If I'm remembering correctly, one of the shows Fox had in that timeslot before The Simpsons was "Women in Prison."
Something ribald, no doubt.

That line kills me. Matter-of-fact, world-weary candor about a cartoon rabbit faking an orgasm.

Yeah really. Like, was it a screwball comedy or a serious political thriller?

"It's 'Montgomery', stupid!"
"No it's not!"
"Disregard!"

What an angle!

Muddy Mae's driver's license looks exactly like what a Tennessee drivers license from the mid-90s looked like. It's this obsessive attention to pointless detail that makes the Simpsons so great.

Being smart / well-educated just gives you more articulate ways to rationalize your prejudices

Dude you're so high.

Go away! There ain't no season 17, and there never was!

Mary Worth is "George Bush's wife".
Just like in real life!

Put it in H!