But I remember it! : simpsonsshitposting

[–] Sibilantjoe@lemmy.world 117 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Lisa it's your birthday, Happy birthday Lisa

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Lisa it's your birthday and god bless you this day

he gave me the gift of a little sister and I'm proud of you today

[–] PaulBunyan@lemm.ee 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Lisa, you’re teeth are big and green
Lisa, you smell like gasoline

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 57 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

i just ripped that season from my dvd collection. i should seed it. 🫣

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 30 points 5 days ago

Here... You dropped this: 👑

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

Even if MJ is a pedophile, there are still more offensive episodes of the simpsons. Such as the pufferfish one.

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 41 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Do they not rerun this one anymore?

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 114 points 5 days ago (12 children)

The episode was also omitted from the streaming service Disney+.[51] The Slate journalist Isaac Butler criticized the removal as "an offense against art and the medium of television, and part of a growing trend of corporations using their consolidated power and the death of physical media to do damage control by destroying works by troublesome artists".

Stark Raving Dad - Wikipedia https://share.google/bkT2WOa5qDZKeQICR

Essentially corporate censorship for fear of maybe offending someone.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 51 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They do this with sunny, a bunch of sunny episodes are gone because of racial stuff, one including where Dee pretends to be Puerto Rican. As a Latino I found that episode hilarious and im more offended that they removed it.

If they removed the Simpsons Michael Jackson episode, they’ll probably delete the Sunny episodes with P Diddy

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Also, Community, which is especially absurd in the case of the episode where Chang dons black facepaint to play... a dark elf. Guess it was thought that any real dark elf viewers could be offended.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't the joke that Chang was in fact doing blackface, and everyone else scolds him for it? (this doesn't make it good to remove, just changes the context)

[–] no_username@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago

also dies immediately and has no bearing on the episode.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 10 points 5 days ago

My real annoyance with that is Chang was on screen for maybe a minute or 2 totally time in the paint. Couldn't they just show a different characters face or have up a black screen with the audio or something. I'm sure it's harder than what I'm thinking but it can't be impossible. I just like this episode. I had to find it elsewhere when I was rewatching community.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 51 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Why did you short url a wikipedia link with google?

[–] grahamja@reddthat.com 24 points 5 days ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stark_Raving_Dad

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 14 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Apparently Google does that now with the share function automatically

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I guess we need to get that guy off Google shit then

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 days ago

It's not even really shorter.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

One excerpt I enjoyed reading.

Michael Jackson guest-starred as Leon Kompowsky, but went uncredited (credited as John Jay Smith) for contractual reasons; his role was not confirmed until later. Jackson was a fan of the show and called its creator, Matt Groening, offering to do a guest spot. Jackson pitched several story ideas and wrote the song "Happy Birthday Lisa" for the episode. Leon's singing voice was performed by a Jackson soundalike, Kipp Lennon, due to Jackson's contractual obligations with his record company.[3] The episode references Jackson's career, with Kompowsky singing portions of the songs "Billie Jean" and "Ben".

Side note, why does this link above go through Google? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stark_Raving_Dad

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Side note, why does this link above go through Google?

Android browser share button doesn't copy the URL as shown. It prefixes the title to the clipboard content to help hide (behind "too long text") that it secretly, unprompted, uses the share.google link shortener / tracking service.

I got bit by it within the last week. Fuck that feature.

I think it used to have a way to actually copy the URL, but most mobile browsers are making that harder for a variety of reasons.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I recommend Firefox for Android, share works normally, and you can install extensions. I have one for ad blocking and one to keep YouTube running even when I minimize the browser or lock the screen.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have FF installed, and set it as my default. (It's what links from Tusky use, at least.) I just happened to use the OS search bar which always (?) uses the Android browser.

I have UBO installed on FF because it's the only way browsing the web leaves any content visible anymore.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

I just happened to use the OS search bar which always (?) uses the Android browser.

Ah right, I had that issue too.

To avoid it I use the Lawnchair 3rd party launcher with a 5x5 grid, and placed a Firefox "search the web" Widget on the top row. Admittedly it's not perfect, I encountered a few bugs in Lawnchair before (though not recently), but it still annoyed me less than the default.

[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Switch to firefox. They're assholes too but at least no google tracking BS and you can install ublock origin

Edit: just saw the other reply after I posted but let's be honest, you knew what you were getting into with lemmy 😅

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They famously took it off the air years ago because of the Michael Jackson stuff, but I don't know if that has changed.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

It has not on the high seas. Also Disney shows the old 4:3 episodes in 16:9, cropping away like 30% of the image. I hate the way corpos rape art and culture.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I hate the way corpos rape art and culture.

literally Disney's primary business model for the last century

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[–] neuromorph@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Community advanced DND episode was peak!!!!

[–] Googlyman64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That episode getting removed from Netflix over some virtue signaling bs was one of the reasons I wrote off streaming and started hoarding content.

[–] NGC2346@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

The episode where Homer is at the mental institute is so funny but what made me lose it is when he calls home to try and say he's coming back, only for Bart to answer and Homer to lose his shit and start threatening him..

pure laughter

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago

If the episode didn't happen, why do I have the song stuck in my head Bart?

[–] some_guy 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What, did they stop running the episode?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (11 children)

Yes, in 2019

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Same here.

[–] habitualcynic@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It’s literally one of the best episodes of that season (although many of s3 were great!). I get why but wtf. Glad I have a copy 🏴‍☠️

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 4 days ago

Wait, it this a legit debate? This episode actually happened...

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

It's the first Simpsons episode I remember seeing

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

One of the most well-known episodes. Who is saying this didn't happen?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Nobody is actually claiming it doesn't exist. It just isn't available for streaming because everyone involved doesn't want to stream it.

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[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

Leon's even got his own questline in Tapped Out. Weird the episode's banned, but he's still A OK in alt media.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

A shame, that episode was one of the better ones. What next, Sonic 3 being unavailable because MJ supposedly helped with the music?

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago

there was a john jay episode though