@@Hebdomad7 Well that is sort of true, man getting hit with a football should have at least been a runner up as I think everyone needed a laugh after Barney's sad film moved everyone to tears.
@@clevernickname3396 Barney has an addictive personality. He probably has a genetic predisposition for alcoholism, which makes it easier for him to get drunk.
0:42 - That moment is so real... People can be sympathetic to a sad story in a movie, but if that same person from the movie was right next to them, they would tell that person to f*** off.
So true. i actually think about that a lot. Roger Ebert once said movies are "machines that generate empathy," but unfortunately I feel like that empathy wears off almost instantly for a lot of people when yhe film is over.
Because movies play the person as a kind hearted person who just got unlucky. When alot of times the people are actually just shitty people looking to get over on you.
@@dscuffman7679 I think it's more often people imagine themselves as someone better than they are, they think that they would help that person or do this charitable act but in reality they will just sit on there ass and do nothing.
These little details made the show. Notice, for example, when he is an old man, that they drawed a line on his neck to suggest that he is wearing a mask, line that wasn't there in the previous frame.
The balance of things going on in this 2 minutes.... the way that Barney's movie is simultaneously both a parody of high-brow art-house film and genuinely moving, and yet there's still room for the broad silliness of the girl-scout bit. The Simpsons writers were really on a different level
@@jpc2470 AA shit is like that though. My dad doesn't drink and he told a doctor once and they went: "Oh, a friend of Bill huh?" He was like Who the hell is bill?
@@zingerific8209 Technically, he was well within the "normal" parameters (85-115), but I guess anyone with average intelligence would look like a genius in Springfield.
I find it hilarious that Barney almost has no idea he even made a short film and that it warranted attention from a mainstream publication, like he just has these moments whilst drinking where he is cultured, erudite, and sophisticated.
He was a genius and highly cultured until his last year of high school when Homer pressured him to drink a beer. It was like his alcoholism gene was power activated by the first sip.
You know it's supposed to be funny and I guess in the context of the show it is, but when you think about it there are tons of people like Barney Gumble in real life abusing drugs and alcohol that are just The Walking Dead, no real love and passion and their lives. It reminds me of a line from the Crow graphic novel, crackhead asks eric draven if he's going to kill him, and the reply is: "why mr Jones, I already count you among the Dead"
There's a line in Othello about a drinker "...now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast!" I never understood what he said there because Barney mumbles often but that is brilliant!
LMAO. Holy shit! Thanks for posting that. I watched this episode when it first aired and I've seen this scene countless times on CZcams and for the life of me, I could never understand what the first words were.
@Jimmy An alcoholic seems like a reasonable enough person sometimes, but then does extremely foolish things, and they're never far away from doing something truly terrible.
It IS beautifully poetic, mostly because it is a brutally honest short film made by an alcoholic, which is parodied in a short film festival, which is shown in a cartoon comedy series. So many levels simultaneously.
I feel intense empathy for Barney. I lost one of my brothers to alcoholism nearly 20 years ago. He tried to get clean but couldn’t cope with how harsh life is. I miss him everyday
I was in the same situation as Barney (after experiencing chain of dramatic life events )- lying on the couch , hang over , eating disgusting pizza - I had no energy nor will power to do anything … I was getting drunk and smoked weed every day for 6 month straight , may be even longer, suffering from ptsd … Then , I found another way to escape from the reality - books… In a few years I have read more than most people ever going to read in their life time , books on psychology and philosophy changed my perception of reality , I gave up on alcohol and weed ,became smarter ( average yearly count was around 30 books - I was constantly keeping my mind busy for several years ) colder ,disciplined , ambitious, misanthropic …I found purpose in life - ubermensch .
Matt Groening may not have liked this episode since it was essentially an advertisement for the then new "The Critic", but this is still one of the funniest episodes in the series.
Now that I am older, this makes more sense to me. Also, the irony of Barney wanting to sober up and then winning free beer for life. Life is messed up like that sometimes.
The French ending ‘FIN’ has me in stitches every time I think about it. I remember seeing this years ago, while watching obscure foreign art films. But the gravitas was so nonchalant back then.
I know this is just a caricature, but barney really went all out with that film, just the amount of camera setups alone he had to do shows the passion he had for his project, also someone had to do the camera movement while he was lying on the couch, my bet would be it was Moe
This is one of those old Simpson's scenes that hits different as an adult. The jokes are still hilarious but it's also genuinely sad now that I understand what Barney's going through.
I love that they made it unironically tragic and good. If this were released in a local film festival in real life, in a world without the Simpsons, it would be one of the best.
@Giovanni Doria believe it or not being a little inebriated actually helps with creativity. If you smoked a joint or had a few drinks and a talking with friends, you're more relaxed than likely to bring up things or connect thing you normally wouldn't.
@@Attmay Also, considering the prize was a "lifetime" supply of beer and yet Barney still goes to the tavern, which implies that his lifetime supply of beer ran out. (I know these episodes don't have a continuity for the most part, but it's fun to think about that."
I just love the old Simpsons episodes. This scene is when of Simpsons finest, heart breaking and moving, full of depth and truth in less than 2 minutes.
*softly and with enthrallment* "It's brilliant! Savagely honest, tender. He has the soul of a poetic." "YOU'RE VERY KIND!" *voice lowers to baffled and annoyed* "Excuse me, did something crawl down your throat and die?" "IT DIDN'T DIE!" OMFG I always wondered what that "it" was when I was a kid and I still do to this day.
The dude can sing, can pass qualifications to be an astronaut, has a way with words and is an outstanding film maker. He really is the complete package.
This needs a sequel, this movie had heart, it had soul, it was brutally real, but had enough clever writing to not weigh it down. If we don’t get a feature length version released to the public, the world itself will die alone and depressed.
What's saddest about this Barney film is that it's a story about people who are dying close to us without us noticing or that we ourselves may be ignoring because we're dying too. So I say, take good care of your family, your friends and yourself. YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE!
And now, the winner of the grand prize..... Barney Gumble!! I've learned I have a gift to share with the world. From now on, there'll be a new Barnard Gumble. I'm working clean, and sober.
Just picture Barney's untapped potential if he didn't have a super addictive personality. He'd have superb balance and athleticism to the point he qualifies as an astronaut, he'd be Harvard educated since he was on track for that school, he'd have amazing creative skills like directing, writing, singing, painting and if he ever came across the opportunity to take helicopter lessons, he'd have that under his belt too. Not to mention his entrepreneurial skills, opening a rival snow plow business to Homer and sweeping him under the rug in a DAY.
And that’s the difference between him and Homer. Homer has no ambition and he is trying to drag a friend who does down to his level. Barney has ambition, but he allows himself to let his worst impulses overshadow them.
So sad that Barney is the only one at that A.A. meeting who is able to realize that he needs to turn his life around. Those girls need to understand that they need to make a change.
I remember watching this one as kid... when simpsons episodes were hosted on bbc channel in the uk back in the 90s... very important clip as many ended up that way with no hope and a problem
They managed to do more than make him just the typical one dimensional Foster Brooks-style stock drunk or a synthetic amalgam of every character on *Cheers.*
Barney: "Wait till you see my movie." Bart: "You made a movie?" Barney: "I did? No wonder I was on the cover of Entertainer Weekly" *Pulls magazine conviently under his seat*
@@peterprime2140 I have several, actually, for different occasions. Right now, I'm wearing my keyboard-warrior fedora with noir jazz playing in the background.
In a way, this episode kind of exposed how farcical these kinds of events are. Mr. Burns buys half the judges and Marge badgered Homer until he changed his vote from his preference to hers to keep Mr. Burns from winning.
Yeah, but the whole joke is that his preference was not suitable for the award and that even he mentally acknowledged that Barney's was better, even if man getting hit by a football had a football to the groin... And it'd otherwise have been a deadlock, with just him as the potential swing vote?
I’m with homer on this! I judge a movie on its entertainment value, I don’t give a rats arse about how cinematic something is, if it’s not entertaining lol man getting hit with football was far more entertaining and homer had every right to consider it for his vote! It always bugged me that marge pressured homer to change his vote, especially given how she expressed her disappointed in him, she knows the man better then anyone yet showed complete contempt in his opinions.
@@richardpagel6959 and what good is a non-entertaining movie? You can slap any title on it, classic, art what ever, if it’s not entertaining, then it’s shít!
This made me cry as a boy & my parents thought my brother made me cry but I had to say its this show that made me cry & now that I c it I hate how life will b like this so sad 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
0:32 I don't know why, but this scene gives me the same feeling I get when I see the opening scene in Casino where the camera is going through the desert 🏜
Classic Simpsons. Nothing like it. Late 80s born kid here, and this show was one of the highlights of my youth. Rewatching the OG seasons in my adulthood and missing the days when it was so clever and heartfelt.
Barney’s movie had heart. But man being hit with football had a man being hit by a football.
That award show was rigged! Man Being Hit with Football had a greater real impact!
@@Hebdomad7 Well that is sort of true, man getting hit with a football should have at least been a runner up as I think everyone needed a laugh after Barney's sad film moved everyone to tears.
But a football in the groin had a football in the groin.
@@KrunchyTheClown78 lmao i dont know how he fucked that up
Thats isn't football, is handegg.
You gotta feel a bit for Barney, each time he tries to get clean, it's like the World conspires against him
It's all homers fault in the first place.
Moe is the one who feeds Barney's addiction, primarily because he's his best customer.
It's not "like" the world (writers) do conspires agaisnt him
Homer is his friend, the guy got dunk after one beer. He was bound to fall eventually.
@@clevernickname3396 Barney has an addictive personality. He probably has a genetic predisposition for alcoholism, which makes it easier for him to get drunk.
"Don't cry for me, I'm already dead."
As a child, I laughed.
As an adult, I cried.
And then I laughed again
Me too
As a kid, I laughed because it didn't make any sense to me.
But now it's just true.
He specifically said “don’t cry”
I'm interested where child you found humour in that line? I'm guessing it might have been the contrast from Barney's usual dialogue?
0:42 - That moment is so real... People can be sympathetic to a sad story in a movie, but if that same person from the movie was right next to them, they would tell that person to f*** off.
I’m imagining that happening with someone attending the Elephant Man and then Joseph Merrick is there and she’s just like that to him
exactly what I thought as well
So true. i actually think about that a lot. Roger Ebert once said movies are "machines that generate empathy," but unfortunately I feel like that empathy wears off almost instantly for a lot of people when yhe film is over.
Because movies play the person as a kind hearted person who just got unlucky. When alot of times the people are actually just shitty people looking to get over on you.
@@dscuffman7679 I think it's more often people imagine themselves as someone better than they are, they think that they would help that person or do this charitable act but in reality they will just sit on there ass and do nothing.
I like how Moe is genuinely excited that Barney won.
Long time customer. I bet even with a debt he still likes the guy.
Or maybe he just happy his tab will finally be paid.
@@goldendash1527 And he might have lost him cause now he don't need to go to the bar anymore
@@alexandermurakhtin3661 that lifetime supply won't even last him a week.
But it's a lifetime supply
@@Doodleduderocks
I don't see your point.
The rose rotting when placed in the beer is pretty poetic. Just like Barney it can't flourish there.
You're very kind!
@@Bookerio excuse me did something crawl down your throat and die!?
@@onyxrainify It didn't die!
Just that alone seemed to be enough to get the movie to win the festival!
yes but a rose needing water and a human storing water are two different processes
Impressive. He beat Spielberg's non-union Mexican counterpart, Señor Spielbergo
Es muy bueno
That’s what Spielbergo gets for going anti-union!
Spelbergo made some good films.
Es porque Señor Burns es el Diablo
I was saying ‘Buuu-urns’
I don't know what was funnier, the fact Barney said hook it to my veins, or the fact that there were guys there ready to do it without question LoL
Never been to Glasgow have ya mate.
@@nuhuh4564 It's on the list...
This ain't Duff's first rodeo.
These little details made the show. Notice, for example, when he is an old man, that they drawed a line on his neck to suggest that he is wearing a mask, line that wasn't there in the previous frame.
@@ginomorales8989 yeah I'm sure that's what they were going for.
The balance of things going on in this 2 minutes.... the way that Barney's movie is simultaneously both a parody of high-brow art-house film and genuinely moving, and yet there's still room for the broad silliness of the girl-scout bit. The Simpsons writers were really on a different level
Yeah, and if you didn't get it, these non-PC writers are making fun of alcoholics anonymous dorks, rightfully so
@@jamesftoland Shush your mouth...AA has saved many a peoples lives
@@bigal6442 killed more by a factor of thousands, just like primitive chemotherapy
@@jpc2470 enjoy your cult
@@jpc2470 AA shit is like that though. My dad doesn't drink and he told a doctor once and they went: "Oh, a friend of Bill huh?" He was like Who the hell is bill?
Man getting hit by Football should have won.
hahaha....I just remembered that. hahah
A burns for all seasons should have won!
+1 Alois Trancy !
It works on so many levels
No, boo-urns!
"This is a Girl Scout meeting."
"Is it? Or can you girls just admit you have a problem."
Me: Floor.
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This is still the best line ever in the Simpsons
they did cut away pretty quick after that exchange, just saying
Barney: Alcoholic
You: Floor.
Hotel???
ummm the line is : "Is it? Or is it that you girls can't admit you have a problem."
“Is it? Or is it that you girls can’t admit you have a problem?”
I mean, looking at Lisa’s family, he’s right with at least one of them.
The women end up fine. Iy just the men who gotta worry
@@carlosjuan-miguel3294 That’s funny because apparently Homer would be a genius without that crayon up his nose
@@zingerific8209 Technically, he was well within the "normal" parameters (85-115), but I guess anyone with average intelligence would look like a genius in Springfield.
@@foxymetroid One name, two words. Frank Grimes.
I find it very hilarious
0:46 0:49 brilliant way of showing how people symphathize with movie characters but not the real people who they're modeled after/depicting.
Yeah its kind of a wonder she doesn't recognize him
I find it hilarious that Barney almost has no idea he even made a short film and that it warranted attention from a mainstream publication, like he just has these moments whilst drinking where he is cultured, erudite, and sophisticated.
Lies again? Babies And Roses
Is it, or is it that you can't admit you have a problem?
He must have been at Professor Barney stage of drunk the whole time
Well, he was a genius before he started drinking
He was a genius and highly cultured until his last year of high school when Homer pressured him to drink a beer. It was like his alcoholism gene was power activated by the first sip.
Don’t cry for me, I’m already dead ❤️
💔
You know it's supposed to be funny and I guess in the context of the show it is, but when you think about it there are tons of people like Barney Gumble in real life abusing drugs and alcohol that are just The Walking Dead, no real love and passion and their lives. It reminds me of a line from the Crow graphic novel, crackhead asks eric draven if he's going to kill him, and the reply is: "why mr Jones, I already count you among the Dead"
HeadbangingPizza beautiful
john that’s deep. Reality of life is these days we all have pains we want to silence but majority chose to use substances and hide the pains
That line breaks my heart every time.
There's a line in Othello about a drinker "...now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast!" I never understood what he said there because Barney mumbles often but that is brilliant!
It pretty well covers it
LMAO. Holy shit!
Thanks for posting that. I watched this episode when it first aired and I've seen this scene countless times on CZcams and for the life of me, I could never understand what the first words were.
I never understood half of what he said there, always thought it was something like, "There's a line about a fellow."
Read Othello a couple years ago
THANK YOU! Was looking for this!
@Jimmy An alcoholic seems like a reasonable enough person sometimes, but then does extremely foolish things, and they're never far away from doing something truly terrible.
As an alcoholic, that ending is actually sad.
As a beer I find it sad it’s empty
I am about to sound like a cliché but: You can do it. Asking for help is also key ✊🏾
It’s never too late to stop,I wish I had known that before ruining my life.
Hope you’re in a better place man.
Did you get sober?
It didn't die.
good one!! nice joke!!
The symbolism of the rose being put in a beer bottle is beautiful. Damn the old simpsons really had heart.
And the curtain that blows over the rose at the end is like a burial shroud
Yes, but Family Guy had a football to the groin.
@@josephwhite519 so did the Simpson the victim mole man
Agreed.
a rose, slowly dying, as it is held in a beer bottle, and then the curtain blows over it like a funeral shroud. No lie, this was beautifully poetic.
It IS beautifully poetic, mostly because it is a brutally honest short film made by an alcoholic, which is parodied in a short film festival, which is shown in a cartoon comedy series. So many levels simultaneously.
I feel intense empathy for Barney.
I lost one of my brothers to alcoholism nearly 20 years ago.
He tried to get clean but couldn’t cope with how harsh life is.
I miss him everyday
Losing a brother is tough. It affects you deeply.
Really sorry for your loss man. Hope you're okay.
maybe you shouldve stopped him drinking
Same here. Sorry for your loss.
I was in the same situation as Barney (after experiencing chain of dramatic life events )- lying on the couch , hang over , eating disgusting pizza - I had no energy nor will power to do anything … I was getting drunk and smoked weed every day for 6 month straight , may be even longer, suffering from ptsd … Then , I found another way to escape from the reality - books… In a few years I have read more than most people ever going to read in their life time , books on psychology and philosophy changed my perception of reality , I gave up on alcohol and weed ,became smarter ( average yearly count was around 30 books - I was constantly keeping my mind busy for several years ) colder ,disciplined , ambitious, misanthropic …I found purpose in life - ubermensch .
Matt Groening may not have liked this episode since it was essentially an advertisement for the then new "The Critic", but this is still one of the funniest episodes in the series.
I would chalk up Groening's dislike as a result of him being butthurt that some of his staff left to make their own series.
How does he feel about the last 27 seasons? 😂
@@edmunddonnelly3881 shameless.
Yeah well, Matt Groening flew on Epstein's jet, so hes probably a monster
It wasn't "then new." It was new.
"It didn't die" is my favourite Simpsons line
just hook it to my veins🤣🤣🤣
I love how Barney has the balls to tell Joe Frazier to shut up.
Now that I am older, this makes more sense to me. Also, the irony of Barney wanting to sober up and then winning free beer for life. Life is messed up like that sometimes.
"Excuse me, did something crawl down your throat and die?"
"It didn't die." LMFAO! That part gets me every time! 😂
It's funny. The Girl Scout meeting scene is actually moving.
Ya, it works to shows he's far past the point where AA will help.
Since when is Lisa a girl scout?
@@RentonElric85 Off screen?
@@EllRiver yes
@@RentonElric85 Most of the time! 🤦♀️
The rose in the alcohol bottle is really a smart finish.
A smart, clean finish with a clear aftertaste
How is this so hilariously parodic whilst at the same time being genuinely affecting and poetic??
The French ending ‘FIN’ has me in stitches every time I think about it. I remember seeing this years ago, while watching obscure foreign art films. But the gravitas was so nonchalant back then.
This movie had heart. But Football in the Groin had a football in the groin.
Tru dat.
That film deserved to win the film festival!
"I was saying 'boo-urns'"...
It was rigged! Marge pressured homer to change his vote :(
@@phil56892 Mr. Burns was attempting the rigging! He bribed Mayor Quimby and Krusty the Clown to vote for "A Burns For All Seasons."
@@ZakWolf you say that like I didn’t see the episode on tv 20 times before I even had internet lol
I don't know. Barney's movie had heart but Football in the Groin had a football in the groin.
I know this is just a caricature, but barney really went all out with that film, just the amount of camera setups alone he had to do shows the passion he had for his project, also someone had to do the camera movement while he was lying on the couch, my bet would be it was Moe
‘Don’t cry for me, I’m already dead’ literally what alcoholism does. This show was ahead of it’s time!
Alcoholism existed way before The Simpsons.
No, it's not what it literally does. It's what it figuratively does.
@@bossfan49 Yoooo, The Simpsons predicted my drinking problem!
True question is who really filmed Barney's movie
His son, nelson muntz. Nelson holds out hope barney will remember he has a child one day, but i dunno.
I don't think it was nelson, I believe that he did ask Homer to do it as he's his best friend.
We all know it was Moe, the movie director.
@@roguesheep3083 You know, now that you mention it the character designs for those two DO look alike...
@@akj7 used the camera from the bathroom
I love that Duff has paramedics onhand for administering beer iv. 😂
the mexican cartels also have paramedic that know how to use IV.
This is one of those old Simpson's scenes that hits different as an adult. The jokes are still hilarious but it's also genuinely sad now that I understand what Barney's going through.
I love that they made it unironically tragic and good. If this were released in a local film festival in real life, in a world without the Simpsons, it would be one of the best.
is it or is it that you girls have a problem🤣🤣🤣
"Don't cry for me, I'm already dead." Somewhere Kenshiro nods as we speak.
Nani?
@@djdoubleu1 *Low quality screeching shock noise*
Now why would Kenshiro kill Barney? 😶
@@djdoubleu1 You gotta lay off the anime.
No zombie tells me what to do
In many ways they were all winners. But in another more accurate way Barney was the winner.
but Football in the Groin had a football in the groin...
That girls scout scene was pure gold
How did an extremely drunk person manage to make such a well thought out film?
Easily. Savagely honest
Unbrickme never underestimate Barney Gumbles hidden potential. He’s one of the most cultured members in springfield , it’s just he’s a drunk
@Giovanni Doria believe it or not being a little inebriated actually helps with creativity. If you smoked a joint or had a few drinks and a talking with friends, you're more relaxed than likely to bring up things or connect thing you normally wouldn't.
There are lot of functioning alcoholics out there..
You ever heard the term "high-functional alcoholic"?
As an alcoholic, Barnie's movie is too real. I love this show.
Hope if you haven't already, that you eventually gain the strength to seek help as well as help yourself🙏💖
I gave up drinking. Found cannabis to be much better for relaxing.
Hichannd this is a Girl Scout meeting.
I first seen this episode over 25 years ago and that girl scout meeting part kills me every time.
I wonder if they ever admitted to having a problem. That's the first step to recovery.
Now a sensible man, by and by a fool, presently a beast. If that doesn't sum up alcoholism in 12 words nothing does.
THE BARD !!!William Shakespear AND an Englishman !!!TOO BOOT 😁g
Barney was a promising young man until Homer offered him a beer on that fateful day in college.
This film symbolizes everything that happened because of that.
I was 5 the first time I saw Barney's film, and it's still one of the most beautiful things I think I've seen.
As a drunk that ending to his film is too accurate
They didn't even question him when they started pumping beer in his veins
One of the greatest tv moments ever
Ahh Barney, ever the tragic artist.
I'm not an alcoholic myself but I feel for Barney and his loneliness which touches me as well.
"There's a line Othello about a drinker,
Thou a sensible man,
By and by a fool,
Presently a beast."
I think that's what he says
Laugh at this when I was kid. Crying now as an adult as I am Barney.
Barney Rubble? 😳
Barney The Dinosaur?
Barney Fife?
as a child it was wacky
as an adult it hit you square in the heart
It made me want to learn more about independent and foreign cinema.
The girl scout meeting scene was comedy genius!
“Don’t cry for me. I’m already dead.” 🥀
Considering the prize that was offered it's no wonder Barney decided to pull off a cinematic masterpiece.
Did he know about it going into it? What if Moe had won? Then he could’ve just sold it at his bar.
@@Attmay Also, considering the prize was a "lifetime" supply of beer and yet Barney still goes to the tavern, which implies that his lifetime supply of beer ran out. (I know these episodes don't have a continuity for the most part, but it's fun to think about that."
I just love the old Simpsons episodes. This scene is when of Simpsons finest, heart breaking and moving, full of depth and truth in less than 2 minutes.
80s thru early 2000s were the best episodes.....
@@workingshlub8861 not just simpsons but games, movies music and western culture in general. its all downhill from 2010s and on...
You guys gotta remember he was actually smart when he didn’t drink.
He can sing too
@@MikeJones-hg4ol Bingo
He had talent, dreams, and goals, but he threw them all away for a can of Duff beer.
@@Attmay Darn you Homer!!!
I can't believe the Simpsons used to be this brilliant.
*softly and with enthrallment* "It's brilliant! Savagely honest, tender. He has the soul of a poetic."
"YOU'RE VERY KIND!"
*voice lowers to baffled and annoyed* "Excuse me, did something crawl down your throat and die?"
"IT DIDN'T DIE!"
OMFG I always wondered what that "it" was when I was a kid and I still do to this day.
I know what "it" is.
You don't want to know what "it" is.
@@conorstapleton3183 I used to be with it, until they changed what "it" was!
@@MorseCodeStutters and now what’s it isn’t it
@@crimsondynamo615 And "it" is weird and scary to me!
I’m guessing a parasite 🦠
Barney really is the most tragic character in The Simpsons.
And what’s tragic is how the writers know it and want to have it both ways for the sake of jokes that stopped being funny years ago.
The dude can sing, can pass qualifications to be an astronaut, has a way with words and is an outstanding film maker. He really is the complete package.
"Don't cry for me, I'm already dead". God that was deep, like actually.
For anyone wondering the song that plays at the begining of the movie is "Un Bel di Vedremo"
MVP
This needs a sequel, this movie had heart, it had soul, it was brutally real, but had enough clever writing to not weigh it down. If we don’t get a feature length version released to the public, the world itself will die alone and depressed.
Thanks seeing Barney’s film, did I discover the talents of Maria Callas. Thanks Barney, where ever you’re passed out.
It's so moving. A real poetic work of art.
Interesting, they came prepared to hook it to a person's veins
So many times I have said "Don't cry for me, I'm already dead" and no one responds. No one gets me.
What's saddest about this Barney film is that it's a story about people who are dying close to us without us noticing or that we ourselves may be ignoring because we're dying too. So I say, take good care of your family, your friends and yourself.
YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE!
And now, the winner of the grand prize..... Barney Gumble!!
I've learned I have a gift to share with the world. From now on, there'll be a new Barnard Gumble. I'm working clean, and sober.
오프치드 congratulations Barney and enjoy your grand prize a lifetime supply of duff beer.
Hard working**
Bull
Raaa.
JUST HOOK IT TO MY VEEEINS!
I used to hear him say "Barnyard Gumble."
Just picture Barney's untapped potential if he didn't have a super addictive personality. He'd have superb balance and athleticism to the point he qualifies as an astronaut, he'd be Harvard educated since he was on track for that school, he'd have amazing creative skills like directing, writing, singing, painting and if he ever came across the opportunity to take helicopter lessons, he'd have that under his belt too. Not to mention his entrepreneurial skills, opening a rival snow plow business to Homer and sweeping him under the rug in a DAY.
Sounds like David bowie
Or he could become part of a barbershop quartet that eventually broke up because of his Japanese artist girlfriend.
Thus always to vices
He could have owned duff beer
And that’s the difference between him and Homer. Homer has no ambition and he is trying to drag a friend who does down to his level. Barney has ambition, but he allows himself to let his worst impulses overshadow them.
"Did something crawl down your throat and die?"
"It didn't die!"
Why is no one mentioning how amazing that line is?
So sad that Barney is the only one at that A.A. meeting who is able to realize that he needs to turn his life around. Those girls need to understand that they need to make a change.
Okay but the shot of the rose withering away in the beer in unironically a pretty great metaphor
I remember watching this one as kid... when simpsons episodes were hosted on bbc channel in the uk back in the 90s... very important clip as many ended up that way with no hope and a problem
What gets me is how perfect this is. Like Maria's one and only take of un bel di vedremo.
"Don't cry for me, I'm already dead."
That line is so much more beautifully tragic than "Mr. Stark...I don't feel so good"
Simpsons has a lot of tragic characters, but Barney's lot genuinely heartbreaking.
They managed to do more than make him just the typical one dimensional Foster Brooks-style stock drunk or a synthetic amalgam of every character on *Cheers.*
My favorite part is:
"Excuse me, did something crawl down your throat and die?"
"It didn't die!"
"I MADE A MOVIE!?"
I'm dead! 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 😂
it's so sad that this kind of writing hardly doesen't exists anymore in todays day and age...
Girl scouts : Lisa howd you know his last name do you know him ?
Lisa: he's my dads best friend
Girl scouts: Your dad needs better friends.
Lisa: Actually, Mr. Gumble needs better friends.
0:54 best part of the film
Barney: "Wait till you see my movie."
Bart: "You made a movie?"
Barney: "I did? No wonder I was on the cover of Entertainer Weekly" *Pulls magazine conviently under his seat*
@GardevoirPokemonLover
Why are you, a grown adult, obsessed with something as childish and vapid as Pokemon?
@@JanetStarChild My name is what gives me, me, as your name gives you, you. Won't judge you.
@@JanetStarChild How many fedoras were you wearing when you wrote that?
@@peterprime2140
I have several, actually, for different occasions.
Right now, I'm wearing my keyboard-warrior fedora with noir jazz playing in the background.
@@JanetStarChild yawn. Stale material edgelord.
The fact that they were instantly on to it with the I.V line, knowing full well that's what Barney would ask for.
In a way, this episode kind of exposed how farcical these kinds of events are. Mr. Burns buys half the judges and Marge badgered Homer until he changed his vote from his preference to hers to keep Mr. Burns from winning.
Yeah, but the whole joke is that his preference was not suitable for the award and that even he mentally acknowledged that Barney's was better, even if man getting hit by a football had a football to the groin...
And it'd otherwise have been a deadlock, with just him as the potential swing vote?
I’m with homer on this! I judge a movie on its entertainment value, I don’t give a rats arse about how cinematic something is, if it’s not entertaining lol man getting hit with football was far more entertaining and homer had every right to consider it for his vote!
It always bugged me that marge pressured homer to change his vote, especially given how she expressed her disappointed in him, she knows the man better then anyone yet showed complete contempt in his opinions.
@@phil56892 That's the difference between simple entertainment for the masses and art.
A football to the groin is simple.
Barney's movie is art.
@@richardpagel6959 and what good is a non-entertaining movie? You can slap any title on it, classic, art what ever, if it’s not entertaining, then it’s shít!
This made me cry as a boy & my parents thought my brother made me cry but I had to say its this show that made me cry & now that I c it I hate how life will b like this so sad 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Ur sad
0:32
I don't know why, but this scene gives me the same feeling I get when I see the opening scene in Casino where the camera is going through the desert 🏜
“Is it? Or is it that you girls can’t admit you have a problem?” is an underrated line 👌👌😂😂
-I am barney and I am an alcoholic.
-Mr gumbell this is a girls scout meeting
-Is it or is it that you girls can't admit that you have a problem ? 🤣
Hey did you watch the same video? Wow!
Don't cry for me. I'm already dead.
😂😂😂
Barney's movie had heart - but football in the groin had a football in the groin!
And the ball, his groin! It worked on so many levels!
When we all saw this as kids and were like 40 and single and drinks wow! Now we are 40 and single and drink lol
Shit... that moment you realize Barney Gumble is 40 and you're not so far away from 40... what the hell is going on???
Personally I credit all the anti-alcohol jokes in The Simpsons for making me teetotal.
Lmao true.
That pretty well covers it.
Expressed like a true drunk.
Classic Simpsons. Nothing like it. Late 80s born kid here, and this show was one of the highlights of my youth. Rewatching the OG seasons in my adulthood and missing the days when it was so clever and heartfelt.
I still tear up in the hockey episode between Bart and Lisa. The ending is heartfelt without going over the top. 🥲
This made a big impression on me as a kid. Something in me knew I had the same problem even before I did! Now I am sober.
Without a doubt, one of the most funniest scenes in The Simpsons.
I probably found this funny as a kid, but now my life resembles Barney's more and more every day.
As an alcoholic myself... this hits really hard 😥. Don't cry for me, I'm already dead...
0:32 - that little music though... it really meant something when i first heard it as a kid. Now in my 30s still is unique