Pods in the Key of Springfield: A Simpsons Podcast

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Hey, it's that Simpsons podcast you used to listen to! Remember?! And they've got a new episode! Originally recorded in February 2021, right after episode 69. Worth the wait? Who can say.

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What if Homer...was a bad man? We'd have to come back and record a new episode about it. 

There's a bit of a tedious bit in this episode where Nick and I slip away from the mic and have a conversation in the kitchen, and although I cut it down a lot I decided to leave over half of it in. Was that a good idea? I don't know. In this episode of our podcast we talk about the popular animated sitcom The Simpsons, and, more specifically, that one episode where Lisa plays ice hockey. It's good! You should listen to it.email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.comTwitter: @KeySpringfieldFacebook: Just, like, search for us. We'd love a like!

Hello! We recorded this episode back in August 2019, and now you have it! We talk about The Simpsons, Twister, Gary Larson's The Far Side, and all sorts of other things. Listen to this in your home or on a quiet walk around the block! Practice social distancing and stay safe! Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFacebook: Just, like, search for the name of this podcast email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Honestly, I barely remember recording this one and one of the conversations we have is very weird to me now. Anyway, this week we talk The Shining, time travel, and eating kids. Enjoy!email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

This one actually has something to do with The Simpsons, I promise.TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

This week, we discuss that one episode of The Simpsons where a pathetic former television star (and criminal) with wild hair rises to power in the Republican party, eventually claiming far more power than you'd think a man like that would be capable of wielding after rigging the results, only to eventually be undone by his own childish anger. It made us sad.Also if you make 'PRBLMTC' a real thing please credit us and give us some money or we'll sue.TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Hello! Our Itchy & Scratchy Land episode, open for business! Who are you to resist it, huh? This week, we dive into what turns out to be an extraordinarily good episode of The Simpsons, even by golden period standards. We talk about the emergence of new character Shark Boy, our weird childhood misinterpretations of this episode, and whether or not Nick having not seen Star Wars counts as a personality trait or not. Enjoy!TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Look, yes, it's a clip show. But Nick and James, having been handed lemons, make...well, maybe not lemonade, but some sort of sweetened beverage. Did I find a light gimmick to work into this during the editing process? Kind of. email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.comFacebookTwitter

Hello! It's that one where Lisa has a rival and Homer steals a bunch of sugar. This episode is 50% James laughing about Homer selling sugar door-to-door, 50% Nick talking about anagrams. Enjoy.Part of the Alottagreen network.TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Is it St Swithen's Day already?! James and Nick are back with a bunch of thoughts and observations that sort-of run perpendicular to the truly great Simpsons episode 'Bart of Darkness'. Come for the episode analysis, stay for the weird musical tangents, the reminiscence of the days of our youth, and Nick getting noticeably uncomfortable over how effusive James is in his praise of the show.TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Welcome to Sneaky Peaks. My name is James O’Connor. I live for Twin Peaks. I am known as Jickle. There is a story behind that. I have many theories about Twin Peaks. Some of them are sad, some funny. Some of them are theories of madness, of violence. Some are ordinary. Yet they all have about them a sense of mystery – the mystery of David Lynch. Sometimes, the mystery of death. The mystery of the words. The words we’re going to say about Twin Peaks (on this podcast). To introduce this podcast, let me just say that it encompasses the pilot – it is beyond the “Simpsons”, though few of our episodes are about that. It is a podcast for many, but it begins with one – and I know him. The one leading to the many is Nick. Nick is the one.

For one reason or another, we're back at it again with The Simpsons Movie! This time we're back with a real-time audio commentary as we watch the whole film and chime in with our thoughts about the movie (and a bunch of other things). Tune in for some great revelations! Why does Nick know so much about film stock? What did the two hosts get up to during that weird period where they lived together? Which local magazine owes James a bunch of money? Ah, uh, what do they think of that scene where you see Bart's little boy? Come listen to us watch this movie for...hopefully the last time?FacebookTwitteremail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Hello! Season 5 of The Simpsons ends on a bit of a weird note, so we decided to bring in Elliot Jay O'Neill from The Simpsons Index podcast to, uh, help us also end on a weird note. Lots of questions to address here: has Homer become unstuck in time? Who is the Fleshmütter? How long can we go without introducing our guest? Isn't it, like, kind of abusive to tell your wife that you're going to die if she doesn't let you start depending on her again? This one hasn't aged so well!Also in this episode: our top five episodes of The Simpsons season 5, a forward-sell for the next movie episode, and some further information about that weird bit of podcast lore where James keeps alluding to that period of time when he was living with Nick. Come listen to us wrap up the season and grow increasingly wary about the fact that we only have three seasons left of the 'golden age'!Part of the Alottagreen network.TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.comThe Simpsons Index 

As we approach the end of season 5 like a couple of...non...giving up podcast guys, your hosts James and Nick contemplate the big questions. Does The Boy Who Knew Too Much actually make much sense? Does the trial work on a legal level?  Is Lady Bouvier's Lover, just quietly, a masterpiece? Would Nick enjoy The Graduate? What happens when James sits down to write the show notes after a long day of work and just doesn't have the energy or brain power to remember what this episode is about? (Also this week: check out our cameo on the 100th episode of Shut Up And Take My Podcast on your podcatcher of choice!) Part of the Alottagreen Network. Listen to their other shows! email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com Twitter Facebook

Your pod friends James and Nick have finally covered 100 episodes of seldom-seen animated American sitcom The Simpsons! We look forward to the next 550-or-so, which we're sure will...retain the high level of quality we've enjoyed thus far, right? In this episode of the podcast we look at the time Burnsy more-or-less kidnapped Bart and then the one where there's a dog in the vents and Skinner gets fired. Discussion topics this week: Thomas Pynchon (as he relates to Burns' Heir), the ads before movies (as seen in Burns' Heir), whether or not Deadpool knows that he's in a movie (uuuh, I forget why), the trailer for Danny Boyle's 'Yesterday' (it's kind-of relevant), Snagglepuss (because he's mentioned in that second episode), and...a bunch of stuff about The Simpsons. It's a good show, honestly.TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Track listing 1. Taxman Is Outdated 2. Eleanor Rigby, If I Recall This Inspired Our Ongoing Joke, Now We Go For Broke 3. The I'm Only Sleeping / Wake Up Jeff Feud 4. Love You To What, Exactly? 5. Here, There, And Everywhere, Which Is Also A Song, We Guess 6. The Yellow Submarine, Which Is, As I Recall, Where We All Live? 7. She Said She Said Yada Yada Yada 8. Good Day Sunshine? What's So Good About It, Exactly? 9. And Your Bird Can Sing, The Song That Slaps 10. For No One, Which Is An Appropriate Name 11. Doctor Robert Colossus 12. I Want To Tell You (That We're Really Just Waiting For Tomorrow Never Knows At This Point) 13. Got To Get You Into My Life, And Other Songs About Pods in the Key of Springfield 14. 007: Tomorrow Never Knows BONUS: Nick Strums The Classics

On this week's episode of The Simpsons... -checks notes- it says here that Bart gets an elephant? And the family struggles to feed it? That can't be right? This is, like, season 5, right? And how many more seasons did the show go for?....it's...it's still going? Oh. Well then.This week Nick and James ask the question on everyone's lips: where's my elephant?Also, there's a competition. You can win a thing. Instructions are early on in the episode.Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

This week we finally lose the plot.TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

This week, the madman behind the scenes - Dr Colossus - flickers across our screen for a moment, and we are made to know a thin portion of his horror. As Homer escapes into space later in our pairing, we earthbound fools are left to tremble over his coming dominion.Also this week: Mr Burns being quite good at turning Smithers on! Stupid Lisa Garbage Face! Toiling in underground sugar mines! And all the other moments from that TV show you like, immortalised by two guys sort of talking around them.TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

The story of how two friends (and no other men) parlayed a lifelong interest in an animated sitcom into a thriving podcast concern is a long and interesting one. And here it is. It all started with the filing of form 1217B - an expression of interest in recording and distributing a weekly audio file......many important things have been podcasted about over the years. True crime, parodies of true crime, other podcasts...why, even food and candy. But we only make podcasts to discuss The Simpsons. The opening segment of the podcast is the most popular part of it. Yes, it's the same as all the other parts, but with one important difference...oh,  we took that out. Yes, it is just like the rest of the podcast.What's that over there? That's just Earwolf, where they record Comedy Bang Bang and other non-Simpsons related podcasts. Since it has nothing to do with The Simpsons, I'll just shut these blinds.Now, here's the podcast. If you direct your eyes to your podcatcher, you'll see a timer. Follow it, and it will lead you from the start through to the end of the episode.(Also we talk about Apu)TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Yep, it's that time again - late January, the time of year where we're all still celebrating Christmas. This is a perfectly normal time to release a holiday episode in which we open presents from one another, and I won't hear it suggested otherwise. This is a thing that would have happened even if the present Nick had ordered had arrived back in December, for sure, without a doubt.  Now let's all enjoy a traditional January holiday song: Dashing under the sun, Open iTunes and press ‘play’, Through season 5 we go, Laughing all the way! Christmas never ended, The uniquely Australian plight, We’ve cooked up for this episode, To justify our conceptual night (mare) January Bells, January Bells, Happy new podcast day! Oh what fun it is to cast, In the month of Janua-ray (Hey!) email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.comFacebookTwitter

We're back at it again! This week we check out dollar-pringfield, in which Marge is enslaved by the neon-clawed Gamblor, and Homer the Vigilante, in which a cat burglar commits a series of unlikely thefts. So what do we get into this week? Religion (kind of)! Disgraced comedians! The Australian gambling epidemic! Some poetry, for some reason! Sleepwalking! The very concept of vigilante justice! And a bunch of stuff about The Simpsons, obviously, because the show continues to be delightful and amusing well into season 5. Pods in the Key of Springfield! We don't have any fancy guests and we can't create good memes, but we think it's pretty good anyway.TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Virtual reality has turned into a pretty interesting space in the last few years. There are finally proper good games coming out for VR systems, VR training is working its way into various industries, and VR cinema/theatre is slowly starting to look more like a thing. And then there's Virtual Bart, the 1994 SNES/Genesis game that showed us the true potential for VR - it could be used to turn little Barty boy into a pigman.  Join us for another installment of Control Pods in the Key of Springfield, where we dig into the magic of VR, reminisce about playing this horror show of a game as kids, and get very worked up about how great 'Tetris Effect' is. Part of the Alottagreen podcast network. TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com 

Oh wow, the Simpsons was good in season 5. Like, seriously, bloody hell. What a good pair of episodes. This week, James and Nick join the Junior Campers to talk about the 90s economy, abstraction in animation, and just how long Bart and company spend stranded at sea. They talk about the stupid things they believed as kids, their own experiences with scout troops, and...do some actual critique. Wow!In the back half, your two podfriends talk the greatness of Mindy Simmons, the regressive policies of the Springfield Power Plant, Springfield's tube economy, and, uh, the one scene in this episode where Barney very clearly looks beyond the veil and witnesses horrors we can't comprehend. What a time! What an episode! Then at the end they rank their favourite chocolate bars, if that's a thing you want to hear. Enjoy!email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.comTwitter: @KeySpringfieldFacebook: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfield 

In honour of this episode pairing's 'Do As You Feel Festival', we're going to skip the standard podcast description. It's episode 50. You get it right now, and if you don't, you should listen to us until you do (uh, please).email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

It's the end of November, so naturally those smart lads at Pods in the Key of Springfield, with their good sense of scheduling, are putting out a Halloween episode. In this spooky chat they pick apart Treehouse of Horror IV (The Devil & Homer Simpson, Terror at 5 1/2 Feet, Bart Simpson's Dracula), and come away with a few questions. What is the legal precedent for the case of Homer v. Satan? What's going on with the funny little green ghoul? Who is HP Lovecraft, exactly? Will Adam Scott do a good job in the new Twilight Zone? Is Uter travelling between dimensions? Is it as important to wash your neck before visiting a vampire as Mr Burns makes it out to be? Does Count von Count from Sesame Street need blood to live?This one's good, we reckon. Come enjoy it! Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.comAlso this week, James and Nick have a cameo on the D&D podcast 'Aussies and Dragons' - go check that out. 

It's two (significantly shorter than usual) episodes for the price of one (which is still nothing, this podcast is entirely free)! Recently, Bongo's long running Simpsons Comics released its 245th-and-final issue, ending a run that has lasted for over twenty years. James and Nick picked up the final issue to read through it, and present here their condensed rendition of the weird little story it tells. Does Batman get involved? Will they reference that letter James had published once? What weird trick is James going to annoy Nick with at the end? Come check out our bittersweet musings on the end of an era.But there's more! James recently caught up with Daniel Wilks, the head of the Alottagreen podcast network - the very network that Pods in the Key of Springfield is now a part of - to question him on his relationship with the Simpsons, the rest of the network's stable of shows, and various other important questions he cribbed from Marc Maron.Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFacebook: Just, like, search for us my friendemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.comPart of the Alottagreen network. 

We keep rolling through season 5, asking the important questions about all things The Simpsons. What sort of job should James seek, since his university gig is starting to get old? Why aren't the head bee guys of our nation doing their jobs? Did Citizen Kane end by blasting 1000 years into the future, or are we remembering it wrong? What is 'Sheriff Lobo'? Will our listeners be able to forgive the terrible cold James has, but never directly mentions, after he managed to cut out about 70% of the coughs?  So yeah, this week, Homer Goes to College and Rosebud (the one where Burns wants his teddy bear back).email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Your good podcast friends James and Nick are back for season 5 of The Simpsons, which is a strong contender for 'Very Best Season'. And wouldn't you know it, it opens with a pair of bangers. In this one we try to unpack the reasoning behind calling Surgeon General C. Everett Koop about all the latest medical poop, bicker over what 'barbershop' is, exactly, and get Die, Bart, Die tattooed across our chests mid-recording (but we had to cut all of that because the buzzing was so distracting). What else? We talk rakes! We talk Hannibal! Lucille Ball comes up! Nick does a bit of singing! We talk about The Beatles...less than usual, if anything. Anyway, it's good, come listen.email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.comTwitterFacebook

In 1941, Orson Welles released Citizen Kane into cinemas. With its innovative use of deep focus and its extraordinary commitment to detail, it, of course, flopped hard. Years later, The Simpsons would reference it a bunch. Some other stuff happened in-between. This week, on our season finale of Pods in the Key of Springfield, movie buff James forces Nick to watch Citizen Kane to see if it matches up with the image of the film he's gotten from The Simpsons and the rest of our cultural milieu. Can James talk Nick around on his general hatred of movies by showing him the, uh, Citizen Kane of movies? This episode is guaranteed to have more discussion about Irish comedian Jimeon and 90s Australian pop duo Bachelor Girl than any other podcast out there about Citizen Kane. That's our promise to you.Also, we've decided that we've earned a bit of a break - new episodes with resume from November 6. FacebookTwitteremail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Imagine that bit in Krusty Gets Kancelled where 'GABBO' flashes on the screen repeatedly, except it says 'PODS IN THE KEY OF SPRINGFIELD' instead. This week on the podcast we break down the star-studded season 4 finale, try to unpack the absolute horror of Gabbo's existence, and James irritates Nick by insisting that they list their five favourite episodes of the season. We have a competition this week too! You can win a copy of Giant Margarita's 'Party Crashers'. Don't worry, I put it right at the start of the episode.Part of the Alottagreen network.TwitterFacebookemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Oh, 'casting day / Oh, 'casting day / Our hallowed shit-talk spouting day / (We'll talk broadly) / (About our lives) / (And 'The Simpsons') / (Should it arise) / Oh, 'casting day / Oh, 'casting day / Please rate, subscribe and Tweet RTTwitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.comPart of the Alottagreen podcast network. 

Hens love roosters! Astronauts love heat shield! Everyone else, loves Pods in the Key of Springfield!(Not many things rhyme with Springfield).This week, we watch a bad episode, and then a good one! It's the one where Bart and Lisa write a new Itchy and Scratchy cartoon. I know that one doesn't stand out in your head so much, but trust us, it's funny.Part of the Alottagreen network.email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

So get this - apparently The Simpsons is still going? It's true! Season 30 is starting on September 30. To help everyone prepare, we turned our in-depth knowledge and laser focus on the episode titles announced for the new season and guessed what 20 of next season's episodes will look like. Why are so many of them named after Beatles songs? Is there going to be a terrible reckoning this season? And could James and Nick make it as sports broadcasters if they took a hard turn? Presumptive spoiler warning, because we've probably totally figured out exactly what's happening this season.Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Here it is - the (canonical) best episode of the show, as declared by Entertainment Weekly (if you want to hear about the actual best episode you're going to have to either scroll back to episode 40 or wait for next season, depending on your views). This week we talk through beer-related misadventures, spider issues, and ask our listeners to declare fealty to either #TeamJames or #TeamNick. We also talk about The Simpsons!    Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

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This week, we love Lisa. And also Phil Hartman. It's a wild episode of this, the only Simpsons podcast.FB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldTwitter: @KeySpringfieldInsta: podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Matt Groening has a new show! Holy heck, right? To mark this monumentous occasion we've joined forces with Elliot and BT from The Simpsons Index to discuss the first two episodes - what we thought, what we liked, what works and doesn't work, the discography of Hanson, Homer's 'The Odyssey', Smurfs, and a bunch of other stuff. Does it hold up to our expectations? Or did we come away from it...disencha(etc)?  (I've watched the whole first season since, by the way. It's pretty decent. Not season 1 Futurama good, but the serialised plot is neat and the last two or three episodes really go all-in, which I admire.)Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

In this, the 53rd episode of Pods in the Key of Springfield / the ninth episode of the Eat My Shorts subseries / the third episode in our newly christened 'Control Pods in the Key of Springfield' on-going...thing, we jump back into videogames (and talk about Shrek for a bit, naturally). This week we look at Krusty's Super Fun House - which is like Lemmings, but not as good - and Bart's Nightmare, which is actually kind of legitimately interesting. It's good! Come listen!email: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!I hear those guys are awfully loud? / They prefer 'vocally endowed'!Does this episode ever end? / Eventually, my listening friend!Aren't these guys just brain-dead slobs? / What are you, a podcast snob?Is this a full ninety minutes of revel? / Yes, I'd say that's about our level!The ring came off my pudding can! / Not really relevant, podcast fan!The number one episode, James' choice,Turn down the volume when he raises voice!Monorail!Monorail!Monorail!We also watch Selma's Choice this week.Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Hey! You want to hear a drawn-out sugar crash as your podfriends talk about two very good episodes of The Simpsons? And then talk about Assassin's Creed a bunch? Well then, you're in luck! In this episode we travel back to 1983-ish to see Lisa's origin story, and then watch as Homer survives some dodgy surgery. How good is TV, though? Pretty good.Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFacebook: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

This week. as the universe of The Simpsons fissures and folds in on itself, we ask the important questions. Something is amiss, and as great as these episodes are (Señor Plow no es macho / Es solamente un borracho) we must face up to the darkness they contain. What is causing the rift in space and time we witnessed in New Kid on the Block? Is there a sinister cabal working to bring something malevolent about? Who is Doctor Tongue? Who do you think that is there?  We also talk plows, and give ourselves a performance review. Which bits will stick around, and which of James' schticks have annoyed Nick too profoundly to continue?Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com (if anyone is interested in covering a Simpsons song for us, we'd love to hear from you). 

This week on the only Simpsons podcast on the Internet, we delve deeper and further into season 4! In The Itchy and Scratchy Movie, Bart is denied a film - will resident movie-grump Nick sympathise with his plight? Then in Marge Gets A Job, we get, uh, quite serious about impropriety in the work place (and very silly on Tom Jones). Facebook: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldTwitter: @KeySpringfieldInsta: podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Springfield is a town of many mysteries, run by shadowy puppet-masters who control the lives of the town's citizens. Colossus, The Monroe Box, the omlette universe - there are many questions The Simpsons is yet to answer. This week, we go through a news article from a dubious Australian news site about Mike Reiss' new book, 'Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons', and unpack his reveals. Do we feel richer for having these mysteries solved? Do we believe the solutions we're being fed? Or are the writers of The Simpsons still playing coy about the real secrets that lurk beneath the surface of Springfield?As Nick goes through each mystery, James presents his own thoughts and theories. Does his knowledge of the show match up against one of the people who made it? Uh, probably not, right? Come listen. Source: 'The Simpsons’ writer finally explains show’s biggest mysteries' (https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/the-simpsons-writer-answers-shows-biggest-mysteries/news-story/194d2b2cfc6d2f6c0d429a8861bf5351)Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldemail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Folks, do you...hear something on the recording? Something in the background? Under our voices? Something that shouldn't be there? Subtle and light in places, plainly audible in others? Listening back, there's definitely someone or something in the room with us. Hmmm.Look, we cover Treehouse of Horror III, or 3House of Horror, if you prefer, this week. It's a good episode of The Simpsons, but my mind is on other things. Is that laughter? Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldEmail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

This week on Pods in the Key of Springfield, James has a sore throat and can just barely croak out his bullshit! If you've ever wanted to hear a man slowly fall apart across 71 minutes, we've got it. Nick, whose throat is fine this week, wants to change PitKoS into a Slipknot podcast, but he does not succeed this week. Instead the pair discuss Homer the Heretic, in which Homer stops going to church, and Lisa the Beauty Queen, in which T is for Lisa's tooth-filled mouth. Season 4 is good so far, by the way.'Real Melvin' shirt: https://www.redbubble.com/people/nickibis/works/31939425-pods-in-the-key-of-springfield-real-melvinFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldTwitter: @KeySpringfieldInsta: podsinthekeyofspringfieldEmail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com

Season four of The Simpsons kicks off with two ridiculously good episodes, one of which, frankly, *fucks* - and we get to it after discussing The Brady Bunch for a while. In Kamp Krusty, the kids are betrayed by their favourite clown (who is also one of our favourite clowns, all told) and in A Streetcar Named Desire Marge attacks Ned with a broken bottle and we get very excited and yell a bit. Also in this ep - we ponder future merchandise for the podcast, ponder some weird birthday cards we've seen, and harmonise perfectly on a song, somehow. We also really dig into The Simpsons this week, if that's your thing! Which it might be, since this is, nominally, a Simpsons podcast.Twitter: @KeySpringfieldFB: facebook.com/podsinthekeyofspringfieldInsta: podsinthekeyofspringfieldEmail: podsinthekeyofspringfield@gmail.com