are a lot of recurring elements that become staples of the show 411 00:27:09,460 --> 00:27:12,660 Like the chalkboard gags the couch gags 412 00:27:13,140 --> 00:27:17,300 And uh, and we hear in this episode the the catchphrase eat my shorts 413 00:27:18,100 --> 00:27:20,100 Um that becomes 414 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:22,100 a staple of the show 415 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:27,860 Um, i'm pretty sure dough had already started in last week's episode 416 00:27:27,860 --> 00:27:32,580 And that's probably it's it's uh be interesting to know how many episodes it's in but 417 00:27:33,140 --> 00:27:38,340 Um, that's pretty common too. So we'll go over the staples as well because uh, because those are fun 418 00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:41,300 um one other thing 419 00:27:41,380 --> 00:27:45,620 Um that they want to tell you about is I don't know if you've seen this but 420 00:27:46,020 --> 00:27:50,580 There was a tv or a movie at the time that was called national lampoon animal house 421 00:27:51,140 --> 00:27:53,140 Which was a great movie and 422 00:27:53,140 --> 00:27:58,740 When bart cheats on the iq test, you'll notice some similarities, but that's because 423 00:27:59,220 --> 00:28:05,220 That scene was inspired by a similar scene from the film national lampoon animal house. So 424 00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:08,980 If you've seen that hopefully you're going, oh, yeah 425 00:28:09,620 --> 00:28:11,620 if not then 426 00:28:11,620 --> 00:28:14,180 We can go watch it. It's a funny movie. So 427 00:28:15,700 --> 00:28:18,100 Yeah, did you notice any changes 428 00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:22,900 Uh or improvements to the animation style? I did 429 00:28:23,460 --> 00:28:26,500 and uh and more notably I I noticed 430 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:28,180 how 431 00:28:28,180 --> 00:28:33,780 More how much more advancements there were even from episode to episode and from season to season 432 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:38,580 So again, there's a lot leading up to season three when I think everything really starts to 433 00:28:39,220 --> 00:28:40,500 kick in but 434 00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:44,100 There's just so many things that we see in these first two seasons that that 435 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:50,260 Are you know, they end up really evolving and it's fun to go back as much as I want it did not want to do it 436 00:28:50,980 --> 00:28:52,980 I'm glad I did because 437 00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:55,300 You know, it was it was fun 438 00:28:57,220 --> 00:29:01,460 Can you relate to bart's struggle in school 439 00:29:02,420 --> 00:29:04,900 How do you relate to it in in terms of? 440 00:29:05,380 --> 00:29:10,500 Like his desire to to be seen as intelligent. Is that something you struggled with? 441 00:29:10,500 --> 00:29:14,980 To uh to be seen as intelligent. Is that something you struggled with as a as a kid? 442 00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:20,980 Um, i'm assuming i'm talking to people my age other gen xers, but hey if you're not 443 00:29:21,700 --> 00:29:27,460 If you're a different generation then uh, you know put yourself in that in that scene if you're currently at school same question 444 00:29:28,260 --> 00:29:30,260 Do you relate to that? 445 00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:33,060 I would love for you to share your favorite quotes 446 00:29:33,780 --> 00:29:36,900 Or or moments from the episode. I'd love to hear that 447 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:39,140 I'll keep them 448 00:29:39,140 --> 00:29:46,340 um, and of course i'll start to create some some social media where I can share those and we'll just have this uh, 449 00:29:46,740 --> 00:29:51,780 database of of all the things that the question the comments that you guys share because 450 00:29:52,580 --> 00:29:56,500 That's what this is all about just getting together and talking about 451 00:29:57,220 --> 00:30:00,660 A really funny stupid show from 30 years ago 452 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:03,300 to change our lives 453 00:30:03,380 --> 00:30:05,380 so 454 00:30:05,940 --> 00:30:07,940 How do you think 455 00:30:07,940 --> 00:30:10,340 You did with the trivia questions 456 00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:13,460 Did you three out of three two out of three? 457 00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:16,180 Two out of four is bad at math 458 00:30:16,740 --> 00:30:18,740 Let's go through it and we'll see okay 459 00:30:18,980 --> 00:30:24,580 So the two pictures on the walls of dr. Pryor's office one is of albert einstein. The other is bart simpson 460 00:30:26,580 --> 00:30:32,020 You tell me why i'd love to know why bart is on the wall so 461 00:30:34,020 --> 00:30:36,580 Yeah, you tell me why because that's weird right 462 00:30:36,580 --> 00:30:37,620 why 463 00:30:37,620 --> 00:30:41,140 number two according to homer simpson who invented the light bulb 464 00:30:41,860 --> 00:30:43,860 albert einstein 465 00:30:44,660 --> 00:30:46,820 And finally what is martin's iq? 466 00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:50,100 216 467 00:30:51,620 --> 00:30:56,340 216 i'm pretty sure that's that's uh, that's pretty good 468 00:30:57,620 --> 00:30:59,620 no genius, but um 469 00:30:59,620 --> 00:31:06,660 Pretty sure that's good. Thanks so much for tuning in. I really appreciate you wasting, you know 35 minutes of your time 470 00:31:07,460 --> 00:31:12,420 Uh, hopefully of your downtime and uh and listening to me rant about this amazing show 471 00:31:12,900 --> 00:31:15,460 I hope you'll tune in next week 472 00:31:16,260 --> 00:31:20,820 when we talk about uh, episode three of season one homer's odyssey 473 00:31:21,620 --> 00:31:23,140 and um 474 00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:26,900 Like I said before I i'm gonna share my email this time 475 00:31:26,900 --> 00:31:30,180 But the next time we come back i'll uh, i'll have some twitter 476 00:31:31,220 --> 00:31:35,780 uh, or a twitter account for you and you can tweet at me or 477 00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:37,780 um 478 00:31:37,780 --> 00:31:40,420 And we'll see how far how far we go so 479 00:31:41,860 --> 00:31:45,860 Thanks very much. I will leave you with this. I'm gonna play a scene from 480 00:31:46,420 --> 00:31:48,900 The the episode this is the kwiji bow scene 481 00:31:50,020 --> 00:31:52,020 So here we go. Let's watch it together 482 00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:54,660 my turn 483 00:31:54,660 --> 00:31:57,060 my turn kwiji bow 484 00:32:01,140 --> 00:32:07,300 22 points plus triple word score plus 50 points using all my letters games over i'm out of here 485 00:32:07,380 --> 00:32:12,340 Wait a minute you little cheater. You're not going anywhere until you tell me what a kwiji bow is 486 00:32:12,980 --> 00:32:14,340 kwiji bow 487 00:32:14,340 --> 00:32:15,380 uh 488 00:32:15,380 --> 00:32:25,380 a big dumb balding north american ape with no chin and a short temper i'll show you a big dumb balding ape 489 00:32:25,380 --> 00:32:43,060 I love this show. All right, that's all everybody. Thanks again, and I will talk to you next week