The Simpsons Spoken Dialogue Comedic Songbook
November 19, 2017 4:32 PM Subscribe
Acai, one of many Guitar Hero experts on YouTube, flawlessly plays an arrangement of “Steamed Hams”, A.K.A. the “Skinner and The Superintent” portion of “22 Short Films About Springfield”. (A piano arrangement.)
Now do Classical Gas!
posted by obscure simpsons reference at 5:10 PM on November 19, 2017 [25 favorites]
posted by obscure simpsons reference at 5:10 PM on November 19, 2017 [25 favorites]
Am... I supposed to be this confused and bewlidered? I
Maybe this will clear things up
posted by thelonius at 5:11 PM on November 19, 2017
Maybe this will clear things up
posted by thelonius at 5:11 PM on November 19, 2017
Well, how did you think they mixed the dialogue for the shows? ADR? No, it's patented Groening guitar dubbing all the way.
posted by sysinfo at 5:13 PM on November 19, 2017
posted by sysinfo at 5:13 PM on November 19, 2017
It seems that this particular bit of The Simpsons has become entrenched in the brains of many folks of A Certain Age, and it has ended up spilling out of their minds onto YouTube as a meme, albeit a not-very-big deal one. Consequently, with tiny bit of searching you can end up at “Unforgettable Luncheon Montage”, or “Steamed hams scene played forward but their lines are reversed”, or an MS Paint Version, or recut as if it were a silent film, or “Steamed Hams, but the dialogue is replaced with Movie/Television Clips”. (That last one is kind of impressive, and I’d be curious to know if the process was automated.) There are a *lot* of weird *Simpsons* things out on YouTube, many of which fit the conventional modes for these memes. (e.g. more stuff - “Now Do Classical Gas”, longer stuff, sped up stuff, sped up on a keyword, etc.) This one seemed a bit older, however.
Per this video from expnand banana, this version comes from “An OC shitpost from the Guitar Hero community for Simpson's Shitposting”, which raises many questions. However, it seems a bit more original than a lot of the more expected reworkings, so it seemed worth mentioning. It’s a kind of folk homage, and a way to re-enact something even if you’re not great at acting.
posted by Going To Maine at 5:22 PM on November 19, 2017 [5 favorites]
Per this video from expnand banana, this version comes from “An OC shitpost from the Guitar Hero community for Simpson's Shitposting”, which raises many questions. However, it seems a bit more original than a lot of the more expected reworkings, so it seemed worth mentioning. It’s a kind of folk homage, and a way to re-enact something even if you’re not great at acting.
posted by Going To Maine at 5:22 PM on November 19, 2017 [5 favorites]
I'd seen the Guitar Hero one a few days ago (I think from waxy tweeting about it) and it's delightful.
But beyond just that one video, I love falling down the well on one of these after it's been developed to hell and back already. Just got some stupid, stupid laughs out of Steamed hams scene played forward but their lines are reversed, highly recommended.
posted by cortex at 5:30 PM on November 19, 2017 [2 favorites]
But beyond just that one video, I love falling down the well on one of these after it's been developed to hell and back already. Just got some stupid, stupid laughs out of Steamed hams scene played forward but their lines are reversed, highly recommended.
posted by cortex at 5:30 PM on November 19, 2017 [2 favorites]
It's perhaps also an homage to the popularity of 'zappafied' videos among some guitarists
posted by thelonius at 5:33 PM on November 19, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by thelonius at 5:33 PM on November 19, 2017 [2 favorites]
Also very here for Steamed Hams 10 times, sync point when Chalmers says "Aurora Borealis", which is too high-concept for its own good and gives up the gag in the title but manages to be incredibly satisfying anyway.
posted by cortex at 5:34 PM on November 19, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by cortex at 5:34 PM on November 19, 2017 [6 favorites]
too high-concept for its own good
No, I’d say that video is exactly the right amount of high concept, and everything of import should be conveyed in that manner in the future.
posted by Going To Maine at 5:50 PM on November 19, 2017 [1 favorite]
No, I’d say that video is exactly the right amount of high concept, and everything of import should be conveyed in that manner in the future.
posted by Going To Maine at 5:50 PM on November 19, 2017 [1 favorite]
My niece refuses to watch any TV that isn’t played as ten almost-simultaneous instances syncing at a point about 70% of the way through. I guess it’s the new Snapchat filter? Millenials, honestly.
posted by No-sword at 6:03 PM on November 19, 2017
posted by No-sword at 6:03 PM on November 19, 2017
Turns out, someone did do Classical Gas!
posted by obscure simpsons reference at 6:28 PM on November 19, 2017
posted by obscure simpsons reference at 6:28 PM on November 19, 2017
the popularity of 'zappafied' videos among some guitarists
turns out this is another rabbit hole well worth the burrowing.
posted by flabdablet at 6:31 PM on November 19, 2017 [2 favorites]
turns out this is another rabbit hole well worth the burrowing.
posted by flabdablet at 6:31 PM on November 19, 2017 [2 favorites]
ye gods
bye bye sunday night
linguo IS dead
posted by lalochezia at 6:33 PM on November 19, 2017 [2 favorites]
bye bye sunday night
linguo IS dead
posted by lalochezia at 6:33 PM on November 19, 2017 [2 favorites]
A classic, if anyone is vaguely familiar with Argentinian Cussing™
Edit: And another one, just for good measure.
posted by _Synesthesia_ at 6:45 PM on November 19, 2017 [2 favorites]
Edit: And another one, just for good measure.
posted by _Synesthesia_ at 6:45 PM on November 19, 2017 [2 favorites]
Red Symons takes a somewhat more straitjacketed approach to the found videos.
and omg this is not so much a rabbit hole as a fucking warren
posted by flabdablet at 6:54 PM on November 19, 2017
and omg this is not so much a rabbit hole as a fucking warren
posted by flabdablet at 6:54 PM on November 19, 2017
People are weird; the internet is so weird. I think that watching every cultural touchstone get ground up and spit out by itself is one of the strangest parts of aging.
posted by sockermom at 7:26 PM on November 19, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by sockermom at 7:26 PM on November 19, 2017 [4 favorites]
That made me sad. I lost my USB Guitar Hero controller while it was in storage at my girlfriend's house (house fire) and all the replacement controllers I can find on places like eBay are INSANELY expensive. Still have the game, but chilling out to Surrender just ISN'T the same on the keyboard.
posted by Samizdata at 7:35 PM on November 19, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Samizdata at 7:35 PM on November 19, 2017 [1 favorite]
This really felt more like a piano accompaniment to Steamed Hams, not an arrangement. I feel like, if it was an arrangement, you'd ... be able to tell it was Steamed Hams just by listening to it, without the clip playing? Since you can download it and listen to it by itself and it really just doesn't sound like it, but playing with the clip it fits perfectly.
posted by kafziel at 7:50 PM on November 19, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by kafziel at 7:50 PM on November 19, 2017 [1 favorite]
The piano accompaniment reminded me of the drum accompaniments by David Dockery.
posted by bigendian at 8:33 PM on November 19, 2017
posted by bigendian at 8:33 PM on November 19, 2017
“An OC shitpost from the Guitar Hero community for Simpson's Shitposting”, which raises many questions
One of the few things I use Facebook for anymore is to follow one such shitposting group. Why it's suddenly become a thing again was the advent of Frinkiac (as seen previously on Mefi) which now provides anyone who can open MS Paint with a rich seam for re-editing, recontextualizing, and generally using as reaction images.
Truly, it is a golden age.
posted by solarion at 11:19 PM on November 19, 2017
One of the few things I use Facebook for anymore is to follow one such shitposting group. Why it's suddenly become a thing again was the advent of Frinkiac (as seen previously on Mefi) which now provides anyone who can open MS Paint with a rich seam for re-editing, recontextualizing, and generally using as reaction images.
Truly, it is a golden age.
posted by solarion at 11:19 PM on November 19, 2017
Maybe this will clear things up
Not a lick! I'll just lie down over here and put a paper bag over my head.
posted by loquacious at 11:47 PM on November 19, 2017
Not a lick! I'll just lie down over here and put a paper bag over my head.
posted by loquacious at 11:47 PM on November 19, 2017
the popularity of 'zappafied' videos among some guitarists
turns out this is another rabbit hole well worth the burrowing.
This is just about the best thing I have seen yet this morning.
posted by lagomorphius at 5:51 AM on November 20, 2017
This reminded me of a post I saw a while back "Steamed Hams is the Greatest Comedy Scene Ever" that goes into the comedic writing and timing aspects of why the skit works so well as both a parody of a classic straight-man / wacky character combination that works fully as an example of the thing it's parodying.
posted by Space Coyote at 10:25 AM on November 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Space Coyote at 10:25 AM on November 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
The exchange about aurora borealis is great, because everything that makes it such an implausible lie also makes it so remarkable that you would want to see it.
posted by RobotHero at 12:08 PM on November 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by RobotHero at 12:08 PM on November 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
The sequentially multilingual version.
The black MIDI version.
posted by ardgedee at 5:27 AM on November 21, 2017
The black MIDI version.
posted by ardgedee at 5:27 AM on November 21, 2017
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