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Simpsons
In the second season of
The Simpsons
there was an
episode entitled
One-Fish, Two-Fish, Blowfish, Blue
Fish
written by Neil Scovell and directed by
Wesley Archer. Bart Simpson and his sister
frequently made prank telephone calls. This is the
conversation that took place when they called
Moe
‟
s Tavern:
Moe:
Hello, Moe
‟
s Tavern. Birthplace of the Rob
Roy.
Bart:
Is Seymour there? Last name Butz.
Moe:
Just a sec. Hey, is there a Butz here? A
Seymour Butz? Hey, everybody, I wanna
Seymour Butz
(he realizes what
‟s going on) …Wait a
minute…Listen, you little scum
-sucking pus-
bucket! When I get my hands on you, I
‟
m gonna
pull out your eyeballs with a corkscrew.
That second television season for
The Simpsons
was 1990-1991.
In the tenth season
‟
s
Treehouse of Horror IX
, Moe is just
sitting down to a breakfast of PenecillO
‟
s, when
Homer walks in. He picks up a corkscrew and jams it
into Moe
‟
s chest. Pulling it out, Homer shows Moe
his own heart. Moe isn
‟
t that impressed, and collapses
face-first into his cereal bowl. The episode was first
broadcast October 25, 1998. It was written by Donick
Cary and David Coffin. Steven More directed it.
The next Simpson
“
corkscrew
”
did not appear until
2000. The Homer double lever corkscrew was
supplied by Lion Brush Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne,
U. K. for The Boots Company, Nottingham. It was
manufactured in China.
