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Talking Simpsons - Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire 30th Anniversary With Ian Jones-Quartey And Toby Jones (Patreon)

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2019-12-17 22:46:44
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It's a special anniversary this week as we celebrate the Simpsons Christmas Special turning 30. And to re-examine this classic, we've got OG Simpsons lovers (and the team behind the series OK K.O.) Ian Jones-Quartey and Toby Jones. We all head back to 1989 to cover how the sketch interstitials became a series, how the 8th episode became the premiered, and the controversies behind the scenes! So grab your favorite pork chop toy and listen now! (And be sure to listen to the end for some cool teases of future podcasts!)

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Angel Young

Happy 30th birthday, The Simpsons 🍾

nina matsumoto

Man, I'm not even done listening but I already think anyone who's skeptical about a season 1 revisit should listen to this and reconsider. So much more thoughtful analysis! Also it's worth it for the scariest math you'll ever hear

Kat Heagberg

What a treat to find in my podcast feed! Also, regarding the initial Snowball II joke, when I was a kid I had a black cat named Snowball. My little sister was completely obsessed with the Hanna-Barbera movie “Heidi’s Song” (I believe you mentioned this is a previous “What a Cartoon” — Bonkers perhaps? — noting “no one saw this.” I did. Hundreds of times. It was a free Blockbuster kids’ rental, and my sister rented it every single weekend.) There was a cat named Snowball in that movie (which was white), so when my family adopted a kitten (which was black) my then three-year-old sister insisted that we name the cat Snowball as an homage to her favorite movie. My family didn’t start watching the Simpsons until season 2, so we missed the initial airing of the Christmas special, and everyone was delighted to eventually learn that they too had a black cat named Snowball, just like us! When I finically saw “Simpsons Roasting on An Open Fire,” I remember being so disappointed that Snowball II’s predecessor was a white kitty, and they weren’t just weirdos who had a black cat named Snowball like my family.

Bennett Billard

I just missed playing this on the date in question. It's still that in Hawaii, I suppose. This was an unexpected but welcome Holiversary treat.

Alex Irish

Like Ian, my first exposure to this seminal episode was the Simpsons Xmas Book. In my case, it was a pickup at a clearance outlet of some sort back in like 96 or 97. From there, I’d rent it to watch as my first Simpsons episode via the VHS release, then came the Simpsons episode guide book, more VHS rentals of seasons one and two episodes, then the rite of passage of watching the show on-air during season 10. From there, the rest is ol’ history and Simpsons is my favorite show of all time. Starting from the very beginning gave me a greater appreciation of the show’s proper evolution.

Joe Hodgson

It's funny to me how big a choice it was to make the Simpsons yellow-skinned. When I saw this show as a kid, I was pretty into drawing and used to working with just a standard box of 8 crayons. Being a little, white, kid who lived in New Hampshire where the population was literally 99% white, I often wanted to make people I drew look like me. And since there was no suitable skintone in a box of 8 crayons, I would use yellow because in my head it made the most sense so when I saw The Simpsons I just sort of assumed they did the same. I was also only 5 when the show premiered.

crystalhearts

I'm delighted to hear Ian and Toby back! They're always really fantastic guests.

Kris

I have a Mr Sparkle tattoo on my right calf

ShyRanger

You have said Eek the Cat twice now, once in this and once in Kidney Trouble. Reference it one more time and the ritual will be complete.

Eve of the Stars

With age I've grown to love Season 1, imperfections and all, and I'm happy you'll be revisiting it. There's a lot of charm in seeing the show evolve over these 13 ambitious episodes. I used to dread starting rewatches of the show because I HAD to start with Season 1 or it wouldn't be proper; but now it's fun, and I still catch new, little details to enjoy amidst the roughness.

JR Ralls

Re: Marge and Homer should have left after their son was taken off the stage. For what it’s worth parents are usually strongly encouraged to not leave these type of things when their own children’s part is done but to stay for the entire thing so that the other kids don’t feel bad about people leaving and / or the auditorium being near empty by the end.

glowstickjuice

I actuallly love season one. It was the first DVD for a tv show I ever owned, and if DVDs could have been burnt out, it wouldn't have survived the winter I got it. During this time, season one wasnt really seen on TV, so it felt extra special that I had them on discs. Sure the animation is as it is, but it's charming and nostalgic to me. I can't wait for a full revisit of this underated season.

Kevin Bunch

I’m almost finished but I guess I still don’t feel any strong need to revisit season 1. Clearly I’m in a minority here.

Tom Van Deusen

Great episode! One tiny correction, Mimi Pond still lives in LA with her husband Wayne White. She's a monster talent.

Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag

Awesome revisit of the first episode, and I'm excited to return to the other 12 in 2020 :) I have to admit though I am one of those people who did not buy season one on DVD (though I only started buying MY OWN DVDs for Talking Simpsons since my brother was the one to get them and he had moved out a few years prior) so I have seen season one a number of times. For this episode, I had to revisit it on Disney+ with that shitty crop job, so I may look into getting season one if I can...

Angel Young

I don't know why but the way the cashier (and I think he is also the announcer) at the dog race says 99 to 1 makes me laugh so much. I thought I heard laughing when he said it and I am curious as to why you laughed at that since I can't figure out why I find it funny.

John Harrison

I came late to Talking Simpsons and never listened to the season 1 episodes, just listened to the original "Simpsons Roasting On an Open Fire" and man alive have you developed as a podcast.

Matt

Where’s that Bart?

Anonymous

This is the only podcast I spend money to listen to, so I feel like every choice Henry and Bob make is a reflection on the wisdom of my investment. And while I was initially skeptical about going back over old stuff (Season 1), I had a moment of clarity. While listening to the new "Simpsons Roasting" episode I happened to be browsing through old childhood photos and found one of 11 year old me standing in my bedroom doorway, the outside of my door guarded by a four-foot long poster of Bart Simpson warning everyone to "Stay outta my room, man!" I then realized how much that first season meant to me, and how it was completely foundational in turning me into the skewed adult I am today. I'm on board, B and H!