Worst Episode Ever (a Simpsons Podcast)

It's our actual one year anniversary! AND the day Jack gets a smartphone! AND it's Back to the Future day, the date Mary McFly travels to in Back to the Future II! So to celebrate Jack, Dan, and special guest (and fellow Son of Meffrey) Rob Mulhall debate what worked and did not work in Season 11's Bart to the Future, an episode which has very little to do with Back to the Future. But it is a flashforward episode where Bart is a pothead moocher, Lisa is the President and Homer & Marge search for Lincoln's gold for some reason. What is the quintessential 90s suffix? Why doesn't Marty McFly just wear a condom? Why don't we need roads? All that plus Dumbledorfs, Bleemus, and WEE fail English.  NEXT WEEK: Season 23's Treehouse of Horror XXII www.weepodcast.com And buy our Simpsons Movie Commentary Track! Also on www.weepodcast.com! 

Deleted scenes and outtakes from WEE #53 including discussions about the couch gag, Moe's billboard, and the unfortunate Charity Titters scene. What was old timey porn like back in the 90s? Why was Jack's seventh grade science fair such a fiasco? All that plus, Dan's British Television Corner, non-Carpenter-Hunt-Reisers, and WEE just can't wait to talk King.  www.weepodcast.com

From their Solid Gold Tesseract, Jack & Dan discuss season 17's My Fair Laddy, a Groundskeeper Willie episode (that's good) that's also a musical (that's bad.) They talk about the show's connection to experimental horror novel House of Leaves, musical parodies throughout the series, and the show's overuse of lampshading (and what lampshading is.) What kind of texture is Homer's blue pants? Where is Sideshow Mel from exactly? Why does DARPA need a second Internet? All that plus Jerkass Krusty, assless Homer, and classic Simpsons character Lawrence Kwincy Tierney.  NEXT WEEK: Season 11's Bart to the Future www.weepodcast.com

Deleted scenes and outtakes from WEE #52: Coolhouse including discussions about the cruise scene, the seagulls gag and Marge's bad cooking. Why does Jack avoid answering the phone? Why won't Dave let Dan babysit? Why did Rob Lowe go to Georgia? All that plus Jack & Dan's Meet Cute, Improper Misdirection Hulk and the sad chickens of Popeye's. ​ www.weepodcast.com

Returning guest Dave Dormon joins Jack and Dan for Season 19's Little Orphan Millie, the episode where Kirk and Luann Van Houten reunite. They discuss the episode's complex character dynamics and weird side story that may or may not constitute a B-plot. Is Bart cool? Is WEE's dollars-to-megabyte ratio out of whack? What will be the store motto for Bluto's North Dakota Bathroom Tofurkey? All that plus Homer's musicality, Dan's pragmatic parenting and Coolie Cool & The Coolhouse Bunch.    NEXT WEEK: Season 17's My Fair Laddy www.weepodcast.com

Deleted scenes & outtakes from WEE #51, Baby Sinclair's Dream, including discussions about the Beatles couch gag, Homer & Lisa's heartfelt exchange, and the pharmacy scene. What is Shane really about? Where did Weezer's Green Album get its name? Who is the 101st most famous bald man, living or dead? All that plus more Stephen King podcast, more Star Wars VII podcast, and more Comic Books podcast.​ www.weepodcast.com

  Now that their fifty practice episodes are out of the way, Jack & Dan start fresh with a brand new episode, the Season 27 premiere, Every Man's Dream! Homer has narcolepsy, makes sex with Lena Dunham, and nothing at all matters. Why is Dan primed to love rectums? Why is owning Hulu the company better than just having Hulu Plus? What is the ultimate point of WEE? All that plus, aging voice actors, doobers, and Dan tells Jack how Jack feels about his own parents' divorce. ​ NEXT WEEK: Season 19's Little Orphan Millie www.weepodcast.com

Deleted scenes & outtakes from WEE #50: We've Done This Before including discussions about the Ms. Butterworth gag, the Skinner scene, and Lou's Asian metaphors. What two things do you use baking soda for? Who did Dan name his cat after? What happens when you google Hachi Machi? All that plus fingering Prince, Green Arrow's vision problems, and Jack's brief foray into comic books.  www.weepodcast.com

It's WEE's Fitty Epivittery and to celebrate Dan & Jack watch their namesake episode, Season 12's "Worst Episode Ever," an episode that's all about Comic Book Guy. We discuss the silliness in the episode, a plot cobbled together from classic episodes, whether Comic Book Guy's arc failed, and the classic vs. post-classic stylings of Ralph Wiggum. Where will Dan put his dirty diapers? How much ketchup is unacceptable to Jack? Just how exactly will you be murdered on the WEE Cruise? All this, plus total prags, young pups, and a slew of important announcements from WEE Studios that you better listen to... or else... Thanks for fifty great episodes, WEE Universe! Looking forward to at least a few more before we start phoning it in. NEXT WEEK: The Premiere of Season 27 "Every Man's Dream!" www.weepodcast.com

Deleted scenes & outtakes from Episode 49: WWRRD? including discussions about bad Moe lines, Lenny's murder mystery and the Eleanor Roosevelt gag. What's worse than shoehorned in? Will Episode VII have star wipes? Why is Dan folding his arms in disgust? All that plus Bluefic, Jack's post-classic Homer voice, and the return of our Stephen King podcast. www.weepodcast.com

Home stretch for Summer 2015, so Dan and Jack watch Season 18's The Boys of Bummer, a satire-adjacent episode where Homer becomes a mattress salesman, Bart attempts suicide, and nothing has anything to do with summer. Why does Marge have secret control over the town of Springfield? Why did J.J. Abrams fix the 2004 World Series? And would you see out Boffo Bucks Disney movie? All that, plus Homer's new catchphrase, the WEE Flip Book, and a consortium of mattress-related conspiracy theories. NEXT WEEK: Season 12's Worst Episode Ever www.weepodcast.com

Plenty of deleted scenes and outtakes from Episode 48: Secret Argument Look, including discussions about Milhouse, Gil and Guglielmo Marconi. Is the Sister Act faux pas the biggest sin of the episode? Are She-Devil and Death Becomes Her the same movie? Will Jack strap in or strap on? All that plus crazy dog gentlemen, dinks and frosted tips.  www.weepodcast.com

WEE are joined again by special guest Nick Zurko to watch his suggestion, Season 22's The Blue and the Gray, an episode where Marge tries a new look and all of Springfield shits all over her. Which has happened before, and probably will again... What color is Patti & Selma's hair? How can you save on Neosporin bills? And how does Dan's immune system fight post-classic Simpsons? All that plus the Mr. Mxyzptlk/Vlassic connection, Worst Episode Ever gets a new title, and a preview of our new podcast: Gremlins 2: The New Cast. NEXT WEEK: Season 18's Boys of Bummer  www.weepodcast.com

Deleted scenes & outtakes from Episode 47: Make Room For Squiggy including discussions about the couch gag, more stadium humor, the Matrix Trilogy and the history of reality TV. Who does Dan have a hate relationship with? What were James Coburn's famous last words? Why is Jack a fucking idiot? All that plus doodlers, owl penises, stepping over hoops and a sneak peak into next week's episode.  www.weepodcast.com

WEE blasts into the past sort of as Jack, Dan and special guest Nick Zurko discuss Season 14's Helter Shelter. The Simpsons have termites and then just kind of decide to go be on a reality show where they live like its 1895, without anything resembling stakes or drama. Could the post-classic era ever ruin The Simpsons for us? Does Lenny have a wife? And what is Star Trek: The Next Generation's Warf's favorite post-classic episode? All that plus the future vapors, the oeuvre of Mike O'Malley, and Dan throws oranges at all his houseguests.   NEXT WEEK: Season 22's The Blue and the Gray www.weepodcast.com

Deleted scenes & outtakes from Episode 46: WEE Cruise including discussions about the giant virus, dystopian cruise gags, the couch gag and the Cruise commercial. What does chaotic neutral really mean? Are you in line or on line? Will Dan's comments about looking at Chris Evans's penis and murdering him be taken out of context? All that plus animaption, VHS commentaries, and Jack's secondhand SciFri podcast. www.weepodcast.com

Jack and Dan are being brev this week while they watch Season 23's A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again and discuss experimentation in the post-classic era and just how Simpsony a Simpsons episode needs to feel. Can Jack make up for that mess of an intro? Why can't The Simpsons let the ocean tell the joke? Won't you let us take you on a WEE Cruise? All that plus mass graves, the weird weirds and Dan's spot on impression of people from Columbus, Ohio. NEXT WEEK: Season 14's Helter Shelter www.weepodcast.com

Deleted scenes & outtakes from Episode 45: Nap Hangover, including discussions about the albino jokes and Burns's eye on the dollar bill. All that plus National Treasure, Dan's spot-on Tom Cruise impression and Jack's fear of ominous voids.  www.weepodcast.com

Dan, Jack and returning special guest Dan Ozzi recover from deep-fried Doritos and the end of an era (for like a month or two) to watch Season 20's Gone Maggie Gone, the National Treasure meets Where's Waldo? meets Da Vinci Code meets Ratatouille meets the Apocolypse post-classic episode. Will Dan Ozzi survive the recording? Why are WEE taking on the United States Navy? Where's Podcast? There Podcast. All that plus Jack sneaks in another Stand reference, Dan's dead-on Simpsons Writers impression, Apu/Uter slashfic, sarcastic slang and all the many opposites of chicken WEE can think of. ​ NEXT WEEK: Season 23's A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again www.weepodcast.com

  Deleted scenes & outtakes from WEE #44 including discussions about the sick child scene, the Sportscenter parody and the Donkey Kong and Pac-Man bits.  Would Simpsons writers be good at Simpsons Trivia? Would Dan Ozzi be good at Dan Ozzi Article Trivia? Was looking up Warren Sapp's finger a good idea? All that plus possible origins of "jerkass," Dan is ready to murder without consequences and Jack struggles to say the name of the episode correctly.      www.weepodcast.com