For the last week, the site has been up and down as we have moved to a new host in California. Now that we are finally getting settled, it seems like a great time for us to all sit back and enjoy the new digs! The Simpsons has been around now for the better part of twenty years, and has become a staple on Sunday night television. From its humble beginnings as the crudely drawn yellow-hued family on the Tracy Ullman show, through its break away in December of 1989, and beyond up to its first feature film this past summer, The Simpsons has entertained and become ingrained in world-wide culture. The following ten episodes are by no means a complete list. In fact, just coming up with 10 was brain-meltingly difficult so I just chose the ones I could really relate to off the cuff. So please, feel free to inundate me with as many others as you can and I’d be happy to come up with a sequel in the future. Again, these are my opinion, but I do want yours, as well.
10. Deep Space Homer
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Homer becomes an astronaut! This cannot end well.
9. So It’s Come to This: A Simpson’s Clip Show
After Bart blows Homer up with a super-shaken can of duff on April Fools Day, stories about the original foolishness ensue.
8. Treehouse of Horror VI
A great Halloween episode featuring Homer rendered in 3D remarking, ‘Mmmm… Erotic cakes.”
7. Flaming Moe’s
After Homer explains the contents of a new drink called the Flaming Homer, Moe steals the recipe to boost sales at the bar. Much hilarity and Aerosmith!
6. The Blunder Years
Marge falls for the absorbency of a paper towel icon Homer knows as Chad Sexington, and dresses Barney accordingly. Oh, and Homer screams a lot about a past experience featuring a body in a quarry.
5. HOMR
Homer discovers the basis behind his intolerable stupidity his a crayon lodged in his brain which Moe promptly removes. Homer becomes brilliant, then dumb again soon after it’s put back.
Sorry I couldn’t find a decent clip, but one of the best lines comes after Homer is smart and he says, “Who’s up for a trip to the library tomorrow? Notice i no longer say ‘libarry’ or ‘tomorry’. Great episode!
4. Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner?
Homer becomes a food critic and eventually loses the assistance of Lisa and begins using words like, ‘momato’ and ‘pasketti’, as well as ‘screw Flanders’ in his articles. Anger ensues, of course.
3. E-I-E-I (Annoyed Grunt)
Homer and family take up solace at a family farm and begin growing a cross-breed plant they call Tomacco after using nuclear fluid. According to Ralph Wiggum, “It tastes like gramma!”
2. Homer Vs. the 18th Amendment
After an old paper is discovered that proves Springfield is a dry city, Homer loses it and enlists the aid of Bart to start smuggling alcohol from his basement to Moe’s. Oh, in bowling balls. Sorry, no videos, but here’s some great lines.
1. The Mysterious Voyage of Homer
Homer takes a head-trip thanks to some Guatamalan insane peppers in his chili. He meets Johnny Cash the coyote and asks for help finding his soul mate. “Marge! Less artsy more fartsy!”
There’s so many that could be on this list. Good choices though.
My personal fave is “Weekend at Burnsie’s”
Last Exit To Springfield should be here, my personal favorite.
My favourite episode is “A Streetcar Named Marge”, partly for the part John Lovitz played in it. It’s series 3, and it has the FUNNIEST commentary on it of all time. If you have the DVD, or know someone who does, it’s definitely worth watching.
Here’s one of the funniest Simpsons lines ever. Enjoy.
So many to enjoy, props to actually narrowing it down to 10.
The Hurricane, Lemon of Troy….both classics.
Marge Vs. The Mono-Rail was a good one, a little surprised it wasn’t on the list, but the episodes listed were all well picked.
Juggz / AnotherEngine: It’s to the show’s credit that we can all remember so many that have stuck in our collective brains. I could spout one-liners from this show all day long.
The one when Bart goes on drugs!
)) It’s funny because it’s true! The major league basseball has satelites, they use to spy on us! 
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i love flaming moe its one of my favs. so are the treehouse of horrors.
One of my fav clips from the Simpsons is when “Christopher Walken” (Jay Mohr) reads Goodnight Moon.
http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/56057/Simpsons_Christopher_Walken_Goodnight_Moon.html
Good list! There are so many to choose from. The “tomacco” episode is pretty good. The one where Homer gets really fat so he can work from home is particularly hilarious also.
koop: YES! I have that book for my kids and I can’t help but read it like that whenever I get the chance, though my Walken leaves a lot to be desired!
angelina: “Where’s the ANY key?” HA! Good call on that one!
This was actually a really good list. However, my favourite episode will always be the ‘Trilogy or Errors’ one. Just so clever.
best list ever, and i haven’t even read it yet, lol
The Simpsons rock!!
JT: Thanks! It was really tough to just whittle it down to 10 as I’m sure you can imagine!
Now thats a great list!
I think the chili feed episode needs to be on there. I love it when homer kicks the turtle.
My Top 5 Simpsons Episodes
1. Homer The Heretic
2. Lisa’s Wedding
3. Homer VS. The Eighteenth Amendment
4. Marge VS. the Monorail
5. Rosebud
Good choice!
My personal favourites are:
-”You Only Move Twice”, guest starring Albert Brooks
-”22 Short Films”
-”The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson”
-”Lisa the Vegetarian”
-”Homer the Great”
Ack, there’s too many to list! Best show ever
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Aaah the one where Mr. Burns builds a casino?
Lisa[crying]: I look like a monster
Homer: No lisa, the only monster is the gambling moster that has enslaved your mother. I call him Gamblor and its time to save her from its neon claws
I like the ones that have something to do with Lisa, my #1 fav, is when Lisa developes a crush on her teacher, voiced by Dustin Hoffman. I LOVE The Simpsons. I litteraly grew up with them. They came out when I was in first grade.
Oh yeah, and the Guatamalin insanty peppers, Great! You gotta love the Johnny Cash voice over. Great episode
20fan20: It is sir! Look harder!
This must be one of those personal choice thing, because pretty much none of my favourites are up there. They are good episodes, but my favourites include Homer’s long lost brother (Danny DeVito), and when Homer joined the baseball team with all the ringers. Also the Halloween one where Mr. Burns was Dracula. Classic.
well, you can tell by the shortness of breath on yall comentators that “the simpson’s” have run their coarse allready. What? those that started watching back in the begining are in their 30′s now! I understand the new wave of computer expression, and that many wish to relate and brag and blah and stamp a foot down for where they are at (even if it is connecting with a cartoon on tv) but,still, The Simpsons? Come On! Isn’t this just way past it’s prime to still be of any relevance?
Aaaawww! This is only a partial put-on. It looks as if I’ll have to watch throughout the year of re-runs just to get to the ones here that I havent seen…..Wait!No! I have seen all of these!
Easily could have been titled “Top Ten Homer Episodes”
Each year In New York , the local “FOX” station has a “Favorite Simpsons Poll”. And they tally up the score and play those for a week.
Diogenes: You had me going there for a second, pal! By the way, did you know that your handle is the name of the evil brother to one Alouisis Pendergast in many Preston and Child’s novels? Good stuff!
StewWriter: about the “handle”—This was pointed out to me by A. from the site N. I have yet to read the book (or books). I’ll look it up now that a second voice has mentioned it.Thanks.
The Blunder Years has one of my favorite Simpsons lines ever”
Burns: What are you doing in my corpse hatch?
Wiggum: Montgomery Burns, you’re under arrest for murder.
Burns: Uh, did I say “corpse hatch”? I meant, “innocence tube.”
great!
WEEKEND AT BURNSIE’S!!!
Well tonight’s episode was pretty good.
Homer the Heretic is one of my favorite. The ending should be included on your Top 15 Movie (or The Simpsons)Endings.
Consider this –
Homer: What’s the meaning of life?
God: Homer, I can’t tell you that. You’ll find out when you die.
Homer: I can’t wait that long!
God: You can’t wait six months?
God: The meaning of life is…
–show ends–
I just stumbled upon this website earlier this afternoon, and I’ve been addicted ever since! I had to comment here first because my boyfriend and I are HUGE Simpsons fans. I love the inclusion of the “Flaming Moe’s” and “HOMR” episodes, those are two of my favorites! But there are so many great ones it’s hard to limit the list to just 10!
Glad I found you guys!
i love the simpsons and always will but after nearly 20 years i’m kinda sick of them too
family guy has replaced them as my favourite
JJ: Family guy is one of the few shows that I watch on TV. It is very funny.
nice list.. but come on, 10 is not enough
It’s hard to choose the best episodes, but your picks are pretty good.
Stonecutters, and the chili cook off/soul mate one are my faves. Sorry so short, running to work.
I USE TO LIKE “PRANKSTA RAP”
Oh! You missed my two favorites:
Tree House of Horror IV (#1F04) (The Devil and Homer Simpson, Terror at 5 1/2 feet)
Cape Feare (#9F22)
the episode “lisa the vegetarian” is tops in my book. so many quotable lines including the immortal exchange:
Homer: Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute. Lisa honey, are you
saying you’re *never* going to eat any animal again? What about
bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: [Chuckles] Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.
Two of my favorites were the one with the movementarians:
“Na-na-na-na-na-fishing, i mean leader”
And the film festival episode with Jon Lovitz as the critic:
“It was a gummybear”
Aah! I am so watching these when my roomate isn’t trying to watch a movie. I haven’t gotten sick of the Simpsons because I never really watched it that much.
No “Homer at the Bat”?! Awww.
It would have been nice to hear why these are the top ten Simpsons episodes. I used to be a big fan of the series, but they lost me a couple of seasons ago. The early episodes, especially the one with Michael Jackson helping Bart write a birthday song for Lisa, will always be close to my heart.
My favorites (by far), both from season 8: Bart After Dark, with that amazing musical number at the end, and The Mysterious Voyage of Homer, with the psychedelic hot peppers. Good stuff!
I think the funniest scene ever was the April Fool’s clip.
“So thirsty…eh, whatcha gonna do?”
The one where homer gets medical ***** is by far my favorite, with the best line ever… “They call em fingers, but i’ve never seen em fing.”
Marge: All work and no play makes Homer go something something something.
Homer: Crazy? Don’t mind if I do!
My own personal top:
Joy of Sect
Lisa the Vegetarian
Bart Sells His Soul
Some Enchanted Evening
Lisa’s Substitute
A Milhouse Divided
Treehouse of Horror I, II, & VII
and Black Widower
I personally feel that the magic of the show waned after the eighth season or so, not that there isn’t some cleverness and fun in it. I think Mike Scully tapped out too soon and stretched his position out waaay to long.
Just my 2 cents.
where’s the rock ‘n roll fantasy camp with the rolling stones episode?
other great episodes (hope they weren’t all ready mentioned):
Bart the General
Mr. Lisa goes to Washington
Homer at the Bat
Bart the Lover
Black Widower (and other Sideshow Bob-featured episodes)
Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
Mr. Plow
The Summer of 4’6”
Treehouse of Horror V
Homer Badman
Homer the Great
Who Shot Mr. Burns (pts. 1 and 2)
and the list goes on and on…
kind of inspires me to make my own top 10, the list above isn’t necessarily in order, but are some of my faves nonetheless.
I’d like to make a correction:
The episode is called “The Summer of 4’2”, not 4’6”-my bad.
I also wanted to add ‘You Only Move Twice’ as one of the greatest and I’d highly recommend it
you only move twice. the one when homer works for the evil corporation by hank scorpio, and he ends up owning the denver broncos. personal fave.
You have missed “Mr Plow”. Everything in this episode was perfect.
Cape Feare
Homie the Clown
King Size Homer
3 of the best
Well, since Family Guy is such a great chow maybe you could do a top list on them… also maybe a list on ALL of the Simpsons “headtrips”. (I like that phrasing.)
PLEASE?????
The Joy of Sect … i need to find that clip! its so funny
Although I love the simpsons, in the UK they show every day @ 18:00, so I have seen virtually all the episodes, which sort of makes them seem worse. In general I prefer family guy and south park.
Burning Homer Simpson