Talking Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror X With Jason Sheridan

This is an episode I specifically remember seeing the ads for, likely while watching Digimon on Fox Kids (while actively avoiding watching the horrendous-looking Avengers cartoon you talked about, because even as an eleven-year-old I knew it wasn't worth my time.) For me, it falls into the category of “It's fine”, although things like Homer's fog light jingle, Lucy Lawless flying, and the ending of the Y2K segment have always stuck with me. And now for some fun facts: -It's still called Sugar Crisp in Canada, which you could interpret as either honesty or brazenness on the part of Post Cereals' Canadian branch. -I Know What You Did Last Summer is actually based on a YA novel written in the 70s. Needless to say, the book is way less violent than the movie, and the author was not particularly happy with the adaptation.

Christmas Ape

Great episode of the podcast, and a very enjoyable episode of the Simpsons, even though this is from after I stopped watching religiously. My favorite part of this episode is the, "a wizard did it," line, but not just for its application in art and entertainment--I actually found it to be much more profound than that. I know you guys don't care to dunk on people for their religion, but I can't help but think of that line every time I hear someone deny science and invoke the god of the gaps. Professor Frink, representing intellectually curious people, observed an inconsistency in the fables and went looking for a legitimate explanation. Lucy's character represents religious leaders, who dishonestly shut down all valid questions with one illegitimate answer that answers nothing, just so the fiction of the story she aims to preserve isn't broken. It may not have been written that way deliberately, but it struck me as a fantastic allegory for religion's suppression of objectivity, science, and the truth.

I had forgotten all of these segments were in this one, and for how "late" it is that I quote it a whole lot in real life! I have said phew lord what a mayonnaise out loud way too much, implied or implode way more and have put variations on the Tom Arnold big guy speech more than once!

Dvdmike

In CA, at least, Soviet Nuclear Annihilation drills became Earthquake Drills, so that scans.

Drew Waranis

hope this can make the news for the next talk to the audience...this is big: https://deadline.com/2020/06/the-simpsons-will-no-longer-have-white-actors-voice-non-white-characters-1202971437/

Frank Grimes

A wizard created an undead werewolf? Highly dubious! - Henry

Talking Simpsons

Bullet point comments: - Being John Malkovich is still my favourite movie ever - Homer's "Guess I forgot to put the foglights in" song is the line of the episode for me - ALL of the Stretch Boy and Clobber Girl comics for Bongo were written by friend of the show Ian Boothby so you're right to boo Tim Long here! - Henry unnecessarily spelling out the R-word right after Bob cautiously called it the R-word was hilarious - A wizard did it, Henry

nina matsumoto

Nothing wrong with trick or treating in high school. I did it all the way to grade 13. Some of my friends and I had younger siblings and they were our excuse to still be going out because we were supervising them. There's no such thing and not wanting free candy!

Alex Forsyth

Yep, the joke on AD is George Bluth says a husband and wife can't be convicted of the same crime, confusing spousal privilege with double jeopardy.

Chris Dobson

Thanks for the heads-up about the DVDs, It's time to finish off the collection.

Hans Breakfastman

For the record, marital privilege is very much a real thing. It comes in two form: 1. Current spouse cannot be compelled to testify against their spouse (Sopranos showed the governmental pressure can be applied to make someone "voluntarily" waive the privilege) and this privilege ends once your marriage ends; and 2. Any statements made to only your spouse while married, but any statements made prior or post marriage are fair game.

I.C. Weiner

I just want to start by corroborating Bob's point about the dangerous Halloween candy. This was totally a false urban legend based upon like a single case of a parent poisoning candy to kill their own children, and stuff like the razorblades in candy apples etc probably never happened because it was never really documented anyway (though it hilariously appears in Halloween II). -- I think so far this is actually my favourite season 11 episode, I had a lot of fun with it! And luckily, it gives me a spot to talk about some of the things it was parodying. For my money, this episode's "I Know What You Did Last Summer" parody is much better than the actual GOD AWFUL movie. I'm a HUGE horror junkie, and I even love a fun bad horror film, but holy shit that movie is so stupid. It's part of a problem that fucking plagued horror movies for the late 90s and into the early 2000s a bit, where every slasher-esque movie wanted so fucking badly to be the new SCREAM (often produced by Dimension themselves) but had no understanding of *why* that movie is so good and beloved. Instead, they come up with a half-asses mystery that is unsatisfying and makes no real sense, inject a bunch of recognizable 20-somethings to be their new SEXY TEENS, add some trendy/hip songs for the soundtrack regardless of if they fit the tone, and pump them out like sludge. I watched it with adult eyes a couple of years ago and couldn't stand it. The sequel, as is a horror trend, basically ignores the nonsense JUMPSCARE ending of 1 and moves forward with an even dumber plot. I never bothered watching the direct-to-video third film, and I'm sure the Amazon show will be subpar. I think the most memorable part of the original is when Sarah Michelle Gellar is on stage watching Ryan Phillipe get killed up in the balcony and no one listens to her until it's too late, but even THAT was alluded to/executed better elsewhere (in the very underrated Scream TV show). -- Also, Xena fucking rocks, and so does Lucy Lawless, and it got some good recurring roles for Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi. Plus, thanks to it introducing Lucy to Raimi & producing partner Rob Tappert, Lucy then got to appear in a bunch of Sam Raimi projects like Spider-Man (cameo) and Ash vs the Evil Dead (recurring role throughout the whole show).

Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag

For me this was the last of the good Halloween specials. I think the next year was the one with the dolphins. That’s when I had my first clue the show was exiting it’s golden age...when the Halloween special wasn’t very good.

Jose Rivera

Halloween 99 was a special night for me. It was the year I did watch this episode live and new, but I also was resplendent in a home made Bender costume for Halloween, made from cardboard, foam, and foil. I vividly remember two guys approached me while Trick or Treating and snapped a picture of the costume; that was gratifying considering the put into it; sadly, I don’t have any pics

Alex Irish