Here’s a little gem from THE SIMPSONS.The following exchange took place in the NINTH SEASON (1997-1998) episode “The Last Temptation of Krust”(A Krusty-centric episode, natch!), as Marge is buying new shoes for the kids.
LISA: “Mom, these [shoes] are at least two sizes too big!”
MARGE: “Perfect! You’ll grow into them!”
BART: When?
MARGE: Oh, you’re both WAY OVERDUE for a spurt!”
An obvious laugh-out-loud (for me anyway) reference to their remaining unchanged since 1989!
Imagine how well that Season 9 joke would work today in Season 21!And HERE’s a related gag that has the same effect!
Your right Joe...that joke probably WAS a jab at their evergreen youth.
ReplyDeleteI always thought it was just more of the joke of thrifty mom Marge that resonated so much from moms like mine. Like her "Homemade Pepsi", etc.
Multi-layered joke...gotta love the Simpsons.
That’s just one reason why I still love ‘em, Jeff!
ReplyDeleteWorking my way backwards through the DVD sets (with some detours) in season order as follows:
11 (which was the season I lost track midway and, unlike many of its Internet critics, found it to be one of the BEST seasons – and I even liked the supposed “worst episode ever” “Saddlesore Galactia”, perhaps because I kept hearing how terrible it was!), 12, 20 (released as I was working through Season 12), 10, and presently in Season 9.
Just found another very interesting item from Season 9. An episode I saw back in its original 1998 broadcast, but which can be looked at in an entirely different light today. I’ll post on that soon.
Joe.