The Simpsons (1989)
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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The story of "Obsession" is a typical Monkey's Paw tale and was even inspired by an episode of "The Simpsons" that puts its own spin on that narrative tradition.
Classic short story The Monkey’s Paw provides the basis of its plot via inspiration from an episode of The Simpsons…
…it wasn’t Tales from the Crypt that Barker cited as his source of inspiration for the story, but The Simpsons episode “Treehouse of Horror II,” which also aired in 1991…
Barker has admitted that The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” series directly inspired Obsession, specifically a season 3 segment in which Homer gets a monkey paw.
He himself got it from The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” episode with the monkey’s paw…
…in the spirit of The Simpsons′ immortal parody of King Kong – which first shows a giant gorilla squishing everyone in sight, then cuts to the end with Homer blubbing on the couch at how heartlessly the same gorilla has been treated.
…a crawl through a perspective-be-damned hallway to a tiny door just like Ned Flanders did in the episode of The Simpsons where the hurricane destroys his house and his friends and neighbors rebuilt it in the most hilariously inept way possible…
…seen the episode of The Simpsons based on The Shining, which serves as well as any other piece of homage or satire to distill its aesthetic power and cultural impact…
This unforgettable segment combines the unblinking camerawork of Touch of Evil’s opening scene, the bloodshed of both Oldboy’s hallway skirmish and an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon, and an ingenious mid-90s needle drop.
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Hansen and his show ended up being parodied and laughed at on “The Simpsons.”
That kind of a gag was quaint already 30 years ago, when The Simpsons mocked The Stonecutters.
…helped shape my comedic sensibilities, alongside Mel Brooks, The Simpsons…
In season 6, episode 24 of The Simpsons, “Lemon of Troy,” bully Nelson Muntz begrudgingly rescues nerd Martin Prince from an ass-kicking, and Martin insists they are now friends, much to Nelson’s chagrin.
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Worse still is Chloe Fineman, criminally underused in a bit part as an Australian dance teacher with an utterly woeful accent reminiscent of that 1995 episode of The Simpsons.
Brett Goldstein’s much-bellowed “TAAAARTT” is similar to Superintendent Chalmers yelling at Principal Skinner in The Simpsons…