“In fact, you might say we ate Uter, and he’s in our stomachs right now! Ha-ha… wait, scratch that last one.”
22 Short Films is another classic, although I think all my favorite bits got mentioned already. Oh, wait, “I have a song! Professor Frink, Professor Frink, he’ll make you laugh, he’ll make you think, with the thing, and the, uh, person…”
Damn I was gonna take the best Treehouse soon also. Good pick
That was my original #1 pick. Obv the best treehouse
If @eyebooger and @anon24898493 after him get their picks in in the next hour, I’ll have my two picks in before I go to sleep. Otherwise they will have to wait til the morning
you can DM me if you want, i stay up very late
Its possible I get sniped. Both my picks are very high on my list
“Deep Space Homer” contains maybe my favorite Simpsons joke of all time.
“Gentlemen, I’d like to congratulate you on a job well done. In a way, you’re both winners. In a different, more accurate way, Barney is the winner.”
I still say No TV and no beer make Swanky go crazy far too often
I just realized we got through this one without bringing up “Talkin’ Softball,” Terry Cashman’s incredible rewrite of his “Talkin’ Baseball.”
Well Mr. Burns had done it
The power plant had won it
With Roger Clemens clucking all the while
Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness made us smile
While Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the barroom tile
We’re talking softball, from Maine to San Diego
Talking softball, Mattingly and Canseco
Ken Griffey’s grotesquely swollen jaw
Steve Sax and his run-in with the law
We’re talking Homer, Ozzie and the Straw
I’ll take the cliffhanger that captivated the world.
Who Shot Mr Burns? (Part One)
Superintendent, we made the front page today!
Uh, what’s that say under your hand there?
Hmm? Oh, it’s an unrelated article.
It’s an unrelated article?
Mm hmm.
Within the banner headline?
Yes. Now, to redirect our conversation slightly, I have a few ideas on how to spend this oil money.
Well, we could give each student a full college scholarship. [both burst out laughing]
Oh, mercy. Seriously though…
Dear Lord, that’s the loudest profanity I’ve ever heard!
Have you ever seen the sun set at 3pm?
Aye, once. When I was sailin’ round the Arctic…
Shut up, you!
Well, I couldn’t possibly solve this mystery.
Can you?
Yeah, I’ll give it a shot, I mean, you know, it’s my job, right?
Skinner and Supernintendo Chalmers have some of the best scenes in the show.
Your formatting leaves open the suspense on whether someone will draft [redacted] 
I’m going with "Trash of the Titans"
I will have to do my write up later. I know I have another pick soon so I may do them both this evening.
Search term: Draft Chartz
| Player | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CanadaMatt3004 | Last Exit to Springfield | The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show | |||
| Thin_Slicing | Homer’s Barbershop Quartet | Trash of the Titans | |||
| eyebooger | Cape Feare | Who Shot Mr. Burns? (part 1) | |||
| grue | Marge vs the Monorail | Treehouse of Horrors V | |||
| Nicholasp27 | Homer’s Enemy | 22 Short Films About Springfield | |||
| mjiggy | Homer at the Bat | You Only Move Twice | |||
| R.C. | Deep Space Homer | Homer Goes to College | |||
| jmakin | Marge in Chains | King-Sized Homer |
The Simpsons, at its best, is a mirror held up to our society, the height of satire. It takes the things most sacred and roasts them until they burn to a crisp. My two picks show the Simpsons satire at its best, albeit towards two different facets of our society.
The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie show has it all when it comes to skewering the television industry and more importantly, television fandom. Its filled to the brim with gags, jokes, one time characters, and new recurring characters like Database and even Poochie himself. Poochie dying on the way back to his home planet after Homer’s heartfelt speech gets cut, followed immediately by Krusty yelling “Poochie’s dead!” at the top of his lungs while a group of children cheer is one of the biggest laughs I have ever had watching TV.
I love this episode because its the writers attempting to cope with what it means to evolve as a television show on the very day they passed The Flintstones as the longest running animated show. What does it mean to stay fresh, hip, and with it. Ultimately, seeing how things decline following this season, they were unable to avoid the very pitfalls they outline in this episode, but it doesn’t make them any less biting or true.
And its funny, and its timeless, and we still use Poochie as a verb when it comes to television and attempts to stay fresh. This episode is just as classic as Fonzie jumping the shark and for many similar reasons.
It also gave us one of the best Simpsons catch phrases.
Bart: Hey, I know it wasn’t great, but what right do you have to complain?
Comic Book Guy: As a loyal viewer, I feel they owe me.
Bart: What? They’ve given you thousands of hours of entertainment for free. What could they possibly owe you? I mean, if anything, you owe them !
Comic Book Guy: …Worst episode ever.
Also, Database is the best
“On the Itchy and Scratchy CD-ROM, is there a way out of the dungeon without using the wizard key?”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
On the complete opposite end of the satire spectrum, I submit my consideration for best Sideshow Bob episode and my favorite political satire the show has done Sideshow Bob Roberts
The episode premiered in 1994, 26 years ago, and its depiction of the Republican party is still relevant today.
How is that even possible?
Birch Barlow is the epitome of every right wing talking head pundit radio dickhead we have had since the invention of Rush Limbaugh. He knows exactly what he is, and he leans HARD into the grift.
Little known fact, this episode introduced the word meh to the American lexicon.
So many fun moments in this episode. Bob’s political ads, Quimby and Bob’s debate paralleling the JFK/Nixon debate, the dead voter payoff, Bob being tricked into revealing his ENTIRE plan in court, complete with binders full of notes of his crimes that he just pulls out and lays on the desk, the republican committee introducing a water cooler as their next candidate, Millhouse’s fantastic mummy journey, the Flintstone phone as Bart is held back to kindergarten, Les Wynan should do more thinkin and less whinin, the Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttlllllloooooccckkkkkk expressway, “My question is about the budget, sir”
In fact, lets end it with that, the pinnacle of what I believe to be American political satire.
And that’s two episodes for everyone. The seasons are looking great. Onward to episode 3!
Lisa the Vegetarian