#Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk

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[filmjunky-99]

t h e s i m p s o n s, 1989 - 📺 created by matt groening [burns verkaufen der kraftwerk, s3ep11] 'Homer in the Land of Chocolate'

[flyinghellfish]

[classickatze]

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

[seroothincs]

What are your favorite episodes of The Simpsons?

Oooh! I love getting these kinds of questions. I myself can't choose between even one, I have several, mega ton lots of episodes spanning across all seasons. One favorite episode for each season. But my all time favorites! MY NEVER DYING LOVE FOR THESE EPISODES The ones that I never get tired of rewatching over and over are --

"Kamp Krusty" - Season 4, episode 1 "Pixelated and afraid" - Season 33, episode 12 "Wild Barts can't be broken" - Season 10, Episode 11 "Scuze me while I miss the sky" - Season 14, Episode 16 "How I spent my Strummer vacation" - Season 14, episode 2 and of course "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" - Season 3, Episode 11.

[lachievpoststhings]

The Simpsons Season 3: My thoughts

Now THIS is when the show becomes the comedy we know and love, but it still has plenty of heart! Some of the funniest episodes and moments are in this season. Sidenote, the DVD is the best option to watch this season for reasons I'll go into later on. Now, onto my picks!

Favourite Episodes:

Flaming Moe's

I don't know exactly why, I just like this one.

Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk

This is the one with the land of chocolate, what's not to love?

Homer at the Bat

I honestly think it's IMPOSSIBLE to not love this episode!

Black Widower

There's a legit good mystery element to this one and it's also very funny.

Didn't really have any episodes I disliked this season so I'll go into detail about a specific episode.

Yeah, just gonna address it real quick, I think regardless of anyone's thoughts on Michael Jackson, we can all agree that removing the episode "Stark Raving Dad" from streaming and digital was an impulsive and kind of stupid decision. I mean, if they're gonna remove this, they might as well remove every episode that has any mention of Bill Cosby (there's more than you'd expect.) Despite that, this was still a great season with great episodes.

As a whole, Season 3 was comedy gold but I'm really looking forward to talking about season 4. This show gets funnier with each year! Will the comedy decrease over time? Very likely but that depends on who you ask.

[oneseason]

Combing through seasons 1 through 3

I went through episode summaries on Wikipedia and Real Jims videos on YouTube.

Season 1

Season 1 has a lot of charm, but I think it's ultimately too incongruent with the rest of the show.

Homer's Odyssey is an interesting option, as it gets very dark with the suicidal ideation, and provides back story for how Homer got his improbable job, but that's not something that I think needs explanation. Other episodes are indisputably classic, but I don't think they're essential to what the show would become.

Season 2

Season two has some strong considerations.

The season premiere, Bart Gets an F, is a great example of Bart struggling. I think the character is at his best when he tilts more towards being a kid who is struggling, who gets bullied, who can't stay out of trouble, and is trying to understand how to navigate the world. Some of the darkest years of the Simpsons lean on into Bart being "cool" and it's really painful to me. Bart Gets an F is absolutely a vibe that I want to include, but I think it's much better captured by episodes like New Kid on the Block or Bart Sells His Soul. Even Bart vs. Thanksgiving a couple episodes later might be a stronger option.

The Way We Was is one of, if not the first, flashback episode. I want to include one, even though they're generally not the strongest, but I'm leaning towards And Maggie Makes Three, although I might need to rewatch to get a good sense how how good these episodes actually are, both overall and compared to each other.

There is a LOT of Mr Burns in Season 2, and I love that. I want Mr Burns to be a big part of my arc, but I'm not sure how much space I can really dedicate to him. I'm tentatively set on Last Exit to Springfield, Flying Hellfish, and Who Shot Mr Burns as a kind of Burns Trilogy. I think he's at his best as an intermittent character, and I don't think any of his Season 2 episodes touch those, and that's not even counting Rosebud, which will be really hard to pass up.

A brief aside on the Mr Burns arc

I think I really like the idea of Mr Burns getting his first starting role in Last Exit to Springfield. He just exists as the boss, and Homer only interacts with him because he falls into his union position.

Flying Hellfish then makes his connection to the Simpsons personal, and Who Shot Mr Burns turns the town against him.

Very roughly it's

Mr Burns vs his workers

Mr Burns vs Abe / The Simpsons

Mr Burns vs the Town

I like the idea of presenting him more as an overarching villain, and less personal to the Simpsons.

An aside within the aside, I'm very skeptical that I'll use any Sideshow Bob episodes. Cape Feare is the creme de la creme, but I feel his episodes are too sequential, and too many of the entries are weak to bother with it. I expect some people would find this an inexcusable, glaring omission, but he pales in comparison to Mr Burns as THE antagonist.

Back to Season 2

Lisa's Substitute. This is the first episode in the show that feels like a must include. I'm not 100% it will fit in, but it would be tough to pass up. It's an incredibly strong episode, makes a strong statement on who Lisa is and how she fits into her family and Springfield, and has a fun b-plot that helps build up the world of Springfield Elementary. I'm not sure there's a better episode to establish Lisa early on (early in my season that is), and I love the symmetry of having this heartbreaking episodes early, and wrapping up Lisa's arc with Summer of 4 ft. 2 as my quasi-series finale. Plus, Sam Etic guest stars.

Season 3

The final phase of "early" Simpsons, where we're on the cusp of greatness. We're so close, but we're not quite in the definitive era.

Homer Defined isn't my favourite episode (I think it was heavily in Global's syndication package for a while), but does a strong job of establishing the Nuclear Plant, and having a sad sack Bart B-plot. This is very weak contention for my series premiere.

Flaming Moe's, Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk [sic], Radio Bart, and Homer at Bat are all classic, solid memorable episodes that don't quite feel essential. I could see any of them filling a slot, but I'm not sure any of them are needed.

Colonel Homer is the first Marge/Homer marriage troubles episode that I've seriously considered. I definitely want at least one (I think Secrets of a Successful Marriage is my frontrunner right now) and the songs are 10/10, but I don't think Marge is nearly fleshed out enough in this episode to deliver on that theme.

Season 1 to 3 Wrap-Up

I've got one very strong candidate in Lisa's Substitute, a couple considerations for role players, and a handful of episodes on hand for filler. Season 4 is where this is gonna get tough.

[bussterj]

I just watched The Simpsons 3x11 "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"

[curswine]

I just watched The Simpsons 3x11 "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"

[marcaeltonox]

[dorothydalmati1]

The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 11: Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk (or in English: Burns Sell the Power Plant)

Written by Jon Vitti

Storyboard by Kevin O'Brien

Directed by Mark Kirkland

Directing assistance by Susie Dietter

[allieinarden]

Bart the Genius

The Call of the Simpsons

Krusty Gets Busted

Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

Bart Gets an F

Bart the Daredevil

Brush With Greatness

Lisa’s Substitute

Homer Defined

Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk

Homer the Heretic

Whacking Day

Cape Feare (duh)

The Last Temptation of Homer

Homer Loves Flanders

Burns’ Heir

Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baadasssss Song

Lisa on Ice

Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy

Lemon of Troy

Bart Sells His Soul

Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily

Lisa the Vegetarian

Grade School Confidential

This Little Wiggy

Half-Decent Proposal

Trilogy of Error

My Mother the Carjacker

The Fat and the Furriest

Simple Simpson

Fraudcast News

Fat Man and Little Boy

The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star

We’re On the Road to D’ohwhere

The Seemingly Never-Ending Story

24 Minutes

Funeral For a Fiend

The Debarted

Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes

Treehouse of Horror XX

The Book Job

I Won’t Be Home for Christmas

The Town

There Will Be Buds

22 for 30

Wad Goals

Treehouse of Horror XXXIII

Bartless

With the disclaimer that the flashback tetralogy of The Way We Was/I Married Marge/Lisa’s First Word/And Maggie Makes Three are obviously in a whole special class of their own.

Send me favorite Simpsons episodes? There's too many.

[flyinghellfish]

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