If you’re a pro-Israel viewer, there’s one country you can vote for

If you’re an anti-Israel viewer, there’s like 25 countries you can vote for, they’re not organized to put their votes behind any particular country.

They don’t have ranked choice voting in a song contest.

What goes down must come up, apparently

And the “Room Temperature” room, which is located in Greendale.

Reality TV Actor/Steak Salesman vs A Comedy Actor in a grift off. Truly the Epic Rap Battles of History timeline

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The one singular American Mormon I have ever encountered in my entire life considered them swearing. I am a line cook in a kitchen, I think she would have literally, not figuratively, literally fainted in shock if she were to listen in to a long weekend dinner rush in the kitchen.

Lex Luthor moving onto a keto diet be like:

I vaguely remember that ep of Boonta Vista

I’ll use a more recent example here than some of the other comments. The west claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Iraq claimed otherwise. Is the truth simply in the middle because both George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein are unreliable and bad people? Did Iraq have half a WMD? What does your interpretation of Occam’s Razor say about this situation?

Just as an aside, without any further comment, it’s “Tiananmen”. Not tia-na-men, but tian-an-men.

Tian An Men.

So, Jodie Foster’s first feature film was produced in 1971 for 1972 release, and so it was a battleground of time travelers who either wanted to impress Jodie Foster or stop people from impressing Jodie Foster which splintered the timeline and we ended up in a bad one.

Edit: neither side are the good guys, mind you. The good guys with a time machine are creating timelines where Lenin gets a Gundam, not trying to impress/not impress a teenager

“You kids don’t know Grand Funk? The wild shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The competent drumwork of Don Brewer? Oh, man!”

Every line here as well.

Describing not the appearance or sound but rather the lyrics as “shirtless”

Asking 8-10 year olds whether or not they know the “bong-rattling” bass of a band they never heard of

Describing the drumwork as “competent” after such outlandish compliments to the other band members

Things exploding when they shouldn’t is low-key one of my fave running gags. Molemans car bumps into a tree at a snails pace? Explodes. Wiggum as a beer Stein? Explodes. A man’s appendix that’s about to burst? Explodes. Corn flakes + milk? Burns. A model rocket hitting a model comet? Explodes and ignites a model of Moe’s Tavern. Pop rocks and soda at a candy convention? Explodes into a fireball.

Nine hundred dollarydoos!?

Graphic of comet hitting Springfield with only MOE’S BAR and nothing else labeled in the blast zone

Moe: Oh dear god, no!

Scale model of Springfield with a rocket intercepting the comet

The model comet explodes in real flames for some reason and Moe’s catches on fire

Moe: Oh dear god, no!

I’m a fifth level Simpsons fan, I only watch the Tracey Ullman shorts

The Mike Reiss episode of Chapo where he goes something like “Cops have come up to me and asked if we had a cop on the writing staff because the depiction of a bumbling Police chief is too accurate. I reply “no” and then find it deeply depressing”

Tongue sticking out making a mashed potato big tent

Not a whole episode but I posted last year about an underrated bit:

I would like to take this opportunity to dissect one of the greatest examples of joke writing in modern TV history (and thereby ruining it)

Homer Simpson (to a car full of completely disinterested kids): “Now, Grand Funk Railroad paved the way for Jefferson Airplane which cleared the way for Jefferson Starship.”

The first layer of the joke is Homer being a typical uncool dad, talking about bands that were cool when he was growing up to kids who really didn’t care. It’s relatable, and in line with Homer not being cool. Most people can relate to this, it works on a surface level as a joke for the plot.

The second layer of the joke is that what he said doesn’t make any sense, Jefferson Airplane predates Grand Funk Railroad by 4 years. It’s in line with Homer being stupid and/or misremembering key facts while he’s confidently lecturing kids about something seemingly important to him. The second layer of the joke for people who know about classic rock history.

The third layer of the joke is that he’s talking about the band names: Railroad > Airplane > Starship. He was never talking about the music of the bands he was listing to disinterested kids, he was talking about the modes of transport in the band names. The third layer of the joke is probably missed by most people upon first viewing even if they caught the second layer of Homer stating something wrong as a fact to children he was trying to educate.

All this in less than 10 seconds. The line works for the scene, helps progress the plot, is in character both for Homer’s intelligence/misplaced confidence as well as feeling uncool and dated. This isn’t even the funniest thing golden age Simpsons pumped out nor the best episode overall.

God what a great TV show.

Eh, Caitlyn Jenner is pro Trump and his entire transphobic party. When you’re rich you can mitigate some of the hate other minorities don’t have the luxury to avoid.

I’m sure JD Vance’s wife isn’t going to be in danger with a secret service detail and Musk banning people who target her specifically on Twitter.