Episode 42: Top 13 Treehouse of Horror
Written by CR Thursday, 04 November 2010 21:34
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11.04.2010 - 22:35 | Phantom5613
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11.04.2010 - 23:34 | TheBlackMage
My personal favorite is where Mister Burns lures the Simpsons to his mansion in... PENNSYLVANIA!
Oh, and Time And Punishment. Remember the great advice Homer's father gave to him on his wedding day? "If you travel back in time, don't step on anything!"
Mister Burns: That's strange... the blood usually gets off at the second floor.
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11.05.2010 - 00:08 | whatever42
That line by Mr. Burns was probably my third favorite line in the episode, after the classic "go crazy" line and Marge's line that CR talked about. I don't know why, but I just always got a bigger chuckle out of that line than most of the other similar ones.
Good list CR. I remember watching a good amount of these, even though I wasn't the hugest fan of The Simpsons. They were often some of the best episodes, so I had to catch as many as I could. While I'm not sure I'd say your three favorites are my three favorites, but I definetely remember watching them and enjoying them.
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11.04.2010 - 23:31 | Onta
Wow, Great top 13. I love the Simpson's Treehouse of Horror...I gotta agree with Phantom5613 tho with my favorite episode of ToH being "Attack of the 50ft Eyesores" still a great list.
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11.04.2010 - 23:36 | jack13666
why didnt you put in the Dracula paridy
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11.05.2010 - 03:51 | dennett316
I love that one too. The part where Burns momentarily comes back to life just to tell Homer he's fired...classic.
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11.04.2010 - 23:38 | Mr. DJ
oh man...nostalgia, I have to admit though, I haven't watched Treehouse of Horror in a long time
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11.04.2010 - 23:42 | Darkherdt1725
my favorite one is the shinning and all the others on your list. :)
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11.04.2010 - 23:54 | Mad_Man_Moony
Excellent list my pedigree chum. But why are we getting so pumped for Christmas? It's not even Thanksgiving yet!
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11.04.2010 - 23:54 | TheDramaticMonarch
I was really hoping someone on Channel Awesome would cover the Simpsons Halloween specials sometime and I'm happy that you stepped up to the plate CR and trust me, you delivered.
I kinda saw #1 coming since it always seems to come out on top on everyone's favorite Halloween episode lists. I can't really disagree since it is pretty entertaining even after all these years.
I'll never forget the very first time I saw #3 when I was a kid. Now that was eight minutes of sheer surreality that had everyone talking the day after on the playground.
Some of my own favorites I would have liked to have seen on the list...
-"Bart Simpson's Dracula"
-"Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores"
-"Nightmare Cafeteria" (Now this is one that actually creeped me out as a kid and strangely enough, it wasn't because of that fog that turns people inside out.)
-"Night of the Dolphin" (Gloriously silly. Killer dolphins? How can it not?)
-"The Day The Earth Looked Stupid" (Probably one of my favorite segments from the recent years. A really clever concept with some great atmosphere and a genuinely eerie ending aided by some rather haunting music.)
Overall, I really can't complain about your choices and it's safe to say I thoroughly enjoyed this episode.
Am I the only person who started quoting the clips out loud. ;-P
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11.05.2010 - 00:12 | OntaLol, yeah I started to quote "Clown without pity"
"Marge! The doll is trying to kill me, and the toaster's been laughin' at me!"...lol classic.
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It was both the fog and the blender part.
And the Day The Earth Looked Stupid segment(that's Where Springfield believes aliens are attacking, right?) always gave me a bad feeling at the end with the song "I don't want to set the world on fire".
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11.04.2010 - 23:56 | pap64
This was a great list and enjoyed all of the episodes mentioned. However, I would have added the episode where the teachers and school faculty begin to kill and then eat the children, if only because that surprise ending has stuck in my mind as one of the most grotesque and awesome scene in Simpsons history!
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11.04.2010 - 23:56 | Crossover Princess
You left out my favorite part of Dial Z for Zombie: The scene where Homer sacrifices himself... and the zombies didn't want him, that was the sole reason why I did a fanfic based around on it using characters from a different series last year (I did a follow up this year with the Devil and Homer Simpson)
I do agree with all of your choices, in fact me and my friends often quote stuff from those episodes.
Oh and nice use of Holiday Clusterfuck.
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11.04.2010 - 23:59 | QueensNYC2021My fave is Time and Punishment. Ned turning everyone into lobotomized zombie versions of perfect people is just so creepy. And we had to watch the Raven in English, and Easy Bake Coven in History class!
Every time I see the Raven segment, I'm still amazed at Dan Castellenta's(probably spelled it wrong)anounceation of the poem to make it fit Homer's personality.
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11.04.2010 - 23:59 | That_One_Other_Guy
I was going to rage if nothing from Treehouse of Horror V was #1. Good on ya for choosing that one
But basically the entire fifth one makes me laugh my ass off every time and is by far superior to the others
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11.05.2010 - 00:06 | GLKnight
You actually made a reference to A Serbian Film. I don't think even Brad would have done that, dude.
Also, you should have used the Season of the Witch by Donovan in there, somewhere. Perfect song to go with the season.
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11.05.2010 - 00:14 | Cooterking
This video was great as I really liked your choices and the footage you used. I have always loved the THOH epipsodes and though the segments are a third as long, they really allowed for much more creative flare then a normal length episode. Good stuff!
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11.05.2010 - 00:33 | EarthboundXE
God I love that opening, the music is great, is it something you made yourself CR?
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AMAZING WORK you hit the nail on the head with everything you said, I LOVE TREEHOUSE OF HORRORS, EVEN THE NEWER ONES CUZ THEY STILL AUTOMATICALLY PUTS ME IN THAT HALLOWEEN MOOD. I even bought the dvd with half of the eps on it WOOT.
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11.05.2010 - 00:38 | Quantum Wolf
Ah the ToH segments. How I love them so. For some reason though the one segment that I keep running into when I watch reruns is Starship Poopers.
All of them were great choices CR. Homer3 is my personal favorite, but The Shinning is also a great #1.
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11.05.2010 - 01:03 | Solange
Oh, wow. Great list! I don't watch the Simpsons, but guess I should at least check these specials out.
Haha. My english teacher did that, too.
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11.05.2010 - 01:07 | Seraphemwow..this was great, wish they would sell just a DVD collection of all the THoH's so far.
Only one I'm kinda disappointed didn't make the list was the Dracula one, i mean it was two of the greatest lines of all the Treehouses (After No TV and no beer....)
"Do I dare live out the American dream? Do I dare kill my boss?"
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"Dad, you have to drive the stake through his heart, that's his crotch."
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11.05.2010 - 01:12 | chrisbg99
Thanks for bringing back some extremely fond memories for me. Those were the good old days for sure.
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11.05.2010 - 01:14 | Bushido_von
great list cr i was wonder what would happen if hommer would stay in that other world mmmmmmm donuts
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11.05.2010 - 01:26 | brick mooncode
It's always been my opinion that the Treehouse Of Horror episodes directly inspired the daring attitude from which most of the successes of The Simpsons naturally flowed, and that these episodes have always been epitomized and carried by their two most pivotal characters, Kang and Kodos.
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11.05.2010 - 01:30 | BabyImplosion
you had me laugh a little with your lines.
Your enthusiasm and chatter over the top 13 of your favorite simpsons' treehouse of horror episodes had my brain liking your video.
Enthralling video, mister. Way enthralling.
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11.05.2010 - 02:03 | Themonsean
I mostly agree w/ the list though I am a bit disappointed you didn't include the segment were the teachers start to eat the kids because of over crowding in schools. Also because they taste delish! And who can forget the end with the gas that turns your skin inside out?
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11.05.2010 - 03:55 | dennett316Stupid cheap weather stripping!!!
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11.05.2010 - 02:06 | DTNext
really cool!
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11.05.2010 - 02:12 | ArtticWitchica
I HATE the Shining, so Obviously I don't care for the Shinning much. Though I admit it's better than that Stupid movie The Shining.
See I'm more of a "Misery" Stephan King fan.
Personally I find it saw you didn't have "The day the earth went Stupid." That one is such a classic especially it's source material :3
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11.05.2010 - 02:47 | Shinigami
Dial Z for Zombie is my favorite.
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11.05.2010 - 03:47 | akkuma420
Good list..... I'm glad you went with alot of the classics.
Personally everything after season 9 is completely unwatchable with the exception of Tree House of Horrors.
THOH is a Halloween tradition.
Even though I refuse to watch any of the new Simpsons episodes (don't find them funny in the least bit anymore) I always make time to watch a new THOH.
Love The Raven though, one my personal favorites.
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11.05.2010 - 03:47 | LimeGreenSquid
My favourite part of Desperately Xeeking Xena was, "But Xena can't fly!"
"No, i'm Lucy Lawless."
(wording may be wrong, you you get what i mean).
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13. Dial M For Murder, or Press # To Return To Main Menu (XX)
12. BI: Bartificial Intelligence (XVI)
11. Heck House (XVIII)
10. A Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace (VI)
9. King Homer (III)
8. Terror At 5 1/2 Feet (IV)
7. Homer To The Power of 3 (VI)
6. Life's A Glitch, Then You Die (X)
5. Montgomery Burns' Dracula (IV)
4. Don't Have A Cow, Mankind (XX)
3. The Genesis Tub (VII)
2. It's The Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse (XIX)
1. Nightmare Cafeteria (V)
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I agree, it just somehow feels right to have this the week after Halloween.
I kind of wished you mentioned the "Attack of the 60ft eyesores", but eh, to each his own.
And I know someone else will probably mention this, but my god, Marge has got some Baby Birthin' hips in that title card! 0_o6