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Pods in the Key of Springfield: A Simpsons Podcast

James & Nick

A deep-dive into The Simpsons by two guys whose lives have been defined by the show.

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14: One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish / The Way...

Pods in the Key of Springfield: A Simpsons Podcast ·

2017/10/17

Here it is, the most poorly named of Simpsons episodes! A Seussian nightmare that, as James explains in this episode (of Pods in the Key of Springfield, the very podcast you've stumbled upon), turned us all off fugu for life. Two sweet eps this week, as we also check out The Way We Was, featuring that piece of s**t Artie Ziff. In this one James and Nick compare bucket lists, discuss the intricate rules of basketball, play some music, unpack Nick's increasingly intricate Omlette Theory about the

01:03:43

13: Itchy & Scratchy & Marge / Bart Gets Hit...

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2017/10/10

In this week's very special episode of Pods in the Key of Springfield, everyone's favourite special little guy - Bart, hellraiser, brother, son, underachiever and proud of it - gets hit by a car. Does he pull through? Is this the end for Bart, the tenacious little scamp we've come to know and love over the past 13 episodes of this podcast? Does he literally go to Hell for a while and meet the bloody Devil? Is the rest of the series...a death dream? Will, uh, Homer and Marge...*checks notes* break

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12: Bart vs Thanksgiving / Bart the Daredevil

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2017/10/03

It's a Double Dose of Barty Boy! Today our good son Bart takes on Thanksgiving - a holiday that we, two Australians, obviously know a lot about - and Bart the Daredevil, the classic Marvel series where blind lawyer Bart battles the Kingpin on the streets of Hell's Kitchen. We dig deep into the psyche of lil' Bart, hellraiser, bad boy, skateboard pro, Thanksgiving non-observer, and his relationship with his terribly mistreated sister. The highlight of this one is probably Nick's weird encounter

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Eat My Shorts 1: Do the Bartman

Pods in the Key of Springfield: A Simpsons Podcast ·

2017/09/26

Hey. What's happenin', folks? This week we have our first EAT MY SHORTS episode, where we cover a smaller part of The Simpsons universe, another little piece of Springfield that has seeped deep into our brains. This time, we look at 90s phenomenon The Bartman, the hip dance number that we would have been setting clubs alight with the 90s had we been the right age for it. Nick doesn't remember having ever seen it, while James is very impressed that director Brad Bird would go on to make The

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11: Dancin' Homer/Dead Putting Society

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2017/09/19

In this episode, James makes a bold proclamation: he's finally figured out what this podcast is about. "This podcast is about what life looks like when you've based it entirely around The Simpsons", he says. "When you have lived so deeply in the pockets of Matt Groening that every time you speak his lint falls out of your mouth". What more is there to say, really? This week we watched Dancin' Homer (where Homer dances) and Dead Putting Society (the 1989 Robin Williams film about Bart playing

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10: Treehouse of Horror / Two Cars in Every Garage...

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2017/09/12

Welcome to episode 10 of the Internet's only Simpsons podcast (we think?), which this week is largely about how much James enjoys 'The Raven' portion of the first Treehouse of Horror. It's also about the 2016 election, which, whiff. James and Nick dig into the terrifying precience of that episode with the three-eyed fish and the sheer damn *quality* of Treehouse of Horror, which is really, truly wonderful. There's also a bunch of David Lynch stuff in this one, because James keeps turning this into a

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9: Bart Gets An F/Simpson and Delilah

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2017/09/05

We're on to season two now! Season two of The Simpsons, season two of our podcast. We made it, everyone. This time we scope out Bart Gets An F - in which Bart gets an F - and Simpson and Delilah, in which Homer gets a hairs. The DVD skipped a bit, but we weather it. Season two really ramps up fast - the first episode is more harrowing and confronting than we expected - and we're ready to ramp up in turn. There's a good little Harry Potter riff in this one. Nick laughs really hard about it. Show

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8: The Simpsons Movie (First Viewing)

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2017/08/29

Having wrapped up the first season, James and Nick check out The Simpsons movie, which they intend to revisit after each individual season, because...I don't know, it seemed like a fun gimmick until we had to actually watch the damn thing. It's perhaps worth admitting that James and Nick end up not talking about The Simpsons Movie all that much. But next week, when season 2 starts back, your two new favourite podcasters (we assume) will be right back into it. Thanks for checking out the first

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7: Krusty Gets Busted/Some Enchanted Evening

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2017/08/22

In episode 7, we have some big shoes to fill. Big shoes to fill. Big shoes to fill. Big sh(etc.) It's the end of the first season of The Simpsons! Krusty gets framed for a crime he very clearly did not commit by Fraiser from Cheers! The Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers Babysitting Service's tremendously relaxed hiring policies cause misadventures for Bart and Lisa! Naturally, we have a lot to say. In this one we try to get to the bottom of how illiteracy works, talk about Stephen King's weird naming

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6: Homer's Night Out/The Crepes of Wrath

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2017/08/15

It's episode six! Season one is nearly over! For the duration of this episode a security update threatened to reset the computer within an hour, lending an air of urgency to proceedings (because we could not be bothered getting up). In Homer's Night Out, Homer, like, dances with a woman and his life falls apart, somehow. It's not great, but we have a lot to say! Then The Crepes of Wrath, the family swaps little Bart for an Albanian lad, and it ends up being a good trade. Bring back Adil,

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5: The Telltale Head/Life on the Fast Lane

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2017/08/08

It's episode 5, and I've finally fixed the sound quality so there's no irritating hum! Wonderful. Look, The Simpsons is great, but The Telltale Head is a bonkers episode. We discuss space mutants, the films of Sam Raimi/Chicken Ramen, Nick's Simpsons hair idol, and, uh, the whole thing where Bart cuts the head off a statue and the town collectively decides to kill him. Meanwhile, Life on the Fast Lane has one of our favourite weird line readings of the whole series. There's a lot of other stuff to

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4: Moaning Lisa/The Call of the Simpsons

Pods in the Key of Springfield: A Simpsons Podcast ·

2017/08/01

Season one keeps on rolling, and thus so do we. In this episode, we tackle season highpoint ‘Moaning Lisa’, in which Lisa's 'sadness' is treated with surprising (by season one standards) respect and nuance by the writers, and 'The Call of the Simpsons', in which Homer gets mistaken for a Bigfoot for some reason? The Simpsons is weird. As always, there's a lot to dig into. There's a plagiarizing Jazzman, a neglectful school, a bunch of bears that may or may not eat a baby, a bunch of nudity, and some

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3: There's No Disgrace Like Home/Bart the General

Pods in the Key of Springfield: A Simpsons Podcast ·

2017/07/25

As James and Nick continue their deep dive into the first season of The Simpsons, more and more questions start to arise. Are Marvin Monroe's methods scientifically sound? Is getting a boy slightly damp a valid form of revenge? Are we as qualified to talk about the current global political climate, and how it relates to old episodes of The Simpsons? Does Nick's theory of an omlette-shaped Simpsons universe make any sense? Join us as we talk about what these two episodes, with all their inconsistent

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2: Bart the Genius/Homer's Odyssey

Pods in the Key of Springfield: A Simpsons Podcast ·

2017/07/18

James and Nick continue to work through the first season, and find themselves mystified by some of its weirder elements. Do the writers of The Simpsons not understand palindromes? Why does Homer not battle a Cyclops in the show's rendition of The Odyssey? Is Bart, in fact, Wario, and has he invented a Super Goo during Bart the Genius? Turns out there's a lot to dig into here.

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1: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

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2017/07/12

Finally, a podcast about The Simpsons! In this one James and Nick tackle the show's pilot, trying to figure out who Norm is, unpacking the incredible work of that one mall tattoo artist, and blather on about a bunch of other stuff.

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