Talking Simpsons - Day of the Jackanapes With Mike Drucker
Added 2021-08-25 04:00:01 +0000 UTCThis week we welcome back comedy writer extraordinaire Mike Drucker for an episode all about making television shows! Krusty is set to retire and Sideshow Bob is back to kill him in this ep filled with late '90s references to wanting to be a millionaire and early Dave Chappelle, along with so much more. Listen now before you get hypnotized by a bullseye!
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I remember watching the original British version of Millionaire as a kid, it was one of those shows that anyone in the family could watch. And yes, we were all annoyed when they drew out the questions too much. The curious thing about the 2019 Banana Splits movie is that Warner Bros. actually had the Five Nights at Freddy's rights for a while, before they moved to another studio. So there's been rumours ever since that it somehow came from a scrapped WB version of a FNAF movie, though nothing's been confirmed. The bit about hypnotism reminds me: That to that '50s and '60s fear of what Hypnosis could do, in the UK there's actually a "law" against hypnotising the audience on television. I put that in quotes bc it's apparently a law you can easily get around if you just don't call it hypnosis. The first segment of this Tom Scott video goes into more detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m__OZ3ZsO4Y
Harry Thornton
2021-08-27 15:00:54 +0000 UTCThe Who Wants to Be a Millionare nostalgia really takes me back. It really was such a big thing. My aunt was on the show in 1999 and got an all-expenses-paid trip for her and a guest to New York City to film. (She brought my grandma,) Aunt Linda never even made it to the "hot seat" but the whole thing made her a minor local celebrity for a time: She was interviewed by our local top 40 station and ended up hitting it off with hosts and becoming something of a regular because of it. Also Regis mispronounced her name (how do you mispronounce, "Linda," Regis, really?) My dad was her lifeline and took the day off work because of it. I was super-mad that I didn't get to take the day off of school, but they were like "you're not the lifeline, Kat."
Kat Heagberg
2021-08-27 01:19:03 +0000 UTCI remember reading an article once they said Weird Al gets permission for the songs he does not just out of respect, but because a lot of his songs don't actually fall under fair use. ie comedy lyrics over the same melody does not qualify as parody. Smells like Nirvana would qualify, but like a surgeon would not. Makes you wonder how Hullaba Lulla made it on the CD, I tried to find my hard copy to read the booklet to see what it said but I couldn't find it. Would also explain why The Simpsons Game listened to the C&D they got for the Grand Theft Scratchy stuff.
Alex Forsyth
2021-08-26 20:14:16 +0000 UTCI would recommend to watch a clip of the Nigerian version of who wants to be a millionaire. The host is very enthusiastic and everyone dances
Blarghjon
2021-08-26 20:06:04 +0000 UTCI remember having the exact same feelings of being angry that Bob was evil again when I watched this. But on rewatch I am also having the exact same feeling of "Oh he's evil specifically because of Krusty's actions here* that you described. Though I still think he should not have involved Bart in this plan! Let Bart foil it somehow, giving Bob an excuse to hate the Simpsons again.
Paul
2021-08-26 13:40:37 +0000 UTCInteresting to note the references to both Millionaire and Laugh-In, which famously overlapped as the first ever million dollar winner (John Carpenter, the guy who called his dad to say he already knew the answer) had to know which president appeared on Laugh-In (Nixon, who was still just Candidate Nixon at the time of his appearance).
Robert Flaxman
2021-08-26 13:37:08 +0000 UTCThis was one of the episodes that told eleven year old me that it was probably time to stop watching The Simpsons. I think since it had been four years since the last Sideshow Bob episode, it FORCES one to compare it to what came before, and it shows how far the show has fallen. Each one had been a real event, showing the show at its wittiest and most visually stunning. This just sucks, guys, and your younger selves had it right the first time.
Thad Komorowski
2021-08-26 04:32:17 +0000 UTCI notice that both young Henry and teenage Henry took the show so literally, as in thinking Homer died in the blowfish ep & now thinking that Sideshow Bob was killed in this one. I just find that very cute.
Sabrina
2021-08-26 02:24:52 +0000 UTCComplaints about network executives seem to be basically the same complaints about most managers and administrators. While working at a school about ten years ago the principal demanded changes to the English test on three questions, a language he could not read or write, and rejected the revisions for both being 'too hard' and 'too easy'.
John Harrison
2021-08-26 00:53:48 +0000 UTCSmoothly done sidestepping a tangent into Scott Cawthon’s recent time in the spotlight when FNaF came up.
Lockerus
2021-08-26 00:12:59 +0000 UTCI remember one joke: one of the two main characters asks an old guy if he likes Yasmine Bleeth (from Baywatch). "Yes, I do like having teeth."
Bradford A Barker
2021-08-25 17:45:40 +0000 UTCWhile this episode IS frustrating for straight up ignoring Bob's last appearance and character development, and it feels like retreading in many ways, I was actually pleasantly surprised with the fact that the first act ACTUALLY does relate to the overall plot of the episode pretty well. The opening Millionaire parody *is* borderline unnecessary, but the fact that it sets up Krusty's ratings issues and hatred of executives, which are ideas the episode SEES THROUGH TO THE VERY END, is nearly incredible to see in Season 12, where most opening acts have absolutely nothing to do with where the episode ends. It's not a GREAT episode, and it's pretty forgettable as a Sideshow Bob ep, but it's much better than I remembered it being. If you made some minor changes, like Bob wanting revenge just on Krusty and not going back to involve Bart, and acknowledging the stuff with his brother, I think it'd be a perfectly solid episode.
Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag
2021-08-25 16:32:41 +0000 UTCIt's crazy just how often Teen Angel comes up on this podcast feed. I get that it's because of Al Jean's association with it but still. The only thing I remember about Teen Angel aside from the hacky premise is that it's the only time I can remember seeing Kevin Michael Richardson acting on TV in a live action capacity. Now I guess he's a Simpsons regular (well deserved if you ask me) so I suppose it all come full circle.
Scitaro
2021-08-25 15:38:04 +0000 UTC
