The Simpsons bribing everyone for 6 minutes straight

[@lerenard5110]

"Backdoor shenanigans" 😂 Subtle, real subtle

[@mrspacecat6049]

im flattered maybe even a little curious

[@crazyforcoffee5950]

@@mrspacecat6049but the answer is NO!!

[@supersuperrambo]

The entire scene is brilliant writing

[@URProductions]

4:02 He accepted the bribe to overlook the bribe, but he still pinned him on the safety violations. Expertly played.

[@shadenox8164]

He didn't accept any bribe? He just said he would overlook the attempt to bribe him this time.

[@ironhell813]

It’s in his pockets…

[@S_t_i_c_k_y_R_i_c_e]

It's a ring toss game

[@the10ofdiamondscard]

​@@S_t_i_c_k_y_R_i_c_e His name is Bart.

[@hughjass1044]

@@ironhell813 No, it isn't. Look at him when he's going out the door. No money in the pockets.

[@evanvalenta1898]

The box, THE BOX!

[@NippleInflation]

Maybe I’m a bit slow but, was he accepting the bribe or was that a different joke?

[@evanvalenta1898]

@@NippleInflation he was accepting the bribe

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

​@@NippleInflation Yes, but he played his choice of bribe like a game show contestant.

[@Nutsaur]

The boat's a boat but the Mystery Box could be anything. Even a boat!

[@victorsantana4773]

I lived my life based on that quote.

[@goldensoul1842]

4:35 The fact the chief of police is handing Moe a bribe, mid trial LOL

[@zena2239]

It's just his laundry

[@predetor911]

@@zena2239weird that his laundry is in a sack with a $ sign on it.

[@zena2239]

@@predetor911 Laundry ain't free you know

[@Ivanus59]

@@predetor911 They just didn't have any other bag to use at the moment. :)

[@theraptor8096]

What season and episode was this?

[@aegisofhonor]

"uhhh, you know, one of those loser countries" sounds ironically hilarious coming from Moe of all people.

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

especially after stealing the fan from fan man and rescuing people from said "loser countries". 🤣

[@kaycey7361]

Sudan

[@flowertrue]

It reminds me of someone

[@lobomalsano]

I dont know, Moe has had a business for many years. He may not be a full loser

[@alejrandom6592]

How is this ironic? Stop using words u dont know

[@adams3560]

I always love how Homer is completely wrong about Burns’ intentions, yet his answer still makes perfect sense.

[@leafyking2574]

who says hes wrong maybe not on first base but after that ? once he takes that deal who says he dont end up like burns good ol right hand choreboy , i dont even wanan know those 2 doing ,no offence dont even think its romantic ,.

[@leafyking2574]

he slips it in his pocket mon ? XD and scratches his back tap tap tap table kachik kachik hands udner chin liek some schoolgirl dont like this looking legit

[@flowertrue]

I mean, there's back-door shenanigans and then there's ... back-door shenanigans!

[@unnamedchannel1237]

@@flowertrueI would like Smithers opinion on that

[@Mavakor]

It’s one of the show’s best bits of dialogue

[@falcore91]

The Simpsons gave me an unrealistic expectation of how often I should expect to receive bribes in my day to day life.

[@ceu160193]

Depending from your position, it may be realistic.

[@Mr.East.]

I wonder if the Simpson are also accurate about this but we the public don’t get to see it🤔

[@misterclownface]

You're not important. That is why it is an unrealistic expectation for you.

[@KingOfMadCows]

You're not on the Supreme Court.

[@mad_derg4912]

'And the Oscar goes to-' 'I've got to win this one. I've bribed everyone in Hollywood!' '-George C Scott, in Man Getting Hit By Football'

[@52flyingbicycles]

Ah yes, the apology Oscar

[@DrClay999]

ironically, he was known for rejecting Oscars.

[@kyon813]

_"Aaaggghh! My groin!"_

[@lordbottaro4549]

“Rats?! I’m outraged! You promised me dog, or better!”

[@IABITVpresents]

higher*, not better

[@lordbottaro4549]

@@IABITVpresentsVirgin.

[@IABITVpresents]

@@lordbottaro4549 I'm just correcting the quote 😅

[@con-f-use]

I'm missing the "do you want to bribe or blackmail me?" "you'll know when you drive away with broken legs ...in your brand new Porsche" or something. It was hilarious but I can't find it anywhere.

[@Claudiostuff]

That's Drawn Together

[@borntoclimb7116]

​@@Claudiostuff yes

[@Pikkabuu]

​@@Claudiostuff Can't find that either....

[@kryptonianotaku4975]

@@Claudiostuffi I knew it was from drawn together

[@Viilmo]

Anyone find the clip? I cant find it

[@InPursuitOfCuriosity]

Homer responding to Chief Wiggam's first insistence of a bribe with "I understand." always gets me. Classic Simpsons was so damn clever/funny!

[@bigtimetimmyjim6486]

It's a ring toss game 🙂

[@spenser9908]

He’s Bart

[@Idran]

Time to throw a grenade: Is season 9 really still classic era? >:D

[@bigtimetimmyjim6486]

@@Idran I find that the quality of Simpsons episodes declines gradually after Season 7, but 8 through 12 still have a lot of really funny moments worthy of being called "classic" IMO, even if the episodes themselves are of lower quality.

[@InPursuitOfCuriosity]

​@@IdranMost people would agree that seasons 3-10 were the golden years of the show. Considering the show has been going for over 30 years, I would say season 9 falls under classic Simpsons. That's my view on it anyway.​

[@fromthegamethrone]

I love the comically large $5000 tag on the coat, just incase you didn't understand it was an expensive coat

[@lemming3001]

Just in case you didn't understand it was an expensive coat, AND recently bought.

[@serberus5233]

"I un-der-stand..."

[@ObsidianBehemoth]

I prefer canvas bags with a big dollar sign on it.

[@mikeschulteis7496]

The scene of Burns bribing Judge Snyder, ‘I’ll take that Statue of Justice too’

[@dennisjansson6239]

SOLD!

[@martianinvaderr]

That wasn't technically a bribe, that was just him paying his fine (for dumping nuclear waste in a local park) with the money he had in his pocket.

[@abriannaaguilera2123]

Omg Marge just immediately saying 200 and then considering refusing the bribe is just flawless.

[@GSS1Sirius]

3:06 dunno why, but the clinking of the beer really got me. 😂

[@deBebbler]

I wasn't expecting that and it floored me watching him walk out with a case of beer stuffed in his pockets.

[@vhil364]

​@@deBebblerYeah, what the fuck was that?😂

[@LaOneRose]

You forgot the scene where the mafia tries to bribe the beer baron detective

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Say... This is kind of nice...!

[@DigiWorldOne]

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer "Fine you win, we'll stick to smuggling heroin"

[@Roflstab]

@@DigiWorldOnesee that you do!

[@reallygoodbee]

"If I didn't know better, I'd think you were trying to bribe me...!" "Is there some confusion on this!?" lmao

[@Yabuturtle]

We never found out what was in that mystery box...

[@Gregbot9000]

It could be anything, even a boat!

[@LucianDevine]

@@Gregbot9000 You know how much we've wanted one of those!

[@jacobmassey3897]

$5000

[@roberttreacy8271]

5:32 “Let’s just say it moved me…TO A BIGGER HOUSE!! Oops. I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet. Oh dear.”

[@vectoor91]

That's the origin of that expression even. Every time you hear someone say you said the quiet part out loud it's from this scene originally.

[@jonesjack6088]

The older I get the more I appreciate the washer and dryer

[@austinhuber3131]

New South Wales in a nutshell

[@tree_eats]

The corruption is a lot more subtle by comparison, on the Simpsons.

[@keegan4854]

Pretty much

[@JoelDavies-cl6nr]

100%. I worked for a NSW state government department for 21.5 years. The fine print in you signing to work for them is the gag order that they place on you. If you go against the grain, you're screwed.

[@Nordic_Mechanic]

Québec

[@a-trax3971]

Especially The Police During 1960’s To Early 90’s

[@Neon_Henchman]

My favorite 05:22, Krusty's unveiling his inner thoughts in an over-the-top manner, and acknowledging it at the end just does it for me.

[@spenser9908]

“He’s Bart.” 🤣

[@nas84payne]

“It’s a ring toss game.”

[@latenightlogic]

the 3:21 joke kills me everytime. It isn’t very conspicuous is it.

[@SuperMrHiggins]

Right? I mean, I get why he doesn't want the dollar sign on it but is a non descript brief case really necessary?

[@8523wsxc]

Homer is a man of pure, incorruptible integrity.

[@victormontes7007]

I think he wants bigger sums like in the millions you give him a stack or sack he's not going to know how much it is but if you openly say it he's gonna take it

[@ceu160193]

@@victormontes7007 He just wants some donuts and beer and he is sold.

[@princessmarlena1359]

“I ordered a ‘double-double’, but they gave me a ‘double-double-double-double’!” 🍔

[@89horizon]

The box couId be anything... it couId even be a washer and dryer!

[@RaynmanPlays]

You know how much we've wanted one of those!

[@EmmBee27]

You're acting like this is the first time I've done something stupid. Remember when we were supposed to get that boat?

[@misterclownface]

It could even be a box.

[@DaisyGeekyTransGirl]

Homer is surprisingly immune to corruption.

[@tyrantneptune3202]

When he was young, he was immunized with a full dose of stupidity: one crayon to the brain

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

he's a better person than Marge.

[@tyrantneptune3202]

@@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 That's because she's a Karen

[@DIGITALGH05T]

nah, might just be using the wrong currency, could prob bribe him with donuts

[@victormontes7007]

​@@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 she has a gambling problem but when did she take bribes?

[@-James-A]

It's a ring toss game!

[@bern1223]

1:15 Homer’s not dumb. He just knows that bribing a police officer would get him into a lot more trouble

[@Whiteboykun]

Alexa, show me the most wrong possible take on this joke

[@crankymcgee]

"we were collecting canned goods for the starving people in...ah you know, one of them loser countries"

[@princessmarlena1359]

💰

[@ryanwagner656]

you forgot wiggums saying, "cant you read the badge, CASH BRIBES ONLY!"

[@Suchayoutuber]

I would prefer the nondescript briefcase over the sack with a dollar sign on it...lmao

[@diegoq8417]

"The box! The box!" 🎁

[@V.Vaughan]

Fat Tony: You didn't see nothin'. (Bribes cops big bucks)

[@ff3player]

"I don’t know why people are always bad-mouthing the mafia!" 😄

[@ceu160193]

@@ff3player *casually drives by with illegal booze*

[@Sly88Frye]

I never thought there could exist a compilation full of a bunch of bribes scenes from one show. Well done. Nice job finding these and well edited

[@burnsiet]

"the washer and dryer next to the lovely Smithers" always gets me.

[@dominolexington9435]

I've heard Joe Mantegna practically *begs* the writers to write more Fat Tony stuff because he absolutely loves it.

[@davidemelia6296]

That, and no one gives a shit about him otherwise

[@PurushaDesa]

"Oh good. My laundry is done." 😂 Outstanding.

[@fichaeljmox6532]

Burns prolly would have paid for Lisa’s braces

[@sashaman14]

Dental plan!!

[@Cruor34]

I like how Homer and Wiggum's intelligence can both hover between an IQ of 40 and 90 depending on what the scene calls for.

[@d0ntreply]

2:12 ''gentleman i have decided there will be ah, no investigation, now if you'll excuse me i'll go away'' hahaha.

[@rudtv]

It's a ring toss game

[@shayneb3540]

4:57 Lisa saw the world for what it is.

[@supersuperrambo]

“Incontinent Old Man Wins Miss Teen America”

[@jaim9206]

The Simpsons will forever be one of the best written shows ever

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

Oh good… my laundry… is done

[@RealEnerjak]

Ironically bribes don't work with nuclear power plants. The US government is extremely touchy about nuclear power plants having any code violations.

[@mc5967]

Dude it's a Simpsons episode

[@georgewang2947]

Cartoons don't have to be 100% realistic

[@yoshikfireball]

@@georgewang2947 _second homer walks past the window_

[@Johncw87]

@@mc5967And The Simpsons is (in part) responsible for a lot of the fear-mongering perceptions of nuclear power plants. Nuclear power is an essential part of the solution to climate change, and we are foolishly ignoring it due to said fear-mongering.

[@gamingnerdgirlz]

Homer made a safety inspection report that was high stacked , they did not pay attention to it till, 20 years later. thats how they care. they take a while to pay attention.

[@diegoferreiro9478]

Wonder why Mr. Burns is involved in most of the cases, even in one that he is not supposed to be involved (when Apu tries to bribe Cop Marge).

[@strangeroamer3219]

The mayor is involved in most of them too.

[@ceu160193]

Well, he is richest man in Springfield, of course he would be involved.

[@cabana85]

Burns wasn't trying to bribe Homer, he was seducing him

[@dancepiglover]

No, Homer misunderstood. Burns wanted to slip money in his pocket.

[@JackJanuary]

He was trying to go in for those backdoor shenanigans.

[@ezzahhh]

3:35 It's a shame they zoomed it in the old episodes for newer broadcasts since the original showed a ton of money on the table where now you can only see a tiny amount since the picture is so stretched out and zoomed in. Makes the joke not land as well as it used to but still funny.

[@callinhero]

I wish I was important enough to be bribed. Then I’d have nice things.

[@Nutsaur]

Be a private eye. Cashed up cheating husbands pay handsomely to solve problems...or so I have read.

[@DimitryViktorovich]

It's kinda unsettling how at the start of the video Mr.Burns calls Homer by his name instead of his usual "Simpson" 😮

[@volition142]

I think it is before it became a running gag. In this episode he knows Homer because he’s the union leader. He might just forget every week or so.

[@rocknrollcannibals]

"I don’t know why people are always bad-mouthing the mafia!" 😅

[@oscarisaksson4809]

The money and the stupid man is still here

[@steverogers7601]

Nowadays, more and more cops aren’t even considering accepting bribes

[@jacobmassey3897]

I love Homer screaming with his eyes 😂👁👁

[@gimmedataids]

TIMBER!

[@RaynmanPlays]

4:55 The real hilarious part is the idea that there'd be an exchange of cash instead of an order for thousands of the politician's books or just hiring a "consulting firm" that _happens_ to have Bill Clint- I mean the unnamed politician on their board. Don't worry, though. He doesn't take a salary. He just gets a bonus at random times for no reason whatsoever.

[@kahnadah]

Your tinfoil hat's a bit tight, isn't it?

[@RaynmanPlays]

@@kahnadah The fact that you have no idea what "money laundering" is is not a brag.

[@arrownoir]

Wish someone would bribe me.

[@deletedTestimony]

Gotta do something worth bribing

[@lolwtnick4362]

gotta have da powa

[@itsrightbehindyou]

"Sure, I'm flattered. Maybe even a little curious. But the answe is NO!" 😂

[@Roflstab]

‘There wasn’t even any nuclear material in it!’

[@coopercross6123]

The box! The box!

[@Falconlibrary]

"Sure, I'm flattered, maybe even a little curious--" I've used that line a few times.

[@dchenkin02]

The prohibition episode was so ridiculous and accurate portrayal of the actual 1920s prohibition era.

[@TastyJambon]

"It's a ring toss game" 🤣

[@hypochondriac4491]

You should have included the one with Burns, envelope marked bribe, empty

[@justinw7323]

"Wait a minute is he coming on to me?"

[@milk-it]

If The Simpsons is an accurate parody of American society, then the highly repetitive theme of bribery is a searing indictment of it. Nevertheless, it’s hilarious!

[@seeleunit2000]

Well it's hilarious because it's true

[@supernovagirl5741]

What episode was the last scene from with Lisa?

[@tomyman]

Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington

[@diegoferreiro9478]

When Bush Sr. was in office.

[@TheBilly]

@johnnycaruthers7180 You're still doing that unfunny Reddit shit in 2024?

[@dwaugh2215]

"I'm looking for my friend BILL. Have you seen any BILLs around here?"

[@Mystipaoniz]

3:06 The sound of the bottles as Homer is leaving gets me everytime ^^

[@adamsanter9385]

"Oh good, my laundry is done"

[@mremu4358]

I about died laughing when Mr Burns was at the Kwick-E-Mart and quickly took the 200 extra bucks while no one was looking even though it's literally chump change to him lol

[@AlexHerrera-wk6lq]

man I never realized just how corrupt Springfield is lmao

[@EskenRock]

I wonder if the new seasons kept the stuffed endangered polar bear.

[@DIGITALGH05T]

that last clip 💀 reminds me of a tiktok impersonation of how cops write books: "each day organized crime finds a new, sick, twisted way to make money....and each day we find new ways to catch 'em..." meanwhile how the ex-mafia guys write books: "the cops? ohhh yeaaaah, love the cops, always took our bribes, hell, our entire operation wouldn't have work without the cops on our side!"

[@kerryedavis]

Where is my bribe for not pointing out that it's less than six minutes?

[@kg4boj]

Sounds like Jim Varney

[@lilb1190]

It is

[@Curve248]

3:38 - 3:40 Couldn’t resist commenting again. Counting those stacks of bills on the table, and assuming those are bundles of twenties (with 100 twenties per bundle), that could come to approximately $74,000 USD in early 1990’s money. EDIT: 4:02 - 4:07 Also noticed about four of those bundles were stuffed in his pockets. Assuming those are bundles of twenties (with 100 twenties per bundle), that’s about $8,000 USD in early 1990’s money.

[@PickleJello]

Why are you saying Mr. Burns is bribing Homer? He's clearly hitting on him.

[@ivanpb1983]

The giant price tag on the Major's fur coat. 🤣

[@dominolexington9435]

@3:33 Harry hadn't quite settled on the Mr. Burns voice yet.

[@sonnymiller6571]

That one about Lisa really hurts a lot she lost all hope

[@jwnomad]

yep, but just remember: there are some goods in this world and they're worth fighting over

[@ceu160193]

@@jwnomad Nothing couple of Benjamins won't solve. Lisa just refuses to acknowledge, how world works.

[@sophieprime4669]

​@@ceu160193If the world works that way, its a shitty world. And a world we made that way. No doubt she would be sad about our failure.

[@LakkiTunrung]

GCWSAP (bmrk)

[@deimos5177]

The critic😂

[@TheBiakko]

2:39 gotta love the way Burns saved the day

[@nooneisrightallthetime-zv7hs]

Bribing the inspector is def cheaper than fixing the nuclear power plant …

[@1nm1]

3:45 I was thinking it would be funny if while they waited outside smoke started to come under the door and when they opened it, the money would be burning.

[@MegaGabrielb]

I think this is the first time I have seen Eddie speaking and he sounds pretty nice.

[@mueezadam8438]

3:35 I’m extremely ignorant of The Simpsons production history, why was there a different voice actor for Mr. Burns here?

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

You promised me dog or higher.

[@michaellan78]

Homer is incorruptible. More politicians should like Homer 😂😂😂

[@ChristianDall-p2j]

5:40 the illegal booze!

[@TerraFirmaton]

That Wiggum one reminded me of that Reno 911 episode where they failed to get Terry to give them free tacos at the restaurant.

[@danmeyer114]

When you iron out the inequities in your labor laws.

[@123457474869]

What is going on with Burns's voice at 3:40? It sounds nothing like him.

[@christophermccutcheon2143]

I guess it's appropriate that Mr Burn and Mayor Quimby were involved in most of these lol

[@arielg7000]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jonathanstempleton7864]

You couldn't ... You couldn't have picked a worse time 🙄

[@AfridZaman-vr5bx]

I like how people bribe indirecly