Classic!
My local Fox affiliate shows an hour of The Simpsons each night at seven o’clock, and tonight were two astoundingly great episodes: the legendary “Brother from the Same Planet” and a forgotten gem, “The President Wore Pearls”.
“Brother from the Same Planet” was the 14th episode from Season 4 (1992-1993) – surely The Simpsons‘ golden age. Among countless hilarious lines, I particularly like when Homer and Pepi (“I love you, too, Pepsi”) are star-gazing and Pepi asks Homer to name some of the constellations. “…And that Big Dipper looking thing is Alex…the Cowboy”.
“The President Wore Pearls” is an against-the-odds masterpiece from the otherwise lackluster Season 15 (2003-2004). Watching it tonight I was inclined to believe it was from Season 5, so strong is the writing. In fact, I’ll go out on a limb and say it’s in my Simpsons Top 10. It even has several songs, which I contend are the zenith of entertainment.
On a similar topic, a few nights ago, they replayed another top drawer episode, “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet”, and it made me feel very old. Towards the beginning, when Homer is explaining to the kids why they had never heard of his fame, he explains that it was eight years before, in 1985. Now 1985 is 23 years ago!
Filed under: Comedy, Musings, Television on May 20th, 2008
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