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Talking Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror II With Will Menaker (Patreon)

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2022-06-22 04:00:02
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For this week's Halloween classic we welcome on for the very first time the amazing Will Menaker from Chapo Trap House! Will's movie mindset helps us understand the very deep references in this iconic episode full of monkey paws, Twilight Zone parodies, Frankenstein riffs, and some excellent animation. All that, plus we dig deep into a ton of deleted scenes in this week's haunting podcast, so limit yourself to just three pieces of candy and enjoy!

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Jessica S

OMG - I was just opening Patreon and thinking “Hmm, should I do Chapo or TS?” 😍 This is the highlight of my otherwise feverish COVID nightmare weekend. Treehouse, take me away.

Barro

Hmm, under 2 hours. It's a short episode.

Mike Mariano

Talking Simpsons: the ONLY podcast this week with an appearance from Will Menaker! Clausen’s sound work in this episode is great. It’s so satisfying to hear the drum sound of Bart using his powers.

Joe Hodgson

New England resident here, and yes, I can confirm that Halloween 91 was quite a rainy one. It was the first of many rainy Halloweens for me as our fall tends to be rather wet. 1991 has the distinction of being the only Halloween in which we resorted to automobile travel. My neighbor had an old station wagon so all of us neighborhood kids piled into the back of that and she and my mom drove us over to some nearby condos that had overhangs above their front doors so it was some-what dry. We went door-to-door in each cluster of units, piled back into the station wagon, and then drove to the next set. We still got pretty wet, by not as drenched as we would have just walking around our neighborhood. I did want to get home for this episode, and because of its placement on Halloween, it's probably the most memorable episode of Treehouse of Horror for me. I did miss the first couple of minutes, but was home to see all 3 segments. I was also completely fooled by the ending and fully expected the story to continue next week. Candy necklaces are a thing that still exist, despite being pretty terrible candy. I can't recall seeing any in my kids' Halloween hauls, but they definitely show up at birthday parties. There are also bracelet varieties. Candy cigarettes still exist too, as do bubble gum cigars. I had to get my kids passports last year and was slightly taken aback when the postal employee taking care of us offered my kids a bubble gum cigar. It just struck me as such an oddly specific thing to decide to have on-hand to gift to kids who are getting their first passport.

Kat Heagberg

Just recently I realized the impact that this episode had on my personal theology as a child, in particular the Monkey's Paw segment. After watching it, I got the idea that God (and also Santa) were surely trying to catch me in a Monkey's-Paw-like scenario with my prayers (and gift lists), so I would be VERY specific and go back and revise a lot. Like if someone was sick I specified that I wanted them to "ACTUALLY GET BETTER and not just die so they would stop being sick," or I would tell Santa that I wanted "the ACTUAL BARBIE DOLL and not just a picture of it." I also specifically prayed that the turkey wouldn't be dry every time I had turkey, because I sensed that was important, even though I don't think I actually minded dry turkey. Eventually, I just stopped believing in supernatural things, which is probably for the best, because that was exhausting. I'm not sure WHY I was so convinced that the Simpsons writers (or the OG Monkey's Paw author) knew exactly how the supernatural operates, as opposed to Captain What's-His-Name at church who I never paid attention to, but I definitely did and took it very seriously.

Zena Klein

2 things that have stuck with me since watching this episode as a kid: 1. Bart chomping and crushing away at the candy necklace Lisa gave him, then “flossing” the string through his teeth as he’s handing it back to her. I’ve always had the same cringe face as Lisa in that scene. It’s still very funny, though! 2. When Mr. Burns sews Homer’s top-half of his head back on, he finishes his stitching by snipping the bloody thread off with his teeth! Mr. Burns is so old fashioned in his ways, even his sewing skills are a little antiquated. I never get tired of that scene cause it’s so gross and ridiculous and quintessentially “The Simpsons”! Thank you for another great episode, I can’t wait to hear more Talking about the all the other Treehouse of Horrors & Halloween specials🎃

Jessica S

Will is definitely one of my favorite guests. That was an awesome episode!

To Boldly Joe... Moore

Great episode! I never really thought about it, but it's not really a surprise that Skinner would sing barbershop music, considering his B-Sharps history. ^_^

Eyal Shachar

I was born on November 1st 1991. So I’m as old as this episode

mavrick

will was hilarious, have him back sometime!

James Babbo

Every time I've watched that third segment, I was reminded of the 1958 Hammer film "The Revenge of Frankenstein." When Burns tells Smithers he's going to die & he tells him what to do, it's EXACTLY the end of the film where Dr Frankenstein played by Peter Cushing is dying & tells his assistant, "You know what to do." The flunky then puts the doctor's brain into a new body (that coincidentally looks exactly like his old body!). Considering this is kinda a Frankenstein parody, it cannot be a coincidence that the endings are similar. And I'm sure many in the writers' room were Hammer fans! It's possible.

Ryan Oliver

This was the first Treehouse I had ever seen as a kid and I did not understand they were not cannon. I spent years confused as to why the story with Burns + Homer combined was never continued. I thought there must be an episode I had never seen because of the "Next Time On The Simpsons", assuming I'd just yet to find it. As someone who came to the Simpsons mostly through syndication, I assumed this was a final episode I had never seen past. One day I hope they can tell the second part of this and put my 12 year olds mind to rest.

16_oz_mouse

I think the dead mouse is because Bart has been giving poisoned apples to Edna, and she is too smart to eat them but the mouse isn't