Pods in the Key of Springfield: A Simpsons Podcast

Ho-ho-ho, folks. Merry everything! In this special little bonus episode, James and Nick exchange shit gifts and give all you ASMR fans a lot of nice rustling packaging. It's a very, uh, visual concept, but I think we get away with it. 

This is also our chance to say thank you to you, the listeners. What's that, you say?! Us, thanking you?! No, it's not a misprint. For you see, we enjoy making this podcast as much as you enjoy listening to it (possibly much more, actually, we really have fun).


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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past, refusing to learn from our past mistakes, unable to remember the faces of our ancestors, doomed to repeat this cycle of watching The Simpsons Movie after each season of The Simpsons (unless literally no one downloads this one, we suppose). This is our second watching of The Simpsons Movie for this podcast, and already the cracks are showing (in us moreso than in the film). This time we delve a lot deeper into the implications of the movie's depiction of the Simpsons universe; more specifically, Nick is on the lookout for Norman, the vagabond rogue from the show's pilot, while James digs deep into Colossus mythology, certain that the good doctor is pulling the strings of not only the residents of Springfield, but for the audience itself. 

Look, this movie is hard-going, but we do it because we love you. We love that you're here for us. Come listen as the rough beast slouches towards Bethlehem (because, if it wasn't already clear, we really don't dig this movie).

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Finally, the episode you've been waiting for - the one based on the SEO principle that 'top 5' lists are a good way of driving audiences towards your thing! We take this process very seriously (well...some of us) and ultimately produce the only two top five lists you'll ever need. If you only ever watch five episodes of The Simpsons...consider the episodes on these lists, uh, potential contenders. Look, season 2 was very good and we have plenty to say about our favourites. Our top choices might surprise you, too (if you're...invested in us, I mean).

We think that this is a fun episode. We hope that you think so too!

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We're wrapping up the second season of The Simpsons! The season ends fairly strong with Three Men and a Comic Book - a throwback to when comic conventions were just a bunch of 10 year olds in a small room - and Blood Feud, which has that great bit where Homer tries to retrieve that letter, but doesn't know Mr Burns' first name. In this one we dig into Lisa's Richie-Rich/Casper the Friendly Ghost theory, prattle on about Hercules and the Nemean Lion a bunch, discuss the album Revolver a bunch, uh, again, and...actually, we talk about The Simpsons quite a bit on this one. Hopefully you came to this, our podcast about The Simpsons, to hear some discussion about said show.

We've also made a guest appearance this week! Go and check out 'The Simpsons Index' for our discussion on three different episodes, one from each decade that the show has been on.

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Lisa's Substitute! That episode everyone loves! The one where Lisa falls in love with Dustin Hoffman, which, uh, we recorded well before all that stuff came out about Dustin Hoffman. Is the episode still good? More or less.

Meanwhile, in The War of the Simpsons, Homer gets catfished. That's the term when you get dragged around an ocean by a giant catfish, right?

Thanks for tuning in, as always.

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If The Simpsons is the defining pop-culture of 90s America, then Deep, Deep Trouble is the foundation upon which that culture was built. In this very special episode of Pods in the Key of Springfield, Nicholas and James take an analytical perspective on Deep, Deep Trouble's deeply, deeply troubling depiction of a young boy lost, cast aside by the father figure (his father), his tepid rebirth oscilating between being a moment of great desire and a painful milestone thrust upon him. Perhaps, in a way, we are all Bart, denied even the pleasures of a simple boat show, set out to sea in a world that does not love us, but which we try hard to love back anyway, unaware of the irony of our own existence.

Pods in the Key of Springfield is a goofy podcast full of japes and gags, so please enjoy.

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We've got two early-period classics here, folks. Old Money - in which Grampa Simpson falls in love with a lovely old woman who promptly dies - is a really undervalued episode, let me tell you. We loved it, even if the ending is a bit weird. Oooohhhh, Beeeeaaa.

And then, Brush With Greatness. My goodness, what a wonderful episode. Another triumph!

So, what do we get into? Nick talks about breaking his arm, James lists the specific elderly people we should treasure, we get deep into Colossus/Monroe theory (you'll see), and generally praise the wonderful work of Jon Lovitz, "a real force for good in the world".

At one point we do impressions of Ringo Starr, and they are...truly bad, so look forward to that.

This week's podcast recommendation: Burgers and Fries
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This week, we're all about Danny DeVito (as we, perhaps, should be every week, because he's the very best). In Oh Brother, Where Are Thou, Homer discovers he has a half brother, and we discover that Danny DeVito is the best. Bart’s Dog Gets An F is pretty good too, but does not feature Danny DeVito, so there’s a limit to just how much we can enjoy it. Seriously, DeVito is so good in this. He’s wonderful.

This week we talk about the proper conduct during a ‘sexy meeting’, talk about The Simpsons’ take on class in America, extremely large beverage holders, the fact that dogs can understand English in this world, and…well, there’s quite a bit of Colossus chat. It’s good!
 
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The Simpsons have popped up in a lot of videogames over the years, and as much as we kind of want to jump straight to Hit & Run we figured we should stay era-appropriate for the moment and look at some of the family's first forays into the land of joysticks and D-Pads. Bart vs. The Space Mutants is a fairly forgettable title, but The Simpsons Arcade is notable for its weird twists on Simpsons lore and its willingness to outright kill one of the show's main cast (how do we account for their continued presence after this, too?)

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Episode 15! Pods in the Key of Springfield! This time, Homer takes on Lisa and...one of the commandments (the eighth one, probably) and Principal Seymour 'Skindog' Skinner briefly dates a woman. Which one? You'll have to listen to find out! Or, like, remember the episode. Or watch the appropriate episode of The Simpsons, I suppose.

Nick edited this one! Give him a hand. He did it because I was too busy, and now I'm also too busy to write these notes! Please enjoy.

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