Talking Simpsons - The Strong Arms of the Ma
Added 2023-11-08 05:00:03 +0000 UTCIt's time for us to cover another of the most controversial episodes in Simpsons history, and this time it's when Marge takes steroids. The story starts from an interesting and real place of Marge being the victim of a jarringly realistic mugging, then in the third act veers into a wacky area of comedy full of dated jokes. Listen now with either an intense lifting session or a game of Tetris!
Comments
Yeah, that was totally a rape joke.
Jay in Madison
2023-11-25 21:01:42 +0000 UTCI think this ep is more of a companion to King-Size Homer than anything else. There is a potentially better story in both those eps about navigating a partner undergoing dramatic changes to their body and/or personality especially. Homer isn't inherently wrong to be less attracted to a jacked Marge anymore than she was to be less attracted to Homer as a big fat dynamo, but that conversation can't happen with everyone attacking Marge's body and it just gets bogged down in ugly, cruel humor.
Ron Sterling
2023-11-21 23:55:43 +0000 UTCI'll probably end up showing my ass here, but I feel like the occasional jokes about Arnold Schwarzenegger being a Nazi are off base. You've previously told listeners to look up his dad, and there's a lot out there on him, mostly thanks to Arnie dunking on him himself! Is Arnold guilty of philandering and probably sexual assault? Absolutely, he's a real bastard. However, he's not shy about discussing his brownshirt dad and how being a nazi wrecked his home life, as well as growing up in the company of (his words: ) “broken men drinking away their guilt over their participation in the most evil regime in history.” You could argue that Schwarzenegger doth protest too much, but nowadays he's quite publicly speaking out against hate, radicalization of youth, and Holocaust denial. It's easy to make jokes about Arnie's brownshirt father, but I think the full story is a lot more interesting. I signed up to post this and look forward to all the Talking Futurama and Blabbing about Batman I've been missing!
dave s
2023-11-16 04:31:15 +0000 UTCIt’s an odd thing to have a maggie shit herself and it stinks joke in a bodybuilding episode and completely miss out on how much Marge’s flatulence must have stank with all the protein she would have been loading up on. The writers clearly didn’t do their research!
Adam Esat
2023-11-12 15:49:22 +0000 UTCIs this the last Berkley recording, or are we doing fewer guests for Season 14 now?
Dylan Mansfield
2023-11-08 15:59:52 +0000 UTCPSA: if you have homeowners or renter's insurance, that does cover personal property items lost via theft, including being mugged outside of your home/apartment. You will still have a deductible and if you carry something like a Rolex or other high value item, be aware that usually needs to be included specifically when you sign up for the insurance or you'll go over the personal property cap of what you can recover, but you absolutely can have your property insured for things like this. As for this episode, it's a stinker, I forget which guest brought it up, but it feels like the show is on total exhaust fumes when they do two "Marge body transformation" episodes in one season, both of which veer from "unfunny" to "insulting."
Chris Dobson
2023-11-08 15:02:24 +0000 UTC
