@@shy_dodecahedron Unfirtunately, mister vore profile picture, it has been told many times that Mister Burns is not immortal, he simply goes to a special medical operation at the end of every week, designed to cheat death for a few more weeks further.
I love that he went through all that effort: establishing a religion, painting his symbol on the plant, hiring platoons of henchmen with patrolling helicopters - to avoid paying $3 a year in taxes
They paid three dollars in taxes for 1998 (the year this episode aired). Adjust that for inflation and he was paying four dollars and ninety-eight cents a year. So Mr. Burns actually WAS getting screwed!
+warellis Funny. I read an article the other day, that Kellogs isn't doing so hot these days any more, because americans buy them less and less. I guess things were different in 1998.
@kisbie Eh no. He was a practicing Seventh Day Adventist IIRC, and actually ran a health clinic in the late 1890s/early 1900s. He just had whacky ideas on how savoring food was a bad thing and that vegetarianism is good, hence wanting to make super bland grain based breakfasts. Now the massive yogurt enemas were a bit much admittedly.
I like how Mr. Burns was literally on fire and fell 5 stories but will just try again tomorrow! That's the true gumption and zazz of a real capdabbling ragamuffin!
@@kumardickshit1530 A definition of irony is "incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play," per Merriam Webster. As such, yes, this is now ironic. We understand that the Simpsons are owned by Disney, but the characters within the show do not understand that.
It's great propaganda... which I don't get. We're told that Global Warming is gonna kill us worse than Michael Myers, Jason and Freddy combined, and nuclear offers an effective stop-gap solution, until the next form of power generation is developed... but look at Germany... shuts down its nuclear power plants... to burn gas and coal... RUSSIAN gas and coal... funding the enemy war machine in the process... brilliant!
+warellis That happens with a lot of TV shows that have been around for a while. They chop bits out to make them shorter, so they can pack more commercials in.
So in order to save 3 dollars a year, Burns paid out for 2 enormous statues, private armed security including a helicopter, painting the plant with massive religious symbols, full back lighting, a wax body suit and a dramatic orchestra. I would say that's cartoon logic but Elon Musk is a real existing person.
I get your point, but at least in the versions I have heard, Icarus did not try to become any sort of god. He merely disobeyed (or forgot) his father's words, and his wings melted.
"You'd kneel before me?" "Would I?" This is the great thing about The Simpsons. You enjoy the zany-ness as a kid and then understand the more subtle jokes as an adult :D Matt Groening was always thinking in 4D
I believe this is the most religious scene in the Simpsons: the most terrible sin imaginable is instantly punished with the most disastrous fall. Although Smithers is not impressed / remorse at all.
I remember on Simpsons Wrestling there was a power up you could get that turned you invincible for a short time. If you got it while playing as Burns and Smithers, Burns would say “Ahoy-hoy lowly mortals!” 😂
I like how this obviously cost more than the tax money they are saving
Its the principal... 🙄😏
But it's also a tax write off, so...
First he's immortal, so it would pay off, eventually,
Second he / smitters might just all of that in personal possession.
@@shy_dodecahedron Unfirtunately, mister vore profile picture, it has been told many times that Mister Burns is not immortal, he simply goes to a special medical operation at the end of every week, designed to cheat death for a few more weeks further.
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I love that he went through all that effort: establishing a religion, painting his symbol on the plant, hiring platoons of henchmen with patrolling helicopters - to avoid paying $3 a year in taxes
Well he clearly want to life forever. 3 dollar a year would be 9 million in 3 million years....
@@benjaminschiel3339 *3 million.
Your forgetting that as a religious icon now he can begin accepting massive donations without having to pay taxes
@@benaplin9861 i don't know if it a joke or not but are you doing math? or doing fart?
Mr Burns probably always thought of himself as a god, or at least always wanted to be worshipped as one.
If Burns can get set on fire, stomped on, fall a hundred feet, and rise up to do it all again tomorrow, he probably could get worshipped as a god.
Haha.
Maude Flanders certainly couldn't.
Assuming that the movementarians didn’t get to him first, since he doesn’t appear in the rest of the episode.
yeah but nothing beats Kelloggs!
Surviving a mortal wound is supposed to be a hallmark of the antichrist, as I recall. 🤔
I love that he sat there quietly till Smithers asked about the plan.
My mother dose that sometimes. She anounces she has an important plan but then opens Facebook and starts scroling.
Why
Yeah i just love how he plumb forgot the whole conversation
HIs inflated sense of pride and ego has long conditioned Montgomery into an epistemologically solipsistic existence...
......Such as?
Burns: "You'd kneel before me?"
Smithers: "Boy, _would_ I!"
😂😂😂
*rolls eyes* mm, yes..
XD
I love how burns half-geartled acknkowedges Smithers' is gay
*Zarbon Moans*
....yes
@@4horsemenoftheapocalypse58
Ooooooh my.
The little sideways glance and "yees" from Mr Burns cracks me up every time.
First words out of gods mouth 'Ahoy hoy'
+Superagurihyperteam Haha! Thats so perfect xD
Haha lol
Fun faxt, the first text ever sent was ahoy
That joke is a fail. Ahoy hoy was a way of answering the phone.
@@hugoclarke3284 That's because "hello" was an exclamation of surprise.
They paid three dollars in taxes for 1998 (the year this episode aired).
Adjust that for inflation and he was paying four dollars and ninety-eight cents a year.
So Mr. Burns actually WAS getting screwed!
adjust for inflation again, good sir
@@windowslogo3577 gasp, 5 entire dollars!!
@@theshuman100 you could buy lefty with 5 dollars
@@darthmaul216You can pay the taxes for bear patrol
@@miguelpastoryoldi8140 and the homer tax
"Why don't you leave the symbol to me"
Proceeds to draw a Christmas tree
That's the joke.
Looking at this again, it should've included that last bit where Lenny kisses his box of Special K and says how Burns hasn't replaced it. :D
+ThingsICantFindOtherwise It certainly did for Mr. Burns. :P
+warellis Funny. I read an article the other day, that Kellogs isn't doing so hot these days any more, because americans buy them less and less. I guess things were different in 1998.
He's no bowl of special K!
Funnily enough, Harvey Kellogg was a bit of a cult leader in his day.
@kisbie Eh no. He was a practicing Seventh Day Adventist IIRC, and actually ran a health clinic in the late 1890s/early 1900s.
He just had whacky ideas on how savoring food was a bad thing and that vegetarianism is good, hence wanting to make super bland grain based breakfasts.
Now the massive yogurt enemas were a bit much admittedly.
I like how Mr. Burns was literally on fire and fell 5 stories but will just try again tomorrow! That's the true gumption and zazz of a real capdabbling ragamuffin!
Indeed. Smithers is anaspeptic. Frasmotic. Even compunctuous. To have caused Burns such pericombobulations!
@@youcanlearnalotfromlydia Blackadder: those are perfectly cromulent words down our way.
@@ShinSennju Smithers: Once upon a time there was a little sausage -
Mr. Burns: Sausage? Sausage!?
@@geigertec5921
SAUSAGE!
HE WAS JITTERBUGGING THAT VERY NIGHT
i love the shot of the faceless security troopers closing in on the masses
2030 Agenda
I wish I had a private army
The irony here is that the second symbol he drew now owns the Simpsons
its not ironic just coincidental -bender
Don't use the words "irony" or "ironic" if you don't even know what they mean.
I didn't know Kelloggs owns the Simpsons. No wonder the show's quality has gone down.
@@kumardickshit1530 A definition of irony is "incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play," per Merriam Webster. As such, yes, this is now ironic. We understand that the Simpsons are owned by Disney, but the characters within the show do not understand that.
Parasite Disney
"sir you have to tell me what your plan is or nothing will happen"
"Oh yes, the plan!"
"Amen, sir! Mmmm!"
For some reason, that gets me every time.
Me too XD
I like how in this episode the writers kept consistent with Lenny not joining the movementarians lol
"boy... would i...." oh mr. Smithers, you so obvious.
I love the music for this bit.
Classic Simpsons, untouchable.
Alf Clausen is a genius
"You'd kneel before me?"
"Boy, would I"
"..Yes"
“Ahoy-hoy lowly mortals!” 😂
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@@mangoman7346 I thought that was just a glitch lol
What's a dislike?
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“Amen sir…mmm.”
That always cracks me up. That and Burns on fire rolling down from the roof. 😂
I love the trope about there being some green radioactive goo in the cooling towers. 😅😄
It's great propaganda... which I don't get.
We're told that Global Warming is gonna kill us worse than Michael Myers, Jason and Freddy combined, and nuclear offers an effective stop-gap solution, until the next form of power generation is developed... but look at Germany... shuts down its nuclear power plants... to burn gas and coal... RUSSIAN gas and coal... funding the enemy war machine in the process... brilliant!
So many jokes within less than 2 minutes. A great example of comedic timing and good writing.
oyur's mother LOL
Such an underrated Burns moment.
When I fell of that edge, I had a concussion. It’s a miracle that I didn’t perish. I’m all better now.
Ya blew it. Try again tomorrow
Did Smithers "Kneel before you"?
perish*
@Charles Montgomery Burns
Did you diocese instead?
Wouldn't it be something if you died, went to heaven, and were greeted with "Ahoy hoy, lowly mortal?"
What?? You cut off the best part, where Lenny goes "He's alright, but he's no bowl of special K". *Holds up and kisses Special K cereal box*
I'm happy to see the "Special K" mention & the Disney bit as well. You don't see that in the reruns I believe for some reason.
+warellis That happens with a lot of TV shows that have been around for a while. They chop bits out to make them shorter, so they can pack more commercials in.
+roamer45 I love the way Portugal does it. The commercial breaks are in *between* two different episodes. Not twice per episode run like in the US.
+cugamer that did that quite a bit with Futurama when it was moved to comedy central
Well, the free-to-air TV versions did cut that part, but now that The Simpsons is on cable reruns and streaming, you can see this.
1:23 always gets me
The police advance for no reason make it more epic
"Are we living in a land // where sex and horror are the new Gods?"
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Two Tribes"
the shock troops pressing forward on the crowd always gets me. this is well done. and probably how most civilizations did it back in the day
All I can think of is that scene in American Gods...
"...And then the blade came down."
1:24 always freaked me out as a kid
ahoy hoy LOL - I love how he uses the original answer for the phone all the time
So in order to save 3 dollars a year, Burns paid out for 2 enormous statues, private armed security including a helicopter, painting the plant with massive religious symbols, full back lighting, a wax body suit and a dramatic orchestra. I would say that's cartoon logic but Elon Musk is a real existing person.
I love that none of this being done by thousands of hack frauds bothered anyone before Musk
Yeah rich people would spend millions to avoid paying taxes. No matter how low they are. Since the taxes could benefit the commoners schools and such
I adore the fact that they spent two minutes in this episode on this
0:59 Its like Jeff Bezos starts a church.
I love how smithers stomed on burns like its grass on fire and not his boss
Mister Burns, much like Icarus, flew too close to the sun trying to be God, and both tales ended disastrously.
I get your point, but at least in the versions I have heard, Icarus did not try to become any sort of god. He merely disobeyed (or forgot) his father's words, and his wings melted.
well said!
I always wanted to know why Burns thought how the "Jackboots" in gas masks shoving the crowd would win them over? 1:22
I mean Burns isn't really known for being "soft handed" 😂
"You'd kneel before me?"
"Would I?"
This is the great thing about The Simpsons. You enjoy the zany-ness as a kid and then understand the more subtle jokes as an adult :D
Matt Groening was always thinking in 4D
This is kind of like Elon Musk in his own head.
The way Smithers says "AMEN SIR! Mmmm!" as he kowtows kills me every time.
I went to the super market yesterday and they were all out of special K.
You won't believe how low my heart sank.
Oh wow they have ketamine in supermarkets now?
That’s amazing
@@unstoppableExodia No he was referring to the breakfast cereal by General Mills.
@@Jagar_Tharn Special K is Kellogg’s.
@@johnnyballenatl No
I guess that means you're not special then huh huh?
"You'd kneel before me?" "Boy would I!" "...Yes.."
0:39
MR BURNS I'M FLAMING
"Uhhh... we'll try this again tomorrow"
I dont think you can, Smithers. God is dead, and you killed him
It cost him more money to start his own religion than his taxes due..haha burns is so silly!
Lol at the security legions just stopping forward for no reason in some unneeded show of force.
The best Smithers could do was a christmas tree symbol 😂
My God! Nonstop jokes, every second was gold!
What is that green bubbling stuff in the cooling towers at 1:02? I'm no nuclear physics expert (actually...) but I don't think that's right.
The Department of Energy would self-destruct if they saw what was happening in those cooling towers. 😂
"We'll try this again tomorrow" -- sad truth is, it would probably work.
1:37 Mr. Burns almost got Raiders of The Lost Ark'd
I've always wondered what movie is Mr. Burns's cult scene is supposed to be referencing.
The unveiling of the statues and the helicopter scene is all a parody of the teaser trailer of Michael Jackson’s HIStory album
_Bro rlly used a christmas tree for the logo 💀💀💀_
Mr. Burns? He sure does.
Mr. Burns... burned.
1:00 - 1:15 Michael Jackson's HIStory, lol
@1:03 I love the cooling towers with green liquid inside lmao
Michael Jackson… HIStory hehehe
Fun fact: This was actually inspired by Michael Jackson’s History teaser
I believe this is the most religious scene in the Simpsons: the most terrible sin imaginable is instantly punished with the most disastrous fall. Although Smithers is not impressed / remorse at all.
Ahoy-hoy lowly sinners
This was the best promotion of SpecialK that the company ever dreamed with
0:00
Journalists: Kyoko Kirigiri
The Leader: Junko Enoshima
Smithers just stared straight down the barrel of existence with that symbol.
Burns so bluntly saying "We're getting screwed!" is really funny to me
Waylon Smithers is one of the all-time great hype men, hands down.
0.21 I love that music that always means Mr. Burns is up to something
I remember on Simpsons Wrestling there was a power up you could get that turned you invincible for a short time. If you got it while playing as Burns and Smithers, Burns would say “Ahoy-hoy lowly mortals!” 😂
1:36 So that's why he's called Mr. Burns.
Tax exempt status was essentially why L Ron Hubbard made Scientology
He’s no bowl of Special K!
“Ahoy-hoy lowly mortals!”
He spent thousands of dollars to keep the government from taking $3 away from him lol. It’s the principle that counts I guess.
"Alright...how bout this?"
"Uh...you might wanna get that off the camera before the lawsuits start coming in sir..."
0:57 Smithers knew that burns did NOT want that issue with THOSE people 😂😂😂😂
So much for godhood...
I need some of that creative bookkeeping
Seems like a lot of work and money spent to save on 3 dollars of taxes.
+UJazzFan1232 Perhaps he gets them backdated for all the extra 3 dollars he has been paying.
Now that's what I call a REAL MAN! 🧙♂🎅
Eh he's alright, but he's no bowl of special K!! 🥣
My godfather he's such a closest Republican I've seen his Lincoln financial pens lol
Told u
And you'd kneel before me? Boy would I! LOL
$3 in tax! Poor Mr. Burns, that's basically highway robbery!
What a good spoof of Michael Jackson HIStory album promotional teaser
$3 in taxes a year; that would be amazing for even us commoners!
It's a reference of Michael Jackson (HIStory teaser video)
0:40 i wonder whether burns has an inkling about smithers true feelings about him
Oooohhhh, yeah...
He's alright, but he's no bowl of special K!
Brought down by shoddy pyrotechnics, just like Michael Jackson.
A Christmas tree whos watching santa now lol
Elon Musk during his entrance to the twitter building
But he's no bowl of Special K! MMMMMMMWAH!
You truly are King of Kings
This is now reality with Bezos and Musk.
This has so many brilliant jokes in it
Ahoy hoy lowly mortals!
Very Michael Jackson-Esque