Number 8!

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[@volcelraptor3983]

The most impressive part is how Barney played the tape by pressing the record button.

[@filmer197]

lol i thought the same thing right away :)

[@gdparry2727]

Taking playback to even stranger new levels *burp*

[@formerctgovernordannelmall1452]

Boy, I sure hope somebody got fired for THAT blunder

[@brandonhensley4335]

Come on Marge, it's a cartoon. It's not supposed to make sense.

[@Bram25]

No! Because it is abstract art! On another not visible tape deck they record the response of everyone in the room as a B side.

[@giorgiomariani453]

Apu's face in this is one of my all-time favourite representations

[@grantoden8242]

Front facing disgusted Apu is my favourite Apu.

[@YouTubePublisherorPlatform]

@Vicks VaporRub Can you imagine going overseas and settling in another country where you're a minority and complaining about how a character of your race is depicted in a freaking cartoon that depicts every single character as stupid? Identity politics has got to die.

[@BMoser-bv6kn]

@@KZbinPublisherorPlatform Eh, it's true that Apu is one of the few respectable people in Springfield. You've got this town full of lazy corrupt cops, teachers who've given up, dumbasses, alcoholics... and then there's this guy who's a little *too* dedicated to his job. The Problem With Apu isn't necessarily about being voiced by a white guy (though uh maybe that's not the best) or being the "hard working and industrious" stereotype (slaves used to be portrayed that way in popular consciousness, until the 13th amendment made slavery administered through the state and "lazy criminals" was the more profitable attitude to foster)... The problem is he was literally the only Indian in all of pop culture for **decades**. That's a lot of stupidly huge responsibility to put on the shoulders of one cartoon. It's not like it's 100% all hate all the time from all people. And I'm sure how he got pissed off at Lovejoy for calling his religion "miscellaneous" and pointed out there were seven hundred million Hindus in the world, was a moment of tiny but useless catharsis for many. Ah well, I miss the Simpsons. 8 seasons wasn't enough.

[@FernieCanto]

@@KZbinPublisherorPlatform Yes, I can imagine that. When my European ancestors settled here, they were a minority. They thought the native peoples were offensive, so they enslaved and slaughtered everyone.

[@YouTubePublisherorPlatform]

@@FernieCanto Bland regurgitation of communist talking points as a form of virtue signalling. If you feel responsible for what your ancestors did (or benefiting from it) pay for it yourself and don't bother the rest of us or you're just as pushy as they were.

[@gillescoin6701]

Best resumé of Yoko's career.

[@tss3393]

I don't know, her cover of Katy Perry's Firework is a pretty hot contender. Seriously, go watch it if you haven't seen it.

[@srami004]

You mean, "Resume." The way that Homer says it.

[@embargovenom9948]

@@tss3393 Came back to give you a thumbs up after listening to it. Holy fuck.

[@theo9952]

Υοko may not have the song writing talent of her late husband, but her solo albums are a thousand times more interesting to listen to than the 99,9% of all that pop-sy shit of today, including stuff like "house"(what?) hiphop, rap, "trap" (what?) and the rest of all that autotuned CRAP.

[@shadowlinkish]

@@theo9952 ratio

[@charlesmurphy3222]

"It's been done." -George Harrison

[@wannabesteve777]

Oh my god, oh my god where did you get that brownie!?

[@gillescoin6701]

Of course here Apu is George... ;)

[@lisettegarcia7013]

"It's all in the mind." -George Harrison 🧡🎸🍏🧘

[@Simp_Zone]

@@wannabesteve777 Well what a nice fella.

[@eddietat95]

The position and posture of everyone in 0:15 is based on an actual Beatles photograph. All the way down to Apu's (George's) bored lean and Barney's (John's) feet on the keyboard.

[@eddietat95]

And, of course, Yoko is just standing in the background like a creepy mannequin.

[@reijosalminen7502]

Yes, and Homer is Paul. Skinner must be Ringo then.

[@Patrick3183]

Never knew that. Just googled that image. Thanks!

[@manlymcstud8588]

@@Patrick3183 i didn't find it, what key words did you use?

[@gdparry2727]

@@reijosalminen7502 Yea... the funny one.

[@thedukeofchutney468]

The saddest thing is that this “Numbah 8” piece makes more sense and sounds more pleasing than Yoko’s actual work.

[@Ghoopty]

True

[@dragonmaster613]

Are you referring to "Revolution 9" off the White album, of which this is satirizing?

[@supahcomix]

@@dragonmaster613 probably

[@saloz9483]

@@dragonmaster613 I just heard it and oh my god what a piece of shit.

[@gmitchellfamily]

How dare you criticize her recording of a toilet flush?

[@jaysonbradbury162]

I didn't get this joke growing up. Once I gave the White Album a listen and learnt a bit about it's context. This became infinitely better 😂😂😂

[@FirstnameLastname-yc2mt]

Wait, please explain

[@yepalright624]

@@FirstnameLastname-yc2mt revolution 9 by the beatles

[@NevanSlone]

Just learned the joke 🤙

[@raystinger6261]

Kinda, except that Revolution 9 wasn't something that Lennon-Ono shoved to the group, it was actually a group effort of the Beatles+Ono. The Beatles were no strangers to experimental music even before Yoko Ono.

[@Manudyne]

@@yepalright624 Is revolution 909 by daft punk a reference to that??

[@BadgerOff32]

This is still one of the funniest jokes in the Simpsons. Even all these years later it still lives rent free in my head, and whenever I let out a loud, Barney-esque burp, I instinctively follow it with "Numba 8!". I just can't help it lol

[@norcatch]

Whenever my copy of The Beatles goes onto its penultimate track, I turn down my amp and put this on.

[@mistersoupmannovember2263]

This was so good it made Apu and Skinners eyes roll to the back of their heads

[@srujan00]

Apu's pupils are different - like he's wacked on acid or something

[@Stealthwilde]

Ahegao

[@spencer1280]

Apu looks how I feel all day every day

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

He's worked harder shifts

[@darthlazurus4382]

You doing okay?

[@thesteelecrusader7778]

Apu looks like when I'm crossed.

[@inn5268]

The 'i need more coffe' stare

[@DOTACeej]

"Barbershop is in danger of growing stale" is a very underrated line considering Barbershop is preserved art form with rules in which to compose it to make sure it doesnt change :P

[@walmartpimp2]

IGN's theme song.

[@submale5892]

"It gets very annoying very quickly, no one in the office likes it...9/10" - IGN

[@ausgamecollector]

No there’s is Number 8.5

[@willc2480]

“8/10 step in the right direction “ ign when reviewing any madden since 2013

[@gigaatom]

Honestly I've never seen them give anything less than a 6 out of 10 they should just cut the first 5 numbers out. 3 out of 5 Vs 8 out of 10 might mean they have to justify themselves a bit more

[@mattmanguy]

"It has a little something for everyone."

[@DorianYarg]

Still better than a real Yoko Hono's performance.

[@honestdave]

She might as well be the worst singer in the history of the entire world. This woman makes the Jonas brothers look like Amadeus Mozart.

[@jaketucker2559]

That she hag single handedly ruined the Beatles

[@honestdave]

@@jaketucker2559 I hate to break it to you the Beatles were going to break up eventually. What she did was escalate the situation so that she can make her career off of John Lennon's career. Without John Lennon she knew that she would be nothing.

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

@@honestdave she was already a famous artist before she met john lennon. he met her at one of her art showings which was a big event at the time. of course she achieved much greater fame from her relationship with john, but to use the word "nothing" in regards to where she would be without him is inaccurate .

[@RabidNemo]

@@honestdave kzbin.info/www/bejne/rV7JnoB3hbKLgrM

[@gabeslist]

Somewhere there exists a sick remix of this.

[@asdkotable]

Yes, there is! Dankmus has some rally good Simpsons remixes, including Number 8!

[@justi139]

Yeah it’s called number 9

[@elvisgonzales6387]

Kanye west can make it work

[@swy334]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHrRnoWwgc98d5Y

[@IAmNumber4000]

Barney’s avant-garde outfit is my favorite of his lol

[@superzentredi]

Just the simplicity of this scene is what makes it all the more timelessly hilarious.

[@After4th]

Family Guy would play this for another two minutes.

[@jimmyc42x]

And then call back to it at the end

[@repubblesmcglonky8990]

If you play it backwards it's the entire reading of Catcher in the Rye

[@fungitower]

God I hated that book

[@Forgemno]

Oh shyt

[@firstborn9419]

To soon!

[@repubblesmcglonky8990]

@@fungitower Phony ;)

[@fungitower]

@@repubblesmcglonky8990 gosh darn

[@syckles]

I love Barney's expression. This subtle humor has been lost in the show.

[@MrSpookyLover]

Numba 8

[@andieallison6792]

Friendly reminder that Yoko did not break the Beatles up 😁

[@buldermatts2968]

its saddening to know that simpsons will never be like this again

[@vladpiranha]

Don't be sad it's over, be glad it happened.

[@ElJediDelB612]

Iggyyyyyyy!!!!

[@leob4403]

@@vladpiranha glass half empty type of people, when they see a Beatles video they think "it's sad that music isn't like this anymore" instead of "this is awesome, so cool that this was made" or whatever.

[@gerry409]

I am sad cause your rigth

[@vsgfilmgroup]

Saddening is a perfectly cromulent word.

[@krogdog]

I used to record every Simpsons ep and all I remember about this one was my Dad almost hurting himself from laughing so hard at this scene!

[@alcd6333]

My mother - like Yoko Ono - was from Japan and about the same age. She thought Ono's an embarrassment to music and Japanese society.

[@jemperdiller]

A shamefur dispray

[@kenjikodai]

​@@jemperdiller That got me pretty good lol

[@michaelsmulkowski5088]

So true

[@MrX-tx9lo]

We need a 10hr version of just “number 8 buuuuurp”

[@GozUnlimited]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmmWp5RjYpmJd7c Unfortunately it's only 1 hour

[@MrX-tx9lo]

@@GozUnlimited damn only and hour.

[@1TheVelociraptor]

like i always say do it yourself don't ask for hand outs

[@MrSpookyLover]

@@GozUnlimited 😢🤣🤣🤣

[@Chris-is1rd]

/watch?v=g1jafQPAb9k

[@GdoubleWB]

Ah yes, the famous Japanese Barbershop conceptual artist, Oko Yono.

[@aidanrogers4438]

At least she wasn’t just yelling like a cat into a microphone.

[@FrogTonic]

Hold on let me put my cat on the keyboard.

[@FrogTonic]

MEOOOOOOWEEEEEEWWW

[@FrogTonic]

MEEEOOOWWWWWWWWW

[@FrogTonic]

MOOOWWWEEWEWWW

[@FrogTonic]

MEEEEOOOWWWW

[@Bearmauler]

I was always dying out of laughter when I saw this as kid

[@kevine-anaba4348]

i remember this episode as a kid. It was funny then & it's funny now 😁😁. " # 8 burb" had me dead 💀💀

[@ShortFuseFighting]

the "synchronized eyeroll" gets me every time....

[@a.a.m.6339]

The real beatles must've laughed so hard with this!

[@emperadorlich4554]

Well, the remaining 2.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

@@emperadorlich4554 Actually, three were alive when this episode aired, and George actually guest-starred in the episode. It’s a shame he’s no longer with us today, though. :(

[@TyrantTitan.]

0:14 I'm making this my new ringtone D;

[@rileyk5228]

ringtone? found the time traveller

[@weldontucker3435]

I don't know what's funnier: this or the Krusty doll Bart had that just "ugh" every time he pulled the string

[@HeavyMetalBarpiano]

I know and love this scene as long as I can remember anything. It was so hilarious when I heard the Beatles'' No. 9 decades later. 😄

[@GabREAL1983]

i love this scene haha!

[@cjc132]

My 18 year long journey to understand this joke was worth it 😂😂

[@rearviewstudios]

Number 9…

[@kisbie]

No it wasn’t.

[@cjc132]

@kisbie ...... I bet you're good fun at a party 👍

[@GameStoryArchive1]

It's hilarious. I probably watched this when I was a kid but didn't understand it... but after hearing the song now I do and it's such a witty scene

[@catshadowdragon]

Apu and Skinner in the background just looking so fed up

[@gsmooth4279]

The fact that it’s Number 8 implies there’s an entire album of this

[@axelwulf6220]

I find it awesome that Skinner know both Apu and Barny

[@Cookieboymonster1962]

One of my favourite lines from the entire show is Barney saying, "Barber shop is in danger of growing stale."

[@johnathanryan2117]

" Its only til we get back from our tour of Sweden ...." Represented by Nigel...

[@nordimejia5790]

I need "number 8" to be my ringtone

[@cheshire147]

Solid

[@blengdiabloed7335]

them Yoko and Barney pose tho. it's lit. it's actually the beatles' pose from before

[@randolphsavage9760]

As a kid I laughed because I thought "Number 8 *burp*" was lol random humor (which you love when you are a kid). But after listening to Revolution 9 this was just another really solid Beatles reference in the script.

[@johnjrgonzalez6307]

Still hilarious

[@mellowthieves]

This is literally the first track of Donda

[@kevine-anaba4348]

Haha

[@gz1842]

LMAOOOO

[@DanielDangerous]

It's literally a rip on "Revolution 9" from the Beatles white album. It's 8 minutes of words and sounds

[@micaelmunoz5417]

@@DanielDangerous omg yikes thats awful! I'll take number eight :(

[@billsmith6884]

When I heard that Kenya had finally dropped Donda, I thought that his constipation had been cured.

[@DeadRaymanWalking]

Number 8 (BURP!) Number 8 (BURP!) Number 8 (BURP!)

[@MrParkerman6]

*Numbuh

[@alexwright7535]

What incredible lyrics.

[@ErikaBell_Z]

Hilarious parody of Revolution Number 9. And I like that song.

[@aperson22222]

I do agree that barbershop is in danger of growing stale.

[@christianappel1998]

Better than today´s mainstream music. :D

[@davidhelmer9124]

Barney was just ahead of his time

[@richard7645]

I did laugh at this as a kid 😄

[@honestdave]

Sadly no it's not. There has never been a singer before or after that was worse than Yoko Ono.

[@ozates8347]

@@honestdave I guess The Spice Girls from the Late 90’s don’t count huh? Man their Music sucked and still does to this day lol.

[@honestdave]

@@ozates8347 God those gals made you wanna eat a bullet.

[@jessicathethreestoogesfan2635]

Lol This scene is a reference of what happened to the Beatles in 1969.

[@sasquach37]

I need a 10-hour video version of this

[@casperrabbit7254]

As a kid I thought this was funny because burp jokes ecks dee xD As an adult I think this is funny because Yoko Ono's music is actually just Like That 🤣 And also because burp jokes ecks dee xD

[@boredpreston]

Wow finally, I've heard this in a few vids before and had no idea where it came from.

[@ksvba96-36]

The producers should let the show die already, its become a pathetic cartoon long ago

[@FakeAnarchist]

When you realize later as you got older that this joke was a reference about John Lennon and Yoko Ono during the White Album phase of The Beatles is when you realize just how intelligent, sophisticated and funny those classic Simpsons episodes were.

[@Darksaviour]

Simpsons was and still is funnier then most animated sitcoms. Simpsons homer actually has some thought out into their jokes unlike Family guy which is literally summed up like South Park showed it. Manatees jus touting random words together to make a cut away. Also Seth just plays on Shock humour and stereotypes.

[@xerxes2044]

older? we knew that as kids.

[@breakingmad2645]

Yeah but the image they animated was a reference to the 1969 get back sessions for some reason

[@kisbie]

Well, the whole episode is a parody of The Beatles story. Mad to think this episode is now further away in time then the Beatles were when it was made.

[@GackFinder]

The most impressive bit here is that Simpsons predicted dubstep

[@sarinasvlog2830]

I love this scene this scene is the most funniest scene I've ever watched

[@blackcitroenlove]

The original (Revolution 9) is really just the sound of those weird numbers stations that were a thing during the Cold War. Not that hard to make the connection.

[@TheEmperorHyperion]

But what do the numbers mean?

[@digiquo8143]

THE NUMBERS, MASON! WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

[@gabrielbennett5162]

@@TheEmperorHyperion they were believed to be coded messages for intelligence agents in the field, utilizing one-time pad ciphers; they were used during the Cold War by spy agencies (CIA, KGB, MI-6, etc) on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Impossible to crack without the code key, which would be immediately discarded after a single use and changed daily, rendering it worthless for decoding future transmissions. To anyone else listening in, such as ham radio operators around the globe, it would just sound like someone transmitting a bunch of random numbers. Here's a recorded broadcast from the 1980s of one of the better known stations (now defunct as of 2008), which is believed to have been run by MI-6 out of RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus. Listeners dubbed it "The Lincolnshire Poacher," because of its use of that particular tune to alert agents that a transmission was about to begin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5-7gaSLipuZf5I It also had a lesser-known sister station dubbed "Cherry Ripe," for its use of that song, which was otherwise identical in operation to the Lincolnshire Poacher. Originally broadcast out of Guam (possibly indicating American involvement), Cherry Ripe was eventually moved to Humpty Doo in Australia's Northern Territories before also being discontinued circa 2009.

[@madmanmortonyt4890]

I thought it was a sound check John had found lying around

[@gabrielbennett5162]

@Eugene Cam in the case of the Russian UVB-76 (aka the "Buzzer") and similar stations, I would agree. Except for rare occasions where morse code or voice transmissions are heard on it, I believe that one is probably used to provide a steady signal for radio direction finding, kind of like the old VOR systems for aircraft. But again, just speculating.

[@juanelorriaga2840]

I remember watching this with friends when it first aired and everyone was laughing so hard in a obvious Yoko slam

[@angelinvasormx2088]

I need a 10 hours version

[@kevinwalsh3782]

Not kidding I have a good friend that says "Number 8" after every single time he burps

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

The shot at 0:17 is an exact copy of a Beatles' studio photo from the Let it Be sessions.

[@superpokemonbros.9441]

@Redd Foxxx number 9 number 9 (x10)

[@benjaminkasson2587]

Man Yoko Ono will forever be the symbol of a band falling apart.

[@RocStarr913]

As racist and sexist as the notion of that is (It’s clear you just stated it as merely a cold, hard fact though) considering Lennon had plenty of personal struggles and had grown apart from the Beatles for quite some time and Ono happened to be East Asian.

[@benjaminkasson2587]

@@RocStarr913 How is what I said racist or sexist? I said nothing about her gender or ethnicity. And it's not about who was at fault, it's about associations. But thanks for bringing race into this anyways.

[@andieallison6792]

By sexists and racists maybe lol

[@keepitsecret-dl1pr]

@@RocStarr913 found the racist

[@playwithdomination9238]

Yoko looks like the queen in Disenchanted by the makers of the Simpsons

[@haruka42069]

this is better than any real yoko ono record

[@jonnekallu1627]

Sounds like an intro to a Daft Punk song.

[@__seeker__]

0:15 Apu’s face lol

[@gerry409]

Everytime i hear the white album of the beatles and put the number 9 song i cant stop thinking about these scene 😂

[@PaulSmith-pz9eq]

The Ballet of Barney and Yoko. Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 … Hilarious!

[@Abominatrix650]

When I first saw this as a kid, I laughed my lungs into defeat

[@ahmadansari642]

Yeah. 0:14

[@keepitsecret-dl1pr]

DEFEAT haha

[@boobiedefloop6097]

Literally better than anything yoko has released.

[@s3c0nd1mpact]

0:07 no words spoken and it's one of the best visual gags ever

[@TheRegart]

I don't know if it was intentional, but I like how Skinner and Apu's eyeball synch up to the last burp

[@ETH5626]

Talk about a broken Tape that's stuck on repeat.

[@Nightweaver1]

Huh, always thought he said "bold new directions." Funny how you remember stuff.

[@dmcx117]

That’s how Kanye West got inspired to write the song Donda 😂

[@TheBonVivant_]

Say what you will about Revolution Number 9 but Dangermouse’s sample of it for his remix of My 1st song on The Grey Album is brilliant

[@famalam943]

I live with an artist. This is pretty accurate.

[@dreamerboii5228]

Donda Chant be like:

[@mrtheamazingdude]

I finally understand that Skooks joke now

[@DaisyGeekyTransGirl]

Best description ever.

[@CIutchX]

It took me years 'till I realized this was all a parody on the Beatles

[@krogdog]

Exactly, me too! I was 9 when this aired and my dad had to fill me in on everything.

[@mahmamia5100]

Why can I see Bjork doing something like this?

[@FFKonoko]

It literally has yoko playing yoko for a barnershop beatles stand in....and you reference bjork.

[@oz_jones]

@@FFKonoko you arent very smart, are you. Also, *Björk

[@ylpea5170]

also ‚aren‘t‘

[@mahmamia5100]

@@FFKonoko Yes, I referenced Bjork. I'm aware of what Yoko's, umm, "music" is like, but I can still see Bjork doing something like this. Is that a problem? Did you want to just be condescending over nothing in order to feel big on the internet? Anyway, I'm still gonna reference Bjork, so go be snotty somewhere else.

[@501764727]

I Love This!! ♥️#️⃣8️⃣

[@MrSpookyLover]

Always come back here when there's a big rugby comp on #numbereight 😋

[@SaifooStudios2020]

This Must Become a meme.

[@jerry3790]

It was already a meme back in the sixties. The skit is a reference to a Beatles song

[@danypouliot5237]

Yeah but what is a meme?ever stopped an think about it.nothing at all.

[@jenschristiantvilum]

Knowing that the writers of The Simpsons are mathematicians I have to mention, that 8! equals 40320. I assume that's not what you meant 😉

[@deividbx]

Yoko Ono loves this episode

[@wdixon27]

now i want "numbah 8" as my ring tone

[@19torento]

Meanwhile I am just wondering what is wrong with stale music that never bothered to go to strange, new places. Burp!

[@leob4403]

You mean like The Eagles

[@josedb]

music nowdays

[@thesapodcast]

Apu and Skinner’s faces are fucking priceless 😂

[@NewEnglandOtaku]

OHMYGOD!OHMYGOD!OHMYGOD! Where'd you get that brownie?!

[@sandhilltucker]

Yeah I'd rather hear abes story that doesn't go anywhere. "They didn't have white onions because of the war"

[@RuneKenneth95]

Barney is that one friend who always brings his annoying gf

[@Sly88Frye]

When I first saw this as a child back in the '90s I actually forgot what was even going on to be honest I just don't remember much but I still found it funny because that just was so ridiculous. Love the number eight and the burp

[@zidneya]

Well.... he wasn't kidding with "strange new places" thou.

[@l3onoxid396]

Barney=Lenon Apu=Starr Seymour=Harrison Homer=McCartney Yoko=Ono

[@Electricshrock]

I'd argue Apu is Harrison because: 1) He's the youngest 2) He's into Indian music 3) He's in George's position on the "Bigger Than Jesus" (Abbey Road) album cover

[@mattg847]

Who's here after Donda?

[@thewrestler9184]

Man one of those Simpsons writers must've been a massive Beatles fan & really hated Yoko Ono.

[@mr.mediocregamer9653]

You don't have to be a massive Beatles fan to hate Yoko. You just need functioning ears.

[@markasscop]

skinner is really giving me spike from cowboy bebop vibes