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Talking Simpsons - Pygmoelian With Louis Peitzman (Patreon)

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2020-10-21 04:00:02
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We talk about beauty and balloons this week when we welcome back Louis Peitzman (be sure to check out his awesome newsletter!) onto the podcast! Moe is feeling unattractive after winning a contest, so he completely changes his face. And thus leads to a plan of revenge and stardom occasionally interrupted by a balloon chase. Listen now before Moe gets a third, different face!

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Erin MacAllister

Beetlejuice the musical had the best description of gay republicans, invisible and completely powerless

Dayken

Up here in New York we call that game Corn Hole too, although you never really see anyone playing it outside of barbecues or tailgating parties....either that or this Kan Jam nonsense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_wDvsrsL-E

Frank Grimes

Gotta say, the ending was my favorite part of the episode. Moe wondering why his face reverted to how it was instead of something else got a good laugh outta me

Andrew Giachetti

So in hearing that duff man is called Larry in this episode it’s supports Henry’s theory that there are multiple duff men, both gay and straight, because in later episodes around the time that he was shown to be with Brady we find that that duff man’s name is Barry duffmen. Now this is probably just because the Writers in that season miss remembered Larry and Barry but I think it’s funnier to think of a whole crew of duff men roaming the earth. The show pretty much supports this with the whole duff man cannot die only the actors who play Him line. We also have the beautiful line of there are three duffmen working the game tonight don’t tell the children it’s disillusioning, and then the duffmen pose at each other. And lastly the wiki list names that I didn’t even remember as alternative aliases for duff man https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Duffman

Frank Grimes

Personally, Lauryn Hill's and Jay-z's unplugged albums are highlights of the 2000 mtv unplugged

Jethro Mojave

Haven’t listened to the episode yet I just want to give Henry a shoutout for getting into an argument about George Bush with a Twitter account called “Mueller She Wrote”. Keep fighting the good fight

Diamond Feit

Very much enjoyed Louis' appearance on this week's episode! Also I found it funny that for all your jokes about "losing the audience" with extensive politics talk or soap opera facts, the most alienating discussion for me was about Friends (thank you Bob for asking what the hell that was about).

Paul

The first time I ever saw the Simpsons was the multi part Tracey Ullman short where Maggie chases her lost balloon, so I remember this B plot here really giving me warm nostalgic fuzzies.

Kevin Nash

I'm with Louis on using The Simpsons to fall sleep to. I mix it up sometimes and turn on the commentary. It clears my mind. I have even started using your podcast when I wake up in the middle of the night. It is better than disturbing my wife by turning on the TV.

Mr. Neil

I really appreciate the intentional laziness of naming Carl's surname "Carlson". The best part of this is the parallel naming of Lenny "Leonard" which tracks perfectly (and accidentally) with old episodes. In "Burn's Heir", Mr. Burns says "All right, let's make this sporting, Leonard. If you can tell me why I shouldn't fire you without using the letter "e," you can keep your job." - It only makes sense Burns would condescendingly call people by their surname, a la, "SIMPSON! YOU'RE FIRED" - even if this was clearly him being formal with an employee with a not-as-yet defined last name!

Brian Hortin

I think the first time that I heard the term Log Cabin Republicans or at least enough that it stuck was the American Dad episode Lincoln Lover. Stan writes and performs a play about Lincoln and his bodyguard that becomes popular with the local Log Cabin Republicans. It’s kind of their version of Homer's Phobia. Some of the jokes probably aren’t the best.

crystalhearts

Hey, that wasn't bad at all! That was a dire stretch of episodes but this one was on the level of like...the one where Marge sells pretzels, maybe. Totally acceptable Moe hijinx.

Thad Komorowski

It's a strange paradox. While I consider Larry Doyle's existence a blight on the art of comedy, he gets writing credit on most of my favorite Scully episodes. Huh.

No It Doesn't

I had always read the attendance trophy joke as Lisa ironically being late evacuating the house during an emergency because she was too busy picking said trophy. As a child that joke always made me laugh cause not only was it funny in my mind but I also felt smart for getting it as a young viewer. I didn't know attendance trophies were the most meaningless award until a few years ago so I like how this joke has another layer to it!

Oscar Cardoza

Hey man, as an elementary school teacher, kids all ages love a good balloon, especially a fun shaped balloon! My kids kinder - 5th always ask for the leftover balloons from our school events/decorations .... when we were allowed to have after school gatherings and events :(

nina matsumoto

As a kid I hated being treated like a kid so I rejected balloons and would get grumpy if one was forced on me. Like "oh you think just because I'm a child, I'd enjoy balloons, huh? Don't make assumptions, buddy." As an adult though I would be delighted by a free balloon

I.C. Weiner

Regarding localizing to other English speaking regions: I watch an Australian based cartoon Bluey with my infant son. While they obviously have different terms not used in the US, most of the time an understanding of the greater cultural context isn't necessary to appreciate the joke as the context of the joke is sufficient to appreciate the comedy. I imagine the same is true the other way.

Joe Hodgson

I don't think my mother has gotten over the loss of All My Children. She watched it every day when I was little and she was a work from home mom. One o'clock was nap time so she could get in her All My Children. When life forced her out of the house and into a more traditional job, she would record it every day and "binge" it on the weekend before that term was in style. My grandmother was the same, and I swear the loss of All My Children sent her to an early grave. I eventually ended up owning my grandparents' old house and I stumbled upon what I thought was a treasure trove of old movies from when my grandparents had an illegal cable box, but it turned out to just be VHS after VHS loaded with episodes of All My Children. In hindsight, I should probably be happy they weren't grandparent sex tapes. I should see if there's a market for old soap opera episodes on eBay. Anyways, this is a totally cromulent episode of The Simpsons this season, which has to be considered a win if we're grading on a curve.

crystalhearts

By the way - as a recipient of lots of plastic surgery not dissimilar to Moe's, I can assure you that the surgeon looking at your junk isn't high on the list of concerns. There's already a lot of trust built into a situation like that!

PurpleComet

If we were to make a list of top five 'Jerkass Homer' moments, tossing a rock through the Pumpkin Dance woman's window would definitely make my list. Her moving attempt to make amends threatens to derail Moe's petty revenge until Homer tosses the rock and says "Run!" The sudden swerve back to zany-town sent me into hysterics. Being 19 at the time, her admission that she was a "stupid teenager" also stuck with me. At the time I'd heard adults (read: boomers) complain that teenagers were dumb, but they never admitted they did stupid things as a teen. Also the gay Republican dryly complaining that the pink elephant is "a little on the nose" is an underappreciated line. I've always wanted to say that myself.

TheShockmaster

Here in the UK we're big on our long-running Soap Operas too - two of our biggest have been running since the 70s and 80s, Coronation Street started in 1960 when it was still black and white, and on the Radio The Archers has been running since 1950! Ours tend to be about a village, town, street in a city etc so there's more characters and less of the "Two People recapping the previous episodes" being the whole episode.

Parker Thompson

Woof hearing them talk about how Republicans have given up on stopping gay marriage just goes to show how much worse things have gotten so quickly

Angel Young

Since I am a soap opera fan, I am going to hold my tongue on a lot facts. However here are two that might interest you, the show with the devil posession was Days of Our Lives. I think All My Children was incorrectly mentioned. This marked an important pivot towards shows trying out supernatural storylines because that story aired during the OJ Simpson Trial and was the only show to see it's ratings rise. The writer for that storyline was given a deal from NBC to work on his own soap opera which became Passions. The other fact is most soaps had to stop producing during COVID-19. When the shows ran low on episodes, they held back a few episodes to air when restrictions lifted for continuity and scheduling purposes and aired classic episodes. The only soap opera to have new episodes during that time was Days of Our Lives because of an erratic schedule for budgetary reasons. This led to them having 6 months of episodes to burn off. They are only recently airing their post-COVID episodes.

Evil Chanteuse's Dork Lair

You talk about how people are likely more familiar with the Beatles’ ‘Hippy Hippy Shake’ cover than the original, but, as a hardcore Beatles fan, I’ve gotta say that their hippy hippy shake cover is getting into super obscure territory, as their cover only appeared on the 1994 collection of radio performances ‘Live at the BBC’. Your average Beatles fan would not know this song. People are likely more familiar with The Swinging Blue Jeans’ version, which reached number 24 in the US charts