Talking Simpsons - Homer's Triple Bypass With Neil Campbell
Added 2024-01-17 05:00:05 +0000 UTCHomer has a bad heart and we've got a great guest, writer Neil Campbell who cocreated the series Digman with Andy Sandberg (now streaming on Paramount Plus)! Neil talks us through the Simpsons ep he wrote in 2013, his longtime fandom of the show, and his thoughts on this freelance-written episode that balances the drama of Homer's near-death experiences with cops shooting at mummies & people with legs for arms. So grab your defibrillators for our discussion of this heart-stoppingly funny episode!
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The Dr. Nick ad where he exclaims how much he’ll do any procedure is actually a reference to the classic Earl Scheib ads that were claiming to paint “ANY CAR FOR $29.95” which were mainstays for younger boomers and older Gen X’ers. The obvious joke being that a car paint job in the 70s that was that cheap being applied to a major surgery would be a factory line surgery and a crass display of advertising…
Carlos Ramirez
2024-01-28 11:55:08 +0000 UTCBeing from not the US, I always heard it as "My old friend, Mr McGreg!" because 'craig' doesn't rhyme with 'leg' here.
pimento
2024-01-23 01:28:27 +0000 UTCWhile this episode has always been a total banger for me, just hearing sections of it + your discussion, brought up some rough stuff for me regarding my own father, who passed last year under similar circumstances to the plot of this episode. Without going into it too much, I'm starting to realise that you never get over the passing of a parent, you just exist in a new version of reality sans them, things don't 'go back to normal'. Just wanted to say, around when he passed last year was also around when you guys chose to read/respond to a couple of my posts in Talk-to-the-Audience, this really cheered me up at the time and was a lovely surprise, so thanks guys 🫶
Rob MacBride
2024-01-23 01:06:29 +0000 UTCSome of the best animation/posing in the series, and an effectively better and more emotional episode than the Blowfish one, simply *because* the drawing and humor and acting and... everything has gotten so much better. I know this is the anti-Dad podcast, but the final shot of Homer haggard post-operation is incredibly well observed to anyone who's seen their old man in a hospital bed and adds to the realness.
Thad Komorowski
2024-01-20 19:52:10 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite cut jokes from the Table Draft of this script is the insurance agent getting off the phone with a "Dr. Bart" who claims Homer has perfect health.
Vance Jericho
2024-01-20 01:02:42 +0000 UTC
