Simpsons Histories - Barney Gumble

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  • @ZiggyMandarr
    @ZiggyMandarr 4 роки тому +1951

    Barney no longer being Homer's best friend, even in flashbacks, always pained me. Poor Barney.

    • @rheubarbarum5423
      @rheubarbarum5423 4 роки тому +251

      Here was moment in the one of recent seasons, when Abe reminisces times of Homer's childhood, in which he hasn't any actual friends, so Abe had paid to two boys, Lenny and Carl, to play with him (those floozies!), and it remained to modern days (them being friends, not interacting for money). But, notes he, Barney was one he got for free. Retconning of all previous backstory(-ies) and rather mean joke, but it's still nice and encapsulates Barney's status as his genuine friend.

    • @justincoleman3805
      @justincoleman3805 4 роки тому +60

      There is no retconning on The Simpsons. It’s reality is fluid.

    • @BMoney8600
      @BMoney8600 4 роки тому +5

      Rheubarbarum yeah it bothered me too.

    • @chrissonofpear1384
      @chrissonofpear1384 4 роки тому +8

      @@rheubarbarum5423 Though Abe later claims that wasn't true.

    • @de132
      @de132 4 роки тому +4

      Barney is Homer's lone loyal friend

  • @Saiyef96
    @Saiyef96 Рік тому +4

    Not too long ago, the channel Simpsons Hub had a poll that showed up on my UA-cam feed called “Who’s Homer’s Biggest Friend?” which had Moe win over Barney, Lenny and Carl. This is where I noticed that Barney got significantly less screentime and episodes focused on him as the seasons go on; which is why I think Moe took first place, due to him just keep getting more and more episodes focused on him while Barney is just quietly shunted into the background to be ignored and unacknowledged.
    An example I want to bring up is the Season 21 episode “The Saga of Carl”, the episode where Carl is revealed to have been raised in Iceland by his adoptive parents, where the focus of the episode is that Homer, Lenny, Carl and Moe are all a friend group and the conflict of the episode is that Carl betrayed them by stealing their shared winnings from the lottery and saying he could do so because they’re not real friends. I bring up this episode because I feel like Barney is part of their friend group and should have been in the episode.
    Though, this video reminded me that this actually started seasons earlier. The earliest seasons had firmly established that Barney was Homer’s best friend, with flashbacks showing that their friendship goes all the way back to during their time in high school. Later seasons then have flashbacks which establish that Homer, Lenny, Carl and Moe were friends all the way back when he was 10 and 12-years old (Season 15 “The Way We Weren’t” and Season 13 “The Blunder Years” respectively) and episodes more-or-less maintain that Homer’s usual friend group is Lenny, Carl and Moe at Moe’s Tavern and just Lenny and Carl at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
    Though, I didn’t know about the episode where Homer and Moe reform the Pin Pals with Lenny, Carl and Barney (with Moe playing coach instead of an active player and replacing Otto and Apu). And it looks like it sticked because an episode in a later season had them play competitive bowling again in the episode where Carl gets a girlfriend.

  • @theomegafan304
    @theomegafan304 4 роки тому +6

    "Alright rummy where'd you pinch the hooch, is some blind tiger jerking suds on the side?!"
    "...Yes?"

  • @Sawta
    @Sawta 3 роки тому +2

    Regarding the Patty and Semla angle, I got the impression that since Moe kept trying to lust after Marge, Barney was lusting after Marge's sisters so they could still hang out, or that it was some kind of a natural progression to make the two more buddy-buddy.

  • @MineSlimeTV
    @MineSlimeTV 4 роки тому

    I am glad of having found this channel and this place after watching somehow randomly allot of simpson small clips
    thank you for this my friend and for what you had done as I adore it!
    I feel like I had somehow however seen you before now that I admire and view at your profile picture..
    Either way! Im glad for this!

  • @bucwhovian8305
    @bucwhovian8305 4 роки тому +11

    Barney: I'd like a beer, Moe!
    Barney's Girlfriend: I'd like a single plum floating in perfume served in a man's hat.
    (He just has it ready under the bar, this has happened before!)

  • @happinesk
    @happinesk 3 роки тому

    Man I wanna make videos like this. I wanna make videos that go in depth about things to this level, videos that cover every nook and cranny of a subject, make people think of things that they haven’t thought of before. Idk why this video struck me so hard. I wanna make videos like this but no matter how much my brain wants to my body just does not pull through. There are other factors that I won’t put in a UA-cam comment, but this video spoke to me bro idk why. I know you didnt probably wish for pointless complaining on your video, but very well done, it’s made me reflect more then just on Barney gumble.

  • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
    @TheSmart-CasualGamer 4 роки тому +2

    "So long Superman! Your secret identity is safe with me!", "Sure! Now where's me toothpick?" and "Are those ears?!" "Aaaagh! Not so loud!"

  • @chriswinkler284
    @chriswinkler284 4 роки тому +1

    There was one episode where Barney saved Maggie from being eaten by a tiger. Marge had a gambling addiction and simply wouldn't leave the slot machine(s) alone. Barney brought Maggie to Marge and told her that she should keep a closer eye on her [son] Bart :P

  • @shadeofeternity4990
    @shadeofeternity4990 3 роки тому

    "Barney Gumble is the most underrated character." Yeah and I am a famous rockstar...

  • @whiz8569
    @whiz8569 4 роки тому +10

    Ah, so BARNEY was the one who ACTUALLY shot Mr.- Wait, this joke actually makes sense now.

  • @88smjls
    @88smjls 4 роки тому +1

    18:15 on Barney Gumble about 8:24 longer then it needed to be.

  • @matti.8465
    @matti.8465 4 роки тому +2

    A part of me wishes they had stayed with their decision of keeping Barney sober, it could have led to a very compelling story on recovery. I understand that the comedy is a priority and if this new Barney doesn't offer anything in terms of jokes or usefulness, it doesn't work.

  • @Alex_DC413
    @Alex_DC413 4 роки тому

    Nice to know I'm not the only one who noticed the show had a fondness for pairing Barney with Patty & Selma

  • @chrispetritsch4959
    @chrispetritsch4959 4 роки тому

    'Sorry about that.' 'That's alright,that's what the diapers are for.'

  • @KompetenteEnte
    @KompetenteEnte 4 роки тому

    I've never noticed that his name is perfect to be the bar person
    I mean seriously, BARny? Of course he's the guy

  • @piplup2009
    @piplup2009 4 роки тому +1

    "Boxing causes brain damage"
    *Drinks varnish*

  • @kouvang522
    @kouvang522 4 роки тому +1

    I’d go for Armin Tamzarian aka Prinicipal Seymour Skinner aka Steamed Hams aka the character that most people seem to agree began The Simpsons downhill slide.

  • @literatureimp9376
    @literatureimp9376 4 роки тому

    I wish that they could have used sober Barney. He would have been a nice foil to Homer. A beacon of hope.

  • @Jojolmm
    @Jojolmm 4 роки тому

    "So long, superman."

  • @grease_monkey6078
    @grease_monkey6078 4 роки тому

    The scene in the Casino where He was burping up quarters was hilarious to this day

  • @jesusramirezromo2037
    @jesusramirezromo2037 3 роки тому

    I HATED how they completley forggot about Barney's rehabb
    They did him dirty

  • @rheubarbarum5423
    @rheubarbarum5423 4 роки тому

    On connections of Barney and sisters: actually, get him together with Selma (not with Patty, obviously) could be not so bad idea, if it could help him raise again as significant character. After all, put characters in relationships seems to be recurring idea of writers when they do attempt of "refreshing" characters. It never occured to me, perhaps, because he was rejected in "Principal Charming", but recently I think that, if the show even goes in direction of setting her with any character (like it was done to Edna) for good, after all her previous fancy fiancees, each of them (sans Abe) turned out swindlers in some way, she should be set with most humble, unassuming guy who's just willing to give her comfortable life, determined to work for it, and cherish her. I somehow leaned toward Skinner, for opportunity of giving book-end to her search, and give justice to wrecked previously settlement. But, in principle, give second chance to these relationship can be nice, too, he seem to be genuinely frustrated when she "broken" with him. Perhaps, set-up could be her falling into despair over her constant failures, in light of Patty having more successful love life, that always was rubbing on her. In that state, she doesn't search any relationships anymore and (for instance) develops habit of hanging at Moe's, and rest is happy natural progression.

  • @arrmichigan
    @arrmichigan 4 роки тому

    Great video!
    My character nomination is Lindsey Naegle. Her early iterations are interesting. She's probably changed the most in appearance apart from Smithers.
    She also has a strange connection to Homer in that she's the person he would mostly (try to) have an affair with. He's had a saucy fantasy about her in a season 20? 22? episode and she is Marge's #1 choice to replace her if something happens (I forget which season).

  • @jpmnky
    @jpmnky 4 роки тому

    Don't cry for me. I'm already dead.

  • @SehnsuchtYT
    @SehnsuchtYT 3 роки тому

    Maybe he could've been a sort of alternative to Flanders where he is more successful than Homer.

  • @buddyzilla4557
    @buddyzilla4557 4 місяці тому

    I DEMAND an AI cover of the "Somewhere Out There" music video featuring Barney Gumble and Linda Rodstadt! 💛

  • @kinglokimrvegas8687
    @kinglokimrvegas8687 Рік тому +1

    Homer honestly is the textbook case of a spiraling life due to addictions

  • @SgtxAnus
    @SgtxAnus 4 роки тому

    Im sorry you didnt meantion “delete this” whyyyyy? Dude is the voice of a generation

  • @Bj5m17h
    @Bj5m17h 4 роки тому

    The abandonment of Barney is emblematic of the abandonment of the American working class in general.

  • @theprooblem
    @theprooblem 3 роки тому

    Barney used to be almost as big in emotional terms as the Simpsons family itself, at least in those early years. I perceived him as a huge character back in the days. Sadly, it's not easy to write about an alcoholic character, expecially in a comedy. And frankly the alcoholism topic is not one of the better handled by Simpsons, even in the Golden age. It is often played for laughs and rarely conveys the sense of tragedy of alcohol addiction. There are few exceptions here and there, like the Pukahontas episode, which is really touching. Sadly it all becomes farcical in the end, with Barney getting his prize, a mega-supply of beer, "injected into his veins." Which is funny and tragic, but also ambiguous, since it doesn't show once again the real consequences of alcoholism.

  • @jliller
    @jliller 4 роки тому

    Does that guy who's always in the background at Moe's (glasses, green hat) have a name?

  • @My_Legs_Hurt
    @My_Legs_Hurt 4 роки тому +2931

    "My name is Barney Gumble and I'm an alcoholic"
    "Mr Gumble, this is a girl scout meeting"
    "Is it? Or can you girls not admit to your problem?"

    • @NikkiMKarLen
      @NikkiMKarLen 4 роки тому +33

      LMFAO!

    • @kenterminateddq5311
      @kenterminateddq5311 4 роки тому +67

      If Barney was in a boy scout meeting, maybe Ned and the scouts would give him a sponge bath.

    • @selftaughtinfection
      @selftaughtinfection 4 роки тому +14

      FIN

    • @ajk
      @ajk 4 роки тому +28

      it's actually "Is it? Or is it that you girls can't admit you have a problem?" but still a great moment :)

    • @srstriker6420
      @srstriker6420 4 роки тому +2

      My legs hurt don’t cry Elliot I’ll be right here

  • @theMoporter
    @theMoporter 4 роки тому +636

    My favourite Barney gag is when Moe throws him out the front door and he appears back in the bar in a completely neutral position. He not only was chucked out and denied physics and teleported back in, he doesn't even seem bothered by it.

    • @yourex-wife4259
      @yourex-wife4259 3 роки тому +23

      I love when he was Moe's 'secret admirer' and says yoohoo, except instead of blowing a kiss he blows a burp

    • @grahamduggan8476
      @grahamduggan8476 2 роки тому +3

      My favourite is the sperm bank when he donates the sample and all the babies there
      are belching just like him.

    • @Cruisey
      @Cruisey Рік тому +4

      @@yourex-wife4259 I actually voiced the 'yoo-hoo' out loud to myself when that moment was mentioned in the video. Real classic moment. 😂😂

    • @ssgoko88
      @ssgoko88 11 місяців тому +3

      Moe was probably even still looking at the Barney he threw out too.

    • @androidmk5987
      @androidmk5987 7 місяців тому

      "I'm drink I don't know how I do nothin"

  • @MrBump2
    @MrBump2 4 роки тому +1979

    The show treated him like we treat real alcoholics. We laughed at his bizarre dialogue and situations, then we cared enough to give an attempt to help him clean up and have a better life, then they tragically revert back to their alcoholism, and we couldn't be bothered to care again and eventually forgot about him.

    • @hugonubario
      @hugonubario 4 роки тому +58

      true
      I think that video missed the point about alcoholism wich was the main joke

    • @michaelguerrieri3486
      @michaelguerrieri3486 4 роки тому +8

      Barney seen in background often.

    • @tolfan4438
      @tolfan4438 4 роки тому +5

      Very well put

    • @YerMate
      @YerMate 4 роки тому +63

      @yeahSOwhat that's not true, I think it's quite the struggle on both sides, at some point you can't put your life on hold for someone who won't try to help themselves. Plenty of people stick around after the first try, but sometimes as much support as you give someone, if they aren't going to help themselves you can't either. It's a very broad spectrum of people and situations, it's no one's fault specifically, it's not people being dumb, that is a dumb and immature view of it.

    • @caseysmith544
      @caseysmith544 3 роки тому +8

      This is true, we even did this with an Uncle on my mom's side, were really happy when he stopped drinking for a bit or was only having one beer a day at most and no hard stuff but were really pissed off when he went back on beer only quite hard and we all gave up on helping him. He still is able to manage a building or two that are house style apartments and only the lower end type people rent from one of them of he still owns that one, the other is close to where he lives in his house so they respect him more. He is a functional Drunk and that is worse then most other types.

  • @QuarrelsomeLocalOaf
    @QuarrelsomeLocalOaf 4 роки тому +628

    "Mr. Gumble, you're upsetting me..."
    "No I'm not!"

    • @Super_Mario128
      @Super_Mario128 4 роки тому +23

      Yung Vulpix
      "all I'm saying is that when we die, there will be a planet for the French and a planet for the Chinese."

    • @royalblanket
      @royalblanket 3 роки тому +1

      @Константин Курбанов NO.

    • @memorymeltstudios4128
      @memorymeltstudios4128 3 роки тому +1

      @Константин Курбанов fuck off

    • @TheBfutgreg
      @TheBfutgreg 5 місяців тому

      Just a rehash of
      "It smells funny in there!"
      "No it doesn't!"

  • @troperhghar9898
    @troperhghar9898 4 роки тому +426

    "You`'ll never get me into a ring, boxing causes brain damage" *drinks varnish*
    My second favorite joke from my favorite episode

  • @promontorium
    @promontorium 3 роки тому +282

    I think they should stick with the dynamic of him randomly sober in some episodes, drunk in others. Makes it more realistic, and enables him to be put in more situations. Addicts often have a manic attraction when trying to get off their addiction, when Barney is sober he could be interested in any number of alternative things. That's where the coffee trope comes from, it's real life.

    • @xxxccc4753
      @xxxccc4753 Рік тому +16

      The concept of him sobering up only to relapse again and again is such a good idea. I wish the writers would have settled for that.
      The best part about Barney was always the stark contrast between his personality when he was sober and when he was drunk.

  • @cheeseandtoast6338
    @cheeseandtoast6338 2 роки тому +177

    I like how kind Barney has always been portrayed, like when he saved Maggie from the white tiger when Marge was too busy with the slot machine.

  • @TheRealJims
    @TheRealJims  4 роки тому +283

    I ended up getting a stomach bug right smack in the middle of writing this video. And while it ended up delaying the project a few days, it did put me in a better mindset for discussing Barney Gumble.
    Currently started my re-watch of Season 6, so those should be the next videos. The ranking is going to be so difficult to do.

    • @sallytims6894
      @sallytims6894 4 роки тому +1

      Good luck :)

    • @toma6068
      @toma6068 4 роки тому +5

      Here's mine
      10. Lemon of Troy
      9. THOH V
      8. Bart's Comet
      7. The PTA Disbands
      6. Lisa's Wedding
      5. Sideshow Bob Roberts
      4. Who Shot Mr Burns
      3. And Maggie Makes Three
      2. Lisa on Ice
      1. Homer Badman

    • @kevinrhea7332
      @kevinrhea7332 4 роки тому +1

      Homer Badman is my no.2 to Bart v Australia

    • @alejandroc.a.5960
      @alejandroc.a.5960 4 роки тому +2

      Mine is similar:
      10. A Star is Burns.
      9. Bart's Comet.
      8. Homie the Clown.
      7. Itchy and Scratchy Land.
      6. Bart vs. Australia.
      5. Homer the Great.
      4. Sideshow Bob Roberts.
      3. And Maggie Makes Three (no joke intended).
      2. Who Shot Mr. Burns Part 1.
      1. Homer Badman.
      Honorable mentions:
      13. The PTA Disbands.
      12. Bart's Girlfriend.
      11. Lemon of Troy.
      (P.S. Hey! What if we play Bingo with TheRealJims' list?)

    • @Will_kid_cortez
      @Will_kid_cortez 4 роки тому +3

      Season 6 and 7 are my favorite no doubt

  • @LordSluggo
    @LordSluggo 4 роки тому +200

    Your idea to have Barney get his law degree and become the lawyer is pure brilliance. It really would have filled the hole where Phil Hartman used to be

    • @ajk
      @ajk Рік тому +7

      I wonder if it woulda brought too much pain from the obvious absence of Hartman if they did that. I could see that, the comparisons, the "whatever happened to?" comments, etc. Maybe is better to leave that door closed.

    • @increbidel4685
      @increbidel4685 5 місяців тому +2

      @@ajkI mean it’s him or ol’ Gil and I’d rather have Barney

    • @dharmallars
      @dharmallars 2 місяці тому

      Barney shares Lionel’s appreciation for the brownest of the brown liquors

  • @Lexilove2016
    @Lexilove2016 4 роки тому +362

    "A single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat."

    • @bucwhovian8305
      @bucwhovian8305 4 роки тому +34

      and it's ready under the bar too!

    • @laurene988
      @laurene988 4 роки тому +37

      Lol the fact he immediately had it on hand still cracks me up even to this day

    • @GTdba
      @GTdba 4 роки тому +11

      Yoko’s request always bugged me.
      “ Oook, so what now, you sniff it, stare at it...I dunno, you eat the plum?What?!”
      I know the joke is about being “artsy” and pretentious but I wanted to see what was next!

    • @NowhereMan7
      @NowhereMan7 4 роки тому +8

      @@GTdba The "whats next" part is the kind of desperate humour the simpsons has become post season 9-10. Rather than subtlety and implications its just in your face wacky antics. Hahaha its funny because shes eating a plum out of a hat - - this kind of humour is what ruined the simpsons.

    • @justincoleman3805
      @justincoleman3805 4 роки тому +2

      GTdba, What is wrong with you? It’s not a drink. It’s a poem.

  • @TheNerdySasquatch
    @TheNerdySasquatch 4 роки тому +429

    "Don't cry for me. I'm already dead."
    Lenny and Carl would make a fun Simpsons Histories.

    • @davidmoncholi6746
      @davidmoncholi6746 4 роки тому +6

      And moe Simpsons history

    • @AllosaurusJP3
      @AllosaurusJP3 4 роки тому +4

      yes! i would love a lenny and carl simpsons histories!

    • @davidmoncholi6746
      @davidmoncholi6746 4 роки тому +2

      Jims I'm sorry for keep bringing moe up I just think he is a interesting character being sleazy and depressed

    • @Ivander85
      @Ivander85 4 роки тому +4

      Not Lenny!

    • @davidmoncholi6746
      @davidmoncholi6746 4 роки тому

      @@Ivander85 I always thought that was a weird joke

  • @SpikeBrave
    @SpikeBrave 4 роки тому +82

    He has one of my favorite jokes on the show. During a prank call for Amanda Hugnkiss, Moe questions why he can't find Amanda Hugnkiss and Barney suggests the Moe's standards are too high.

  • @sokekon
    @sokekon 4 роки тому +894

    I'd love to see the history of Groundskeeper Willy. That wild Scotsman needs some love

    • @JaBoreman
      @JaBoreman 4 роки тому +3

      sokekon nah. Bad idea.

    • @sos9919
      @sos9919 4 роки тому +9

      "Uh, Willy... the teachers office is for teachers"

    • @antonydyatlov5651
      @antonydyatlov5651 4 роки тому +2

      Groundskeeper Willy is cultural appropriation and I, for one, am disgusted.

    • @gnashattack1
      @gnashattack1 4 роки тому +7

      antony dyatlov lmao it’s the simpsons, shut up

    • @BMoney8600
      @BMoney8600 4 роки тому

      Yes!

  • @NerevarOfficialReal
    @NerevarOfficialReal 4 роки тому +430

    ''Next they're gonna show my movie.'
    ''You made a movie?''
    ''I made a movie?''

    • @warreng675
      @warreng675 4 роки тому +4

      It did'nt die

    • @bmstylee
      @bmstylee 4 роки тому +6

      But "football in the groin" had a football in the groin.

    • @tagthetag1321
      @tagthetag1321 3 роки тому +6

      “No wonder I was on the cover of Entertainment Weekly!”

  • @notoriouswhitemoth
    @notoriouswhitemoth 3 роки тому +68

    My older brother had all the potential in the world, started binge-drinking in college, died of alcohol poisoning by age 30. Barney as a tragic figure hits home for me. *Hard.* The state of his apartment is realistic for someone losing himself in the bottom of a bottle - if anything his apartment is cleaner than our basement was. Also, his bouncing back and forth on sobriety, disturbingly realistic.

  • @christergoode6465
    @christergoode6465 4 роки тому +120

    Reverend Timothy Lovejoy!
    The writers seemed to flip his characterization more than once.
    At some points, he's played straight as a Devoted Minister, leading social causes with an Evangelical leaning, is the designated leader (or 2nd in command) of the religious citizenry of Springfield, and occasionally acts as a deus ex machina that saves the 3rd act with a genuine miracle.
    Other times, he's portrayed as Intolerant of his Faith, secretly hating Ned Flanders, neglects his Clergy responsibility, and voices several atheistic jokes
    (Such as calling the Bible a 2000 page sleeping pill in the episode when Lisa converts to Buddhism). A personal favorite depiction of the character.
    And then we have him being simultaneously desperate to do better at his job, have a secret life filled with interests at odds with Evangelical Christianity, feature episodes where he's shown to be working on improving his marriage/family life, give him exchanges with The Parson, etc.
    In short: Rev. Lovejoy has had a lot going for him throughout the show, and is often overlooked.
    He deserves a spotlight.
    Thank you for reading this essay.
    You covered Helen, but skipped out on her husband.

    • @davidmoncholi6746
      @davidmoncholi6746 4 роки тому +2

      That's a good idea but maybe moe first because it feels like a good follow up to barney

  • @macmonkeyhat
    @macmonkeyhat 4 роки тому +545

    I'd like a general histories of the kid characters who had a couple of roles in early episodes but quickly faded into the background (Louis, Richard, Wendal, Janey)

    • @Epic_C
      @Epic_C 4 роки тому +11

      What about Roy?

    • @macmonkeyhat
      @macmonkeyhat 4 роки тому +34

      Cliff Porter He moved to an apartment with two sexy ladies

    • @notjimpickens7928
      @notjimpickens7928 4 роки тому +7

      @@macmonkeyhat ooh shit, i wanna be roy now.

    • @kylecarson5723
      @kylecarson5723 4 роки тому +3

      @@macmonkeyhat thanks for explaining that, I forgot about Roy

    • @ToxicBastard
      @ToxicBastard 4 роки тому +17

      nelson's gang before the other bullies

  • @Khralle97
    @Khralle97 4 роки тому +309

    “Reckon you can get this thing home”
    “Sure thing Giant Beer”

  • @apslup
    @apslup 4 роки тому +262

    Now that you mentioned it, I would love to see Simpsons Histories - Kirk Van Houten! He's one of the best "pathetic" characters on the show. Someone they can beat up on without making you feel too bad lol.

    • @rubywest5166
      @rubywest5166 4 роки тому +26

      That's because he doesn't really have feelings.
      Why else does he have to borrow them?

    • @Super_Mario128
      @Super_Mario128 4 роки тому +8

      apslup "you're letting me go?!"
      "Kirk, crackers are a family food, happy families, single people probably eat them too"

    • @SocieteRoyale
      @SocieteRoyale 4 роки тому +9

      @@Super_Mario128 so this is it, after 20 years, so long good luck?

    • @Super_Mario128
      @Super_Mario128 4 роки тому +12

      SocieteRoyale I don't recall saying good luck.

    • @BMoney8600
      @BMoney8600 4 роки тому

      Yes!

  • @HarryIndeed
    @HarryIndeed 4 роки тому +204

    “Come back diaper! come back!... hi ma!”

  • @40KTheories
    @40KTheories 4 роки тому +159

    How about a Histories video on Snake in the future?

  • @horridlorries1237
    @horridlorries1237 4 роки тому +334

    I wouldn’t mind you doing a Simpsons Histories on Itchy And Scratchy. Well, maybe a history of The Itchy & Scratchy Show and maybe a segment on each individual character within the show. It sounds kind of unique and interesting.

    • @fakegmale4648
      @fakegmale4648 4 роки тому +27

      or a simpsons mysteries on poochies home planet

    • @ChoosenOneStudios
      @ChoosenOneStudios 4 роки тому +5

      This could be fun, as long as we get a nod to Worker and Parasite!

    • @stproducciones9140
      @stproducciones9140 4 роки тому +10

      only if he acknowledges the cult favorite character Ku Klux Clam

    • @ImSoOld2007
      @ImSoOld2007 4 роки тому +1

      Sin Talento Producciones oh, yeah...they weren’t very funny

    • @cartoonosaurus
      @cartoonosaurus 4 роки тому

      I was literally just about to say that

  • @Storyograph
    @Storyograph 4 роки тому +92

    Yeah, I always thought Barney and Nelson looked similar. When I use to play "Simpsons Cartoon Studio" I would use Barney as adult nelson when I did "flash-forward" scenes.

    • @retrofan4963
      @retrofan4963 4 роки тому +7

      I used to to think Barney is Nelson's father at one point until I saw an episode Ne;son's father showed up.

    • @retrofan4963
      @retrofan4963 4 роки тому +1

      @Vee ikr? They look the same. Uncle/Nephew is a really good theory,

  • @ImSquiggs
    @ImSquiggs 4 роки тому +89

    I don't know where you magic pixies came from, but I like your pixie drink!

  • @Spudcore
    @Spudcore 3 роки тому +42

    "Is that a new kind of Mace? It's really painful."
    Sober Barney getting a law degree and being the new Lionel Hutz would have been a master stroke imo

  • @Queensbloodbath
    @Queensbloodbath 4 роки тому +151

    I would like to see Miss Hoover since she's barely touched on in the show

    • @blackmetalnazgul4519
      @blackmetalnazgul4519 4 роки тому +3

      Same here. 👏👏

    • @theMoporter
      @theMoporter 4 роки тому +7

      She's a little bit lying and a little bit crazy.

    • @emiliavioletta4173
      @emiliavioletta4173 4 роки тому +7

      Me too! She looks depressed, uninterested in her students and it has also been mentioned on the show (I don't remember the exact episode) that she is on psychoactive drugs (like xanax or so).

    • @bucwhovian8305
      @bucwhovian8305 4 роки тому +7

      "it's okay I'm a teacher"
      "I didn't know we could do that!"

    • @justincoleman3805
      @justincoleman3805 4 роки тому +3

      Plus she’s hot.

  • @beneaththefells
    @beneaththefells 4 роки тому +41

    With his helicopter piloting skills he could have replaced Arnie Pie. I would have loved to see Barney In The Sky reporting the news.

    • @elijahblechman8633
      @elijahblechman8633 4 роки тому +5

      Yeah but they barley used Arnie pie.

    • @Foersom_
      @Foersom_ Рік тому +4

      Arnie Pie is a reporter not a helicopter pilot. So if it had to be Barney would work with Arnie.

  • @edfreak9001
    @edfreak9001 4 роки тому +176

    How about a Histories episode on Snake? Curious if he's ever been more than "morally bankrupt guy who robs Apu weekly and runs from cops"

    • @matti.8465
      @matti.8465 4 роки тому +18

      I think they sometimes tried to subvert with him, doing things like making him a good father or making his relationship with Apu seem almost domenstic (going to counceling and everything)

    • @Whymust898
      @Whymust898 4 роки тому +15

      He was revealed to be an archaeologist at one point

    • @unstoppableExodia
      @unstoppableExodia 4 роки тому +23

      That one time Snake stole the whole damn kwik-e-mart. Had it loaded onto a truck somehow and was all like "I'm taking this thing to Mexicooo"

    • @nikkixx7964
      @nikkixx7964 4 роки тому +3

      I think I remember a flashback episode establishing him as having been an archaeologist or something before turning to crime

    • @christopherlewis1315
      @christopherlewis1315 4 роки тому +2

      @@matti.8465 I think you're thinking of Apu, not Moe.

  • @the8thark
    @the8thark 4 роки тому +62

    I'd actually like to see Moe Szyslak done. He has such a wide history, doen so much, like being a boxer, have so much illegal stuff in his bar basement, a few eps all about unsuccessfully flirting with Marge. Also how Moe treats Barney differently to Lenny and Carl and then differently again to Homer. Also they even tried a "good looking Moe" in an ep which I think the results of that were mixed.
    The writers tried to make Moe clean his act up, with things like the restaurant but in the end it always seems to fail and he ends up as the stereotypical barman of the worst pub in town. I think the writers making Moe not like the beer he serves so he rarely drinks anything and when he does Moe always complains about how $#@! it tastes.
    Moe is not underappreciated, but he does have an up and down history with moments the writers tried to clean up his image but it always ended up the same way, back in the bar. Almost like the writers wanted his stories always resolved in a single ep, so nothing ever carried over so, Homer, Carl, Lenny and Barney always had the same bar to go back to, to use in their storylines.

    • @Ehjsididud
      @Ehjsididud 2 роки тому

      i want to hear your take on how he treats barney lenny carl and homer

    • @e-122psi3
      @e-122psi3 7 місяців тому

      There's always this weird extremity shift with Moe, where he keeps shifting back and forth between a loathesome dirtbag or utterly sympathetic. Like he's not like Kirk where he's consistently pitiful but always self sabotages his own likability. He tends to take both worlds.

  • @Whymust898
    @Whymust898 4 роки тому +52

    I kinda want a Simpsons Histories on Ol' Gil. I wonder how many characters' roles he's stolen.

    • @elijahblechman8633
      @elijahblechman8633 4 роки тому +1

      Never could stand him.

    • @karda009
      @karda009 3 роки тому +1

      Spoilers for Gil
      I just want that Simpsons Histories for the sake of finding out if he actually died in that Steve Buscemi 'Dog Day Afternoon' episode. They don't explain what happens after he gets shot and I can't find any info on the Wiki.

  • @jordanw.97
    @jordanw.97 4 роки тому +74

    My favorite Barney moment is when he tells Sherry Bobbins “So Long Superman!” It really caught me off guard when I first saw it.
    My suggestion is Kearney.

    • @congrilla-
      @congrilla- 4 роки тому +7

      I'd second Kearney, but mostly because I'm curious about the evolution of the whole "older-than-you-think-he-is" joke played out.

    • @QuarrelsomeLocalOaf
      @QuarrelsomeLocalOaf 4 роки тому +4

      "That's a very nice jig Kearney! Isn't dancing much more fun than bullying?"

  • @jek__
    @jek__ 2 роки тому +24

    That scene where Barney cant kill Moe because he already got him a hat is the closest I've ever seen the simpsons drift into being futurama and I love it. It has a lot of that "i tried to kill myself in a suicide booth because I was too depressed from making suicide booths" dark humor feel to it, and it also has the group of single friends that come together as a family dynamic which is the core of what separates futurama's sitcom style from most

  • @toma6068
    @toma6068 4 роки тому +47

    "Ah natural light, get it off me, get it off"

  • @candelorimoraglia
    @candelorimoraglia 4 роки тому +124

    The next Simpsons history should be the Blue-Haired Lawyer!

    • @mankytoes
      @mankytoes 4 роки тому +17

      A bit different, but I'd love to see a review of all the times when the Simpsons have been in court. From Hutz to blue hair, race changing judge to Lois off Malcolm in the Middle judge.

    • @Ammoniumbicarbonat
      @Ammoniumbicarbonat 4 роки тому +20

      “And Dinnah Dawwwwg”

    • @Ineedgames
      @Ineedgames 4 роки тому +1

      I hate that guy so much.

    • @davidmoncholi6746
      @davidmoncholi6746 4 роки тому +1

      @@Ammoniumbicarbonat I can't wait for the next Simpsons history video

    • @chasewinchester7
      @chasewinchester7 2 роки тому

      Mr. Jass

  • @Homerstar
    @Homerstar 4 роки тому +39

    I'd really like to see a Simpsons Histories on Ned Flanders. It could be a great to discuss how the term Flanderization started.

    • @GummitMan
      @GummitMan 5 місяців тому +2

      woah you look like a teffific athlete

  • @LonMoer
    @LonMoer 4 роки тому +17

    "My name is Barney Gumble. I'm forty, I'm single, and I drink. There's a line in Othello about a drinker: 'Now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast.' That pretty well covers it. Don't cry for me, I'm already dead." - "Fin"

  • @HyperGolem
    @HyperGolem 4 роки тому +34

    Milhouse next. His struggle to be respected, his parents divorce and the future episodes make him one of the most interesting characters. He gets abused similarly to Moleman but has actual problems we can all relate to.

  • @Catkeeper
    @Catkeeper 4 роки тому +26

    "JUST HOOK IT TO MY VEINS!"
    Also Police Chief Wiggum!

  • @truemizu1596
    @truemizu1596 4 роки тому +53

    Personally I would like to see a review about
    Gary Chalmers

  • @sammcarthur8652
    @sammcarthur8652 4 роки тому +60

    "I'm off to market" possibly one of my favourite scenes of the show

  • @MrWalksindarkness
    @MrWalksindarkness 4 роки тому +26

    woman: "did something crawl down your throat and die?" barney: "it didn't die!"

  • @jaywilliams9294
    @jaywilliams9294 4 роки тому +38

    Barney had a girl in his car in the first episode

    • @YMPictures
      @YMPictures 4 роки тому +1

      Her name was Daria

    • @davidmoncholi6746
      @davidmoncholi6746 4 роки тому

      Are barney and homer the same age

    • @Electroporcupine
      @Electroporcupine 4 роки тому +10

      She's the one he screamed about killing when he knocked over that maple syrup bottle.

    • @generalchaos6
      @generalchaos6 4 роки тому +1

      Dom Guilfoyle ...shit... I never thought of it that way before...

  • @SoSo-vh3xk
    @SoSo-vh3xk 4 роки тому +55

    I never thought Barney would be a character I'd remember. I'm reading the comments and seeing so many quotes from him and suddenly it's like I remember every thing about him...

  • @NicoAnimation
    @NicoAnimation 4 роки тому +34

    Hey Jims or anybody really - Does anyone know the story behind the “Barney belch” sound effect? Is that Dan C back in 1990 doing a real burp, or an impression of one, and they’ve just used it over and over since?

    • @grusome1
      @grusome1 4 роки тому +14

      Apparently Dan found it hard doing burps on command for Barney. So he did different burps, selected the one that was best out of the bunch, and reused it

    • @macmonkeyhat
      @macmonkeyhat 4 роки тому +2

      In season 1 I think they used a different burp each time. If you re watch some of those episodes you can hear the burps he does sound different. But in later seasons they just reused the recording of the same burp

  • @mightyfilm
    @mightyfilm 4 роки тому +56

    "We want Chilly Willy! We want Chilly Willy!"

  • @JM19649
    @JM19649 4 роки тому +15

    "your infatuation is based on a physical attraction.. talk to the women and you'll realise you have nothing in common"

  • @Neogears1312
    @Neogears1312 4 роки тому +16

    It be nice to see Flanders on this series. I’d argue he’s the most important side character in the series. Favorite Barney quote:
    I’m just saying, when we die, they’ll be a planet for the French, a planet for the Chinese and we’ll all be a lot happier.
    Mr gumble you’re upsetting me
    No I’m not.

  • @thrillhouse4151
    @thrillhouse4151 4 роки тому +13

    Those 2 barfly guys are somewhat mysterious, I wanna know more about them.

  • @DiddyHop
    @DiddyHop 4 роки тому +9

    they could've just had Barney sober up and get with Selma.
    Introduce a whole new dynamic, pay off the years of weird partnership and allow his character to grow as a member of homers family

    • @allenharper2928
      @allenharper2928 Рік тому

      Ugh, you saying that is so true, and brings back the sting I felt when South Park squandered the whole "Cartman/Heidi" angle.
      I really wish they'd left them together. It would have given Cartman a whole new depth beyond "Haha, look at the funny racist kid that made another kid eat his parents!"
      They didn't even have to change him really. Have him be the same old Cartman, EXCEPT with Heidi. Have them truly in love like they were. Have him be incredibly sweet to Heidi anytime they were around.
      But no, first they turn Heidi into Cartman, then they break up, and it's right back to the status quo.
      They kind of brought it back with the Post COVID special, where he turned out as a loving husband and father, a devout Jew, and a nice guy, but we all know how that ended up. Le sigh.

  • @Thebossstage1
    @Thebossstage1 4 роки тому +22

    Is nobody going to mention how long the zombie arm is?
    It's bigger than Barney

    • @JaBoreman
      @JaBoreman 4 роки тому +3

      The Boss Stage1 no because it’s a cartoon.

    • @TheCastellan
      @TheCastellan 2 роки тому +1

      Maybe Andre the giant was zombie-fied as well?

    • @GummitMan
      @GummitMan 5 місяців тому +1

      strong mad arm

  • @XBlakeFreemanX
    @XBlakeFreemanX 4 роки тому +14

    Barney has always related to me... that seen where he says “They found me on the men’s room floor” hit me like a ton of bricks.

  • @genericwhitemale9566
    @genericwhitemale9566 4 роки тому +26

    "I'm not a zombie, but hey, when in Rome?"

    • @JarJarBinks4ever
      @JarJarBinks4ever 4 роки тому

      Treehouse of Horror 3

    • @GIJOEFAN-ys8gp
      @GIJOEFAN-ys8gp 4 роки тому

      Barney: (Looks at zombie George Washington) Wow! George Washington!
      Homer: Take that, Washington! (Shoots Washington).

    • @Stormtrooper-oc4vn
      @Stormtrooper-oc4vn 4 роки тому

      Let me guess you're not a predator either...btw Arent you going to the beach???

    • @The_Str4nger
      @The_Str4nger 4 роки тому

      @@GIJOEFAN-ys8gp The End of Zombie Shakespeare?

  • @andrewpelechaty7634
    @andrewpelechaty7634 Рік тому +4

    It’s a shame they didn’t stick with Sober Barney. It’s very rare for the show to disrupt the ‘reset to zero’ status quo.

  • @spyroG3
    @spyroG3 4 роки тому +13

    "Excuse me, ma'am.
    Where are the lampshades? Ma'am? Oh! I've killed her! It's all happening again!"

    • @GummitMan
      @GummitMan 5 місяців тому +1

      sup rayman

  • @theblackscythe13
    @theblackscythe13 4 роки тому +11

    I'm gonna suggest mayor quimby. Never liked him as a character much myself, so understanding him more would be interesting for me.

  • @Jonathanest90s
    @Jonathanest90s 4 роки тому +37

    “Uh…d’oh, woo-hoo, uhh, that boy ain’t right.”

    • @JaBoreman
      @JaBoreman 4 роки тому +1

      Jonathan Pinzon dumb.

    • @Jonathanest90s
      @Jonathanest90s 4 роки тому

      john boreman explain to me why it’s dumb?

  • @MitchCyan
    @MitchCyan 4 роки тому +33

    “You want a bad night, try sleepin on one of these!”

  • @heyguys7805
    @heyguys7805 4 роки тому +5

    The show gave up on A LOT of things....🙄😒

  • @restionSerpentine
    @restionSerpentine 4 роки тому +7

    "One account of being a bear... and one account of being an accessory to being a bear."
    I would like to learn more about Lenny.

  • @YetAnotherGeorgeth
    @YetAnotherGeorgeth 4 роки тому +12

    "Wasting away in Margaritaville"
    "Searching for my lost shaker of saaaaaaaalt... oh there is it!"

    • @Super_Mario128
      @Super_Mario128 4 роки тому +3

      "in front of a Tavern, flat on his face, a boozehound named Barney, is pleading his case."
      "buy me a beer, two bucks a glass, c'mon now I'm freezing my ass"
      "buy me a brandy, a snifter of wine, oh what the hell I'll drink Turpentine"
      "move it! ya drunk! or I'll blast your rear end!"
      "I've found two dollars", "then come in my friend"
      "and so let us leave on this heartwarming scene"
      "Can I be a boozehound?"
      "not 'till you're fifteen"

  • @ink1931
    @ink1931 4 роки тому +12

    a new simpsons histories video on my birthday? this is a dream come true

  • @cassandralyris4918
    @cassandralyris4918 2 роки тому +13

    We had a "Barney" in my family. No matter what anyone tried to do for him he just got worse and worse. Eventually he was no longer functional with his drinking and he became homeless. He couldn't live with any of us anymore because he became violent when drunk, which was nearly all the time. About a year into homelessness he found a new mistress, heroin. Our "Barney" died from AIDS in 1994. I know that's really dark, but I see a lot of comments stating that the Simpsons gave up on him. No. Barney gave up on himself. You can't help anyone that won't help themselves.

    • @mechajay3358
      @mechajay3358 Місяць тому +1

      That's sad and all. But the Writers did give up on Barney.

  • @JH-lb6qf
    @JH-lb6qf 4 роки тому +6

    Lenny & Carl please.
    We deserve the Bert and Ernie of the Simpsons.

  • @JurassicReptile
    @JurassicReptile 4 роки тому +9

    Groundskeeper Willie. He's got a history that we don't quite fully see and I find that interesting

  • @hiattwerling2061
    @hiattwerling2061 4 роки тому +11

    I'd love to see a Wendell and Louis Simpsons History that examines them fading away as the seasons wore on.

  • @CrayolaFiend
    @CrayolaFiend 4 роки тому +9

    Simpsons histories on Snake? He seems like he could have some good obscure lore

  • @madskillz808
    @madskillz808 4 роки тому +6

    Great episode.
    Would also love to see a histories on prof frink. More on his wife and kid, if the lady he was with when he had grandpa's tonic was even his wife. Why is he in Springfield? Did he go to college there? What even is his field of expertise?

    • @ulfrick11
      @ulfrick11 4 роки тому +1

      I think he may be named after one of the simpsons staff.

  • @PlanetZoidstar
    @PlanetZoidstar 4 роки тому +6

    14:05 - I am glad they remembered Barney's Plow King vehicle since we almost never see him use it. Nothing wrong with a healthy bit of competition.