The Simpsons (and pop culture)

[JonPorobil]

(How do we not have a general thread for the Simpsons already?)

Some of you may have seen this on Facebook already, but I'm just trying to get a broad base of reference here. I'm trying to gather up as many references, quotes, and other such meme-able elements as possible which have their origin in The Simpsons. A couple of good examples might be the words "D'oh" and "meh," which have both made it into the dictionary.

Rule of thumb for what I'm looking for: if you said it to someone who didn't watch The Simpsons, would they know what you were talking about? I'm a pretty big Simpsons fan, myself, but I'm counting on my friends to help me fill in the cracks here.

Any suggestions, Songfight?

This is part of a project that may take some weeks to materialize, but I'll make sure to share when I'm finished.

[Ross]

"Don't have a cow, man."

"Hi Dr. Nick!" - (seriously, If I say "Hi Everybody" to my high school class in the right accent, they all chant that back)

"Woo hoo - four day weekend!"

"It's just a bunch of stuff that happened" - or maybe that's just one of my personal favorites.

"Technically it's true, epidermis means hair."

"Howd-ely dood-ely neighbor!"

"Flaming Moe"

"Heh - heh!" delivered like Nelson.

"Santos L. Halper. IF that is your real name, Bart Simpson!"

Krustyburger

"Worst Episode Ever"

There's a few

[Caravan Ray]

That dog has a puffy tail! (...I use this frequently in meetings)

[Caravan Ray]

Hi, I'm (insert name here)! You may recognise me from such (insert particular field of endeavour here) as (insert 2 silly names here)

Mmmmmmmmmm......(insert foodstuff here)

[ken]

Boo-urns is in the Urban dictionary.

[HeuristicsInc]

"Exxxxxcellent" is usually recognized, even in print.
-bill

[rone rivendale]

How has "Eat my shorts" not been mentioned yet? lol

Also, this is from a South Park ep but it's the one thing I think of the most when I think of the show.

"Simpsons did it!"

[Lunkhead]

"Yoink!" ?

[Caravan Ray]

Call Mr. Plow, that's my name, that name again, is Mr. Plow!

[Spud]

I have never seen the Simpsons and guess what. I don't recognize any of these.

[The Weakest Suit]

Purple Monkey Diswasher.
We'll live like kings. Damn hell ass kings.
Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z.
There's a-doin's a-transpirin'.
Hey, there's a lemon behind that lemon-shaped rock.
Do you come with the car?

I laughed pretty hard at Mo's Horcrux comment on the recent Olympic episode.
This season (via Hulu, for me) has been a return to the good Simpsons, and not the look-at-us-we're-parodying-ourselves that was going on up until recently.

[JonPorobil]

This season (via Hulu, for me) has been a return to the good Simpsons, and not the look-at-us-we're-parodying-ourselves that was going on up until recently.

I agree. This was also true of the last two years, to a lesser extent. The glory days may be gone for good, but I think this is something of a "Silver Age" for the show.

[JonPorobil]

I have never seen the Simpsons and guess what. I don't recognize any of these.

Not even the word "Yoink?" That one, I figured was fairly ubiquitous.

I'm wondering, at this point, whether the phrases "Don't have a cow, man" and "Eat my shorts" originated with Bart Simpson or not. True, you can't hear them these days without thinking of the show, but did he coin them?

Eh, probably irrelevant. I'll explain all this later, guys, but thanks for the input!

[ujnhunter]

The Simpsons are still around? I've never heard of the word "Yoink". All I remember was a bad music video on MTV as a kid... Do the Bartman.

[Spud]

"Don't have a cow" and "Eat my shorts" are definitely pre-Simpsons. Never heard of "Yoink".

[Caravan Ray]

"Don't have a cow" and "Eat my shorts" are definitely pre-Simpsons. Never heard of "Yoink".

I am pretty certain the expressions "Don't have a cow" and "Eat my shorts" were not pre-Simpsons in Australia. And I certainly never heard them on any other American show before The Simpsons.

[Rabid Garfunkel]

Any non-sequitur delivered in Ralphie's voice. Maybe that's just for my own entertainment, actually.

@ujn: I've got the radio promo cd ep of "Do the Bartman" in my grubby little hands. 6 different mixes (one of them a creepy a cappella version)! Found it in the box o' crap every program director has sitting outside their office for djs to root through, at the station I worked at.

It's just as good now as it was then, heh.

[Billy's Little Trip]

"Don't have a cow" and "Eat my shorts" are definitely pre-Simpsons. Never heard of "Yoink".

I am pretty certain the expressions "Don't have a cow" and "Eat my shorts" were not pre-Simpsons in Australia. And I certainly never heard them on any other American show before The Simpsons.

That's because in the land down under they say, "don't have a kangaroo" and "eat my knickers". But the same gist.

[JonPorobil]

"Don't have a cow" and "Eat my shorts" are definitely pre-Simpsons. Never heard of "Yoink".

I am pretty certain the expressions "Don't have a cow" and "Eat my shorts" were not pre-Simpsons in Australia. And I certainly never heard them on any other American show before The Simpsons.

That's because in the land down under they say, "don't have a kangaroo" and "eat my knickers". But the same gist.

Dang it, BLT, you just broke a long streak of failing to make me laugh.

[irwin]

Any non-sequitur delivered in Ralphie's voice. Maybe that's just for my own entertainment, actually.

We use "my cat's breath smells like cat food" a lot at work.

[Caravan Ray]

Any non-sequitur delivered in Ralphie's voice. Maybe that's just for my own entertainment, actually.

We use "my cat's breath smells like cat food" a lot at work.

Do you work for an organisation that researches feline halitosis?

[Spud]

I am pretty certain the expressions "Don't have a cow" and "Eat my shorts" were not pre-Simpsons in Australia. And I certainly never heard them on any other American show before The Simpsons.

Shaggy from Scooby Doo scooped Bart by years.