Talking Simpsons - Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song With Dan McCoy
Added 2025-09-03 04:00:03 +0000 UTC"That photo was taken shortly before I was shot in the back; which was very strange, because it was during a Bob Hope show. I was trying to get Joey Heatherton to put on some pants, for god's sake!" - Seymour Skinner
It's The Simpsons' 100th episode, and the show is finally giving people what they want: almost no Homer, and a complete study/reinvention of Seymour Skinner. Plus, the debut of Luigi, Baby Gerald, and Leopold! What more could you possibly want? (Outside of the yet-to-be-invented walking clock.)
Our guest: Dan McCoy from The Flop House podcast
Comments
I adore the "Walking Clock" joke, it's perfect
Lobster
2025-09-16 19:16:36 +0000 UTCThis one has become one of my favorites, but at the time it aired I was disappointed. I think Fox promoted it as an episode where Bart pulls an epic prank that gets Skinner fired when the reality is he just brings his dog to school which indirectly gets him fired. The following episode, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, felt like a return to form and the ironic thing now is when I go from this episode to that one the tonal whiplash makes me not dislike The Boy Who Knew Too Much, but it does take away from it. With hindsight, it is funny how big of a deal networks would make over the 100th episode of a show. That seemed like a lot, but now it seems quaint with The Simpsons. Maybe that will come back around though as I'm struggling to think of a show that I've watched regularly in the last ten years to make it to 100 that wasn't an animated sitcom on Fox. Aside from those, it's basically Dragon Ball Super which almost feels like cheating. I guess Rick and Morty will be the first outside that to hit 100.
Joe Hodgson
2025-09-09 13:49:22 +0000 UTCThis is my placeholder for "single favorite episode", but like everyone else, I'm stymied it's one with zero Homer—so I feel a little bad picking it (and Bart and Skinner are far from my favorite characters). But as you guys covered, it's *so* great that you don't mind. It does have my single favorite line in the series: "Class after class of ugly, ugly children." This one transcends non-sequitur. It violates the "rule of threes" beautifully to make Chalmers downright petty and nasty, with Skinner even making a cut-off response to it. The juxtaposition with Chalmers standing in front of at least one S1 kid design is the icing on it. Hank Azaria gets a lifetime pass for his delivery, too.
Thad Komorowski
2025-09-06 18:12:53 +0000 UTCAs far as detergent goes, I'm a fan of "Woolite Darks Defense" myself. Keeps those colors from fading!
Dennis K
2025-09-06 01:59:04 +0000 UTCYeah, I remember my mother being scandalized by that line.
Adam Voyde
2025-09-04 22:54:34 +0000 UTC"Facts have no place in organized religion" seems like a daring line in 1994. I can't recall any show taking religion or Christianity down a peg before that.
PurpleComet
2025-09-04 20:13:06 +0000 UTC
