The Simpsons - Homer's Donut Head

[@Scotsmen]

The devil TECHNICALLY didn't have legal rights to turn Homer into a doughnut so he could be taken to trial again.

[@marcustrice3246]

So Y did he turn Homer into a donut

[@moniquedaughtry]

@Marcus Trice If you don't remember at the beginning of the episode when Homer taunts the devil, this is his way of payback.

[@marcuspotter5590]

Fully agreed. That was legally bang out of order!

[@seronymus]

We need a real lawyer to cover this scene.

[@CesarACastillo]

Hey people let’s get together and ask Legal Eagle to review this episode if he hasn’t already.

[@daretospeak00]

"Well, Homer ate the entire wedding cake by himself,........before the wedding" 😄

[@matthewramoszuniga2889]

Marge: 😬 *READ THE BACK, THE BACK!!!*

[@ericsantana1184]

ARG tiss some kind of treasure map

[@daretospeak00]

@@ericsantana1184 Idiot you can't read.....

[@matthewramoszuniga2889]

@@daretospeak00 BlackBeard: 😔 Ai, it is true, my debauchery was my way of compensating.

[@daretospeak00]

@@matthewramoszuniga2889 😆😆😆

[@nickdegugs7190]

Richard Nixon: “I’m not dead yet!” Damn that’s an old episode.

[@davidortiz2696]

No shit

[@SportsFan2001]

He would die the following spring

[@homuraakemi103]

Hey, listen! I did a favor for YOU!

[@dmann5938]

Yes master :(

[@lupodelupis3672]

Unfortunately, if you hadn't noticed, we're getting old😁

[@whoisyouranime]

3:20 The ending always cracked me up. I laughed out loud when I saw Chief Wiggum and the cops at the end.

[@Rylosalex]

Ditto Especially the way Wiggim says "Don't worry boys, he's gotta come outta there sometime.

[@DgardsGaming]

@@Rylosalex Yes but I don’t think we can actually realizes homer. wouldn’t make it out the door without eating himself

[@TheGladInGladiator]

This is how good classic Simpsons was. Even in a non cannon segment of a Halloween anthology episode they still have moments of heart. Homer’s promise to Marge written on the back of the photo is one of the sweetest things the character has ever done and it’s from a 5 minute segment about him in a legal battle with the devil.

[@thatonedude100]

The starting line for the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers LOL

[@GreatMewtwo]

What did the 76 Flyers do?

[@DionysusAlS]

@@GreatMewtwo, they were known as the "Broad Street Bullies" and were an aggressive team that bent the rules, and used fighting and intimidation as a tactic. They won two NHL titles that way. The Simpsons writers were brilliant to reference them.

[@jimhuffman9434]

Ay caramba!

[@WillScarlet16]

The genius of Harry Shearer here - he sounds like Ned the same as ever, but he also sounds perfectly evil.

[@defnotatroll]

When Flanders "blinks" his pupils turn into Horizontal lines like actual goat pupils nice touch

[@slipps6135]

0:38 the way he says “no wait” will always be funny to me

[@hindsightpov4218]

Marge saved the day. What would Homer do without her?

[@bigmacsama]

Live the life of Riley?

[@jonathanclary3992]

Homer's is luck to have Marge in his life.

[@CesarACastillo]

This entire episode could’ve been avoided if Lisa pointed out that the crumbs most likely left on the plate were apart of the doughnut. Even if Homer finished that last bite. the crumbs on the plate and on his shirt were never eaten.

[@haviergomez2938]

Black Beard: Argh, tis some kind of treasure map. Benedict Arnold: You IDIOT you can't read. *made me laugh hard. 2:32

[@TheDarkarrow7]

Black Beard: Aye ‘‘tis true, my debauchery was my way of compensating.

[@jonathanclary3992]

On top of that Richard Nixon Lied about being dead he's been dead for 27 years

[@michaelpharo6023]

The original air date for this episode was back in 1993, the year before Nixon died.

[@empressuchiha5370]

"Homer stop picking at it!" "But I'm so sweet and tasty" 🤣🤣

[@bigmacsama]

With Sprinkles

[@deknight1965]

I put this thing on pause and I could laugh for eternity.

[@MrKek-cj9jc]

When they mentioned the starting lineup of the Philly flyers... that's when they got scared,

[@ajoraglabados4676]

Sorry my ignorance but, what's the story behind that?

[@janellemaynait]

@@ajoraglabados4676 probably because they've lost the Stanley cup finals

[@madadadaddie]

that's a good joke but come on, the new jersey devils were right there

[@Ray4thewin]

That's the only time that they hot scared as well. It's the little things like that that make The Simpsons truly great.

[@Forgemno]

@@ajoraglabados4676 their physical style of play was ruthless. For a hockey team

[@falcon-ng6sd]

I love the fact that they waited 1 hour for Lionel Hutz to come back!

[@user-vs1xw6fh4w]

I like that Lionel actually went to the bathroom to flee through the window, giving him a defensible case against a purgery charge. Although unorthodox, he technically did use the restroom and never specified in the court transcript what he was doing in there or if he'd be back.

[@erichanastacio9695]

I think there's another loophole. The contract says Homer to receive ONE DOUGHNUT from the devil... But was given ALL THE DOUGHNUTS in the world.

[@d.j.w2600]

No, that was his punishment in hell. It was the trade off for letting the Simpsons have a trial for Homer's soul. Until the trial, Homer would spend the day in Hell.

[@DamnZtar]

@@d.j.w2600except it wasn’t really a punishment since Homer enjoyed the donuts there

[@joimumu]

I kinda wish they keep Ned as the devil

[@ericsantana1184]

Well technically he's the most awkward person in the show. So is his children his wife not so much besides she's now married to the Devil.

[@elizabethjarram]

One could say that the message of this episode is "Be careful on what you make a deal for."

[@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq.]

You're a fucking genius!

[@theparodychannel7842]

Man i wld sell my soul for a race car!

[@fishingmasterstudios9481]

yep i think thats what it was!

[@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq.]

@@fishingmasterstudios9481 I know, right!? Isn't this woman so insanely smart!? HOLY SHIT! Vos Savant in the house!

[@redpikmin017]

I still use his donut head in hit and run

[@AllGamingStarred]

Let this be a lesson kids, DONUT make a deal with the devil, He might sprinkle you with awesomeness but the dark roasted scent of doom will be upon you until he comes with his glazed Pitchfork to send your soul to the Coffee pits where you'll be dunked for all eternity, then eaten, smelling nothing but Earl Grey and hearing nothing but the screams of your fellow donuts. "Homer, we're out of donuts!" "DOH!"

[@gkm2928]

You lost me at Earl Grey. I renounce thee, oh dark one

[@masspunk1983]

I personally would have gone with the 1927 Yankees.. they were literally known as “Murderer’s Row”

[@UnitedStatesGovt]

RIP Phil Hartman

[@JayStayPaid28]

And it was scrum-diddly-umptious! 🤣

[@dannymoney4866]

Boy, His Marriage with Marge really saved his soul 😭 True Love 💕 💯

[@Youriblank]

Was reading about Goethe and how in his novel Faust, where the titular character makes a deal with the devil, it's Gretchen, the woman he loves, who saves his soul by the grace of God and the holy virgin. This immediatly reminded me of this Simpsons episode, where it's actually the woman who defeats the devil. Very well played by the authors.

[@silentopinion]

"Homer, stop picking at it!" "Awww, but I'm so sweet and tasty!"

[@SoldierOfFate]

When Marge is a better lawyer than a licensed one...but to be honest Lionel Hutz's legal background and expertise is about as legit as Nick Riviera's.

[@KniteTime]

Oops, shouldn't have this Bar Association logo here, either

[@NinaSeleneRossi]

Shysters!

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

IF he is in fact a licensed one!!

[@slashbash1347]

The only person who was in the jury of the damned in the original story, The Devil and Daniel Webster, was Blackbeard. Benedict Arnold got a mention, though.

[@alvexok5523]

Adding Richard Nixon was funny though, and when Devil Flanders tells him "Hey, I did a favor for you", you know what he's referring to.

[@slashbash1347]

@@alvexok5523 Uh, okay.

[@slashbash1347]

@@xshxr What are you babbling about?

[@WillScarlet16]

In the movie he does show up.

[@q-danj146]

Which is unbreakable, UNBREAKABLE. This part had me dying

[@whoisyouranime]

3:31 I burst out laughing at the end when I saw Wiggum.

[@whoisyouranime]

@Angie Reyes The devil probably told them.

[@geigertec5921]

The Devil works with the cops so he likely told them that Homer was now a donut.

[@AngrierGorilla]

Lizzie Borden having troubles on Lisa's chair always cracks me up

[@atiredcliche]

I don't totally get why. She had an axe and gave her mother forty whacks.... But what's the relationship with chairs?

[@AngrierGorilla]

@@atiredcliche coming from the 19th century, the kneeling chair is a very modern tool that she is unable to use. Furthermore, her clumsiness clashes with her tragic life.

[@ronaldsmith7827]

I never knew as a kid why ned Flanders was the devil, when the real character ned flanders is holy and church going lives life straight, now i know why, its always the person you least expect that is evil, just look at all the Catholic priests scandals. Well played simpsons.

[@immortalfrieza]

That is even outright stated in this episode when Ned first shows up as the devil.

[@featherflight8446]

Anyone else love the technicality that the Devil couldn’t take Homer’s soul because he gave it to Marge first?

[@boltok9584]

if his contracts arent as thorough an clean as they were it wouldnt hold up in court. so hes gotta honor them both ways or lose out on deals. the devils smarter then Homer but hes just so stupid hes lucky his Fallout perks run wild

[@throwoutable]

This whole scene is brilliant

[@evanmiller2562]

Not gonna lie, that grim reaper made me feel uncomfortable when I was young

[@AndresJames54]

I always liked the fact that the Judge is Death as he has no master therefore would actually be impartial.

[@stephensnell1379]

What I don't get why does the sight of the Grim Reaper make people uncomfortable when watching this video

[@gkm2928]

I loved seeing the grim reaper!! Episodes like this made me love Halloween as a kid.

[@wyldeman0O7]

If the lawyer left it would be a mistrial

[@mustangrt8866]

blackbeard pirate speaks ancient english

[@lukereilly9844]

That's not even close to Old English lol

[@atiredcliche]

Blackbeard lived in the late 1700s. That's modern English.

[@phillip9798]

0:58 OH GOD! NOT THEM!

[@robganley9872]

Flyers nation!!

[@adriansmith5279]

Philly in the house baby!

[@cappock101]

3:28 “awwwwooooohhhh but I’m so sweet and taste” 😂😂

[@kgunitkeese17]

The same Benedict Arnold, who plotted to surrender West Point to the hated British?!

[@84bucco]

Well played.. Krusty the Clown!

[@TheDarkarrow7]

D’OH!!!

[@Handlelesswithme]

Yea sorry about that

[@wearebillionyearoldcarbon9563]

That's actually fucked up if you really think about it he's doomed to eat his head and face 🙁

[@kisbie]

Surely it’s more fucked up that if he dares to set one foot outside his house, the cops will just jump him like a pack of ravenous zombies - and eat his head and face.

[@user-unos111]

Did you see what Homer did in later Halloween episode?

[@jeffreylong3963]

2:32 - "Arr. 'Tis some kind of treasure map."

[@mattkastle]

"You idiot you can't read"

[@doomdemon1205]

@@mattkastle "Ay, tis true. My debauchery was my way of compensating."

[@JaggedBird]

Those burn marks from the cage must’ve been a huge hassle to get out... (the other flames were visual if we go by the usual way it’s depicted to show how they appear and teleport)

[@qusayibrahim7201]

Loool don't worry boys his coming out some time 😂😂😂😂 yeah meet too cup of coffee ☕

[@CJM94]

Moral of the story, cops are crazy about donuts

[@CMDRThunderush]

Homer will have to worry about birds the rest of his life... sharp-beaked cretins of the sky...

[@fluffybunny1104]

2:32 Blackbeard: Arrrr Its s some kind of treasure map 😂 Bendadict Arnold: you idiot You can't read 😂

[@lynnnelson1037]

Blackbeard: it’s true my debauchery was my way of compensating dear

[@princessmarlena1359]

One of my friends is his direct descendant.

[@TheDarkarrow7]

Nixon: Wait a minute you got married in a emergency room? Marge: Well Homer ate the entire wedding cake by himself.....before the wedding. Jury: (Laughing) 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@martintruther5808]

My favorite Flyers lineup in Hell? Say it ain't so Flanders. Say it aint so!

[@calmdon]

van IMP(e) at home

[@WillScarlet16]

Your favorite lineup was one of the dirtiest in sports history.

[@nafslee]

1:40 I never understood this part as a child but as an adult haha

[@BanditFoxx]

I still don't get it, what does it mean?

[@nafslee]

@@BanditFoxx As Ned was saying, Homer signed a contract between them and only Ned delivered on his promise. Lionel is supposed to defend Homer but by stating that the contract he signed is unbreakable only reinforced Ned's argumen. Realising this he runs away hahaha. Typical shoddy lawyer Lionel lol

[@s18283]

@@BanditFoxx You are american You cant udertain

[@matthewsaints350]

@@nafslee I thought there was a hidden joke, not the obvious joke lol.

[@nirorit]

What is there to understand?

[@justinvanveenar2953]

Richard Nixon “but I’m not dead yet” 🤣🤣🤣

[@90sNickfan91]

Richard Nixon "In fact, I just wrote an article for Red Book."

[@jonathanclary3992]

But your already dead🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RoselandPSI7]

All right, Simpson. You get your soul back, but let that ill-gotten doughnut be FOREVER ON YOUR HEAD!!!!! 😡 Homer: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@annafowdy]

Homer, stop picking at it!

[@alejandrocamargo407]

Hou but i sow sweet an tasty

[@Brian_Bendito]

Alejandro Camargo well time to go to work

[@sarahedwards4565]

Dad, I wouldn't go outside if I were you.

[@annafowdy]

Don't worry, boys. He's gotta come out of there sometime.

[@sabikikasuko6636]

Come to think of it, he promised the devil to pay with something he didn't own. That's got to.be illegal xD

[@Elipson52008]

hmm yes, i do believe that classifies as fraud. Probably not within the jurisdiction for the Court of Infernal Affairs tho.

[@marc-andreservant201]

@@Elipson52008 That would be fraud, but since the court can't force a third party (Marge) to relinquish her property without consent, they would find in favor of the devil for one donut (or more likely, the dollar value of one donut and treble damages). That's a fairly good outcome compared to eternal damnation.

[@DeadPool-XF]

That has to be the scariest thing when you hear that your going to hell (02:06).

[@bhmch39]

Why is Otto the skeleton judge. Lol

[@Tumbleflop]

holy shit i only just realised

[@user-ph5xl3wv8z]

It's like Otto and Jasper combined

[@alexanderleach3365]

I wonder what flavor donut Homer's head became.

[@centeking]

Krispy Kreme I bet.

[@VSSEDragon3]

Plain brown

[@VSSEDragon3]

@@user-AAAA978 Oh well, Homer should always learn his lesson, don't eat the every last piece of the forbidden donut 🍩

[@The-Annoying-Brawler]

All the police just waiting for Homer Simpson to get out because his head is a donut LOL!🤣

[@righthandstep5]

Best cartoon stereotype ever. I love it 😆

[@SoldierOfFate]

If Snake Jailbird got a punishment like Homer's, he'll never commit a crime again.

[@kisbie]

Such an extremely disturbing joke when you think about it. The moment Homer leaves the house they all just jump on him and munch his head and face off while he screams...

[@mostar1219]

I know the treehouse of horror segments aren't canon, But can you imagine how cool it would have been if the courtroom with all the people from h*** would have given Bart the idea to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

[@peabrain6872]

hell?

[@mostar1219]

@@peabrain6872 yea

[@Handlelesswithme]

They never said treehouse of horror is not cannon just Halloween related

[@trickq5883]

​@@HandlelesswithmeEach segmet takes place in it's own universe.

[@Handlelesswithme]

@@trickq5883 yes like the same one all Simpson episodes take place in

[@mg123rules]

The cops were ready tho 😅

[@anomalocaris2593]

Only person more vulnerable to the police than minorities

[@missingno88]

@@anomalocaris2593 cry me a river lol

[@ForrestFox626]

​@@missingno88Someone can't take a joke

[@ryancochbain3583]

Homer stop picking at it ohh but I’m so sweet and tasty Homer’s 🍩 head

[@Extra_050]

Wow, I remember seeing this at the time it aired (at least here in the UK) which means- Richard Nixon was alive then? I overlapped with him? Now I feel old.

[@11sfr]

Barely, yes, he died the following year (1994). You also overlapped with the entire 1975-1976 Philadelphia Flyers roster, the first member of that team to pass on was Wayne Stephenson in 2010. In fact, 3 of them were still coaching in the NHL when the episode aired, and the last one still playing had retired only 4 years earlier.

[@canaisyoung3601]

Didn't UK TV cut Nixon saying he wasn't dead because the episode aired when his death was in the news?

[@JulesFerry11130]

If it’s unbreakable under the law, then said contract is invalid, as U.S. law prohibits slavery (except as punishment for a crime) and selling one’s soul is clearly the act of selling oneself into slavery, then the contract is invalid. Of course infernal law may be different.

[@mjwatts1983]

these things are so much easier in Mexico!

[@damienhayes504]

Homer eating himself as a doughnut

[@-JimmyRustle-]

Indeed

[@animemangafan1987]

Funny as hell but sweet and tasty!🤣

[@bsgambati1]

He can't help it. He's so sweet and tasty.

[@afriendofbean]

@damienhayes504 That's true and that's funny and I guess he was trying to at least eat his head before his head goes stale and moldy.

[@mousekuteerkhylert.n.p1228]

3:35 Uh Mr. Simpson I wouldn't go outside if I were you. 😆😆😆😆

[@maxpowers6738]

*Cops out there* Don't worry boys. He's gotta come out of there sometime.

[@TheDarkarrow7]

Max Powers 👮‍♀️☕️

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

Black beard actually could read we've found evidence of a personal collection of books belonging to Mr.beard

[@dylaninpieces2]

r/wooooosh

[@Forgemno]

That was Blue Beard

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

@@Forgemno 0:55

[@ClassicJM85]

Every line Hutz said in this was amazing.

[@jonathanclary3992]

This is one of my favorite episodes of The Simpsons

[@uriel4370]

This it's an art piece

[@IanSane]

Having the Flyers be in the jury of the damned is pretty funny but why are there uniforms blue? The Flyers have always worn orange. A mistake with the animators or a move to ensure they don't infringe on a trademark? Since Marge possesses Homer's soul then he was trying to sell the Devil something he didn't own. What legal recourse does the Devil have since he is clearly being cheated? At the very least Homer owes him a doughnut.

[@carlycross9487]

Probably a trademark thing, because their shirts just said "flyers" on them.

[@DuelmasterX3]

Either that or money to pay for said doughnut.

[@Evil_Teddy_Toybox]

Name a more stronger love than Marge and Homer I'll wait

[@alumlovescake]

Police and donuts

[@jc-px8ox]

@@alumlovescake dude 😂😂😂

[@MovieFan1912]

Does Luz and Amity count?

[@Evil_Teddy_Toybox]

@@MovieFan1912 okay that one gets a pass

[@Evil_Teddy_Toybox]

@@alumlovescake BRUH😂😂😂

[@berniethecat8839]

I don’t see how it’s fair, there’s only 11 members of the jury.

[@lukacunningham342]

Anyone else noticed that all the jury members were either villains or killers

[@justinw.2168]

@@lukacunningham342 That's why it's a jury of the damned

[@princessmarlena1359]

I like how they lumped in the starting line of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers and Richard Nixon with the killers and criminals.

[@pronkb000]

Nixon, Dillinger, Borden, Booth, Blackbeard, Arnold...he says "starting line" of the '76 Flyers but there's also a goalie there, so that should be 6 players.

[@MovieFan1912]

He’s the Devil, he doesn’t do fair.

[@mrnobody2018]

Devil Flanders turned Homer Simpsons head into a donut, Homer Simpson can't win any fair trial in a immortal series

[@lynnnelson1037]

THIS CHAIR WILL BE HIGH SAYS I

[@kimberleykearns7573]

R.I.H Johnthan Dillinger

[@Jumpman11233]

Shotgunned a beer during this video

[@Jesusdelagarza]

Creators of Hazbin Hotel and Villainous , Boss Helluva

[@renaissance18]

homer burning his head at 3:04 LOL

[@justinvanveenar2953]

WOOO HOOOO OWWWW😂😂😂

[@nathanboswell6611]

1:41 to 1:50 Where was he going with this?

[@OsamaBinLooney]

he was going out the window with it

[@user-qg4st8ih1d]

I suppose “Homer broke the contract, and therefore it cannot be a contract, which is, by definition, unbreakable”

[@OsamaBinLooney]

@@user-qg4st8ih1d A contract is a contract is a contract… but only between Ferengi. Rule of Acquisition 17

[@Forgemno]

​@@OsamaBinLooneynice one

[@atiredcliche]

The joke is that Lionel Hutz is an awful lawyer. Starting a speech with "Webster's defines..." is a classic joke about a college student who doesn't know anything and is struggling.

[@maxfranklinmeans]

"Let that ill-gotten donut be forever on your head!" (BZZZZAP!)

[@MovieFan1912]

“AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!”

[@willtommo13]

How the family cheers is so maddening.

[@1TexasTV]

3:35 - Wiggum, Springfield PD, and their cup of joe outside the simpson house.

[@ajbrown218villa]

Which is unbreakable!

[@mostar1219]

You know hes not that great when he overlooks the possibility of a loophole

[@unbreakableunion]

Just noticed there are only 11 Jury members.

[@Overlord24]

We all feel a little sorry for Richard Nixon cause it was like adding insults to injuries. He was not the worst president but he was the one that got caught. But still funny cause he died a year later.

[@Scout_7647]

Yeah Bush is worse. He ain't dead yet.

[@xboxed7202]

Bart's face at the end

[@ericsantana1184]

Dear Marge you've given me your hand in marriage all I can give you in return is my soul which I pledge to you forever

[@skeletor312]

Hi Dididily-Ho Neighborinos! I kindly ask that you don't add toxicity here with political/religious talk. I will remove inappropriate comments that I see. This is a family page. Thank You!

[@edwardgaines6561]

But we can talk about the endless legalities of contracts! 😆

[@demonslayer0364]

3:24: Majin Buu and Android 21 would love Donut Simpson lol

[@thezenitsufan1249]

So would Vash the Stampede

[@LaughingSkull85]

It’s just as they say, you are what you eat lol

[@thetruenico6117]

1:10 What Kind of chair is lizzie sititting on

[@icaliver]

It’s an ergonomic writing chair, your kneeling instead of sitting.

[@kimberleykearns7573]

R.I.H John Wikes Booth

[@ericsantana1184]

I thought the only thing that was scary about the trial was that the Grim Reaper is the judge

[@knightwind6628]

0:58

[@brittanyc.4540]

3:15 *AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!*

[@andersontrains7904]

Noooooooooo Homer 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Z15TEENG]

what's the favor the devil did for Nixon ?

[@mishimaboogie]

Him winning the elections

[@None-Trick_Pony]

Ford's pardon

[@dylaninpieces2]

Watergate. Enough said.

[@bombabombom3603]

@@dylaninpieces2 I doubt the democratic national committee heist was a favor considering they got caught very quickly.

[@geigertec5921]

The Devil killed JFK, Nixon's primary political opponent.

[@Loki1191]

Pacta sunt servanda.

[@TheAwast2]

The Cops waiting for the Donuthead hahahaha best part

[@Adamdow95]

Isn't a jury supposed to have 12 jurors, cos I counted 11.

[@michaelharford2490]

The 12th jury member should be Donald Trump.

[@JonwithnoH0823]

@@michaelharford2490 “But I’m not dead yet.”

[@SoldierOfFate]

@@JonwithnoH0823 Devil: You got your favors from me.

[@pizzaman8918]

Trump: yes master

[@pronkb000]

They left out a Flyer or two probably for simplicity's sake, but a starting hockey line + a goalie (which we see) is 6 players. That goes with the 6 other evildoers.

[@lupodelupis3672]

I'm not a hockey fan but i know that it's a tough sport, so i ask: were really so savage the line of the '76 Philadelphia Flyers?

[@michelesauro7086]

They were known for being extra brutal in an era of hockey where fighting and violence was farrrr more prevalent than today, so much so it was one of, if not, the main selling point for tickets. They weren't even a particularly skilled team either, they just made it to the finals by beating the shit out of every team until submission. For reference they played the USSR national team, which at the time was the BEST team to take ice. They got beaten so badly by the flyers that they wanted to quit mid game and ended up losing.

[@mjwatts1983]

⁠Russians: (leaves the ice) The Flyers are too tough! We aren’t playing anymore. Promoter: Fine. You don’t get paid. Turns out the commies are more capitalist that they let on

[@APG19912009]

The Broadstreet Bullies! That was their name. They were integral in helping the Flyers win 2 Stanley Cups in a row, and were an extremely physical and brutal team to play. As others have said, they also had a famous series against the Soviets as well.

[@baddriversofmoosejaw8681]

@@michelesauro7086 They must've learned from the Charlestown Chiefs from the movie: Slap Shot.