In a weird, bizarre way, Larry had been on television screens for longer than most characters/shows in American television history. And yet, he barely had a presence.
To stop and understand that to someone else, we will be Larry; to realize that the worst day of our life will be just a day to billions of people, who have never known us and whomst we will never know; it is to face entropy and to walk forward to the embrace of ego death. Don't worry, it embiggens the smallest soul.
They forgot about Sam clearly did not watch old episodes before doing this just killing off a character to try and get viewers for people to see it was no one important. sam was already forgotten anyways
It would geniunely be an interesting premise if they felt guilty enough about not interacting enough with Larry that they make a concerted effort to befriend sam
They actually did that as a throwaway gag way back when when the Retirement Castle called the Simpsons' home with an automated message that "Abraham Simpson!!" (using Abe's voice) has died along with the grieving process that followed.
@@lukacunningham342that’s when and if Dan passes away but they have a successor in mind. Killing off Abe because of that would also be symbolic for that reason.
Same here, man. It's much better having Larry die instead of Barney because of how famous he is. And besides, Barney's went through enough problems in this show.
I mean RIP to Larry and all, but these media outlets calling him "iconic" or "beloved" are really stretching it. He was a background for years and he rarely showed up at Moe's. Also he has barley said a single word during his appearance on the show. Its different from when they killed off Krusty's dad, he was at least are recurring character who was important in some episodes.
Larry's the type of guy who we never talk to as a group or ever really acknowledge him, he's just there. But once he's gone, we all miss him and the group feels empty.
The absence of Sam feels very intentional, since him and Larry were basically tied at the hip as characters. His absence feels correct, like he's grieving his friend privately, like lots of men his age do.
I thought it was just because they didn't want people to ship Sam and Larry. Like, I'm all for representation and all, but sometimes two people _can_ just sit next to each other without bumping uglies. And before you claim I'm making up things to be mad about, I'm not _that_ mad, just mildly disappointed at Lenny and Carl. They were basically Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, that was it, but everyone had to ship them, because apparently you can't stand next to anyone without knocking boots. You know, the Mario Brothers stand next to each other, do you-- of course the internet ships them... degenerates... Hell they probably even ship Rosencrantz and Guildenstern despite most having no idea who they are. I just crave a well written romance. Like Smithers x Burns, or Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt x Marcie Carlin.
@@KasumiKenshirou There is also an _awful_ lot of subtext, like a painful amount. There's a love triangle going on, sure, but it's totally different than Lenny and Carl. But, fair enough... maybe it did start out like Lenny and Carl... I have never rĕad the strips from 50+ years ago.
Honestly, Sam not showing up is kind of hilarious to me. It makes me imagine that Sam was to Larry what Larry is to the rest of the main barflies? Just some guy who hung around him all the time and thought they were close, but Larry barely even knew he existed.
My wife is from Spain and she always critiques when people speak Spanish in movies and tv but she clapped and said barneys Spanish was great I was so shocked
I recall reading several months ago when looking up Simpsons characters who didn't have a centric episode where a fan wrote synopsis for characters who never had one. This fan wrote about one of the barflies dying due to alcohol poison (either Sam or Larry, can't remember.) Homer swears off drinking to honor the guy only to find out the barfly considered the guys at Moe's Tavern his family. Homer starts drinking again to honor him. This fan spoke Larry's death into existence. Creepy.
This show really should stop killing off characters. Like, i know Larry was just a forgotten character who barely contributed to the show at all, but him actually dying in the show means yet another fragment of the original show dying.
@@HereForTheCommentsyeah, the reason that the recent seasons have worked is because theyre forming a new identity instead of just redoing what already worked
I get they wanted to make it little emotional for the guys, but I honestly felt little investment in the episode. They should've Included Sam and had them call out the guys for not getting to know him and Larry, that would've made it more impactful.
Honestly, it feels like they thought up the idea for "We never knew him, what if he died?" and then just tossed the rest of the episode into filler. A disservice of writing tbh
Despite only being a background character that never gets a line its still feels very sad to see Larry go, he is like that guy who is always present at your usual hangout place but you never did interacted with him personally but always see him there, now that he's gone you can't help but feel something is missing. This really shows that you should always appreciate the people in your life big or small of an impact they had.
I always thought that he was already gone, because the only two times he spoke, he was a Phil Hartman character. All the characters he did were basically retired.
@@JohnWilliams-wl9px You're right. I read it somewhere a couple of years ago that Phil Hartman voiced him and that was why he never spoke anymore. Can't always believe what I read, I guess.
That lack of Sam really was weird, i always felt that those two were friends so that the bar had two friend groups present rather than just one with Homer and his gang.
Man. I actually unironically really liked Larry. I just liked his and Sam’s designs. They really added a lot to the background of Moe’s and made it feel more alive, which I suppose isn’t the word Moe’s should be described as?
I feel like Apu could come back with a recasting, and an introduction of a new recurring indian character who can go “no he’s just really weird, we aren’t all like that”
Another one of those "The Simpsons does something worth while except with the character that isn't really a big part of the universe and no one really knows to try and keep relevancy" type things. Clown in the Dumps springs instantly to mind.
And they didn't have to do this, they could of made Lisa a "hot lesbian" or something... Instead they do the most lazy and safest thing you can imagine ...
I feel like adding Sam would have really cheapened the whole “you never got to know or notice Larry” thing. Also it would have made it less tragic like “well he had at least one actual friend”. The episode keeps a better melancholy when it’s just these guys not realizing
Before I tapped on the video: "Hans Moleman?" After tapping on the video: "Oh! That guy! Yeah, he HAS been around a long time!" There are people that are around you all the time and when they pass away, you don't notice until some time later.
It's implied that Fat Tony is married to a woman named Connie, and his last name is D'Amico. Which means his wife has the same name as the blonde girl who bullies Meg on Family Guy. Weird.
PS I bet Sam will be around. My meta theory is going to the funeral would be too painful for him, or he's part of the gem smuggling and had to go into hiding once the cremation would reveal the secret. Remember as well, this is 6 AM in the morning they're at Moe's in this episode...
Even though we never knew Larry I’m sure gonna miss him. R.I.P larry say hi to snowballs 1-4, Maude Flanders, Edna Karbaple, the old fat Tony and sherry bobbins for us ❤
Kinda wish they did more with Sam & Larry. Suprised they didn't do anything with them in over 35 seasons. Like maybe instead of killing Larry off they could have had the bar regulars finding out about his loneliness/ liking for them, and maybe they could have took him on a road trip for real. Or something. I don't know, I know he was always in the background, but he does feel nostalgic in a way, like he was always there. It's like the Kwiki E Mart without the Squishee machine or the Power plant without the cooling towers. Sorry I'm just rambling while being tired as hell lol
This episode was genuinely so heartbreaking and yet so realistic The fact that larry was left unoticed and forgotten by those closest those who he considered his friends the segment where the parody of Eleanor Rigby plays is so depressing that he's just observing his friends having fun or hanging out. And the fact that he was observing every conversation every good night out and was not once either invited or spoken too It makes it even more depressing when larry wrote in a book that moes was the place he felt the happiest where he felt like he belonged but yet no one batted an eye It was scary how realistic the episode was. Larrys death was eerie, each characters reaction was realistic. Lennys guilt and immediately treating larrys remains like if larry was still alive and carl denying it and brushing off carl for example. The episode was genuinely the most real and scariest simpsons has been in a while because i relate to larry. I had friends who just ignored me even though i cared about him alot like larry did. Rip Larry. You're not forgotten to us
They could’ve said Sam was dead too. Like when they said Larry was unloved they could’ve said “what about that one guy he always hung out with?” Then cut to his tombstone or something and they’re like “oh.”
I think if they wanted to correct the plot hole of Sam not being in the episode, they could have just said he was with Barny. Writes the two characters out and shows that Sam also had a friend that Larry didn't have.
Larry the Barfly died in the bar and was buried along with his name Nobody came Ol' Reverend Lovejoy whipping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave No one was saved...
"And Moe? He just triggered me right down to my core." "It's just a sad, silent void: nothing. And it's not even a regular nothing; it's an absence of everything." No wonder I always liked Moe so much. I hate how relatable that opinion is to me.
Now i really feel old. I've been watching Simpsons long enough to know the character by name and face just by causally watching the show for 35 years. Damn and while everyone is like "who?" it still hurts watching a character you've seen all your life, even if they didn't do or say much, die.
I haven't kept up with the show in years but I heard about this one and immediately wondered if Sam was included. I'm super disappointed to learn he wasn't, and even more so to learn that Barney hasn't been relevant since 2003! That's just rotten, if I'm being honest.
The one thing I found weird was the slight inaccuracy at the top of the episode. The Jaguars did play at Wembley in the 2023 season, but it was against the Falcons. The Jaguars/Bills game took place at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. (Also the Detroit/Ravens game went the other way IRL)
They should have had a tag with Sam and Fat Tony. Tony says, "With Larry gone, you're promoted to jewel smuggling." Sam nods and begins swallowing gems. We hear him swallowing gems all through the credits.
I think a good way to have written this episode, not that this was bad, because I think many can relate to this in some way, but, perhaps what would have worked would have been, after the funeral, Sam going "He loved you guys, and you barely acknowledged him for years." Which would then go into flashbacks of Larry trying to talk, or do nice things for the guys at the bar and often being ignored (something I feel many of us at one time or another could understand or have personally been through), but other times being somewhat recognized, and for a guy who feels incredibly lonely, even the tiniest amount of kindness was enough for him, living his days at the bar hanging with everyone, even if he wasn't along for the ride on bigger adventures, it was just enough for him to be there with people who did pay him attention here and there. The guys would then realize how much they screwed up and want to set things right by Larry by fulfilling his final wish. I think this would have been a stronger way to right the episode, but I still give the writers credit for actually making people care about a character that had no real impacts other than just being another one of Springfields familiar faces.
@@jimjimmers8571 thank you! I do a lot of writing and stories in my spare time, have ever since I was a kid, and I've watched movies and shows that have destroyed their characters and plots, while watching others master their characters development and story. So at 37 years old I think its safe to say I know a thing or two haha
We actually get an accurate time when he dies in the episode. When Moe is ranting about his dollar bet, we see Larry looking on with a vacant expression as per usual, but most importantly he's actually holding his beer. He's alive. The next time we see him just a few moments later, his hands are folded and he's staring dead-eyed ahead with a slackened jaw. He died roughly when Moe was swinging his mop around at Homer, Lenny, and Carl, and that was likely the last thing he ever saw.
Kinda wish they did a thing were sam and barney might of felt larry and moe were the main 4 of there own story and then larry might of not felt the same way to barney and Sam felt about him not really caring for them explaining there exit from the episode
I admit even I completely forgotten about Larry even though I’ve seen him in and off back in the old days of the series. They really went out of their way to make his passing really freaking sad. We gotta applaud the writers this season for stepping up and doing something different to effect the audience
The thing is: they could've answered where Sam was by having him and Barney going on that trip together, adding intrigue and a possible direction for the both of them in later episodes.
So sad Larry dont have more screen time in the Simpsons history and in the end they made this awesome Episode. 2:17 that is a cool artstyle. Lol the scene with ralph is so random, the conspirachy guys are waiting... 8:18 this scene looks so familiar, like from a older Episode.
They should’ve done like a 5 second post credit scene with Sam walking in wearing a hawaiian lei like he just got back from vacation, he looks around, and asked ‘hey wear Larry?’
I don’t think I ever knew this guy was named Larry until this episode. The concept of sending off a character as intentionally bland and undeveloped as him is kinda goofy, but it does lead to a good story for the Moe gang. One of the best this season. (Though the previous ghost kitchen episode maybe hit a bit harder.)
I cant say that i was a big fan of Larry but its always sad to see a Simpsons character die. Especially one that's been around for so long. It would have been nice to see a Sam and Larry background episode though. RIP Larry
You know what they should have done in The Simpsons episode where they talk about Larry's death they could of showed Sam and him standing up and talking about him cause what about if they were friends since kindergarten or if they were drinking buddies you know some extra lore. Because then Larry could have had a true real friend that remembers him since they always sat next to each other in Moe's tavern. He could have said something to the guys and how Larry meant so much to him and stuff you know like a friend cuz what about if they were friends since like kindergarten before they met Homer and the guys. Cause then he could have had a true real friend that cared cause Homer and the guys barely noticed him or remembered him
I feel like the Simpson writers are just trolling us with how they refuse to kill off any major characters and go out of their way to kill off minor ones like with Larry and Krusty’s dad a few years back.
I mean if they really wanted a heartfelt moment have it be that moe finally lost his battle with his depression and he finally off himself leading everybody in town to look and see hey we need to do something about this so it doesn't happen to anyone again
I appreciate that you're keeping the receipts, as it were, in regard to the background characters. I had no idea that Sam or Larry even had names, and so (if I'd seen it) this episode just would have come off as introducing a character to kill them off and spin it into an emotional tear-jerker. A la Ponce de Leon in OG Clone High. Except that one was calling the trope out rather than indulging in it.
Mabye, it was those Sapphires in Larry's remains is what probably game ended him. And also, you would think that the person manning the Creamaition furnace would have noticed the Sapphires in the first place.
An easy solution would have been to have Fat Tony putting the screws to Sam til he got the sapphires. This would have explained his absence while doubling down on how oblivious the guys have been. Why isn't he in the drawing? Because he drew it. At least, that's my head canon til we see him again ( if we see him, thanks to Moe. )
If Apu died it would be mortifying. He’s a classic character with an interesting personality and long history. It would be horrible to see him die and watch his eight kids and family mourn.
I love this episode. It’s all about friendship and I’ve been wanting to subscribe to you for a long time, but I didn’t have an account but keep up the good work. I love your.
They should’ve given him an episode where he hangs out with the guys so that way when he actually dies, they feel more sad instead of just scrambling trying to think of some way to say oh how he was a good guy
Who gonna recognise that in 2024 bro ? I was born 91' and Beatles were before my time ..I like the music ..don't care for the lore ... Why would some 14 year old kid ..the Simpsons main audience these days ...care about some accient band ? Shows how out of touch and confused they are ... Don't even know who or what this show is ...and who the audience they are pandering too is ...
When I first saw the thumbnail I thought it was going to be Charlie from the Power Plant because I think he sometimes hung out with Homer, Lenny, and Carl but then I realized he never goes to Moe's so, therefore, Moe doesn't know him
I watched the Simpsons religiously for the first couple years after it began. However I haven’t watched a contemporary episode in a very long time. This episode could easily have fit into a season from the early 1990’s with its message of loyalty & friendship, unlike the zanier plots of recent seasons which i attribute to the writers running out of ideas. Great job!
5:23 brit girl right here. Your videos are the only way i get to experience season 35 as we don't have it on disney Plus in the uk. So thank you for giving us brits a look into season 35
In a weird, bizarre way, Larry had been on television screens for longer than most characters/shows in American television history. And yet, he barely had a presence.
its called a background character
@@basillah7650No duh, professor.
@@basillah7650 Hits different with The Simpsons
@@muffin_the_seal 😮😮 you right lol
@@muffin_the_sealyeah the other Larry’s the one with the beard and brown hair and talks like someone holding their nose
the 4 larry fans are in shambles
R.I.P. LARRY❤
His life was so sad😢❤
He and Herman were my genuine favourite characters, more reason not to watch modern Simpsons I guess
Back in the day I used to like Larry more than Carl. He was so boring and annoying that Larry was better by comparison R.I.P. Larry
Fr I’m in my feelings right now
@@catstevensfake modern simpsons is mostly great its just a diffrent stile. I would say that it has mor personalety now. Its just a few bad episodes
There are too many people in our lives like Larry. They’re always there until they’re not.
That's how I feel in many social situations. I feel you, Larry.
@@Air_Serpentfr
da goat
@@Air_Serpent Yeah...
To stop and understand that to someone else, we will be Larry; to realize that the worst day of our life will be just a day to billions of people, who have never known us and whomst we will never know; it is to face entropy and to walk forward to the embrace of ego death.
Don't worry, it embiggens the smallest soul.
“If you said Larry the Barfly, you are wrong. He was never popular.”
Lol! Troy McClure quote reference
@Stevean-zo8zk fr
😂😂😂
Bonus fact: he also voiced Larry
Been about 30 years, but I get it!
Now that Larry's dead, Sam will fall like a domino!
Hey! Its the guy who made thw map with the revenants!
Used to love watching your videos, you doing okay man?
what does that have to do with the video? what cartoon haters
EXCELLENT WORK. THE SIMPSON THEORY
They forgot about Sam clearly did not watch old episodes before doing this just killing off a character to try and get viewers for people to see it was no one important.
sam was already forgotten anyways
NOT LARRY
NOT LARRYY
@@geckokid8265 rip larry ????-2024
Kids, turn off the tv… I have bad news about Larry.
@@andyghkfilm2287Not Larry!
Lets Find Larry
It would geniunely be an interesting premise if they felt guilty enough about not interacting enough with Larry that they make a concerted effort to befriend sam
Actually kind of love that idea haha
Yeah that would've made a lot more sense
@@TheSimpsonsTheoryI thought it was going to be grandpa, then MoE.
Have they had changes in cast? Some of the voices like MoE sounded different.
I actually thought it’s Barney. Still a smart character to kill of for a good storyline
I thought they killed off Grampa
Me too, I didn't see him with Homer and the boys and I'm like "Where's Barney!!!???" Lol
They actually did that as a throwaway gag way back when when the Retirement Castle called the Simpsons' home with an automated message that "Abraham Simpson!!" (using Abe's voice) has died along with the grieving process that followed.
@@lukacunningham342that’s when and if Dan passes away but they have a successor in mind. Killing off Abe because of that would also be symbolic for that reason.
Same here, man. It's much better having Larry die instead of Barney because of how famous he is. And besides, Barney's went through enough problems in this show.
I mean RIP to Larry and all, but these media outlets calling him "iconic" or "beloved" are really stretching it. He was a background for years and he rarely showed up at Moe's.
Also he has barley said a single word during his appearance on the show. Its different from when they killed off Krusty's dad, he was at least are recurring character who was important in some episodes.
It's clickbait.
If they said "an ancillary background character" most people wouldn't even bother to click the link.
DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT!
You made me think Barney was the one to go and made me relive Maude going to heaven.
I was 100% convinced it would be grandpa, since, you know, he's both old in age and in canonical time on the show.
@@ArsajaI was thinking the same thing
Don’t cry for him, he’s already dead.
I thought it was Mr. Burns
Same!
My family actually got really sad for Larry’s passing.
That was until I told them they were thinking of Barney, and we proceeded with our day.
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Wounds about right
Larry's the type of guy who we never talk to as a group or ever really acknowledge him, he's just there. But once he's gone, we all miss him and the group feels empty.
It's like when the old oak tree in you neighbours garden of your childhood home gets removed, you didn't live there, but you feel sad it's gone
"Not one spot light moment"
1:38 Larry casually showing us he mastered shadow clone jutsu xD
The absence of Sam feels very intentional, since him and Larry were basically tied at the hip as characters. His absence feels correct, like he's grieving his friend privately, like lots of men his age do.
Future episode Sam is confronted and he didn't know Larry either
I thought it was just because they didn't want people to ship Sam and Larry. Like, I'm all for representation and all, but sometimes two people _can_ just sit next to each other without bumping uglies. And before you claim I'm making up things to be mad about, I'm not _that_ mad, just mildly disappointed at Lenny and Carl. They were basically Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, that was it, but everyone had to ship them, because apparently you can't stand next to anyone without knocking boots. You know, the Mario Brothers stand next to each other, do you-- of course the internet ships them... degenerates... Hell they probably even ship Rosencrantz and Guildenstern despite most having no idea who they are. I just crave a well written romance. Like Smithers x Burns, or Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichardt x Marcie Carlin.
@@Wendy_O._Koopa Peppermint Patty & Marcie have been shown to have a crush on Charlie Brown. You're doing the same thing you're complaining about.
@@KasumiKenshirou There is also an _awful_ lot of subtext, like a painful amount. There's a love triangle going on, sure, but it's totally different than Lenny and Carl. But, fair enough... maybe it did start out like Lenny and Carl... I have never rĕad the strips from 50+ years ago.
@@Wendy_O._Koopa dawg i don't think they'd care have you SEEN flamin moes 😭 they made moe and smithers kiss just for the hell of it and it was great.
Honestly, Sam not showing up is kind of hilarious to me. It makes me imagine that Sam was to Larry what Larry is to the rest of the main barflies? Just some guy who hung around him all the time and thought they were close, but Larry barely even knew he existed.
My wife is from Spain and she always critiques when people speak Spanish in movies and tv but she clapped and said barneys Spanish was great I was so shocked
I recall reading several months ago when looking up Simpsons characters who didn't have a centric episode where a fan wrote synopsis for characters who never had one. This fan wrote about one of the barflies dying due to alcohol poison (either Sam or Larry, can't remember.) Homer swears off drinking to honor the guy only to find out the barfly considered the guys at Moe's Tavern his family. Homer starts drinking again to honor him. This fan spoke Larry's death into existence. Creepy.
Apollo's Dodgeball doing it again.
"Larry and The Sapphires" sounds like a one-hit wonder band from the sixties.
This show really should stop killing off characters. Like, i know Larry was just a forgotten character who barely contributed to the show at all, but him actually dying in the show means yet another fragment of the original show dying.
That's probably the point. It's time to move forward instead of stagnating.
I mean... some character deaths aren't negotiable.
@@HereForTheCommentsyeah, the reason that the recent seasons have worked is because theyre forming a new identity instead of just redoing what already worked
@@HereForTheComments It's time to end the show.
Less than ten characters have been killed after 34 seasons. You're overreacting.
1:38, Is he there twice? Unless Larry has a twin brother...
I'm seeing double here, four Larry's!
Maybe evil twin brother.
@@asteroidkatfacts1036evil twin brother, my ass. It's probably Milhouse.
@@ZootLiveswait milhouse is a evil twin
@TheSimpsonsTheory, my only issue with this episode is how did Larry die?
I get they wanted to make it little emotional for the guys, but I honestly felt little investment in the episode. They should've Included Sam and had them call out the guys for not getting to know him and Larry, that would've made it more impactful.
Honestly, it feels like they thought up the idea for "We never knew him, what if he died?" and then just tossed the rest of the episode into filler. A disservice of writing tbh
Despite only being a background character that never gets a line its still feels very sad to see Larry go, he is like that guy who is always present at your usual hangout place but you never did interacted with him personally but always see him there, now that he's gone you can't help but feel something is missing. This really shows that you should always appreciate the people in your life big or small of an impact they had.
Homer not jumping on 3 felt like a good, old-school Simpsons joke.
Probably the best joke this episode from how much stuff like that has personally happened to me
Rip Larry. Gone, but only slightly forgotten.
Amen
Reminds me of Rabbi Krusofsky. No one missed him.
I always thought that he was already gone, because the only two times he spoke, he was a Phil Hartman character. All the characters he did were basically retired.
Larry wasn’t a Phil Hartman character, his voice actor was Harry shearer
@@JohnWilliams-wl9px You're right. I read it somewhere a couple of years ago that Phil Hartman voiced him and that was why he never spoke anymore. Can't always believe what I read, I guess.
That lack of Sam really was weird, i always felt that those two were friends so that the bar had two friend groups present rather than just one with Homer and his gang.
This does remind me of a concept that you are the background character in someone else’s story
The Simpsons killing off Larry is like when South Park killed off Jason White, if any of you remember him.
I don't. Who's that?
@@cerdgold225a background kid in a purple jacket with balding brown hair that was in the show since the first episode.
Or pip
@@SeyaDiakite7 I mean theres kinda also lissie but she's so immortal cause she's in the background alot
Debbie Grund from King of the hill was a silent character until season 4 she got her own major episode unfortunately she died from accidental suicide
"Larry and the Sapphires" would be a great band name 😊
Man. I actually unironically really liked Larry. I just liked his and Sam’s designs. They really added a lot to the background of Moe’s and made it feel more alive, which I suppose isn’t the word Moe’s should be described as?
Not me who thought they’d just straight up kill apu…
If they killed off Apu I would flat out stop watching the show.
@@joshslater2426you like woke Nazis huh?
They don’t have the balls
I feel like Apu could come back with a recasting, and an introduction of a new recurring indian character who can go “no he’s just really weird, we aren’t all like that”
Another one of those "The Simpsons does something worth while except with the character that isn't really a big part of the universe and no one really knows to try and keep relevancy" type things. Clown in the Dumps springs instantly to mind.
And they didn't have to do this, they could of made Lisa a "hot lesbian" or something...
Instead they do the most lazy and safest thing you can imagine ...
I feel like adding Sam would have really cheapened the whole “you never got to know or notice Larry” thing. Also it would have made it less tragic like “well he had at least one actual friend”. The episode keeps a better melancholy when it’s just these guys not realizing
Before I tapped on the video: "Hans Moleman?"
After tapping on the video: "Oh! That guy! Yeah, he HAS been around a long time!"
There are people that are around you all the time and when they pass away, you don't notice until some time later.
They have killed Moleman a bunch of times, but he just comes back with no explanation.
It's implied that Fat Tony is married to a woman named Connie, and his last name is D'Amico.
Which means his wife has the same name as the blonde girl who bullies Meg on Family Guy.
Weird.
Eric Foreman is a character on That 70's Show and on House M.D.
Or he just married the Connie from Family Guy. And who can blame him? It's constantly being rubbed in how canonically hot she is.
@@xinpingdonohoe3978 she's a teenager and he's like middle aged. gross dude
@xenobio7402 different things are gross to different people. Most Italians would find gау stuff gross. So what?
PS I bet Sam will be around. My meta theory is going to the funeral would be too painful for him, or he's part of the gem smuggling and had to go into hiding once the cremation would reveal the secret. Remember as well, this is 6 AM in the morning they're at Moe's in this episode...
I love obscure characters, but I feel like the death of Larry is a microcosm of the show itself: a shambling zombie with nowhere else to go.
Even though we never knew Larry I’m sure gonna miss him. R.I.P larry say hi to snowballs 1-4, Maude Flanders, Edna Karbaple, the old fat Tony and sherry bobbins for us ❤
Troy McClure MIGHT also be dead.
@Emlet124 she was taken too soon and everyone loved her
@Emlet124 she’s right there
Edna is dead??
@@jodiebolton744 yes the voice actress died so they killed off the character
Kinda wish they did more with Sam & Larry. Suprised they didn't do anything with them in over 35 seasons. Like maybe instead of killing Larry off they could have had the bar regulars finding out about his loneliness/ liking for them, and maybe they could have took him on a road trip for real. Or something. I don't know, I know he was always in the background, but he does feel nostalgic in a way, like he was always there. It's like the Kwiki E Mart without the Squishee machine or the Power plant without the cooling towers. Sorry I'm just rambling while being tired as hell lol
It felt worse that they didn’t give him a central episode to learn about him.
This episode was genuinely so heartbreaking and yet so realistic
The fact that larry was left unoticed and forgotten by those closest those who he considered his friends the segment where the parody of Eleanor Rigby plays is so depressing that he's just observing his friends having fun or hanging out. And the fact that he was observing every conversation every good night out and was not once either invited or spoken too
It makes it even more depressing when larry wrote in a book that moes was the place he felt the happiest where he felt like he belonged but yet no one batted an eye
It was scary how realistic the episode was. Larrys death was eerie, each characters reaction was realistic. Lennys guilt and immediately treating larrys remains like if larry was still alive and carl denying it and brushing off carl for example.
The episode was genuinely the most real and scariest simpsons has been in a while because i relate to larry. I had friends who just ignored me even though i cared about him alot like larry did.
Rip Larry. You're not forgotten to us
"Those electric cars even explode quiet."
Thank you. I never even realized that there was a Larry. And using Elenor Rigby as the song was genius
They could’ve said Sam was dead too. Like when they said Larry was unloved they could’ve said “what about that one guy he always hung out with?” Then cut to his tombstone or something and they’re like “oh.”
Too many deaths, then they have two guys to find a way to honor. Too much for one episode.
I think if they wanted to correct the plot hole of Sam not being in the episode, they could have just said he was with Barny. Writes the two characters out and shows that Sam also had a friend that Larry didn't have.
Yeah, I don't know why the Simpsons writers couldn't have thought of that. It's a really easy solution.
Larry the Barfly died in the bar and was buried along with his name
Nobody came
Ol' Reverend Lovejoy whipping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved...
I like the theory that Sam was just to heart broken to attended Larry funeral. It's a better answer then anything.
Makes sense and is realistic
"And Moe? He just triggered me right down to my core."
"It's just a sad, silent void: nothing. And it's not even a regular nothing; it's an absence of everything."
No wonder I always liked Moe so much. I hate how relatable that opinion is to me.
Now i really feel old. I've been watching Simpsons long enough to know the character by name and face just by causally watching the show for 35 years. Damn and while everyone is like "who?" it still hurts watching a character you've seen all your life, even if they didn't do or say much, die.
I haven't kept up with the show in years but I heard about this one and immediately wondered if Sam was included. I'm super disappointed to learn he wasn't, and even more so to learn that Barney hasn't been relevant since 2003! That's just rotten, if I'm being honest.
1:38 Larry loved the beer so much, he decided to come to Moe's twice at the same time.
The one thing I found weird was the slight inaccuracy at the top of the episode. The Jaguars did play at Wembley in the 2023 season, but it was against the Falcons. The Jaguars/Bills game took place at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. (Also the Detroit/Ravens game went the other way IRL)
They should have had a tag with Sam and Fat Tony. Tony says, "With Larry gone, you're promoted to jewel smuggling." Sam nods and begins swallowing gems. We hear him swallowing gems all through the credits.
I think a good way to have written this episode, not that this was bad, because I think many can relate to this in some way, but, perhaps what would have worked would have been, after the funeral, Sam going "He loved you guys, and you barely acknowledged him for years." Which would then go into flashbacks of Larry trying to talk, or do nice things for the guys at the bar and often being ignored (something I feel many of us at one time or another could understand or have personally been through), but other times being somewhat recognized, and for a guy who feels incredibly lonely, even the tiniest amount of kindness was enough for him, living his days at the bar hanging with everyone, even if he wasn't along for the ride on bigger adventures, it was just enough for him to be there with people who did pay him attention here and there. The guys would then realize how much they screwed up and want to set things right by Larry by fulfilling his final wish.
I think this would have been a stronger way to right the episode, but I still give the writers credit for actually making people care about a character that had no real impacts other than just being another one of Springfields familiar faces.
That sounds so much more interesting, the writers should REALLY consider hiring you or someone else on a similar quality level
@@jimjimmers8571 thank you!
I do a lot of writing and stories in my spare time, have ever since I was a kid, and I've watched movies and shows that have destroyed their characters and plots, while watching others master their characters development and story. So at 37 years old I think its safe to say I know a thing or two haha
We actually get an accurate time when he dies in the episode.
When Moe is ranting about his dollar bet, we see Larry looking on with a vacant expression as per usual, but most importantly he's actually holding his beer. He's alive.
The next time we see him just a few moments later, his hands are folded and he's staring dead-eyed ahead with a slackened jaw.
He died roughly when Moe was swinging his mop around at Homer, Lenny, and Carl, and that was likely the last thing he ever saw.
"In American cartoons, characters don't die. They just get hurt and come back later"
*The American cartoon:*
Okay, yeah. That hug after they all said "no" was the most wholesome thing I've seen in a bit.
Kinda wish they did a thing were sam and barney might of felt larry and moe were the main 4 of there own story and then larry might of not felt the same way to barney and Sam felt about him not really caring for them explaining there exit from the episode
It's nice to see a new episode video. You haven't made one in a while.
Can't wait for more.
Hey why we all gunna gunna forget that the sea captains parrot also died! That legitimately made me sad RIP SEA CAPTAINS PARROT!
I admit even I completely forgotten about Larry even though I’ve seen him in and off back in the old days of the series. They really went out of their way to make his passing really freaking sad.
We gotta applaud the writers this season for stepping up and doing something different to effect the audience
Larry will return in a Halloween episode I'm almost 100% sure of that.
The thing is: they could've answered where Sam was by having him and Barney going on that trip together, adding intrigue and a possible direction for the both of them in later episodes.
So sad Larry dont have more screen time in the Simpsons history and in the end they made this awesome Episode. 2:17 that is a cool artstyle.
Lol the scene with ralph is so random, the conspirachy guys are waiting...
8:18 this scene looks so familiar, like from a older Episode.
They should’ve done like a 5 second post credit scene with Sam walking in wearing a hawaiian lei like he just got back from vacation, he looks around, and asked ‘hey wear Larry?’
I don’t think I ever knew this guy was named Larry until this episode. The concept of sending off a character as intentionally bland and undeveloped as him is kinda goofy, but it does lead to a good story for the Moe gang. One of the best this season. (Though the previous ghost kitchen episode maybe hit a bit harder.)
Ahh, nothing is more soothing than your daily Simpsons theory. I love your vids! ❤❤❤
I watched this episode yesterday, and damn, seeing a character get killed off the series is so upsetting!
I cant say that i was a big fan of Larry but its always sad to see a Simpsons character die. Especially one that's been around for so long. It would have been nice to see a Sam and Larry background episode though. RIP Larry
You know what they should have done in The Simpsons episode where they talk about Larry's death they could of showed Sam and him standing up and talking about him cause what about if they were friends since kindergarten or if they were drinking buddies you know some extra lore. Because then Larry could have had a true real friend that remembers him since they always sat next to each other in Moe's tavern. He could have said something to the guys and how Larry meant so much to him and stuff you know like a friend cuz what about if they were friends since like kindergarten before they met Homer and the guys. Cause then he could have had a true real friend that cared cause Homer and the guys barely noticed him or remembered him
I never realized there were two consistent extras in Moe's Tavern until the Designated Driver / New York City episode.
I haven’t seen this episode yet so I genuinely believed it was Barney 😂 Where is he?
Same on the caption of the video I didn’t see Barney so I thought Barney was the one who died
Yes same with me
He's in the episode briefly.
He was constructing wells in center america
I've watched over 20 seasons of this show and have absolutely no recollection of this guy
"NOT LENNY!!!!" 😧😧😧
oh, you said Larry... okay then.
Simpsons fact the voice actor of Lary is the same one who voices Ned Flanders, Mr Burns, Lovejoy, and Skinner talk abot range.
I feel like the Simpson writers are just trolling us with how they refuse to kill off any major characters and go out of their way to kill off minor ones like with Larry and Krusty’s dad a few years back.
I mean if they really wanted a heartfelt moment have it be that moe finally lost his battle with his depression and he finally off himself leading everybody in town to look and see hey we need to do something about this so it doesn't happen to anyone again
Too dark
You know it's not a real character when they can have a scene like 1:38 and the guy shows up twice in the same frame.
Haha good spot
I appreciate that you're keeping the receipts, as it were, in regard to the background characters. I had no idea that Sam or Larry even had names, and so (if I'd seen it) this episode just would have come off as introducing a character to kill them off and spin it into an emotional tear-jerker. A la Ponce de Leon in OG Clone High. Except that one was calling the trope out rather than indulging in it.
Wow, the Simpsons just killed another secondary character no one really cared about just to gain relevance again, who could have imagine it.
And I thought it would have been Apu since he's been strangly missing for years now! Doh!
His. Propaganda character now ...glad his gone
No Sam? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.
Mabye, it was those Sapphires in Larry's remains is what probably game ended him. And also, you would think that the person manning the Creamaition furnace would have noticed the Sapphires in the first place.
An easy solution would have been to have Fat Tony putting the screws to Sam til he got the sapphires. This would have explained his absence while doubling down on how oblivious the guys have been. Why isn't he in the drawing? Because he drew it. At least, that's my head canon til we see him again ( if we see him, thanks to Moe. )
I thought it would be Marge's mother who died with the reason being you won't be able to tell the difference between hers and Marge's voice anymore.
Why did I click this thinking "So this is what they decided to do with Apu?"
If Apu died it would be mortifying. He’s a classic character with an interesting personality and long history. It would be horrible to see him die and watch his eight kids and family mourn.
I love this episode. It’s all about friendship and I’ve been wanting to subscribe to you for a long time, but I didn’t have an account but keep up the good work. I love your.
Content, I forgot to finish it
Maybe Sam was in jail for also doing the same secret job Larry had done?
My dad collects beer signs, and that panoramic Duff sign is just like one of his favorite Hamm's signs, so I appreciate that detail :)
Never thought that Larry Died R.I.P. We hardly knew him but it was still a good episode
They should’ve given him an episode where he hangs out with the guys so that way when he actually dies, they feel more sad instead of just scrambling trying to think of some way to say oh how he was a good guy
1:38 there’s two Larry’s 💀
TOTALLY going with Ralph is Bart's half-brother. This sort of crap goes on in the real world A LOT. People generally find out 50 or 60 years later.
2:22 brooo that’s a parody of the Beatles “Eleanor Rigby” music video 😭
Who gonna recognise that in 2024 bro ? I was born 91' and Beatles were before my time ..I like the music ..don't care for the lore ...
Why would some 14 year old kid ..the Simpsons main audience these days ...care about some accient band ?
Shows how out of touch and confused they are ...
Don't even know who or what this show is ...and who the audience they are pandering too is ...
@@gtt8428 im just pointing it out and I’m not old🤣why are you salty? No need to tell me your whole life💀
@@Angel-Otk oh white girl who hores to the government is running her mouth again ? Use it to sucky dik
@@Angel-Otk TH-cam deleted my comment airing your Whyte pursey out, I bet you are loose blondy
@@Angel-Otk when did U take it 1st 🥒
When I first saw the thumbnail I thought it was going to be Charlie from the Power Plant because I think he sometimes hung out with Homer, Lenny, and Carl but then I realized he never goes to Moe's so, therefore, Moe doesn't know him
Great Review Lydia I've always LOVED The Simpsons and loved you're Simpsons themed videos
I watched the Simpsons religiously for the first couple years after it began. However I haven’t watched a contemporary episode in a very long time. This episode could easily have fit into a season from the early 1990’s with its message of loyalty & friendship, unlike the zanier plots of recent seasons which i attribute to the writers running out of ideas. Great job!
the larry the bar fly song is really good tho.
5:23 brit girl right here.
Your videos are the only way i get to experience season 35 as we don't have it on disney Plus in the uk.
So thank you for giving us brits a look into season 35
Sam wasn't here because Moe was was adamant about him getting out of here and taking his Sacagawea dollars with him.
I saw an article saying an old simpsons character Larry has died. For a minute I thought it was Larry Burns :D