The Complete History of Barney's Drinking Problem - The Simpsons
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2023
- The Simpson's Barney Gumble has a pretty simple timeline, he was the town drunk, he went sober for a while and then he fell off the wagon. But if we take a closer look into his history, we can find there have been quite a few times where he attempted sobriety, his return to alcohol was much more complicated than it seems, and Homer seems to play a big role in his alcoholism. Let's jump right in, this is the complete history of Barney Gumble's drinking problem!
The first complete history of the channel! I've always been a little confused as to where Barney's sobriety ended. It was always a bit of a blur for me so I wanted to look it up, and I had good reason to be confused, it looks like the writers were confused as well lol. I hope you enjoyed this new specific history format!
List of Episodes Used (Video + Audio)(61):
S03E05 - Homer Defined
S03E08 - Lisa's Pony
S03E21 - Black Widower
S04E04 - Lisa the Beauty Queen
S04E08 - New Kid on the Block
S04E09 - Mr. Plow
S04E12 - Marge vs. the Monorail
S04E15 - I Love Lisa
S04E16 - Duffless
S04E18 - So It's Come to This A Simpsons Clip Show
S04E20 - Whacking Day
S04E21 - Marge in Chains
S05E04 - Rosebud
S05E08 - Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood
S05E15 - Deep Space Homer
S06E06 - Treehouse of Horror V
S06E18 - A Star Is Burns
S06E19 - Lisa's Wedding
S06E23 - The Springfield Connection
S06E25 - Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part One)
S07E07 - King-Size Homer
S07E23 - Much Apu About Nothing
S08E03 - The Homer They Fall
S08E07 - Lisa's Date with Density
S08E18 - Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment
S08E23 - Homer's Enemy
S09E03 - Lisa's Sax
S09E13 - The Joy of Sect
S09E14 - Das Bus
S10E04 - Treehouse of Horror IX
S10E22 - They Saved Lisa's Brain
S11E17 - Bart to the Future
S11E18 - Days of Wine and D'oh'ses
S13E05 - The Blunder Years
S13E11 - The Bart Wants What It Wants
S13E19 - The Sweetest Apu
S14E10 - Pray Anything
S14E12 - I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can
S14E15 - C.E. D'oh
S14E17 - Three Gays of the Condo
S14E18 - Dude, Where's My Ranch
S14E20 - Brake My Wife, Please
S14E21 - The Bart of War
S14E22 - Moe Baby Blues
S15E06 - Today I Am a Clown
S15E10 - Diatribe of a Mad Housewife
S15E13 - Smart and Smarter
S15E14 - The Ziff Who Came to Dinner
S15E15 - Co-Dependent's Day
S15E17 - My Big Fat Geek Wedding
S16E04 - She Used to Be My Girl
S17E13 - The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
S18E13 - Springfield Up
S18E19 - Crook and Ladder
S20E02 - Lost Verizon
S25E18 - Days of Future Future
S29E07 - Singin' in the Lane
S29E08 - Mr. Lisa's Opus
S30E10 - Tis the 30th Season
S32E22 - The Last Barfighter
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Barney is proof some friends care more about having fun then their friends well-being.
Absolutely, homer is a terrible friend
@@soursimpsons Speaking of Homer's jobs, he also took Barney's job at the Bowlarama! (though unintentionally)
By the way, why is it called "Barney's Bowlarama" when it's owned by Al Gumble?
@@JediMasterBaiter I believe when the writers were first planning out the show, the idea was that Barney owned the bowling alley. but when they started to flesh him out as a character more over the first couple of seasons, they realised it made no sense for a "pathetic drunk" like Barney to be a business owner. but the Bowlarama had already appeared in the show by that point with his name on it, so they were stuck with it. I guess they decided to have a relative of Barney own it instead, and it's just named after him for some reason, maybe uncle Al really loves his nephew or something.
@@FirestormConvoyMaybe our barney is named after an older relative like such as a grandfather who uncle Al inhearted the business from.
I look forward to the hours long, multi part recap of Homer's job history
Or what episodes that show The Simpsons in the future (Lisa's Wedding, Bart to the Future, etc) would be considered canon.
Haha i hope to condense the length, but even so that might be an hour long 😅
id watch it @@soursimpsons
@@soursimpsons It's gonna rival False Swipe Gaming's Landorus video
Don’t cry for Barney, he‘s already dead.
Yeah, they used him to stretch out Homer's meat, along with Comic Book Guy and some horse.
Mr gumble this is a girl scout meeting.
@@soursimpsons "Is it? Or are you dead too, from whatever they put in those Thin Mints?"
He saved Homer bruh
Barbie’s movie had heart but “Football in the Groin” had a football in the groin
I always felt sorry for how pathetic Barney was as a character. When they revealed he was a scholar before Homer ruined his life, I really felt sorry for him. They honestly should have quietly retired him as a character after making him sober.
The show is atrocious now anyways... I honestly don't know anybody under 25 who even watches it. It's a complete dinosaur
@@davidsaroea5530 idk man, seasons 31-34 are good enough
I feel like they could've done more with him being sober lol. Like idk, having plots about him doing oddjobs to try to find a new "thing"
Yeah i hope they give him a good ending when they decide to end the show
@@soursimpsons They won't
Very thorough chronology on Barney's drinking, sobriety and "flip-flopping" period - I didn't realize how much Barney went back and forth during that time before returning to alcohol.
Whether drinking, smoking, eating, or any addiction, some people will "yo-yo" back and forth between extremes, depending how they feel about their life. So at least this is realistic to those for whom the struggle is never over.
But good thing they never promised a Beatle that Barney would quit drinking permanently! 😉
Yeah haha, i didny know there was so much flip flopping after he came back.
' I don't have a drinking problem...except when I can't get a drink.' Tom Waits.
Haha well said!
Barney doesn't even see Skinner as a full, unopened can of beer, even the small hope of a few drops was enough to turn to murder.
Haha, he's cleaning up the garbage in the city! Like a true hero.
A dark idea for this new format: Complete history of Flanders' mourning
You know, now that you mention it, the "Flanderization" era of his character happened around the time of Maude's death, right? Maybe his personality change was a coping mechanism as he processed his grief?
@@BAMFshee hmmm, it could be the reason behind it, right 👀
Oh thats interesting. Ive added it to my ideas notebook
@@soursimpsons thanks man!
How about the development of Ralph Wiggum from ordinary classmate character (and mini golf semi-finalist), to the only person in Lisa's class that actually acted like a second-grader, to repository for overly long and awkward phrases, to (finally) the meme generator.
Oh i like that. Added to my notebook.
I feel like Ralph is the only other kid in Lisa's class that even has any significance
"God invented alcohol to keep Barney Gumble from ruling the world."
Much like Jim Ignatowski, Christopher Lloyd's crazy stoner character from "Taxi" - just one puff of a joint in college pushed him away from academic pursuits.
God sounds like a jerk!
TL;DR: Homer is a terrible friend.
Moe ain't better too.
You got that right!
True story: I was a student at Villanova when Barney stole Homer's car and then gave a speech at the school. Or maybe it was a street corner. Regardless, the school went nuts over this. It made our paper. People were amused and befuddled.
Later it turned out that this was a parody of Andy Richter, who gave a talk at Villanova a year earlier. This was pretty anticlimactic.
Anyway, we have more NCAA championships than Gudger College, so there's that.
Oh haha, that makes sense!! Conan wrote the episode i believe
I love how you took the 'Simpsons Histories' concept from TheRealJims with your good old dark twist. Can't wait for more dark histories 🎉
Thank you! Therealjims is so good!
I was expecting a funnier one like usual, but this was really good. Using actual bits of audio from the series sets it apart from a video like you'd get from Therealjims.
Yeah this is more serious than the mysteries. But i think I'll try to add more humor in future ones.
I saw so sad when Barney became a drunk after he stayed sober for quite a few episodes. I'd like a video on Homer's jobs.
Yeah it was weird how they made him drunk again... what a waste
I'm glad you took inspiration from Simpsons Theory's timelines with this one. I hope Lydia loves it!
Yeah! Her and therealjims and johnny2cellos were big inspirations.
I hope those other 2 see it too!
1:36 His eyes disappeared for a brief second.
Yeah haha i noticed that for the first time here
Buy me a beer, two bucks a glass. C’mon, help me I’m freezing my ass...
Move it, you drunk or I'll blast your rear end.
Buy me brandy...
@@soursimpsons A snifter of wine... Who am I kidding... I'd drink turpentine.
How Barney became addicted after only one beer makes no sense to me. But then, how *anyone* drinks something so bitter makes no sense to me.
Have you ever seen a baby eat icecream for the first time? Barney looks just like that lol.
Makes me thankful I have a medical reason why I can't drink alcohol whenever people try to make me drink it.
anyone remember the character bios section of the simpsons website? it was styled like a filing cabinet, with files for all the characters. each file had interactive elements. barney's had an empty coffee cup and a full beer mug and a picture of drunk barney. clicking the cups would empty the beer mug, fill the coffee cup and change the picture.
i think the site itself is lost media
Haha no, i dont think ive ever seen that but sounds awesome
3:44 - Non-alcoholic drinks aren't 100 alcohol free. They still have very little alcohol in them.
Barney's body is possibly alcohol-sensitive that low amounts can relaspe him.
Is that true? Sounds like a law suit
@@soursimpsons Blue-hair lawyer has entered the chat.
I always assumed he didn't know it was non alcoholic/that he thought it was alcoholic and that his response was from a placebo effect.
I love that you counted the 9 seconds before Barney decided on intravenous truck booze.
Haha i thought that was very important to find out how long his sobriety lasted
How did Barney even fit into Marge's dress? Are they made of super-spandex?
When did Barney's mom leave the Navy?
Haha must be super stretchy. Homer wore it before too.
How can something be so sad but also so funny at the same time?....
Story of my life!
Well if you're going to do lisa's dating history, you can make bart's
The real jims recently made a video about that, i highly recommend checking it out
Sober Barney is the one thing introduced in _Zombie Simpsons_ I liked. My father died from metastasized bladder cancer, and my sister has plenty of her own health problems from alcoholism, so I'm legitimately mad they went back on this. But I'm not surprised, really; nihilism's _Zombie Simpsons_ in a nutshell. I'm just very, extremely, disappointed.
6:48 I like that cut away I couldn't stop laughing. anyway I enjoyed this episode, I hope to see another one like this one.
Haha glad you enjoyed it. I plan on making more and mixing them in with the other videos
I enjoyed that arc where Barney went sober for a whole season. It was a chance to explore a deeper side of his character than burps and drunk jokes. I do remember feeling a little disappointed when he relapsed.
Yeah, i wish they stuck with one or other other, i dont like the flip flopping
Barney having messy hair Isn't an Indication he was drunk
we all have those days
Yeah but the animators clearly use it to show his sobriety
Covering all Simpsons love interests might do it for a while. Also a Kang and Kodoa video would be cool
Who did you vote for? Kang or kodos?
He has always been a favorite character
Yeah for me too
Agree, interesting one
0:17 relapse respect 😂
R E L A P S E!
"Well, I'm off to marrrrkkketttt..."
"Think unsexy thoughts, think unsexy thoughts."
Buuurrrpppp*
I still think this new format would be a good way to delve into the comics.
I've actually never read the comics. Would love to
Here’s an idea: Complete timeline of Ned Flanders’ life.
Have fun!
I wanna be more specific with these, so itd have to be something about his life. I plan on doing one about his age.
I love this video ❤ ! And yeah I know there are other timeline videos out there, but , I like yours the best ! Mostly cause I like how you call him the town drunk but in a funny way. 😁 and I love how you did your intro when you said today where going look 👀 at Barney’s first beer 🍺 to his drunken final years, this is the complete history of Barney’s drinking problem. And I love your Simpson cartoon character version of yourself the best , because the real Simpson characters are always trying to say that you’re a liar and you don’t have any proof, and you always prove them wrong in a funny way. I hope you more of these , cause I love them and learn from them. 😊❤ but one question remains though ? How did Barney’s kidneys not explode and he wets himself from drinking all that beer ? 😊
Thnaks for watching! So glad you enjoyed it!
Barney has to have one of the saddest downfalls when it comes to alcohol cause he's actually tried to get better for it numerous times.
Whats sad is his best friend pushed him that far lol
@@soursimpsons that too lol.
A new format or show huh?, well that's a nice idea!, it's always good to offer variety so good luck with your new project!.
If you need a suggestion here is one but it could be a very long one...:
The Complete History of: Moe's Unhappiness.
Haha thanks, trying a lot of different things and see what sticks. Thanks for the idea!
After the episode where Barney goes sober he’s seen a lot less with Homer.
Makes me think there was a secret/ unseen falling out between the two.
Yeah homer is a bad influence lol
Getting Barney drunk was definitely the most Homer thing that Homer himself did.
Haha he definitely pulled a homer 🤣
I'm surprised that there was so much continuity in the "sober Barney" period and foggy period.
Yeah me too! I didnt know until i did this video
Given I suddenly remembered Homer selling manure... I *totally* want an episode about all the weird and not-so-weird jobs of Homer! 🤩🤩🤩
Haha already started work on it. Might take a while though
This is the most brilliant channel on CZcams.
I appreciate it!
Great research!
Thank you+
Complete history of Maggie's guns? Or what about the complete history of Ned's failed marriages after Maude?
Oh interesting. I like the marriages one!
I love that the easiest way to tell how sober or drunk Barney is is to just check how groomed his hair is
Haha yeah, look good, feel good.
I’d love to see Barney and Selma get together. They finally get their significant others, but this would be a great opportunity for them to quit their smoking/drinking habits with the support of each other
Thats actually quite good. They did go on a date in principal charming.
Barney is one of my favorite characters in the Simpsons
Mine too. He's awesome
Valuable work here... but a companion piece explaining what the writers were trying to say about social and economic aspects of alcoholism and the alcohol industry would be good, too.
😄👍
Barney did have a bright future ahead of him, but Homer ruined it by letting him have his first beer
Lol homer is a terrible influence
7:55 moe spiked the coffee
Haha thats a brilliant move!
A little known fact: Audrey Hoover, who was sitting next to Barney when they 86'd Snake, is also an alcoholic.
Haha theyre made for each other
I think the flip-flopping could partially be caused by the episodes sometimes airing differently from the production order
That makes sense too!
I saw a reference to your outro under a Reddit post the other day. That was a strange moment.
Hmmm your ideas are intriguing and i wish to subscribe to your newsletter
Crowdfunding is when lots of people give you small amounts of money to make your passion project come to life
Personally I never blamed Homer for a Barney's alcoholism. Like if one beer did that to him it was bound to happen at some point in his life.
I agree, but it's not a very friendly move lol
I'll always think ofhim as he was identified on the news by Kent Brockman: "Liquor connoisseur Barney Gumbke". And of Moe as"filthy old bartender Moe Syzlak" .
Haha kent is such a great character
Ухуху, жоское видео и очень интересное, в целом мне понравилось. Приятный голос и приятный для глаз монтаж, хороший формат я считаю, да и плюсом здесь есть субтитры что помогает в автопереводе хорошо и понятно перевести к примеру на тот же самый русский, на котором я разговариваю. Я подписываюсь на канал, вы подбираете действительно интересные темы на которые мало кто обращает внимание, но зато на это интересно смотреть.
И у меня есть идея для следующих видео роликов, можете рассказать про истории второстепенных персонажей, к примеру тот же самый джереми фридман(подросток с писклявым голосом) он довольно недооценённый персонаж, которому не хватает внимания! Вообще если кратко мне всё понравилась, желаю удачи в развитии канала! :D
“Come back diaper! Come back! Hi Ma!”. Lmfao 😂🤣
A man's gotta make the money 🤣
Why not chief wiggums history of corruption? you could make it a smart line special!
Interesting lol. I'll add it to my notebook
Barney clearly needs to learn to drink with the grain of the liquor. Because when you drink against the grain of the liquor you lose
To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to, all of lifes problems!
It's good, but personally, I love the Simpsons mysteries, and you usually have a lot more sarcasm in those.
I'll still be doing those too! Just wanted to experiment with other stuff
Now we need to see a video of Moleman being Kenny 😂
Lol i plan on making a moleman video in the near future
The ironic thing is that Homer peer pressured Barney into drinking and Barney turned into an even worse alcoholic than Homer is. At least Homer can still hold down a job and still has a family life. Barney messed up his entire life!
Yeah ahaha, he could've been an astronaut!
Barney was so weak to alcohol that his life would've been ruined either way. If he didn't become a drunk before college, he would've become one during college, and he would've ended up as a drop-out with a ludicrously giant debt. Homer just helped him avoid the worst possible outcome.
Thats assuming that he will drunk in college. I didnt drink in college.
@@soursimpsons Then you're not Barney, and you didn't hang out with someone like Homer. There's no way he would've avoided drinking completely. Heck, I've had a beer at 11:30 in the morning while delivering newspapers, and I don't even like the stuff.
Great video!
Please explain how Flanders smoked his pipe in S04E07.
No Tv and No Beer makes Homer go crazy, but not for Barney
Haha he always finds beer.
5:46 and 9:31 so Moe believes in something after all!
He was born a snake handler and he'll die a snake handler! Lol
“DIBS ON THE LIVER!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mmmm liver and onions!
History as told by Grampa's rambling stories that don't go anywhere! He was a union buster, an army sergeant during world War 2, and a night watchman at a cranberry silo for 40 years! What else can you piece together about Grampa and the times he lived in?
Lol his ramblings go on forever! I'll look into it
Poor Barney with everything that happened...
I blame homer
@soursimpsons it makes me wonder if Homer never met Barney would Barney have got a drinking problem still or not?
I think "let's never drink again" should not be related to alcohol
What would it be related to?
1:36 OMG what happened to his eyes XD
Haha, I noticed that too, very odd
Besides causing Abe’s kidneys to explode and causing Maude to die, ruining Barney’s life has got to be another worse thing Homer has ever done
Haha yeah, but seems like homer setd a new low every episode now.
Great video
Unfortunately, there is a spot missing. In S6 Ep22 'Round Springfield, Barney was completely sober!.....for 15 minutes.
Oh yes! Haha i missed that one
I always like seeing Barney’s mom 😂
Haha me too... Her in the navy was great!
One of these days Barney Gumble is going to die from liver failure due to years of alcohol abuse. He could also end up in a seizure induced coma where he was never awake from. Infact Barney should be dead from liver failure or an alcohol induced coma right now.
I love Barney so much and I'm glad to see someone cover him so extensively! I wish he got to be sober more often. There is a lot the writers could do with him... but they just don't. I just want him to be happy.
Also he's damn cute. Hehehehe round boy
Yeah they really dont do much with him in the newer seasons
very good work here sour simpsons
Thanks for watching!
A detective work video of kang and kodos?
Haha they're a strange one cuz they're never cannon
complete history of cheif wiggums misconduct
Not a bad idea, I'll add it to the notebook
might be a lil spicy but maybe you could do the Hidden History of Edna Krabappel's Passion For Teaching and/or Romantic History
I'm thinking about a video on Mr Krabappel, but dunno if there's enough content for one
@@soursimpsons If you ask the question "is Edna married to education?" I think you should be able to close it out
1:10 what’s Graggle doing there??
What isnt he doing there? 😳
Thats tragic forget Barney is intelligent
Yeah what a waste of potential
Please do the history of my favourite character: the Simpsons' TV Set.
Haha interesting... dunno about that one
4:48 THE HARDEST TRUTH THAT ANY 2A SUPPORTER CANNOT SWALLOW LIKEWISE WITH THE CRIMINALS
I wish the writers make him stop drinking.
Honestly i dont care which, i just wished they didnt flip flop
@@soursimpsons yup, still i felt bad for Barney
Homer is a horrible friend
Absolutely horrible lol
fingers against each other... ....excellent....
Exactly hehehe
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He’s also is the state drunk
no instructions on the bottle
Drank whole thing!
Barney Saved Homer
Lol, Homer destroyed Barney!
With the Harvard bound history , his return to form in astronaut training and his great film making there was always the joke that he was a massive stupid drunk that was blocking his true potential where he was very competent physically and mentally . Even with his singing he was the best and he was great as the plow king. When they sobered him up before you could see he was strong without alcohol and could kick arse particularly in ‘deep space Homer and it was hinted that he had hidden depths of intelligence in ‘Homer to the bat’ as he argues his favourite British prime minister etc . Looord Palmerstone.
However when they sobered him up for long term they did nothing with him , they had him pathetic and not as competent , he learnt how to fly the helicopter and he saved the day but then they just had him dulled down , drinking coffee and not being drunk but having nothing to him. It was a big part of his character that he would have shone brightly without alcohol and then they did nothing g with him . They should have had him train to be a lawyer or to run his own company or something , take over form his uncle at the Bowling ally even or hook up with another character. But yeah what one of the last times he was sober he just worked for a company holding a sign esssh
I think they should do an episode where the characters from deep space Homer offer Barney another chance to better himself , he’s confused and can’t remember who they are so they send him a video of him training and succeeding at the tasks they did before and it opens his eyes.
Haha i would love to see the nasa executives come back, that would be a lot of fun
It Begiiiiiiiinnnnssssssss
Non alcoholic champagne!!
I Think everyone know a "Barney", for me Is my uncle, he's honest and hard-working man, but alcohol distorted him in a pathetic alcoholic business man who becomes a burden for our family, he addiction is so strong that he will literally drink anything trying to get drunk, and has already drinked things like paint remover and gasoline. He's been in this addiction for at least 30 years, now that cirrhosis is catching up he won't be around for much longer, but makes me wonder how healthy and long life he could have lived, because took 30 years of addiction to destroy his liver, now he's a dead man walking waiting for his organ to fail, and stills goes to the bar on every opportunity
I too had an uncle who was a "barney"... things didn't turn out well for him
How extensive is the Simpsons' criminal history?
Ooo interesting, maybe how many times has homer been arrested?
Nice timeline but you left out his Music career with a B sharps.
No, that has nothing to do with his drinking history
Poor barney
barney needs to cut homer and moe out of his life.
Haha yeah, then he might have a chance
complete history of homer and marge cuople plz
Ooo thats interesting. Maybe in the future!
0:08
Actually, he's supposed to be the Governor.
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