Doctor Reacts to The Simpsons (The Grief is Real)

[@Roof5tone]

I think a lot of the upset isn't about Larry's death, but about Larry's life. About how his sad history hit close to so many who don't quite know how to respond to it. So they direct their feelings at Larry being dead instead.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

I love this take

[@Roof5tone]

Thank you.

[@dibsdibs3495]

Damn, first the Simpsons calls me out and now the top comment of a video about the Simpsons?!

[@Roof5tone]

lmao I'm sorry

[@abc123tiktok]

As a long time Simpsons fan I think you nailed part of why this episode was talked about. It was an obvious shocker headline killing off character which is often lazy writing. But this end up being a pretty decent and original take from Simpsons when it comes to dealing with death which they have done a few times. As said its more relatable to people in some ways being a lonely person today. But might also consider The Simpsons been on air for 35 years, for some us we have watched it our whole lives. And many of us are kind of like Larry with Simpsons in background always being there but we also are aging with the show as well. It won't always be here.

[@Allerka]

Bleeding Gums Murphy actually did die, in season 6. I think you might have been thinking of Dr. Marvin Monroe. Other characters who have died, usually because their voice actors stopped working on the show, or passed away, were Maude Flanders, Edna Krabappel, or Krusty's Dad.

[@abc123tiktok]

Fat Tony is another that died that is often forgotten. He was replaced by fit Tony who just became fat and took on name Fat Tony.

[@theatrelover9920]

Mrs. Krabapple died?!

[@Allerka]

@@theatrelover9920 Yeah, she died (in the show) after the voice actress for her passed away, some years ago.

[@sean_mccadden]

Also Poochie but we don't talk about him 😂

[@Roneish1996]

@@sean_mccaddenI would argue we never stopped talking about that.

[@LauraGrrrr5370]

I love how they got Barney out of the way so they could have lots of shots of just Moe, Homer, Lenny and Carl to make everyone think they were gonna kill off Barney.

[@ezgarrth4555]

They more than just alluded to the death of Bleeding Gums Murphey; Lisa mourned him

[@NobodyC13]

And Lisa's grief gave her the determination to share Bleeding Gum's music to the world by acquiring the last known record in town to play on local radio (which Comic Book Guy dickishly inflated the price to $500 on account of Bleeding Gums' death). And Bart buys the record for Lisa using all of his settlement money from the Krusty-O's lawsuit for causing his appendicitis. Why? Because Lisa was the only one who believed him when he said he was sick and in pain, and buying the record was him showing his love and gratitude for his sister.

[@tyrant-den884]

There was a whole episode about him dying! Resurrecting him is like if Mr. Burnstrom just started teaching a class one room over and Lisa never noticed

[@cohenparsons947]

It's weird I kinda got a similar impression from the episode "Homer's Enemy" where at the end he dies and no one cares, no one mourns, they show up to his funeral and just laugh at Homer.

[@NobodyC13]

I don't know, it seems like a pretty apt thematic conclusion. Homer may be a foolish oaf, but he's sociable enough that anyone from drunks, celebrities, and even politicians can approach and befriend him and open him to new opportunities in life. Frank Grimes, meanwhile, may have been dealt a bad hand in life, but his obsession with being a "responsible hard worker" combined with his envy of other people's lifestyles, has either led him to forgo relationships or people are just put off by his judgemental attitude of whether they deserve or not deserve any of their successes. Homer TRIED to be nice and friendly to Grimes and take the latter's criticisms to heart, but Grimes let his envy get the best of him and became obsessed with humiliating Homer just to prove his worldview is right. The episode ends with no one one mourning for Frank Grimes, but everyone is laughing with Homer.

[@cohenparsons947]

@@NobodyC13 I agree that it works thematically but I was saying that it still gives me a similar upset feeling with him never making any real connections.

[@flopilop4596]

I feel like this was a great move from the show writers. After all the kids that used to watch the simpsons when growing up are all grown up now. Those people now are getting to that age where parents and maybe even peers are dying or approaching the period of their life where they WILL encounter grief. I feel like exploring those emotions through a cartoon is very helpful and even though there is lash back at the simpsons of "how dare they do this" same as death, death doesnt discriminate, all of us have death in common and I found myself when going through grief asking the very same question. How dare life take away this person from me.

[@sashag2196]

"were just social drinkers who also drink alone" lol

[@TheAncientEgyptian]

This is a great video for all sorts of reasons. Alcohol has had a tragic impact on my family, it kills. Thank you for this. A suggestion for a future video is your take on the Stanford Prison experiment. Either the dramatisation or original footage.

[@ZabaTheFrog]

Marge's comment about how she was disappointed in the sensitive guy is SO real and I'm so surprised you didn't dive into that deeper

[@maia.in.nightmareland]

I absolutely think part of the reason has hit people so hard is both because of the fear of loneliness but also cause of a feeling of not taking people for granted and maybe wondering about what impact you make on the people around you and what your own mark on the world will be...

[@asw827]

A big character who died was Maude Flanders, in a pretty tasteless way, actually. It would be interesting yo see you examine Ned’s grief response, especially when he tries to move on to dating and how his grief over Maude affected that. “I’m Going to Praiseland”

[@MariaIgnaciaNavarretePerrin]

Doctor Elliott, will you continue your analysis of Baby Reindeer episodes? Love your insights and commentary. Cheers from Spain.

[@videochu]

He even deleted his prior analysis about the show…

[@eliseigo490]

He had posted, that he will stop for while and continue, after it calms down. There was a lot of talking about it in media, some attacking verbally the woman, who about it was and so on and he didn't wanted to participate in it.

[@eocineV2]

Pretty much none of the clinical coding software in the UK is yet compatible with ICD-11, I think we’re at least two years away from getting close to implementation.

[@felixhenson9926]

ohhh, so that's why it is? Interesting!

[@123ricardo210]

Could you react to Dead Boy detectives as well? I think there's quite a few things in there that may be interesting! Small edit: besides the obvious stuff (trauma, abuse, relationships) I think the love aspect between the two main characters -regardless of the type of love- and the fan theory that one of them is autistic are also worth exploring.

[@bpora01]

"For decades in this show" That sentence by itself.... wow. How has this show made it for so long?

[@electricmohair]

you should react to life on mars! the first episode specifically covers the difference between forensics in the 70s vs 2006 and also has stuff about concussion. would be really interesting to hear your insight

[@AutumnFS]

"It's always the butt of medical jokes." 🤣that was amazing, but also I am very angry with you for that terrible pun.

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

I stand by it

[@jamiefrontiera1671]

The killed off 2 semi main characters like mrs krebople (barts teacher) and maude flanders (flanders' wife). I think because of dwath of the actor

[@xero2135]

Edna Krabappel wasn’t recast out of respect for Marcia who died of pneumonia, so the only way to get around Marcia’s death would be Edna passing away. Maggie Roswell is still alive, Maude was killed out of spite, (officially to open new avenues for storylines,) Maggie had left over a pay dispute, (connected to the cost of traveling to Los Angeles from Denver twice a week,) and been re-cast solely for the sake of killing Maude.

[@jamiefrontiera1671]

@@xero2135 thnks i couldnt remember is it was the same voice actor doing both characters or 2 seperate. i knew the voice actor for krabappel did die.

[@Pay-No-Mind]

I think this upset people and hit them because they suddenly realised they knew people just like him, or used to and already missed out on the moments to make something positive and meaningful for that person.

[@jordanferrazza8700]

The other day I watched an episode of Ambulance Australia (which is the Australian version of the documentary Ambulance) and the theme was suicide during the pandemic and elderly second generation stolen generation. It had a woman who had relapsed into a weird psychiatric disease which causes her to black out and do pica, and she called because she swallowed a knife. It also had a man who tried to jump off a major bridge (that was fortified at the ground level) but allegedly didn't so ran into traffic instead. Just wondering what the former is called or if you could analyse this?

[@mangantasy289]

Great reaction video. Brillantly done by the authors. And yes, very sad and thought-provoking. I see why so many people would not like it. They might be flustered by how realistic and at the same time common the whole depiction was. Especially when they likely did not expect so much seriousness from a generally funny show like the Simpsons. And feel targeted, maybe. because as you said, there are way too many Larry's out there... It simply IS deeply saddening. As to Homer's defense mechanism (around 12:00) I'd say Rationalization, or some Denial?

[@DoctorElliottCarthy]

There are SO many Larrys

[@carrotthepunk]

Hi there! I'm a big fan of your videos. What happened to the Baby Reindeer videos?

[@leobrasuel6101]

I'd be curious about what you'd have to say about the episode "Alone" from the show Moral Orel.

[@katieryan1188]

off topic but r ur baby reindeer vids still up?

[@urbanshadow777]

What the hell happened to carls voice?

[@jordanferrazza8700]

I watch a lot of border security shows and they get a few people ingesting cocaine if all other frisk searches fail. Sometimes they have people either being suspected of an overdose (which is usually false) or once or twice someone actually having prematurely gone to the toilet. But it seems like some countries have radiologists in the airport, where others actually have to go to the hospital. Anyway they do seem to exploit people especially things like Brazilian or Columbian people with no job.

[@Mixxie67]

I’m gonna be honest, I have no memory of Larry as a character. I chalk that up to ADHD. My husband knew who he was.

[@werecynicalwhywolf8700]

Ahhh My Future! Except I don't even drink... More like I'd be feature in Kansai Clean Service

[@jennyb36914]

I watched that video. Worth it! ❤

[@berf9445]

It makes me afraid of randomly dying more than dying alone. I guess I want control over my death. I don't believe in an afterlife so what people think of me after I'm dead doesn't matter.

[@KingsNJenssons]

I think it would be interesting if you watch the ep of my hero academia that has Himiko Toga back story as it's to do with mental health, her ability also amplifies her feelings basically once she likes someone she really wants their blood and in the back story it shows people treating her like a monster and not someone who needs help and that's why she is how she is

[@ssekhmet]

What happened to the baby reindeer videos?

[@Ambd1993]

They were being used in a very negative way by someone who stole his videos to comment on the real people it was based on so he decided to stop making them.

[@godzillaprime]

People are the worst

[@ssekhmet]

@@Ambd1993 oh no, that sucks. They were really interesting :(

[@gloopglop7540]

its not homer and the guys faults for not reaching out, he never tried to reachout to them, marge trying to blame homer and make him feel bad about this guys death is horrible and typical of a woman

[@markc65]

They probably got upset because it shone the light on their lives. I do gamble (lotto only and only a small amount) but enjoy the routine of it. If l win a small amount, say $10, I'm happy because that would pay for about half the lotto for the following week.

[@lennyaarons-ditson3372]

You removed the baby reindeer videos?

[@aimeerat.]

wait whaaat i was just abt to comment whens part 4 coming 🙁

[@lennyaarons-ditson3372]

@@aimeerat. His face popped up on piers morgan haha the interview lol.

[@richardfoord9685]

There is no point in regretting decisions you made before all it does is waste the time you have now

[@EmilyEverglot]

I would prefer to die without connections.

[@SpiralSine6]

Good god, Marge’s voice is indistinguishable from Patty and Selma now. Her voice acctress’ vocal cords are completely shot.

[@godzillaprime]

Nobody sounds the same. It's like a ghost playing with your friends body

[@greenhowie]

"Analyzes to The Simpsons" sounds really weird... shouldn't it just be "Analyzes The Simpsons"? Or is this like a meme I don't get

[@fumoffu_l]

I agree with the stuff in the butt jokes being homophobic, but I mean... kink shaming? Nothing wrong with enjoying butt stuff, but maybe don't put anything that wasn't designed to go there in there. We've all seen one man one jar, and hopefully we all learned a valuable lesson from that.

[@sidarthur8706]

did you imply that most gay people have HIV? did i hear that right and is it really true? i've been thinking it's just a prejudice

[@midnightdimensions13]

I didn't know Larry was a character. Was he a new character that they included in at some point? If he didn't talk, it doesn't seem like he was worth the animation.

[@InvisiblerApple]

Maybe Larry died because the sapphires were in the same place Moe put them.

[@godzillaprime]

Even homer doesnt sound like homer. This is embarassing

[@Aeryc131]

Dutch courage? Really? That's a bit disappointing to hear you say that. Be more mindful.

[@lizbanglizpop]

He's discussing all aspects of the mind, how substance misuse affects the mind and motivations surrounding substance misuse, how can you be more mindful than that?

[@Aeryc131]

@@lizbanglizpop are you being deliberately obtuse? The comment is about calling the drinking Dutch courage. In the same way no one should use the phrase, "that's so gay" to describe something negatively, he shouldn't call the drinking (possible alcoholism) DUTCH courage.

[@Damian_OnPawz]

@@Aeryc131it’s a phrase used to describe when someone has gain forages from intoxication. It’s not a phrase I have ever heard used in a derogatory manner. Say ‘that’s so gay’ often it used in a derogatory manner.

[@Damian_OnPawz]

@@Aeryc131it is only know as Dutch courage because the phrase originated from a gun used by Dutch troops.

[@brendancskinner]

It's not in any way a derogatory phrase. It's been around for over 300 years and refers to the drinking of a type of gin by Dutch troops, who fought alongside the English during the Thirty Years’ War. As in "We're about to go into battle, hand me some of that liquid courage", which morphed into Dutch courage when referring to the gin supplied by the army. You don't need to be so professionally offended by a saying that was originally a meme (a unit of cultural information spread by imitation) which became an historical reference.