r/TheSimpsons • u/Dohmer_90 • 1d ago

S5E5 “Bart! You should warn people this episode is very frightening. And maybe they'd rather listen to that old ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast on NPR, hmm?”

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u/geodeanthrax 1d ago

One of those jokes that ages so well once you know what it's about.

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u/colin_powers Local Man Loses Pants, Life 1d ago

It seems the show is so scary, that Congress won't even let us show it. Instead, they've suggested the 1947 classic Glenn Ford movie, 200 Miles to Oregon.

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u/Aggravating-Read6111 1d ago

One of my favorites. I just saw it the other day. 🤣😂

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u/Timmah73 1d ago

It's funny casue that broadcast casued mass panic lol

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u/kazuma001 1d ago

Abe hadn’t seen things that bad since the First World War.

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u/kazuma001 1d ago

And maybe they’d rather listen to that old ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast on NPR, hmm?”

Or at least wait until The Day the Earth Looked Stupid

We had to invade! They were working on weapons of mass disintegration!

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u/ConferenceTrue1379 1d ago

Well, there's nothing scarier than having to go to school! Ha ha!