Itchy & Scratchy Land is functionally a parody of Westworld, as the robots working at the park come to life, as well as a riff on Disneyland. Picking a single episode as The Simpsons' best is truly difficult – so we've opted for a big, funny storyline featuring every member of the family for our number one. You Only Move Twice (season 8, episode 2) It's all wonderfully inventive, and it's amazing The Simpsons hasn't tried this format again in the intervening years, given that a few classic episodes like Kamp Krusty have been revisited in the modern era. Cletus' theme song rhyming 'folk'll' with 'yokel' Moe locking himself behind bulletproof glass while Snake robs him Nelson laughing at a tall man in a small car.
That Skinner sacrifices his own mother to a house fire to placate Chalmers remains a brilliant gag.īut this whole episode, which divided up scripting duties between the very talented Simpsons writing room, is full of highlights. Even before that was a thing, though, the segment between Seymour Skinner and Chalmers was masterful – a hilariously detailed encounter between a failing suck-up and his constantly incredulous boss. Rosebud (season 5, episode 4)Ī high-concept anthology inspired by Pulp Fiction, this episode is now best known as the origin of the 'Steamed Hams' meme. It also features the all-time great joke that Skinner is writing a novel about dinosaurs in a futuristic amusement park: it's called Billy and the Cloneasaurus, much to Apu's chagrin. This episode, written by future showrunners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein (Oakley would write the legendary Steamed Hams skit featuring Skinner), deepens the Skinner character and shows the dimensions to his relationship with Bart. He eventually returns to the army, until Bart manages to get Flanders fired. After Bart brings Santa's Little Helper to school and the dog wreaks chaos – resulting in a near-naked Groundskeeper Willie landing on Superintendent Chalmers – Skinner is fired and replaced by Ned Flanders.īart and an unemployed Skinner form a sweet friendship as his former nemesis deals with a more pitiful, tedious existence. The sitcom followed the story of six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City.The 100th episode of The Simpsons focused on one of the show's best supporting characters, Principal Seymour Skinner (or Armin Tamzarian, but we don't need to get into all that).
The American sitcom was touted as one of the most popular ones and is still the talk of the town among fans, who are eagerly waiting to see their favourite stars back together. The reunion special was first announced in February 2020 by HBO Max.Īlso read: Jennifer Aniston urges fans to help India fight Covid-19 pandemic: 'Spread the word'īen Winston is directing and executive producing the reunion special alongside Friends executive producers Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. The video streaming platform recently announced that it will exclusively premiere the special.įriends originally aired for 10 seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2004. Indian fans will be able to watch the reunion special on Zee5. It was announced last week that the reunion special will also feature a variety of guests including David Beckham, Justin Bieber, BTS, James Corden, Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne, Lady Gaga, Elliott Gould, Kit Harington, Larry Hankin, Mindy Kaling, Thomas Lennon, Christina Pickles, James Michael Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, and Malala Yousafzai.įriends: The Reunion streams on HBO Max on May 27, this year.