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PostNouveau posted:This Sunday's episode, Moe gets wise to a prank phone call, so Bart, Milhouse and Nelson one-up the prank by go to Herman's Military Surplus store to get on the Dark Web (which had a Clippy joke) and order Moe a mail-order bride. It actually goes well for Moe and they get along for awhile and then some hijinks ensue and it turns out in the end that she's an American scamming him. The boys somehow have picked up enough Russian to read the Russian marriage certificate she wants Moe to sign that would have given her all his assets. I thought one of the running jokes for Moe is that he's just a broke rear end sad sack, so she'd own his bar, jar of pickled eggs and all?
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Quote-Unquote posted:The weirdest bit of editing in the Simpsons in the UK is when Barney helps Homer escape work so they can go to the Duff brewery. Hahahha dang. Hope the Big Book of British smiles survived the censor’s scissors. When I first saw Itchy and Scratchy Land I thought it was darker than it really was, as when Marge orders the baby guts and Lisa says “that’s veal,” I heard “that’s real.”
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Nov 13, 2018 15:16
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Iron Crowned posted:I thought one of the running jokes for Moe is that he's just a broke rear end sad sack, so she'd own his bar, jar of pickled eggs and all? Yeah this comes up. At the end he's still so pathetic that he tells her the joke's on her, she'd just be getting all his debts, but maybe she could marry him anyway? She ends up marrying Willie instead.
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Nov 13, 2018 15:18
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Iron Crowned posted:I've learned to never watch the videos posted in this thread unless it looks hand drawn. I mean, I always know they're going to be unfunny, I just never know HOW unfunny and I'm always morbidly curious
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Nov 13, 2018 15:23
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Hahahha dang. Hope the Big Book of British smiles survived the censor’s scissors. It did, miraculously. Lots of people are really sensitive about making fun of the inbreds, especially Diana for some completely unknown reason. Some of the papers got really pissed off about that episode of South Park where the queen shoots herself in the head. Also I misheard "veal" as "real" as a kid too.
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Nov 13, 2018 15:53
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She died in a tragic accident and wasn't completely awful, I guess. And British tabloids will get outraged about anything so I don't know if that's a reference
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Nov 13, 2018 15:55
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Quote-Unquote posted:The weirdest bit of editing in the Simpsons in the UK is when Barney helps Homer escape work so they can go to the Duff brewery. After Diana, Sky also removed Ned crashing his car in the Bear Patrol episode, and Mr Burns yelling "paparazzo" in the Bobo episode. They didn't cut the bit with the photographer, they just silenced the word. There were probably more. Irony Be My Shield posted:Sky One skipped it but there was no official ban. BBC didn't give a poo poo and just showed it. [The Cartridge Family] I'm pretty sure when Channel 4 showed it, it was cut to ribbons. I remember they edited the last scene so that it looks like Marge actually throws the gun in the bin.
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Nov 13, 2018 17:07
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Quote-Unquote posted:Also I misheard "veal" as "real" as a kid too. I literally saw this episode again just two weeks back and still heard it this way. Odd that veal disgusts the waiter so much.
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Nov 13, 2018 17:40
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Channel 4 were bad for cutting poo poo out with no thought for how it affected the humour eg "Don't tell him you were at a bar. But what else is open at night?" and then just cut off the punchline. Take out the whole joke if you're going to censor it.
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Nov 13, 2018 17:47
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Either BBC or Channel 4 censored the McBain Woody Allen joke, so it cut right after "Now for my Woody Allen impression" so for a while I thought the joke was just that McBain attempting a Woody Allen impression would be funny.
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Nov 13, 2018 17:53
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Speaking of princess diana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9WrBE1exJY Holy loving poo poo
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Nov 13, 2018 22:56
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I'd censor that.
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fatal oopsie-daisy posted:Speaking of princess diana Cut to roll-eyes, hold the camera and drop all sound, right on cue. 
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Nov 13, 2018 23:19
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fatal oopsie-daisy posted:Speaking of princess diana ... yikes
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Nov 14, 2018 08:11
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I'm so tired.
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fatal oopsie-daisy posted:Speaking of princess diana I'm imagining a misanthropic super villain in a bunker making a t-chart pre:Destroying the world with nuclear weapons and ending the human race Pros: Cons: ---------------- -------------------------------- The quoted video I was unable to get to it sooner
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Nov 14, 2018 11:54
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you know i was gonna say the newest episode with Moe and his mail order russian bride, which was so bad i couldn't look away, but then i saw princess diana, einstein, and tupac giving lisa advice and i'm gonna say that.
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Nov 14, 2018 18:03
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fatal oopsie-daisy posted:Speaking of princess diana It's somehow retroactively ruining the show I used to like back in the 90s...
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Nov 14, 2018 18:12
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Why is everyone reacting to that clip so strongly? It's probably the first one posted in ages that is actually a decentish joke, if overdeveloped
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Nov 14, 2018 21:32
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Marge blowing up her hair with an air pump actually did make me chuckle, I'll be honest e: wait, that was a different clip
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Nov 14, 2018 21:40
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Hey, you know what: We're not in enough trouble with Apu. Let's take Ghandi and throw him in there right now, too.
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Nov 14, 2018 21:45
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Frog Act posted:Why is everyone reacting to that clip so strongly? It's probably the first one posted in ages that is actually a decentish joke, if overdeveloped Because it's loving awful. You're dead wrong, bucko
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Nov 14, 2018 22:03
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Last Chance posted:Because it's loving awful. You're dead wrong, bucko The joke is that it is supposed to be terrible. That being the case, it succeeded well beyond their wildest expectations.
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Nov 15, 2018 01:19
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It probably would have been funnier if it were faster and the animation wasn't so stale.
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Nov 15, 2018 01:33
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Yeah I got a smile out of marge blowing her hair up but everything else is suffering.
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Nov 15, 2018 02:00
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Drink-Mix Man posted:It probably would have been funnier if it were faster and the animation wasn't so stale. it was already tired to make fun of rap music and beatboxing and breakdancing by the late 90's, and it hasn't gotten funnier twenty years later. it seems extremely wasteful to make that kind of joke using gandhi and princess diana etc. - like i can understand being soft with the humor because you don't want to offend, but i'm probably more offended by the show using their image to make a really tired joke, either go for the jugular or don't use their images at all.
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Nov 15, 2018 07:27
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JediTalentAgent posted:Hey, you know what: We're not in enough trouble with Apu. Let's take Ghandi and throw him in there right now, too. How dare you besmirch the great name of Clone High
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Nov 15, 2018 07:43
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Frog Act posted:Why is everyone reacting to that clip so strongly? It's probably the first one posted in ages that is actually a decentish joke, if overdeveloped
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Nov 15, 2018 07:47
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Frog Act posted:Why is everyone reacting to that clip so strongly? It's probably the first one posted in ages that is actually a decentish joke, if overdeveloped Wow that thing is kind of exemplary of what's wrong with most of modern Simpsons writing. At first, you think maybe it's mocking the idea of resurrecting celebrities for our amusement, maybe it's a rip on the soullessness of the tech industry. But then there's an attempt at shock humor that's not all that shocking and the slow, stilted delivery takes out any possible bite. The joke goes on way too long and overstays its welcome with lots of post-script and  . I guess one of the better parts of early Simpsons satire/parody is that it was never so specific. It wasn't always "Let's go to the Mapple store. Wow, it's Meve Mobs. Meve, will you sign my MyPod? Wow, Meve, why are you saying lines that are poorly-hidden criticisms of you, your business, and products? Well, back to Springfield characters doing Apple gags for a few minutes." Like here's the bit on standardized testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOLwDBcgSjs The comedy is a mixed bag of character humor, jabs at the working world, education system, validity of standardized testing, and lots of other stuff. Can't imagine newer Simpsons pacing it well and not stopping for one character to deliver an "ironic" monologue on why testing is bad.
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Quote-Unquote posted:The weirdest bit of editing in the Simpsons in the UK is when Barney helps Homer escape work so they can go to the Duff brewery. They’ve put that joke back in now. Last time the episode aired it was intact. Maybe nobody cares about Princess Di anymore (except for the middle aged women I used to work with). That clip of ghandi dancing is awful. The animation is a mess.
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Nov 15, 2018 11:31
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Ah yes, the scene that made me tell my parents I wanted to be a systems analyst Also CANT got a big guffaw from all of us. Something about the delivery is so great
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Nov 15, 2018 12:12
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Plan Z posted:I guess one of the better parts of early Simpsons satire/parody is that it was never so specific. It wasn't always "Let's go to the Mapple store. Wow, it's Meve Mobs. Meve, will you sign my MyPod? Wow, Meve, why are you saying lines that are poorly-hidden criticisms of you, your business, and products? Well, back to Springfield characters doing Apple gags for a few minutes." Like here's the bit on standardized testing: What's great about that clip is that it's a wonderful depiction of those kind of standardized tests. While at the time of airing, our parents may not have been familiar with those kinds of tests, we sure were. The biggest gripe I have is those scan-trons had 5 bubbles, but only 3 choices  I do remember having to take a similar standardized test in high school, everyone else got an 11x17 sheet of paper full of careers that they might be good at. Mine was entirely blank except for my name. Lawyer Bird
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Nov 15, 2018 13:33
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Our super duper middle school job compatibility estimation software deigned me fit to work as, in order: 1. Open sandwich caterer 2. Bank security personnel 3. Lighthouse keeper You're really spoiling me for choices, here.
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Nov 15, 2018 14:25
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I'd love to be a lighthouse keeper personally
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Nov 15, 2018 15:00
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The one I took suggested I should be a pastor or other religious leader.
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Nov 15, 2018 15:25
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I wanna marry a lighthouse keeper and keep him company
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Nov 15, 2018 15:48
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snack eater posted:I wanna marry a lighthouse keeper and keep him company Thanks to this post I now know that this song isn't just from Frank but was an actual song.
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Nov 15, 2018 15:52
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Our school made us take a career test before deciding what we wanted to do for final year at school. There was one question asking if I liked working with computers and I said yes and it told me I should work with computers then. If I changed my response to say I didn't like working with computers it told me to be a life coach. My friend got wig maker.
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THE BAR posted:Our super duper middle school job compatibility estimation software deigned me fit to work as, in order: And was this is in a small town in Arizona where they don't have banks or sandwich shops?
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goldenninjawarrior posted:Our school made us take a career test before deciding what we wanted to do for final year at school. There was one question asking if I liked working with computers and I said yes and it told me I should work with computers then. If I changed my response to say I didn't like working with computers it told me to be a life coach. My friend got wig maker. I want to know what set of questions and answers leads to wig maker.
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