My favorite part is how lie detectors only work if the subject is being deliberately dishonest, so Moe is in fact fully aware that he absolutely does deserve this kind of shabby treatment.
That's the only part I ever liked. It's like the lie detector has a sense of humor. Comical like on Liar Liar, when Jim Carrey says "Oh- I'm such a SHIT!", "I'm a bad father.", and "Hi. I'm Max's bad father."
@@leeham6230 I'm kind of overly observing. I have a condition called the Thought Experiment, where more details than usual that are present, are simply more noticeable/recognizable. It's involuntary. Especially when watching TV, because it can be rewinded. And more and more perspectives pile up. Like- what ifs, or it's similar to- or as if-. It makes tv entertainment greater. Because I understand different ideas clearly and I still get the funny out of it. The best show for different perspectives that are not even true, but acts, and yet- still funny regardless... is Impractical Jokers. They're told what to say and do; the stranger things he's serious; it's a prank, but the joke is not the idea by the person speaking to the stranger. So it's bizarre for both of the two. Even embarrassing for the joker. And he hears the others laughing at him and mocking him, as if the joker were serious and too psychotic for his own good/safety/relations. Each of the 4 jokers take turns, have different personalities, takes the situations differently, weakly, nervously, or can't handle it at all. Person jokes too. About themselves, false information about their past or their family, insults against the strangers, or hatred against people of gender. And they take and accept full guilt for what they say, because they can't call off the show. But sometimes they do. BUT they almost always refuse to say something really fu- up. And they use that weakness/conscience to their advantage against each other. It's predictable. And they can't just refuse and move on, since then it would be so unnecessary to go on with the joke. The show would be much more of a dud if they had nothing to benefit from going with the joke. So if they refuse, they lose that challenge and they get a [thumbs down]. The joker with the most [thumbs downs] in the end gets punished, where they can't refuse. It's super personal. They suffer physically and emotionally. Or one of the two. And this time, the joker can't refuse. The rules are, if they refuse the punishment, they're kicked off the show. So they're stuck with the emotional/psychological/physical torture/abuse. And it's a hard job to quit, because each earns approximately $700,000 per year. And it doesn't take unusually high observation to get the full kick out of it. You can't miss it. It's too obvious. It's hilarious, dramatic, outrageous, sad, miserable, like all of Hollywood and Comedy Central in one show. It relieves stress too.
Except he doesn't derive any pleasure from his own humiliation. That term doesn't even fit here. He's just a sad old man who doesn't want people to know that he's sad.
I love how he doesn't have to say "ogle the women in Sears catalogue" he just has to say Sears catalogue snd the machine which detects shame is satisfied
There was another episode where Moe mentions that he's making a roasted turkey with stuffing, then when Homer and Marge stare at him disbelievingly, he downgrades it to a pigeon stuffed with spam, then a rat filled with cough drops.
I've been watching true crime tv shows and sometimes the suspect's take a polygraph, I laugh sometimes thinking about the time Moe took the lie detector, if only the polygraph was the same as the lie detector in the Simpson's.
Because he doesn't even have the confidence to fantasize about underwear models; the average looking women in the sears catalog are enough of a fantasy already for him. Its him admitting that things have gotten so bad for him that even the sears catalogue is a racy, naughty viewing pleasure
@@roboninja565 sounds a lot better than the opposite problem a lot of people have nowadays on the internet, you look up something more taboo and racy than you are used to, and weeks or months down the road that just becomes normal to you so you look up dirtier and more taboo sex stuff until you can only get off to the most graphic and unspeakably bizarre fetishes and lewd content that's out there.
That was executive producer David Mirkin, the best of the DVD commentators. The way he talks about the show has been an influence on half of us CZcams commenters I’m sure.
Fun fact I once heard about Moe: all characters of the Simpsons are reviewed in each episode to make sure they are drawn consistently except for Moe. The creators thought it would add to his ugliness if he was drawn inconsistently through the show
I came to the US in 2004 and just about witnessed the tail end of Sears (and Tower Records, Borders). Man I miss those. It was like the metaverse 30 years ago.
Good! 'Cuz I got a hot date tonight! (buzz!) A date. (buzz!) Dinner with friends. (buzz!) Dinner alone. (buzz!) Watching TV alone. (buzz!) Alright, I'm gonna sit at home and ogle the ladies in the Victoria's Secret catalog! (buzz!) Sears Catalog. (ding!) Now, would you unhook this already, please? I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment! (buzz!)
Plus it was before the internet blew up and you couldn't just google porn at the snap of a finger. Most people just read playboy and used their imaginations.
- Did you hold a grudge against Montgomery Burns? - No! (lie detector buzzes) All right, maybe I did, but I didn't shoot him (lie detector dings). - Checks out. OK, sir, you're free to go. - Good, 'cause I got a hot date tonight (lie detector buzzes). A date (lie detector buzzes). Dinner with friends (lie detector buzzes). Dinner alone (lie detector buzzes). Watching TV alone (lie detector buzzes). All right! I'm going to sit at home and ogle the ladies in the Victoria's Secret catalog (lie detector buzzes). Sears catalog (lie detector dings). Now would you unhook this already, please? I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment! (lie detector buzzes)
@@TheBundleofkent For the clicks. It's like posters on music videos who strive to be first to write the lyrics so people can read them, and then get a thumbs up/like. Here, with short-form spoken word audio, it doesn't play out as well.
Wow. People go to all that trouble to be liked? They must feel unbelievably unfulfilled most of the time I find that really maudlin Thanks for explaining though
it's pretty difficult to understand what Moe is saying at points. I missed the lie he told directly after "hot date" and had to rewind a couple of times to get the "Sears catalogue" part
My favorite part is how lie detectors only work if the subject is being deliberately dishonest, so Moe is in fact fully aware that he absolutely does deserve this kind of shabby treatment.
That's the only part I ever liked. It's like the lie detector has a sense of humor. Comical like on Liar Liar, when Jim Carrey says "Oh- I'm such a SHIT!", "I'm a bad father.", and "Hi. I'm Max's bad father."
I don't think it's that deep.
@@leeham6230 either way it's fuckin funny
What about the fact he makes a simple mistake saying Victoria’s secrets catalogue instead of sears and it turns red
@@leeham6230 I'm kind of overly observing. I have a condition called the Thought Experiment, where more details than usual that are present, are simply more noticeable/recognizable. It's involuntary. Especially when watching TV, because it can be rewinded. And more and more perspectives pile up. Like- what ifs, or it's similar to- or as if-. It makes tv entertainment greater. Because I understand different ideas clearly and I still get the funny out of it. The best show for different perspectives that are not even true, but acts, and yet- still funny regardless... is Impractical Jokers. They're told what to say and do; the stranger things he's serious; it's a prank, but the joke is not the idea by the person speaking to the stranger. So it's bizarre for both of the two. Even embarrassing for the joker. And he hears the others laughing at him and mocking him, as if the joker were serious and too psychotic for his own good/safety/relations. Each of the 4 jokers take turns, have different personalities, takes the situations differently, weakly, nervously, or can't handle it at all. Person jokes too. About themselves, false information about their past or their family, insults against the strangers, or hatred against people of gender. And they take and accept full guilt for what they say, because they can't call off the show. But sometimes they do. BUT they almost always refuse to say something really fu- up. And they use that weakness/conscience to their advantage against each other. It's predictable. And they can't just refuse and move on, since then it would be so unnecessary to go on with the joke. The show would be much more of a dud if they had nothing to benefit from going with the joke. So if they refuse, they lose that challenge and they get a [thumbs down]. The joker with the most [thumbs downs] in the end gets punished, where they can't refuse. It's super personal. They suffer physically and emotionally. Or one of the two. And this time, the joker can't refuse. The rules are, if they refuse the punishment, they're kicked off the show. So they're stuck with the emotional/psychological/physical torture/abuse. And it's a hard job to quit, because each earns approximately $700,000 per year. And it doesn't take unusually high observation to get the full kick out of it. You can't miss it. It's too obvious. It's hilarious, dramatic, outrageous, sad, miserable, like all of Hollywood and Comedy Central in one show. It relieves stress too.
The defeated delivery of "Sears catalogue" is absolutely amazing
I prefer JC Penny.
Given the fate of Sears, this has aged incredibly well.
i like how he keeps yapping even though he's free to go. pure masochism
Except he doesn't derive any pleasure from his own humiliation. That term doesn't even fit here. He's just a sad old man who doesn't want people to know that he's sad.
He’s the saddest joker of the town even more than bob
Moesyzla-sochism
@@olicuau8 good one.
He's not exactly free to go. Because he is still attached to the lie detector.
They packed more comedy into 27 seconds than most comedies manage in entire episodes.
Ding! 🟢 😉😊😇
Yeah, the comedic density of peak Simpsons was a thing to behold.
Like todays Simpsons
Seasons.
I'm still waiting for the funny part of a long, tedious, repetitive Family Guy joke...
The sad part isn't, that he deserves this kind of treatment, but that he believes, that he does.
The, sadder, part, is, the, unnecessary, commas,.
@@Transformers2Fan1 You spelt your name wrong.
Cuz, there, is, only, 1, unnecessary, thing, here, and, it's, you,
Get wrecked boomer.
@@Transformers2Fan1 The saddest, I think, part is, making a needlessly snippy comment, well, on a post that is, like, about a year old, lol
@@Transformers2Fan1but, I, like, commas; including, semi’colons.!”
commas, are, pretty, cool, though, not, gonna, lie,
If real polygraphs were this good nobody would ever be able to get away with anything.
I love how Lou and Eddie smile as Moe continuously lies. 😂
the end is genius.
I was smiling at the scene, but didn't laugh until that exact moment. XD
Eddie and Lou's expressions are hilarious. The magic of Golden Age Simpsons. ;D
0:11 Lou and Eddie were enjoying that
One of the best jokes on the Simpsons and thats a very hard competition
Maury Povich says: does Moe deserve this shabby treatment? He said no, the lie detector test determined that is a lie.
My all time favorite Simpsons clip. Moe is such a relatable character. Also reminds me of George Costanza.
I love how he doesn't have to say "ogle the women in Sears catalogue" he just has to say Sears catalogue snd the machine which detects shame is satisfied
The look on his face at the end killed me😂
I think we forget just how hilarious The Simpsons was its first 10 years. Now? Y E E S H
They got woke, and now it all sucks
@@heroinmom153 they sucked years before they got woke.
@@heroinmom153 They didn't get "woke", it's just their comedy isn't on the same level like it used to be.
still funny now just less so
@@heroinmom153man theyve always been "woke". in their golden age they got a GLAAD award for a LGBTQ-centric episode
S07E01 "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two"
There was another episode where Moe mentions that he's making a roasted turkey with stuffing, then when Homer and Marge stare at him disbelievingly, he downgrades it to a pigeon stuffed with spam, then a rat filled with cough drops.
HAHAHAHA!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Can you remember the name of the episode?
I've been watching true crime tv shows and sometimes the suspect's take a polygraph, I laugh sometimes thinking about the time Moe took the lie detector, if only the polygraph was the same as the lie detector in the Simpson's.
This is such goddamn good joke writing.
Man I hope the first ~8 Seasons of the Simpsons get passed on through generations. So much gold...
to be fair to Moe the ladies in Sears catalog were quite nice looking.
They had a lot of women in that one. Still hot to this day.
Why Is more so ashamed when he says Sears catalogue.
Sears catalogue for those who cant get the victorias secret catalogue
Sears catalog has less sexy women in lingerie
Because he doesn't even have the confidence to fantasize about underwear models; the average looking women in the sears catalog are enough of a fantasy already for him. Its him admitting that things have gotten so bad for him that even the sears catalogue is a racy, naughty viewing pleasure
@@roboninja565 sounds a lot better than the opposite problem a lot of people have nowadays on the internet, you look up something more taboo and racy than you are used to, and weeks or months down the road that just becomes normal to you so you look up dirtier and more taboo sex stuff until you can only get off to the most graphic and unspeakably bizarre fetishes and lewd content that's out there.
@@jreguniverse2203 and that my friends is how Slaanesh gets you
I remember this scene to this day. Here it was a Quelle catalogue. :)
If you have the DVD listen to the commentary on this. One writer was like "Moe is so repugnant that his own body hates him."
That was executive producer David Mirkin, the best of the DVD commentators. The way he talks about the show has been an influence on half of us CZcams commenters I’m sure.
0:26 Okay, maybe I do deserve it [BZZT] Fine, yes I do deserve it [DING], but could you just UNHOOK THIS, PLEASE?!
This is funnier than the entirety of steamed hams
My favorite skit all-time simpsons
Sears catalog gets me everytime 🤣🤣🤣
Even a machine has enough of an opinion to find Moe to be a horrible person.
It was the messy smile, and arm cross of the cop!
Fun fact I once heard about Moe: all characters of the Simpsons are reviewed in each episode to make sure they are drawn consistently except for Moe. The creators thought it would add to his ugliness if he was drawn inconsistently through the show
Imagine if Homer, Barney, Carl, and Lenny all laugh at Moe's lies.
Sears catalog...
*Ding*
@@jimhuffman9434 now would you unhook this already please?! I don’t deserve this shabby treatment.
Buzz!
The internet is my sears catalogue. ❤
I came to the US in 2004 and just about witnessed the tail end of Sears (and Tower Records, Borders). Man I miss those. It was like the metaverse 30 years ago.
"...Sears catalogue" 😔
atpRtsd
Sears catalog is the funniest bit ever.
This is like ten jokes in twenty seconds
All I know is, whatever Moe is into behind closed doors - it probably costs extra.
Did you hold a grudge against Montgomery Burns?
No
@@nekusakura6748 Buzzer.
@@agentM1991 ALL Right! Maybe I did, But I didn't SHOOT him....
@@nekusakura6748 checks out okay sir you're free to go.
@@agentM1991 Good, Cuz I got a HOT Date tonight...
I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment 😂😂😂
BEEP
If this was real they would keep him in a hot sweaty room for 12hours until they got the results they wanted
If only lie detectors were this easy to read in real life.
"Would you unhook this already please?! i don't deserve this kind of shit of treatment!"
-Moe Szyzlak 1995
*Shabby treatment
Beeep
@@jesus.2000 it sounded like shit xD thanks man
26 seconds of comedy gold.
Good! 'Cuz I got a hot date tonight! (buzz!)
A date. (buzz!)
Dinner with friends. (buzz!)
Dinner alone. (buzz!)
Watching TV alone. (buzz!)
Alright, I'm gonna sit at home and ogle the ladies in the Victoria's Secret catalog! (buzz!)
Sears Catalog. (ding!)
Now, would you unhook this already, please? I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment! (buzz!)
Moe doesn’t deserve this. He is better than dirt.
0:07
Wrong time to brag, moe
Hearkens back to the old "Would you believe ... ?" jokes of 'Maxwell Smart'.
one of the finest moments from the Simpsons, and a comedy masterclass.
He’s better than dirt.
Lol love vintage Simpsons
This is my favourite part of The Simpsons
This clip is always posted whenever I see or hear someone say “Sears catalog”.
Yeah buddy, the Sears catalog in the 70s. The ladies' underwear section. Those high wasted white cotton jobs. That's what I'm talking about.
This is genius
Brilliant 😂
why didn’t they use the lie director on everyone it would’ve been a lot easier
It immediately blew up when they used it on Homer.
Wouldn't work, because the actual culprit can't talk...
Who does the lie directing? That sounds like an interesting job
This is me on Valentines in 2024
Classic Simpsons!!!!!!!
Why didn’t they just put everyone through a lie detector
In Moe's defense, back in the 90's the Sears catalog girls were pretty CHOICE.
S-So I'm told...
Not that I would know...
it works every time
That's a really long print of paper.
Just watching the silent reactions from the Springfield deputies here...
LOL
I think ogling Victoria's secret would be less pathetic than watching TV alone. Seas catalogue, well that's a border case.
Sears
Plus it was before the internet blew up and you couldn't just google porn at the snap of a finger. Most people just read playboy and used their imaginations.
Vince from wwe had the same result
Back when this show was still capable of being funny.
What's a Sears catalogue? I have never seen a Sears store, are they still around somewhere?
Sears is a department store. Still around but dwindled to about 13 stores after their bankruptcy a few years ago
It's like if Walmart or Target mailed you a brochure magazine of their inventory. Part of that magazine would be underwear and lingerie.
0:01 0:02 0:09 0:10 0:11 0:12 0:13 0:14 0:18 0:26
...sears catalog 😔
Ding!
Whats wrong with sears catalogue?
🤣🤣🤣kaiingg kaiing..
It's a shame Disney owns this IP now.
They'll soon own every little facet of entertainment, the bastards
They removed the Victoria’s Secret Sears joke from this episode on TV
Why the paper if it has the lights?
Comedy!
😂
back when the simpsons where actually good
It's ok Mo, I too ogled the woman in the 1993 Sears catalog
- Did you hold a grudge against Montgomery Burns?
- No! (lie detector buzzes) All right, maybe I did, but I didn't shoot him (lie detector dings).
- Checks out. OK, sir, you're free to go.
- Good, 'cause I got a hot date tonight (lie detector buzzes). A date (lie detector buzzes). Dinner with friends (lie detector buzzes). Dinner alone (lie detector buzzes). Watching TV alone (lie detector buzzes). All right! I'm going to sit at home and ogle the ladies in the Victoria's Secret catalog (lie detector buzzes). Sears catalog (lie detector dings). Now would you unhook this already, please? I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment! (lie detector buzzes)
Why have you written this ?
@@TheBundleofkent For the clicks. It's like posters on music videos who strive to be first to write the lyrics so people can read them, and then get a thumbs up/like. Here, with short-form spoken word audio, it doesn't play out as well.
Wow. People go to all that trouble to be liked?
They must feel unbelievably unfulfilled most of the time
I find that really maudlin
Thanks for explaining though
it's pretty difficult to understand what Moe is saying at points. I missed the lie he told directly after "hot date" and had to rewind a couple of times to get the "Sears catalogue" part
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Even a machine has enough of an opinion to find Moe to be a horrible person.