• Krusty gets Kancelled
    Jan 2 2024

    After a year off this week the boys are back and finding the British Red Hot Chili peppers and learning about Ray J. Johnson Junior.

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    The Everything We Learned From The Simpsons Theme tune is by the brilliantly titled and Simpsons related Banana Kaboom! An instrumental version of their frenetic song 'Vegas'. Get them on their Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/bananakaboomband

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    "Krusty Gets Kancelled" is the twenty-second and final episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 13, 1993. In the episode, a new show featuring ventriloquist Arthur Crandall and his dummy Gabbo premieres in Springfield and competes with Krusty the Clown's show. Krusty's show is soon canceled. Bart and Lisa decide to help Krusty get back on the air by staging a comeback special.

    The episode was written by John Swartzwelder, and directed by David Silverman. Following the success of "Homer at the Bat", the writers wanted to try a similar guest star-heavy episode, except with celebrities instead of baseball players. The episode proved quite difficult, as many of the actors asked to guest star declined at the last minute and the comeback special portion was nearly scrapped. Johnny Carson, Hugh Hefner, Bette Midler, Luke Perry, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Arik Marshall and Chad Smith) all guest star as themselves and appear on Krusty's special. Elizabeth Taylor and Barry White, both of whom guest-starred in previous episodes this season, make cameo appearances.

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    59 mins
  • Marge Be Not Proud
    Dec 28 2022

    In this festive episode we're back with Northern Shop Chat, Memes and Alan Sherman as well as an astonishing fact about a Golfer!

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New year from the pair of us!

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    The Everything We Learned From The Simpsons Theme tune is by the brilliantly titled and Simpsons related Banana Kaboom! An instrumental version of their frenetic song 'Vegas'. Get them on their Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/bananakaboomband

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    "Marge Be Not Proud" is the eleventh episode of season 7 of The Simpsons and the one-hundred and thirty-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on December 17, 1995. The episode was written by Mike Scully and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It guest stars Lawrence Tierney as Don Brodka.

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    56 mins
  • Bart The Daredevil
    Nov 21 2022

    This week Tom lets us in on stories from his childhood including Monster Trucks in Bramley and a Skateboarding incident. While Mark shares information on the British Evel Knievel and the writings of Sun Zhu.

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    The Everything We Learned From The Simpsons Theme tune is by the brilliantly titled and Simpsons related Banana Kaboom! An instrumental version of their frenetic song 'Vegas'. Get them on their Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/bananakaboomband

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    "Bart the Daredevil" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 6, 1990. In the episode, Bart decides he wants to become a daredevil after watching famous stunt performer Lance Murdock at a monster truck rally.

    The episode was written by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky and directed by Wes Archer. Series creator Matt Groening said that the episode is his favorite of the series, and it is also considered among the series' best by several critics.

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    48 mins
  • Homer Alone
    Nov 7 2022

    This week the boys are talking Yasser Arafat, Omelettes with two kinds of cheese, Lube Jobs and The much better version of the song 'Baby Come Back'.

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    The Everything We Learned From The Simpsons Theme tune is by the brilliantly titled and Simpsons related Banana Kaboom! An instrumental version of their frenetic song 'Vegas'. Get them on their Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/bananakaboomband

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    "Homer Alone" is the fifteenth episode of the third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the fiftieth episode overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 6, 1992. In the episode, stress from household chores and her family's demands causes Marge to suffer a nervous breakdown, so she vacations alone at a spa. She leaves Bart and Lisa with Patty and Selma; Maggie stays at home with Homer but leaves home looking for her mother, causing Homer to frantically search for her.

    The episode was written by David M. Stern and directed by Mark Kirkland. Stern had noticed that most of the writers were pitching stories about Bart and Homer, and he thought a "deeper vein of comedy" could be reached by having Marge suffer from a nervous breakdown.[3] Originally, Marge's trip was to a distressed mother's institute rather than a spa. However, the plot was not well received at the table read for the episode and much of it was rewritten. The episode's title references the film Home Alone, which starred David Stern's brother Daniel.


    "Homer Alone" contains references to the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons, Thelma and Louise, Home Alone, MacGyver, and the song "Baby Come Back" by Player. The episode has received generally positive reviews from critics. During its original airing on Fox during February sweeps, it acquired a 14.2 Nielsen rating.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Saddlesore Galactica
    Oct 2 2022

    This week Tom and Mark are talking the sport of kings, Presidential Heights and why YOU should join a Union. 

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    The Everything We Learned From The Simpsons Theme tune is by the brillianitly titled and Simpsons related Banana Kaboom! An instrumental version of thier frenetic song 'Vegas'. Get them on thier Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/bananakaboomband

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • King Sized Homer
    Jun 26 2022

    This Week we're talking Garbage bags full of Comfort snacks, Bananman Icecream lollys and Venting Poison Gas at every opportunity in King Sized Homer.

    The boys are delighted to be able to showcast a Themetune by the brillianitly titled and Simpsons related Banana Kaboom! An instrumental version of thier frenetic song 'Vegas'. Get them on thier Soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/bananakaboomband 

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Oh Brother Where Art Thou
    May 13 2022

    The boys are back dipping in to Season 2 for the very first time.

    We learn just how wee Dany DeVito is, Britain's answer to Detroit and Tom Quizzes Mark on what EU states have the highest number of bastard children!


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    "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" is the fifteenth episode in the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 21, 1991. In the episode, Grampa confesses that Homer has a half-brother named Herbert Powell, a car manufacturer. Herb permits Homer to design his company's new car, which is an overpriced monstrosity that bankrupts him.


    The episode was written by Jeff Martin and directed by Wes Archer. American actor Danny DeVito provided the voice of Herb. 


    Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 15.4, and was the highest-rated show on Fox the week it aired. Some fans were upset with the sad ending of the episode, so the producers decided to write a sequel, "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?", in which Herb regains his fortune and forgives Homer.

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    57 mins
  • A Tale of Two Springfields
    Apr 29 2022

    This Week Tom's very excited about the change of Dial Codes that happened in the UK in the mid 90's and Mark is bringing Tandy back from the place where retail electronic shops went to die.

    Now, whatever happened to Pete Townshend's book?


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    "A Tale of Two Springfields" is the second episode of the twelfth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 250th episode of the series overall in both broadcast and production order. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 5, 2000. In the episode, Homer discovers that Springfield has two different area codes and ends up leading a revolt that splits the town in two.


    The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Shaun Cashman and guest starred the Who. The episode was inspired by Don Payne, based on the area where his mother lived, where one side of town would spread rumors about the other side. Larry Doyle then pitched that the two sides of Springfield would be divided because of a telephone area code. The episode features cultural references to the Who and the Norman Rockwell painting Freedom of Speech, and has received positive reviews from critics.


    In November 2004, Channel 4 chose this episode to be the first episode to be broadcast on the channel, having taken the terrestrial rights to air the show from BBC Two.

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    1 hr and 14 mins