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@avclub-5dedb42b34e50082065a783265ce28a8:disqus a bunch of people just spouting off Simpsons quotes?

I've always assumed it was a tick, as it makes a little more sense, it being on his head and the camera having to zoom in so close and all (as you said, it's really small), but someone on the commentary calls its a spider, for what it's worth.

A talking cat?!

Oh, that reminds me - this episode mentions Mountain Dew, Mello Yello and the oft-forgotten Slice.  Oh, the great Coke/Pepsi alternatives of my youth.

Hey, if it works for the Catholic church, who are we to argue?

Ahh, the Simpsons - the nation's premier showcase for jokes about chemical compounds involving benzoate.

@avclub-85f3375756047fba207ce9b85780313b:disqus I agree, as I'm a sucker for that kind of joke.

I do the stretching out shopping bit all the time, but instead of the detergent aisle, I'm in the beer aisle.

@avclub-d645f4c2f5aa744907535969db14d48e:disqus Ditto Ned Flanders.

You know, the quick gag about lax gate security at Ft. Springfield (the guard seemingly not noticing, or, at least, caring when Bart rides his bike right on through) reminded me how often the Simpsons has forayed into what I would've figured to be niche-comedy: gate security.

Again with the Lyndon LaRouche, Homer?

I doubt there's any correlation, but this line always reminds of a gag from the British sitcom "Bottom" (created by and starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, of "The Young Ones" fame), where Rik's character is bragging at a pub while pretending to be a veteran of the Falklands war: "…I liberated Port Stanley…

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I am laughing at "Wilma Wangshrink" way more than I should.

For a while, I always thought that Skinner ended it with "Looks real good but needs a broomin'" in regards to the Parthenon.  I think I only realized what he said after about the 10th viewing.

@avclub-19b1e8d29a0f4d71a95a48a7123d0502:disqus Actually, I really only pointed out the pedantic correction because I was angling for a "Talk Like a Dick school" rejoinder from someone else.

Also, the correct title is "Harry Potter and the Difference Between Alternating Current and Direct Current".  "DC Current" is redundant, like PIN number or ATM machine.

I love the bit where he discusses coulombs with a whispering pillar of light.

Well, according to wikipedia, she was born in Ukraine, when it was still an SSR, to a Ukranian father and mother with Russian and Belorussian ancestry.