Worst Episode Ever (a Simpsons Podcast)

We're slightly delayed, but back with a new and terrible episode. Now does that mean the Simpsons episode is bad or our show? You'll have to listen to find out. Dan and Jack watch Season 11's Kill the Alligator and Run, one of the most requested episodes, then blame all of you for their subsequent inconsolable rage. Homer is depressed and needs a vacation, but unfortunately it's Spring Break and Kid Rock is there. Hilarity (?) and gator-cide ensue. Why is Homer's crippling depression done away with after an act break? John Swartzwelder wrote this one too? And should I stop the hypothetical questions and just post the damn episode? All that, plus, alligator related WEE-tractions, Schumacher-era Batman, and a Dalek exercise video inspired by Body by Jake.  NEXT WEEK: Season 21's The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed www.weepodcast.com

Brooklyn's hottest podcast is Worst Episode Ever #23.5. This collection of deleted scenes from Episode 23 has it all. Learning obscure things from old Simpsons episodes (then immediately forgetting them). Green Lantern. Daphne from Frasier. James Bond. Janosz from Ghostbusters II. Plugs for other podcasts. Outdated Amazon banners. And before you get on that bus, look out for a string of Hulk-related puns... www.weepodcast.com

Did someone say St. Patrick's Day? Oh that was yesterday? Well, good because this episode only has about three minutes of a St. Patrick's Day parade. Yes, it's that one that Jack thought was all those other ones but it wasn't. It's season 20's Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes! Homer and Flanders become bounty hunters because reasons, while Marge works in an erotic bakery without any kind of dramatic tension at all. Sounds like a winner to us! When did Springfield get so many Irish residents? Why do they waste great guest stars with unnecessary characters? And how can there be other Jack Picones and Dan Mulhalls out there? All that, plus black and white cookie stores, intense fears of Marc Summers, and a visit from Joe Pesci. We ate Popeye's before recording this one, so you know it's going to be good. Plus, a stream of special guests waiting for a bus! NEXT WEEK: Season 11's Kill the Alligator and Run www.weepodcast.com

Deleted scenes and outtakes from WEE Episode #22 - All of the Groban, including Dan's French Terminator impressions, Jack bashing WEE's blind listeners and the mysterious J.G. connection.  www.weepodcast.com

This week, Dan and Jack enter a world of their own creation (filled mostly with action figures) to watch Season 20's Lisa the Drama Queen. Lisa and her new BFF Juliette create the fantasy world of "Equalia" to get away from their problems in a loose parody of Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures." Sure, why not? Is there potential romantic tension between Juliette and Lisa? Is there potential romantic tension between Dan and Jack? And does anyone else remember Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire? Plus, the joys of Crazy Town, the new Mozart, and the best animated mugs. NEXT WEEK: Season 20's Sex, Pies, and Idiot Scrapeswww.weepodcast.com

This week we've got deleted scenes and outtakes from episodes 19 - 21. Jack, Dan and guest Rusty Harding talk about novelizations, vague Latinos, Baywatch Nights and, at one point, the wrong episode. www.weepodcast.com

It's a Popeye's-fueled bender as WEE watch Season 13's "The Frying Game" then slowly lose our minds. Homer volunteers to help an old woman, who then dies, and Homer is blamed. Sounds like comedy gold to us. We're joined by guest and Simpsons Trivia expert Rusty Harding who actually prepared and drops the knowledge that John Swartzwedler - Simpsons Super-Pro and VIP - wrote this fascinatingly weird episode. Does the twist of this episode hold up under any sort of scrutiny at all? How does Homer alternate between world's best husband and murderous coward? And how could "Frasier" succeed where "The Tortellis" failed?  Plus, an extended conversation about character actor Dan Hedaya's body of work, tiny doll clothes for your genitals, and a few visits from a friendly, chatty Dalek. Enjoy, and make sure you're subscribed to our feed or you could miss out on our bonus episodes, which may or may not be complete nonsense. NEXT WEEK: Season 20's Lisa the Drama Queen www.weepodcast.com

Our twentieth episodery already? Time flies at WEE Studios... To celebrate, Jack and Dan endure the season 13 clip show "Gump Roast," which features a timely "Forrest Gump" parody, clips from much better episodes, and the damned catchy "They'll Never Stop The Simpsons." Does every episode of "The Simpsons" take place in Homer's mind? Does all of television take place in the mind of a small boy? And why has this show not done another clip show in the past 13 years? Find out, plus Dan talks about the worst X-Men power, Jack ties "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" with Empty Nest, and together they get more gongs than the breakdancing robot that caught on fire. And, because you tolerated it, another installment of Dan's awful teenage Simpsons fan-fiction. NEXT WEEK: Season 13's The Frying Game www.weepodcast.com

It's Chinese New Year this week, so The Simpsons are going to China as WEE watch Season 16's Goo Goo Gai Pan and Selma attempts to adopt a Chinese baby. And it actually starts out really great in a funny coherent first act... which quickly devolves into overly complicated plots and troubling racial humor. Are cartoony gags worth breaking the reality of the show? Is Robert Wagner the real-life Troy McClure? And was Jack's first car powered by squirrels, or cartoon wolves? All that, plus Dan bamboozles a pandamonium pun, Jack loves menopause, and we feel old and bad about ourselves. (We actually mention mimeograph machines in this episode, ask your parents kids.). And Hank Azaria is Sephardic Jewish, not Italian as we ignorantly assume in this episode. Thanks Wikipedia!NEXT WEEK: Season 13's Gump Roastwww.weepodcast.com

Some quick outtakes from our "Angry Dishes" episode, where we discuss why "Moe Letter Blues" was a Mother's Day episode, a neat Itchy & Scratchy episodes, and spoilers for Fox's "Fringe." It ain't all Popeye's chicken and glamour at WEE Studios...  www.weepodcast.com

WEE has a big announcement this week: we're getting married! Oh, and the introduction of the Dave System. And the waiter has been brutally beaten. But first, we dive into the miasmas of season 21's Moe Letter Blues with special guest Dave Dormon, all while slandering Bing Crosby's corpse and discussing that hot new app, with a film adaptation starring Seth Rogen as The Cup. Why are there no good married couples in Springfield? How did the writers settle on rehashing a semi-obscure movie from the forties? And is everyone caught up on the hit sitcom How I Met Your Valley? Plus, the real origin of Game of Throne's The Mountain, comparing penises to the Wicked Witch of the East's feet, and not being good at math or boobs. NEXT WEEK: Season 16's Goo Goo Gai Panwww.weepodcast.com

More Daleks, French for some reason, The Hunger Games, and a lot of Star Wars/Trek talk are just some of the deleted scenes from our "Man Who Came to Be Dinner" episode but restored in this minisode.   www.weepodcast.com

Not a "what if?," not a Halloween episode, not a dream, but a real-life fictional cartoon show where The Simpsons go to SPAAACE! Yes, they "break reality" (but really it's long broken, thank you "Saddlesore Galactica") as the family goes to Dizneeland only to wind up taken away to Rigel 7 by Kang and Kodos in an extended rehashing of other episodes. Remember Kang and Kodos' first appearance in Season 2? Remember Itchy & Scratchy Land? Remember Homer eating potato chips in space? Well, get ready for them AGAIN, only slightly different and now in HD! And how does "Star Trek" factor into the ending? It just does! Don't ask questions! All that, plus our Jokes 101 course for preschoolers, terrible Dalek impressions, and those hot rodding teenagers from Dimension X. This was our most requested episode, but is it as good as those Brian Setzer Orchestra parody films? Our answer may surprise you... NEXT WEEK: Season 21's "Moe Letter Blues" www.weepodcast.com

Release the robotic Richard Simmons! Another extra minisode of outtakes from Episode 16, talking about "Large Marge." Brice tells a Tom Selleck anecdote, Jack struggles to make metaphors, and Dan thinks a joke is just... *fart.* New full episode coming Wednesday! www.weepodcast.com

Things get heavy as WEE, and returning guest Brice Canedo-Pullan, discuss Season 14's problematic "Large Marge". Marge accidentally gets breast implants, the citizens of Springfield sing a song about how they make her better, and lazy gay jokes get made in a muddled episode that makes no larger social commentary and has no moral. Remember, this show tackled homosexuality in a thoughtful progressive episode just six years prior! We weigh the heavy issues of sexism, feminism, and body shaming as three white heterosexual men (and we welcome listener input on it, male, female, or otherwise). Plus, Batman! Who is the worst Jack ever? Who will literally blush themselves to death? And who left the milk out?NEXT WEEK: Because you demanded it... "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner"!www.weepodcast.com

If that's what they cut out, what they leave in must be pure gold! A mini extra of outtakes from Episode 15, stitched together for your enjoyment. If you like it, we'll do more bonus episodes. If you hate it, let's never speak of it again. Either way, this probably should have remained cut but, oh well! New full episode still coming on Wednesday!www.weepodcast.com

Everyone's favorite tertiary school official gets his moment in the spotlight in Season 23's "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts," Super Duper Intendent Chalmers. Can Chalmers succeed where a string of teachers, parents, and parental figures failed by making Bart love learning? Or will Bart just turn into a terrorist? (Or both?) Dan and Jack are joined by special guest Brice Canedo-Pullan, assistant editor of the CBS show "Blue Bloods," who helps suss out this episode's strange pacing issues, dig into these guest animator couch sequences the HD era is so fond of, and analyze jokes about operating systems. Why does the news have a children's drawing of Bart's death by hanging? Why are we deprived of a long-winded Grampa story? And what's the deal with lateness fees, guys? Also, this episode features Nelson's mother, have we seen her before? All this, plus Jack can't say "anthropomorphic," Dan makes a terrible beets pun, and deep conversation about the opening credits to "Boy Meets World." NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE:

It's the cold, dark, depressing month of January, a perfect time for Season 17's "Bonfire of the Manatees." Didn't this episode open with a St. Patrick's Day parade? No? It actually opens with Homer shooting a porno? And it gets worse from there...? Well. This should be a fun one. Join us, with Alec Baldwin as a manatee enthusiast, as we dig deep into the excessive violence in this episode, debate what makes a good couch gag, and question why an episode so clearly focused on Marge is really all about Homer. Why is this episode's plot a Voltron-like combination of lesser plots? Why is Homer so over-the-top unlikeable here? And what other episodes did this episode's writer pen? (The answer MAY shock you, much like a car cigarette lighter). All that, plus, hard-hitting philosophical questions about manatees, more loose analogies to Spider-Man, and our new show sponsor: Vlassic pickles (not really).  NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE: Season 23's "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts"  Find much more at www.weepodcast.com and pl

What better way to break in the new year than panda-on-man sexual assault? Yes, WEE've sobered up since New Years, and are ready for Season 12's "Homer Vs. Dignity," one of our most requested episodes. Homer needs money, Mr. Burns hires him as his "prank monkey," and nothing is resolved in an episode that just kind of ends. Maybe we do need another drink... We debate the existence/goodness of Lindsay Naegle, illuminate the weird sexual undercurrent in the episode, and discuss Mr. Burns' misunderstanding of what a prank is. When did Moe become so creepy? Why does no one in Springfield mourn the great hobo genocide? And why is a Simpsons podcast in 2015 talking about hit 80s sitcom "Empty Nest?" All that, plus, Jack forgets the planets, Dan nerds out about Spider-Man, and much, much more. (And if anyone from Marvel is out there, we are available to write that "Spider-Man/Vulture: The Empty Nest" limited series...) NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE: Season 17's Bonfire of the Manateeswww.weepodcast.com

It's New Year's Eve and we've put out our least new listener friendly episode yet! Yes, as promised (threatened?) we watch Season 23's "How I Wet Your Mother" but only after we knock back a few cocktails. You'd need a drink too if you watched an episode where Homer wets the bed, so the family goes inside his dreams to figure out why. Oh and also they are chased by the specter of Death for some reason. And yes, we go way off the rails talking about "The Terminator" and Jack's junior high adventures, but if you skip to 25 minutes in, we do talk about the actual episode. How did Homer become garbage made flesh? Which character voices have changed the least in 25 years? And should we ever do another drunken podcast? Plus, a new game where Dan guesses which Simpsons episode titles are real and which ones Jack made up. We expect some hate-filled emails, but we like this episode and hope you do too. If you actually listen and enjoy it, let us know! Business as usual in 2015, and thanks everyone for a great 2014! www