Talking Simpsons - Homer Simpson In: Kidney Trouble With Matthew Jay

THANK YOU for pointing out the problems with that cast interview. I hate sounding like a downer but I actually find many interviews of the voice cast hard to watch, because they get asked the same questions every time and the rest is just "say the line, Bart!"

nina matsumoto

Hellzapoppin' is a lot of fun, and surprisingly surreal and meta for 1941; for instance there’s gags about rewinding the film (the projectionist running the film is a character within the film itself, played by Shemp Howard). Towards the end they’re using the same split-screen effects from Invisible Man to turns parts of the cast invisible. And yeah Joe Dante LOVES that movie, even hosted a semi-secret screening of it at BAM a couple years back and ran it right after Gremlins 2, which it was a giant influence on.

Robert Denby

I held my pee for maybe 3/4 of Wolf of Wall Street because I didn't want to miss a scene 😂

Mattias Österholm

Fun kidney transplant fact: In normal cases (i.e., not like this episode where the kidneys somehow exploded,) the new kidney is placed in the body, but the old kidney isn't removed. So there are people out there walking around with 3 kidneys...I guess potentially there's someone when 4 kidneys, but it's probably unlikely.

Andrew Bouvier

Very clearly remember seeing this episode in syndication a TON growing up, and it used to scare the hell out of me. I was born with a kidney condition, that ended up leaving me with only one, and was constantly worried about it as a child. This episode reinforced the hell out of that fear. But I’ve come to realize that I can function as a totally normal person, aside from not binge drinking on a regular basis haha. I do really enjoy this episode, even though they do sell out homer, but I feel the jokes do make up for it and I just can’t help but enjoy it. Another great episode, guys, thanks for everything ya do!

I tell you what, I do love this episode. It does sell out Homer pretty hard, but it’s just so bizarre, and he is just so needlessly cruel for the sake of jokes that I can’t help but enjoy it.

Kevin Bunch

The reason you need a clock on your VCR is so you can program record times in the future. The clock is unnecessary if you're manually clicking record while you are watching something live, but if you want to record something when you're not home you kind of need it.

Alex Forsyth

I like how one of the guys in the shoot-out says "bang bang!" - he must have run out of pop caps haha

mavrick

This is an episode that I always think is from a later season because it's uh.... Not great? There are some funny things in it but in general it feels like a season 13 episode.

DrKarate

Funny you should mention the idea of Westworld being Pirates w/ cowboys: When the Magic Kingdom (FL) was in development, Disney planned something like that called Western River Expedition. There's plenty of parktubers you can watch if you want more details, but in short it was an indoor boat ride w/ animatronics themed around western expansion. This was planned as Florida's equivalent to Pirates, but parkgoers complained that their park didn't have Pirates. Disney cancelled that version and built Pirates Lite instead. Considering the proposed attraction's use of a Native American rain dance, maybe Disney made the right move here. Sidebar: Thanks to removing the human trafficking, we can now enjoy pirates pillaging the rich. Guess they didn't have time to make them eat the rich, but what can you do?

Bennett Billard

Double-dipping because I have expertise beyond a mere anecdote about a later topic. The waivers you sign before a medical operation is not actually a waiver of liability. Instead, it is you signifying that you are giving your informed consent. As you mentioned with taking out a kidney, any operation can lead to an infection, that does not mean that the doctor is liable if an infection occurs, and if their form disclosed that possibility and you proceeded with the operation anyway, then the doctor cannot be liable. If, in that same hypo the doctor does not disclose that an infection can be caused from surgery and one occurs, you can sue the doctor if you can show that if that potential side effect was disclosed, you would not have gone through with the procedure. Finally, even if you sign an informed consent form, that does not excuse the doctor from gross negligence (nor would such a waiver even be valid*). So, if for example you need your left kidney removed but the doctor removes the right kidney, there is not a consent form on this planet that would save that doctor. *This based upon the state I practice law in, so it is possible and/or likely some dumb southern state allows such waivers because of ECONOMY or some such ridiculous reason.

I.C. Weiner

About 3-4 years ago I went to New Orleans for the first (and only time). Aside from being absolutely disgusted by the many confederate statues in New Orleans proper (including in front of the fucking Federal Courthouse), the worst part was when my wife an I went on a day trip to visit some plantations. I can't remember the name of the first one we went to, but it was famous. Before our tour, we reviewed the memorial set up for the slaves (which a plaque indicated they were essentially forced to put up), which wasn't too far away from the confederate reenacter. The tour itself didn't touch on slavery until the very end, when the tour guide said something along the lines of, "Before we leave, let's all take a moment to appreciate the sacrifices and work of the slaves in making this such a beautiful plantation." I nearly threw up on the blood soaked wood floor. But it only got worse. We then went to the on-site cafe in which I heard an elderly grandma tell her two young grandkids that the slaves didn't have it that bad, and she has friends that work at Wal-Mart that have it a lot worse than the slaves. My wife had to talk me out of punching a geriatric racist lady. I didn't want to go to another plantation, but since we made the trip, we decided to go to one other one. I am glad we did, because the next plantation's entire tour was about how big of shit heels the owners were, how terrible the conditions were, and how despite the Civil War ending in 1865, the owners of the plantations essentially kept slaves on the property until the 1970s as the former slaves, and their children couldn't afford to move off the property and they only paid the laborers with plantation money that could only be used at the plantation store, and their room and board was docked from their "pay." Long story short, despite this plantation doing the Lord's work in ensuring that the south's true legacy survives, I think the entire south needs to be nuked from orbit.

I.C. Weiner