Simpsons Top 100 Countdown -- a double dose!
#91 The Way We Was
Season 12, Episode 12 (Guide from the Simpsons Archive)
The tv goes out, so to pass the time Homer and Marge tell the story of how they met (Marge deemed the story of how Homer proposed less than appropriate (he made an honest woman out of her, if you catch my drift)). They meet in detention; Homer is in for smoking and cutting class, while Marge is in for her political protest in which she burned her bra (which burned up quickly due to the tissue paper inside) (she decides not to speak out anymore after that, explaining why she takes a ton of abuse). "[He] reached step one -- she knew [his] name; the problem was, she didn't care." To try to get her to notice him more, he joins the debate team (of which she is a member), where he moons for rebuttal. He asks her out, but she hesitates, so he gives her references, all of who provide interesting reviews. She's still not ready to date him, so he pretends to need French tutoring to get to know her better. He learns a large amount for only a few hours, and asks her to the prom, and she finally relents. However, he decides to come clean to her and admits that he wasn't in any French class; as he kept her up past 1am the night before her debate performance, she slaps him and yells at him, and storms out. Following the debate meet, Artie Ziff (class valedictorian) asks her to prom and she agrees. On prom night, Homer shows up to the Bouvier residence, which makes her family question her taste in men. Artie then shows up, much to their relief. Homer, having already paid for a limo and prom tickets (complete with two dinners), he decides to get his money's worth out of them and goes along to prom. Artie and Marge are named king and queen; Homer gets too emotional and runs out. Marge goes out to see how he is, and tells him they have no future together. All three end up going to the local make-out point (Homer's limo driver: "Okay, but I'm only paid to drive") where Artie tries to put the moves on Marge. She slaps him and asks to be taken home, passing Homer on the way while he's walking home since the time is up on his limo and he has no more money. She decides that she made a mistake, and after getting home, she drives her car to go pick him up and give him a ride. She tells him that she made a mistake and , in not so many words, agrees to go out with him. Memorable moments include the McBain movie, Abe's talk with Homer (not a very encouraging father), "pretending to be stupid", Homer's references, and the whole flashback thing (I love just about all of the Simpsons flashback episodes; one of the ones I don't is titled The Way We Weren't, which goes to show that the show has declined to the point where they've run out of ideas for episode titles).
#90 Bart the Daredevil
Season 2, Episode 8 (Guide from the Simpsons Archive)
Following a pro-wrestling match on tv, Bart and Homer see a commercial for truckosaurus, which excites them immensely. After a brief scare when learning that Lisa has a school band concert the same night, they realize they can go to the truck rally after the concert. Lisa's band plays Schubert's Unfinished Symphony (Homer: "Oh, good, unfinished. This shouldn't take long."). At the end of the concert, they rush to the truck rally, but in looking for a parking space, they accidentally drive into the arena, where truckosaurus attacks their car. After surviving the scare, they go in to watch the festivities and see motorcycle stuntman Captain Lance Murdock. He jumps over a tank "filled with man-eating great white sharks, deadly electric eels, ravenous piranha, bone-crushing alligators, and perhaps most frightening of all, the king of the jungle, one ferocious lion!" While Murdock is attempting the feat, the entire audience except for Bart hides their eyes; he completes the jump, but in driving back up the landing ramp to receive the cheers from the audience, he falls into the tank. Bart has found his desired profession. Attempting to jump over the family station wagon on his skateboard, he falls and is taken to the hospital. Dr. Hibbert shows them a ward devoted to children injured imitating stunts and such that they've seen on tv or by other means. Bart, however, is not dissuaded. He tries again, and succeeds this time. He jumps over various other things to impress his school chums, but starts running out of things to jump. ON a class field trip to Springfield Gorge, Bart is struck by inspiration. Trying to keep him from doing something so stupid, Lisa takes him to see Murdock in the hospital, but her plan backfires when he encourages Bart instead. She tries telling their parents, but Bart sneaks out. Homer finds Bart missing, and drives down to the gorge and stops him at the last minute. Homer then climbs onto the skateboard, threatening to do the jump himself and Bart realizes the folly of his ways. However, in the most replayed Simpsons moment of all time, the skateboard starts rolling and Homer makes his attempt to jump the gorge, only to fall down. Memorable moments include Homer's antics waiting for the concert to finish, truckosaurus, the Lance Murdock scene at the truck rally, various jumps by Bart, the tv trauma ward, and, naturally, the oft-replayed fall of Homer (and his second fall). I just couldn't leave the most famous Simpsons moment off this list.
Season 12, Episode 12 (Guide from the Simpsons Archive)
The tv goes out, so to pass the time Homer and Marge tell the story of how they met (Marge deemed the story of how Homer proposed less than appropriate (he made an honest woman out of her, if you catch my drift)). They meet in detention; Homer is in for smoking and cutting class, while Marge is in for her political protest in which she burned her bra (which burned up quickly due to the tissue paper inside) (she decides not to speak out anymore after that, explaining why she takes a ton of abuse). "[He] reached step one -- she knew [his] name; the problem was, she didn't care." To try to get her to notice him more, he joins the debate team (of which she is a member), where he moons for rebuttal. He asks her out, but she hesitates, so he gives her references, all of who provide interesting reviews. She's still not ready to date him, so he pretends to need French tutoring to get to know her better. He learns a large amount for only a few hours, and asks her to the prom, and she finally relents. However, he decides to come clean to her and admits that he wasn't in any French class; as he kept her up past 1am the night before her debate performance, she slaps him and yells at him, and storms out. Following the debate meet, Artie Ziff (class valedictorian) asks her to prom and she agrees. On prom night, Homer shows up to the Bouvier residence, which makes her family question her taste in men. Artie then shows up, much to their relief. Homer, having already paid for a limo and prom tickets (complete with two dinners), he decides to get his money's worth out of them and goes along to prom. Artie and Marge are named king and queen; Homer gets too emotional and runs out. Marge goes out to see how he is, and tells him they have no future together. All three end up going to the local make-out point (Homer's limo driver: "Okay, but I'm only paid to drive") where Artie tries to put the moves on Marge. She slaps him and asks to be taken home, passing Homer on the way while he's walking home since the time is up on his limo and he has no more money. She decides that she made a mistake, and after getting home, she drives her car to go pick him up and give him a ride. She tells him that she made a mistake and , in not so many words, agrees to go out with him. Memorable moments include the McBain movie, Abe's talk with Homer (not a very encouraging father), "pretending to be stupid", Homer's references, and the whole flashback thing (I love just about all of the Simpsons flashback episodes; one of the ones I don't is titled The Way We Weren't, which goes to show that the show has declined to the point where they've run out of ideas for episode titles).
#90 Bart the Daredevil
Season 2, Episode 8 (Guide from the Simpsons Archive)
Following a pro-wrestling match on tv, Bart and Homer see a commercial for truckosaurus, which excites them immensely. After a brief scare when learning that Lisa has a school band concert the same night, they realize they can go to the truck rally after the concert. Lisa's band plays Schubert's Unfinished Symphony (Homer: "Oh, good, unfinished. This shouldn't take long."). At the end of the concert, they rush to the truck rally, but in looking for a parking space, they accidentally drive into the arena, where truckosaurus attacks their car. After surviving the scare, they go in to watch the festivities and see motorcycle stuntman Captain Lance Murdock. He jumps over a tank "filled with man-eating great white sharks, deadly electric eels, ravenous piranha, bone-crushing alligators, and perhaps most frightening of all, the king of the jungle, one ferocious lion!" While Murdock is attempting the feat, the entire audience except for Bart hides their eyes; he completes the jump, but in driving back up the landing ramp to receive the cheers from the audience, he falls into the tank. Bart has found his desired profession. Attempting to jump over the family station wagon on his skateboard, he falls and is taken to the hospital. Dr. Hibbert shows them a ward devoted to children injured imitating stunts and such that they've seen on tv or by other means. Bart, however, is not dissuaded. He tries again, and succeeds this time. He jumps over various other things to impress his school chums, but starts running out of things to jump. ON a class field trip to Springfield Gorge, Bart is struck by inspiration. Trying to keep him from doing something so stupid, Lisa takes him to see Murdock in the hospital, but her plan backfires when he encourages Bart instead. She tries telling their parents, but Bart sneaks out. Homer finds Bart missing, and drives down to the gorge and stops him at the last minute. Homer then climbs onto the skateboard, threatening to do the jump himself and Bart realizes the folly of his ways. However, in the most replayed Simpsons moment of all time, the skateboard starts rolling and Homer makes his attempt to jump the gorge, only to fall down. Memorable moments include Homer's antics waiting for the concert to finish, truckosaurus, the Lance Murdock scene at the truck rally, various jumps by Bart, the tv trauma ward, and, naturally, the oft-replayed fall of Homer (and his second fall). I just couldn't leave the most famous Simpsons moment off this list.
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