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- Springfield Republican Party (3 of 3)
S06E05 Sideshow Bob Roberts
"Sideshow Bob Roberts" is the fifth episode of The Simpsons' sixth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 9, 1994. Kelsey Grammer returns as Sideshow Bob. These included the film All the President's Men and the first televised debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy during the 1960 United States presidential election.
Much of the episode is based on the Watergate scandal, as well as other real-life political events. The two Republicans who follow Bob around were based on H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, two of Richard Nixon's closest advisors during Watergate. Based on the famous Willie Horton and Revolving Door political advertisements used by George H. W. Bush during the 1988 presidential election. Birch Barlow's question to Quimby about whether his stance on crime would differ if it was his family being attacked is a reference to Bernard Shaw's similar question to Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis during the 1988 debates. Quimby's appearance parodies Richard Nixon's appearance during his first televised debate with John F. Kennedy during the 1960 election.
The debate was based on Richard Nixon's in a debate with John F. Kennedy before the 1960 election.
Several references to the film All the President's Men, which chronicled Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's investigation of the Watergate scandal. The end court scene echo the 1992 film A Few Good Men, including Jack Nicholson's speech with the line "You can't handle the truth". Bob's sudden confession that he did rig the election was a vague reference to "every episode of Perry Mason". Sideshow Bob gives his acceptance speech underneath a giant poster with a picture of himself, a reference to the campaign speech scene in Citizen Kane. The title of the episode and several plot elements, including Bob entering Burns' meeting draped in an American flag, are references to the 1992 film Bob Roberts.
The character Birch Barlow is a take-off of American talk show host and political commentator Rush Limbaugh. Barlow mentions Colonel Oliver North, Officer Stacey Koon and advertising mascot Joe Camel as being "intelligent conservative[s], railroaded by our liberal justice system. The language spoken at Republican Party headquarters is inspired by Enochian, a language associated with occult and Satanic ceremonies.
The Springwood Minimum Security Prison is a parody of Allenwood Minimum Security Prison. When Lisa drives, she is listening to "St. Elmo's Fire" by John Parr, a choice David Mirkin found "very sad". Archie Comics characters Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason and Jughead Jones are shown throwing Homer on the Simpsons' lawn and warning him to "stay out of Riverdale!"[ Some of the deceased voters are Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, who all died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. The epitaph on The Big Bopper's gravestone is "Gooooodbye, Baby!" a reference to the opening line of his song "Chantilly Lace" - "Hellooo Baby!", make way for the "Matlock Expressway" is a very slight reference to the opening of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
David L.G. Arnold comments in the book Leaving Springfield that the episode is a satire on "society's lazy, uninformed attitude about the electoral process", as well as "a comment on the role in society of a cadre of elites (the Republican party) who see themselves as naturally suited to lead". The episode also portrays Republicans as willing to break the law in order to achieve this; in this case, Bob commits electoral fraud. "Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king. That's why I did this: to protect you from yourselves."
Matthew Henry writes "well illustrates the battle of [political] ideologies and its engagement with the politics of sexuality". which disagree with his "choice of lifestyle", namely his homosexuality. Henry concludes the scene shows that conservative politics and homosexuality "cannot coexist" and that the scene marks the point where Smithers' sexuality became "public and overtly political" 1pp2p30eccmcv3443
The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump is a criminal case against Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments made to the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels to ensure her silence about a sexual encounter between them; with costs related to the transaction included, the payments totaled $420,000. The Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, accused Trump of falsifying these business records with the intent to commit other crimes: violation of federal campaign finance limits, unlawfully influencing the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and tax fraud.
the only unrealistic bit is the part where he got arrested
Invalide_Account - Yeah, Republicans can get away w/ anything apparently...Fuck those assholes. They hate America, her allies and representative democracy.
@samplexample got any proof or are you just spouting shit you heard on TV?
💯
@@theconductoresplin8092 do you hate democracy?
@@francisr8563 Finally, someone else who gets it. Keep up the good fight, my friend.
Miss Homer in the voting booth: "I disapprove of his killing Bart policy, but I do approve of his killing Selma policy"
*bart killing, Selma killing
He hates Selma more than he loves Bart.
He's not a single issue voter
I was waiting for that as well
@@colincampbell3199 That's actually pretty fair.
"Well, he did frame me for armed robbery, but man am I aching for that upper class tax cut."
Sums up the upper and middle class accurately
@@blackearl7891I made a fortune in the crypto boom and it was frustrating to have to give half of it away to taxes, I could have bought a house in cash with that.
"I thought this was a secret ballot."
"Meh."
Because there's so much blood on the knob!!
What is your question?
My question is about the budget sir.
Lol that part always kills me
That is a reference to Michael Dukakis being challenged against his anti-death penalty stance with a hypothetical scenario where his wife was murdered.
@@Swoll826 Ok boomer.
Yes you are correct -- I'm one too :-)
You had us there for a minute @@harpfully
"Did you rig the election?"
"No I did not"
"....kids, help"
I love that Kelsey Grammer is a Republican, and still did this bit. Always have to be able to laugh at yourself.
shame that in spite of this he's gone all-in on Trump.
@@analoren4745Dude it’s a cartoon.
Back then republicans were a bit more sane. 20 years of listening to rush Limbaugh, bill o Reilly and Sean hannity hadn’t made republicans batshit insane yet.
@@alwillk Yeah, definitely no issue with the modern day leftists 🤣
@@analoren4745stop acting like Biden is somehow better
So many jokes went over my head when I saw this as a child
Swishhhh!!
Because children didn't care about politics back then unlike today. Thank Trump.
@@IndogaKirai you mean thank obama
May you identify one of them?
@@golbez3794 no Trump.
Kelsey Grammer's laugh alone was why he deserved this role in spades.
Apparently he _hated_ doing the laugh, it was murder on his vocal chords
But good grief, watching Bob's perfectly maniacal laughter as his inaugural mayoral address deserves to be one of the most iconic moments in television
And just look how happy he is... cracks me up every time
Just once in my life, I'd like to be able to laugh that maniacally and mean it!
I’m just laughing at Krusty reluctantly voting for Side Show Bob, despite being framed for armed robbery by him. 😂😂
Kind of shines a light though...An awful lot of mid-westerners voted against their own interests because they believed Trump would be able to reverse the effects of automation and undermine the Chinese if he were President. Unfortunately, as with everything he does, Trump failed on both counts. China’s economy is growing faster than pre-Trump. Specifically its middle class. As for automation, he’s not even conscious of its connection to the labour market...🤷🏻♂️
@@rexablett943 Also a scathing hatred of Mexicans and migrants and minorities in general. And California.
Republicans in a nutshell. Voting against their own interest.
@Fernando Jose Orange man good?
@@rexablett943 should've got vaccinated for TDS
Really have to respect Kelsey Grammer's acting skills in this part. He delivers those lines really well.
he probably believes in that monologue 100%
Smithers as a Deep Throat stand in....genius lol
"HEY MR. SMITHERS!!"
Oh my god it just fucking clicked 😂😂😂 this is pure genius
I would have never got that unless you said it!
I love how they made it so you can tell it's him when he's initially standing in the shadows by the shape of his head. They mentioned in the DVD commentary how they'd often design characters so they can be recognized in silhouette.
How could one felon revive so many.votes and another felon recive so little. Clasic af
Answer to Lisa, because the people are tired of Quimby's lazy and slothy corrupted ways.
@@okamijubei I think the real reason is because people just blindly vote for whichever candidate is part of there political party without paying attention to who they actually are.
@@okamijubei Or it could be as was revealed that SSB cheated to win the election.
“The dead have risen and their voting Republican!” Lol
Sometimes I blaze and randomly look up classic Simpsons scenes. It's scenes like this I come across and remember how Politically comedic yet genius this show is! The writers and artists are truly brilliant!!
BAH, I DERIDE YOUR TRUTH HANDLING ABILITIES!
Would you get to the point?
Episode is from 1994. What was satire, becomes reality.
They tried to impeach Bill at the time too.
In Part 1 Bob says no children ever mettle with the republican party and ever live to tell about it, flash forward a few years when republicans gas light parkland survivors advocating for gun control
@@jross9919
Bill Clinton was impeached.
@@StanSwan Never sentenced, he left office before he could be, just like Nixon did, and Trump will do in a couple of months.
@@cubismo85
Bush served out two 4 year terms. Try again moron.
"Alright Bob, now it's PERSONAL!"
"Hey, um, he DID try to kill me..."
😂😂😂
Lol the big bopper. Goooooodbye BABY. Because he used to "answer the phone" during his act and say "Helllllooo BABY"
That big bopper Joke got me ... Damn
Kelsey Grammer is in fact a republican
So it fits
who gives a shit
Yea but this was before republicans went batshit crazy.
Before listening to the likes of rush Limbaugh, Sean hannity and bill o Reilly made Republicans batshit insane.
Hey Mr SMITHERS!🙋🙌
"Never gonne by Mr. Burns' back before, but, Sideshow Bob's ultraconservative views conflict with my... Choice of life style." Lol
I dont get it
mattricho Smithers is gay and Bob is ultraconservative republican.
Smithers is gay (not openly) and Republicans do not like LGBT
Never knew Smithers was a vegetarian.
Potion the Khat
There is nothing gay about a 45 year old single man who is obsessed with Malibu Stacey dolls
As a kid you miss all the details at how ‘funny cos it’s true’ scenes there are in classic Simpsons
Who came here after the American election!?
The Simpsons prophecies are still on point.
As always...
Loved the All The President's Men reference.
This is literally how the GOP is defending Trump right now
Though slightly less articulate about it than Bob.
@@ChrisRedfieldChannel what in the goddamn hell are you talking about?
@Morgan Alexander Yeah and Lisa Simpson becomes President after Trump. We're on the right track everyone!
@Morgan Alexander Unironically would take Stan over trump any day
@@ChrisRedfieldChannel trump is literally taking bribes and pardoning actual criminals, in addition to breaking the law. All of his cronies are being arrested one by one. Meanwhile Hillary did literally nothing wrong.
Sideshow Bob = Stephen Miller lol.
Bob is smarter than Miller. He’s a leader. He’s not a racist.
Bob is more like Cheney. Vicious and brutal but smart enough to hold his tongue except when, like literally every conservative who hears the words ‘gay rights’, is triggered.
@@rexablett943 I remember a time when Cheney was also considared and called a racist.
Who knows maybe Mr. Miller will be known as a upstanding patriotic American in the future, unlike president Richard Spencer of course.
This just happened today! 😞
True liberal media 😡😡😡😡💪🔺🔺🔺 I hate them
"Bailiffs place the mayor under arrest"
"What, but why? oh yes, all that stuff I did"
the simpsons have predicted other events, why not this :)
god let's hope
Fingers crossed, we get this moment w/ Trump
sw4gr1d - Trump and Giuliani have both confessed to crimes on national TV. I’m assuming it is a reference to that
Soon
@@rexablett943 lol what crime?
The funniest thing is that the implication that since all of Springfield voted for Bob, Quimby voted for himself
This video really showcases Kelsey Grammar’s voice acting ability really well.
At least Mayor Quimby had a better debate than Joe Biden.
He could have and gotten away with it had he not rigged it. He just couldn’t help himself
this is going to go viral now
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Boper😂😂
The day the music died
'A few good men' reference? 5:19
Ségolène Hussien yeah
I mean, what else where they going to do? Not reference the popular movie thing that happened in a court?
"No truth handler you!"
"...Kids, help."
RIP Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper, Buddy Holly man the Simpsons make quite a few jokes about them I wonder why
R.I.P Larry King...
I can only picture Brian Kemp, scribbling furiously, on bended knees scribbling furiously and muttering to himself as he watched this.
*I know for sure that I wasnt the only one laughing when Bob was laughing lol.*
“Discount flu remedy”.
I would think for Bart, defeating his mortal enemy should involve a more committed investment.
Hey, hes just a kid!
Aww, you left out the bit at the end where Bob goes to a minimum security prison, and naturally joins the prison Yale rowing team.
It's so hard to laugh at a cartoon character when you realize you're the sitcom.
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@@zoltancsikos5604 I watch southpark too tho
“Even though we’re being broadcast on...fox”
I can't believe that the Simpsons predicted what the FCC would do
4:57 It's fantastic how quickly they get under his skin and Lisa's "Ringo to his rest of the Beatles!" crack is what causes him to break.
3:55 Stormy Daniels predicted 😄
So much good in 6 minutes
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper are the musicians killed in "the day the music died".
Elections 2020 be like
I love how quickly Hutz gives up 😂 just the sad resignation in his voice
I agree it's a refreshing look at politics it's good to see that everybody doesn't take it so seriously Sideshow Bob is definitely my favorite Republican
The best part is when Bob presents all of the evidence against himself in front of the court.
Holy crap they predicted dead voting XD
Of course. In the form of a big lie spearheaded by Trump and his supporters!
Damn, that final scene hits different after last week
“I can’t believe a convicted felon would get so many votes…”
That aged well (June 2024)
I miss when they made fun of both sides and it was funny
"And just look how happy he is!"
Biden’s party must’ve studied this a bit too hard 🙄
Ahhh... a cornerstone of my youth. How different you are when I revisit you so many years later!
"Bob's ultra conservative views conflict with my .. ummmmm... Choice of lifestyle".
"The dead have risen and they're voting Republican!" is underrated
The irony is not lost on me that Quimby is a parody of Kennedy and Nixon was sick during one of the speeches, or debates, and combined with the heat from the lights he was sweating and kinda delirious.
Now it's reversed here.
The sweating for Quimby is a reference to the Nixon vs JFK debate
4:19 Dems trying impeach Trump
4:26 Dems after impeachment hearings
SMH lol
Lmao you beat me to it
And look what’s happening now... trump says dead people voted!!! LOSER
"Oh yes... all that stuff I did." I wonder if this is how Ted Bundy felt when he represented himself 😂
Homer's face at 3:00 cracks me up.
The kid grabbing the champagne and running away gets me every time
"No, I did not"
Kids, help.
oddly timeless
0:40 "Trumped up trickle down economics". Sound familiar?
Quite a reach there, Adam.
Joe Biden Today is side show Bob
one of the best episodes...
Bob summed up Republican voters perfectly.
When Lisa said it was personal. I think she realized that Bart would eventually be killed.
0:33--0:51, I always thought that Sideshow Bob was kind of witty here and that he was just ignoring the question like a slick-politician. But after Lisa said that "there is no Councilman Les Wynan" I now realize that Birch Barlow, as the moderator, and Sideshow bob planned that question in advance to make Bob look clever.... now that's good and writing
Guys this is what’s happening now
Watch from 2:32 to 3:22 and continue watching from there on
Question do you believe that every election in every democracy was rigged? Because if electoral fraud was this easy democracy as a concept would be unviable. Or do you just believe that Trump won.
People should watch this episode in 2020. It makes whole lot of sense with everything going on in the world today.
Or it shows that nothing has changed in the past 3 decades since this was made
re-read your comment now. prescient.
This is 2020
Biden with people died votes
You wish. What is he a senile old man or a diabolical genius? Pick one they can’t be both.
Got the parties backwards but otherwise yeah, spot on.
this aged well
“What?... oh yes all that stuff I did”
0:51 Reference to Bernard Shaw's question to Michael Dukakis in the 1988 debates
"My question is about the budget, sir."
This fucking episode. The fucking flashbacks.
I seem to remember another segment where Homer is deciding whether to vote for Bob.
"I don't agree with his Bart-killimg policy... but I DO agree with his Selma-killing policy"
TOMORROW:
*MASS WEDDING OF CULT MEMBERS*
jeez simpsons writing back then was wild
HEY MR. SMITHERS!
Why was buddy holly buried at the Springfield cemetery?
I like his honesty, I'd vote Sideshow Bob
2:38 Straight from 'All The Presidents Men' Wonderful!
5:57 - 6:04
That description matches Trumpy alright.
Renegade2786 Is it strange that this speech is probably true of the average American voter?
Trump and Bob are both narcissistic megalomaniacs, but Bob actually has brains.
“Republican… rule you like a king” classic Simpsons
The Simpsons predicted the 2020 election
cope harder
@@NickBurns-ey6odYour Fuhrer was conquered, bud. Cleanly. Get over it.
Today: Mayoral Debates
Tomorrow: Mass Wedding of Cult Members 😂
Nice reference to the 1988 question "If Kitty Dukakis [Michael Dukakis' wife] was raped and murdered, [...]"
Imagine a Rush Limbaugh character feeling embarrassed and ashamed that they might be controlling a political candidate. These days they'd be wearing it as a badge of honor.