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Stolen Joke from Simpsons?

posted 16 years ago by tyler-92
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Now I know it isn't the most clever joke to begin with, but when Anna and Regina pull the two villagers into the bushes to beat them up and steal their outfits only to get beat up themselves seems to be straight out of the Simpsons. Specifically, when Homer and Ned go to Las Vegas and marry the cocktail waitresses and attempt to flee. They hide in a closet and pull in two handymen who beat them up.

Obviously since it's a pretty simple joke it's possible that both writers thought of it independently, but it's the exact same joke and the Simpsons did it much earlier.

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[–] Dduw-Bendithia 15 years ago

I care?

[blue]What Is The Point?[blue]

[–] NERigby 15 years ago

WHO CARES!?

It was funnier in The Simpsons.

What are you trying to pull here, you sarcastic prick? -- Collateral (2004)

[–] cmhero 15 years ago

Yeah.

My reaction too was: "STOLEN!"

Couldn't then recall from when though, but now when you mention it ...

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[–] mr-spaker 15 years ago

"Simpsons did it" is right on... in fact, didn't South Park make a whole episode about that?

After 20 years and hundreds of episodes, even the Simpsons has reused or "stolen" some of its own jokes.

[–] digipts 15 years ago

hmm, interesting point...
while i do think it's possible to be a coincidence i'll have to watch the clips and compare.

[–] ImJustSuge 15 years ago

It's a parody movie. Honestly I'm shaking my head that anyone's surprised that they stole that from the simpsons. Isn't that the whole point?

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