@@alex31245 It's not just loans. If you own a house, car, land, etc. You have to constantly pay property tax on it. If you don't pay the property tax, it gets forcefully taken from you. That said, property tax is theft, and civilians don't truly own anything anymore.
Let's not forget that Mr. Burns isn't exactly a man with a stable mind, Let's not forget he never remembers Homer's name, so why would he remember the Great Depression?
Kinda have to appreciate how Mr. Burns doesn't really blame his yes-men for the situation. He likely realized that he should have known better, so it was still his own fault.
That would be the case if the characters actually aged as they should age. But if they had then Bart would be 40+ at this point and Grandpa Homer dead.
@@florinivan6907 There were multiple episodes showing us the life of all the 3 Simpson children. The only constant was that Maggie had a better life than the other 2 kids in all the scenarios.
@@321Tdog One of the yes men has bright blue hair. He's been used repeatedly in the show, but usually in an aggressive or antagonistic role, so this is really the only time we see him smiling and acting submissive.
Ironically, his paper stocks are probably worth a great deal of money (presumably something like Confederated slave holdings would be from the 1840s/50s and hold value to collectors).
You know, after watching this I actually felt sorry for Burns. I have been in companies where the CEO is sorounded by yes men and this kind of thing happens.
@@NorwegianForestCatboy Something tell me that a self described forest catboy isn't the kind of person we should be turning too for financial or economical advice.
@@joelhampartsoumian8439 He wasn't necessarily talking about himself, and even if he was you didn't even address his point you just shit on him for his name, literally a non-argument.
“Smithers, why didn’t you tell me about the stock market crash of 1929?” ‘It happened 25 years before I was born sir.’ “That’s your excuse for everything.” 😂
It's a double joke on how ancient Burns is. 1) he relies on Smithers for all his news and 2) he's been in business for twice as long as Smithers has _,existed._
"Transatlantic Zeppelin" - LOL, that's great because during the 1930s there was a lot of hype about an emerging USA-Europe airship passenger flight industry, so it would've been the sort of thing that looked promising to invest in... until the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937 killed it overnight. Underrated reference. xD
@@toomanyaccountsMakes one wonder if we could do it right, do it better this time. Ah, but it would probably end up like that Futurama episode "The Birdbot of Ice-catraz".
He JUST got done cheerfully saying that he assumes the slave trade stocks are doing well, but the voice acting is so damn good that when he says "What will I do?" it sounds so sincere that it actually makes me feel bad for him. Of course, the writing, music, and animation also play a big part in achieving this, but in particular, it's a huge testament to Harry Shearer's skills that he can take one of the worst people in Springfield and make him sound so beaten down and sympathetic, even though he deserves what's happening to him.
Plus, his little sort of whimpery "oh"'s sound like his voice is quivering from sadness as well as being the perfect portrayal of how old people tend to say those kinds of "oh"'s. It's perfect
it existed at the time. like for example the kennedy's joe kennedy was so rich john f kennedy didn't even notice there was a depression during that time. he had to read about it in the history books. lol
@@dariog36th or people of all ages these days not knowing the gov lies to them Ruins their lives Big companies and gov want to control everything you do
@@judyhopps9380 the respect is for not hurting your opponent . Executing stunts with perfection. Everyone knows they can end careers with a single wrong move .
Season 9 won 3 Emmy's. Although a few episodes I didn't like. I didn't like the Skinner episode. I liked his character being a Vietnam vet Norman bates. The all singing all dancing episode was lame as well as Lisa the Skeptic, where they find the angel bones-- too preachy. So was the one where Lisa finds out Simpsons get dumb with age, but she discovers female simpsons are intelligent. That episode was some cringey girl-power crap. The season had the joy of sect, the Krusty comeback and the Omega Man treehouse of horror and those were probably the only good ones.
@@landofthesilverpath5823 Seasons 9 and 10 had the odd classic and a couple of decent episodes, but season 8 was the last true great season. After 8 there is a decline. I can't watch anything after 10.
@@FuryanJedi13 Well pretty much all his good employees left, leaving him with assorted slackers and bad employees. He actually removed a lot of employees since there weren't enough sales to need so many workers, - the company's bad reputation spread around.
Just the detail of the wall being slightly bluer where the picture was - implying its been there forever - shows the real attention that went into these classic Simpsons. What a run they had.
Lol I came here because I remembered the '25 years before I was born' moment. This video was not recommended. And today this 5yo video gets it's first comments? What a coincidence.
@@dieblauebedrohung Obvisiously they were, but isn't it odd anyway? To look for a 5 yo video, exactly the day the comments became enabled again. I mean, merely regarding to stochastics.
and thats why he should have diversified his slave holdings. if he'd just listened to cartman and invested in college athletes he'd be doing just fine today
Well he must have done something terrible to the last guy who disagreed with him. So yeah being alive looking for a new job is probably better than whatever happened to them.
I had to look up all of Mr. Burns’ “blue chip” investments, which makes the scene all the funnier, if not a little charming. It’s so interesting to see how much has changed since when Mr. Burns’ investments made sense, even though human nature seems to remain unchanged.
@@UltimateFormula1Fan Yes, they've basically all stayed the same age since the 90s. I'd like to think that it always remained the 90s in the Simpsons world throughout every new season since the 90s, since that would help explain the characters having not aged since then. However, the newer (and inferior) Simpsons writers kept throwing in elements of the times each season was made, and not of the 90s. They threw in 2000s references and celebrities throughout each season of the 2000s, and threw in 2010s references and celebrities throughout each season of the 2010s, and it freakin threw everything off balance. And "That 90s show" episode where Homer and Marge were young and without kids yet in the 90s. Seriously? Never mind any of the actual seasons of the 90s and early 90s when Bart was 10 and we were seeing flashbacks of Homer and Marge's young pre-child bearing days having been in the 70s. The 90s seasons were the much better ones anyways, seasons 2 - 8 were the Golden Simpsons. Any season after the turn of 2000 are the Zombie Simpsons, and I really want to think that they just never really happened. They messed the entire timeline up, and they were much less funny and clever with their jokes and references. To me, the Simpsons ended after season 8 when we got our first mistake episodes such as the "Principal and the pauper" episode which messed everything up with our until-then familair characters and story lines
The US media and government told us we were winning in Vietnam. They were wrong. The US media and government told us we were winning in Iraq. They were wrong. The US media and government told us Osama was in Afghanistan. They were wrong. The US media and government is telling us that Putin is losing in Ukraine. I doubt it. US out of NATO now. US out of Ukraine now. No more US money nor weapons in Ukraine. Europeans, Ukrainians and Russians are all smarter than we are. They can talk this out without us.
@@andreschang8526 Yeah except this isn't the 1970's buddy. What we call "Media" is not The Media anymore. You are talking about the major cable news networks. Only idiots and complete morons listen to propaganda platforms like Fox News. There is this thing called social media where anyone with a phone in their pocket can record and report or independently verify anything that they witness or get told.
Imagine if the Simpsons ended at season 8. It would be regarded as maybe the best comedy show of all time, hands down lol (not that it already isn't by some people)
True but I personally think it should’ve ended around Simpsons movie, simpsons could’ve ended at it’s last high note and also have the pop culture legacy that it has today.
There are some gems even in the latest seasons ... Yeah ,there are a few stinkers but so does every other show ...compared to modern family guy even zombie Simpsons is art ...
Smithers said the 1929 crash was 25 years before he was born so that means he was born in 1954 and this episode aired in 1997 which would have made him 43 at the time
initially he was guest voicing for another character, some made up wrestler. The show runners had no idea how famous Bret Was at the time but they soon knew based on the reaction of their employess to him, and so they turned the random wrestler into Bret Hart at the last minute.
Since all the companies Burns invested his remaining money into are all non-existent as their products are long obsolete, I wonder where the money all went to?
@@jja1483 Because basically, unless specifically plot relevant, the characters almost never actually get older or younger, so the ages are usually based off of 1989 presumably. 25 years after 1929 is 1954, so assuming that's when Smithers was born, and that the ages are based on the current day in show being 1989, Smithers would be about 35. Don't quote me on that, I may have gotten a few numbers wrong.
I just came for tips. Confederated Slave-Holdings, TransAtlantic Zeppelin, Amalgamated Spats, Congreve's Inflammable Powders and the Baltimore Opera Hat Co. Now to log into my 401k...
It's funny when jokes about investing in the air lines and stuff was probably very relevant at the time but now you'd have to have a history lesson to understand the joke.
"What is my current financial situation?" "Great!" "Great!" "I hear great!" It's such a small part of the scene but goes to show how great classic Simpsons was.
You know, I must wonder why exactly people fear any world power if they happen to be corrupt. I mean, how is that fancy military equipment supposed to compete with Europe and the USA if it doesn’t even work, isn’t maintained, or was scrapped for parts?
I, too invested in Transatlantic Zeppelins, Amalgamated Spats, U.S. Hay, and the Baltimore Opera Hat Company. I am now living in the lap of luxury in a palatial Art Nouveau villa!
2022: Putin's office: How is my military? - great - great - I hear great And what about the Ukrainians? - they'll be barely defending at all - they absolutely love you - they'd as happily ruled by you as we do. Ok so take all my forces, put 15÷ on Belarus, some south on crimea and the rest at the eastern border. ... 2 weeks later: But i did all the right moves, didn't I?
Lots of people that are the friend of the friend at high places, put there to fit some agenda, or just simply inherited the position. Burocracy also "helps". One would think common sense would be to hire the best people for the job smh
"Corporations" are "incompetent"? What does that even mean? Lol I love the super serious, completely ignorant comments on TH-cam clips of old comedy shows.
@@gyozakeynsianism see: Sears, Radio Shack, Blockbuster, every company involved in the financial crisis of 2008, etc. Eventually the wrong people get to the top and refuse to see their mistakes.
Mr. Burns had the right idea: Buy when there is blood in the water, even when its your own. The problem is that he didn't do his homework on his investments and leaned into a knee-jerk reaction. Edit: I now realize that I missed the most important thing. What Mr. Burns did was not a trading strategy at all. It was just a collection of stock purchases. A trading strategy involves both buying and selling, by definition.
You're way over-thinking it. The entire joke is that he's old and doesn't know what the blue chip industries are anymore. He wouldn't have even needed to do research if he just bought an index fund.
@@OdysseusKing Well its "stocks" not "industries" those things are related but not identical. But excepting that, that is the joke. But its not an accurate joke. With blue chips stocks, the value is all ready in the price, by definition. So buying blue chip stocks won't get you a faster rate of return than buying any other asset. Mr. Burns wanted a quick turnaround. For that, you need an actual arbitrage strategy. What you are talking about, buying index funds, works well enough for most people as long as inflation stays low and you can wait more than 10 years for your returns. But that is not the case here. Mr. Burns is old like you said. He probably can't wait 10 years for his returns.
@@HassanKhan-rk2hu It was - he was asked in an interview later why he sounded like a 'typical pro wrestler' rather than himself, and he said that's because he assumed thats what they wanted.
Maybe they told Mr. Burns they invested the cash but actually they stole it? Because the lawyers knew the moment Mr. Burns would lose all his money, he wouldn't be able to pay them.
Mr.Burns does Stock Plays to the opposite of Cathie Woods and still manages to lose money on dead Blue Chip Stocks that isn't physically possible to buy. 🤣
Burns: Why didn’t you tell me about this market crash 💥? Me: Weren’t you a soldier in WW2? Also me: Continuity fell out when he invested in slavery before he was conceived.
With all the old-timey brands I was sure this was a Conan-written episode but I looked it up and it’s John Schwartzwelder. (Season 8, ep 21, for those interested.)
Because they're so out of date as to be non-existent. There's no zeppelins flying across the Atlantic. I don't know what actually happened to the money though, maybe this all went into historical preservation museums that don't turn a profit.
@@JonMW Oh ok thanks for explaining. I'm not much of a history buff and I've never been into stocks. So I was a little fuzzy on the problem with his choices.
@@kyndrablankenship1758 HAHAH as a history person I thought the list was so funny so I'm happy to detail it. Yes as the previous commenter said, zeppelins were up and coming in the 1930s but are no longer relevant since the Hindenburg disaster. Spats were protective white shoe coverings that were briefly in fashion in the 1890s and then 1920s and went out of fashion pretty much forever. Congreve powder is presumably for Congreve rockets, invented in 1804 and used in the Napoleonic wars and began to be outdated during the Civil War of the 1860s, LOL. US Hay I'm not too sure about, but maybe it's because cows and other cattle eat prepackaged mush rather than actual hay. And the opera hat one is the funniest HAHAH, that's a top hat/gibus hat that folds up into a flat shape, so that when you're at the opera you can neatly tuck it under your seat. That's the most hilarious thing to call a stable stock investment, HHAAH
"First thing you'll have to do is move out of the bank's house"
Brutal 😂
Monopoly in a nutshell :D
@@DarkWolper what
@@meyague
Simple, the branks own everything and they take it from you if you don't pay
@@TheZombiesAreComingThat's why I call "home owners" debt owners until they've paid off the bank lol
@@alex31245 It's not just loans. If you own a house, car, land, etc. You have to constantly pay property tax on it. If you don't pay the property tax, it gets forcefully taken from you.
That said, property tax is theft, and civilians don't truly own anything anymore.
"Confederated slave holdings, how's that doing?"
LOL
_It's...uh...steady._
@@houstonhelicoptertours1006 he wasn't wrong, it was pretty steady being gone and not changing course in decades
😂😂
It's still doing pretty well. It's called De Beers.
This implies Mr. Burns was alive during the Civil War, how old is the man?
"That happened 25 years before I was born" great line
Yeah but it's also his line for everything, apparently.
Isn't that mosta the simpsons now anyway?;]
This episode came out 25 years before i was born!!!
Mr Burns:” Oh, that’s your answer for everything!”
@@jeremyl2594 there's no way you're 1 years old!!!
Its wierd how this implies Burns was able to just ignore the Great Depression.
Good point 😂 I know it's just a joke the writers put in there, but it really makes very little sense.
Little known fact: you never actually lose any money until you are aware it’s gone. 😉
He did survive eight recessions, twelve panics, and five years of “McKinleynomics”.
Let's not forget that Mr. Burns isn't exactly a man with a stable mind, Let's not forget he never remembers Homer's name, so why would he remember the Great Depression?
@@Tallest333 That's a good point, maybe he was aware and survived the great Depression but he just forgot about it
Kinda have to appreciate how Mr. Burns doesn't really blame his yes-men for the situation. He likely realized that he should have known better, so it was still his own fault.
Yes! Right. Certainly.
Exactly right there, yep.
Your insight never fails to amaze me, sir
Every insight, the right one!
25 years after 1929. Smithers was born in 1954, making him 43 years old when the episode aired. Or 67 today.
everything happened closer than what we think
That would be the case if the characters actually aged as they should age. But if they had then Bart would be 40+ at this point and Grandpa Homer dead.
@@florinivan6907 There were multiple episodes showing us the life of all the 3 Simpson children.
The only constant was that Maggie had a better life than the other 2 kids in all the scenarios.
@@toothlessrage282 At this point most 'future' episodes of The Simpsons are no longer possibly valid. The timelines no longer fit.
@@florinivan6907 True.
I've never seen Blue-Haired Lawyer so non-hostile.
he's also not a lawyer here
Is that Phoenix Wright joke or something? I've never played the games so don't know
@@321Tdog One of the yes men has bright blue hair. He's been used repeatedly in the show, but usually in an aggressive or antagonistic role, so this is really the only time we see him smiling and acting submissive.
@@derpburp5505 haha oh that guy
Mind you he’s always worked for Mr. Burns
It's almost been 25 years since this aired!
That's your excuse for everything!
*Appears from the inside of a tank with a tape*
Those episodes were genius. Dumb but intelligent af. Miss those days!
This episode actually did air 25 years ago.
Almost 25 years since the show was funny
Burns screwed up he should have used this market dip to double his Confederate slave holdings portfolio.
Underrated comment
Buy the dip!
There are still slave labourers in Dubai
considering buck breaking made a comeback this year it would have been a legendary hold
_Confederated_ jeez.
Ironically, his paper stocks are probably worth a great deal of money (presumably something like Confederated slave holdings would be from the 1840s/50s and hold value to collectors).
True. Stock certificates are no longer used by any exchange. Burns’ certificates would be very valuable if they were in good condition.
@@Judo593 His slaves in holding (slavery joke) would not be in such great condition since 1850 (spoiler, they all died)
@@Wodz30 That's not what that means.
@@calebhu6383 thanks Captain Obvious. It was clearly a joke
@@aaronontube6979 It wasn't a joke, he just didn't understand the original statement. You're a clown
Putin asking his generals how's the war going
"according to western media"
@@silverstringsgia according to all media barring Russia, Belarus and North Korea.
@@silverstringsgia You forgot to use the words "decadent" and "emperialist". 🤣
Putin - oh no! Ohhh no...! Oh no!
You mean Ukraine? Too bad your keyboard are autocorrected
Here is where I stopped checking it last time... September 1929 😂
"Oh no"
Alastor will be laughing his head off.
Me with my bank info.
Smithers why didn't you tell me about this market crash?
@@grease_monkey6078 uh, it happened 25 years before I was born sir
“Don’t listen to him sir you have an enchanting musk”
🤣😂
Simpsons predicted Elon Musk
I love the implied fact that he was so rich he didn’t know about the stock market crash until like 70 years later
well as with any crash, if you just ignore it you dont have to worry in the long run as the stocks will always go up again
@@andrefasching1332assuming you live long enough to see it happen
I like how Bret Hart starts smiling once he hears the Shrieking Shiek
“Yaaalalalalaaaalalala!”🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@leociresi4292 😂 dat shit killed me🤣
Bret:”Ha ha! I’ll take it!”
You know, after watching this I actually felt sorry for Burns. I have been in companies where the CEO is sorounded by yes men and this kind of thing happens.
@@NorwegianForestCatboy Something tell me that a self described forest catboy isn't the kind of person we should be turning too for financial or economical advice.
Considering what Burns has done to individuals and the community, he deserved a lot worse
Burns had it coming. Business won't stay still just because you got comfortable.
@@joelhampartsoumian8439 He wasn't necessarily talking about himself, and even if he was you didn't even address his point you just shit on him for his name, literally a non-argument.
@@NorwegianForestCatboy the ancient commie fantasy, how many more times will it fail?
“Smithers, why didn’t you tell me about the stock market crash of 1929?”
‘It happened 25 years before I was born sir.’
“That’s your excuse for everything.” 😂
Mr burns caused the stock market crash
I bet that's actually the FIRST Smithers ever said that.
It's a double joke on how ancient Burns is. 1) he relies on Smithers for all his news and 2) he's been in business for twice as long as Smithers has _,existed._
Even as a mild antagonist, I feel very sorry for Mr Burns.
He's supposed to be evil like mother from Futurama?
@@nicbentulan Mr Burns.
“Mild” antagonist????? Dude is essentially the main villain
@@glossyplane542 I’d say sideshow Bob is more of a threat than anything else.
He invested in slavery
"Transatlantic Zeppelin" - LOL, that's great because during the 1930s there was a lot of hype about an emerging USA-Europe airship passenger flight industry, so it would've been the sort of thing that looked promising to invest in... until the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937 killed it overnight. Underrated reference. xD
so hype a number of skyscrapers had zeppelin docks on them
@@toomanyaccountsMakes one wonder if we could do it right, do it better this time. Ah, but it would probably end up like that Futurama episode "The Birdbot of Ice-catraz".
DATS DA JOKE
He JUST got done cheerfully saying that he assumes the slave trade stocks are doing well, but the voice acting is so damn good that when he says "What will I do?" it sounds so sincere that it actually makes me feel bad for him. Of course, the writing, music, and animation also play a big part in achieving this, but in particular, it's a huge testament to Harry Shearer's skills that he can take one of the worst people in Springfield and make him sound so beaten down and sympathetic, even though he deserves what's happening to him.
well um maybe then he should have check the current stock levels and not worrying about the market crash back in the 1930's🤣🤣🤣
Plus, his little sort of whimpery "oh"'s sound like his voice is quivering from sadness as well as being the perfect portrayal of how old people tend to say those kinds of "oh"'s. It's perfect
@@TheRealBlazingDiamond or a strange type of arousal🤣
@@raven4k998 creep.
@@FireLordJohn3191 it's ok child lets just get naked and have some fun
Imagine how rich you have to be to live through the great depression and not even notice it.
it existed at the time.
like for example the kennedy's
joe kennedy was so rich john f kennedy didn't even notice there was a depression during that time. he had to read about it in the history books. lol
@@joeswanson733 damn, that’s like us not knowing 9/11 happened and having to learn about it in history books.
@@dariog36th you would need to be very insulated from everyday life and be cut off from main media
@@dariog36th or people of all ages these days not knowing the gov lies to them
Ruins their lives
Big companies and gov want to control everything you do
I like how Bret Hart walks around in his wrestling outfit. You have to admire his dedication to the craft
He's got tons of closets full of pink Spandex leotards. And now he has more closets.
@aqeel -محمود Everyone loved him in the 90’s
The best there was the best there is the best their will be.
maintaining kayfabe, brother
@@judyhopps9380 the respect is for not hurting your opponent . Executing stunts with perfection. Everyone knows they can end careers with a single wrong move .
Well I think we can all agree Smithers was to blame, 25 yrs before he was born what a pitiful excuse
This is also why I'm to blame for not telling you President Kennedy was assassinated. Sorry.
@@rtozier2011 apology accepted but you're walking on thin glass pal, let this be the last time.
Him and Bush planned that fall. Wait... Bush might have actually been alive back then...no but his Dad was...
“Um, well sir, the project started two years before I was hired.”
Here's where I stopped watching new episodes of The Simpsons last time... September 28, 1997...oh no... oh no... OH NO!!!
"Smithers why didn't you tell me that the show sucked after season 9?" "Well sir I was more of a Family Guy fan..." "..." "realese the hounds"
Season 9 won 3 Emmy's.
Although a few episodes I didn't like. I didn't like the Skinner episode. I liked his character being a Vietnam vet Norman bates.
The all singing all dancing episode was lame as well as Lisa the Skeptic, where they find the angel bones-- too preachy. So was the one where Lisa finds out Simpsons get dumb with age, but she discovers female simpsons are intelligent. That episode was some cringey girl-power crap.
The season had the joy of sect, the Krusty comeback and the Omega Man treehouse of horror and those were probably the only good ones.
@@landofthesilverpath5823 Seasons 9 and 10 had the odd classic and a couple of decent episodes, but season 8 was the last true great season. After 8 there is a decline. I can't watch anything after 10.
@@LucasKingPiano just pretend you're watching a tommy wiseau
@@ThingsICantFindOtherwise you’re _tearing me apart,_ Lisa! …Oh hi Bart
"First thing you'll have to do is move out of the bank's house" brutal lol
The "excellent" at the end is great.
The way Burns pauses to say "US hay!" is hilarious to me 😂
its like he KNOWS this will turn him around. hay! of course!
Smithers smiles, too
I remember the exact thing at my old job. The boss slowly removed everyone that disagreed with his insane shenanigans...
And how did that turn out for him and his company?
@@FuryanJedi13 Well pretty much all his good employees left, leaving him with assorted slackers and bad employees. He actually removed a lot of employees since there weren't enough sales to need so many workers, - the company's bad reputation spread around.
Just the detail of the wall being slightly bluer where the picture was - implying its been there forever - shows the real attention that went into these classic Simpsons. What a run they had.
“You’re just a bunch of yes men and you were too gutless to tell me, isn’t that right!? 😠”
“Yes sir Mr. Burns! That’s right!“ 😀
Lol😂🤣
@@servantofthelivinggod6192 that was so funny. First burns has the sad eyes, then it turn into angry eyes. lol
@@redips While the serious music kicks in, lol
@@servantofthelivinggod6192 Putin in a nutshell. "But I made all the right moves"
Even a liar is right once or twice.
Lol I came here because I remembered the '25 years before I was born' moment. This video was not recommended.
And today this 5yo video gets it's first comments? What a coincidence.
Well, the comments were disabled until recently
@@dieblauebedrohung
Obvisiously they were, but isn't it odd anyway? To look for a 5 yo video, exactly the day the comments became enabled again. I mean, merely regarding to stochastics.
Smithers is actually really sweet to put up Burns in his own house like that without hesitation
He has a crush on Mr Burns,to be fair
and thats why he should have diversified his slave holdings. if he'd just listened to cartman and invested in college athletes he'd be doing just fine today
The "wrestlers in the closet" joke was pretty damn good
Because of gay?
@@BenjaminGoose wrestling is inherently homoerotic
@@Shifsabre greco roman wrestling isn't
@@rootfish2671 obviously, they mean professional wrestling
@@rootfish2671 i dont think anyone was talking about Romans, dude
Jokes on them! He pays them and they let him lose all his money.
Well he must have done something terrible to the last guy who disagreed with him. So yeah being alive looking for a new job is probably better than whatever happened to them.
2:27 This is how real estate agents close deals like this: There's a guy outside with a tape recorder with some shrieking. 😆
I had to look up all of Mr. Burns’ “blue chip” investments, which makes the scene all the funnier, if not a little charming. It’s so interesting to see how much has changed since when Mr. Burns’ investments made sense, even though human nature seems to remain unchanged.
Is no one gonna bring up that Smithers was born in 1954 and is 68 years old?
(43 at the time)
Age is non consistent in the Simpsons.
This Simpsons episode is from the 90s when he was 43
@@UltimateFormula1Fan Yes, they've basically all stayed the same age since the 90s. I'd like to think that it always remained the 90s in the Simpsons world throughout every new season since the 90s, since that would help explain the characters having not aged since then.
However, the newer (and inferior) Simpsons writers kept throwing in elements of the times each season was made, and not of the 90s. They threw in 2000s references and celebrities throughout each season of the 2000s, and threw in 2010s references and celebrities throughout each season of the 2010s, and it freakin threw everything off balance. And "That 90s show" episode where Homer and Marge were young and without kids yet in the 90s. Seriously? Never mind any of the actual seasons of the 90s and early 90s when Bart was 10 and we were seeing flashbacks of Homer and Marge's young pre-child bearing days having been in the 70s.
The 90s seasons were the much better ones anyways, seasons 2 - 8 were the Golden Simpsons. Any season after the turn of 2000 are the Zombie Simpsons, and I really want to think that they just never really happened. They messed the entire timeline up, and they were much less funny and clever with their jokes and references. To me, the Simpsons ended after season 8 when we got our first mistake episodes such as the "Principal and the pauper" episode which messed everything up with our until-then familair characters and story lines
See my response to UltimateFormula1Fan
No one born in 1954 would be 68 years old in 2021. They would be 67 at the oldest.
This is Putin's cabinet and generals right about now.
I hear it’s going great sir
On the nose 😁
The US media and government told us we were winning in Vietnam. They were wrong.
The US media and government told us we were winning in Iraq. They were wrong.
The US media and government told us Osama was in Afghanistan. They were wrong.
The US media and government is telling us that Putin is losing in Ukraine. I doubt it.
US out of NATO now.
US out of Ukraine now.
No more US money nor weapons in Ukraine.
Europeans, Ukrainians and Russians are all smarter than we are. They can talk this out without us.
@@andreschang8526 Yeah except this isn't the 1970's buddy. What we call "Media" is not The Media anymore. You are talking about the major cable news networks. Only idiots and complete morons listen to propaganda platforms like Fox News. There is this thing called social media where anyone with a phone in their pocket can record and report or independently verify anything that they witness or get told.
Every move a right one!
I could so see Burns having stock in Confederated Slave Holdings
Yeah and those stock certificates would be over 140 years old. I think they must be worth a lot if they are still in good condition.
I mean, for a while there it was a good investment. Immoral, but good, nonetheless.
He made shells for the Nazis, so it's debatable whether the slave trade is the worst or second-worst business he's invested in.
Smithers' little smile when Burns says 'US HAYYYYY!'
Like he's thinking "Burns is back!"
Holy shit it's like Homer's "The Dud" grin
Nice work fixing your error after 1 month bozo
Imagine if the Simpsons ended at season 8. It would be regarded as maybe the best comedy show of all time, hands down lol (not that it already isn't by some people)
And everyone would demand Groening to make new episodes.
@@wrestlingmemeration771 yup. especially now in the age of muh nostalgia
True but I personally think it should’ve ended around Simpsons movie, simpsons could’ve ended at it’s last high note and also have the pop culture legacy that it has today.
@@BeaverChainsaw Sure, that also makes sense. Would've been the perfect time to end it, actually
There are some gems even in the latest seasons ... Yeah ,there are a few stinkers but so does every other show ...compared to modern family guy even zombie Simpsons is art ...
"It happened 25 years before i was born. Oh that's your excuse for everything"
This was the peak of our civilization.
I love how you put "was" instead of "is". Modern Simpsons is just.. yikes
1:50 he seems so lost and adrift there i kinda feel sorry for him, its like you see a rare vulnerable side of him.
Who knew that Confederated Slave Holdings would evolve into Amazon today.
who would have thought reacting to the stock market crash today would be a bad idea🤣
Underrated comment.
🤣👍
Can't believe Burns almost got in at the ground floor of Baltimore Opera Hat Co
The first time I hear Mr burns say 'excellent' with sadness
Vladimir Putin discussing the invasion of Ukraine with his advisors, 2022
Yes, men!
Smithers was born the same year as my mother & Burns been alive so long he's endured over 20 presidencies
The hardest to endure was probably President Taft, due to his affair with Burns's mother.
Burns survived 8 recessions, 12 panics, and 5 years of “McKinley-nomics”.
2:29 kills me everytime.
September 1929 being the last time he checked is genius comedy 😂
Getting angry at some kid who never saw this episode:
Kid: "but sir, that episode aired 25 years before I had been born!"
“Oh that’s your excuse for everything.”
It is
Really shows how privileged and shielded Mr. Burns has been all his life to be doing so badly financially and not even notice it.
Just like Trump.
@@rogerwilco2 jUsT liKe trUmP
@@Dogbonee yes exactly. Just like trump
@@MishaFlower except Trump was actually doing a great job. Unlike Biden.
Lmao and now This turns into whataboutism
"Confederated Slave Holdings, how's that doing?"
"I believe it's now called the private prison industry, sir."
Cant go wrong with Congreaves...
I have never seen Mr burns look so sad and defeated
“Don’t feel sore-ey for him.”
Smithers said the 1929 crash was 25 years before he was born so that means he was born in 1954 and this episode aired in 1997 which would have made him 43 at the time
he is also a confirmed bachelor
Very cool for Bret Hart to voice himself
He didn't even blink at that closets comment. At least, I think he didn't blink.
initially he was guest voicing for another character, some made up wrestler. The show runners had no idea how famous Bret Was at the time but they soon knew based on the reaction of their employess to him, and so they turned the random wrestler into Bret Hart at the last minute.
This episode should have been called 'Sympathy for The Devil.'
Since all the companies Burns invested his remaining money into are all non-existent as their products are long obsolete, I wonder where the money all went to?
Too the Yes Man
Probably some clever lawyer who created false companies
It wasn't *real* money anyway.
I think he had no money to invest.
Congrieves and flammable powders still exist.
Damn.. this means that smithers ir 65 years old
This came out in 97, so he is 43.
@@CornishCreamtea07 considering no one ages in the Simpsons universe, he's more like 35
Why 35🤔
@@CornishCreamtea07 yeah youre right.. bart is also 34 years old by my calculations
@@jja1483 Because basically, unless specifically plot relevant, the characters almost never actually get older or younger, so the ages are usually based off of 1989 presumably. 25 years after 1929 is 1954, so assuming that's when Smithers was born, and that the ages are based on the current day in show being 1989, Smithers would be about 35.
Don't quote me on that, I may have gotten a few numbers wrong.
I just came for tips. Confederated Slave-Holdings, TransAtlantic Zeppelin, Amalgamated Spats, Congreve's Inflammable Powders and the Baltimore Opera Hat Co. Now to log into my 401k...
It's funny when jokes about investing in the air lines and stuff was probably very relevant at the time but now you'd have to have a history lesson to understand the joke.
"What is my current financial situation?"
"Great!"
"Great!"
"I hear great!"
It's such a small part of the scene but goes to show how great classic Simpsons was.
He should be fine just with the slave holdings. They just spelled different today
Seeing Mr. Burns depressed makes me feel bad for him despite he's an evil person.
ikr. I have to preface this by saying I haven't seen many episodes of the show, but this is probably the only time I have felt sorry for him.
@@The.Man... Well next time you either home sick or recovering from surgery, watch this show, all 728 episodes.
@@tylerpuszczewicz2535 might just do that
It’s called empathy, you have that. Can‘t say the same for most people having a juristical mindset.
Putin getting answers from his military generals who secretly know it's going horribly
You know, I must wonder why exactly people fear any world power if they happen to be corrupt.
I mean, how is that fancy military equipment supposed to compete with Europe and the USA if it doesn’t even work, isn’t maintained, or was scrapped for parts?
This comment aged well…
@@HennyMueller This comment aged just as good as Ukrainian demography
01:25 So smooth
I, too invested in Transatlantic Zeppelins, Amalgamated Spats, U.S. Hay, and the Baltimore Opera Hat Company. I am now living in the lap of luxury in a palatial Art Nouveau villa!
Did you also invest in Congreves inflammable powder?
Burns without money is like Popeye without spinach.
Birds outside "Get outta here!"
2022: Putin's office:
How is my military?
- great
- great
- I hear great
And what about the Ukrainians?
- they'll be barely defending at all
- they absolutely love you
- they'd as happily ruled by you as we do.
Ok so take all my forces, put 15÷ on Belarus, some south on crimea and the rest at the eastern border.
... 2 weeks later:
But i did all the right moves, didn't I?
The most sympathetic I've ever felt for J. Montgomery Burns. :(
be gentle when you hug him remember he's fragile🤣
@@raven4k998 haha, yes!!!!!!
🤣
*C. Montgomery Burns
@@robtomben Damn, you're spot on! Must have mixed it up with Homer J and Bartholomew J!
and they say long term investments are the best...
Wonder why corporations are all so woefully incompetent? This scene is more accurate than most people realise
Yes absolutely dead on
Lots of people that are the friend of the friend at high places, put there to fit some agenda, or just simply inherited the position. Burocracy also "helps". One would think common sense would be to hire the best people for the job smh
"Corporations" are "incompetent"? What does that even mean? Lol I love the super serious, completely ignorant comments on TH-cam clips of old comedy shows.
Please tell us more about your financial experience
@@gyozakeynsianism see: Sears, Radio Shack, Blockbuster, every company involved in the financial crisis of 2008, etc. Eventually the wrong people get to the top and refuse to see their mistakes.
I became a "Yes Man" the day it dawned on me upper management didn't care what I had to say
It’s funny how mr burns never paid off his house
Mr. Burns had the right idea: Buy when there is blood in the water, even when its your own. The problem is that he didn't do his homework on his investments and leaned into a knee-jerk reaction. Edit: I now realize that I missed the most important thing. What Mr. Burns did was not a trading strategy at all. It was just a collection of stock purchases. A trading strategy involves both buying and selling, by definition.
You're way over-thinking it. The entire joke is that he's old and doesn't know what the blue chip industries are anymore. He wouldn't have even needed to do research if he just bought an index fund.
@@OdysseusKing Well its "stocks" not "industries" those things are related but not identical. But excepting that, that is the joke. But its not an accurate joke. With blue chips stocks, the value is all ready in the price, by definition. So buying blue chip stocks won't get you a faster rate of return than buying any other asset. Mr. Burns wanted a quick turnaround. For that, you need an actual arbitrage strategy. What you are talking about, buying index funds, works well enough for most people as long as inflation stays low and you can wait more than 10 years for your returns. But that is not the case here. Mr. Burns is old like you said. He probably can't wait 10 years for his returns.
Putin and his advisors... 🙄
Liked the Bret Hart cameo, but why wasn't he mentioned again in the rest of the episode? And where was the rest of the Hart Foundation?
Was it even his own voice actor?
@@HassanKhan-rk2hu It was - he was asked in an interview later why he sounded like a 'typical pro wrestler' rather than himself, and he said that's because he assumed thats what they wanted.
To all Confederate Slave Holdings owners : Hold! It will grow back.
I have an NFT of a slave
Poor Burns :( He was deceived. I manage my own stocks solely
did you put your money in blockbuster?
Burns is old but not so ancient that he was old enough to invest in the Confederacy :P
Inherited the shares or something or bought them on bad advice
Depending on the episode, Burns can be anywhere from "was born in the early 20th century" to "arrived in America with the Mayflower".
The lawyers are pretty much our Politian's today.
Only burns isn't senile like Biden so even he's in better shape
How could they buy stocks for companies that are nonexistent.
Maybe they told Mr. Burns they invested the cash but actually they stole it? Because the lawyers knew the moment Mr. Burns would lose all his money, he wouldn't be able to pay them.
Mr.Burns does Stock Plays to the opposite of Cathie Woods and still manages to lose money on dead Blue Chip Stocks that isn't physically possible to buy. 🤣
Burns: Why didn’t you tell me about this market crash 💥?
Me: Weren’t you a soldier in WW2?
Also me: Continuity fell out when he invested in slavery before he was conceived.
Was probably an inherited stock from some long dead relative. I know it’s suppose to be a joke but still
A megamillionaire losing his house is a more fantastical scenario for The Simpsons than the episode where aliens canonically visited Earth.
"amalgamated spats" 🤣
When the boys get you to ask your crush out and she rejects you 1:25
People who invested in AMC at $70: 1:13
The closet joke
Can't go wrong with congraves!
One of the few times you feel sad for Sr Burns, con el corazon de perro 🎶🎶
With all the old-timey brands I was sure this was a Conan-written episode but I looked it up and it’s John Schwartzwelder. (Season 8, ep 21, for those interested.)
Can someone explain to me why all of Burns stock choices were bad? And I'm talking about the ones he made for his aggressive trading strategy.
Because they're so out of date as to be non-existent. There's no zeppelins flying across the Atlantic. I don't know what actually happened to the money though, maybe this all went into historical preservation museums that don't turn a profit.
@@JonMW Oh ok thanks for explaining. I'm not much of a history buff and I've never been into stocks. So I was a little fuzzy on the problem with his choices.
@@kyndrablankenship1758 lmao
@@kyndrablankenship1758 HAHAH as a history person I thought the list was so funny so I'm happy to detail it. Yes as the previous commenter said, zeppelins were up and coming in the 1930s but are no longer relevant since the Hindenburg disaster. Spats were protective white shoe coverings that were briefly in fashion in the 1890s and then 1920s and went out of fashion pretty much forever. Congreve powder is presumably for Congreve rockets, invented in 1804 and used in the Napoleonic wars and began to be outdated during the Civil War of the 1860s, LOL. US Hay I'm not too sure about, but maybe it's because cows and other cattle eat prepackaged mush rather than actual hay. And the opera hat one is the funniest HAHAH, that's a top hat/gibus hat that folds up into a flat shape, so that when you're at the opera you can neatly tuck it under your seat. That's the most hilarious thing to call a stable stock investment, HHAAH
@@AvitalShtap the hay comment is there because he suggested investing in flammables
Seeing the Blue Hair Lawyer smile is unsettling.