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Bart Simpson's prank calls to Moe's Tavern are a running joke in early seasons of The Simpsons, as Bart would call Moe asking for people whose names are actually double entendres. Examples include "Mike Rotch" (my crotch), "Bea O'Problem" ( B.O. problem) and "Al Coholic" (alcoholic).
Animator and cartoonist Matt Groening has described himself as a fan of the tapes, particularly the "Garden Grove calls". His series The Simpsons features a running joke of Bart Simpson making prank calls to barkeeper Moe Szyslak, asking to speak to patrons with joke names. Groening describes the similarity between these jokes and the Tube Bar ...
This running joke is based on the real-life Tube Bar prank calls. However, in the episode "Flaming Moe's", this gag backfired against Bart when he called for a person named "Hugh Jass" ("huge ass") when it was revealed that there actually was a patron at Moe's Tavern named Hugh Jass.
These prank calls were the inspiration for Bart Simpson's repeated prank calls to Moe, and Deutsch's often profane responses inspired Moe's violent temper. [23] Comedian Rich Hall, an acquaintance of The Simpsons writer George Meyer, has stated that he believes further inspiration was drawn from himself and that Groening has verified this to ...
The Swedish and Australian bars which Bart prank calls feature numerous references. The Swedish bar is named the "Inga-Bar Beerman" in reference to filmmaker Ingmar Bergman . [ 6 ] The image of the barman in profile and another person in the background looking directly into the camera is a visual reference to Bergman's 1966 film Persona . [ 8 ]
While Homer and Marge appear in court, Laura babysits the Simpson children again and invites Jimbo to keep her company. Bart, in an attempt to make Jimbo look bad, prank-calls Moe's Tavern, giving his name as "Jimbo Jones", and giving Moe the Simpsons' address. Believing Jimbo to be the one who has been pranking him all along, Moe rushes to the ...
A depressed Moe then stops reacting angrily to Bart's prank calls, so Bart, Milhouse and Nelson decide to up their game by accessing the dark web with the help of Herman. They order a mail order wife for Moe, a beautiful woman named Anastasia who shows up at the bar. Moe denies sending for her but allows her to stay.
Lisa thanks Burns and suggests that he might take advantage of his heroics to become a better person; meanwhile, Moe (who testified about Bart's cruel history of prank calls against him) breaks down sobbing after he gets a phone call informing him of Bart's acquittal.