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quotes

Shouldn't the quotes be moved to Wikiquote? --bjwebb 13:52, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Was this really billed as the 300th episode in the UK? I recall that Barting Over was, when they held an entire night of The Simpsons culminating in that episode. The Regina Monologues was certainly promoted a lot, but I don't remember anyone saying it was the 300th. Billy H 20:08, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed it. If someone finds a source that states that it was billed as episode 300, then feel free to add it back with the source. Billy H 19:56, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If I remember correctly, Lisa had the line "You've rear ended the queen" after the collision. I'm surprised they let that in. Busjack 18:52, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia section

The last point of the grammar section needs to be punctuated and spellchecked.

No mention of the the part where Homer orders food at Judi Dench fish & chips from top of a double decker bus. It references Arthur Treacher's —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.164.202.130 (talk) 13:04, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

After the family repeatedly says MacBeth, Ian Mckellen says it, followed by going "Now I've said it!" To me, this seems a lot like the scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail where the Knights who say Ni cannot hear the word "it" - after other repeadtedly saying the word, the head knights says "it" followed by "Now i've said it!" I wanted to get a second opinion on this before adding it to the cultural references section. JW 21:46, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nope - The entire point of the Monty Python skit was that "it" became the word that they couldn't hear! The "it" here is just a referent back to MacBeth. Damn, now I've said it ;0 SkierRMH 06:57, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would say this is not a Monty Phython reference. If it is, it needs more explanation in the article. 68.99.30.65 01:20, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a total rip off of the Blackadder episodewith the actors where he repeats the word 'macbeth' to clarify that that's the word the actors are avoiding saying.218.249.150.3 (talk) 09:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aldwych

Did the bus say 'Aldwych' or 'Aldwych station'? There are lots of buses that are still marked 'Aldwych' (the street), where they terminate, e.g. the No. 9. Andrew Yong 16:18, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It reads: South Kensington
Knightsbridge - 15
Hyde Par
Aldwych Stn

Hope that helps. SkierRMH 06:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mysterious trip to Holland

Weren't those just Homer eating tolpanes on the bathroom? And on the ATM machine he presses 3 buttons and then "OK"?

Drogo 20:01, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just something my friend told me and then i realised, um... is it worth mentioning in the Trivia, that all the voices of english people on the french airing of this episode the people have an englishly french accent?(as if they don't bother putting on an accent?) just wondering if it is worth putting on, thanks! Australian Jezza 07:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Forrest Gump as a Cultural reference

In the beginning, we can see the bill flying. Is is similar to the beginning of Forrest Gump where this is a feather who fly in the sky. I'm right? This can be added? (i havent a perfect english). Thanks EyOne 18:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that was an intended Forrest Gump reference. This is only because in the episode where they roast Homer (I think it's that one), he's dressed up as Forrest and the feather floating in the air stabs him in the eye. In other words that reference has been made more specifically in another episode. CaptainCool53 (talk) 20:07, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. It's a fleeting reference, so to speak, to Gump. The music played during the bill's travel through the air is a parody of the piano music from Gump, as the feather travels around the air at the beginning of the film. It's a quick reference, but a reference none the less. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.164.89.236 (talk) 01:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

metric system

"There, near the fireplace, he prays to the "God of England" in his cell, and displays the frequent mistaken American impression that British people prefer to use the metric system"

This is not really a complete mistake. In british schools only the metric system is taugt. The metric system is used for somethings and imperial for others - but imperial has been phased out of education. E.g. height would be in feet and inches, and weight in pounds, speeds can be in either but road signs use mph normally. Milk is measured in pints and you would still say a pint of beer etc. But as i say you are only really taught metric so it is perfered i would say i doubt someone of the younger generations could tell you how many fluid ounces to a pint or inches in a foot or yards to a mile. So compared to America i would say it is far more popular. I'm not exactly sure what Homer says, so i haven't changed it but this i feel is slightly misleading.

Just confirmin it. Schools only teach the metric system. It is slightly misleading, but they way children are educated, this could be true eventually, but not today. (Happy Man C 10:21, 27 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]

It may or may not be a mistaken impression, but how frequent is it? How widespread is this amongst Americans? I wouldn't have thought many Americans have an opinion on whether or not the British prefer the metric system. I have requested citations to confirm this.Ozzieboy (talk) 13:35, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I (American) was always taught that the metric system was used in virtually everywhere except here. The general consensus, as I see it, is that the metric system makes more sense than imperial, it's used by almost everybody but us, and we're just stubborn or lazy for not switching. CaptainCool53 (talk) 20:06, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Metrication in the UK is advancing partly at the behest of the European Union, and there is some resentment of this. One would assume that a 'God of England' would favour the imperial system. And don't Americans sometimes call them English units? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.236.138 (talk) 20:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Metrication began before we joined the EU. And it's mostly taken root here - the main exceptions are road distances/speeds and draught beer in pubs (although to most "a pint" is really just a glass size). The opposition to metrication is heavily out of date. Timrollpickering (talk) 17:28, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Metrication (and metric) in the UK is unpopular. Recent opinion polls show an increase in that unpopularity. The biggest anti-metric (and thus pro-imperial) sentiment is shown by teenagers - to - twentysomethings. To say that metric is popular in the UK is highly misleading, furthermore imperial is the 'language of the street' so to speak - as in, people would normally refer to imperial measureas rather than metric ones in daily speech. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BachgenCymraeg (talk • contribs) 16:02, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm 28, and I was told when I was a kid that the conversions I was learning (and still have to use in everyday life thanks to the absurdity of having two systems) would become obsolete by the time I grew up, as imperial would have been phased out. I find it bloody annoying that people's stubborn attachment to an outdated system makes everything so unnecessarily complicated. To make things more confusing still, of course, the imperial system isn't quite the same as the American one - Americans don't recognise "stone" as a unit of weight, and an American pint is sixteen ounces, not twenty. (Incidentally, this makes a nonsense of the argument that "a litre's too much and a half-litre's not enough". Yes, Continental beers are mostly a bit stronger than ours - but American beers are if anything generally weaker, yet they do just fine drinking "pints" that are SMALLER than a half-litre.)

To get back to the original point: I don't know how widespread the perception is in the US, but this is far from the only time it's referenced in The Simpsons. The writers seem to believe we're 100% metric, and even that it's something particularly associated with Britain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.10.100.97 (talk) 22:30, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted Scenes

This episode is a personal favorite of mine, and coming from the UK, I can safely say that the scene with the two gentlemen kissing, and Homer saying goodbye to the elves have been shown every time (I must admit to not being sure on the third involving grampa). I would assume that these have only been deleted in the US? It would be great if someone could find a reference for that. --Noofworm (talk) 02:23, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's not cut out in Australia, I saw it last night. --Simpsons fan 66 02:30, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not cut out in Canada. If it's been cut out in the States, I doubt it's been cut out everywhere - only in areas where same-sex marriage and so on is particuarly controversial. Has anyone from the States seen it with those jokes cut out? --DearPrudence (talk) 23:25, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen it not cut out in the States at least once (maybe when it first aired), but each time I've seen it since it's been cut out. I sincerely doubt they would cut it out to avoid controversy regarding same-sex marriage. This is The Simpsons we're talking about. CaptainCool53 (talk) 22:46, 12 March 2008 (UTC) I live in Long Island, New York, and the scene with the two men kissing is shown every time.[reply]

YO when it first aired here in the US, the two men kissing was in. But in every other airing of the episode I've seen, it has been cut out. I think this should be added to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.129.202.141 (talk) 00:12, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:The Regina Monologues/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

The article's in a decent shape at the moment, and I only have two very minor concerns:

Per WP:MOS#Captions, the caption of the image in the infobox should not end with a period as it is a sentence fragment.
I'd also suggest changing "this" at the beginning of the production section to the name of the episode, as it's sort of like beginning a new section in a biographical article with "he" instead of the subject's name.

Because these issues are very minor and I do trust that they will be addressed, I'm going to go ahead and pass the article now. Nice work :) —97198 talk 12:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done and done. Thanks for the review. Gran² 12:44, 31 July 2008 (UTC) "The Regina Monologues" should be mentioned in the "Ugly American" "In Pop Culture" Section.[reply]

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bitch

When Homer throws Madonna on the conveyor, he says, “See you in Atlanta, bitch!”. First I thought I misheard, because the maximum level of profanity so far was “ass”. Isn’t bitch pretty vulgar? Is it supposed to be a K-9 double entendre? There is no mention of the word in the article or the talk page, so I wonder what to make of it. -- WA1TF0R^䷟ 20:26, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Production

"Blair is the only head of government to guest star in the show, with Rudy Giuliani (who played himself in the episode 'Stop! Or My Dog Will Shoot') the only other politician to guest star." What about Janet Reno, who voiced herself in "Dark Knight Court" (24x016)? Doesn't she count as a politician? PiratePablo (talk) 05:44, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]