Springfield Republican Party (3 of 3)

Springfield Republican Party (3 of 3)
S06E05 Sideshow Bob Roberts
"Sideshow Bob Roberts" is the fifth episode of The Simpsons' sixth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 9, 1994. Kelsey Grammer returns as Sideshow Bob. These included the film All the President's Men and the first televised debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy during the 1960 United States presidential election.
Much of the episode is based on the Watergate scandal, as well as other real-life political events. The two Republicans who follow Bob around were based on H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, two of Richard Nixon's closest advisors during Watergate. Based on the famous Willie Horton and Revolving Door political advertisements used by George H. W. Bush during the 1988 presidential election. Birch Barlow's question to Quimby about whether his stance on crime would differ if it was his family being attacked is a reference to Bernard Shaw's similar question to Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis during the 1988 debates. Quimby's appearance parodies Richard Nixon's appearance during his first televised debate with John F. Kennedy during the 1960 election.
The debate was based on Richard Nixon's in a debate with John F. Kennedy before the 1960 election.
Several references to the film All the President's Men, which chronicled Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's investigation of the Watergate scandal. The end court scene echo the 1992 film A Few Good Men, including Jack Nicholson's speech with the line "You can't handle the truth". Bob's sudden confession that he did rig the election was a vague reference to "every episode of Perry Mason". Sideshow Bob gives his acceptance speech underneath a giant poster with a picture of himself, a reference to the campaign speech scene in Citizen Kane. The title of the episode and several plot elements, including Bob entering Burns' meeting draped in an American flag, are references to the 1992 film Bob Roberts.
The character Birch Barlow is a take-off of American talk show host and political commentator Rush Limbaugh. Barlow mentions Colonel Oliver North, Officer Stacey Koon and advertising mascot Joe Camel as being "intelligent conservative[s], railroaded by our liberal justice system. The language spoken at Republican Party headquarters is inspired by Enochian, a language associated with occult and Satanic ceremonies.
The Springwood Minimum Security Prison is a parody of Allenwood Minimum Security Prison. When Lisa drives, she is listening to "St. Elmo's Fire" by John Parr, a choice David Mirkin found "very sad". Archie Comics characters Archie Andrews, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason and Jughead Jones are shown throwing Homer on the Simpsons' lawn and warning him to "stay out of Riverdale!"[ Some of the deceased voters are Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, who all died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. The epitaph on The Big Bopper's gravestone is "Gooooodbye, Baby!" a reference to the opening line of his song "Chantilly Lace" - "Hellooo Baby!", make way for the "Matlock Expressway" is a very slight reference to the opening of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
David L.G. Arnold comments in the book Leaving Springfield that the episode is a satire on "society's lazy, uninformed attitude about the electoral process", as well as "a comment on the role in society of a cadre of elites (the Republican party) who see themselves as naturally suited to lead". The episode also portrays Republicans as willing to break the law in order to achieve this; in this case, Bob commits electoral fraud. "Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king. That's why I did this: to protect you from yourselves."
Matthew Henry writes "well illustrates the battle of [political] ideologies and its engagement with the politics of sexuality". which disagree with his "choice of lifestyle", namely his homosexuality. Henry concludes the scene shows that conservative politics and homosexuality "cannot coexist" and that the scene marks the point where Smithers' sexuality became "public and overtly political" 1pp2p30eccmcv3443
The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump is a criminal case against Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments made to the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels to ensure her silence about a sexual encounter between them; with costs related to the transaction included, the payments totaled $420,000. The Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, accused Trump of falsifying these business records with the intent to commit other crimes: violation of federal campaign finance limits, unlawfully influencing the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and tax fraud.

[@invalide]

the only unrealistic bit is the part where he got arrested

[@rexablett943]

Invalide_Account - Yeah, Republicans can get away w/ anything apparently...Fuck those assholes. They hate America, her allies and representative democracy.

[@t.c.thompson2359]

@samplexample got any proof or are you just spouting shit you heard on TV?

[@mroctober3583]

💯

[@okamijubei]

@@theconductoresplin8092 do you hate democracy?

[@CatMaster90001]

@@francisr8563 Finally, someone else who gets it. Keep up the good fight, my friend.

[@tomcoryell321]

Miss Homer in the voting booth: "I disapprove of his killing Bart policy, but I do approve of his killing Selma policy"

[@eastender_]

*bart killing, Selma killing

[@colincampbell3199]

He hates Selma more than he loves Bart.

[@tomcoryell321]

He's not a single issue voter

[@madcap47764]

I was waiting for that as well

[@TonboIV]

@@colincampbell3199 That's actually pretty fair.

[@TheDrewjameson]

"Well, he did frame me for armed robbery, but man am I aching for that upper class tax cut."

[@blackearl7891]

Sums up the upper and middle class accurately

[@mikeg2491]

@@blackearl7891I made a fortune in the crypto boom and it was frustrating to have to give half of it away to taxes, I could have bought a house in cash with that.

[@jareds.7063]

"I thought this was a secret ballot."
"Meh."

[@LFFL381]

"Did you rig the election?"
"No I did not"
"....kids, help"

[@golbez3794]

So many jokes went over my head when I saw this as a child

[@ornelasjorge9102]

Swishhhh!!

[@user-cr6qv1bn2u]

Because children didn't care about politics back then unlike today. Thank Trump.

[@golbez3794]

@@user-cr6qv1bn2u you mean thank obama

[@timhoward5]

May you identify one of them?

[@user-cr6qv1bn2u]

@@golbez3794 no Trump.

[@JJvideoman]

Because there's so much blood on the knob!!
What is your question?
My question is about the budget sir.

[@chapel66]

Lol that part always kills me

[@Swoll826]

That is a reference to Michael Dukakis being challenged against his anti-death penalty stance with a hypothetical scenario where his wife was murdered.

[@harpfully]

@@Swoll826 Ok boomer.
Yes you are correct -- I'm one too :-)

[@toughlikerocks]

You had us there for a minute ​@@harpfully

[@Thatbasedcat]

I’m just laughing at Krusty reluctantly voting for Side Show Bob, despite being framed for armed robbery by him. 😂😂

[@rexablett943]

Kind of shines a light though...An awful lot of mid-westerners voted against their own interests because they believed Trump would be able to reverse the effects of automation and undermine the Chinese if he were President. Unfortunately, as with everything he does, Trump failed on both counts. China’s economy is growing faster than pre-Trump. Specifically its middle class. As for automation, he’s not even conscious of its connection to the labour market...🤷🏻‍♂️

[@MaxUltimata]

@@rexablett943 Also a scathing hatred of Mexicans and migrants and minorities in general. And California.

[@potionthekhat8273]

Republicans in a nutshell. Voting against their own interest.

[@fernandolacosta5613]

@Fernando Jose Orange man good?

[@ThaFashionAssassin]

@@rexablett943 should've got vaccinated for TDS

[@ChrisR-ne4kn]

I laugh picturing Kelsey Grammer in a booth laughing maniacally as Sideshow Bob.

[@yohei72]

Cherry on top: Grammer is a Republican.

[@TKUltra971]

Not only that he did act as the mayor of Chicago during THE BOSS. He was a natural.

[@rexablett943]

yohei72 - And yet he acknowledges the evil his party has committed.

[@overtyme1]

I was just waiting for him to say "Niles!".

[@marklowney8862]

Bless

[@Everybodyhasapryce]

I love that Kelsey Grammer is a Republican, and still did this bit. Always have to be able to laugh at yourself.

[@analoren4745]

shame that in spite of this he's gone all-in on Trump.

[@spenser9908]

@@analoren4745Dude it’s a cartoon.

[@alwillk]

Back then republicans were a bit more sane. 20 years of listening to rush Limbaugh, bill o Reilly and Sean hannity hadn’t made republicans batshit insane yet.

[@spenser9908]

@@alwillk Yeah, definitely no issue with the modern day leftists 🤣

[@americanloyalist4599]

@@analoren4745stop acting like Biden is somehow better

[@arthurfleck3245]

And just look how happy he is... cracks me up every time

[@Sunlight70]

Just once in my life, I'd like to be able to laugh that maniacally and mean it!

[@Kastafore]

"You were Ronnie to his Nancy! Sunny to his Cher! RINGO TO HIS REST OF THE BEATLES" ouch, Lisa!

[@Dane_Youssef]

Kelsey Grammer's laugh alone was why he deserved this role in spades.

[@PeterDivine]

Apparently he _hated_ doing the laugh, it was murder on his vocal chords
But good grief, watching Bob's perfectly maniacal laughter as his inaugural mayoral address deserves to be one of the most iconic moments in television

[@Sh0ckmaster]

2:54 I love how happy Homer is to see Smithers, yet in the next shot he's bored off his ass LOL

[@Praisethesun187]

"Deep down inside you all secretly long for a cold -hearted republican
to lower taxes, brutalize criminals and rule you like a king!"
Hah🙄

[@Makiaveli01]

Praise the sun not me but yeah I could see that

[@davincent98]

2 out of three ain't bad.

[@Jar0fMay0]

I love that line

[@TugaAvenger]

@@davincent98 Sorry, its a package deal.

[@gawddangthatsmoist2251]

Hell Yeah!! TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020 TRUMP 2020!!!!!!

[@holdenmuganda97]

Smithers as a Deep Throat stand in....genius lol

[@mr.peanutbutter6969]

"HEY MR. SMITHERS!!"

[@Swock010]

Oh my god it just fucking clicked 😂😂😂 this is pure genius

[@Spenwrath-]

I would have never got that unless you said it!

[@ZakWolf]

I love how they made it so you can tell it's him when he's initially standing in the shadows by the shape of his head. They mentioned in the DVD commentary how they'd often design characters so they can be recognized in silhouette.

[@JeremyStricklandEdit]

Really have to respect Kelsey Grammer's acting skills in this part. He delivers those lines really well.

[@analoren4745]

he probably believes in that monologue 100%

[@nevohyams]

So, so many jokes crammed in its incredible

[@doomdude69]

Remember when shows were political and we all just laughed about it?

[@StanSwan]

I found the SNL skits about Bush 43 in poor taste and were not funny. It is fine to poke fun but to beat a lie to death (coke) for a decade is just dumb.

[@ststst981]

@@StanSwan boohoo they made poor taste jokes about a war criminal im sobbing

[@StanSwan]

@@ststst981
Lame, proof of a war crime?
You are a pussy.

[@peterdermeter7044]

@@StanSwan Guantanamo, Black Sites, Torture of PoWs. Waterproof evidence. Under international and U.S. jurisdiction the U.S. are mandated by law to start criminal proceedings against G.W. Bush and a whole plethora of high ranking officers and officials, including Rumsfeld, due to violations of the Geneva Conventions and U.N. Conventions Against Torture and have been called to do so by multiple international authorities and courts over the years. That never happened and will never happen for reasons obvious to anyone with half a brain. So technically you could argue he isn´t a convicted war criminal. The evidence however has been supplied for ages and is as tight as your moms vajayjay prior to my flying visit last night.

[@StanSwan]

@@peterdermeter7044
So you listed conspiracy theories. Yawn.
Where is the conviction?
Typical left wing bomb throwing rubbish.

[@GuthMan95]

Shadow: "I can't tell you who I am, but I worked on the Campaign"
Homer: "HEY MR.SMITHERS!"
2:47

[@fadedsun303]

Well, you might as well drive me home now!

[@ericcash3224]

How could one felon revive so many.votes and another felon recive so little. Clasic af

[@okamijubei]

Answer to Lisa, because the people are tired of Quimby's lazy and slothy corrupted ways.

[@kaic1649]

@@okamijubei I think the real reason is because people just blindly vote for whichever candidate is part of there political party without paying attention to who they actually are.

[@overtyme1]

@@okamijubei Or it could be as was revealed that SSB cheated to win the election.

[@xstrawarot]

That evil laugh is one of the greatest of tv history

[@JimmySailor]

“The dead have risen and their voting Republican!” Lol

[@MrShiggitty]

BAH, I DERIDE YOUR TRUTH HANDLING ABILITIES!

[@merkonomi]

Would you get to the point?

[@Mayo201991]

Sometimes I blaze and randomly look up classic Simpsons scenes. It's scenes like this I come across and remember how Politically comedic yet genius this show is! The writers and artists are truly brilliant!!

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

Alright Bob now it’s personal. Hay he did try to kill me.

[@jirivera1999]

This is the most accurate portrayal of our current politics. I don’t know how they do it, but they always know to predict the future with a side of satire! 😂😂😂

[@LowellLucasJr.]

4:30 GOLD! PURE GOLD! Absolutely love this whole sequence!

[@Loneguy22]

Am I the only one who find it ironic that Smithers was "Deep Throat" in this situation?

[@gbadesakin]

Chris Woods lol

[@videoaddict961]

Poetry not irony

[@waynebrinker8095]

So glad you got the joke....like everyone else.

[@Melloman1287]

That's like the opposite of irony.

[@Kiflaam]

Ironic would be more like if Pence was deep throat.

[@nevohyams]

That big bopper Joke got me ... Damn

[@TRoller927]

1:46 The janitor casually sweeping up before grabbing the booze and running! 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheMpo1986]

Lol the big bopper. Goooooodbye BABY. Because he used to "answer the phone" during his act and say "Helllllooo BABY"

[@BaronVonMott]

"Alright Bob, now it's PERSONAL!"
"Hey, um, he DID try to kill me..."
😂😂😂

[@HBICTiff]

It’s the little details in the animation that make this show perfect. Birch Barlow tapping his hand against the paper during the debate, the shadows around Smithers’ hand as he is smoking, and Lisa drinking a glass of water before she confronts Bob in the courtroom.

[@gamefan6219]

That laugh has GOT to be one of the most terrifying and impressive psychotic laughs out of tv history. The other insane laughs from villains I can remember are The Joker, Light Yagami, Azula, Ganondorf from Wind Waker, Yami Bakura and Broly.

[@rozy.b5199]

Hey Mr SMITHERS!🙋🙌

[@vlastik]

Episode is from 1994. What was satire, becomes reality.

[@jross9919]

They tried to impeach Bill at the time too.

[@DR-xt5jq]

In Part 1 Bob says no children ever mettle with the republican party and ever live to tell about it, flash forward a few years when republicans gas light parkland survivors advocating for gun control

[@StanSwan]

@@jross9919
Bill Clinton was impeached.

[@cubismo85]

@@StanSwan Never sentenced, he left office before he could be, just like Nixon did, and Trump will do in a couple of months.

[@StanSwan]

@@cubismo85
Bush served out two 4 year terms. Try again moron.

[@biancamcdowall7704]

Who came here after the American election!?

[@sammangalick5326]

“Convicted felon would get so many votes”
Another time Simpsons predicted things.

[@rolierebel0399]

Kelsey Grammer is in fact a republican

[@blobydude420productions4]

So it fits

[@tavoiaiono7885]

who gives a shit

[@alwillk]

Yea but this was before republicans went batshit crazy.
Before listening to the likes of rush Limbaugh, Sean hannity and bill o Reilly made Republicans batshit insane.

[@ohnoestheydidnt]

“Why not let dead pets vote?” The Simpson’s predicted Fox News segments

[@storba3860]

Loved the All The President's Men reference.

[@dawson8364]

The best part is when Bob presents all of the evidence against himself in front of the court.

[@Felixx_gram]

This just happened today! 😞

[@rickyyacine4818]

True liberal media 😡😡😡😡💪🔺🔺🔺 I hate them

[@TheOneBigRed]

"and just look how happy he is"
fuckin lol

[@martinrandall5436]

The Simpsons prophecies are still on point.

[@morpheus7144]

As always...

[@lukacunningham342]

The funniest thing is that the implication that since all of Springfield voted for Bob, Quimby voted for himself

[@hotelmario510]

"Alright, Bob, NOW it's personal!"
"Hey, um...[smacks lips]...he _did_ try to kill me."
Bart's delivery of that line kills me.

[@Hero1922]

i just want to say it's great the way the debate goes
it mirrors the real life first televised debate of Kennedy v Nixon, Nixon had actually wanted the televised debate but wasn't received well compared to Kennedy who was tan and had rehearsed well in preparation for the debate
and of course Smithers being Deep throat
it's all pretty clear if you know your history but some people may not, and also i love the A few good men reference (i love nicholson's monologue)

[@charliepanayiotou4305]

It also directly references how Michael Dukakis was treated in the 1988 debates

[@LOLquendoTV]

Which is sort of weird cause quimby's voice is a JFK impression

[@SpadaBelformaOfficial]

As a kid you miss all the details at how ‘funny cos it’s true’ scenes there are in classic Simpsons

[@visoroverwatch3247]

Sideshow Bob = Stephen Miller lol.

[@rexablett943]

Bob is smarter than Miller. He’s a leader. He’s not a racist.
Bob is more like Cheney. Vicious and brutal but smart enough to hold his tongue except when, like literally every conservative who hears the words ‘gay rights’, is triggered.

[@HigHrvatski]

@@rexablett943 I remember a time when Cheney was also considared and called a racist.
Who knows maybe Mr. Miller will be known as a upstanding patriotic American in the future, unlike president Richard Spencer of course.

[@jwentertainment2313]

R.I.P Larry King...

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

"...Kids, help."

[@justinannpeasee295]

this is going to go viral now

[@spacewiz163]

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Boper😂😂

[@christopheracosta2043]

The day the music died

[@jamesl9371]

Funny because it’s true

[@jackbest2835]

This video really showcases Kelsey Grammar’s voice acting ability really well.

[@GP-777]

Elections 2020 be like

[@bearchan3181]

"I don't agree with Kill Bart Policy. But I agree with Kill Selma Policy."

[@biscuitlinehan9568]

Nobody gonna talk about how he made Smithers sit in the back?

[@123haninhk]

"No truth handler you!"

[@BNK2442]

"Never gonne by Mr. Burns' back before, but, Sideshow Bob's ultraconservative views conflict with my... Choice of life style." Lol

[@sisir123]

I dont get it

[@techcommenter]

mattricho Smithers is gay and Bob is ultraconservative republican.

[@potionthekhat8273]

Smithers is gay (not openly) and Republicans do not like LGBT

[@TheFiresloth]

Never knew Smithers was a vegetarian.

[@BeerDad69]

Potion the Khat
There is nothing gay about a 45 year old single man who is obsessed with Malibu Stacey dolls

[@segolenegabriel2559]

'A few good men' reference? 5:19

[@Trackrace29582]

Ségolène Hussien yeah

[@ShapezPuller64]

I mean, what else where they going to do? Not reference the popular movie thing that happened in a court?

[@stevencoates3382]

"You try to open the door, but there's too much BLOOD on the knob...!"
"What is your uh question?"
"My questions about the budget sir."
LOL🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭😄😄😄

[@amarpreetsingh3755]

Watching in 2024. This one hits hard. We got a convicted felony running for president. And he’s doing everything he can to win so he doesn’t end up in prison.

[@iambicpentakill971]

"The League of Uninformed Voters presents..." Hah!

[@chivoloks28]

That's basically the whole country

[@coiboyify]

“Even though we’re being broadcast on...fox”

[@MrJonathon08]

He could have and gotten away with it had he not rigged it. He just couldn’t help himself

[@CheeseMiser]

Funny how this exact plot has been blamed on being used by both parties

[@nas84payne]

3:55 Stormy Daniels predicted 😄

[@somebody3143]

Ahhh... a cornerstone of my youth. How different you are when I revisit you so many years later!

[@timhoward5]

*I know for sure that I wasnt the only one laughing when Bob was laughing lol.*

[@StLouisBatman]

5:19
That “You can’t handle the truth” line is from the “A Few Good Men” film.

[@afterthefox]

one of the best episodes...

[@reginalddennis6466]

That crazy laugh in the middle gets me every time. Kelsey Grammer is a beast

[@tomr6955]

So much good in 6 minutes

[@ItsAVolcano]

Aww, you left out the bit at the end where Bob goes to a minimum security prison, and naturally joins the prison Yale rowing team.

[@Hero1922]

"Bailiffs place the mayor under arrest"
"What, but why? oh yes, all that stuff I did"
the simpsons have predicted other events, why not this :)

[@edfreak9001]

god let's hope

[@rexablett943]

Fingers crossed, we get this moment w/ Trump

[@rexablett943]

sw4gr1d - Trump and Giuliani have both confessed to crimes on national TV. I’m assuming it is a reference to that

[@generaljellyroll8737]

Soon

[@caseypowell7013]

@@rexablett943 lol what crime?

[@a2falcone]

Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper are the musicians killed in "the day the music died".

[@systemid3864]

And the Simpsons predict the future again.

[@SpectacularDisaster]

oddly timeless

[@NotShowingOff]

“Discount flu remedy”.
I would think for Bart, defeating his mortal enemy should involve a more committed investment.

[@unstableordinance]

Hey, hes just a kid!

[@whophd]

Damn, that final scene hits different after last week

[@rattyeely]

RIP Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper, Buddy Holly man the Simpsons make quite a few jokes about them I wonder why

[@andy99ish]

Sideshow Bob would today survive politically. Easily. Whistleblowers Lisa na Barth would get into trouble.
Amazing how rather recent cartoons seem to come from another era.

[@andy99ish]

@@Tangora If you seriously mean that 25 years is the normal duration of an era, then your have a time concept of a fruit fly.

[@HNIN1973]

It's so hard to laugh at a cartoon character when you realize you're the sitcom.
*

[@HNIN1973]

@@zoltancsikos5604 I watch southpark too tho

[@123mikey1000]

I love slideshow Bob's speech

[@joshuaalach9431]

The sweating for Quimby is a reference to the Nixon vs JFK debate

[@NickelCitySaint]

"Bob's ultra conservative views conflict with my .. ummmmm... Choice of lifestyle".

[@jaserogers997]

Homer's face at 3:00 cracks me up.

[@dorkinabubble7772]

I love how quickly Hutz gives up 😂 just the sad resignation in his voice

[@james2529]

I can only picture Brian Kemp, scribbling furiously, on bended knees scribbling furiously and muttering to himself as he watched this.

[@thedelta4258]

I can't believe that the Simpsons predicted what the FCC would do

[@JLuVeeGee]

He keeps floppy disks in his hair

[@yacobgugsa2524]

0:51 Reference to Bernard Shaw's question to Michael Dukakis in the 1988 debates

[@hkdiva2015]

That Sideshow Bob sinister laugh gives me the creeps.

[@scotchrobbins]

"And just look how happy he is!"

[@iainrudge1991]

"No, I did not"

[@davidmillerstavroulakis1421]

Kids, help.

[@gondolin52]

Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob is absolutely perfect

[@legitbeans9078]

The kid grabbing the champagne and running away gets me every time