Talking Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror IV With Ian Jones-Quartey
Added 2024-11-13 05:00:01 +0000 UTCWe welcome back Ian Jones-Quartey, creator of OK KO and Executive Producer on Steven Universe, for arguably the best-looking Simpsons episode ever. We discuss Satan, gremlins, vampires, and scariest of all, dogs playing poker. How did the writers and animators make such a ghoulish gallery, and what amazing moments were cut from the show? Learn all that while enjoying all the donuts in the world on this Halloween classic!
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I know it’s not exactly a character per-se, but if I’m not mistaken, Lard Lad Donuts first appeared in Treehouse of Horrors VI and has made appearances in the show, the movie, some games and Universal Studios.
Vanned404
2024-11-25 18:14:02 +0000 UTCMany kids grew up having the wrong idea of what they were based on The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe -- since Turkish Delights weren't common in the US, they invented some version of it in their heads. Henry was one of them
nina matsumoto
2024-11-19 20:51:56 +0000 UTCWhat insane person told Henry that Werthers Originals are like Turkish delights!? Are they okay?
Adam
2024-11-18 03:48:44 +0000 UTCIan’s spot on about PIGS IS PIGS. One of the many underrated REALLY funny cartoons Friz made, after Tex Avery arrived and influenced him, right before MGM lured Friz away for barely two years to make painfully UNfunny ones.
Thad Komorowski
2024-11-15 20:38:17 +0000 UTCHi Henry! To your question about good marzipan, I’ve got a Seattle answer. I work at Seattles premier Danish Bakery Larsens in Ballard and we have many delicious marzipan based treats that I think will change your mind on the flavor
Bjorn
2024-11-15 04:50:48 +0000 UTCIt's such a stupid joke but Grampa's "Quick, we have to kill the boy! / He's a vampire!? (screams)" still sends me into a fit of laughter. I love this Treehouse ep.
Vance Jericho
2024-11-15 01:35:27 +0000 UTCMST3k? Twilight Zone? Dracula!? This episode has it all. And if we're picking superlatives among them, here's my run down: Favorite Host: Mike I really like both of them a lot, but growing up without cable, I didn't watch much MST3K till college. I'd go out on Fridays, spend the night in my girlfriend's dorm/apt, then we'd watch Mike and the bots on Sci Fi in the morning. MST3K was a big part of our falling in love and being married these now 19 years. Favorite Gremlin: Shatner The consensus seems to be that the Lithgow gremlin was scarier, but I'd seen Joe Dante's Gremlins by the time I saw the TLZ movie and for me, both types came off more gross out than terrifying. The Shatner gremlin may look like cookie monster, but the way he seemed to be purposely tormenting a mentally fragile man worked for me. Crude 1960s mental treatment was probably no less cruel and Shatner genuinely sells the excruciating anxiety as he's pushed further and further. Favorite Dracula: Copula wins out on the back of Oldman's performance, though I do have a lot of love for Christopher Lee and Hammer Horror. I don't have a lot of love for Reeves' performance in the film, however. Hot take and all, but I think people forget that Keanu wasn't much of an actor early in his career. He improved a lot over the course of the Matrix films and was the one element that consistently got better. Great ep as always and IJQ remains a top shelf guest.
Ron Sterling
2024-11-15 01:04:13 +0000 UTCAll the greatest cartoons have great animation, it’s a fact. I don’t care what else is in the Treehouse oeuvre, “Devil and Homer Simpson” is the zenith of the series and the show was never funnier.
Thad Komorowski
2024-11-14 23:48:03 +0000 UTCThe Sci Fi catalog company I worked for in 1992 called Starland hosted a world premiere of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The premiere was attended by Marty S and other stars of the film at a small theatre in Denver.
Josh Dietz
2024-11-14 21:42:10 +0000 UTCNot sure if I am understanding Henry correctly when he talked about Homer's marina haul. The joke is that people keep their boats at a marina and they keep all of their safety equipment inside the boat (life jackets, horns, etc.) and Homer was just stealing all of that stuff out of some dude's boat. If I misunderstood then I apologize. Almost forgot about the Wang joke. I found it extra funny at the time because in Lowell, MA there was a large building right off the highway with "WANG" across the top of it. Always good for a laugh when driving by. Even after Wang went under, the name persisted on that building for years until it was eventually removed ending an era of unintentional roadside comedy for children in the region. I think it's a Crosspoint building now, which has no real comedic potential unfortunately. I love this Treehouse. I probably watched it half a dozen times this past October because why not? I try to watch all of the Treehouse (and Halloween of Horror) episodes at least once during October, but the absolute best ones get watched twice. The stories are great, it's funny, and the animation is delightful. Bart's vampire twister mouth is THE twister mouth for me. And the line I always steal from this episode is Homer's declaration that it's time to go back to the building thingy where their beds and TV is. Almost every time I say that my family responds with confusion. They're such a disappointment...
Joe Hodgson
2024-11-14 20:56:38 +0000 UTCas a lifelong philadelphian i am always delighted to see the broad street bullies show up in this episode. gritty's similarity to the phillie phanatic is not coincidental, as original phanatic performer david raymond was a consultant on gritty's design. here in philly, the unspoken but widely accepted story is that gritty's introduction in 2018 was a direct response to the death of longtime anti-mascot flyers owner ed snider in 2016. additional fun fact: the phanatic (and the montreal expos/canadiens mascot youppi!) was co-created by legendary muppet designer bonnie erickson.
Eric Schuman
2024-11-14 14:55:51 +0000 UTCSo is Henry mentioning things that suddenly get pulled from free streaming services the new Talking Simpsons curse?
Dayken
2024-11-14 11:56:58 +0000 UTCTechnically, Kang and Kodos were introduced in Treehouse and then later controversially made the transition to appearing in a canon episode
Josh Furlin
2024-11-14 05:58:55 +0000 UTCThe Explorers! Didn't y'all watch The Explorers growing up?? It bookended with all the great kids-in-the-80's cinema of its time, ie: the Goonies, Stand By Me, etc etc etc.. Anyhow, to me River Phoenix will always be Wolfgang the weird bowlcut nerd savant from Explorers. La Planet Savage (1973) is one of the most captivating animated films of all time, and is a truly compelling piece of post modern art in its own right.
Rob MacBride
2024-11-13 21:58:56 +0000 UTCIJQ is one of my favorite guests!
Erin Hardy
2024-11-13 19:48:42 +0000 UTCAll this talk about Nightmare at 20,000 Feet reminds me of one of my favorite episodes of 3rd Rock from the Sun. In the episode William Shatner plays the character of the Big Giant Head, the supreme ruler of the alien species. The main characters go to pick him up at an airport. When they meet him they ask how the flight was, he says it was terrible because he saw something on the wing of the plane; John Lithgow’s character replies saying that the same thing happened to him. Needless to say that got a big laugh and applause break from the audience.
Seth
2024-11-13 19:12:57 +0000 UTCThe face Homer makes when laughs about the dogs playing poker. Has some of funniest stills in the whole show
Adam Azzalino
2024-11-13 18:47:34 +0000 UTCAnother podcast another mention of Charles Nelson Reilly. Keep it up and you'll be forced to do A Troll in Central Park for WACM.
Matthew Hansen
2024-11-13 18:47:28 +0000 UTCThe best treehouse imo
Alistair Shand aka Bongo
2024-11-13 16:41:11 +0000 UTCSpeaking of freevee, it is now going gone, hahaha.
Frank Grimes
2024-11-13 16:25:56 +0000 UTC
