I’m going to eventually read the article when I get past this fucking graphic design oh my god wat

what a horrifying image

But I would argue this is superceded by the general rule of “Homer is as dumb as needed to make the best gag”.

I ALWAYS thought it was that joke. First time I saw it. That’s the weird part, I didn’t overthink this.

Ephraim? That pervert?

Which Bond?

It’s so reprehensibly fake I wonder at some point if they lost the plot and forgot they were trying to convince us they meant it. It’s now pretty obviously the mask they use to deliver hot news under, stuff they won’t stop revisiting and writing about no matter how supposedly #cancelled the subject in question gets.

The punchline is very...close. If you know what I mean. I get that it’s really absurd. But it’s the syntax that matters. These kinda Simpsons jokes always revolve around technical goofs on pre-existing figures of expression. Like the “four Krustys” line. It’s anticipating what you think they’ll say and saying…

But it CAN be that AND it can be my interpretation.

Well like a lot of Classic Simpsons, the joke gets tagged with an equally strong joke. They do it later the same ep, also improvised, with the whole hammock bit.

This is the first accurate Christmas song.

but that answer about the Sorting Hat is one of its most potent observations

None of the above - you’re just a MacBeth fan!

I DISAGREE

Look at it this way:

It is funnier for Homer to be referring to what he just saw happen with nostalgia, possibly in an attempt to bond with his new boss. He does something like this later with the whole “Yes, sir. Very casual, sir. I will notice that.” To pretend like the time Hank Scorpio threw his shoes was a fond memory is hilarious.

BECAUSE EVERY CAR WOULD HAVE IT

I am baffled by this one. How is it funnier for Homer to not answer that question as literally as possible?

*vomits uncontrollably*

brap