Homer the Great.

[Roger Kettle]

I'm sitting in my office with the television on in the background. While I'm trying to think of something to post here, I hear the unmistakable voice of Homer Simpson .
"YOKO ONO? She RUINED the Plastic Ono Band!"
Just a great line.
One of my other favourites, and there are many, was discussed on this site previously. Homer, in trouble, looks skywards. "I'm not one for praying but, if you're up there and you can hear me, please help me, Superman."
Favourite lines from The Simpsons--or anywhere else--would be nice to hear.....

[Malc]

I've got to admit I Googled. Of the many, this shone:

"[Meeting Aliens] Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them!"

[Colin]

Googled.

Marge: Homer, the plant called. They said if you don't show up tomorrow don't bother showing up on Monday.
Homer: Woo-hoo. Four-day weekend.

[Colin]

This might be cheating but here is a list of Homer Quotes

[Roger Kettle]

Not Homer's, but a good line I heard today....
"We don't know much about conscience---except that it dissolves in alcohol."

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Okay, I know this is probably not only an unforgivable sin for most mortals, but a capital offence for a cartoonist, but I've never actually watched an entire episode of The Simpsons. I know it's great and all that, but when you draw cartoons all day long, the last thing you want to do at tea-time...well, it just hasn't happened - sorry!

Favourite line? Groucho Marx - "I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin."

[Diane CBPFC]

I was just about to say that I have never watched an episode of the Simpsons either. I have seen snippits - but after reading the quotes page - I will watch a show in the future.

[Malc]

I've probably seen every episode.
I was a stay-at-home dad for many years, and often my wife worked odd hours, so it was me and my sons alone.
While I worked, The Simpsons babysat, and as every episode has been repeated a thousand times, I caught them all, either in audio alone or actually viewing them.

I was never able to understand why parents would forbid their kids to watch The Simpsons, yet watch a ton of other garbage on TV.

My youngest son wants to be a comedian, and got a lot of his best material from the Simpsons, and as exposure to top comedy writing, there is no better.

[Roger Kettle]

Couldn't agree more, Malc. Some of the writing is as good as it gets and the artwork, which I didn't like in the early days, has improved beyond recognition.
Tarks, unlike you, I find The Simpsons an IDEAL antidote to a day of cartooning. Sit back, enjoy and let some other bugger do the work!

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Yes, I've tried to figure out just what it is that I don't care for about The Simpsons, and I can't quite put my finger on it. The writing is excellent (I've seen enough of it to know that), and I'm with you on the artwork, Roger - when it first hit the screens I hated the simplicity of it all, but now I'm happy to acknowledge the brilliance of that, especially when they include 'real' people.

I know it sounds petty, but I think it's the voices. Cartoon voices annoy me (I'm sorry if that's voicist). One of things I think I enjoy most about the best of the CGI animated films from the likes of Pixar is that they (mostly) use 'real' voices, often very well known ones at that, and not some actor with his testicles in a vice to dub the small characters, or another with his larynx expanded by a 6" grommet to voice the villain.

My logic falls down however when I think back to my childhood, and the great voices of Donald Duck, Tigger, Tweetie Pie et al. They just wouldn't be the same without the voices, and I loved watching those any chance I could get. Perhaps I burnt myself out back then?

D'oh!

[Vulture]

Yes, I've tried to figure out just what it is that I don't care for about The Simpsons, and I can't quite put my finger on it. The writing is excellent (I've seen enough of it to know that), and I'm with you on the artwork, Roger - when it first hit the screens I hated the simplicity of it all, but now I'm happy to acknowledge the brilliance of that, especially when they include 'real' people.

I know it sounds petty, but I think it's the voices. Cartoon voices annoy me (I'm sorry if that's voicist). One of things I think I enjoy most about the best of the CGI animated films from the likes of Pixar is that they (mostly) use 'real' voices, often very well known ones at that, and not some actor with his testicles in a vice to dub the small characters, or another with his larynx expanded by a 6" grommet to voice the villain.

My logic falls down however when I think back to my childhood, and the great voices of Donald Duck, Tigger, Tweetie Pie et al. They just wouldn't be the same without the voices, and I loved watching those any chance I could get. Perhaps I burnt myself out back then?

D'oh!

I sort of agree with you, Tarquin. My children and grandchildren think it's unmissable but I can't get into it. I find that most of the situations are abusive, criminal and not something to make a cartoon about. My family think it's because I have no sense of humour! 

[Malc]

The one thing that doesn't sit well with me is when Homer strangles Bart.

It's a leftover from when The Simpsons were part of the Tracy Ullman show and Homer was a much more unsympathetic character. They've kept it in as a link with those days but it really has no place in the series as it stands now.