Simpsons Histories - Kirk Van Houten

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  • @TheRealJims
    @TheRealJims  3 роки тому +801

    When watching all of his appearances, I went back and forth over how sympathetic Kirk actually is. He landed somewhere between Barney Gumble and Helen Lovejoy in terms of the "likeability and sympathy" spectrum.

    • @elieeee6
      @elieeee6 3 роки тому +7

      Screw you gumbly for life (also I know this doesn’t technically count but Jay Sherman? But if not Lenny)

    • @nachomansandyravage7243
      @nachomansandyravage7243 3 роки тому +23

      Please do groundskeeper Willy or Moe

    • @petemercurio8638
      @petemercurio8638 3 роки тому +4

      @@nachomansandyravage7243 Willie next

    • @andrewpatterson4976
      @andrewpatterson4976 3 роки тому +24

      Marvin Monroe, Martin Prince, Lenny/Carl, Selma/Patty, and of course the piece de resistance Maude Flanders strike me as fascinating choices. I’m kinda surprised the Maude death episode hasn’t popped up on 60 Seconds yet, it’s such a divisive episode.

    • @nachomansandyravage7243
      @nachomansandyravage7243 3 роки тому +2

      @@petemercurio8638 haha yeah Willie *

  • @hahu9088
    @hahu9088 3 роки тому +3319

    I'm voting for a simpsons histories episode on the entire town of Shelbyville.

  • @noriyakigumble3011
    @noriyakigumble3011 3 роки тому +342

    I’d love a Sideshow Mel history, He is such an unspoken yet major presence in the show

    • @noellestradamus
      @noellestradamus 3 роки тому +21

      HIS OPINION IS AS VALID AS THE NEXT MAN'S!

    • @jek__
      @jek__ 3 роки тому +16

      Unspoken, from a character with such a pronounced vocal presence lol. I agree with you, the wordplay is just funny

    • @apslup
      @apslup 2 роки тому +3

      I’ve got good news for you buddy

    • @ravedeath7690
      @ravedeath7690 2 роки тому +1

      To be fair he doesn't really have much of a character aside from shouting generic comments whenever the plot progresses

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Рік тому +1

      ​@@ravedeath7690He's got a refined theatrical voice hinting at some kind of talent similar to Sideshow Bob, which is also similarly ignored resulting in him ending up on a kid's public access clown program.

  • @one4all123
    @one4all123 3 роки тому +153

    With this amount of attention this video will recieve, he’ll able to sleep in TWO racecars!

    • @dangerouslytalented
      @dangerouslytalented 3 роки тому +2

      He is truly drawing dignity

    • @noellestradamus
      @noellestradamus 3 роки тому +19

      I don't like the idea of Kirk sleeping in two racecar beds in one night

  • @conormurnane6457
    @conormurnane6457 3 роки тому +2

    Kirk is the only character I can think of who got better as the show got worse, the post-classic seasons were definitely when he became really funny and well-defined.

  • @sound-l34ked45
    @sound-l34ked45 3 роки тому +2

    Welcome back. Here’s a request for the history of Horatio McCallister

  • @jean-philippedoyon9904
    @jean-philippedoyon9904 3 роки тому +1

    How about an episode on the evolution of the Simpsons neigbhors over time, i feel it would be fascinating on how it changes with the time !!!

    • @Ineedgames
      @Ineedgames 3 роки тому +1

      Kind of wish Ruth Powers stayed as a more prominent characters. Though I guess they just didn't know what to do with her character.

  • @jalisac4587
    @jalisac4587 3 роки тому +3

    I would love if you talked about Miss Hoover and the lack of a character for her.

  • @skeletonskeleton9010
    @skeletonskeleton9010 3 роки тому

    Can't wait to get a Simpsons Histories video for Jasper

  • @roxiehorror8079
    @roxiehorror8079 3 роки тому

    Can I borrow a feeling?...
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA IT EVEN HAS HIS PICTURE ON THE FRONT HAHAHAHA

  • @johnnyjohnson7022
    @johnnyjohnson7022 3 роки тому

    I think I’m too much of a car nerd that I recognize his beds a Aero Ford Torino

  • @callum8155
    @callum8155 3 роки тому

    Don't no if anyone care but, I think snake would be cool character to look in to.

  • @garymurphy3564
    @garymurphy3564 3 роки тому

    A simpsons history on Jimbo "Corky" Jones would be interesting! Or if that's not enough to work with, maybe him and his cronies? (Kearney and Dolph)

  • @6sKi6z6
    @6sKi6z6 3 роки тому +1642

    I too, don't like the idea of Milhouse having two spaghetti meals in one day.

  • @justinfowich6662
    @justinfowich6662 3 роки тому +114

    The best thing about "A Milhouse Divided" was how Kirk singing for Luann at the end felt like a typical wrap-up to make things normal again, but then he proposed and Luann said "Eww no!" and they stayed divorced.

    • @EndOfSmallSanctuary97
      @EndOfSmallSanctuary97 3 роки тому +23

      Yeah that was a really effective example of subverting expectations (something that can go terribly wrong if handled poorly). It was both shocking but also very logical and obvious - like, in real life, that's probably exactly what would happen, but because it's a cartoon we just naturally assumed it'd go better for him.

    • @RT-qd8yl
      @RT-qd8yl 6 місяців тому +4

      @@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 I wish that would happen more in cartoons and shows and what not. People turning down engagements and shitting on really touching emotional moments

  • @Neogears1312
    @Neogears1312 3 роки тому +286

    I’m always a huge advocate for Flanders getting a history episode. He’s such an important side character to the point I’d argue he’s more famous than most of the side cast combined. He’s also a character who has had a plethora of changes to their status quo and character focus. And my most important reason, he’s my favorite character. What can I say; every one who counts loves Ned Flanders.

    • @marclytle644
      @marclytle644 3 роки тому +5

      It's like I am wearing nothing at all... nothing at all... nothing at all.
      Stupid sexy Flanders.

  • @TheNerdySasquatch
    @TheNerdySasquatch 3 роки тому +790

    How about Doctor Hibbert for the next Simpsons Histories? He started off as a Cosby parody (which doesn't age well given what we now know about Cosby) and he's about the only prominent secondary character without his own spotlight episode. We frequently see him, but know little about him.

    • @DanteTorn
      @DanteTorn 3 роки тому +19

      Seconded.

    • @petemercurio8638
      @petemercurio8638 3 роки тому +10

      @@DanteTorn 3rded

    • @BB-te8tc
      @BB-te8tc 3 роки тому +37

      Fourth-ded
      I think TheRealJims sort of elaborated this in his season retrospectives, but he was featured very prominently in earlier seasons and was portrayed as very competent for the most part. Later on, not so much.

    • @robeyhairston3298
      @robeyhairston3298 3 роки тому +33

      Did you know that bleeding gums Murphy and doctor hibbert are long lost brothers?

    • @Notintheknow
      @Notintheknow 3 роки тому +13

      @@robeyhairston3298
      Think he has a lost twin brother as well

  • @darkninjafirefox
    @darkninjafirefox 3 роки тому +320

    "So that's it after 20 years. So long, good luck?"
    "I don't recall saying good luck."

    • @wtfsamusidk7574
      @wtfsamusidk7574 3 роки тому +6

      Gets me every time lol

    • @Muskateering
      @Muskateering 3 роки тому +3

      That randomly popped into my head the other day and made me laugh 😂

  • @skiprockjr.6881
    @skiprockjr.6881 3 роки тому +747

    I lent Kirk a feeling. Still hasn't paid me back.

    • @michaelstrong5383
      @michaelstrong5383 3 роки тому +41

      Same. I gave him a jar of love and got nothing back in return.

    • @fastfacts727
      @fastfacts727 3 роки тому +24

      @@michaelstrong5383 that jar of love was terrible.

    • @4EyedRocker
      @4EyedRocker 3 роки тому +4

      and he never will

    • @christopherwall2121
      @christopherwall2121 3 роки тому +9

      @@fastfacts727 PAINT MY CHICKEN COOP!

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 3 роки тому +4

      I refused his hand, with my glove of love. I even refused it bare-handed.

  • @andreagrubaugh9301
    @andreagrubaugh9301 3 роки тому +115

    I know we just had a backstory drop with him, but I wouldn't mind seeing a Comic Book Guy video. Also, I'd still like a Moe History at some point, just because his character has gone through so much

  • @SlothenlyOptimist
    @SlothenlyOptimist 3 роки тому +424

    Squeaky Voiced Teen history would be slightly interesting.

    • @michaelstrong5383
      @michaelstrong5383 3 роки тому +31

      How many jobs does that kid even have?

    • @meumnomen
      @meumnomen 3 роки тому +14

      That's who I imagine when Jared Kushner speaks....

    • @Pr0jectFM
      @Pr0jectFM 3 роки тому +18

      @@michaelstrong5383 Our Squeaky Voiced Teen works at Krusty Burger. The other ones are just other teens with similar features

    • @evilkillerwhale7078
      @evilkillerwhale7078 3 роки тому +3

      Maybe it'll squeak into a video

    • @mightyfilm
      @mightyfilm 3 роки тому +3

      Then there's that weird Latino version of him who operated a Viking Long Boat ride in one episode.

  • @macmonkeyhat
    @macmonkeyhat 3 роки тому +509

    I’d like to see a Simpsons histories for Maude Flanders, as I feel like the show regrets killing her off sometimes. I know the reason they did it was because her voice actress left, but ever since the voice actress came back the shows taken every opportunity to feature Maude in a flashback or non canon episode.

    • @petemercurio8638
      @petemercurio8638 3 роки тому +7

      Sure Mod and Especially Ned would be great!

    • @Ericshadowblade
      @Ericshadowblade 3 роки тому +22

      Her voice actress asked for more money as her charcter was being in more episodes the studio said no

    • @macmonkeyhat
      @macmonkeyhat 3 роки тому +34

      @@Ericshadowblade I know why she left. But she came back around season 15, and Maude started making appearances since then

    • @luismarioguerrerosanchez4747
      @luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 3 роки тому +39

      It was indeed a terrible choice to kill her off, it doesn't help that the episode in question is pretty bad.

    • @leob4403
      @leob4403 2 роки тому +7

      @@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 why was it so terrible? I thought it was interesting to explore Flanders life as a widow and single father

  • @Whymust898
    @Whymust898 3 роки тому +885

    I still think Artie Ziff would be an interesting choice. He’s such a huge role in Marge and Homer’s backstory, yet was also a non-presence in the show outside of flashbacks until the ‘modern’ era. His characterisation of ‘trendy tech dude’ also gives a good insight into what, well, was trendy tech when the episode aired

    • @BB-te8tc
      @BB-te8tc 3 роки тому +55

      Especially interesting because he wasn't at all portrayed as a trendy tech dude during his initial appearance because that character type wasn't really a thing back then. It really shows a clear, specific example of how the Internet changed the show.
      Also, I always found it sorta weird how around Season 13-16 they started reaching back for characters from the first 3 or so seasons from the "weird old Springfield". Didn't the "RV" episode from around that era bring back the RV Salesman from Season 1 sans Albert Brooks?

    • @ToonReel001
      @ToonReel001 3 роки тому +13

      @@BB-te8tc Yeah, one episode also brought back Santa's Little Helper's original owner from the Xmas pilot too. And of course Dr Marvin Monroe coming back from the dead.

    • @jacksonjacob1965
      @jacksonjacob1965 3 роки тому +2

      I also think it would be interesting to hear Jims complain about the season 31 episode where Artie gets married

    • @Abonkit
      @Abonkit 3 роки тому +18

      @@jacksonjacob1965
      Have no fears, we've got stories for years, like:
      Marge becomes a robot
      Maybe Moe gets a cell phone

    • @desisdosis473
      @desisdosis473 Рік тому +1

      Artie Ziff may be the worst character of the show.

  • @yousaywhatnow2195
    @yousaywhatnow2195 3 роки тому +69

    Tbh, I kind of always felt that both Mulhouse’s parents are just straight up awful in their own special, horrible ways, which definitely helps explain why Melhouse is the way he is, I’d imagine.

    • @MmmMmph1968
      @MmmMmph1968 9 місяців тому +12

      How did you misspell Milhouse in two different ways in the same sentence?

    • @increbidel4685
      @increbidel4685 5 місяців тому +1

      Malhouse*

  • @RealPratfall
    @RealPratfall 3 роки тому +307

    Finally we’ll uncover wether or not he ever got to borrow a feeling

  • @VincentMariethe4th
    @VincentMariethe4th 3 роки тому +63

    I always theorized that Luann was just Kirk's Shelbyville doppelganger. If everyone in Springfield each had their own counterpart & she was born in Shelbyville, then there you go.
    Also not too crazy about that revelation that they actually WERE cousins, not just cuz the mystery was more fun but because it feels like it conveniently sums up Milhouse's laundry list of issues as just being genetic. (But that's probably me reading more into it.) Milhouse comes off as the kind of guy who would grow up to try to interrupt someone else's Girls' Night Out in an attempt to pick up chicks.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Рік тому +9

      Milhouse's issues largely come down to his personality, which isn't genetic, but definitely was inherited by dint of being Kirk's son.

  • @vinnythewebsurfer
    @vinnythewebsurfer 3 роки тому +161

    Imagine marrying someone from shelbyville

  • @Polycomical
    @Polycomical 3 роки тому +67

    Disco Stu needs a video from you!

  • @retroroy8720
    @retroroy8720 3 роки тому +97

    Can we get a Simpsons Histories about Moe?

    • @King_Nex
      @King_Nex 3 роки тому +3

      Strange, I could have sworn they did one, but I can't find it.

    • @Popepaladin
      @Popepaladin 3 роки тому +9

      And so the next Simpsons Histories was about, oh let's say.... Moe.

    • @VaporYTVideo
      @VaporYTVideo 3 роки тому +2

      What about his bar rag?

  • @johnydl
    @johnydl 3 роки тому +133

    The twins Sherri and Terri, you've done a bunch of side characters for Homer and Bart (even tertiary characters) but very few for the Simpsons girls.

    • @chrisrj9871
      @chrisrj9871 3 роки тому +21

      Maybe Sherri, but not Terri.

    • @goodolgranite8247
      @goodolgranite8247 3 роки тому +4

      I've been suggesting this exact thing for months!

  • @fodv93
    @fodv93 3 роки тому +124

    Do a Simpsons histories for Ned Flanders.

    • @arthurmorgan9559
      @arthurmorgan9559 3 роки тому +14

      Ned Flanders has had sex with more women than homer 🤔

    • @fodv93
      @fodv93 3 роки тому +7

      @@arthurmorgan9559 yep. Plus the episode todd todd why has thou forsaken me can add a great depth of character too.

    • @almond3066
      @almond3066 3 роки тому +2

      @@arthurmorgan9559 Ned is such a Chad tho

    • @VaporYTVideo
      @VaporYTVideo 3 роки тому +2

      Simpsons histories for Maud Flanders

  • @EinDose
    @EinDose 3 роки тому +77

    Here's a weird Simpsons Histories angle: Moe's Tavern. It's always been depicted as a crap bar, but has the type of crap bar it is changed? How have the regulars changed?

    • @Ericshadowblade
      @Ericshadowblade 3 роки тому +5

      Moes has been pretty consistence once they nailed the interior setting around season four except for that one episode where it was turned into what honestly would have been a really succesfull family resturant had moe not snapped

    • @King_Nex
      @King_Nex 3 роки тому +5

      Not to mention the various times Moe changed his business

    • @robertholston4708
      @robertholston4708 3 роки тому +4

      In the marriage retreat episode in season 2 where Homer catches the huge fish, there is a scene where Marge lists her gripes of Homer. One of them is "he hangs out at a seedy bar with bums and lowlifes."

    • @youcouldbelisteningtomusic442
      @youcouldbelisteningtomusic442 3 роки тому +1

      It definitely took a while for Lenny and Carl to become regulars at Moe's. Which season was that, and was the change sudden or gradual?

  • @gabg1538
    @gabg1538 3 роки тому +100

    We need one about Kearney

  • @arrongumbrell539
    @arrongumbrell539 3 роки тому +27

    I had a girlfriend whose single dad wrote a song. He sang it when I was around one time and my mind automatically went to Can I Borrow A Feeling and I struggled to keep a straight face as the song was as terrible. But I think I got away with it.

  • @Will_kid_cortez
    @Will_kid_cortez 3 роки тому +88

    Sleeping in a race car lol such a bad ass moment.

    • @Maxwell-237
      @Maxwell-237 3 роки тому +22

      And homers come back is just so brutal. But unintentionally

  • @manoloperez8985
    @manoloperez8985 3 роки тому +147

    I continue to vote for Marge's mother, there is so much of her that we did not see but that peeks out in Marge's traumas from her upbringing

    • @jacksonjacob1965
      @jacksonjacob1965 3 роки тому +12

      I think there’s a case that Marge’s mom is secretly the most important character on the show. Because of how much she influenced Marge’s life and how much Marge does for her family.

    • @manoloperez8985
      @manoloperez8985 3 роки тому +1

      @@jacksonjacob1965 I completely agree

    • @luckiller019
      @luckiller019 3 роки тому +6

      @@jacksonjacob1965 no. That would be Homer mum. Homer grew up into bordeline a alcoholic with eating dissorder (not to mention violence outburst, desire for shallow gratification, egomaniac etc.) And it has nothing to do with being abandon by his mother in childhood? Doubt it. Also because until later season Abe was always portrayed as a terrible father it make Mona looks even worst by leaving young Homer her only beloved child with a fucking Abe

  • @TsukiCondor
    @TsukiCondor 3 роки тому +101

    "I dont like the idea of Jim's having two Spaghetti meals a day"

  • @iam9991000
    @iam9991000 3 роки тому +221

    It feels like you've been teasing this for years.

    • @TheRealJims
      @TheRealJims  3 роки тому +105

      I had tossed around the idea of teasing Kirk in every video as a running joke (and never actually covering him). But then decided people wouldn't stand for it, lol. Kirk needs his day in the sun!

    • @nicolebee3283
      @nicolebee3283 3 роки тому +18

      @@TheRealJims next you’re gonna say you’ll do the “wiseguy”

    • @dontspikemydrink9382
      @dontspikemydrink9382 3 роки тому +4

      @@TheRealJims please add closed captions for all videos

    • @milesbaureis504
      @milesbaureis504 3 роки тому +6

      @@dontspikemydrink9382 While that is a very large thing to request, if he doesn't want to have to do it, maybe he'd let you do it. And if you are deaf, I or someone else, would be willing to do it. I really like the idea of Jim's (Jims'?)videos being accessible to the hard of hearing too. We can both just hope that these comments get seen. Also I love that username.

    • @dontspikemydrink9382
      @dontspikemydrink9382 3 роки тому +4

      @@milesbaureis504 well, you can pay people to do put cc up. I think accessibility should not even be the responsibility of the uploader if other people would be able to do this but youtube shut down custom closed captions

  • @orestevincent8382
    @orestevincent8382 3 роки тому +39

    I think it's important to point out that unlike Homer with Bart, Kirk's relation with Milhouse never seem to deteriorate over the season, Milhouse always showed a lot of care and compassion for his dad

  • @Hybattt
    @Hybattt 3 роки тому +24

    Could you do a video those guys that are always sitting in the back of bar their probably the characters we see the most that never do anything

  • @FortQuinn
    @FortQuinn 3 роки тому +32

    I'd like to see a history on proffesor frink proffesor frink (makes you laugh, makes you think)

  • @pie7956
    @pie7956 3 роки тому +11

    3:30 I believe you mean ‘A Kirk’s son divided’

  • @springking2169
    @springking2169 3 роки тому +58

    Lewis and Richard for the next Simpsons history, it’s really interesting how they started off in the barts key friend group then they just disappeared

    • @stproducciones9140
      @stproducciones9140 3 роки тому +19

      Maybe a History on all those Springfield Elementary background weirdos like lewis, richard, wendell, jeanie, the kid with goggles and spiky hair...

    • @youdbettertube
      @youdbettertube 3 роки тому +6

      @@stproducciones9140 Might as well also throw in the two other barflies at Moe's

    • @Darko_CC
      @Darko_CC 3 роки тому +8

      @@stproducciones9140 and those kids that Nelson used to be friends with in like season 1

    • @reddeadspartan
      @reddeadspartan 3 роки тому +1

      @@stproducciones9140 >the kid with goggles and spikey hair.
      He's the protagonist of the next Digimin season.

    • @mandelabutterfly9162
      @mandelabutterfly9162 3 роки тому

      A simpsons history or mystery on all the missing characters lol

  • @henrycohen5222
    @henrycohen5222 3 роки тому +65

    Please do one on Lenny and Carl, they’re 2 of my favorite characters

    • @ChucksSEADnDEAD
      @ChucksSEADnDEAD 3 роки тому +7

      Problem is that Jims doesn't know which is Carl and which is Lenny.

    • @smorrow
      @smorrow 3 роки тому +7

      Not Lenny!

    • @chloemr.pippinsfanmail95
      @chloemr.pippinsfanmail95 3 роки тому

      @@ChucksSEADnDEAD lenny

    • @ChucksSEADnDEAD
      @ChucksSEADnDEAD 3 роки тому

      @@chloemr.pippinsfanmail95 fuuuuck autocorrect

    • @dharmallars
      @dharmallars Рік тому +2

      @@ChucksSEADnDEAD Lenny is the one who’s not supposed to get pudding in his eye

  • @thenerdbeast7375
    @thenerdbeast7375 3 роки тому +49

    Kirk Van Houten, the character written to be a bigger loser than Milhouse.

    • @luismarioguerrerosanchez4747
      @luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 3 роки тому +6

      Hahahaha, I love how even Milhouse downplays his own dad in Homer's Enemy.

    • @King_Nex
      @King_Nex 3 роки тому

      So who's the biggest loser? Hans Moleman?

    • @GeteMachine
      @GeteMachine 3 роки тому +1

      Milhouse pretty much says this when he becomes Bart's security guard at the warehouse he bought.

  • @theMoporter
    @theMoporter 3 роки тому +41

    "Get super turned on when they find out Milhouse is popular"
    And they say the later seasons have gone down hill!

    • @theMoporter
      @theMoporter 3 роки тому +2

      @@michaelstrong5383 I mean, at least it's relatable?

    • @idioticed4379
      @idioticed4379 3 роки тому

      @@theMoporter what did he say?, It got deleted

    • @theMoporter
      @theMoporter 3 роки тому

      @@idioticed4379 can't remember, sorry

  • @skulmarus
    @skulmarus 3 роки тому +22

    Some folk’ll never get a Simpsons history, but then again, some folk’ll. Do Cletus, the slack-jawed yokel!

    • @Clay3613
      @Clay3613 3 роки тому

      Lenny getting snubbed again.

  • @zachall1573
    @zachall1573 3 роки тому +23

    Similarly to Ichy and Scrathy, what about a Simpsons histories on Radioactive Man, the comic book superhero. Given our recent superhero dominated blockbuster landscape, there've got to be plenty of material for the later seasons to satirise.

  • @HalloWitch93
    @HalloWitch93 3 роки тому +15

    Kirk's vocal quirks always crack me up; like how awkward he sounds every time he's about to say something. "Uhhhhhh, I sleep in a racing car! Do you?" I know that also applies to Milhouse but the fact that his own father - a grown man - also talks that way is just a bit funnier to me.

  • @BoochiDoochi
    @BoochiDoochi 3 роки тому +19

    Can we get a history episode of Moes Pickled egg jar

    • @King_Nex
      @King_Nex 3 роки тому +2

      Dude, he's just one man. Don't ask for such an elaborate story!

    • @brickworld7501
      @brickworld7501 3 роки тому +2

      @@King_Nex You’ve seen the story of Moes rag... get ready for the egg saga!

  • @violenceisfun991
    @violenceisfun991 3 роки тому +83

    I would love to see a histories episode on Snake. I always found him oddly relatable, especially when he acts lovingly like to that puppy or to his son

    • @King_Nex
      @King_Nex 3 роки тому +3

      I second the Snake history thing.

  • @m3talentagency680
    @m3talentagency680 3 роки тому +25

    This is one of the funniest low-key characters in The Simpsons: he's a lousy human being - almost just as Homer, but in very different ways.

  • @chancethefapper4528
    @chancethefapper4528 Рік тому +17

    I remember the first time me and my brother saw Milhouse Divided, it was the night before our parents split up (and never reconciled).
    It can be a goofy episode, but its an interesting look into a very common childhood struggle. I love the jokes in Milhouse Divided but I've always resented the way the Simpsons writers knocked Kirk down but then never built him up again. It feels like a missed opportunity to create a symbol of hope during a divorce / tough time.

    • @mccarthy5825
      @mccarthy5825 Рік тому

      Damn, that’s a tough one mate. Hope you and your family you’re doing well now.

  • @undeadreader23
    @undeadreader23 3 роки тому +10

    What about Mayor Quimby? The joke of him and his family just being the Kennedy's has been going strong for like 30 years now but we still know next to nothing about Springfields 6 term mayor

    • @jaywinner328
      @jaywinner328 3 роки тому +2

      I feel like the most info we ever got on his was Birch Barlow smearing him with "Our six-term mayor, the illiterate, tax-cheating, wife-swapping, pot-smoking spendocrat Diamond Joe Quimby"

    • @ellebee42
      @ellebee42 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, please! The way he says, "Uh.. so long?" as the Simpsons are leaving for Cypress Creek is one of the most underrated moments in the series.

  • @aperson22222
    @aperson22222 3 роки тому +10

    There’s a really neat understated moment in their Great Gatsby episode in S28. Burns invites everyone to what’s supposed to be a glamorous Jazz Age cocktail party at his mansion on not-Long Island, but when they get there the house is a dilapidated old dump and the party was clearly put together on a shoe string budget. Everyone who gets a speaking role complains, but Kirk silently looks around and is still impressed.

  • @ronga8242
    @ronga8242 3 роки тому +28

    I would really like to see Akira done next. He's been around for a long time but very little is done with him as far as I can recall.

    • @RUNESANEINTHEBRAIN
      @RUNESANEINTHEBRAIN 3 роки тому +9

      Akira would be interesting! He's been there since the early seasons and hasn't really played all too big of a role, lots of mysteries there about him

  • @jaasonfarnham2599
    @jaasonfarnham2599 3 роки тому +17

    id love cookie kwan, i feel like she's doing something completely different every time she appears

  • @BillyJamesVA
    @BillyJamesVA 3 роки тому +25

    I wish one of those famous UA-cam cover singers would do an un-ironic cover of "Can I Borrow A Feeling?"

  • @roadrunner6474
    @roadrunner6474 3 роки тому +46

    we're doing Simpsons histories on single people now?
    Frankly, I think it's a market you could do without

    • @michaelstrong5383
      @michaelstrong5383 3 роки тому +17

      Maybe single people could be a subject of a Simpsons Histories video, but we don't know. Actually, we don't want to know.

    • @stproducciones9140
      @stproducciones9140 3 роки тому +14

      So that's it? 32 years of Kirk episodes and all he gets is "good luck"?

    • @michaelstrong5383
      @michaelstrong5383 3 роки тому +14

      @@stproducciones9140 I don't recall saying "good luck".

  • @MrJACKBaird
    @MrJACKBaird 3 роки тому +19

    Groundskeeper Willie is the man I would love to see one on him. It’s been a sec since a Springfield elementary histories too.
    Loved the video btw :)

  • @590488
    @590488 3 роки тому +45

    Can't forget about ol' Gil.

    • @Belgand
      @Belgand 3 роки тому +2

      You really can, though. He started as a direct parody of Jack Lemmon's portrayal of Shelly Levene in the film version of Glengarry Glen Ross who was written in only because the episode is about selling real estate. Then he never evolved in any way, staying as a one-joke character the entire time.

    • @590488
      @590488 3 роки тому +2

      @@Belgand yes, however that one joke is pretty funny

    • @clarencetuurngait7628
      @clarencetuurngait7628 3 роки тому

      Who ?

    • @davidw9795
      @davidw9795 3 роки тому +2

      He needs this,the wolf's at ol' Gil's door!!!

    • @brickworld7501
      @brickworld7501 3 роки тому

      @@590488 I prefer moleman. Whenever Gil’s on screen I ask “where’s Hans moleman?

  • @seancatacombs
    @seancatacombs Рік тому +10

    Main thing I remember about Kirk is how traumatic that Pictionary blowup scene was for a lot of my fellow elder Millennial friends because of how authentic it was to their own parents' inciting incidents for divorce or toxic decay.

  • @Venemofthe888
    @Venemofthe888 3 роки тому +23

    Id love to see a video on sideshow mel. I think hes a interesting character who needs a little spotlight

  • @flightred5084
    @flightred5084 3 роки тому +43

    A history of a more obscure character like the Blue Haired Lawyer would be pretty fun! Or the guy with the giant hand who works at the Nuclear Plant, purely because he's somehow been in at least two episodes where they've made jokes about his giant hand.

  • @ellebelle1234
    @ellebelle1234 3 роки тому +5

    Please do Mr.Burns!!!!! He has such an extensive background it would be long but I’d watch all of it!!

  • @benswolo6928
    @benswolo6928 3 роки тому +17

    You know, this place used to be a pet shop...

    • @iamironman2534
      @iamironman2534 3 роки тому +4

      The best damn pet shop in town?

    • @Conner420matt
      @Conner420matt 3 роки тому +1

      Right over there agents that wall, there was the cutest little-

    • @TheSilentWalkerz
      @TheSilentWalkerz 3 роки тому

      @@Conner420matt *Points a gun*
      Get in the corner

  • @Onering80
    @Onering80 3 роки тому +9

    Favorite Kirk Quote" "Milhouse, give him back his soul. I've got work tomorrow!"

  • @DOUGL4S1
    @DOUGL4S1 3 роки тому +11

    Do a Simpsons History on Ned Flanders. I have no idea how it didn't happen yet considering how much he appears on the show.

  • @SmashGuyROA
    @SmashGuyROA 3 роки тому +32

    To be fair, a Simpsons Histories on Gumbly Simpson would actually be amazing

  • @BirchTrip
    @BirchTrip 3 роки тому +11

    Don't forget that he was a huge 80's musician

  • @mjsdecember1990
    @mjsdecember1990 3 роки тому +7

    Kirk: I sleep in a race car do you
    Homer: I sleep in a big bed with my wife
    Best comeback ever

  • @SIDEKICKDUSTY
    @SIDEKICKDUSTY 3 роки тому +7

    Suggesting Groundskeeper Willie for the next one, and seconding other people's recommendations for Doctor Hibbert and Artie Ziff. Also, if Homer's long lost brother has more to him than the two episodes I remember, then that would be an enlightening one.

  • @clintgillespie8579
    @clintgillespie8579 3 роки тому +20

    Kirk is basically the "Jerry" of the Simpsons.

    • @hamlindigoblue9295
      @hamlindigoblue9295 3 роки тому +1

      DAMNIT JERRY

    • @ThiccFurryBoi34
      @ThiccFurryBoi34 3 роки тому +2

      Which Jerry from undertale or from rick and Marty one or both

    • @clintgillespie8579
      @clintgillespie8579 3 роки тому +7

      @@ThiccFurryBoi34 Which do you think? The obscure monster from Snowdin or the jobless, divorced, beta-male from Rick and Morty?

    • @ThiccFurryBoi34
      @ThiccFurryBoi34 3 роки тому +2

      @@clintgillespie8579 they both seem terrible lives I mean jerry from undertale was hated for no reason

    • @missmoanypants
      @missmoanypants 3 роки тому

      Damn, you’re right.

  • @Mauricio_Magus
    @Mauricio_Magus 3 роки тому +7

    "Kirk's son falls in love" hahaha

  • @Easy-Eight
    @Easy-Eight 3 роки тому +8

    Disco Stu!!! He's the most consistently one dimensional character on the show and is so out-of-style in 2021 that he may be cool.

  • @Unitedtribute
    @Unitedtribute 3 роки тому +6

    The weird french waiter who says: Yessssss

  • @borregoayudando1481
    @borregoayudando1481 2 роки тому +4

    >their ancestor
    >they inherited
    holup

  • @skippylizardfernando8290
    @skippylizardfernando8290 3 роки тому +4

    next history: Mr. Burns!

  • @seraphrog8986
    @seraphrog8986 3 роки тому +13

    i have been waiting for this!! gosh i love the van houtens lol

  • @olivernottingham
    @olivernottingham 3 роки тому +9

    Do a history on Maggie I love that they usually forget about her but occasionally give her big spotlight moments

  • @buddyzilla4557
    @buddyzilla4557 10 місяців тому +3

    I feel like the reason it is ok to have the Van Houtens get back together is because they are not the same characters that got divorced. I feel they evolved and developed them into something different enough that they no longer resembled the prior versions and; as you mentioned held more potential together. Relaistically, they shifted them into their divorced selves but independently refined them in that state then took the diverse aspect as far as they could go. At that point it made sense to drop the divorce gimik and get them together again with their new traits other than the higher bitterness toward each other. It was really a case of very slowly reinventing the Van Houtens as a family dynamic. It also clearly had an impact on Millhouse's personality to a degree.

  • @theteeth08
    @theteeth08 Рік тому +8

    I remember Kirk’s last concert. Played can I borrow a feeling in the front encore to the delight of us all. RIP big man 😢

  • @mrbiofan12
    @mrbiofan12 3 роки тому +7

    I'd like to nominate Groundskeeper Willie for Simpsons histories.

  • @ThomasBurrows-zl5zb
    @ThomasBurrows-zl5zb 5 місяців тому +4

    I sleep in a racing car, do you??
    I sleep in a big bed with my wife

  • @FletcherReedsRandomness
    @FletcherReedsRandomness 3 роки тому +17

    Only The Simpsons would flesh out the best friend's dad as much as they did. How many other shows can you think of that go the extra mile to make characters like Kirk feel like an actual person instead of just filling a spot in the town?

    • @colossaldonut5190
      @colossaldonut5190 3 роки тому

      I mean it really helps when the show's been going for years and years but it is definitely great.

    • @alfa01spotivo
      @alfa01spotivo 3 роки тому +1

      the sopranos

    • @splendidwolf442
      @splendidwolf442 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah it’s kinda hard NOT to flesh him since there’s so limited amount of story ideas by then.

  • @BlueLightningSky
    @BlueLightningSky 3 роки тому +3

    11:33 in a recent season 32 episode Marge refers to Comic Book Guy's family as the Book Guys so it's either Marge being Marge or the writers just rolling back on his real name.

  • @co0kii
    @co0kii 3 роки тому +4

    1:02 blink and you’ll miss it …but why was lisa wearing marge’s pearl necklace?

  • @benjivenator
    @benjivenator 3 роки тому +6

    I'm still pushing for a Rainier Wolfcastle episode. He started out as an Arnold Schwarzenegger parody, so how did the writers change his character as Arnold got less and less prominent in pop culture? Also, it gives an opportunity to talk about the McBain movies.

  • @DTGee64
    @DTGee64 3 роки тому +7

    I'm still waiting for that Duffman episode.
    Also, that one guy's name isn't Gumbly, it's Weird Matt.

  • @nicks.857
    @nicks.857 3 роки тому +11

    I can't think of any character traits for Luan Van Houten other than that shes arguing with Kirk.

    • @born2hula325
      @born2hula325 3 роки тому +3

      We know she didn't go to Gudger College.

    • @elizabetharmitage2748
      @elizabetharmitage2748 3 роки тому +1

      Kicking Bart out the house?

    • @michaelstrong5383
      @michaelstrong5383 3 роки тому +2

      Didn't she used to live in Shelbyville?

    • @1talldaddy
      @1talldaddy 3 роки тому +1

      well there is the fact that her and Kirk look just alike.

    • @orestevincent8382
      @orestevincent8382 3 роки тому +3

      Luanne: From now on, forget everything you thought you knew about Luanne Van Houten.
      Marge: Actually, Luanne, I don't really know anything about you...

  • @VuotoPneumaNN
    @VuotoPneumaNN 2 роки тому +2

    Every time one of these videos reaches the "yeah, but what could they do with this character at this point?" the response that comes into my mind is actually "They should have stopped making the damn show."

  • @jennyspresso2999
    @jennyspresso2999 3 роки тому +9

    I’m surprised we haven’t seen a Mr. Burns history yet - he drives so much plot, I’d love to see exactly where he stands

    • @Ericshadowblade
      @Ericshadowblade 3 роки тому

      Maybe we could even figure out how old mister burns actually is seeing as he knew the austrain hungarian anthem

    • @jennyspresso2999
      @jennyspresso2999 3 роки тому

      Called it :)

    • @Exeggutor_Enjoyer
      @Exeggutor_Enjoyer 2 роки тому +1

      @@Ericshadowblade I’m going to say he was born around 1880-1890 making him alive to see the first unions in the U.S., Mid 40’s in the great depression, about 50 in WW2, and early 60’s when Mona does her prank. He is around 95 when the plant opens, and as of 1995 he is 105-115.

  • @fameandjoy
    @fameandjoy 3 роки тому +5

    I would pay Jims A LOT of money to do a Simpsons Mysteries episode on Springfield Elementary School.

  • @SnrubSource
    @SnrubSource 3 роки тому +18

    i never realized how similar milhouse's parents look before watching this video, it's like they're twin siblings

    • @DanteTorn
      @DanteTorn 3 роки тому +5

      It's the nose, IMO. I don't think anyone on the show (other than Milhouse obviously) has that same giant round nose.

    • @MagusMarquillin
      @MagusMarquillin 3 роки тому +3

      And the tiny tiny eyes needing the same type of glasses.

  • @princessmarlena1359
    @princessmarlena1359 3 роки тому +4

    Nice touch with the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past happy village music there. And it was sad that Kirk was destroyed by the writers.

  • @PropagatorNET
    @PropagatorNET 3 роки тому +5

    You never did a Mr.Burns Simpsons histories, which surprises me, I'd love to see that. One of my favourite characters.

  • @Beethovania
    @Beethovania 3 роки тому +5

    Groundskeeper Willie, Jasper Beardly or The school bullies.

  • @TheMovieSequelDude49
    @TheMovieSequelDude49 3 роки тому +6

    I would like to see a Simpsons Histories on someone mad obscure like Richard, Rich Texan, or Dr. Marvin Monroe.

  • @zefiewings
    @zefiewings 3 роки тому +2

    I want you to know, because I am assuming that you put it in hoping to "get" at least one of us, that I fell into your Gumbly trap. Ironically it wasn't the character that had me googling "Simpsons Gumbly"; I had absolutely accepted that there was some weird looking guy named "Gumbly" that they had cut away to once. Rather, it was the offended disapproval of some "bar scene" that made me curious. I didn't care who this weird character was, but I found myself googling him hoping I could find what episode he was from, trying to find out if there was some weird controversial joke or something. I didn't expect the full hoax was people claiming they added him as an actual new character in the family, this was the first I had heard of anything like this, which is not that surprising actually as this is the only thing Simpsons related I follow. The casual way you mentioned him and drew the attention to something different related to him (some controversial joke/decision he was tangentially involved with) made me spend absolutely no time thinking about or considering if they would have used a character like this and just accept it offhand. If I had given it any thought it obviously makes no sense, because for you to mention it as a histories possibility it obviously couldn't have been a cutaway appearance as I had subconsciously dismissed it as, but you present with such casual authority on the subject, I only found myself curious what would make you so disgruntled you wouldn't want to talk about it (seeing as you do full episodes on other Simpsons moments you think are dumb or controversial so you can explore the topic). So, while I suppose I could have just not admitted online that you punked me, I wanted to tip my cap to your execution.

    • @TheRealJims
      @TheRealJims  3 роки тому +3

      Haha, thanks! I enjoyed your writeup about it. I admit, I spent waaaaay too long writing that sentence, trying to think of a casual carrot-on-a-stick statement that I would normally say.

  • @azorbz9286
    @azorbz9286 Рік тому +4

    I don't like the idea of the viewers having two "the worst offence of all" jokes in one video.