1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 What? Yes, mister! Woohoo! 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Da da da da da da da da da da! 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 What. Is. Up. Everybody. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Thanks for listening. Welcome back to the Mmm Donuts podcast. 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:28,000 This is the third installment of the Three House of Horror that I promised I would drop all on the same day. 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,000 First three. You're welcome. This has been a fun day for me. 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:38,000 I have watched a lot of The Simpsons today and I regret nothing. 8 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,000 So let's get right into it. 9 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Thanks again for being here. I really appreciate you listening to my podcast wherever it is that you're listening. 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:54,000 It shows most of my listeners are on Samsung podcasts. 11 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Like 50 percent, 49 or 50 percent. So super cool. Thank you very much. 12 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:10,000 The next biggest is Apple podcasts, but Samsung, you're beating Apple by like double. So well done. 13 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,000 So like I said, this is The Simpsons Three House of Horror 3. 14 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:21,000 This is season four, episode five, and it aired October 29th, 1992. 15 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:28,000 There are no guest stars and I have something new in best jokes. 16 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:38,000 Now, I knew this would happen. I'd seen it ahead of time because I started when I when I started creating this podcast, 17 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,000 I I started watching The Simpsons from the very beginning. 18 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:49,000 And I'm in season nine right now. OK, I watch, you know, several a day. 19 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:57,000 And then, of course, I watch the episode that I'm doing the podcast for, like right before I finished the outline. 20 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:05,000 OK, so but anyway, as I got into season four, like I've told you many times, 21 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,000 I feel about how like season three is really where they hit their stride. 22 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:18,000 But in season four through six, they get there are so many jokes that I seriously, 23 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,000 I seriously I cannot decide which one is my favorite, which one is the best. 24 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:27,000 So I will devote a little extra time to just pointing out all the best jokes. 25 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:37,000 In fact, Bart versus Australia, which is in season six, that may be a three hour episode. 26 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 That is by far my favorite episode of all time. 27 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,000 And it is going to be a lot of fun to dive into that one. 28 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:50,000 It is it is it is fun. So best jokes. OK. 29 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:57,000 First, the the one the very beginning credits, they're doing the gravestones like they do 30 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:03,000 in in the first several seasons of this episode, the treehouse of horror, that is. 31 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:10,000 And the last tombstone, it says American workmanship. 32 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:14,000 You get it because, you know, tombstone means that that thing died. 33 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,000 So American workmanship died. 34 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:22,000 And then it crumbles into pieces and the little tiny bits that that was funny. 35 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Even as a little almost teenager, I thought that was hilarious. 36 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:32,000 And today, I still think that joke holds. It was really done. OK. 37 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,000 The next joke is a bit they've done before in different ways. 38 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,000 But this was so funny. Homer is a gorilla. 39 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:46,000 He's King Homer and he's climbing up a tall building. 40 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:53,000 And it shows that he's really tired and he's out of breath and he's dying and he needs to take a break. 41 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 So he falls backward off off the building. 42 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:02,000 And that's when the camera, so to speak, it's animation pans out. 43 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:07,000 And you can see he was only about three feet off the ground. 44 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,000 So even if you knew it was coming, that's funny. 45 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,000 OK, we are. That's freaking funny. OK. 46 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:21,000 The next one was as Bart starts his story is in this one. 47 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:27,000 The three bits are separated the segments by people telling scary stories. 48 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:34,000 As Bart starts his story, he says, I've got a story so scary you'll wet your pants. 49 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:40,000 And then immediately Grandpa Simpson says, too late. 50 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:49,000 OK. Finally, in this segment that Bart is doing, the zombies are hunting for brains. 51 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:56,000 This is one of the best jokes, the longest living, best jokes of of the entire season. 52 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:05,000 They're hunting for brains and they get to Homer and they grab his noggin and they're like swoosh it around and they tap on it. 53 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:15,000 They're like and they push him away. Brains. 54 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000 So stupid. 55 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Welcome back to another chillingly hilarious episode of my podcast. 56 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:30,000 This week, I delve into the spooky delights of Treehouse of Horror 3. 57 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:36,000 This is a good episode. Fun facts about this episode in it. 58 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Parodies like the last one that we talked about had a lot of parodies of of older horror movies and, you know, in a very satirical way. 59 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Same thing with this one. They they again parody a bit of the Twilight Zone. 60 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,000 They parody Child's Play, if you don't know what that is. 61 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Chuck E. The Doll, those scary movies from the 80s and 90s. 62 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,000 King Kong, like the original black and white one. 63 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:07,000 In fact, the animation in the second segment is black and white. 64 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 I thought it was a nice touch. All right. 65 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:18,000 And like the the first two before it, this episode starts with with a little. 66 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:24,000 The beginning is like there's a red curtain and a character comes on to warn people about the episode. 67 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 The first two years it was Marge's time. 68 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,000 It's Homer and Homer paying homage to Alfred Hitchcock. 69 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:43,000 His silhouette appears in next to Alfred Hitchcock's iconic silhouette from this way back before all your times. 70 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:54,000 The you know, black and white movies like one of the most renowned horror movies, directors of all time, Alfred Hitchcock. 71 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,000 So if you haven't seen any of his work, go see Birds. 72 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Go see Birds like find it somewhere. 73 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Even today, it's it's pretty darn creepy. 74 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 So. All right. 75 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:12,000 So so there we go. We have got a lot of great stuff here. 76 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,000 This is an excellent episode. 77 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,000 I keep saying that, but you're you're hopefully going to agree with me. 78 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Let's do the trivia and then we'll get started with the first segment. 79 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:34,000 So in the first segment, what language is the inscription on the Krusty Doll's box in? 80 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:42,000 What language is the inspect the inscription on Krusty Doll box? OK. 81 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:48,000 All right. Now in the second segment, King Homer, who does Homer eat? 82 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Who does King Homer eat? 83 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,000 I'll give you a clue. There are four possible points because he does. 84 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:01,000 He kills five people, but he eats four of them. 85 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Third, dial Z for zombies is the name of the third segment. 86 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,000 What is the name of the book that Bart uses to raise the dead? 87 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 All right, let's get into it. 88 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 So the first segment, Clown Without Pity. 89 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,000 This is this part's great. 90 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Homer buys a cursed Krusty the Clown doll for Bart because it's his birthday 91 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,000 and he doesn't give him a gift. So he runs out to get it last minute. 92 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,000 And so he goes to the shop called the House of Evil. 93 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,000 And I've told you before, you need to look at signs. 94 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:40,000 There's a funny gag in this sign, the House of Evil, your one stop shop. 95 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,000 You're going to have to watch it to see the rest of that joke. 96 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:48,000 But always look at signs and marquees and stuff like that in the show. 97 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:54,000 The shopkeeper at the House of Evil, in my opinion, 98 00:08:54,000 --> 00:09:02,000 looks eerily similar to David Lopin from Big Trouble, Little China. 99 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Think about it. All right. 100 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Now, if you're a 90s kid, an 80s kid, you know what movie that is. 101 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 It was a massive movie. I loved that movie. 102 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:18,000 I wanted my name to be Jack throughout the entire 80s and 90s, 103 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 and I wanted to drive a truck. 104 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 And it was mostly because of that movie. 105 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,000 One of my favorite movies of all time growing up. 106 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:31,000 I freaking loved Big Trouble in Little China. Loved it. 107 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Kurt Russell was like my hero in that movie. 108 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,000 Anyway, I think he looks just like him. 109 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,000 You tell me what you think. All right. 110 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,000 OK, toys coming to life. 111 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Kind of a common theme in horror at this time, you know, in the 80s or 90s, 112 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,000 I guess this is when that came out, 92. 113 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 So I think there's a parody of it. 114 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,000 There's satire of it, you know, making fun of Chucky. 115 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 And rightly so. 116 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:06,000 I don't think Chucky has held up through the years. 117 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,000 But to be fair, I was never really into it. 118 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,000 So some of you who really loved Chucky growing up, you may totally disagree. 119 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 And that's totally fine. 120 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:20,000 My advice to you is to start a podcast and tell people about it. 121 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Because I don't care. 122 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 But that's just me. 123 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:36,000 But the fear of toys coming to life is really what is moving this in keeping it in motion 124 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:46,000 and moving it forward, because it's almost like a just like a built in fear that we would have. 125 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,000 And we didn't know that until the Chucky movie started coming out. 126 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,000 And then, you know, it makes sense. 127 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,000 And then, of course, much later on, we get movies like Annabelle. 128 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:05,000 It's same thing, but much better graphics, a lot more technology has passed in the 20, 30 year time gap. 129 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,000 And, geez, the stories got dark. 130 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:18,000 But anyway, the satire that I think is the funniest is our consumerism. 131 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:27,000 I believe that the writers were intentionally satirizing the consumerism of our day and the dangers of cheap products. 132 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 I really do. And it makes sense. 133 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,000 It was funny. 134 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:39,000 And it I mean, that was the best time as far as toys were concerned, 135 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:51,000 because they really had started to jump in these big toy companies and started to jump on the bandwagon of making really crappy toys, mass producing them and selling them cheap. 136 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:56,000 And so we got the really good toys right before that. 137 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Like I had I had GI Joe's that you couldn't destroy if you tried. 138 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Like they were they were indestructible. 139 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:14,000 But the problem with that is that they wouldn't they wouldn't be destroyed, thus causing the parents to need to go and buy new ones. 140 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:18,000 So that didn't sit well with with big toy companies. 141 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 But it was great for us. 142 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 It was an awesome toy. 143 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Another fun joke that I think some people miss. 144 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,000 I missed it as a kid. 145 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000 I just chalked it up to Homer being dumb. 146 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:37,000 But the humor that's derived from Homer's obliviousness to the dolls evil intentions. 147 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,000 I mean, it's only for like a minute, but it's funny. 148 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:48,000 You know, he's he doesn't get it, even though the dolls calling him by name and he's obviously talking to him. 149 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,000 I thought that was a pretty clever little gag. 150 00:12:52,000 --> 00:13:06,000 The the dark side of this kind of horror genre, it connected clowns with the killer toys, which I thought was great. 151 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:13,000 And it really feeds on kind of two genres of fears. 152 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:20,000 It was which was, I think, intentional and funny and not maybe not making fun of people that have those fears, 153 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:30,000 but maybe making fun of the movies that were created to play off of those fears, you know, like the crazy clowns from outer space. 154 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 I cannot remember the actual name of that movie. 155 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:41,000 I'm in a group of old guys like myself where once a month we all get together and watch old crappy movies and just make fun of them. 156 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,000 And that was that was the last film that I went to. 157 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,000 I missed a few months, but that one was awful. 158 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,000 That movie sucked. 159 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:58,000 There's a reason that the Simpsons are making fun of old movies like that. 160 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 OK, let's talk about King Homer. 161 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:08,000 So in this segment, it's it's black and white, which is really to play off of. 162 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:21,000 I mean, it's it's pretty specific. The old King Kong movie where, you know, this rich dude who wants to find a new way to entertain the world comes to this island in search of the ape. 163 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:26,000 And he brings a pretty woman as bait like that was intentional all the time. 164 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:32,000 And there's some really funny jokes about that. 165 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:39,000 You know, the local people saying we let's sacrifice the blue haired lady and Burns has an excellent line for that. 166 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:44,000 But, you know, I'm not going to just tell the whole episode. You've got to watch it, too. 167 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Hopefully you've done your homework. You've had plenty of warning at least two hours. 168 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:55,000 These episodes came out at nine, 10 and 11 a.m. So like, come on, mountain time. 169 00:14:55,000 --> 00:15:02,000 So if you're in a different time zone, then I don't want to tell you. Sorry. 170 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:10,000 All right. Here's what's funny about Homer being portrayed as a primitive, love stuck creature. 171 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:16,000 OK. How far off is it really from who he is? 172 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:23,000 I mean, he's a big dumb ape and he's really slow of speech. 173 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:28,000 He's he's overweight and, you know, it's hard for him to move around. 174 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Like this was perfect. 175 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,000 He did an excellent job with his portrayal. 176 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:40,000 What do you think about that? How do you feel about the portrayal? 177 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,000 Do you think do you think it did a good job? 178 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Do you think it makes fun of the King Kong movie from the 30s, 40s? 179 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,000 I don't remember when it came out. I don't know when it came out. I wasn't around. 180 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:03,000 Do you think it's making fun of it or do you think it's paying homage to it? 181 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:07,000 You know, the whole beauty and the beast vibe that it had. 182 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:11,000 So I'd love to know your opinion. 183 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Now, here's the last bit of satire for this segment that I loved is the the the portrayal of 184 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:28,000 exotic entertainment and exotic locations was, you know, 185 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Hollywood's portrayal of these things is just it's so over the top. 186 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:43,000 And the Simpsons are making the show writers are making fun of it because of how over the top it was. 187 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Yeah, it may have been, you know, 20, 30 years later after the fact that they did it. 188 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,000 And they, you know, the technology wasn't quite there. 189 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:59,000 But still, you'd think somebody in the room when when these old crappy movies were being made, 190 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,000 would have said, this isn't a good idea, guys. 191 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:10,000 But either there wasn't anybody in the room to say that or they just didn't listen. 192 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:17,000 So, OK, the next segment is great. 193 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:23,000 It's this is where, you know, the in between they're showing they're having a Halloween party at the Simpsons house. 194 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,000 And, you know, each person's taking turns telling a story. 195 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:35,000 This is when Bart says that really funny line about I've got a story so scary you'll wet your pants. 196 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,000 So he starts his story, dials the for zombies. 197 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,000 So Bart is in a library. 198 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 Yes, I said library. 199 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:48,000 And if you like the Simpsons, then you know why I said library. 200 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:56,000 He's in the school library and there's there's a restricted area restricted area or like an evil area. 201 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,000 You're going to have to look at it and see what it's actually called. 202 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:02,000 I saw it 20 minutes ago and I already forgot. 203 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:09,000 So the point is that it's restricted and evil and also funny. 204 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,000 So he finds this book. 205 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,000 I'm not going to tell you the name of the book because that's a trivia question. 206 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 So I'll tell you in a minute. 207 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:25,000 And in an effort to resurrect the family cat Snowball one, he uses that spell book that he found at the school library. 208 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:31,000 But he accidentally brings back a horde of zombies instead. 209 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 So it's super awkward. 210 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:39,000 And this is when we could sit and analyze the classic zombie trope. 211 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:45,000 I use that word during the last Three House of Horror episode I did. 212 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:54,000 But this the trope, the overuse of, you know, like beating a dead horse and the whole gag. 213 00:18:54,000 --> 00:19:03,000 The humor that's derived from that, just a classic zombie thing is I mean, what do you think their intentions were? 214 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 I think it landed beautifully. 215 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000 I thought this was a hilarious episode. 216 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:11,000 This segment was one of my favorites growing up. 217 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,000 I still think it's funny today because, you know, like I said, you know how I feel about this. 218 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,000 We're in season four. 219 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:26,000 So for the most part, these characters that we know now are who we've known since around this time, you know, season three, season four. 220 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:35,000 So I mean, like the animation still pretty well the same, you know, I think it holds up beautifully now. 221 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,000 It's they don't really age. 222 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,000 That's one of the beauties of the show. 223 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:46,000 So I don't know what we're going to do if a prominent character dies, you know, voice actor. 224 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Not that like Marshall Wallace wasn't prominent RIP. 225 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,000 But I mean, you know, you know, I'm not even going to say it. 226 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 I don't want to jinx him. 227 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 I just don't know what we're going to do. 228 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,000 It's going to be a hard day. 229 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,000 That's for sure. 230 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:17,000 What about the the cliches, the horror movie cliches that they that they get into with their their satirical segments that they do and the characters reactions to the apocalypse? 231 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:26,000 And just like you ever watch these like this episode in particular and think, why is that their concern? 232 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Right. And that's the joke. 233 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:32,000 That's the gag instead of, you know, the bigger picture. 234 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 And that's it's to be funny on purpose. 235 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:48,000 But it's also poking fun at the movies that Hollywood makes where they they do the same thing, but they do it for, you know, they make them focus on something dumb just to tell a story. 236 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 And it's just it's silly. 237 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 So lots of satire. 238 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Love it. 239 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Lots of visual gags. 240 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Lots of dark humor. 241 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:05,000 And yet they still are able to create a very comedic atmosphere, but also chilling at the same time. 242 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,000 I thought it was good. 243 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:17,000 There's underlying themes of life and death and the consequences of tampering with the supernatural. 244 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:26,000 You know, like Bart with the casting the spell and then they've got to go back and cast a different one to fix it. 245 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:36,000 And lastly, the there's a scene with King and Kodos because what would Treehouse of Horror be without our two favorite aliens showing up? 246 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 And it's brief. 247 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000 But I haven't mentioned this before. 248 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:47,000 Hopefully you recognize it and you know it, but there's this gag a bit where they just laugh for too long. 249 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:53,000 It's like the normal timing for laughter. 250 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000 It's like natural. 251 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 We know that's funny. 252 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,000 And then we stop when it's when we've laughed enough. 253 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Right. 254 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 So they laugh just a little bit longer than that. 255 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000 It's intentional. 256 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:13,000 It's been since their first appearance in the Treehouse of Horror and it happens every time they're in the show. 257 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,000 In case you didn't know that, you are welcome. 258 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,000 All right. 259 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Let's get into those trivia questions. 260 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Shall we? 261 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Do you remember the trivia questions? 262 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:32,000 Question number one in Clown Without Penny, what language is the inscription on the Krusty Doll's box? 263 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,000 All right. 264 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Okay, don't be mad. 265 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Here's the thing. 266 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:46,000 I had just watched about a week ago the first the first collection of old Simpsons clips. 267 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,000 It's coming up soon. 268 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,000 So I'll be reviewing it in the next month or two. 269 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:58,000 But more than once they go to commercial and Troy McClure asks a question and then comes back. 270 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:09,000 And it was like like they ask what to Simpsons character or what what prominent what popular Simpsons characters died in the last season. 271 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:16,000 And it shows a silhouette of Dr. Marvin Monroe and bleeding guns Murphy. 272 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 So it comes back from commercial. 273 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,000 Try to put yourself back in 1990 at the time. 274 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,000 You know, we were all pretty excited. 275 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,000 It was 91, I think, actually. 276 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:35,000 We come back from commercial and it shows if you said Dr. Marvin Monroe and bleeding guns Murphy, you were wrong. 277 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 They were never popular. 278 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,000 And so that's a funny gag. 279 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,000 The funny bit is it's a it's like a red herring. 280 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Well, okay. 281 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 I kind of did the same thing. 282 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 There's no box. 283 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 There's not a there's not a box. 284 00:23:52,000 --> 00:24:02,000 The doll sitting on a shelf and the old guy that looks like low pan just picks it up and hands it to Homer. 285 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 That was mean. 286 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:11,000 But don't worry, because I actually did it twice because when he gets home, it's in a box. 287 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 I'm sorry. 288 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,000 I can't help myself. 289 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:20,000 So the box that when he gives it the bird, it's in a box. 290 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,000 And it just says talking crusty doll and it's in English. 291 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,000 So that was like two or three red herrings. 292 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,000 I was I don't know. 293 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Maybe I had started drinking too much coffee or I I don't know what I was thinking. 294 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:38,000 I thought it was really funny when I was writing all that. 295 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 I'm a dork. 296 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Let's move on. All right. 297 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:46,000 In King Homer, who does King Homer eat? 298 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,000 There are four possible points for this question. 299 00:24:49,000 --> 00:25:00,000 So in order, Homer eats first, Lenny, then Smithers, then Shirley Temple. 300 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:08,000 I mean, they don't actually say this is Shirley Temple, but she's she was an iconic little kid back in that time. 301 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:15,000 She was singing a very popular song of that time as well. 302 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 So, yeah, it's Shirley Temple. 303 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:22,000 And then the last person he eats and that's about the time that he kills another person. 304 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,000 He steps on a photographer, but he just kills him that way. 305 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,000 And then the last person he eats is Marge's father. 306 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,000 And everyone's just like, oh, oh, Homer. 307 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,000 I remember thinking as a kid like that's morbid. 308 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,000 He just killed someone. 309 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Yeah, it was funny. 310 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 You know what? 311 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:48,000 That was another good joke, too, that almost made the best jokes list right around that time. 312 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:55,000 Like Homer's on that platform and he breaks out and goes to run amok before he leaves that building that he was in. 313 00:25:55,000 --> 00:26:03,000 And before he kills the Shirley Temple, he Barney comes up and he says, hey, hey, monkey, you want a peanut? 314 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,000 And Homer grabs the whole bag and eats it. 315 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,000 And he said, I said one. 316 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 And he starts kicking them. 317 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Hey, funny, not quite best joke. 318 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,000 There were so many contenders, though. 319 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,000 OK. 320 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,000 And the last question, how you doing so far? 321 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,000 Do you have five points? 322 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:27,000 You don't, because that first question was mean and you could not have gotten it right. 323 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:32,000 I guess philosophically, if you think maybe you did. 324 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,000 I don't know. 325 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:38,000 In Dial Z for Zombies, what book does Bart use to raise the dead? 326 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:45,000 It is the Book of Magic and Spells from Time Life. 327 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:53,000 Magic is spelled with a CK and spells is spelled S-P-E-L-L-E-S. 328 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,000 Look into that. 329 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000 Look into the meaning of those spellings. 330 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,000 I dare you. 331 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,000 And if you find them, then tweet me because I couldn't I couldn't find them. 332 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:09,000 I think it was like just one of those like ye olde English type deals, but I don't know. 333 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:15,000 Like some references are just a little too obscure. 334 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:19,000 I still they keep me up at night like I want to know why. 335 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000 But I couldn't find anything. 336 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,000 If you find it, let me know. 337 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:34,000 Like I've said before, you can email me at shartanpants at gmail.com. 338 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Or you can get me on Twitter at mdoughnuts742. 339 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:45,000 3 M's D-O-N-U-T-S 742. 340 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:50,000 How do you think this episode did? 341 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,000 How would you rate its effectiveness as a Halloween special? 342 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,000 How did it hold up? 343 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:01,000 Compare it and contrast it to the previous Treehouse of Horror episodes. 344 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:13,000 I, in my opinion, I think that it didn't show as much of a change in evolution of characters and storylines. 345 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:18,000 Because the first Treehouse of Horror, in my opinion, was ahead of its time. 346 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:23,000 And I feel like we got a glimpse of what they could do as a show. 347 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:29,000 And then they kind of really pushed those limits more in season 3 and season 4. 348 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:40,000 So back in season 2 when we got the first Treehouse of Horror, I think they were all pretty well the same in terms of how good they were. 349 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,000 But then an argument can be made as far as the jokes, the writing. 350 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,000 This one was far better. 351 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:52,000 The jokes in this one, as you heard, I can't even pick one of my favorite jokes. 352 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000 There's so many good jokes. 353 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,000 Writing really has hit their stride. 354 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,000 But how do you feel? 355 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:06,000 So like I've asked before, which segment did you find the most creative, the most memorable, your favorite, the funniest? 356 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,000 What was your favorite joke, your favorite line? 357 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,000 What is your all-time favorite Treehouse of Horror? 358 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:19,000 What's your favorite horror movie that has been parodied in The Simpsons? 359 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,000 That's not a question I've asked before. 360 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:27,000 Your favorite horror movie that has been parodied by The Simpsons? 361 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,000 That's a fun question. 362 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:34,000 And I'll answer it for myself when we get to it. 363 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,000 I haven't done it yet. 364 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,000 But I mean, I haven't done The Simpsons have done it. 365 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:45,000 My favorite horror movie, but I haven't done that episode yet. 366 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,000 Does that make sense? 367 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,000 It made sense in my head before I said it. 368 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,000 And then I said it and everything got ruined. 369 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:57,000 But listen, time has come for me to tell you once again how much I love you. 370 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,000 Thanks so much for tuning in. 371 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,000 Thanks for spending a half an hour with me. 372 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:09,000 I am just super grateful that you are downloading these and listening to them and enjoying The Simpsons with me. 373 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:14,000 And let's all continue this tradition. 374 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,000 This was The Treehouse of Horror. 375 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,000 It's Halloween time. 376 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,000 So let's all enjoy it. 377 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,000 Have a good, safe Halloween. 378 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:28,000 Next week we're back to regular episodes in season one. 379 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:33,000 And let me know what you think about these three episodes coming all at once. 380 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,000 Did you like it? 381 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,000 I spent like a half a day almost. 382 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,000 Like just getting all this together and recording it. 383 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,000 So I mean it's worth it to me. 384 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,000 But if nobody else out there cares, then I don't know. 385 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,000 Maybe I won't spend all that time doing it. 386 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,000 So for real, let me know. 387 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,000 Let me know what you think. 388 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:59,000 Do you have an episode that you don't want to have to wait 10 years for? 389 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:04,000 Because if enough people ask, I'll just do those episodes. 390 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,000 I've already told you I'm going to do Bart vs. Australia. 391 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:15,000 And I just decided about a half an hour ago I texted my sister because she's going to be hosting a couple of these with me. 392 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:21,000 We're going to do New York City vs. Homer Simpson out of order too because it's not until season nine. 393 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000 And I'm not going to wait that long. 394 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,000 We're going to do that soon. 395 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:29,000 Maybe before the end of this year because we don't want to wait. 396 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:38,000 And that was a very memorable and pivotal episode for she and I growing up with the Hauklash and the Mountain Dew. 397 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:42,000 So thank you again so much. 398 00:31:42,000 --> 00:32:00,000 And I'll see you next time.