Lisa's Sax
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"Lisa's Sax" is an episode of The Simpsons that deals with the Simpsons' past.
Synopsis
During a struggle between Bart and Lisa, Lisa's saxophone is destroyed. In a period of mourning, Lisa reveals she cannot remember ever not having that saxophone, so Homer recounts the instrument's origins. The story also involves Bart's first experiences at school, and how his initial enthusiasm was crushed by an uncaring teacher, eventually turning Bart into the troublemaker he is today. It was during discussions of Bart's future that the school psychologist realized the young Lisa is very gifted. With private school being too expensive, Homer instead considered buying Lisa a musical instrument to nurture her intelligence. In making this purchase, Homer sacrificed his own comfort, because he could no longer afford an air conditioner during a terrible heat wave. In the present, the saxophone is replaced.In addition to revealing Bart's reasons for being a troublemaker and underachiever, this episode is also notable for fuelling suspicions of Milhouse's sexuality, after a school psychologist identifies the young Milhouse as having "flamboyantly homosexual tendencies." The episode is also notable for a rare glimpse at Snowball I, and a song that parodies the opening credits of the classic television show All in the Family.
Quotes
- Teacher: So you see, children, there is hope for anyone.
Young Bart: Even me?
Teacher: No.
- Krusty (played by Fyvush Finkel): Chan Ho, your mother Mia and I are getting a divorce.
Chin Ho: Chan Ho is over there. I am Chin Ho.
Krusty: Whoever you are, just pass it along, kid.
- Homer: Whenever I felt down at school, I always remembered what my dad used to say. (goes to a flashback)
Young Grandpa: Homer, you're as dumb as a mule and twice as ugly. If a strange man offers you a ride, I say take it!
Homer: Lousy traumatic childhood.
- Homer: So, what do you like, Lisa? Vio-ma-lin? Tuba-ma-ba? Obo-mo-boe?
(Lisa points to a saxophone)
Homer: Ooh, saxo-ma-phone!
- Young Milhouse: The world needs a clown.
- Homer: Oh . . . but Marge am I doomed to spend the rest of my life sweating like a pig.
Bart: Yeah, not to mention looking like a pig, eating like a pig . . .
Apu: Don't forget the smell.
Homer: Will you get off my front lawn
Apu: Why don't you make me?
Homer: Why! Oh, I give up. - lyrics to "Those Were the Days (the Homer and Marge version)" sung by Homer and Marge:
Homer: Boy, the way the Bee Gees played
Marge: Movies John Travolta made
Homer: Guessing how much Elvis weighed
Homer and Marge: Those were the days
Marge: And you knew where you were then
Homer: Watching shows like Gentle Ben
Homer & Marge: Mister, we could use a man like Sheriff Lobo again
Homer: Disco Duck and Fleetwood Mac
Marge: Coming out of my eight-track
Homer and Marge: Michael Jackson still was black
Homer and Marge: Those were the days.
(added lyric:)
Homer: Bart was feeling mighty blue
Marge: It's a shame what school can do
Apu: For no reason here's Apu
Homer, Marge, and Apu: Those were the days.
- Grandpa: The year is nineteen-aught-six! The President is the divine Miss Sarah Bernhardt! And all over America, people were doin' a dance called the 'Funky Grandpa'! (sings) Why, I'm the..."(falls asleep standing up)
References
- In the flashback, Dr. Hibbert fashioned his hair like Mr. T in The A-Team.
- After Lisa's sax is flattened, Arte Johnson rides by on a tricycle and flips over. This happened on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, as well.
- The episode features Lunchlady Doris in a speaking role despite the fact that her voice actress Doris Grau died in 1995.
- The song Lisa plays on her new saxophone near the end of the episode, is Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
- A flashback to 1990 shows Homer watching Twin Peaks as Dale Cooper remarks, "That's some damn fine coffee you got here in Twin Peaks... and damn good cherry pie." The Giant is then shown waltzing with a horse, under a tree with a traffic light hanging from a branch. Homer's opinion of the show is "Brilliant!... I have absolutely no idea what's going on."
- The white cat in the Simpsons' living room is the original Snowball.
- In the Music Store Scene, If you look very carefully In the background is a guitar based on Eddie Van Halen's Famous Frankenstrat.
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