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Talking Simpsons - The Call of The Simpsons (Revisited) With Ian Boothby (Patreon)

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2020-03-11 02:00:01
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2020-03-11 04:00:23
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2026-06
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Our return to the first season anniversary party continues, with returning guest Ian Boothby! (Check out the comics Sparks and Exorsisters, as well as the Sneaky Dragon podcast!) This week it's time for the iconic camping trip, featuring RV salesmen, anonymous guest stars, friendly bears, sasquatch sightings, and more! So grab yourself a little moss and listen now!!

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CitizenMeh

As someone who subscribed for WAC but is tempted to delve into TS, do these "revisiting early Simpsons" episodes effectively replace the originals, or should I start from the very beginning?

Brian Hortin

Gorge and canyon can pretty much be used interchangeably. A gorge is a small canyon. Red River Gorge is a popular destination in east KY for hiking, camping, rock climbing, etc. that I became familiar with when living there. I wouldn’t recommend skateboarding there.

16_oz_mouse

When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston (holy alliteration, Batman) in 2017, entire neighborhoods were flooded. While I was drinking and going stir crazy, trapped in my house, my coworker Brent was up to his waist in floodwater evacuating his family. Once safe, he went back to his neighborhood in a borrowed boat and helped evacuate others and whatever possessions they could carry. Weeks later his neighbor came by to thank him and asked if he was a fan of The Simpsons or *King of the Hill. Brent responded that he likes both but is a huge Simpsons fan. His neighbor handed him a framed cell from Call of The Simpsons! Ends up they have them all over their flooded house because that neighbor's son is none other than Wes Archer! Sometimes good deeds do get rewarded. [*Brent: "I think it was KotH, but may have been Futurama. I stopped listening after I heard 'Simpsons'."]

Thad Komorowski

The snare with the rabbit is indeed the scene of the season, and I really appreciate Ian's dissection of what makes it work.

Thad Komorowski

Also, I think you guys are a little too used to the "modern" way of doing boards, which *have* to function as layouts, since that department never exists these days. In the best productions, where layout existed, it was totally possible for one guy to board a whole 20 minute episode on their own. Every time one of those Nickelodeon "remember this one?" videos pops up with a first season Spongebob animatic, every browbeaten pro is like, "Hey, look, this is two minutes with only about 50 drawings, remember these days?" Board artists have been in a rut for a long time now.

Andrew Bouvier

It occurred to me while listening that Springfield is lousy with gorges. They have Tenderfoot Gorge from this episode, Springfield Gorge, and the Grand Chasm from 'Marge on the Lamb.'

littleterr0r

Here in Portland we have a popular hiking destination called the Columbia River Gorge, which the Springfield Gorge is perhaps based on, so I actually hear the word "gorge" all the time.

Joe Hodgson

Now you guys have me wondering when the pork chop thing did subside with Homer. I believe in Season 3's "Dog of Death" he laments the loss of pork chop night when they have to tighten their budget further. I want to say there are more pork chop moments that follow, but I honestly am not sure. I still associate Homer with that particular cut of meat though to this day as a result of early seasons of the show. Sappy dad moment alert: I have always loved the silliness of this episode and it is one of my favorites from Season One, but I do have extra fondness for it these days thanks to my daughter. When she was a baby, she was a tough one to get to fall to sleep and one night I was watching this particular episode on FXX alone with her and just started making up a song about Maggie and the bears, only substituting my daughter's name in for Maggie. And it worked! Despite what many cartoons and sitcoms will have you believe, singing to a baby rarely works that effectively, but it did that night, so "Riley and the Bears" remained in the rotation for awhile, though I honestly can't recall if it ever worked a second time.

Matt

The Bigfoot movie Ian references sounds a lot like The Legend of Boggy Creek, a 1972 docudrama where the titular creature reaches through a window twice in the climax of the film. It scared my dad as a young teen and has been one of his favorites. A lot of people here probably recognize the sequel for its MST3K appearance

Alex Forsyth

Correction for Henry. The THOH Burger King toys were in 2001 and 2002. 2007 would have been the Movie Toys. Watches were sometime around the THOH toys I forget exactly when.

Stephen C. Nedell

Anyone else notice this was the first appearance of "shut up Flanders!"? and it was said by Bart to Todd?

Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag

I hadn't seen this episode in YEARS before revisiting it for the podcast and it does hold up a lot better than my memories of it would suggest. As a kid, I always disliked this episode and was kind of bored by it. I'm not totally sure why - maybe because it was a weird mix of the more zany, cartoony Simpsons we'd get in later years but with season 1 animation and plotting, or that it just reminded me too much of Hannah-Barbera, but as an adult it's pretty good. I don't think I'd say it's my favourite episode of the season, but it has some great jokes and the only bit that really drags (IMO) is the Maggie bit, which is very much like the shorts, as you guys pointed out.

Rhomega

This episode aired on my 4th birthday.