“For your free brochure, send five dollars to Dimoxinil, four-eighty-five Hair Plaza, Hair City, Utah.” – TV Announcer
The above is one of those dense, layers thick jokes that most shows can’t pull off even once but that The Simpsons tossed around with abandon. Not only are they demanding payment for a free brochure, they’re doing so from an address that is appropriately stupid for those kinds of woo. That it’s in Utah, one of those weirdo states where fellatio is still illegal, just makes it better. There are more jokes in that one line than there are in entire acts of Zombie Simpsons.
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That’s yet another great little bit. I was reminded the other night that there are people (fools!) who think the show didn’t even get good until Season 3. They don’t know what they’re missing…
IT’S IN THE WRITING!! I warmly remember how I’ve laughed my way through Season 2 when watching them on DVD a few years ago. There’s never a dull time if you keep your wit attentive enough to such multilayered cakes of jokes, among other perks of the script.
Makes me want to pull it back from my stack… :D