The Simpsons - The Governemnt Inspection Team visits the nuclear plant

I suppose nuclear plants SHOULD get inspected often. I love Burns in this lol
From Season 2 Episode 4 - Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

[@GuardianKyle]

These inspectors are probably the most realistic people in the Simpson Universe.

[@Azikiel2602]

Well, except for Frank Grimes

[@pyromania1018]

​@@Azikiel2602He's not realistic. He's basically Homer if that crayon never got stuck in his nose and never had anybody to support him, emotionally or financially.

[@AW-sx8hm]

Frankly they're massively underreacting.

[@Surfer041]

​@@Azikiel2602Grimes sees Homer for what is really is. An incompetent, dumb, lazy, drunk who gets e everyone to do his work for him.

[@lukedavis3703]

2:21 That delivery and emotion "56 million!?!" felt real. Harry Shearer really is a talented voice actor

[@EugeneOneguine]

30 years ago the Simpsons was really something. It's embarrassing that the show is still running. A lifeless husk of its past self.

[@armorpro573]

That's not him.

[@James.chalmers]

“Don’t hit me sir!”

[@chrisp2481]

a rested employee is a vigilant employee

[@altha-rf1et]

My Supervisor did not think so when he caught me sleeping, but that is OK knew that he did took photos of him sleeping after he wrote me up, send it to the head person of the state facility and too the district offices ,,, He stop making rounds after that

[@TheBfutgreg]

It is if you give them like 10 minutes to readjust to the world of the awake

[@URProductions]

@@TheBfutgreg I remember waking up from naps out on the plant, and totally not knowing where I was for a minute.

[@mcaddicts]

I wish some careless person would leave a pile of unattended money for me.

[@shagb2751]

I hope u never work for the government

[@mcaddicts]

@@shagb2751 um thats why I need the money.

[@ryanbarker5217]

@@shagb2751 american or chinese?

[@mcaddicts]

@@FFKonoko I wish you weren't so fucking awkward bud. You're spare parts.

[@blackhat1018]

I mean I can leave a pile of Monopoly money for you.

[@Dreammaster695]

This is a different mr burns from later seasons who completely relys on Smithers for everything

[@matthewfinger2381]

Yet another example of Flanderization

[@thomas4019]

To the point of even forgetting how to drive in later seasons. In this episode, he was able to drive under the influence of alcohol.

[@samsunggalaxynote8984]

He just became older

[@jimlewis3050]

Smithers: Approximately $56,000,000, sir. Mr Burns: $56,000,000?! Smithers: Don't hit me, sir.

[@tomedy_official]

He could make the back in a few years

[@lucasmackey2808]

2:20 That I had the strength to take it out on you Smither’s

[@princessmarlena1359]

Should have made the deal where they could “either have the washer and dryer where the lovely Smithers is standing, or....what’s in this mystery box.”

[@davidhong1934]

The box! The box!

[@sonicmastersword8080]

Everyone was considerably more grounded and intelligent in the early seasons, especially season 2.

[@kodyrainwater]

Never noticed that after burns told the workers to be alert. The Security Officer/Guard in the Guard Shack was asleep right behind them.

[@altha-rf1et]

Did that when I was working security sleep a lot,, Set one of those door alarms that alerts people when they pulling in the drive way, up, It went off when his car pulled up the drive to the gate waking me up, We talked he left I went back to sleep. 12 years working 11 to 7 on weekend as a security guard, probably worked 1 hour a night slept the rest.. They lost the contract to the place, and I did not get hired on with the new company,, I cried, easy job part time job that I ever had

[@ultimatekarurosustar]

Neither did I!

[@zena2239]

@@altha-rf1et Bruh you were living the dream, what does a man have to do to get a job like that?

[@Marelfan]

2:21 56 million!!!!? Don’t hit me sir!

[@heathg2681]

0:53 "Plutonium rod used as paperweight" LOL.

[@eaglesfan226]

Kinda dangerous ☢️

[@toddmiller3640]

That shouldn't be

[@blaketindle4703]

@@toddmiller3640😂

[@foobarbazbaa5598]

@@blaketindle4703 Should have used an inanimate carbon rod

[@tomedy_official]

I'm surprised it hasn't burned through the desk

[@Not5id]

You really gotta admire the attention to detail, here.. the inspectors seen in this episode are the same ones used a few seasons later where Homer has to go to college (season 5) in another inspection, minus the main guy of course.

[@TheZaz969]

And the hole in his clipboard is still in the next scene during the bribe part

[@komodoutd]

"get the axe"

[@VirginSnake2024]

The redhead at 0:35 looks like a palette swap of one of car designers that worked for Homer's brother.

[@ringostingo5892]

I love Burns' old voice

[@broden4838]

I know, and it's also interesting that he played a random thug in one Seinfeld episode as well

[@orlandolee4438]

Same! He sounded so...menacing!

[@ddjsoyenby]

i love that the inspector is competent and mr burns is being kind towards smithers.

[@danielx7609]

1:03 I love how tired of Burns’ excuses the inspector is.

[@cvkl7895]

2:35 Just noticed the shot glass vanished in one frame

[@SupahBigg577]

0:32 - If you look closely, you can see the black male and yellow female inspectors from the later episode ("Homer Goes to College") when the inspectors return.

[@christopheracosta2043]

I'm amazed how uncorrupted the inspector is. Why can't there be more men like him today?

[@joeswanson733]

you forgot the money burns put in his pocket... he didn't give that back.

[@SupahBigg577]

He's the opposite of Chief Wiggum and Mayor Quimby! 🤣

[@alexshank1414]

Because the moral fabric of society has disintegrated.

[@jayman1772]

There are you obviously just don't hear from them cause they do their job and hence can't be caught doing shady stuff xD

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

For nuclear safety inspectors, they have to be. Remember, Fukushima and Chernobyl happened because of laxed regulations.

[@grahamdeitner5507]

I love how the inspector says that he'll overlook the bribe from Mr. Burns. But he can't overlook the 342 infractions that he saw and threatens to shut down the power plant. The inspector still walks away with the money that Mr. Burns shoved into his pocket.

[@jimskywaker4345]

He knew that his ¨character¨ would be so poisonous to Mr Burns he wouldn't notice that he still has the money. Either that or the money only covers him overlooking the attempted bribery.

[@dannygjk]

At last showing how it really looks when using a binocular and it took a cartoon to do it.

[@grobbo1234]

Im gonna overlook this felony. That line cracks me up for some reason

[@mikespearwood3914]

I forgot they've used the same plot point of nuclear safety inspectors twice. The other scene with safety inspectors in the episode in the later season (Homer Goes To College in season 4 or 5 I think?) is a lot funnier!

[@mcaddicts]

@Jacob J479 the box the box

[@chrismurphyracing94]

You can actually see the box the box guy in the background here when they arrive

[@SabreLeonheart]

There wasn't any nuclear material in the truck!!!

[@joeym5243]

@@mcaddicts gentlemen, I have decided that there will be no investigation, now if you excuse me ill leave.

[@FFKonoko]

Here's something you almost never see said on Simpsons clips ..that the early seasons sucked more than later ones

[@bryantgutierrez9191]

No one seems to notice the Inspector still ends up walking away with whatever Burns stuffed in his pocket 🤣

[@attiepollard7847]

Yes but he still going to report mr. Burns to the government lol

[@danielx7609]

You may as well take money that was stuffed into your pockets by another person.

[@OGVade]

Not like he put it there himself

[@VictiniMujigae]

I think it was at least $6,000 stuffed inside.

[@micklemackle207]

I love how this scene mirrors another scene in a much later season where I think 2 of those background inspectors come back and instead of bribing them with money, Burns bribes them with "The Box"

[@RaSan69]

The inspector at 0:37... I remember him being in that episode where Homer finds his lost brother, he was in the team helping Homer to build.... the Homer. Nice job changing, I guess....

[@atticus5106]

Maybe he was the long lost brother of the inspector.

[@EugeneOneguine]

Might be another lost brother...

[@jacktacmac8819]

0:34 The box! the box !

[@zl132]

The irony of the iranian and american flags on the nuclear inspector van...Old simpsons really was genius

[@sirdorkster]

Kinda looks like a upside down Indian flag.

[@thefox47545]

Actually it's the flag of their fictional state. Now I know about the running gag of their home state being unknown but in the episode where Burns runs for governor (a very early episode) that flag is portrayed as their state flag with the slogan, "Not Just Another State".

[@EugeneOneguine]

@@thefox47545 I like how you specify "a very early episode" when it's the episode of this video hahaha

[@nicholasdigaetano]

No that’s the states flag

[@andy99ish]

Iraqui flag. Remember the search for those WMDs in the Iraq prior to the invasion of 2003 ?

[@romacechina]

Like that he says good day right after burns tried to bribe him.

[@ryangann4961]

Old seasons are SO much better! Prefer the non computer animation and the less refined look of each character. Better writing too

[@jaymcd8577]

exactly that, the golden age!

[@EugeneOneguine]

I find it more refined. The new versions are aesthetically poor.

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

@@EugeneOneguine That's more a problem with effort than process. when on song the new animation can look great with the right staff and directors. but it's a rarity as Simpsons long ago reached the point where they didn't really need to put forth that extra mile effort.

[@ogge9296]

this video in particular was pretty boring lol

[@cimbomlovr1]

I think there's an animation error. If you look at 0:17 the tie of Homer is different than the one at 1:04.

[@KTHR56]

Homer can’t get there on time? The clock in the security guard hut shows 305PM! 😂

[@Rockbagaren]

A powerplant have several shifts to keep it running around the clock. He might just started his shift but still a wierd time to start your shift at

[@ravi.jaswani]

That is one quick calculation by Smithers

[@eivindgjengstjohansen9625]

Damn

[@broden4838]

*56 MILLION?!*

[@chrismurphyracing94]

The main inspectors from Homer goes to college are here in the background

[@retluoc]

I liked how in that episode, Homer caused two meltdowns without any nuclear material.

[@BleachCowboy2016]

Lmao the violations are so funny! Love how their radiation meters immediately go crazy

[@amaruqlonewolf3350]

I love those sounds Burns makes when he's waiting for the inspector outside of his office.

[@charlespawl]

1:46 the clipboard has a hole in it from the other part haha

[@MrPhantaze]

They must be police judging by a siren

[@verosikass.lipgloss]

“Hold me Smithers”

[@ivantheterrible2594]

"Look Smithers, the money and a very stupid man are still here"!

[@tomedy_official]

He can't expect Thousands of dollars to disappear In 2 seconds

[@martincraw7698]

How much can it possibly cost to fix this place up? Approximately 56 million dollars sir 56 MILLION?! Don't hurt me sir.

[@sorenman1]

You know Mr Burn can easily afford that but in the end he is too greedy and cheap

[@martincraw7698]

sorenman1 that is very true there

[@spacemanroblox0270]

"Approximately 56 million dollars sir" *"FIFTY SIX MILLION!?"* "Don't yell at me sir"

[@williamfairchild7439]

Just resting my eyes

[@EmerialynCodeVenice]

The huge amount of respect I have for that inspector not taking the bribe really tells you how corrupt the world has gotten 😅

[@icicle_ai]

He took the bribe he just didn't honor it

[@ApetureTestSubject]

I'd have taken the money then still failed him. What's he gonna do, complain that his bribe didn't work?

[@Vickvineager]

Mr. Smithers would be of a witness. Yes burns bribed the inspector, but the inspector took it regardless. The inspector should’ve known better & reported burns for it.

[@Dark_Jaguar]

Frankly I'm impressed with the animation consistency in keeping the nukage hole from earlier when he finally hands Burns the list of violations.

[@Tdawg1978]

Only thing missing is a piece of graphite from chernobyl's destroyed reactor No.4. You did not see graphite because it's not there!

[@DollowRlance]

I'm sorry The Simpsons didn't think fourth dimensionally for you.

[@iryaniedit2317]

If they think the plant is bad they should see my bedroom.

[@MrX-tx9lo]

iRyaniEdit should see my bathroom...

[@SaulidSnake]

Bring it up to code or we’ll shut it down.

[@varunmehta5627]

Mr. Burns : Hold me Smithers Smithers : 😁

[@CarlosOtero215-newsletter]

This show used to be so good

[@DiiGiiTAL]

Having recently watched Chernobyl, this makes me rather uneasy.

[@packisbetter90]

Nuclear waste bucket in the breakroom lol

[@gianfrixmg]

1:16 the radiation disappears for one frame before the scene changes

[@conservativewarrior777]

"Look busy and keep yout mouths shut!" Truer words were never spoken!!

[@micahphilson]

I notice the inspector never gave back the wads of cash Burns shoved in his pockets...

[@InvertedWIng]

0:33 A couple of these inspectors made a return in "Homer Goes to College."

[@alexthompson5275]

1:23 thats offering a bribe

[@MatthewK122]

Old Mr burn sounds like starscream

[@TheDUDERulez1]

0:05 I hate when that happens!

[@albertfaust5839]

2:36 the glass is a spook

[@liamcronin6905]

Serves you right Mr burns

[@lucasmackey2808]

2:16 56 MILLION!?

[@tomedy_official]

0:34 and there only just out side the site lol

[@krassilverfang5504]

Not great, not terrible.

[@tomedy_official]

I'm pretty sure it would have been an instant shutdown

[@JuanGomez-bs6ue]

0:59 In Spanish is way funnier because he says "It's the first times that happens"😂

[@huskykid0295]

56 MILLION Mr. Burns said calmly

[@V-max97]

The golden era

[@rue-mell5856]

If you pause at 0:25 you could see US and Iran flag

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

interesting. why would that be ?

[@VoxusObecny]

Its actually a flag of a fictional state where Springfield is located

[@jaymcd8577]

How could Burns be running such a power plant and still be wealthy

[@Surfer041]

Different times. No social media. Oh and it's a cartoon.

[@danielbalderrama4137]

Pretty simple explanation. He siphoned off funds that would have been used to repair his power plant to line his pockets. This in turn prevented the issues from getting fixed resulting them in getting worse or breaking down. This is why it was a huge funds crash at once.

[@Jay_SUBZ3R0]

2:21: $56 MILLION? 😂

[@sethfericks3130]

Isn't $56,000,000 chump change to Mr. Burns?

[@sonicmastersword8080]

In the 90s, 56 million was a lot more money. It was an estimate-which means it would have cost more. He was also not a billionaire in season 2.

[@sethfericks3130]

@@sonicmastersword8080 Back when the Simpsons was realistic, eh?

[@christopherb5057]

It probably would have been cheaper for him to fix the violations than run for governor, though out of character.

[@tiberiusfemur374]

The emphasis on two makes me think he overlooked some of it

[@steelersguy74]

That doesn’t sound like Harry Shearer.

[@anonmedia1883]

It’s Alan Shearer

[@iancoppock3064]

"okay men, Geiger counters on!" - Chernobyl has entered the chat -

[@huntingthekaiser6490]

Mr. Burn's new voice is not up to par. It doesn't drip menace and hypocrisy like the old one.

[@Rayman1971]

This is the old version!! Season 2 I think!

[@huntingthekaiser6490]

@@Rayman1971 It sure don't sound like it. Maybe Harry Shearer was still perfecting Burn's voice?

[@thronesclips6397]

Question for a real simpsons fan: every purposeful detail in this show is there for a reason. whose flag is that opposite the american flag on the inspection truck ( 0:25 ) and what is it's meaning? i fell like it's some high-brow or deeply thought out jab at some country or organization...

[@CayenneGaramonde]

Copied from another comment: Actually it's the flag of their fictional state. Now I know about the running gag of their home state being unknown but in the episode where Burns runs for governor (a very early episode) that flag is portrayed as their state flag with the slogan, "Not Just Another State".

[@salsamancer]

Still safer than Black Mesa

[@TheADzioba]

So . . . did the inspector give back the money in his pockets?

[@Azure70]

Back when 56 millions was a lot

[@stephensnell1379]

And it will still be an awful lot even now you dickhead

[@alexanderpytko5394]

He is a billionaire, $56,000,000 wouldn't even be half his fortune but he's so cheap.

[@CrownMe13]

Alexander Edward Pytko it’s always varied as to how wealthy Burns is

[@frjoethesecond]

In the episode where he goes broke he says he's worth 200 million, his biography says 100 million and Smithers says it's considerably less than that. 56 million would be a huge denr even if it was 300 million.

[@princessmarlena1359]

At least it would be tax deductible...

[@sonicmastersword8080]

I do not think he was a billionaire in season 2. Likely made a decent amount of his money from the tech boom-after he lost all his money in a bad gamble of historically successful products.

[@theallseeingkats6321]

0:40 That not normal backround radiation..that chernobyl level💀

[@specialk8329]

I actually feel sorry for Burns in this scene

[@919rohan]

You can see the Iranian flag on the truck at 0:25

[@valterfara5027]

Prediction 100

[@ereynolds72]

@@valterfara5027 hoow is that even prediciton

[@valterfara5027]

@@ereynolds72 Have you seen how things are in Middle East?

[@salg23]

It’s Not just Another State flag (Springfield’s state )

[@ereynolds72]

Valter Fara yes because a flag for a nuclear inspection being Iranian is totally predicting Iran and American aggression

[@StephanieWordsworth-jd6db]

Is this Harry Shearer voicing Mr Burns? Because he sounds quite different in here

[@JAKECOT_CENTER]

It is but it’s his first time production wise

[@Girard1020]

56 Million?!

[@DomWeasel]

Well, when he sells the plant to the Germans for a 100 million they estimate it would cost another 100 to bring it up to code. And Burns makes a 50 million profit buying it back from them.

[@dannygjk]

If only I had even 1% of that.

[@aa888zz]

This show is old and inflation has been pretty bad lately.

[@salg23]

which would be more than 150 million in 2020

[@KingDbo1]

It's pocket change to him

[@luckycharm7922]

56millons dollar 💵 to fix your Nuclear plant 🌱

[@thewewguy8t88]

56 million is not that bad considering he probably is a billionaire at this point and time( I think) actually how much money would mr burns have at this time. I know he gets downgraded to bankrupt to being part of the billionaire club to have to having between 900 million and 1 billiion dollars.

[@julianmalabello7609]

Smithers: 560000000$ Burns: 56 are you kidding me.

[@nifralo2752]

Wow Burns sounds off

[@darth856]

I noticed that too. This was pretty early in the show's run and I guess they hadn't quite settled on how all the characters should sound like

[@SlamTomatoCartoons]

I think this was the very first season 2 episode in production code order. At this point they hadn't yet settled on completely everything.

[@JAKECOT_CENTER]

darthen856 a man named Christopher Collins voices Burns in the first season. This was the first episode made production wise and probably the first time Harry Shearer voiced him. So I’m assuming he was going off what Collins did

[@McRocket]

'FIFTY-SIX MILLION???!!!' ✌️

[@ANIWELSH-ml3wi]

100 reactors in the promise lands Turn yellow

[@CoreyShelton-bc9qp]

Dam 56 million dollars I think I rather take the felony than pay that off 😂

[@jackflowt]

Not great, not terrible

[@jannesalo6348]

Much better than new episodes

[@altha-rf1et]

DAMN Fool! should had taken the money

[@eaglesfan226]

“Burns, if I didn’t know better, I think you were trying to bribe me.”

[@jackdove4136]

Did the inspector put the money back?

[@magneto8002]

Season 2 episode 4.

[@DavidVerbout]

Sounds like the soviet union about 1991.

[@oswaldoadazme2422]

What season?

[@eivindgjengstjohansen9625]

S2 ep4

[@juanfernandocastilla2845]

Aren't nuclear inspections a surprise?

[@sonicmastersword8080]

Not always. Some are a surprise and some are scheduled.

[@jerrypacheco6104]

56 million dollars?!!!!

[@louisrobson6914]

2:31

[@ivanpb1983]

3.6 Roentgen not great, not terrible.

[@ellimistiquekrystal]

Does anybody else see Hugo from Bob's Burgers in the inspector?