Talking Simpsons
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Join your friends Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert for a chronological and cromulent exploration of the greatest show ever made! Each week we're joined by funny guests to tackle a different episode of The Simpsons, breaking down every 22 minutes of animated entertainment into an embiggening discussion about Our Favorite Family.
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Episodes
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Apr 5, 2017 • 1h 9min
Talking Simpsons - Boy Scoutz 'N The Hood
Bart joins the Junior Campers after a sugar rush, which somehow strands Homer, Flanders, Bart, and Rodd in the middle of the ocean. We deconstruct all that as well as knife safety and how to buy peanuts in this week's…
Mar 29, 2017 • 1h 9min
Talking Simpsons - Bart's Inner Child
OH MY GOD! Homer gets a free tram-amp-oline, Marge gets self-help, Bart inspires people, James Brown shows up, and other things happen in this very weird but super funny episode for this week's podcast!
Mar 22, 2017 • 1h 8min
Talking Simpsons - Marge On The Lam
Marge finally gets a friend of her own in this homage to Thelma & Louise, as well as the introduction to ballet, invisible soda, and the introduction of Miguel Sanchez, all in this week's podcast…
Mar 15, 2017 • 1h 17min
Talking Simpsons - Treehouse Of Horror IV
For the the fourth time, it's another Halloween with The Simpsons, and we dare say it's the best one they ever did. We've got Satan, gremlins, and vampires, plus the scariest of all… DOGS PLAYING POKER! All that and more in this week's podcast!
Mar 8, 2017 • 1h 19min
Talking Simpsons - Rosebud
We hope you watched Citizen Kane recently, because this episode is chockful of references to the iconic film. But also in this bearish 'sode with special appearances by The Ramones and one of our most repeated lines of a single word. Give it a watch…
Mar 1, 2017 • 1h 31min
Talking Simpsons - Homer Goes To College
It's a new era in The Simpsons and thus for our podcast as well! We enter the David Mirkin seasons, we describe the new writers and directors, as Homer heads to college for the first time in the hopes of keeping his job. Plus, we all learn how we're the exact nerds from this episode…
Feb 22, 2017 • 1h 22min
Talking Simpsons - Cape Feare
Smack us with a rake in the face — it's Sideshow Bob's greatest plot to kill Bart ever! It's also an end of an era for the show, and we're here to dissect it all, including explaining all the references to Cape Fear AND the HMS Pinafore! Try your best not to grumble…
Feb 15, 2017 • 1h 32min
Talking Simpsons - Homer's Barbershop Quartet
Season 5 is upon us (kinda) and we hope you like The Beatles! The season 5 broadcast premiere sees Homer form a barbershop quartet with no previous experience, become famous for a few weeks, and then lose it all, just like The Beatles (kinda). Listen up! It's better than winning a Grammy…
Feb 8, 2017 • 59min
Talking Simpsons - Bill Oakley Interview Spectacular
We're breaking format, but for the best reason of all! Simpsons veteran, writer, executive producer, and awesome guy, Bill Oakley talked with us for an entire hour this week! He tells us about the switch between seasons 4 and 5, his philosophy for writing the characters, episodes he wish they'd made and so much more! We're more excited than Al Gore to present this one to y'all…
Feb 1, 2017 • 1h 31min
Talking Simpsons - Krusty Gets Kancelled
We wrap up the fourth broadcast season with the arrival of Gabbo, the fall of Krusty, a cavalcade of guest stars, and even the sweetest plum, a special surprise in this week's podcast…
