Everything We Learned From The Simpsons

This episode Tom and Mark are taking a trip to Cuba and learning about The Castro Distric of San Fransisco as well as The IRS and when you'll need to have your taxes filed by.

In the words of the great Noddy Holder "EEEETS CHRIIIIIISTMAAAAASSS!" and we are talking about the first ever episode of The Simpsons.

Learn with us about the legal age for a tattoo around the world as well as why Tom doesn't have a cow, man!

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It's a not-so-merry Christmas for the Simpsons. Mr. Burns plans to cut Christmas bonuses, Marge has to spend the family's Christmas savings to erase a tattoo Bart thought would make a great Christmas present, and when Homer learns he won't be getting a Christmas bonus, life in Springfield gets even tighter. So what's a breadwinner to do, except take a second job as a shopping mall Santa?

This Week Tom tells us about the World Record for the largest Rice Crispy Square and we discuss what makes a 'loser Country'.

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"The Boy Who Knew Too Much" is the twentieth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 5, 1994. In the episode, Mayor Quimby's nephew Freddy is wrongly accused of assaulting a waiter, with Bart being the sole witness to the true course of events. Since Bart cannot reveal what he knows without admitting that he skipped school, he faces the dilemma of either testifying on Freddy's behalf and facing punishment himself, or staying silent and allowing a miscarriage of justice.

The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jeffrey Lynch. The new character Freddy, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, was given the same type of cheekbones and nose as Quimby to make them resemble each other. The episode features cultural references to films such as Westworld, Last Action Hero, and Free Willy, and the fictional characters Huckleberry Finn, Eddie, and Darwin. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver are also referenced in the episode.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 10.1, and was the fifth-highest rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.

Wellity, Wellity, Wellity, if you're not back for episode two.

This we we are talking Don Rickles, Crap Rock vs Wuss Rock and we, for one, welcome Asda's new Lancashire Overlords. 

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Hi Everybody and welcome to the first episode of Everything We Learned From The Simpsons. The Podcast that deep dives in to all the silly references in an episode of the Simpsons. 

This week we're learning about Unions, 'Sandle-wearing Goldfish tenders' and finaly putting to rest the age old argument of who has the worst Teeth: The US or The UK.

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