With how dark and cold it is outside, as well as the fun holidays being over, I think of January as the Dud Month of the year. THAT'S WHY IT IS MILHOUSE MONTH ON UA-cam!!! 🥳🥳🥳
How about Extra Seconds for Lemon of Troy or Bart Sells His Soul? The latter of which is your favorite episode, so that should be fun to see you giving us a video essay on why it's so amazing.
milhouse's "we started out like romeo and juliet, but instead it ended up in tragedy" is a line wrapped in layers of irony. it's such an underrated bit of dialogue, lol
One of my favorite bits of Simpsons trivia is that when L. Brooks thanked Spielberg for allowing them to use the Indiana Jones theme for this episode, Spielberg responded with "Yeah, and thanks for NOT letting us use the Simpsons theme on Tiny Toons!"
The Simpsons joke on Tiny Toons is great because you can tell it was written so early into The Simpsons’ run, that they thought cupcakes would be the show’s signature food, because they appeared in two consecutive Season 1 episodes.
@@EmployeeAMillion Yup lol that episode (early in Season 2, I think?) was probably written in early-mid 1990, right when Season 1 of Simpsons was still airing.
Proto-Ralph, he’s also at Kamp Krusty. It’s odd, he even shows up trying to keep Homer from drinking wax (chili festival episode, one of my all time favorites) but that was after the “real Ralph” was showing up.
It could've been neat if they used sensitive, poetic/artistic Ralph a bit more in the classic years and gave the character a slight bit more nuance and interest - not that one-liner werido Ralph wasn't often very funny as is.
Samantha is one of the best one-off characters. There's some really well-observed awkwardness to her character, how she's embarrassed in front of the class by Skinner and Krababbel, how she clearly didn't want to move to Springfield, how she naively asks Bart if he has any comics like "Punkin and Dunkin and the Twinkle Twins". She really captures the feeling of being a kid and being unhappy and out of place in a new school. When she meets Milhouse she accidentally smacks him in the face with a ball and he fumbles a compliment about her dress, and for once Milhouse's awkwardness helps him out. I'm always a bit sad at the ending, but at least they gave Samantha a place she could feel happy and a ten gallon tub of gummy bears.
"Lisa, that's a load of rich, creamery butter" has stuck with me for the entirety of my life and I sadly have never gotten to break it out in a conversation.
The early seasons have my entire heart, they’re so uniquely earnest. I’d love to see an extra seconds on Simpson and Delilah, it’s such an interesting episode to me, especially because it’s often cited as having the first animated same sex kiss on network television.
It's a fantastic episode, and I love Homer's B-plot. The episode title is mainly because we experience it from Bart's perspective - we see him get upset, then we see him distanced from Milhouse, and then scheme his way back into his friend's affections.
The thing about this episode that I love is that it really captures how you feel as a 10 year old when your best friend gets a girlfriend and you just feel the 3rd wheel at all times. This episode feels a lot more relatable on that level than Homer at the bat which is by far one of the most off the wall silly (and hilarious) episodes ever made.
Now that I think of it there aren't many episodes (other than treehouse of horror) where something supernatural happens (the player going into that wormhole tunnel thing), like the show is set in cartoon reality and has cartoon rules but still is basically reality. I can't really think of many other episodes where stuff like this happens other than Bleeding Gums Murphy appears to Lisa.
The extra touch that makes the Fuzzy Bunny video special is the 1970's of it all - they never went back to that well with future Troy McClure videos, which mostly seemed to be products of the present day, but it makes this one feel all the more offbeat.
Short as it is, I love this episodes approach to Skinner's PTSD from serving in Vietnam, the way his manner of speech and the cinematography change on a dime every time he starts to recount something horrible is darkly comedic but also does a lot in the way of characterisation. The tormented, haunted, but ultimately good natured Skinner of the early years was my favorite version of the character, more so than the Edna/Chalmers stuff later on
I was 6 when this episode was new. I remember the intro gave me a shot of adrenaline. Indian jones and Simpson two of my favorite things together. Blew my mind
The Indiana Jones parody is my favorite moment in the series. Homers stance when he’s chasing Bart outside and when he’s getting away always makes me laugh
Session 3 is probably the best, I know everyone says session 6, but 3 is just one classic episode after another just pure magic tv if you was a kid back then, then you know there was nothing bigger then the Simpsons.
Thank you for bringing more attention to this episode. I love this one too and when I did my underrated Simpsons Episodes it was there too. Fluffy and Fuzzy Bunny is the best thing in the episode with Edna noting that she is faking it. Gets me every time.
I always will be standing by "fuzzy bunny's guide" as the best Troy McClure video. Years later, season 3 is still the best in my heart and this joke os one of the reasons. I remember how my eyes widened, after I seen it the first time. And Edna reaction is absolute gold. Amazing episode of already incredible season.
That's what's magical about the earlier episodes. This episode is a near perfect mix of character stuff and gag humor, and it's plot is given enough of both that everything just flows. Milhouse wasn't exactly the doofus he would become, but has seeds of being that dopey sidekick character without being tenth level ultra meta. We care about him, we want to see him succeed, and we genuinely hate Bart for trying to separate them, but also care that Bart has a reason for splitting them up. And writing the character off rather than having them disappear never to be seen again, or keeping them around as a background character was a brilliant move we've never seen since. Plus, I love that last little bit where she says the French Canadian Nuns are "nice, but they never let us oot."
I was surprised how much I liked this episode on the re-watch (I now have it at #12 in my overall favourite Simpsons episodes list). It's just a great all-rounder that feels very polished and has plenty of effective, punchy jokes to go with the engaging story.
Absolutely agree, this episode is amazing and I want it hooked into my veins. It honestly feels like the only romance plot where the kids feel like kids. It’s just as much a Bart character study as a Milhouse romance story. It also has ‘The Tiger Cage’, so obviously it’s a gem.
It's weird how i remember everything from this episode except the main plot itself, like things like the Indiana Jones opening, the Fuzzy Bunny educational film (Which is a better sex ed satire that surprassed everything Big Mouth ever had in it's 7 seasons) and the Homer vocabulary change, yet anything related to Bart's friend slips out of my head. Most of the time i got surprised those legendary moments came from this episode in particular
I remain convinced that some advertising exec in the UK was inspired by the sexualised food ads in this episode to create the "This is not just food, this is M&S food" campaign
I'm reminded of the end of Election. Sending her to an all-girls Catholic school might just encourage her to explore other areas of her sexuality. That is the persistent stereotype.
The B-plot helps give Lisa a role in both stories. If Bart could understand Homer he might not have asked Lisa for help. Granted it's not like Lisa's role in Bart's story is super essential or like the writers couldn't come up with a good way to keep Homer out of Bart's stuff if they really wanted to for some reason, but still. Homer's B-plot also comes with one of those random lines that always makes me laugh. It's when Lisa asks Bart why he doesn't ask dad for help and Bart says that he tried to but couldn't understand what the hell he was saying. I don't know why that line out of everything from this episode has stuck with me but here we are.
I don't think the plot is that good, but the jokes are some of the best in the series. Every time I watch it I think "oh, this is where that joke came from," but rarely remember the episode all of them come from despite this being so dense with scenes living rent free in my brain.
One thing that you really have to give the Homer B-plot in this episode: The scene of Lisa and Homer watching tv in the dark has some immaculate vibes. I remember as a kid in the late 90s the Canadian tv channel Teletoon used to air reruns of The Simpsons in the evening and created a bunch of ad spots for the show they'd air between programming. One of these was a version of the "Good Morning Burger" scene that had been edited to remove the background music, extend the footage of Homer and Lisa and insert audio from other in-show tv spots to to make this really chill, slightly surreal pastiche of Homer and Lisa quietly watching tv together in the dark. It just so perfectly captures the atmosphere of a dark room being lit by the light coming from a 90s-era tv screen and has always been a sort of exemplar of the sort of quiet, late-night tv vibes I've come to associate with the show.
My favorite part about the magic 8 ball is how the conflict between Milhouse and Bart is forewarned with it telling them they would no longer be friends and it ends with Bart smashing the ball across Milhouse’s face. There’s something almost poetic about it to me. Also the way how Homer’s B plot finally ties into the main plot always gets me when Bart turns to Lisa for help because he couldn’t understand what Homer was saying.
Deep down, you know it's true. (Although now that we're talking about them, they are pretty similar! Like, they're both really good at that silly fantasy vs sharp realism switcheroo)
I remember when this happened to me. At 15, I once called my friend to hang out and he said he couldn't without offering an explanation. He lived across the courtyard so I went over to his apartment to see what's up. His little brother let me in and, as I walked to his bedroom, I saw him on his bed making out with a girl who would become his first girlfriend. I just slowly backed away quietly and walked out. He never saw me and I never brought it up later on. Definitely hurt at the time, but eventually I understood.
And to this episode, we would begin the one off romances that we would never-ever see again. We'll never see Samantha again, much like we never saw Lisa'a movie lover, Collin, EVER!😂
I definitely agree. Loved this episode, and LOVE the homer b-plot. I couldn't get enough of that when I first saw it. An episode doesn't need to go crazy to be one of the greats. But I'm a huge fan of the low-key character-driven episodes.
0:52 Big Hey Arnold fan here. I can't really think of an episode where romance affected the relationship between friends, but an episode that comes to mind that touches on this sort of jealousy is the episode "Cool Jerk" where Arnold is befriended by a motorcycle rebel and Gerald becomes jealous because Arnold is spending so much time with the guy.
I’ve realised that this episode, New Kids On The Block & I Love Lisa are all some of my favourite episodes, which is strange considering there all about kids falling in love & I’m not normally into romance.
Maaaaan, I’ve been watching some of the newer seasons and I must say I’m pretty happy to see them referencing things from past episodes. Recently saw the episode the Simpson house flooded and Bender (who is time travelling 1000 years into the future stored in their basement) was floating by casually, as well as that massive statue rock face thing Mr Burns gifted them ages ago. Anyway, this had nothing to do with the video but I love the content either way! The deep dives and analysis are great to see!
Personally I still feel Meat and You is the best all time Troy McClure segment in series history (That shot of the shark eating the gorilla gets me every time) but Fuzzy Bunny literally comes in a at very close second.
I remember watching this episode when I was in first grade as it premiered! I remember being entranced by a lot of the animation as it was a huge leap from the other shows I watched at the time.
This episode finishes with perhaps my most recent "This-Is-Much-Funnier-As-An-Adult" gag. The definitions Homer gives for some of the new vocabulary he's learned are fantastic. I especially love his definition of "Triumvirate": Three guys bossing you around. This kills me every time I see it. You do fine work, sir.
this is absolutely one of my favourite episodes of the entire show, if not second favourite behind Homer At The Bat. the Homer b plot especially is one of the funniest.
You're right. I think I don't enjoy it as much as you do, but this video raises new considerations that I missed, or weren't obvious to me at the time. It almost makes me feel ashamed of what Milhouse later became, or had to become. Cheers.
I've always really liked this episode, and I feel your discussion about it, has made me appreciate it more. I'd say I also have it high on my top 10 favorite Season 3 episodes, but for me it would be at number 3 rather than number 2. I love the Indiana Jones opening, and I also love the behind the scenes drama about how Steven Spielberg was upset he gave them permission for this, but Fox wouldn't give his crew permission to use the Simpsons theme in an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures. Fun fact! Did you know Jim Reardon also worked on Tiny Toon Adventures? Anyway, great as always, and keep up the great work dude.
Some time ago I was compiling my personal all-time top-10 Simpsons episodes. For #10, it was a call between this and the first 'Treehouse of Horror.' I went with 'Treehouse' (since no other animated show, even now, could credibly parody 'The Raven') but I occasionally second-guess myself, for a lot of the reasons you mention here.
This is the first Simpsons episode I remember seeing. I'm sure I saw some others before it, but this is the first one I actually remember watching as a wee little 5 year old, around 30 years ago. As such, I'm heavily biased, but I love this episode so freaking much. I feel like it's so underrated.
I definitely under appreciated this episode, to the point that I often skip it. I forgot how many classic gags come from this one! I think I'll go watch it right now
Bart was such a jerk in this episode, he ignores milhouse countless and countless times, but when milhouse gets a love interest, he acts like a baby This is why i dont feel bad at all when bart gets his heart broken by other girls
I agree with your take that this episode has the single greatest opener of any Simpsons episode ever. The animation in it, the music, it's absolutely flawless. Never been fond of the episode itself, mind you, but that opener is perfect.
id love you to do a extra seconds on homer badman! i think thats a really good episode that shows what happens with mob mentality. i also find the joke where the womans like "i never met homer simpson.." and then when she starts crying the host walks over and says "your tears say more than real evidence ever could."
I have a... weird history with the episode and I wonder if anyone else my age does. See, beck in Elementary School, I wanna say Fifth grade, we were taken out of class to talk about puberty, I remember being taken into a room with all the other male students, and there was a discussion about it, then to help us understand what we would be going through emotionally, we watched this episode. We were tasked to find things that were signs of going through puberty, and I still remember the chalkboard gag "I will not snap bras" because that was specifically pointed out by the teacher. I think on some level, this episode is always going to be stuck with me, but I don't think I can dissociate its ties to that class. Also, Jim Reardon caused a lightbulb to go off in my head so I looked him up, he did that "Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown" film.
I have watched this so many times that the most shocking part of this video is learning that it's underappreciated. It just happened to be one that got recorded on the family VCR. I even remember making a terrible Mario Paint parody of the Troy McClure segment.
Here in the UK, we actually watched a sex ed video just like Fuzzy Bunny. It was called "Living and Growing" and was very... controversial for a certain scene in one of the episodes; basically, kinda like the honeymoon scene (though not as explicit).
Such an amazing episode, the jokes are hilarious, especially with the Troy McClure educational film. Thank you for the video Jim, keep up the great work. Take care!
With how dark and cold it is outside, as well as the fun holidays being over, I think of January as the Dud Month of the year.
THAT'S WHY IT IS MILHOUSE MONTH ON UA-cam!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Everything is coming up Milhouse
We get the Dud every year
How about Extra Seconds for Lemon of Troy or Bart Sells His Soul? The latter of which is your favorite episode, so that should be fun to see you giving us a video essay on why it's so amazing.
11:10 I gotta say Jim that is some of your most clever editing, no notes, you get the golden banana :D
@@Killermike2178 A Milhouse Sucks video essay? :P
"She's faking it" Will be remembered as one of the best Simpsons lines in history
I was sad Jim didn’t say that line
That line works amazingly. It legitimizes how ridiculous yet serious were supposed to our characters.
Bart's 4th grade class watching hardcore pornography while Mrs.Krabapple smokes a cigarette in the background will never not be hilarious to me
Yes, but the line before it!
“That night came the honeymoon!”
Phil Hartman’s delivery sells it even more.
Yep that’s a real, “how did they get away with that” line
milhouse's "we started out like romeo and juliet, but instead it ended up in tragedy" is a line wrapped in layers of irony. it's such an underrated bit of dialogue, lol
It reminds me of the first time I heard "Love Story" by Taylor Swift. Does she know what she's referencing? Lol
One of my favorite bits of Simpsons trivia is that when L. Brooks thanked Spielberg for allowing them to use the Indiana Jones theme for this episode, Spielberg responded with
"Yeah, and thanks for NOT letting us use the Simpsons theme on Tiny Toons!"
The Simpsons joke on Tiny Toons is great because you can tell it was written so early into The Simpsons’ run, that they thought cupcakes would be the show’s signature food, because they appeared in two consecutive Season 1 episodes.
@@EmployeeAMillion Yup lol that episode (early in Season 2, I think?) was probably written in early-mid 1990, right when Season 1 of Simpsons was still airing.
What is tiny toons
@@goldenfiberwheat238Kid versions of the Looney Tunes
@@DebitAdams oh
“It’s recess everywhere but in his heart.” sticks in my mind so often, not just because immediately after I’m like “wait, that was Ralph???”
But what man can tame her? 🤣
@@engg84 That too! lol
Proto-Ralph, he’s also at Kamp Krusty. It’s odd, he even shows up trying to keep Homer from drinking wax (chili festival episode, one of my all time favorites) but that was after the “real Ralph” was showing up.
It could've been neat if they used sensitive, poetic/artistic Ralph a bit more in the classic years and gave the character a slight bit more nuance and interest - not that one-liner werido Ralph wasn't often very funny as is.
Samantha is one of the best one-off characters. There's some really well-observed awkwardness to her character, how she's embarrassed in front of the class by Skinner and Krababbel, how she clearly didn't want to move to Springfield, how she naively asks Bart if he has any comics like "Punkin and Dunkin and the Twinkle Twins". She really captures the feeling of being a kid and being unhappy and out of place in a new school. When she meets Milhouse she accidentally smacks him in the face with a ball and he fumbles a compliment about her dress, and for once Milhouse's awkwardness helps him out. I'm always a bit sad at the ending, but at least they gave Samantha a place she could feel happy and a ten gallon tub of gummy bears.
I’d better not, it’s 50 rosaries a kiss
I always quote Skinner's "oh, right, how embarrassing for you" when he called Samantha "stinky", I love that delivery so much.
The Indiana Jones parody bit alone makes this a fantastic episode. Add in great lines like "She's faking it" and it's full of comedy gold.
"God Schmod, I want my monkey man." is probably my favorite Bart line in the series.
"Lisa, that's a load of rich, creamery butter" has stuck with me for the entirety of my life and I sadly have never gotten to break it out in a conversation.
The early seasons have my entire heart, they’re so uniquely earnest. I’d love to see an extra seconds on Simpson and Delilah, it’s such an interesting episode to me, especially because it’s often cited as having the first animated same sex kiss on network television.
My father taught me to never kiss a fool
It's a fantastic episode, and I love Homer's B-plot. The episode title is mainly because we experience it from Bart's perspective - we see him get upset, then we see him distanced from Milhouse, and then scheme his way back into his friend's affections.
I used to think Bart was sneaky and manipulative. Now I know he's really a very good boy.
Nelson asking about Mr. Krabapple, coupled with his weird expression, is low-key one of his best line deliveries in the series.
The thing about this episode that I love is that it really captures how you feel as a 10 year old when your best friend gets a girlfriend and you just feel the 3rd wheel at all times. This episode feels a lot more relatable on that level than Homer at the bat which is by far one of the most off the wall silly (and hilarious) episodes ever made.
Now that I think of it there aren't many episodes (other than treehouse of horror) where something supernatural happens (the player going into that wormhole tunnel thing), like the show is set in cartoon reality and has cartoon rules but still is basically reality. I can't really think of many other episodes where stuff like this happens other than Bleeding Gums Murphy appears to Lisa.
The extra touch that makes the Fuzzy Bunny video special is the 1970's of it all - they never went back to that well with future Troy McClure videos, which mostly seemed to be products of the present day, but it makes this one feel all the more offbeat.
Short as it is, I love this episodes approach to Skinner's PTSD from serving in Vietnam, the way his manner of speech and the cinematography change on a dime every time he starts to recount something horrible is darkly comedic but also does a lot in the way of characterisation. The tormented, haunted, but ultimately good natured Skinner of the early years was my favorite version of the character, more so than the Edna/Chalmers stuff later on
goddamn, between this & ‘summer of 4 ft. 2’, this is arguably Bart’s psycho incarnation at its most Stewie Griffin-esque lol
"Ne pas de boys" has been living rent free in my head for some reason all this time.
One of my favorite episodes and the Indiana Jones homage at the beginning, such a classic scene. XD
I was 6 when this episode was new. I remember the intro gave me a shot of adrenaline. Indian jones and Simpson two of my favorite things together. Blew my mind
The Indiana Jones parody is my favorite moment in the series. Homers stance when he’s chasing Bart outside and when he’s getting away always makes me laugh
"We were like Romeo and Juliet, but it ended in tragedy."
No, this didn't convince me the episode was underrated. Because I already believed that.
Gotta love the final punch-line in the B plot with Homer losing vocabulary he should know either way just cause stopping abruptly with the tapes.
I appreciated Chekhov's magic 8 ball in this episode
Session 3 is probably the best, I know everyone says session 6, but 3 is just one classic episode after another just pure magic tv if you was a kid back then, then you know there was nothing bigger then the Simpsons.
3:49 In the Spanish version, this b-plot is beloved because the dubbing is hilarious.
Specially when he requests the spoon.
And the "Mefisto los diezme" line.
Thank you for bringing more attention to this episode. I love this one too and when I did my underrated Simpsons Episodes it was there too. Fluffy and Fuzzy Bunny is the best thing in the episode with Edna noting that she is faking it. Gets me every time.
I always will be standing by "fuzzy bunny's guide" as the best Troy McClure video. Years later, season 3 is still the best in my heart and this joke os one of the reasons. I remember how my eyes widened, after I seen it the first time. And Edna reaction is absolute gold.
Amazing episode of already incredible season.
i already felt that this episode was an underrated classic thank you for validating me for 15mins
That's what's magical about the earlier episodes. This episode is a near perfect mix of character stuff and gag humor, and it's plot is given enough of both that everything just flows. Milhouse wasn't exactly the doofus he would become, but has seeds of being that dopey sidekick character without being tenth level ultra meta. We care about him, we want to see him succeed, and we genuinely hate Bart for trying to separate them, but also care that Bart has a reason for splitting them up. And writing the character off rather than having them disappear never to be seen again, or keeping them around as a background character was a brilliant move we've never seen since. Plus, I love that last little bit where she says the French Canadian Nuns are "nice, but they never let us oot."
I was surprised how much I liked this episode on the re-watch (I now have it at #12 in my overall favourite Simpsons episodes list). It's just a great all-rounder that feels very polished and has plenty of effective, punchy jokes to go with the engaging story.
Absolutely agree, this episode is amazing and I want it hooked into my veins. It honestly feels like the only romance plot where the kids feel like kids. It’s just as much a Bart character study as a Milhouse romance story. It also has ‘The Tiger Cage’, so obviously it’s a gem.
It's weird how i remember everything from this episode except the main plot itself, like things like the Indiana Jones opening, the Fuzzy Bunny educational film (Which is a better sex ed satire that surprassed everything Big Mouth ever had in it's 7 seasons) and the Homer vocabulary change, yet anything related to Bart's friend slips out of my head. Most of the time i got surprised those legendary moments came from this episode in particular
I remain convinced that some advertising exec in the UK was inspired by the sexualised food ads in this episode to create the "This is not just food, this is M&S food" campaign
Her dad was like NOOOO!!!!!! Then sent her to a religious school that immediately had me thinking of Madeline.
I'm reminded of the end of Election. Sending her to an all-girls Catholic school might just encourage her to explore other areas of her sexuality. That is the persistent stereotype.
The B-plot helps give Lisa a role in both stories. If Bart could understand Homer he might not have asked Lisa for help. Granted it's not like Lisa's role in Bart's story is super essential or like the writers couldn't come up with a good way to keep Homer out of Bart's stuff if they really wanted to for some reason, but still.
Homer's B-plot also comes with one of those random lines that always makes me laugh. It's when Lisa asks Bart why he doesn't ask dad for help and Bart says that he tried to but couldn't understand what the hell he was saying. I don't know why that line out of everything from this episode has stuck with me but here we are.
I don't think the plot is that good, but the jokes are some of the best in the series. Every time I watch it I think "oh, this is where that joke came from," but rarely remember the episode all of them come from despite this being so dense with scenes living rent free in my brain.
This channel is the second best thing ever! Right after seasons 2-9 of The Simpsons
One thing that you really have to give the Homer B-plot in this episode: The scene of Lisa and Homer watching tv in the dark has some immaculate vibes.
I remember as a kid in the late 90s the Canadian tv channel Teletoon used to air reruns of The Simpsons in the evening and created a bunch of ad spots for the show they'd air between programming. One of these was a version of the "Good Morning Burger" scene that had been edited to remove the background music, extend the footage of Homer and Lisa and insert audio from other in-show tv spots to to make this really chill, slightly surreal pastiche of Homer and Lisa quietly watching tv together in the dark.
It just so perfectly captures the atmosphere of a dark room being lit by the light coming from a 90s-era tv screen and has always been a sort of exemplar of the sort of quiet, late-night tv vibes I've come to associate with the show.
11:59 is my favorite moment of the episode. "NOOO!" and the Crows flying away.
WHEN MR STANKY FALLS OUT THE TREE ITS A REFERENCE TO A SIMILAR SCENE IN STEP BROTHERS
My favorite part about the magic 8 ball is how the conflict between Milhouse and Bart is forewarned with it telling them they would no longer be friends and it ends with Bart smashing the ball across Milhouse’s face. There’s something almost poetic about it to me. Also the way how Homer’s B plot finally ties into the main plot always gets me when Bart turns to Lisa for help because he couldn’t understand what Homer was saying.
I’d love to see a ranking of classic era b-plots
I love this episode so much too. Very underrated
Fuzzy Bunny's Guide to You Know What is better than Meat And You: Partners In Freedom? You've got some attitude, mister.
I have a craaazy friend who thinks Fuzzy Bunny is better than Bovine University. Is he crazy?
No, just ignorant
Deep down, you know it's true.
(Although now that we're talking about them, they are pretty similar! Like, they're both really good at that silly fantasy vs sharp realism switcheroo)
New year, new Jim. Thought this might have been Milhouse's failed love life akin to Bart's video
How on earth do you do not care for Homer's Bplot? It's fantastic! Classic!
Monkey sees Homer saying funny words, Monkey like. (I am Monkey btw)
Dad! Do you know what day it is?
The vernal equinox?!
Maybe my favorite of your hidden gem picks. Love this one!
I remember when this happened to me. At 15, I once called my friend to hang out and he said he couldn't without offering an explanation. He lived across the courtyard so I went over to his apartment to see what's up.
His little brother let me in and, as I walked to his bedroom, I saw him on his bed making out with a girl who would become his first girlfriend. I just slowly backed away quietly and walked out. He never saw me and I never brought it up later on. Definitely hurt at the time, but eventually I understood.
And to this episode, we would begin the one off romances that we would never-ever see again. We'll never see Samantha again, much like we never saw Lisa'a movie lover, Collin, EVER!😂
I definitely agree. Loved this episode, and LOVE the homer b-plot. I couldn't get enough of that when I first saw it. An episode doesn't need to go crazy to be one of the greats. But I'm a huge fan of the low-key character-driven episodes.
Ah yes, the brief moment of time when everything was coming up Milhouse.
0:52 Big Hey Arnold fan here. I can't really think of an episode where romance affected the relationship between friends, but an episode that comes to mind that touches on this sort of jealousy is the episode "Cool Jerk" where Arnold is befriended by a motorcycle rebel and Gerald becomes jealous because Arnold is spending so much time with the guy.
You know you're videos are great when they make the viewer want to go watch the episode you're talking about.
Jim, nice Vid.I remember watching the DVD as a little kid and it hit harder than it probably should have.
Love the channel.
I’ve realised that this episode, New Kids On The Block & I Love Lisa are all some of my favourite episodes, which is strange considering there all about kids falling in love & I’m not normally into romance.
My brain 2 minutes ago:
Oh I haven’t seen this one… wait it’s a new!
Maaaaan, I’ve been watching some of the newer seasons and I must say I’m pretty happy to see them referencing things from past episodes.
Recently saw the episode the Simpson house flooded and Bender (who is time travelling 1000 years into the future stored in their basement) was floating by casually, as well as that massive statue rock face thing Mr Burns gifted them ages ago.
Anyway, this had nothing to do with the video but I love the content either way! The deep dives and analysis are great to see!
The opening Indiana Jones bit is my absolute favourite scene for classic simpsons, there's no reason for it but it's perfect 👌
Personally I still feel Meat and You is the best all time Troy McClure segment in series history (That shot of the shark eating the gorilla gets me every time) but Fuzzy Bunny literally comes in a at very close second.
I never knew this was underrated, I love this episode
Man this channel is amazing. Much love.
It's always good to see this episode and Fuzzy Bunny's guide to You-Know-What get some love
I always appreciated this one. Good video, all the same.
I love the Good Morning Burger ad so much.
The thumbnail made me laugh out loud. One of the best I've ever seen.
I remember watching this episode when I was in first grade as it premiered! I remember being entranced by a lot of the animation as it was a huge leap from the other shows I watched at the time.
The most powerful card in poker is the 7 of kings. In fact, most casinos will accuse you of cheating if its in your hand
This episode finishes with perhaps my most recent "This-Is-Much-Funnier-As-An-Adult" gag. The definitions Homer gives for some of the new vocabulary he's learned are fantastic. I especially love his definition of "Triumvirate": Three guys bossing you around. This kills me every time I see it.
You do fine work, sir.
thanks for making such awesome content, always love seeing an upload from you
this is absolutely one of my favourite episodes of the entire show, if not second favourite behind Homer At The Bat. the Homer b plot especially is one of the funniest.
It's a great episode and one I often forget exists. It's too good
You're right. I think I don't enjoy it as much as you do, but this video raises new considerations that I missed, or weren't obvious to me at the time. It almost makes me feel ashamed of what Milhouse later became, or had to become. Cheers.
"Fuzzy Bunny's Guide" is such a dense, multi-layered, joke-packed segment that is one of the highlights of the entire season.
He gets fur where there was no fur before😂
I've always really liked this episode, and I feel your discussion about it, has made me appreciate it more. I'd say I also have it high on my top 10 favorite Season 3 episodes, but for me it would be at number 3 rather than number 2. I love the Indiana Jones opening, and I also love the behind the scenes drama about how Steven Spielberg was upset he gave them permission for this, but Fox wouldn't give his crew permission to use the Simpsons theme in an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures. Fun fact! Did you know Jim Reardon also worked on Tiny Toon Adventures? Anyway, great as always, and keep up the great work dude.
Some time ago I was compiling my personal all-time top-10 Simpsons episodes. For #10, it was a call between this and the first 'Treehouse of Horror.' I went with 'Treehouse' (since no other animated show, even now, could credibly parody 'The Raven') but I occasionally second-guess myself, for a lot of the reasons you mention here.
Also known as "Milhouse's friend gets jealous"
I was literally just rewatching your Extra Seconds vids yesterday :v
This is the first Simpsons episode I remember seeing. I'm sure I saw some others before it, but this is the first one I actually remember watching as a wee little 5 year old, around 30 years ago. As such, I'm heavily biased, but I love this episode so freaking much. I feel like it's so underrated.
I definitely under appreciated this episode, to the point that I often skip it. I forgot how many classic gags come from this one! I think I'll go watch it right now
The fuzzy bunny scene is one of the best scenes in simpsons history imo Mrs krabappels comment couldn't be more perfect.
Weird, I always thought this was a well beloved one, hard agree on the Fuzzy Bunny segment being one of the best ones of all time
There's something hilarious about both Milhouse AND the sexy "Rich creamery butter" ad voice having the same actress.
Had this as an off-air VHS back in the early 90’s along with several other Season 3 episodes.
Bart was such a jerk in this episode, he ignores milhouse countless and countless times, but when milhouse gets a love interest, he acts like a baby
This is why i dont feel bad at all when bart gets his heart broken by other girls
I agree with your take that this episode has the single greatest opener of any Simpsons episode ever.
The animation in it, the music, it's absolutely flawless.
Never been fond of the episode itself, mind you, but that opener is perfect.
It was crazy watching this at 8 pm before bed on Thursday.
id love you to do a extra seconds on homer badman! i think thats a really good episode that shows what happens with mob mentality. i also find the joke where the womans like "i never met homer simpson.." and then when she starts crying the host walks over and says "your tears say more than real evidence ever could."
I always loved Homer's "Disingenuous mountebanks with their subliminal chicanery! A pox on them!"
I have a... weird history with the episode and I wonder if anyone else my age does. See, beck in Elementary School, I wanna say Fifth grade, we were taken out of class to talk about puberty, I remember being taken into a room with all the other male students, and there was a discussion about it, then to help us understand what we would be going through emotionally, we watched this episode. We were tasked to find things that were signs of going through puberty, and I still remember the chalkboard gag "I will not snap bras" because that was specifically pointed out by the teacher.
I think on some level, this episode is always going to be stuck with me, but I don't think I can dissociate its ties to that class.
Also, Jim Reardon caused a lightbulb to go off in my head so I looked him up, he did that "Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown" film.
Always a good day when @TheRealJims posts a video!
I love this episode. Milhouse Stories during the golden era are wonderful.
I have watched this so many times that the most shocking part of this video is learning that it's underappreciated. It just happened to be one that got recorded on the family VCR. I even remember making a terrible Mario Paint parody of the Troy McClure segment.
this is one of my faves from season 3 n loved the scene where homer forgets what a spoon is called
Here in the UK, we actually watched a sex ed video just like Fuzzy Bunny. It was called "Living and Growing" and was very... controversial for a certain scene in one of the episodes; basically, kinda like the honeymoon scene (though not as explicit).
Def the best opening. Homer's garbled voice when he has the rake makes me die. Perfect homage to Raiders
One of the all time spotlights for Bart’s friend the dud
Such an amazing episode, the jokes are hilarious, especially with the Troy McClure educational film. Thank you for the video Jim, keep up the great work. Take care!