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> "If a gun was put to my head, and they said, ‘Tell me the best episode of television ever,’ it’s this." Better than "Homer's Enemy" (the Frank Grimes episode

by lqet 6y ago

> "If a gun was put to my head, and they said, ‘Tell me the best episode of television ever,’ it’s this." Better than "Homer's Enemy" (the Frank Grimes episode)? No way. While the Monorail episode is extremely good, I still have entire dialogues of "Homer's Enemy" memorized, and I haven't watched the Simpsons for over 10 years now. It's perfect in every way until the very last second ("Change the channel, Marge!"), has an extremely economic and concise narration (just think of all the sub and side plots: the factory, the school contest, the quest of Homer to get Grimes to like him) and just delivers one memorable line after another, non-stop. "This is my son Bart. He owns a factory downtown." "Simpson, you've got a 5-13!!!" "You went into outer space? You?" - "Sure. You've never been there? Would you like to see my Grammy award?" Also, the overall best TV show episode surely is Breaking Bad's Ozymandias, although I admit that you can enjoy "The Monorail" and "Homer's Enemy" as standalone episodes, whereas to fully appriciate "Ozymandias", you need to have watched the entire series up to that point.

whywhywhywhy 6y ago
Yeah I was gonna say the Frank Grimes episode is way above monorail and my personal pick for best Simpsons episode, the factory subplot alone was funnier than some whole episodes. Did it all without resorting to a real-world celebrity guest cameo too which I always considered a bit lame when they stopped writing simpsons characters for the cameos and instead just had the actual person.
- lqet 6y ago
  > the factory subplot alone was funnier than some whole episodes "So this is my life now. At least I've done better than dad." Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGv6RASFsY4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGv6RASFsY4
isk517 6y ago
'Homer's Enemy' is definitely one of my favorites but I feel like it is to depend on having watched all of the previous episodes of the Simpsons to qualify as the best of all time. 'Homer's Enemy' works because it plays off the fact that the original premise of the series had slowly dissolved over the years. Also as much as I love Monorail I think the best episode might be 'The PTA Disbands'.
- InfiniteRand 6y ago
  When I first saw the banks out of money scene I thought it was funny but weird (I was an elementary school student so that happened a lot with the Simpsons), I didn’t seen It’s a Wonderful Life until many years later, and it took me a couple years after that to connect it to PTA Disbands
jgwil2 6y ago
"Homer's Enemy" is funny but I felt the tone was off a little. It was just a bit too cruel to Grimey (as he liked to be called) in the end for me to consider it one of their best.

by lqet 6y ago

whywhywhywhy 6y ago

Yeah I was gonna say the Frank Grimes episode is way above monorail and my personal pick for best Simpsons episode, the factory subplot alone was funnier than some whole episodes. Did it all without resorting to a real-world celebrity guest cameo too which I always considered a bit lame when they stopped writing simpsons characters for the cameos and instead just had the actual person.

lqet 6y ago
> the factory subplot alone was funnier than some whole episodes "So this is my life now. At least I've done better than dad." Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGv6RASFsY4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGv6RASFsY4

isk517 6y ago

'Homer's Enemy' is definitely one of my favorites but I feel like it is to depend on having watched all of the previous episodes of the Simpsons to qualify as the best of all time. 'Homer's Enemy' works because it plays off the fact that the original premise of the series had slowly dissolved over the years. Also as much as I love Monorail I think the best episode might be 'The PTA Disbands'.

InfiniteRand 6y ago
When I first saw the banks out of money scene I thought it was funny but weird (I was an elementary school student so that happened a lot with the Simpsons), I didn’t seen It’s a Wonderful Life until many years later, and it took me a couple years after that to connect it to PTA Disbands

jgwil2 6y ago

"Homer's Enemy" is funny but I felt the tone was off a little. It was just a bit too cruel to Grimey (as he liked to be called) in the end for me to consider it one of their best.