@@lonewolf9578 nah, personally I think it's hilarious to imagine DC Metro trains carrying officers who are each holding single pieces of top secret paper....
@@pavarottiaardvark3431 oh hey Bob last time I saw ya ur was after 9/11 how’s work “It’s happened again, I need to deliver more ‘stuff’ if u get what I mean”
It works on multiple levels: You have the main joke: The misdirection with the conspiracy theory, making fun of Al Gore for being a smart but boring guy, and a critique of mainstream liberal politics.
@Kit Parsons I want to clarify that I don't mean it's a criticism of progressive politics, but a criticism of mainstream liberal politics: The kind that's super milquetoast and uninspiring: A politician talking about being "sane", "sensible" and "reasonable". Candidates like that may actually have some good ideas, but it's not enough to get a lot of people to volunteer for their campaigns. Maybe that's not what the writers were thinking, but it's what I read into it anyway.
I will say that if you meet Gore and talk to him in person he's much better. He never did well on camera but in real life you can see how he managed to convince voters when dealing with them one on one.
In case anyone doesnt know, Kristen Gore is a writer/producer on the Simpsons and also Futurama. Eventually they got Al Gore to make a cameo on Futurama.
One of my favorite episodes of all time was the one where Mulder and Scully go to Springfield because of Homer's alien sighting. (Introduced by Leonard Nimoy with one of the best intros of all time.)
Interesting that they mentioned Peter Ueberroth (made a joke about his book in the 99-cent pile). For those who don't know, he headed the organizing committee for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was briefly famous and then seemingly disappeared from public view.
even in the 90s people knew the government wanted to track your shit. for example there have been cases of people suing them to not hand over their subscriber list for their newsletter.
@@FireLordJohn3191 I'm on it pal already, stop trusting the world. Look at all their examples of predicting the future and reply to me again. One that was too damn much was Trump coming down the escalator as president well before he even ran for presidency you sir have a good day
If you look closely you'll notice it's actually long-arm Lisa not Marge - you can also see at 0:07 that she's holding the book way closer to the 'camera' than should be possible with the length of her arms (not even just a perspective thing). So, with her stretchy limbs, high intelligence and activism against percived injustices, is Lisa Simpson a young, gender-swapped Mr Fantastic?
I was today years old when I realised it was LISA’S book that sets off the military satellites. For some reason I thought it was Bart’s ufo book that did it all these years.
So someone who owns a stake in the fossil fuel industry and therefore makes money off letting it run wild. Someone who skims a scientific paper, doesn't check if it's disputed, and makes sensationalist pieces off it. Someone who has done more harm to the credibility of climate change than Donald Trump. Someone's who's ilk is responsible for the widespread article about a future ice age, when that has never been the concensus of the scientific community, it was one article, a heavily disputed one. Al Gore's a grifter.
The book colours in this clip are all over the place! The Al Gore book that gets scanned isn't the Al Gore book Lisa was holding and Bart's book on UFOs never made it into the pile as he handed Lisa some other book. Therefore the book that triggers the alert can't be the UFO book, ruining the joke if you spot the colour changes. The Al Gore book changes colour twice in 24 seconds! ORIGINAL COLOURS Dark Brown: Peter Ueberroth book Golden Brown: Al Gore book Pink: Book on UFOs Green: Marge’s book CHANGES Claret: Peter Ueberroth book Blue: Al Gore book Also Claret: Bart has a different book! Green: No change to Marge’s book ON THE COUNTER (FROM TOP) Cover not visible: Bart’s book Green: Marge’s book Blue: Al Gore book Claret: Peter Ueberroth book SCANNING ORDER Claret: Peter Ueberroth book Also Claret: Al Gore book
To be fair, that WAS the intended setup. Don't feel bad, though, partner. I've seen the movie AIRPLANE like two dozen times and I'm still picking up gags I missed.
I love how he personally ran from the Pentagon to the White House with the fax to tell him.
that's like what, a five mile run?
@@ThingsICantFindOtherwise I mean, he could have got the metro part of the way. Just sitting on a train with a vital memo in his hand.
@@pavarottiaardvark3431 it’s funnier to imagine the other way
@@lonewolf9578 nah, personally I think it's hilarious to imagine DC Metro trains carrying officers who are each holding single pieces of top secret paper....
@@pavarottiaardvark3431 oh hey Bob last time I saw ya ur was after 9/11 how’s work
“It’s happened again, I need to deliver more ‘stuff’ if u get what I mean”
The monotone, "I will." really sells this.
did he do is own voice over?
@@AgiHammerthief No, that was Harry Shearer
@@jessenathan9346 Al Gore did voice himself on Futurama
Deadpan Al Gore
You are seeing him party down.
The fact that the joke sets you up for Barts alien conspiracy book makes this joke work so damn well
too bad the title
I never got that as a kid, so even though I know exactly what happens in the clip it got an honest laugh out of me
I know right!! so good. If only they had a UFO in space near the satellite or something lol
@@gillablecam agreed, and me too. Kids would never get this deeper joke
That's the joke.
I love how this both compliments and makes fun of Al Gore at the same time
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
@@filipwolffs Gore's daughter Kristin Gore would work as a writer on Futurama!
If only he wasn't wrong about global warming.
Doesn’t seem fair though. He was crazy about climate change, and none of his predictions came true. Seems to me that he was ironically Paranoid
@@1lobster That nothing compare to Gore's wife Tipper and her crusade for those warning stickers you see on album covers
If this was Family Guy, the celebration would be 4 times longer.
+Schwarzer Ritter And 4 times less funny.
+dragonknightleader1 I feel the same way about that sky police bit.
try 12 times
It was like that time I bought Al Gore's book...
It would take 5 minutes of the 18 minute run time of the episode. cough* Conway Twitty *cough
I love how he has the record player set up JUST IN CASE that someone bought his book
Sane planning
@@mrdankhimself Sensible Tomorrow
Technically it was a tape recorder, but nobody is going to hold it against you.
@@swedishpsychopath8795Yeah, how did he miss the big, round, flat, vinyl cassette.
I'd assume it's not just for that. He probably celebrates other things too.
According to this clip, there is no government conspiracy to cover up UFOs, but there is a government conspiracy to promote Al Gore's book.
It doesn't even seem like much of a conspiracy, they're just monitoring sales (sale) of the book.
@@paevepailbrack6899 Your tax dollars at work.
@@joeschembrie9450Monitors the other dollars at work.
yes
Believable, considering that if people believe him it would result in more government planning and more power
People shouldn’t underestimate how well crafted this joke is
I will
It works on multiple levels: You have the main joke: The misdirection with the conspiracy theory, making fun of Al Gore for being a smart but boring guy, and a critique of mainstream liberal politics.
@@totesMagotes83 I’m kinda missing the liberal politics criticism part
@Kit Parsons I want to clarify that I don't mean it's a criticism of progressive politics, but a criticism of mainstream liberal politics: The kind that's super milquetoast and uninspiring: A politician talking about being "sane", "sensible" and "reasonable". Candidates like that may actually have some good ideas, but it's not enough to get a lot of people to volunteer for their campaigns. Maybe that's not what the writers were thinking, but it's what I read into it anyway.
Give me some time
I love how it looks like all this happens because of the conspiracy theory book Bart wanted to have but then turns out completely differen
Only now did I finally get the joke.... Like right before I went to the comments.
Classic Simpsons, jokes were good and had layers
When Simpsons actually were funny and humor was a thing.. i miss it
This is pretty much the structure of any joke.
It set up to make you believe one thing, then it totaly turns it on the head.
The title of the video kills the punchline lol
You gotta love how much dedication the animators put into these jokes
I always imagine the Korean animators are like “wtf are we drawing”
Al Gore being all bright eyed and charismatic as always 😂
I will say that if you meet Gore and talk to him in person he's much better. He never did well on camera but in real life you can see how he managed to convince voters when dealing with them one on one.
I will
In case anyone doesnt know, Kristen Gore is a writer/producer on the Simpsons and also Futurama. Eventually they got Al Gore to make a cameo on Futurama.
Al Gore was a recurring character in Futurama too
He has ridden the giant moon worm
@@cosmicdunsparce In South Park, too. I'm being super cereal.
@@Mirrale Manbearpig IS real. He's super cereal!
@@Maniac536 Possibly related: He was also the first Emperor of the Moon.
Always loved it back in the day when Simpsons made any kind of conspiracy or alien jokes, a riff on the X-Files theme would occur. LOL
While funny, it was probably also convenient since X-files was on fox as well.
@@ahuras238right. They don’t have to clear it with legal or pay for it
One of my favorite episodes of all time was the one where Mulder and Scully go to Springfield because of Homer's alien sighting. (Introduced by Leonard Nimoy with one of the best intros of all time.)
Swear to god this is the best bait and switch they ever did.
Anyone else been answering "I will" to "celebrate good times come on" for like 25 years now
Interesting that they mentioned Peter Ueberroth (made a joke about his book in the 99-cent pile). For those who don't know, he headed the organizing committee for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was briefly famous and then seemingly disappeared from public view.
The "I will" is what makes me laugh every time at this video. Comedy gold 😄
1994. Unironically showing a fax machine as state-of-the-art technology, and a record player as being old-fashioned.
Got to love the writing, the misdirection is classic, don't see that anymore.
Guys and Gals, we can now Finally comment on his videos again..Me: this calls for a celebration 🍾 0:49 I WILL 🤭
Ceeeleebrate good times come on!
*I will.*
Damn those episodes were genius. 😂
Now if youll excuse me, i must return to protecting the space time continuum.
Thank you for having a clip with the Season and Episode!
This, Authorised Personnel and the Mr Burns urgent memo are three of the best 'long set-up' sketches of all time
still one of the funniest underrated jokes.
He had the record all set up for the day this happened. Beautiful.
The way he says “I will” is so satisfying
The best part is that AL Gore had the record ready for the occasion
Al Gyore enjoys funky jams
Lol, the solved Rubik's cube on Gore's desk
0:50 was exactly how he would’ve celebrated had he won in 2000
Al Gore was out of control there
I love how so many people have found so many things they love about this.
The Simpsons was the comedic champ of subversion.
They had us on the first half not gonna lie
I miss good Simpsons episodes
first time i saw this i wasnt paying attention and thought that al gore wrote the ufo book
imagine having a Kool & The Gang Record on standby in your office
When someone buys winrar
peak simpsons 4 jokes in 1 scene and a bait/switch ending
This would probably be any author's reaction along with their readers feedback who genuinely read the entire book and other works...
And then he starts his new book. Manbearpig.
Good lord Al calm the hell down!
This is how I know the Simpson writers got lucky or are just holding back secrets humanity is not / wasn't ready for
even in the 90s people knew the government wanted to track your shit. for example there have been cases of people suing them to not hand over their subscriber list for their newsletter.
@@phgamer4393 silence the Simpson writers are using dark forces
@@zackdelarosa14 Get help.
@@FireLordJohn3191 I'm on it pal already, stop trusting the world. Look at all their examples of predicting the future and reply to me again. One that was too damn much was Trump coming down the escalator as president well before he even ran for presidency you sir have a good day
The animation was so much more eye-catching in these golden age seasons
Every time I buy a book, Bezos knows.
One of my favourite Simpson jokes of all time.
Al Gore, more like Al Bore
Might be the funniest thing I've seen all year!
Everything about this is awesome
🤣🤣 "I will"
I'm disappointed Kang and Kodos didn't appear when they were showing the satellite in space
One of the most underrated gags in the series imo
The fact that he had that record on stand by
This is such a good bait and switch.
Look at how far apart Lisa and Marge are. Makes it feel even more weird when Marge hands Lisa a book from that far away
Well spotted 😂
I mean, what are we, to believe that Marge has some magically long arm or something? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.
If you look closely you'll notice it's actually long-arm Lisa not Marge - you can also see at 0:07 that she's holding the book way closer to the 'camera' than should be possible with the length of her arms (not even just a perspective thing). So, with her stretchy limbs, high intelligence and activism against percived injustices, is Lisa Simpson a young, gender-swapped Mr Fantastic?
Man, I haven’t thought of this episode in probably 15 years.
Winrar when someone actually pays for it instead of using the extended free trial:
You are hearing me talk.
Such an underated episode.
Looks like we went for the "Insane planning, deranged tomorrow" and "Paranoid thinking, tumultuous future" books instead.
That guy in the background at 0:39 has SEEN SOME SH*T 😆
they could have added a ufo in the background of this scene that was visible for 1/8 of a second and not doing so seems like a lost opportunity.
He had the record player there just for that occasion
I like the the Al gore book and the alien book both have red covers, so you can’t tell which one triggers the scanner until the punchline hits.
Nobody does misdirection better than The Simpsons in the 90s
00:49 Al Gore when someone finally takes him cereal.
Manbearpig!
LOL lisa's slight look of concern on "reasonable future"
I was today years old when I realised it was LISA’S book that sets off the military satellites. For some reason I thought it was Bart’s ufo book that did it all these years.
Unidentified Flying OUTRAGE!
More than 800 people bought Al Gore’s book.
I just realized he had a record player set up in anticipation of this unlikely event.
"Celebrate good times, come on!" "i will" ."Celebrate".
The fact that the cashier scanned a red book, and both the UFO and Al Gore books were red...
We would've killed for Gore between 2017-2021. lol
So someone who owns a stake in the fossil fuel industry and therefore makes money off letting it run wild. Someone who skims a scientific paper, doesn't check if it's disputed, and makes sensationalist pieces off it. Someone who has done more harm to the credibility of climate change than Donald Trump. Someone's who's ilk is responsible for the widespread article about a future ice age, when that has never been the concensus of the scientific community, it was one article, a heavily disputed one. Al Gore's a grifter.
The book colours in this clip are all over the place! The Al Gore book that gets scanned isn't the Al Gore book Lisa was holding and Bart's book on UFOs never made it into the pile as he handed Lisa some other book. Therefore the book that triggers the alert can't be the UFO book, ruining the joke if you spot the colour changes. The Al Gore book changes colour twice in 24 seconds!
ORIGINAL COLOURS
Dark Brown: Peter Ueberroth book
Golden Brown: Al Gore book
Pink: Book on UFOs
Green: Marge’s book
CHANGES
Claret: Peter Ueberroth book
Blue: Al Gore book
Also Claret: Bart has a different book!
Green: No change to Marge’s book
ON THE COUNTER (FROM TOP)
Cover not visible: Bart’s book
Green: Marge’s book
Blue: Al Gore book
Claret: Peter Ueberroth book
SCANNING ORDER
Claret: Peter Ueberroth book
Also Claret: Al Gore book
Good old physical animation, where unlike digital the mistakes arent worth the effort to change
@@boserboser6870 What I don’t understand is why the set of colours wasn’t agreed on from the start.
Are we to believe this is some sort of, *snort* MAGIC book? Boy, I sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder.
I was going to comment on the various book colour changes, but knew someone would have already done so.
The comment section really is a treasure trove
You must be real fun at parties!
The scene went through my mind when someone first bought a copy of my book as well 😅
I miss boring politicians.
That's some genius writing
Holy crap, how did I not notice the joke all these years?
I always assumed the book scanned was the UFO book not Al Gores book.
To be fair, that WAS the intended setup.
Don't feel bad, though, partner. I've seen the movie AIRPLANE like two dozen times and I'm still picking up gags I missed.
@@xaenon HAHA SAME
One of the many Simpsons jokes I didn't quite get or appreciate as a wee kid lol
Al Gore sounds suspiciously like Principal Skinner.
Wow I just watched this episode (first time watching the simpsons in years) and this is in my recommended 😳
LISA WAKE UP, THEY HIT THE PENTAGON. THE RECEIPT HIT THE FUCKING PENTAGON-
I read "Rational Planning, Resonalbe Future" it was fair-to-middling.
They have Al Gore. We have Mike Pence. Same personality, two bodies.
he did not need to party that hard
They needed more music, decoration destruction and beer.
''I will.''
And so he did.
This is what made the Simpson great back then
0:02 The former MLB commissioner?
Yep. He's also the guy who spearheaded the 84 olympics.
Be careful. You don't want to talk Al Gore for granite.
"I have ridden the mighty moon worm"
When I saw the title I thought it was a Family Guy clip, for Brian's Faster Than The Speed of Love.
Ugh the 90's were the golden era for the Simpsons. So funny.
The other officer standing in the back of the room at attention with a dead NPC look on his face is what did it for me
Lol they had me in the first half meme
title gives the twist away. 😭
I miss the 90s so much
meanwhile the goverment be like
''U.A.P.S''
These days when I hear any piece of good news, I think about this 🤣.
This may be my favorite "screw the audience" joke.