Skinner went from "kind of pathetic sometimes, but still remember he's a war veteran who can actually kick butt and Bart actually fears" to "utterly just pathetic no matter what". If there was any character that devolved, it's Skinner.
I think an interesting part of that function is just that the show went on too long for a Vietnam veteran to be relevant. The much younger nam vets are what, in their 60s? And although it’s never explicitly stated I think skinner is meant to be in his 40s/early 50s at the oldest. I guess that’s what happens when a show goes on for 20 years too long lol
didn't we also find out that the only reason he is playing this mamas boy skinner act is because he's not actually seymore skinner, but a soldier that served with skinner in nam, and came back to take care of skinners mother after the real seymore skinner supposedly died? he's literally putting on an act to take care of his friend's mother.
@@Thejigholeman In Season 9 they decided to make that a thing. It's disappointing because it makes all the character development completely fraudulent. In exchange for a weakly-written plot twist and subverting some expectations, they essentially neutered a character that the writers had spent 9 years developing.
I like how the POW camp story wasn't about being tortured or being served terrible food, it was about them serving delicious food and that his torture is years later not being able to find it in the US
@@j.clementec.m.1558 Oh yeah, that does look pretty good. Oh I see he cooked the vegetables separately. I always assumed they just boiled in pot stew style. No wonder Skinner went mad looking for it lol
It doesn't necessarily have to be good, it became his routine. Look up institutionalization, when people are imprisoned for long times, they get so used to it they can't function outside of the strict routine, regardless if they liked it or not. I always took it to mean that he became institutionalized, and had a hard time returning to life outside of being a POW.
@@CorazonMexica Wasn't he always? xD Well sort of. He still took orders from his mom, which created conflict when he was trying to be with Edna and still has to answer to Chalmers. He was still a bad ass back then when he needed to be. He was a green beret after all.
@@Yabuturtle Much like Flanders with religion, Seymour's mother issues after the golden years grew in his character like a tumor. In modern Simpsons he doesn't have badass moments that can demonstrate that he is more than a virgin who lives with his mom.
@@Yabuturtle Also in the golden years, his character development was much, much, much better. He also wanted to have more connections, that's why he wanted a friendship with Bart when he was fired, despite their previous history together, he was a lot more human. Nowadays, he exists only to be pathetic and nothing else. The only interacctions he is allowed to have nowadays is with his mom and Chalmers, despite de fact that during the classic era , his character had a lot more potential than that. That's why the people who think that his character changed for the worse are right.
Yeah but it will never beat: "Although for one of you, the darkest pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole, so don't keep the Devil waiting, old friend."
Oh god, seeing Skinner beat up the Blue Haired lawyer was so satisfying. The character with the least self confidence besting the character with too much confidence. Pretty excellent
Skinner being a loser is funnier though. If hes a badass why dose he live with his mother at age 40/50 and still a virgin? The irony is Flanders being a virgin would make sense cause religion maybe Todd and Rodd where artificially inseminated.
The "thin stew made of fish, vegetables, prawns, coconut milk, and four kinds of rice" will never not crack me up, and it's the type of joke there's no way you'd see in the Simpsons today.
@@qmmaru8235 The joke is that it initially sounds like he’s going to describe something awful, or say that they kept him near-starved as a prisoner, as a standard horrors-of-war story. But the stew he describes sounds delicious and hearty, so it sounds like he was treated well, and is instead obsessed with trying to re-create the recipe hears lager.
@@qmmaru8235 I'm not sure what's not getting across, but I'll give it a go: the "thin stew" is essentially most likely a type of Pho, or a variety of Vietnamese soup that is, to my admittedly subjective palette, quite tasty. The humor comes from the fact that there's a trope of POWs talking about their harsh treatment while being POWs, and at first, along with the beginning where he refers to it as a "thin stew" makes it seem like he's talking about being fed gruel or some similar unappetizing dish, but it becomes clear, as he continues speaking, that it's actually something enjoyable, culminating with the punchline that Skinner's real gripe isn't with his treatment as a POW, but rather that nowhere in America can he find a place that "get[s] the spices right" for the dish. So it's not his treatment as a POW he struggles with, but rather that he can't get the same food in the states. IDK if this helps, since usually explaining the joke kills the joke, but maybe this makes it make more sense.
I miss the old Skinner ; I used to love how he used to be a half badass half mindbroken veteran , I liked the way he used to be Bart's opposite as in being extremely disciplined and respectful of the rules while at the same time managing to keep up with him to try and make him become a better student and person . I adored the subtle satire about public school as an institution the government never cares about and how he desperately tried to make it look like all was fine and under control in front of his superiors despite the fact it was never like that...and most of the times it wasn't even his fault . Sure , you could get a glimpse at his bond with his mother or with Chalmers but it wasn't as obnoxiously recurrent as it is now . It feels as if his interactions with those two characters now became all his character is about and that made him become rather pathetic...not to talk about how much these interactions have changed through the years becoming more and more absurd and comical rather than keeping some realism that made them be funny cause they felt relatable or true . It truly feels as if his character de-evolved during the years rather than get some developement .
The phenomenon you're describing is called Flanderization, when one notable characteristic of a character becomes their main and only characteristic. Ned Flanders being its namesake, trope namer and most notable example. It started with him being a man of faith, trust and law, the polar opposite of Homer. With time and the increasing amount of cast members/episodes, the more nuanced characteristics of his personality were diluted into the maniac Religious nut we have today.
I love the running gag that Chalmers’ attitude and tone are completely incredulous whenever Skinner elaborates on his lies, yet he genuinely just believes him anyway
Skinner is my favorite character. He's the only one in the whole city who really wants his pupils to become something other than a burden for society. Despite everything they do him and despite their lack of appreciation, he still keeps doing his thankless job the best he can. Principal Skinner, you're a hero.
The Skinner 'Nam flashbacks are some of the best comedy writing in all media ever. Just absolutely brilliant timing, animation, characterization, voice acting and irony. More gold than Fort fucking Knox.
My favorite part about Skinner and Chalmers relationship is that Chalmers trust Skinner completely. He sees him as an equal and as a fully functioning adult, and Skinner just wants to not be embarrassed in front of him. It's hilarious and sort of heartwarming.
Except its another sign of the flandersization of everyone, no Vet would give a flying one about the opinion of his boss and only care about orders and obeying.
I love it when they let Skinner be a genuine badass. I feel like in all the recent stuff they just play up the loser nerd angle and totally forget about moment like 9:56 and 0:34
They effectively killed off his badass streak with the episode in Season 9 where they revealed that he was a fraud and not the real Skinner. After that, all the war/badass references didn't work because it was all based on history that didn't happen. This is why retconning characters is usually a bad idea.
@@channell11 They COULD have still made it work, with Simpsons' usual selectivity about what does and doesn't carry over to other episodes. They did that the opposite way with Abe, forgetting the Flying Hellfish ever happened as soon as the episode was over. Though its probably far too late at this point.
@@suchiuomizu Very possibly. The problem is that the writers got lazy and focused more on deconstructing characters and reducing them to shells of their former selves. Character development and plot arcs are more challenging than stuffing episodes with celebrities and shamelessly worshiping at the altar of pop culture.
That's because after Season 9 when they cooked up that dumb story about him being an imposter, they could use any of his history anymore since they negated it through a retcon.
@@channell11 Eeh simpsons writter never cared all that much about continuity (it's both there yet loose as an episode demands) especialy for an episode that was almost alway recognized as nearly non canon except for the one or two odd jokes. BEsides even with the new backstorry, he was still a vietnam vet and survivor. (Although like with the fact no one ages in the simpsons, they may downplay this aspect simply because well he's have to be way older... the vietnam veteran archetype may have seem pretty normal in the 80ies, but no that it's been more than fifty years probaly don't resonate as much. I guess he's be a second gulph war if there was some modern reboot...)
@@s.m.2523 You're not wrong-continuity has never been a strong Simpsons characteristic (see Grandpa Simpson). I just feel that so much of Skinner's character is based on those experiences as well as his odd relationship with his mother. Now it's revealed that many of the previous Vietnam flashbacks never happened, nor the lifelong experiences explaining his Oedipal arc with his mother. They basically eliminated his reason to exist without eliminating the character.
The story of a badass Vietnam past worked in the 90s, since it was also a couple of decades after the war ended, but beyond that they would have had to have aged Skinner's character because the war was starting to become an increasingly distant event.
I wore this for two years in a vietcong detention center, never thought i'd see the old girl again. Still fits. Hahaha. Skinner is comedy on a deep level.
But his mother in the later seasons is much better. And honestly Tress MacNeille’s voice acting is more Emmy worthy sometimes. In the Principal and the Pauper, I was truly blown away by her dialogue. It was probably the only good thing about that crap lousy episode in my opinion. I don’t think this is gonna continue without her.
@@christopherlewis1315 He's right though. There is no way you call hamburgers steamed hams outside of a few jokes with your friends and family lmao. Unless you're a complete grogan, that is. Imagine going into a restaurant and ordering a steamed ham. Or literally calling a hamburger a steamed ham each and every time you talk about one with someone. How embarrassing.
@@riks081 What's embarrassing is not one, but now TWO randos on the internet have nothing better to do with their time than to concern them selves with the language someone they will NEVER, meet uses. What is embarassing, is having the audacity to tell someone you don't, and never will know irl that they don't do something, just because you don't believe it. You both have steamed hams for brains. THERE, I JUST DID THE THING YOU INSIST I NEVER DO..
@@goomb8153 actually it does get mentioned in another episode, Lisa gets a new cat but says she'll call it Snowball 2 to save money and the following exchange takes place: Skinner: "Isnt that cheating?" Lisa: "I suppose you're right, Principal Tamzarian."
@@goomb8153 I mean, the Simpsons’ whole canon is that it doesn’t make sense. There’s no chronology, no physics, the characters never age and random bits of it get ignored or overwritten. Sooooo……damn right that episode never happened and it never will.
It was from one of the Halloween Horror episodes. The teachers decided to shape up the school by eating the naughty kids. Turned into cannibals who used *any* excuse to send them to "detention".
@@WoodsAreBeautiful Yup, that's the point of the ToH episodes. It lets the writers get as disturbing as they want while being non-canon. So, expect to see some differences from how a character would normally behave.
Before every character became a caricature they were nuanced and brilliantly written. The Simpsons has outlived its time by about 20 years and it’s beaten the dead horse for so long there isn’t any horse left, just a 6 foot hole.
I remember I had a junior high teacher with the same last name, so I'd always do the Super Intendent Chalmers voice by telling "SKINNER!" And he'd always get pissed off at me. XD
The early seasons Skinner was awesome.
Yes he was. Damn those season 9-present writers.
Early season everyone was Great
@@clevergirl5329 IT APEARS NOT EVEN THAT VATS WILL HELP THEM!
That’s true for all of the characters though, right? The series should’ve ended after season 10
@@dannythomas417 Let's sacrifice them to our God!
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Come on we did it all the time in the thirties.
i like how everything is crap quality, then steamed hams is pristine
He does steam a good ham.
Steamed hams can never be in terrible quality, it's the law of the universe.
Is it reanimated
They are from the DVD's while the steamed hams scene is from the HD upscales.
@@lunchtiem Nah, just upscaled.
Skinner went from "kind of pathetic sometimes, but still remember he's a war veteran who can actually kick butt and Bart actually fears" to "utterly just pathetic no matter what". If there was any character that devolved, it's Skinner.
I think an interesting part of that function is just that the show went on too long for a Vietnam veteran to be relevant. The much younger nam vets are what, in their 60s? And although it’s never explicitly stated I think skinner is meant to be in his 40s/early 50s at the oldest. I guess that’s what happens when a show goes on for 20 years too long lol
Yeah I miss this skinner, you don't know what side of him will come up. The pathetic or the badass side. Now he is just Bart's punching bag
didn't we also find out that the only reason he is playing this mamas boy skinner act is because he's not actually seymore skinner, but a soldier that served with skinner in nam, and came back to take care of skinners mother after the real seymore skinner supposedly died?
he's literally putting on an act to take care of his friend's mother.
@@Thejigholeman In Season 9 they decided to make that a thing. It's disappointing because it makes all the character development completely fraudulent. In exchange for a weakly-written plot twist and subverting some expectations, they essentially neutered a character that the writers had spent 9 years developing.
@@channell11 how does that erase all his character development? Cause his name is different?
“Am I so out of touch? No, it’s the children who are wrong.”
*so out of touch
I can’t think of a name why do you even try
Owen Meier whats wrong
I can’t think of a name you see, he is basically calling you an ass hole
Boomer's in a nutshell by Seymour skinner.
I like how the POW camp story wasn't about being tortured or being served terrible food, it was about them serving delicious food and that his torture is years later not being able to find it in the US
I think that’s the point
Yeah, that actually sounded like a pretty good stew. Wouldn't mind trying it.
@@j.clementec.m.1558 Oh yeah, that does look pretty good. Oh I see he cooked the vegetables separately. I always assumed they just boiled in pot stew style. No wonder Skinner went mad looking for it lol
It doesn't necessarily have to be good, it became his routine. Look up institutionalization, when people are imprisoned for long times, they get so used to it they can't function outside of the strict routine, regardless if they liked it or not. I always took it to mean that he became institutionalized, and had a hard time returning to life outside of being a POW.
BUT THEY COULD NEVER GET THE *SPICES* RIGHT
Started out as a badass shell-shocked Nam veteran mixed with Norman Bates parodying. Ended up as a complete mama's boy.
But for a while, he was both
Skinner was a lot funnier when he was an authoritarian dork instead of a spineless wuss.
@@CorazonMexica Wasn't he always? xD Well sort of. He still took orders from his mom, which created conflict when he was trying to be with Edna and still has to answer to Chalmers. He was still a bad ass back then when he needed to be. He was a green beret after all.
@@Yabuturtle Much like Flanders with religion, Seymour's mother issues after the golden years grew in his character like a tumor. In modern Simpsons he doesn't have badass moments that can demonstrate that he is more than a virgin who lives with his mom.
@@Yabuturtle Also in the golden years, his character development was much, much, much better. He also wanted to have more connections, that's why he wanted a friendship with Bart when he was fired, despite their previous history together, he was a lot more human.
Nowadays, he exists only to be pathetic and nothing else. The only interacctions he is allowed to have nowadays is with his mom and Chalmers, despite de fact that during the classic era , his character had a lot more potential than that.
That's why the people who think that his character changed for the worse are right.
"Prove me wrong kids! Prove me wrong."
Probably the most underrated Skinner line.
Might just be my bias in his favor, but his tone of voice sounds like he would genuinely like them to prove him wrong, to succeed.
That was too funny tho
I've always liked the STAND DOWN CHILDREN scene
I love how cheerfully he says it the second time
The joke of Seymore throwing rings to get a lamp for his "Mother" only to switch to going for the knife after being belittled is under rated
you're FAILING seymour!!
@@Nophera WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU AND FAILURE???
Agreed. Made me howl
proceeds to try and get a knife for obvious reasons
Despite the fact that there was obviously an 8-ball next to the lamp earlier.
"Copyright expired" is a badass one-liner, I'm not gonna lie.
Yeah but it will never beat:
"Although for one of you, the darkest pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole, so don't keep the Devil waiting, old friend."
Not to mention he wasted him by throwing a brief case and nailed him from far away
@@UA-camCommonman_Totas That's not even the same person. Or the same franchise
@@unforeseeable2.058 my point still stands. Even if you were correct.
You simple-minded fool!
@@UA-camCommonman_Totas I guess you're right
Pretty badass line. Fuck Afton
it's funny how he says "i lack confidence" right before the video shows a clip of him kicking absolute ass
Yes it is! For replay, the momment was 0:24
Skinner's mic drop moment.
Oh god, seeing Skinner beat up the Blue Haired lawyer was so satisfying. The character with the least self confidence besting the character with too much confidence. Pretty excellent
Is Skinner the only person in Springfield to shut down that blue-haired lawyer so efficiently?
I believe????
Whooped his ass
The most satisfying part of the video
Copyright expired
Yes. Skinner is a badass
I don’t like how they nerfed Skinner
They did the same to Flanders, and hell they got rid of Apu because some indian comedian hurt his feelings.
@@Gyrbae I haven't watched the newer seasons, but since when did they remove him?
@@Gyrbae they really did Flanders dirty by killing off his second wife.
@@Spicypuff Because the actress, who voiced Edna, passed away.
Skinner being a loser is funnier though. If hes a badass why dose he live with his mother at age 40/50 and still a virgin?
The irony is Flanders being a virgin would make sense cause religion maybe Todd and Rodd where artificially inseminated.
I like how every compliation like this just had the entire Steamed Hams skit.
I laugh so hard every time I see this bit .
Well yeah, it's one of the most famous comedy scenes.
May I see it?
@@ironroad18 ... no.
The "thin stew made of fish, vegetables, prawns, coconut milk, and four kinds of rice" will never not crack me up, and it's the type of joke there's no way you'd see in the Simpsons today.
wait sorry can you explain it to me? something’s not clicking
@@qmmaru8235
The joke is that it initially sounds like he’s going to describe something awful, or say that they kept him near-starved as a prisoner, as a standard horrors-of-war story. But the stew he describes sounds delicious and hearty, so it sounds like he was treated well, and is instead obsessed with trying to re-create the recipe hears lager.
@@qmmaru8235 I'm not sure what's not getting across, but I'll give it a go: the "thin stew" is essentially most likely a type of Pho, or a variety of Vietnamese soup that is, to my admittedly subjective palette, quite tasty. The humor comes from the fact that there's a trope of POWs talking about their harsh treatment while being POWs, and at first, along with the beginning where he refers to it as a "thin stew" makes it seem like he's talking about being fed gruel or some similar unappetizing dish, but it becomes clear, as he continues speaking, that it's actually something enjoyable, culminating with the punchline that Skinner's real gripe isn't with his treatment as a POW, but rather that nowhere in America can he find a place that "get[s] the spices right" for the dish. So it's not his treatment as a POW he struggles with, but rather that he can't get the same food in the states. IDK if this helps, since usually explaining the joke kills the joke, but maybe this makes it make more sense.
Makes me instantly think of oldboy and him trying to find the same dumplings, though his reasoning was completely different.
I read that right as he was saying it XD
"Johnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!"
I love his vietnam flashbacks
@allmighty30011 iirc Apocalypse Now is a VN movie.
they missed his vietnam flashback with the elephant that ate his whole platoon, perhaps the best one.
They were epic.. always make me chuckle.
“He’s like some kind of non giving up... school guy...”
Saved the best one for last
Gotta admit, this is the most badass thing Skinner has done
"Invincible Principal"
Like terminator
@Level headed shhhhhhhhh. No one cares
I miss the old Skinner ; I used to love how he used to be a half badass half mindbroken veteran , I liked the way he used to be Bart's opposite as in being extremely disciplined and respectful of the rules while at the same time managing to keep up with him to try and make him become a better student and person .
I adored the subtle satire about public school as an institution the government never cares about and how he desperately tried to make it look like all was fine and under control in front of his superiors despite the fact it was never like that...and most of the times it wasn't even his fault .
Sure , you could get a glimpse at his bond with his mother or with Chalmers but it wasn't as obnoxiously recurrent as it is now . It feels as if his interactions with those two characters now became all his character is about and that made him become rather pathetic...not to talk about how much these interactions have changed through the years becoming more and more absurd and comical rather than keeping some realism that made them be funny cause they felt relatable or true .
It truly feels as if his character de-evolved during the years rather than get some developement .
This needs to be a top comment.
"It truly feels as if his character de-evolved during the years rather than get some developement"
That's virtually every character on the show.
@Huck Finn I have plenty , ty .
@Huck Finn I ain't whining . Just made a comment there . Salty much ?
The phenomenon you're describing is called Flanderization, when one notable characteristic of a character becomes their main and only characteristic.
Ned Flanders being its namesake, trope namer and most notable example.
It started with him being a man of faith, trust and law, the polar opposite of Homer. With time and the increasing amount of cast members/episodes, the more nuanced characteristics of his personality were diluted into the maniac Religious nut we have today.
I love the running gag that Chalmers’ attitude and tone are completely incredulous whenever Skinner elaborates on his lies, yet he genuinely just believes him anyway
Copyright...expired...
Proto! What's up?
That's my favourite scene this far
Joke’s on him, Disney got the last laugh by buying up Fox. The mouse owns their asses now.
The moment Skinner turned into Lovejoy
Fucking A! 😄
Delightfully devilish Seymour. Everytime I see Steamed Hams it's like I am watching it for the first time
I hope you are prepared for an unforgettable luncheon
Its not funny
@@themonado5030 neither are you
@@Lord-Farquaad eh weak comeback
@@bladesmith5927 it wasn't a comeback though.
"Well, so did you, you got an ex green beret mad." I love that scene so much
Me too
Hell yeah! I hate those lawyer goons.
"Copyright expired."
Rambo reference.
Skinner is my favorite character. He's the only one in the whole city who really wants his pupils to become something other than a burden for society. Despite everything they do him and despite their lack of appreciation, he still keeps doing his thankless job the best he can.
Principal Skinner, you're a hero.
The Skinner 'Nam flashbacks are some of the best comedy writing in all media ever. Just absolutely brilliant timing, animation, characterization, voice acting and irony. More gold than Fort fucking Knox.
My favorite part about Skinner and Chalmers relationship is that Chalmers trust Skinner completely. He sees him as an equal and as a fully functioning adult, and Skinner just wants to not be embarrassed in front of him. It's hilarious and sort of heartwarming.
Except its another sign of the flandersization of everyone, no Vet would give a flying one about the opinion of his boss and only care about orders and obeying.
"Oh so you hear Rs as Bs?" Something about how that line was delivered made me chuckle.
For some reason Chalmers always buys Skinner's crazy explanations.
And Skinner having a cold affected how Chalmers heard the kid...
@@channell11 Although I think the superintendent's gonna need his medication.
@@TranscendentLion Only for Skinner's lame exaggerations.
@@Jacksonrox13 But there will be trouble in town tonight.
He's an odd fellow, but he steams a good ham.
He can steam my ham any time of the day.
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Skinner's a fucking badass whenever he employs the skills he learned during his time as a Green Beret.
Simply Simpsons: puts Steamed Hams in the best of Skinner
Me: That was very cash money of you
Delightfully devilish
dead meme
Seymour Skinner is the only character I know that makes it hip to be square
Hey, Mother! (Yells and axes Agnes)
Patrick Bateman too.
5:40 Skinner being a bitter war vet is is one of the best parts of his character.
I love it when they let Skinner be a genuine badass.
I feel like in all the recent stuff they just play up the loser nerd angle and totally forget about moment like 9:56 and 0:34
Because those badass moment require more originality to be funny
They effectively killed off his badass streak with the episode in Season 9 where they revealed that he was a fraud and not the real Skinner. After that, all the war/badass references didn't work because it was all based on history that didn't happen. This is why retconning characters is usually a bad idea.
@@channell11 They COULD have still made it work, with Simpsons' usual selectivity about what does and doesn't carry over to other episodes. They did that the opposite way with Abe, forgetting the Flying Hellfish ever happened as soon as the episode was over. Though its probably far too late at this point.
@@suchiuomizu Very possibly. The problem is that the writers got lazy and focused more on deconstructing characters and reducing them to shells of their former selves. Character development and plot arcs are more challenging than stuffing episodes with celebrities and shamelessly worshiping at the altar of pop culture.
What's that reference to? Terminator?
*“Prove me wrong kids, prove me wrong.”*
Oh how I miss the old Skinner…
"Are you adequately prepared to rock!!?"
(students cheer)
"Silence!"
I like that you played “Steamed Hams” practically in it’s entirety
Steamed Hams, but it's a Skinner compilation
Remember when Skinner used to be ocasionnally badass ? Neither have the modern simpson writters since at least season 10 or so.
The modern Simpsons writers are total bullshit. All they do now is come up with annoying bitches to share the same voice as Agnes.
That's because after Season 9 when they cooked up that dumb story about him being an imposter, they could use any of his history anymore since they negated it through a retcon.
@@channell11 Eeh simpsons writter never cared all that much about continuity (it's both there yet loose as an episode demands) especialy for an episode that was almost alway recognized as nearly non canon except for the one or two odd jokes. BEsides even with the new backstorry, he was still a vietnam vet and survivor.
(Although like with the fact no one ages in the simpsons, they may downplay this aspect simply because well he's have to be way older... the vietnam veteran archetype may have seem pretty normal in the 80ies, but no that it's been more than fifty years probaly don't resonate as much. I guess he's be a second gulph war if there was some modern reboot...)
@@s.m.2523 You're not wrong-continuity has never been a strong Simpsons characteristic (see Grandpa Simpson). I just feel that so much of Skinner's character is based on those experiences as well as his odd relationship with his mother. Now it's revealed that many of the previous Vietnam flashbacks never happened, nor the lifelong experiences explaining his Oedipal arc with his mother. They basically eliminated his reason to exist without eliminating the character.
The story of a badass Vietnam past worked in the 90s, since it was also a couple of decades after the war ended, but beyond that they would have had to have aged Skinner's character because the war was starting to become an increasingly distant event.
Skinner fresh out the army was the skinner we need
I wore this for two years in a vietcong detention center, never thought i'd see the old girl again. Still fits.
Hahaha. Skinner is comedy on a deep level.
Small world
No one ever asked this question but why didn’t skinner turn off his oven after he bought the hamburgers
No one ever asks this question because it's a "why do comedy characters do funny things" kind of a question.
A very interesting question, Super nintendo Chalmers
@@steelydan739 Ok Ralph Viugum
@@steelydan739 haha BURN (for Steely Dan). Oh wait, it's a coincidental pun.
“Copyright Expired” Perfect delivery.
Man said “you just made an ex-green beret mad” and goes ultra instinct
I love how he immediately says aurora borealis. The lie was so smooth and natural.
No lie, the stu from his pow camp sounds kinda good
Y do you think he wanted to find it when he came back to the States?
@@benjaminoechsli1941 They just couldn't get the spices right...
Babish made something akin to that
@@kurumi394 So he did...
ua-cam.com/video/y3PoXXoGVj0/v-deo.html
Thats the joke. Now laugh. Good job
"Cool I broke his brain." 😂😂😂😂
JOHHHHHNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Early season Skinner is such a wonderful character, def one of my favorites
But his mother in the later seasons is much better. And honestly Tress MacNeille’s voice acting is more Emmy worthy sometimes. In the Principal and the Pauper, I was truly blown away by her dialogue. It was probably the only good thing about that crap lousy episode in my opinion. I don’t think this is gonna continue without her.
When Skinner throws the brief case and it hits the guy 200+ feet away, this has to be one of the most badass things ever thought of.
I love Skinner! He's my 3rd favorite character.
Skinner beating up the lawyers was badass
8:40 Skinner has some cake doe
D A A Y M M N N N
that cake looks good🥵
Skinner is actually one of the decent human beings on the show
Thanks to the Simpsons, I now call hamburgers steamed hams.
@John Barber If you thought your comment was clever, you must have steamed hams for brains.
@John Barber Oooooohhhh....😱😱😱 someone's feeling fiesty today and trying to start a UA-cam comment war. 🤦♂️
You know you are admit it.
@@christopherlewis1315 He's right though. There is no way you call hamburgers steamed hams outside of a few jokes with your friends and family lmao. Unless you're a complete grogan, that is. Imagine going into a restaurant and ordering a steamed ham. Or literally calling a hamburger a steamed ham each and every time you talk about one with someone. How embarrassing.
@@riks081 What's embarrassing is not one, but now TWO randos on the internet have nothing better to do with their time than to concern them selves with the language someone they will NEVER, meet uses.
What is embarassing, is having the audacity to tell someone you don't, and never will know irl that they don't do something, just because you don't believe it.
You both have steamed hams for brains.
THERE, I JUST DID THE THING YOU INSIST I NEVER DO..
They ruined his character after that one episode where they discovered he wasn't really Seymour Skinner
Agreed.
Most of us just pretend that episode didn’t happen. They never mention it again so we don’t remember
@@goomb8153 actually it does get mentioned in another episode, Lisa gets a new cat but says she'll call it Snowball 2 to save money and the following exchange takes place:
Skinner: "Isnt that cheating?"
Lisa: "I suppose you're right, Principal Tamzarian."
@@goomb8153 I mean, the Simpsons’ whole canon is that it doesn’t make sense. There’s no chronology, no physics, the characters never age and random bits of it get ignored or overwritten. Sooooo……damn right that episode never happened and it never will.
I like how every simpsons clip compilation is just someone cannibalizing another simpson's clip compilation.
Steamed hams
Did that cannibalizing include chewing through ball sacks?
@@ammagon4519 the ham always dominates.
Steamed Hams but it also includes other Seymour Skinner moments
Man looking back at the early seasons, I can see why people think of these as gold.
Never heard that skinner bit where he says “that’s your 3rd helping young man it’s making you Fat and soft.....and tender (sinister smile) lmao
It was from one of the Halloween Horror episodes. The teachers decided to shape up the school by eating the naughty kids.
Turned into cannibals who used *any* excuse to send them to "detention".
@@benjaminoechsli1941 that's actually pretty dark and disturbing
@@WoodsAreBeautiful Yup, that's the point of the ToH episodes. It lets the writers get as disturbing as they want while being non-canon. So, expect to see some differences from how a character would normally behave.
Before every character became a caricature they were nuanced and brilliantly written. The Simpsons has outlived its time by about 20 years and it’s beaten the dead horse for so long there isn’t any horse left, just a 6 foot hole.
''The Thing about Huckleberries is, once you have fresh you'll never go back to canned.''
Truer words have never been spoken.
Now Disney owns the clip of Skinner beating Disney's lawyers.
"Tell them we're going next....."
"Well I'm not principal of the line,mother"
"And you never will be...."
That last scene with skinner walking into and out of the rapid tides always got me there
"You've made a big mistake Skinner!"
"Well, so did you.
*You got a ex-Marine mad."*
0:44 He's so hardcore that in the time it takes the third Disney goon to turn around and run, he's already disposed of the bodies of the first two.
Skinner and his Nam flashbacks
The clip with the lawyers and the carnival is one of my simpsons top 5 moments EVER.
the 10:20 going across the river never fails to absolutely kill me
Principle Skinner will always be my favorite character
Every Skinner x Vietnam moment is just pure gold
I love that you played the entirety of Steamed Hams
Complete classic character, so hilariously written.
so skinner demonstrates the same skills as that of rambo
Fish, prawns, vegetables, coconut milk, and 4 types of rice...he ate better in captivity than I do as a free man.
That’s the joke , well not specifically in relation to you but you know. Actually perhaps you don’t.
@@mod4it87 that bored huh?
Allways nice to see when someone kicks Disney's aas.
Seeing skimmer just walk across the river is equally funny and badass
i do love when, in compilations like these, people put the entirety of steamed hams in
God I love Seymour
But he’s still a wimp. He can’t put his mother out if he tried.
Thank you but mother doesn't approve of me dating
"You got an ex-Green Beret mad."
"Copyright...expired."
Skinner is the reason why I wanted to be a Green Beret. xD
How can you cut away Skinner's PTSD break down after the tomato throw???
we need more of this Principal Skinner 0:26
I still can't forget the Steamed Hams episode. Lies after lies after lies and still Skinner can get away with it.
When I grow up I want to be a principal, or a caterpillar. I love you, principal Skinner!
5:35
“No Mother! Don’t look out the window!”
*Screams*
😆
0:25 wow...Principal Skinner is amazing with his dispatching of the Disney lawyer and the enforcers. A Vietnam veteran
His voice is perfect!
9:31 Don't worry, Skinner, I heard it. And it was excellent.
I like how steamed hams was shown completely. It would be a crime to cut a single second out of that masterpiece skit.
"Am I so out of touch?".......
..."No. It's the children who are wrong."
I don't really remember the copyright one but damn that was funny lol
Skinner is so underated he's one of the best personalitys
Wait a minute... prisoner #24601? He’s Jean ValJean!
Nice catch!
I knew it was a reference to something, I just couldn't remember what. Thanks.
Does that make Chalmers Javert?
It's also sideshow bobs prison number.
*Screams in baguette*
I remember I had a junior high teacher with the same last name, so I'd always do the Super Intendent Chalmers voice by telling "SKINNER!" And he'd always get pissed off at me. XD
If you think about it, Seymour is kinda like John Rambo.
- Former Green Beret
- has PTSD flashback about nam.
- Can become indestructible.
Willy: I warned yeh! That colored chalk was forged by Lucifer himself!
“I just bought myself a new car.”
“Oh.. I hope you’re prepared for an unforgettable luncheon!”
9:13 Lisa laughing is too hilarious
Don't worry students, I have a gut feeling uter is fine
Are you original badass green beret non giving up school guy Skinner? or post season 9 moron pathetic neutered punchbag Skinner?
@@fran3ro original
Would you say we ate Uter and he's in our stomachs right now?
SKINNER!!!
@@bluetennant1998 SUPERI- oh it’s not him
Why the hell didn't Skinner turned off the oven?
He wants his mother gone for good.
I love seeing him get to bad ass
(0:47) Agent 47, is that you?
A see you’re a man of culture
trash reaygan woman of culture actually lol
@@sashimiroll5055 man*