Homer Simpson Gentle Ben

[@nigeldreiner]

I've never seen the American media nailed so perfectly in under 3 minutes.

[@alkaholic4848]

And UK

[@gorginhanson]

That's just what people say to justify voting for child rapists

[@James-uz3sg]

This is how the media treated Berlusconi, you're not alone.

[@Teddy_Bass]

Nigel Dreiner Mmmm,Thats good satire

[@firebeardnc6012]

Al Kaholic Unfortunately the media in the UK is like this nowadays

[@alistairwatt8767]

“I don't know Homer Simpson. I never met Homer Simpson or had any contact with him, but... I'm sorry, I can't go on.” comedy gold! 😂

[@ShadowSonic2]

"Your tears say more than real evidence ever could!"

[@furanduron4926]

Modern rape "victims" who blame rich guy for raping her 30 years ago.

[@holidayfish]

@@furanduron4926 i think of louis ck, "he *sobs* asked for our consent *sobs* before we gave him permission to *sobs* im sorry, i cant go on"

[@rommix0]

@@ShadowSonic2 That line used to be funny, but it pisses me off more as people who are emotionally driven actually think like this.

[@nicbentulan]

@@ShadowSonic2 LOL

[@AlterBridgeJericho]

"When Marge put the cat out, possibly because it was harassed" lmao

[@stubyu]

Don't swear

[@Puss1man]

Habibula

[@lucianorocha555]

We don't know!

[@patrickhenry9521]

#MeToo

[@eliotreader8220]

probably because Snow Ball needed to go to the bathroom

[@birdmoney]

I love how their shirts say "BEN CONTROL" like they already realize how dangerous Ben is

[@Heavy_weapons07]

Ben killed seven audience members in the past 2 weeks

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

I like how the only person they have to keep Ben stable before they crack out the tranq guns is some dude who sternly tells the bear off

[@spookyslut77]

He's not dangerous. He's gentle. It's in the name. 😢😢

[@clareb1565]

Ben is gentle.

[@billjohnson2081]

What are you talking about? There's nothing dangerous about letting a hungry grizzly bear host a talk show.

[@TomSFox]

This used to be an exaggeration.

[@Cazz8203]

Makes me sad

[@JakeandElwoodBlues]

The country needs to wake the fuck up to this bullshit after Kavanaugh.

[@edwardgaines6561]

TomSFox *USED* to be.

[@charliebossert6520]

Well it is

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

Those fuckin bears TV-show hosts drive me crazy

[@forssi1]

I can't believe how original Simpsons managed to pack so many jokes in a minute Writers were pure geniuses back then!

[@okamijubei]

Yeah... things were so open and fresh then.

[@MT-ek9te]

This Simpson's Clip Its no longer funny. ... Its real life ... It make hundreds of million of citizen furious. Look at Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Philadelphia right now...throughout the U.S. its Anger, Rage , Hate And the media and the entertainment industry-leading political system are enabling it. And the sad part is, because it is encouraged that no one would dare to stop the rage and riots without the repercussions for being larked as a Racist Sexist Racist Sexist Racist Sexist Scary times. :( :(

[@KevinMuller5]

I am thankful I grew up with this show from age 6-on.

[@kuruptzZz]

@@MT-ek9te No, it's still funny AF

[@multirampage1]

@@MT-ek9te RAZIST RAZIST RAZIST, YOU'RE CANCELED.

[@JBtheJMB84]

"Simpson scandal update." "Homer sleeps nude in an oxygen tent which he believes gives him SEXUAL POWERS." LMAO!!! That part still has me laughing!

[@TSPH1992]

+Jay Brown Ikr. XD

[@Ponk-me8um]

+Jay Brown Hey! That's a half-truth!

[@coryboy345]

+Jay Brown Sounds like something promoted by Scientology.

[@Ponk-me8um]

coryboy345 Religion bashing on our non-religious thread...way to cheapen it. Plus it makes you sound like you have an agenda (although I'm no Scientologist).

[@coryboy345]

Ponk7652 It's a friggin joke.... And Scientology itself IS a joke. Don't be a toolbag SJW and stick up for a sham religion that was founded by a druggy science fiction writer.

[@toughlikerocks]

I can't explain why, but the Gentle Ben sequence is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. man, this show was amazing in it's prime.

[@lionelhutz5137]

No Ben, no!

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Big Benefits

[@JohnDoe-gc1pm]

Dilbert cartoon had a gentle ben thing too - $cam$ $sham$ and flim flam$ in review

[@mvader7188]

Tranqued him while he was hungry. Feed him before the question segment dammit!

[@michaelball4595]

For about 4 years, give or take, funniest show ever on TV

[@rickysmyth]

According to the thermal imaging camera, Marge has a really tall head rather than really tall hair

[@davidkraft314]

When they turn on the thermocam, you also see Homer turn the TV off,

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

Those are her rabbit ears.

[@rickysmyth]

@@gaiusjuliuspleaser it is hair as in another episode it fell out

[@mariotaz]

@@davidkraft314 Wait, so who is in the oven?

[@davidkraft314]

@@mariotaz Mr. Gobbles

[@RettMikhal]

The line "Let's have less Homer Simpsons, and more money for public schools." is very underappreciated. It's a great satire of political issue dodging. As if those two things have ANYTHING to do with one another. Homer is not even technically quantifiable like funding is.

[@duckymomo7935]

“We are fighting for like women’s rights and I think we need more funding because global warming affects women somehow” kind of mantra

[@Hulk2k6]

When people get swept up some shit, they lose ALL direction lol.

[@AlbanianMan]

Libtards are masters at this. Take two issues that are completely unrelated, make some sort of stupid meme to where they're inexplicably linked, post it on some dumb ass Facebook page like NowThis or Occupy Democrats, watch it go viral, and then become a hero to the left. Rinse wash repeat.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Matt Groening Is a liberal Why watch the Simpsons of you hate liverals so much?

[@asher8754]

Cause at least until season 9 they keep it more or less unbiased or at least not hard core left.

[@TypetwoAbsolute]

These were supposed to be jokes, not instructions.

[@analystab1]

Exactly, in the same way that Nineteen Eighty-Four is a work of fiction, not an instruction manual.

[@JaimeDUN4755]

@championchap yeah, only difference Is that now any idiot can do it with a single touch

[@cepenica1]

wait until proposition 304 passes 😂

[@nomadjensen8276]

You said it man.

[@goldman77700]

@@JaimeDUN4755 It's even worst they just need an accusation from an alleged "victim".

[@aclevername7613]

This episode was fantastic for showing how false accusations and blindly believing can destroy a person unfairly.

[@angieb976]

Like OJ Simpson dude I totally agree that man was innocent

[@micahbush5397]

Sadly, though, its much more common for accusations of actual sexual assault to destroy the accuser's life because people are more interested in preserving the image of the abuser. The best policy is to take all accusations seriously, but refrain from passing judgement before careful examination of the available evidence.

[@aclevername7613]

@@micahbush5397 I agree with the second half of that but the first part. Really no offense but I have seen the opposite to be true. If a woman makes the accusation against a man 9 times out of ten they will believe the woman and destroy the accused man.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? AMWF CAR Hei Sushi

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Let me get back to my oxygen tent for Sexual Powers

[@marrowdoner9312]

The clip is over 20 years old.....the accuracy to 2016 is all to dead-on.

[@crankymcgee]

People are acting like this somehow predicted the future. There were liberal PC pussies back then and they never went away.

[@doublea6586]

Hank Hill I tell you hwat, you're right.

[@bvishal2kn]

conservative cucks hysteria towards Bill Clinton & Al-Franken. .........oh wait it's totally real when the other team does it.

[@chitoim2332]

2018

[@pablosanchez5294]

I come from the future and let me tell you 2018 is worse. Times like these I’m glad I’m single and a broke college student lol

[@julienmark7810]

your tears say more than real evidence ever could

[@inferno9714]

+Julien Mark It's sad that that still happens. I think people have forgotten the phrase "Innocent until proven guilty." Whenever anyone is accused of a crime, the vast majority want that person condemned. People are so used to seeing the evil in the world that a lot of the time they can't even consider good as a possibility.

[@Brandonhayhew]

+Bryant Langmuir just like gone girl, that anyone can't even know what real evil is, the evil things most people know is what the media shows

[@NightMotorcyclist]

+Bryant Langmuir not forgotten, they actually want to do away with it because women and other "oppressed" groups need to be heard and believed. Right now it's the college students pushing for this crap.

[@chrisd2051]

+JJZ_109 Thats what scares me about college.

[@caseyj5637]

+JJZ_109 you wanna elaborate on that? Also, "innocent until proven guilty" only applies in a court of law. See that second part there? A "court of law"? The public is not the court.

[@UnchainedEruption]

"It's okay. Your tears say more than real evidence ever could." One of the funniest and most clever lines on the show XD

[@Rowow]

It becomes scary when many people have said exact things...

[@anon-rf5sx]

Yes, that was funny... until now, when it has become true

[@josephcooper1928]

Mr. JustAGuyWithALightsaber Ah yes, the Kavanaugh strategy.

[@okamijubei]

Was but harder to laugh about it in the moment because how women exaggerate like that in reality these days.... And sadly it works. But it'll likely be funny again in the future.

[@okamijubei]

@@jessecuster42 Talk about animal rights in Ben.

[@lionelhutz5137]

I lose it everytime Ben just effortlessly backhands his trainer out of the way while gorging himself at the catering table. "Can't talk. Eating" 🤣

[@taylordowning2533]

That was hilarious

[@joeroberts2156]

Loosely based on reality too.

[@DaWorzt99]

All I can think of Yogi Bear grabbing himself a pic-a-nic basket.. and ranger saying Yogi!!!

[@spookyslut77]

He has to eat !! 😂😂

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Lol I lose it when he say it. No Ben, no lol.

[@MikeB299]

"..Mothers and runaway daughters.. Reunited by their hatred of Homer Simpson.." 😆

[@abhitron]

One of my favourite lines lol

[@Religious_man]

Today's feminist culture.

[@johnsmith60]

Fellas hide your ladies moms lock up your daughters cause Homer Simpson is here 😏

[@merciless972]

Some grade A writing.

[@Urubu_de_terno]

That's why the bear went straight to the buffet. I hope he's okay after falling on so many feminists.

[@mechwarrior83]

"Your tears say more than real evidence ever could" It's like they had a crystal ball into 2020!

[@morzemus1805]

@yaggle fraggle I don't know, most people crying about election fraud seem to be men.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

@@morzemus1805 Just like how people were crying not my president in 2016 and now a bunch of voters are sueing to stop votes from flipping to trump You guys are two halves of the same coin

[@CyberLance26]

@@morzemus1805 I think that women have always cared way more about feelings and emotions than logic and facts and the stuff with the election fraud is not really the same thing.

[@CyberLance26]

@rot liter Religion is not the same thing as women caring way more about feelings and emotions than logic and facts and there is plenty of evidence that there has probably been election fraud so its not just about people being mad that they lost if thats what you think. And by the way the kind of feelings and emotions im talking about is different from believing in a god and religious stuff.

[@JamesFTW1]

I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!

[@September2004]

One of the best 3-minute sequences in the show. From Homer lying covered in the drapes to Kent Brockman hoping that television polls become legally binding.

[@emanuelnajera2924]

Yes on 304!

[@September2004]

+kabodkhwaamkhid Yeah, sounds like a good exaggerated (at least 'exaggerated' for back then) version of trash news.

[@Runenschuppe]

+jessc1979 The Simpsons is sometimes eerily aware of the future (our now present). And sadly it's not trash news anymore. Supposedly reputable news are doing the exact stuff now, because they cant be bothered with checking for facts anymore. Takes too much time.

[@TheIrishEnigma]

+Dom Pizzarro Trial by Media isn't a new concept. BS likie this has been going on for a very long time.

[@CPT85]

+TheIrishEnigma Pretty much ever since the invention of media, if not, mass media.

[@micahbush5397]

I like how they put an entire feature film together in the space of a few days.

[@toby099]

No I’m gonna grab me something sweet

[@lw7918]

More genius in this single clip than the past 18 seasons combined

[@shack8110]

+nuxx vonire Season 6 was the best season IMO, ending with WHo Shot Mr. Burns. The 1 season I purchased on DVD. Touching, clever and hilarious. Was all downhill from there, then around season 12 it pretty much bottomed-out.

[@DarknessIsThePath]

+nuxx vonire For me, everything went to shit after the movie itself.

[@thebluefus]

Fuck you. Simpsons is the best thing on tv.

[@jodomoe2264]

+nuxx vonire I feel like it's become more directed at pre-teens since Family Guy launched. As Family Guy became more political, the Simpsons became less controversial and safer. They were both better at what they originally did, though. When it comes to satire, Family Guy tends to inject comedy into its "message", whereas the Simpsons always used to inject the message into its comedy.

[@captainhardon]

Thebluefus *it was the best thing on tv*

[@scotia7326]

1:16 “Portrait of an Ass-grabber” may be the greatest movie within a movie title ever conceived.

[@sogiyojumbo]

Sounds classy

[@David_Rafuse]

I have to say that "Good-time Slim, Uncle Doobie and the Great Frisco Freak-out", starring Troy McClure, is a strong contender.

[@SuperTed19021]

*Heck yes!* Sounds so classy!

[@nicholasrogers7276]

be hard to show that on disney plus 2021 ass grabber lol

[@lk2704]

"The erotic awakening of S" is also pretty good.

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

I wish Gentle Ben were a real talk show.

[@PrincessofPower84]

NO, BEN! NO!

[@humankinglobetard3000]

Yes, a bunch of feminists in a room with a hungry bear definitely sounds like a fun show to watch!

[@Dane_Youssef]

@@humankinglobetard3000 It really does. Actually, the way YOU described it---we NEED this show.

[@terrymack024]

@@humankinglobetard3000 At least the bear won't go hungry.

[@limecat1986]

I'd watch for the Ben freakouts, otherwise not so much.

[@Tonyrg1988]

Holy fucking shit, they predicted the bear being perceived as safer than a man.

[@Jake-u5j]

Well are they not?, societies message has been that most Men are toxic pieces of shit who want to harm Women because they are insecure, I don't care too many Women are brainwashed and don't understand in the slightest and society is fake gay and retarded, notice how the more socially "progressive" society becomes the more Women complain, Women in the middle east and north Africa do not hate Men as much as Western Women do AM I LYING?

[@MakoRuu]

"Your tears say more than actual evidence ever could." 2018 basically.

[@austinreed7343]

And this is why John Kricfalusi doesn't have the page on Real Life Villains Wiki he very much deserves.

[@colin-campbell]

MakoRuu And the men’s rights activists come creeping out the woodwork.

[@spartanracer]

@@colin-campbell what a stupid reply. Upset because not everyone agrees with the lack of real justice nowadays? Lemme guess...feminist? A mommys boy?

[@colin-campbell]

Road To Sparta Why so upset? 😂

[@Cloud-zb8lw]

That's just SJW BS!

[@remeyrune6009]

That image of when they cut the camera just before Gentle Ben falls into the crowd gets me every time!

[@liamrmorgans921]

Me too 😂

[@stevenjneptuneman8409]

Pause the video and you can see the lady who was talking about public schools screaming.

[@michaelbrims9008]

I don't know why but the fact that you wrote "gentle ben" instead of "ben" had my laughling like a maniac. man i miss this show

[@clareb1565]

@@michaelbrims9008 That is his proper name 😅🤣 they were only saying "No Ben no!" because there wasn't time to say his full name. 🤣

[@jaygasper4853]

Yes! Truly laughing out loud

[@CB-jx3vj]

“Your tears say more than real evidence ever could.” How accurate for current times.

[@OliBoboPlays]

2010 - present...basically.

[@Therickestrick-o8g]

Stupid

[@Bubba__Sawyer]

@@Therickestrick-o8g No, accurate. Stay in denial.

[@Mezzy..]

Believe victims ❤️

[@Bubba__Sawyer]

@@Mezzy.. If they've got proof, yes.

[@victorkolis3438]

"Your tears say more than real evidence ever could" - Today's society

[@maxhatush5918]

When it comes to females

[@sabrina63]

​@@maxhatush5918oh look, an incel in the wild

[@RobertMc0811]

​@@maxhatush5918when it comes to anyone

[@jayteegamble]

Back then it was supposed to be absurd and thus funny.

[@racistpixel1017]

​@@maxhatush5918 speaking about females is not inaccurate, but really simpsons portrayed the media really accurately... I always have one rule in life, if its on tv, its a lie. Doesnt mater if its orange man bad... Or aliens or evil russia attacks innocent ukraine... China is evil and such

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

''No, Mr. Simpson! A cat is living creature!'' ''I DON'T CARE.''

[@michaelscott4909]

LMAOOOOOO one of my all time favorite Simpsons lines. And then the thump thump as the cat is run over! 😂😂😂

[@lupodelupis3672]

Those Simpsons writers were savage!!😂😂😂

[@DruidsCalling]

Now to grab me some SWEET

[@jonathancineus6424]

The Simpsons predict the future AGAIN!!!

[@fulgenzio89]

Jonathan Cineus That's what real art does.

[@octaviancaesarhibernicus4447]

TheMagnificentPony agree, don't see a prediction of the future, just the Simpsons brilliantly satirising events back then.

[@happymaskedguy1943]

Sexual harrasment does actually occur you know... In homer's case, he was wrongly accused. This bears absolutely no relation to any sexual harrasment accusations in real life that I'm aware of. Are you insinuating that Trump or Weinstein are innocent? If so you are delusional. The 'prediction' you claim makes no sense whatsoever.

[@jonathancineus6424]

Mr Gecko 1) I’m not assuming that either of these men are innocent. 2) Your assumption that I’m delusional is misguided, incorrect and rude. 3) You completely missed my point and went off the deep end on a tangent. #SMH

[@happymaskedguy1943]

Jonathan Cineus Okay, so I must have misinterpreted your comment. My apologies. Would you mind explaining what you did mean? What did this clip predict?

[@zandernewson9933]

This episode hasn’t aged a bit ! Not every cartoon can be watched almost 30 years later, and still completely timeless.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Most of the 90s episodes are like that after the awkward first season which was more sentimental The early 2000s were damn good too

[@Matysek98-cq1kc]

​@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539once they used to make better episodes and seasons. now the current seasons are boring.

[@DioBrando-qr6ye]

​@@kingofthezinger9777you are right except the "unregulated cartoon violence" bit. He Man not only could not hit anyone with his sword, he couldn't even swing it! That's why he used it only as a shield to deflect enemy lasers. Unregulated my bottom.

[@No-Lie-I-Want-To-Die]

Because they had intelligent Ivy league educated writers who worked on the show. Part of a better generation. Gen Z and Gen Pussy will never be able to write comedy like this. Not now, not ever. It's so weird because they actually grew up watching this stuff. You'd think that they would soar higher than the previous generations and create the most funny hilarious politically Incorrect comedy. But they crumbled instead. They grew up to be a bunch of vaginas. How does that happen? Like wtf.

[@balok63a40]

I think that the joke about the "Simpson estate" may go over people's heads nowadays.

[@MacCormickCave]

*This episode, clearly shows how much a misunderstanding can end a person's life. And it also shows how much the media can magnify and manipulate what actually happened. And especially when it causes collective fear. This episode shows that this continues to this day!*

[@raven4k998]

there you go if you sleep naked in an oxygen tent you'll get sexual powers✊✊✊

[@PrideDefiler]

Sweetheart, are you by any chance in 7th grade or something? - This sounds like a typical summarisation homework

[@howdoiputthecheeseintheove8437]

​@@PrideDefiler pull that stick out of your ass instead of being a dick to some random comment pointing out what the episode meant

[@cronchulus5489]

@@PrideDefiler calling a seventh grader sweetheart? EDP called he’s looking for a protégé!

[@PrideDefiler]

@@cronchulus5489 Who or what is EDP kid? LOL Also, I don't think you fully understand the term sweetheart - Is English even your first language? LOL

[@CarlMakesItEasy]

*HES LITERALLY STEWING IN HIS OWN JUICES!!!*

[@CarlMakesItEasy]

+SongBird 36 LOL and on top of that Homer has got his head in his hands with Marge comforting him. Little things like that.. rofl

[@YamatoFukkatsu]

WarPaint 47 Not to mention, Kent Brockman's saying that there's no way to see inside the Simpsons' home, yet they're clearly visible through the window. XD

[@officebear4637]

+YamatoFukkatsu Congrats, weeaboo; you've figured out a very simple and obvious joke.

[@officebear4637]

Etaka Ojong Tanyi yeah ok, do you have any more stupid shit to say?

[@9yearsagokk]

"Now I'm gonna grab me something sweet" the classic 90s villain accent 😂😂😂

[@Harshcore811]

I thought he said “Now I’m going to grab some sweet!”

[@phoenixwright6932]

​@@Harshcore811this is why the Close captions (words in black boxes popped up on TVs) functions exist 😂

[@lw3646]

They even put in a pink dress and pigtails to make him seem more perverted.

[@seededsoul]

“Not With a MAN in the WHITEHOUSE!!”

[@jeffreykalb9752]

That man... he's referring to Bill Clinton...

[@johnsmith60]

😂😂😂😂

[@willbelasco]

😂😂

[@Mia-dt3gl]

@Justin Trudeau He’s right, though.

[@Eragarev]

The embodiment of trump supporters.

[@Admin-qy4zi]

1:01 “No Ben No” Ben: Get the F out of here, I’m hungry!

[@jmie5]

Homer goes from being so optimistically naive about the way he's being portrayed ("Ooh, portrait!") to putting his head in his hands at 2:30 when they turn on the heat vision cam & Marge comforting him. I never noticed that before, poor guy.

[@PaulSchober]

Good catch! I'm always watching the oven :)

[@melissacooper4282]

The worst part is that the media poisoned Bart and Lisa against their own father! They hesitated before hugging him then after Homer leaves the room the kids are hugging the TV!

[@PaulSchober]

@@melissacooper4282 And if Willy hadn't shown up with the video evidence, the kids would probably have been hesitating the rest of their lives.

[@jmie5]

@@PaulSchober forgot about that. Thank God for Willy. (Would have been horrific otherwise.)

[@JulianPerez-zv6os]

@@PaulSchober Thank goodness every Scotsman is a voyeur peeping pervert

[@GiantArtProductions]

Gentle reminder that the modern crew running the Simpsons would NEVER write this or green-light this episode EVER.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

True. They're all neutered SJWs now.

[@גיאורטנשטיין]

@@BlackWingedSeraphX So why didn't you ask someone to fire them?

[@mateosanfitz9625]

Who watches modern Simpsons in 2020 though.

[@CHMernerner]

These anti sjws are like roaches. they are everywhere and not good to look at. "eVErEthiNg SeNSoreD" "sNOwFlAkEs" .... while family guy casually show hyper realistic rape scene that make rape victims horrified like it's nothing and did it cancelled becaue of it? Anti SJWs are SJW of their own standard and that standard sucks and outdated(and not funny anymore)

[@KneeCapHill]

Because they are exactly the kinds of people this was aimed at. They care more about propaganda than comedy or storytelling

[@blackphillip564]

*Watching the Simpsons in your childhood: Silly and fun. Watching the Simpsons in your 30s: like rereading a great novel, that's described your world*

[@hectorbarreda7510]

Black Sheep beautifully said

[@KevinMuller5]

Since I got Disney+, I have revisted many older episodes. Your post is 100% on the money. I am thinking about going back and watching it from the beginning.

[@rodimusprime8616]

Facts

[@LS-bw7jt]

Legit

[@JT-xj1pg]

girl don exaggerate, don´t insult great novels with this

[@eleanorhogan8643]

"Probably because it was harassed we don't know" and "I'm sure that's Homer Simpson in the oven rotating slowly" I love those lines.

[@TheChrisHype]

Can we just appreciate how Dennis Franz sounded like he was having the time of his life in the recording booth?

[@BrianRetro]

From what I heard, he was a blast to work with, and always got along with his costars so it would make sense that he was having a ball doing this episode.

[@byronsenior6499]

Is he the guy who played the movie version of Homer.

[@NYCZ31]

@@byronsenior6499 indeed

[@chrisw6164]

He’s played a lot of bad guys, I’m sure he was happy to cut loose and get some laughs doing it

[@TurnAGundam]

@@chrisw6164 Didn't he also play one of the main detectives on "NYPD Blue" or something?

[@TheSkully343]

"Now I'm gonna grab me some SWEET"

[@Fatone1927]

No Ben no

[@mrfivegold]

+tech bro What with that man in the whitehouse not likely, mwhahahahahaha!

[@Rogerthatx10]

+TheSkully343 Love how it was said in such a New York Italian accent lol!

[@williamjacklea]

It's like we watched the same video or something

[@giancarlonurko3476]

I need to use that line next time I'm being creepy...

[@ketchupkatsup9805]

it's sad that The Simpsons now will never be as funny as the 3 minutes of pure gold here

[@slappy10524]

old simpsons was spot on and had scruples. simpsons has been shit for a while.

[@maliciousbugman]

Simpsons has been shit for longer than it's been good. Yeah. Let _that_ sink in.

[@maliciousbugman]

***** To be fair, whilst most post-S10 Simpsons is pretty subpar, that Lady Gaga episode is commonly agreed to be the absolute *worst* (or at least among the absolute worst), even including fans of modern Simpsons. On IMDB, it ranks an average of 4.5/10. No other Simpsons episode even cracks below 5. Not counting clip show episodes, the second-worst ranked episode was the one about Moe's cleaning rag, and that was a 5.8.

[@maliciousbugman]

***** Holy shit. To truly put how bad Lisa Goes Gaga was rated, the Family Guy episode where Brian gets killed off (the worst ranked FG) is at a 4.1. Just barely below Lisa Goes Gaga. Doing more searching, LGG often gets a mention whenever there's some sort of discussion of "worst episodes of shows".

[@Neo-Najarin]

Like a Site-com that usually spans one decade. The Simpsons should of ended after the 90's

[@AJR-zg2py]

Dennis Franz was having the time of his life in the booth LOL He's in the episode for maybe 30 seconds but he's still one of the most memorable guest stars for me because you can tell he's having so much fun.

[@Nantosuelta]

"hahaha, the man in the white house!? hahaha, Not likely! hahahahaaaa!"

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Just wanna grab me something SWEET.

[@DanielJohn-xr7ly]

I don't care.

[@frankmiranda707]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@michael85225]

Possibly the cat was harrassed. LOL

[@eg8031]

No Mr. Simpson, a cat is a living creature I don’t care

[@theginimini]

From what I remember in the german version she sounded like a man copying a woman's voice

[@DgardsGaming]

Back when I was younger I’d probably say I don’t care either because I wasn’t a fan of cats since I had bad experiences with them, I have mellowed over time and have had some good experiences lately 🤣

[@aporue5893]

brooke houts and dogs 😡

[@jasons2270]

As he just runs it over

[@chrisl1878]

With a man in the white house!?

[@adamgriffith-smith9106]

This is one of many simpsons episodes that were ahead of their time

[@EWOODJ]

Always the present

[@ishmael802]

Uh no you just suffer from recency bias. These social commentaries applied back then to now.

[@adamgriffith-smith9106]

@@ishmael802 yeah I’m not denying that it wasn’t around back then but it’s more prominent now days

[@bchstr]

@@adamgriffith-smith9106 No it’s not, because people didn’t question what they saw on media or nearly as much back then.

[@discountchocolate4577]

The 1990s was the decade in which the discourse around sexual harassment took off, triggered in part by the Clarence Thomas scandal resulting from Anita Hill telling Congress how he routinely harassed her. #MeToo is an echo of this.

[@destroythewoke4045]

They even predicted the bear.

[@billyLego4855]

That's what got me.... like wtf?

[@dropbearzz]

No Ben, NO! *SWIPE*

[@ForwardSynthesis]

Some shows aren't as great when you go and watch them again, but the Simpsons gets greater.

[@MarcusKDavey]

Forward Synthesis I

[@handsomebrick]

I would say about equally great, but it was considered godlike in its time so that's no loss.

[@ironmaster6496]

Forward Synthesis No Ben, NO!!!

[@matlockmatt6799]

Forward Synthesis simpsons gets greater? Not sure if joking or srlsy. After season 12 the show was getting worse and worse.

[@KTK44]

Matlock Mat I'm pretty sure he meant the old episodes gets greater when you go back and watch them again.

[@KingOfTheSoulSociety]

It's a shame that this satirical parody has actually become the truth. These days when you commit any crime, social media and the actual media are the judge, jury and executioner regardless of the evidence. And if a court says otherwise people just complain it's corrupt.

[@beerrox711]

Considering the American Revolution gained steam with Paul Reveres' engraved lies id say its always been that way.

[@beerrox711]

the lies of the boston massacre engraving did more damage than any british aggression ever could, not to forget its depiction of Crispus Attucks (sp?) who was the first? victim of "whitewashing" in the history of US media. Im American btw im just not going to deny our history wasnt "shady" at times. Hell we still allow an international terrorist/mass murderer to live comfortably in our country while waging a war on terror o.o

[@peepiepo]

Yeah, it's always been that way. Just now it's on a different medium with the internet

[@intorsusvolo7834]

You don't even have to commit a crime. Just be politically incorrect and a few countries could hate you.

[@sepandghanouni2271]

It's indeed depressing that nowadays celebrities with their barely gotten high school diplomas feel important enough to opine politically and have so much arrogance that we should vote according to their ideology or else they will leave the country as if it's a big deal if we lose George fucking Clooney to Canada.

[@advaitpatil395]

So simpsons did 'a bear or a man, what do women want' before anyone could have predicted it

[@jaygasper4853]

His body temperature has risen to over 400°, He's literally stewing in his own juices..

[@RichardHannay]

The look of that lady who wanted to ask a question when Ben was about to fall on the crowd gets me cracking every time! XD

[@nd4864]

Richard Hannay hahaha! Yeah, that's always my favorite part was their reaction when he fell on them

[@onepieceluffy7427]

Richard Hannay lol

[@pditties]

Me too i just lose it when the man comes out and says Ben No! Then Ben just smacks him the hell out of the screen.

[@grantlee6787]

Back when the Simpsons was pure genius

[@dylancooper3690]

Can they ever return to form?

[@Abstract.Noir414]

Everybody just gonna ignore a tranquilized ben falling on a quarter of the crowd 🤣

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

Did we ignore it

[@kwbaby4297]

I was laughing so hard idk why

[@dancepiglover]

I laugh to tears every time I see that part! 🤣🤣🤣

[@daniellesing6415]

"Ben I have a question?" "No Ben, No." Ben Control. "Roar"

[@Zartu_3rd_Overlord_of_Blargon7]

Gentle Ben was actually a TV series in the late 1960's. It wasn't a talk show or anything ridiculous like that but it was about a bear.

[@somepig2k]

20 plus years later, still an accurate and embarrassing snapshot of American media hysteria.

[@gorginhanson]

this is satire, it isn't really like that

[@thebatman4279]

@@gorginhanson Keep telling yourself that.

[@gorginhanson]

@@thebatman4279 If you're referring to fancy mustard then maybe.

[@5SecondsOfFrame]

Really glad I grew up in the 90's.

[@5SecondsOfFrame]

@@dezertfox3681 I'm pretty sure it has to do with 9/11 and the war in the middle east which is why there is a radical shift in political strife amongst ourselves. Corrupt people are playing both sides which is why I think there has been a devolution in our culture. That plus the global mainstream connection we've transitioned into through the internet, now we get to hear from every country like the EU that they are better then us and hate our backward society, the far left agrees with them and thus play both sides in our politics but I digress. I'm not even that old in my late 20's but I definitely would have not been the same person in this present climate.

[@5SecondsOfFrame]

​@@dezertfox3681 We will lose the country if the radical Democrats/Democrats are not defeated and remain to have a strangle hold on the country ruling through the monopoly on public opinion through media, public influencers/figures and through academic elitism, I know that for sure.

[@5SecondsOfFrame]

@@dezertfox3681 I don't agree with the analysis and I don't think giving up you're life so easily is any kind of answer other then cowardice to be frank. Are you really going to give up so easily you're children and wife? I don't think so.

[@5SecondsOfFrame]

@@dezertfox3681 Please stop talking, you're embarrassing yourself now.

[@5SecondsOfFrame]

@@dezertfox3681 Wow, I can't believe I wasted my time on someone like you, no wonder the 90's spirit died.

[@starvingpeoplecantcomplain]

I knew the Simpsons already made a “I feel safer with a bear than a man” joke.

[@Kyuubi424]

The Simpsons even summarised cancel culture.

[@erictripps125]

Cancle culture is nothing new.

[@diec1290]

Eric Tripps yeah but now is stronger than ever.

[@duetforherbivores]

@@diec1290 Did you forget about the Red Scare? People were deported, blacklisted, lost their visas, connections, freedom, friends, family and sometimes their life if they were falsely accused of Communism. Tens of thousands of Americans lost their jobs.

[@oktusprime3637]

@@erictripps125 He never said it was new. He said they summarized it.

[@joshuastarkloff9602]

Sorry but that doesn't exist.

[@icytea5]

Jesus the Simpsons used to have the Best writers on television.

[@boatymcboatface4120]

Yes, unfortunately the modern Simpsons doesn't carry this timeless social and political criticism anymore. Nowadays it is just jumping on the next forgetable trend as topic.

[@Only1Noodle]

Including Conan O'Brien who was a writer on the show from 1991-1993.

[@geordiejones5618]

Bc a bunch of them went to Harvard. Idk how Groening or Fox convinced these guys to work on this show but they just killed it. Timeless.

[@johnmccarthy4134]

The guy who wrote this created The Office!

[@tobylicious494]

Gentle Ben is so classic.

[@thomasmichael559]

Toby Licious it’s absolutely hilarious. Bear just goes for food 😂

[@clintevans1921]

I love how they added Homer running over a cat which never happened! 😂😂

[@patrickhenry9521]

None of this happened. That's the joke-- they're explaining how the media lies and embellishes stories to make them more provocative. To take something like driving the babysitter home and turn it into this. This season cam out in '94 or '95 and it's still relevant today, if not more.

[@tilaNmanx]

"No Mr Simpson, a cat is a living creature!" "I don't care!" *m e o w* Aah... I love that bit so much :')

[@tomedy_official]

Should have said and so are we

[@onepieceluffy7427]

Lol

[@Conero08]

"Your tears say more than real evidence ever could." Wow - something chillingly prophetic about that line. This is exactly the kind of world we live in, 24 years after this episode aired...

[@NotCthulhu]

oof

[@andye5724]

@@fantasyEXX cancel culture, metoo has been going on since 60s?

[@idratherstayanonimous7020]

Nothing prophetic about it. People were like that back then, is like that now and most certainly will keep going.

[@brakonikolic1446]

Perfectly encapsulating Dylan Farrow's accusation of Woody Allen

[@devildogkogg8353]

Though you all say this, I bet if I point out this happened to Brett Kavanaugh suddenly half of you will say it doesn't exist

[@erictheviking844]

So unbelievably accurate in 2018.

[@jay5ivez]

@ truth

[@okamijubei]

@ only 5-8% of them. Most are actually Protestant whites lives in wall street or in rich urbanized SouthWest California.

[@skydiamsteam6005]

As unbelievable as that beard

[@Mezzy..]

Believe victims

[@CRL365]

Some of the shows best material in the span of two minutes. Nothing could touch it back then

[@JacksonBegleymusicguy]

"Your tears say more than real evidence ever could". No words have ever been truer.

[@TheElectrizantee]

the best 3 minutes of comedy in the history of tv

[@raull.9071]

If I'd meet a real life space alien, and they asked me for a good representation of human culture, I'd suggest them to watch an hour of the Simpsons.

[@unamusedrowlett6303]

Each episode is about 25-30 mins long. Assuming they don't take breaks or take their time taking notes in some way Shape or form, they would only be able to watch 2 episodes. The main question now would be what episodes do you show them?

[@kaizerallen3785]

They can watch three episodes in one hour. My three would be: - "Bart Gets an F" - "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" - "Mother Simpson"

[@fernandoed1517]

More like American In-Culture

[@PHATB0Y20]

Nigga you trying to get us killed?

[@YMPictures]

If I had the option for 3 -Life on The Fast Lane -Cape Feare -Boy Scouts In Da Hood

[@figo7ronaldo]

One of the greatest Simpsons episodes of all time in my opinion. Still cracks me up to this day.

[@Walamonga1313]

"Your tears say more than real evidence could" so true nowadays.

[@okamijubei]

Including with women making false reports and exaggerations and gamers that use the SWAT team on other gamers.

[@thomsboys77]

Or, rather, it has always been this reality

[@uravirginwhocantdrive1400]

@@okamijubei I think that was the point of Wallace’s comments

[@HumanRights4Everyone]

They would *never* make this today. It's also never been more relevant. XD

[@johnTaylor9760]

I think this was the best episode ever made! NOW I'M GONNA GRAB ME SOME SWEET!!!!

[@alexcee8419]

grab them by the p

[@1Sandwitch1]

no means yes! Now get me that sweet! >:P

[@Christrulesall2]

Alex Cee Trump Approves.

[@rixxy9204]

It's one of the best episodes for sure.

[@troywright359]

No Mr John Taylor, a Simpson episode today is still made by living creatures!

[@dimitrijestevanovic4851]

I can't believe it, Simpsons predicted "man or bear" thing

[@billyLego4855]

Simpsons knew what they were saying. We are living in satire land 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but it's actually hell and bigoted 🥲

[@OffTheCuff444]

That's 3 whole minutes of no plot progression, just random bits of television relating to the main story in some vague way. God, it's so good!

[@handsomebrick]

It's thematic! It's progressing the themes!

[@SDRUFFA]

Too much wikipedia for the kiddos

[@LUCKO2022]

This episode shows us the culture we have today. Pretty scary.

[@CalebSalstrom]

This was the culture then as well, which is why the joke exists.

[@TheLakabanzaichrg]

hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men and weak men create hard times.

[@danerook]

Pixar The Great no it doesn't

[@LUCKO2022]

Yes it certainly does. People get false accusations all the time now and they are vilified before the truth is reveals. Our SJW culture today as well is guilty of that, vilifying and distorting everything today. So yeah, it is.

[@Anfubvinch]

One of my all-time favorite Simpsons episodes... the best part is when Homer is interviewed and they cut everything to make him sound like a pervert

[@royrogers983]

Ohh yeahhhh...hahaha

[@jayboy8080]

+Roy Rogers yeah, you can see the clock moving back and forward

[@Anfubvinch]

justinjha Exactly. It's genius

[@RavenWitchShade]

+Anfubvinch DRAMATIZATION: MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED

[@TheSkully343]

Sweet can. Sweet sweet sw-sw-sw-sweet...

[@Kfenstermaker]

This sounds terrible, but the part where Dennis Franz goes out of his way to hit the cat had me in tears as a kid and still does to this day. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Fisk4life]

Always gets me too

[@rixxy9204]

@@dr2599 **THUMP**

[@crazycarlsadventures5983]

No mr Simpson a cat is a living creature 😂 made me laugh as a kid

[@PrincessofPower84]

Now I'm gonna grab some sweet!

[@Eric-wf3gv]

HAHA I DON'T CARE!

[@kuruptzZz]

Whoever came up with this gentle ben concept is a legend

[@jc_malone8217]

I'm gonna grab me some sweet!

[@ihate2danimationprofiles895]

JC Malone Delicious

[@terrygallo8999]

“When Marge Simpson put the cat out. It could be harassed, we don’t know.”....does Kent work at Fox or CNN?

[@CappnRob]

Yes.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

the made for tv movie literally is based on the for tv specials Fox used to have on, and the show that did the expose on him where they edited his lines to make I’m look guilty was also based on a fox show

[@bdjoh011]

CNN

[@frankficcle7081]

@@mckenzie.latham91 20 years ago this was spoofing Fox but today CNN is even more notorious for this kind of behavior.

[@unpleasanttruth238]

Just say mainstream media. There are no honest or unbiased msm networks.

[@matteofabrizio409]

"your tears say more than real evidence ever could" oh how accurate for the times..

[@CPT85]

This episode was definitely a major commentary on the whole concept of trial by media and just how unreliable what you see on the news can be.

[@TheStuckMillennial]

The more time that passes, the more these classic Simpson episodes become even more relevant.

[@lusyhognaston3777]

I laughed when Kent said "Whether it was harassed or not, we don't know"

[@ballshippin3809]

This is why I love old Simpsons so much. Their satire of contemporary society is a work of art!

[@dylancooper3690]

What happened to The Simpsons?

[@ballshippin3809]

@@dylancooper3690 It should've ended in the 90's as it was a show made for that decade. I can't believe this show is still ongoing, who actually watches it now?...

[@Gamerdude854]

It's scary how relevant this episode still is

[@tamhaswoods9056]

This humble three-minute sequence has more endlessly-quotable jokes and rib busting laughs in it than the last 20 years of the so-called Simpsons.

[@kenhernandez8128]

Wrong

[@DVDRAR]

@@kenhernandez8128 why

[@SuperTed19021]

Back when it was *so* good! (Seasons 3-8).

[@dylancooper3690]

What happened to The Simpsons?

[@SuperTed19021]

You would think Homer committed a murder!!! Back when the Simpsons were at their best. Good times.

[@TheBuckweat33]

+Dak Lamerbusch ikr, family guy got praise for it once after THEY copied south park's niche and the modern simpsons have been trying to suck that proverbial teat ever since :/

[@ganados0]

+SuperTed19021 They actually tried to pin the JFK assassination on Marge in Marge in Chains after she shoplifted.

[@SuperTed19021]

Springfield is insane!

[@SuperTed19021]

@@TheBuckweat33 I've never in my life got "Family Guy"

[@jessediaz1293]

When The Simpsons had 30 jokes in under 3 minutes. This is one of my favorite episodes it’s so good.

[@angrypredator2704]

It's getting kinda disturbing how the Simpsons keep predicting the future

[@ethanmaccullouch2776]

You were not alive in the 1990s.

[@Nameless82284]

Dude, these kinds of things happened before this episode.

[@bodbn]

Go back and watch the Clarence Thomas hearings which occurred before this episode aired.

[@letsgetacid]

It wasn't the future - it's been reality for decades.

[@retrogamelover2012]

Or more likely, the world has set the bar down so low, that a show like The Simpsons can now be hailed as the modern day Nostradamus, because of how easy to anticipate the idiocy is.

[@DynastyGuy]

Hey, that's a half truth!!!!!

[@ViolentRainbow]

I wonder which half is true...

[@ganados0]

He might not sleep nude.

[@Axalon45]

Do YOU remember when the Simpsons was satirical? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

[@idkchocolate]

Axalon Xanders Hahaha

[@OtakuD50]

They're still satirical. They just suck at it now.

[@WT_Neptune]

I member.

[@MatthewSchellenberg]

That was a Futurama joke. I remember.

[@nothingtoseehere6142]

Remember when Family Guy was funny? I don't.

[@mrmusickhimself]

I love how much fun Dennis Franz was having with his voicerole, he pulled out some of his Psycho II performance for that one lol.

[@Blubatt]

No, Ben, NO!

[@Rando_Shyte]

I say this to my housemate Ben all the time. Never gets old

[@engel1816]

No rulo, no hagas eso

[@juppukun]

+Ben Attwood *bearslap* This made me laugh a lot more than it should have. ''No, Ben! No!''

[@PaulSchober]

+juppukun And the fact that they had an armed response team ready to go with "Ben Control" on their backs:)

[@juppukun]

Paul Schober it's even more hilarious that they thought scolding a wild bear would prevent him from feeding on food readily available to him.

[@johnathanryan2117]

That Gentle Ben sketch is an absolute work of genius. Biting satire

[@ZhangtheGreat]

No one's going to comment on how well Dennis Franz nailed the role of Homer? 😁

[@david26799]

So that was Dennis franz?😄 all these years I've been watching The Simpsons and I never thought of that

[@chrisw6164]

That wasn’t the real Homer?

[@Freshlydeliveredegg]

"That's ok, your tears could say more than real evidence could.." The depp/heard case in a nutshell

[@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki]

The entire "MeToo" movement with lots of nuts.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki Oh, so no woman has ever been abused?

[@stephaniegormley9982]

@@ShadowSonic2 You tell em, white knight. Your tears say much more than any evidence could.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@stephaniegormley9982 So yeah, you're agreeing with these Incels that no woman who says she was abused means it.

[@WAEVOICE]

@@ShadowSonic2 What part of "with lots of nuts" don't you get?