Maudecast

In today's Maudecast, we scoop up the slop, dish out the detritus and go through the Maudebins as we look at credits, commercials and couch gags. Heck of a rider through them slivers! Also we are trying to deal with all of our Internet Museums burning down!!!

After last episodes unfiltered, unbridled content chaos, the MFIDBTHR Team have decided to slow things down this week in a sort of “Cleaning up house” episode. What? Now? With so much future content? You already know the answer. What if I were to tell you Maude was in 90% of episodes between Seasons 2 and 20? You’d think I was INSANE wouldn’t you. Well I am. But also she is, thanks to the Opening Credits Sequence- created by Kevin Petrilak! It may only be a fleeting glimpse, but it’s a glimpse nonetheless. Back in Season 4’s “Marge Vs. The Monorail”- written by Conan O’Brien and directed by Rich Moore- before she was being shut down by Homer for her attempt to discuss a blazing town fire, Maude was appearing in her very first couch gag! Then we return to our regular Maude timeline for a look at “Marge Be Not Proud”- written by Mike Scully and directed by Stephen Dean Moore- and Maude doesn’t show up in person for this one, yet she still shows up. Finally to round things up, we head back to 1993 and take a look at our first out of show clip. That’s right, in 1993 Butterfinger came knocking with a big Honeycomb cheque and Maude weren’t not saying no to that. Please, for Christ’s sake, enjoy.

It’s that time again, we’re almost at the halfway point of the season so it’s time to flip open the Bongo Comics for another inspection of Maude’s inky adventures. All business, the MFDBers are looking into FIVE Bongo Comics this time around! First up is “Send in the Clowns”- written by Mary Trainor- which gives us a brief look at Maude’s response to ANOTHER armageddon! Next is “Slobberwacky” -written by Jesse Leon McCann- where Maude can be seen in sepia toned glory, taking part in ANOTHER parody? You betcha! Third is “Around Town With Ned Flanders”- again written by Jesse Leon McCann. With a title like that, Maude’s got to be in more than one panel surely? You’re wrong. And don’t call me Maude. Buckle up by the way it’s a long one. Fourth up is “The Simpsons Save The World”- written by Ty Templeton- and we take our furthest ever look into the future...and a statue of the Flanders family that may be telling history slightly falsely. And finally, the piece de la resistance. In “Verti-Go-Areeno”- written by Chuck Dixon- Ned references RuPaul and then meets a woman who looks a big diddly deal like our sweet Maude...but this Maude has a dark side...Tune in to this excessively long episode to find out more!

Episode 25- “Maude the Carnivore” BIO: A cold bowl of Gazpacho? Not for Maude flamin Flanders. This week, the MFDBTLC boys (amidst a seemingly global attack on Maude Flanders Internet Museum and Databases) delve into the time Ned hosted a Flanders Family Reunion BBQ: and there are quite a few Maude-a-likes in the crowd! Who could these mystery women be? This, plus Maude’s reaction to Lisa’s offer of a vegetarian alternative at the Simpson BBQ, all from the delightful “Lisa the Vegetarian”- written by David X. Cohen and directed by Mark Kirkland. And following that, despite the many fires in the many Maude IMADs, the hosts decide to throw caution to the wind and take a look at “Mother Simpson”- written by Richard Appel and directed by David Silverman- an episode in which Maude believes Homer Simpson to have passed away (Spoilers: He hasn’t). Maude appetit!

It was only a matter of time before Moe Syzlack got his face right up into our beloved (anti?) heroes'. In "Bart Sells His Soul" - written by Greg Daniels and directed by Wes Archer- Maude says to heck with the main storyline and spends some down time in the B Story at Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag, where a few questions are raised: Will Moe control himself in front of Maude? Just who is she avoiding with her turned head? And can the MFDB boys stretch a whole episode out mostly clips of the back of her head? THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT. And if you stick around long enough, you might just see Maude doing a famous dance… and it ain't Gangnam Style...

If you thought Hobgoblin attacks, Curry floods and a series of fires was going to stop the MCIDASOPQGC Crew from discussing Maude and Neds' attempts to baptise the Simpson kids, you're damn wrong. Strap on your space suit and grab your carbon rod, whether animate or in, and delve back into the second half of "Home Sweet Home Diddly Dum Doodily"- written by Jon Vitti and directed by Susie Dietter

To quote an Irish lady who was on the slimmer side, the Mfimdbcrtlss boys are back about town! That's right, the retrospective for our favourite ice cream binging, wind chime making, mid scene vanishing member of the Flanders Flock! The overwhelmingly exciting Season premiere "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 2)- written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein and directed by Wes Archer- finally answers the question: Did Maude shoot Mr. Burns? And not only that, but Maude comes blasting into Season 7 with a role so key it had to be split into two parts! In "Home Sweet Home Diddly Dum Doodly" - written by Jon Vitti and directed by Susie Dietter- Maude and Ned take legal parentage of the Simpson kids! Hilarity was bound to ensue!

it's Poochie MFers! What? ANOTHER Maude Spin Off Cast? Even after we didn’t listen to the Stu Cast? That’s right! This time, Poochie gets his moment in the Sun, whether deserved or not, as we take our traditional Season Finale Maude Break and delve into the lives, loves and deaths of the dog that nobody wanted, in the hope we can laugh and cry until we grow old with him

BOO! That’s right, we scared you, and we will continue to in this spooktacular Treehouse of Maudrror Special! As today is Halloween, we decided to break the Maude Cast time line and look at two of Maude’s pre death Treehouse of Horror appearances- first up is a cameo in “Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace”- written by Steve Tompkins and directed by Bob Anderson- where Maude plays a passing, yet pivotal, role in the death of Groundskeeper Willie. Next Maude steps into the focus slightly more in “I know what you diddly iddly did”- written by Tim Long and directed by Pete Michaels- when Ned is killed by the Simpson Family, how will Maude respond? And finally another brief delve into a mysterious Bongo Halloween Comic...Plus we answer the age old question: Can Hobgoblins catch Covid? Find out in this ookiest of spookiest Maude cast specials!

Episode 19- “Who Shot Mr Burns Part Maude”- BIO: Did she do it? That’s the question on our mouths this week at the MFIDFBSQBC. But first, a search party in Shelbyville? You better believe Maude’s on board but not a part of it in “Lemon of Troy”- written by Brent Forrester and directed by Jim Reardon.

And then, we look into rewriting Springfield history as we gather clues from “Who Shot Mr Burns Part One”- written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein and directed by Jeffrey Lynch- and pose the question...did Maude Flanders shoot C.M. Burns? Did she do it? Maude loses her kids again!

And was she involved in this Burn's murder? She also ends up in Wigan and is portrayed as a burning skull. And then there are the hobgoblins. Biznay as usual brothers and sisters!

She Dibney yo!

We have to issue a strong warning before the listening of the 18th edition of the Maude Cast: Your heart strings WILL be tugged. The hosts over at the MFIMDHEZSQHQ delve into a triad of Springfield adventures as they reach the home stretch of Season 6. First up, Maude and the Flanders flock try their hand at a home movie in ,“A Star is Burns”- written by Ken Keeler and directed by Susie Dietter- and when things take a turn for the worse, God himself gets involved. WHAT? Next, brace yourselves for an emotional rollercoaster as, in “Lisa’s Wedding”- written by Greg Daniels and directed by Jim Reardon- we get a glimpse at Springfield 2010- and who’s that in the wedding party? It can’t be...but it is. Future Maude. And to wrap up the episode, “The Springfield Connection”- written by Jonathan Collier and directed by Mark Kirkland- sees Maude hanging out with the other Investorette ladies at the hair salon...until Officer Simpson arrives that is! A spectral vision of the Lord, a future that can never be, and the first of two shot guns across two Maude Casts...there’s only one place to get all this sense!