#how i spent my strummer vacation

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Mick Jagger & Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones behind the scenes of The Simpsons (2002).

[seroothincs]

What are your favorite episodes of The Simpsons?

Oooh! I love getting these kinds of questions. I myself can't choose between even one, I have several, mega ton lots of episodes spanning across all seasons. One favorite episode for each season. But my all time favorites! MY NEVER DYING LOVE FOR THESE EPISODES The ones that I never get tired of rewatching over and over are --

"Kamp Krusty" - Season 4, episode 1 "Pixelated and afraid" - Season 33, episode 12 "Wild Barts can't be broken" - Season 10, Episode 11 "Scuze me while I miss the sky" - Season 14, Episode 16 "How I spent my Strummer vacation" - Season 14, episode 2 and of course "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" - Season 3, Episode 11.

[dorothydalmati1]

The Simpsons Season 14 Episode 2: How I Spent My Strummer Vacation

Written by Mike Scully

Storyboard by Scott Alberts, Brad Ableson & Mike B. Anderson

Directed by Mike B. Anderson

Directing assistance by Stephen Reis

[theballadofmickandkeith]

[amazingmonstercabbage]

Tom Petty on The Simpsons - [x]

s14e02 - How I Spent My Strummer Vacation

(Tom’s reading of “will you stop saying that” always makes me laugh so hard)

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[davidcroberson]

I was reading the Newsweek Special commemorating Tom Petty's death (the magazine in the background), and I felt sad. Tom was always pushing for artists to create, inspiring greatness in others, and giving of himself. This concept came to me. I wanted to shoot it, and I hope it comes across as respectful as I intend it. The figure, of course, is from an episode of the Simpsons that Tom guested on,"How I Spent My Strummer Vacation".

[theclash]

i h8 when u CONSTANTLY want to make a very specific reference to something but like. Nobody would know directly what ur talking about except for u (offhand)

[simpsonsnight]

Episode #293

How I Spent My Strummer Vacation Season 14 - Episode 2 | November 10, 2002

Homer Simpsons goes to Rock N’ Roll Fantasy Camp where the couselers are various famous rock musicians like Rolling Stones (yay) Elvis Costello (yay) Tom Petty (yay) and Lenny Kravitz (RIP) Brian Setzer (no).

This one’s fairly pathetic, the first act is okay with Homer trying to alter his consciousness in various zany ways when Moe won’t serve him. But the transition from the first act to the second is pretty lame. Homer winds up on Taxicab Confessions (or some thinly veiled parody thereof) and he talks about how much he regrets marrying Marge and having a family, cuz it forced him to give up his dreams. So the family sends him to Rock N’ Roll Fantasy camp, because they’re like “yeah Homer’s right we are trash”.

Earlier this week In season 5 we saw Homer flash back to his youth trying to earn money as a one-man band, and OF COURSE we all know they CAREFULLY PLANNED the series continuity to allow for Homer to have been a huge grunge star in season 19 or whatever. Oh yeah, there’s also the Barbershop Quartet, I guess. So, I suppose it’s safe to say that Homer’s musical ambitions don’t come from nowhere. But this episode is just a big excuse to parade a lotta guest stars in front of us.

They used to bill these episodes as season premieres even when the season started with the Halloween show, which was always advertised as a special. This episode is also the last one they produced with cel animation, but airdate-wise we’ll get a few more. Then the show will be right on target to look like shit permanently. I vaguely remember watching this when it aired. I don’t think I considered myself a regular viewer at this point, but I remember watching this.

MAIL BAG

Okay, let’ get this mail bag UNDERWAY. People keep SPAMMING me with non-Simpsons questions and frankly it pisses me off. So let’s start off things right:

Let's Make Some Ground Rules for the Simpson Night Blog comment section. I'll begin: 1) Please keep it on the topic of the Simpsons!: Luke is no longer doing B-Sodes so the blog is now all about America's Funniest Family, please only broach comments to Luke about that. 2) Be Nice: Is that so hard to ask? I was talking to my nephew the other day and he said: "to be nice is godly" so be like my nephew or God depending on your personal faith. 3) Speaking of faith: NO politics. Luke is a conservativ

THANK you for this message of support! FINALLY.

Are you a big fan of Ricky Gervais. He recently said that Karl Pilkington was, "a mistake" but I always thought that was the only time he was funny.

Okay let’s talk about RICKY. There was a time when I really loved his “international podcast” and I would listen to it obsessively. It was the classic shit. But after Stephen Merchant died I had to stop. Ricky kept on making fun of his family for still being sad about it and it was over the line. If I recall Karl would just sit there silently and let him get away with it. Mistake is the wrong word, but we need to hold Karl Pilkington accountable. By the way, this is off topic and you are banned from messaging me again.

AND NOW: THE DWIBBLE DISPATCH

This is Dwibble from the comment section. The voice of Carl is Alex Desert (pronounced like Dessert) who had a role on the hit TV show Becker as a blind man (he sees in real life). As someone who has worked with him on a movie personally, I have to say the man is a treat (like a Dessert).

Ending with a Dwibble dispatch has become a comforting cliche at this point but I just had to do it when I received this dazzling message. Wow. Thank you, Dwibble!

[jedivoodoochile]

10 de noviembre de 2002. En el episodio "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" de Los Simpson, las estrellas invitadas Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, y Brian Setzer operan un campamento de rock and roll.

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[S] Los Simpsons: Temporada 14.

Los mejores episodios según _sentimentalismobarato_:

Temporada 14 [S14]: Compuesta por 22 capítulos.

Especial de Noche de Brujas - Treehouse of Horror XIII [E01].

Como pasé mis vacaciones de verano - How I Spent My Strummer Vacation [E02].

Las curvas de Marge - Large Marge [E04].

El gran detective criminal - The Great Louse Detective [E06].

Una Edna muy especial - Special Edna [E07].

El padre que sabía muy poco - The Dad Who Knew Too Little [E08].

El brazo fuerte de mamá - The Strong Arms of the Ma [E09].

La encrucijada de Lisa - I’m Spelling as Fast as I Can [E12].

Reencuentro con el firmamento - ‘Scuse Me While I Miss The Sky [E16].

Tres gays en un condominio - Three Gays of the Condo [E17].

Moe se convierte en niñera - Moe Baby Blues [E22].

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The Simpsons screen captures season 14, episode 2 “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”.

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Simpsons favorite character moments meme

Feel free to mess with this list as much as you want. Add or remove categories as much as you please. If you want to include deleted scenes or whatever, that’s fine with me!

The Show: 

By Showrunner:

Sam Simon (7G, 7F): 

Al Jean & Mike Reiss (8F, 9F, 3G, also includes “A Star Is Burns,” “‘Round Springfield,” “Lisa’s Sax”):

David Mirkin (1F, 2F, also includes “Lisa the Vegetarian,”  “Team Homer,” “All Singing, All Dancing,” “The Joy of Sect”):

Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein (3F, 4F):

Mike Scully (5F and AABF, BABF, CABF, also includes “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”):

Al Jean, SD (DABF to KABF)

Al Jean, HD (LABF onward, excluding Selman episodes)

Matt Selman (certain episodes in the HD era)

Episode types:

Favorite appearance in a Treehouse of Horror ep:

In a non-THOH holiday ep (Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Halloween [of Horror], etc) 

In a future ep:

In a flashback ep:

In a Burns ep:

In a Krusty ep:

In a Moe ep:

In a Sideshow Bob ep:

Comics:

Simpsons Comics (main series):

Bart Simpson:

Treehouse of Horror:

One-Shot Wonders:

Super Spectacular:

Summer Shindig:

Winter Wingding:

Other comics:

Video Games:

The Simpsons Hit & Run:

The Simpsons Game:

The Simpsons: Tapped Out:

Other video games:

Merchandise:

Favorite official merch:

Favorite unofficial merch:

Favorite sticker based on this character:

Favorite shirt based on this character:

DVDs:

Appearance in a DVD menu

Appearance on the physical DVD set (the art inside, the episode pamphlet, etc) 

Other:

The Simpsons Movie:

Deleted scene:

Appearance on promo art:

Appearance in a TV ad:

In a couch gag:

[laurenduffy44]

Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Akron

The past 24 hours have been filled with a few adventures, which were all quite different from one another.

Pittsburgh

I had the privilege of attending a wedding of a friend of mine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Alex, one of my closest friends from my first college experience, married the love of his life, Charlie. It was no coincidence that their wedding landed on the same weekend as both the Tony Awards and Pittsburgh PrideFest.

I expected the wedding to be just as beautiful as it turned out to be, but the fear I experienced prior was overwhelming. A few of the people in attendance do not remember me as the reformed, sober woman I am today. In fact, their impression of me is quite the opposite.

During my time at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, I wasn’t the nicest girl. I put myself in a lot of awful situations, many of which inconvenienced or hurt other people. Needless to say, I did not know what to expect from my former classmates and, to my surprise, teachers.

Fortunately, nothing too traumatic occurred. Most of the evening was quite pleasant actually. Some interactions were a bit forced, but overall, the evening consisted of genuine conversations, along with some silliness. We reminisced of college times - we toured overseas, we partied a little too much, we even baked a giant cupcake one time. 

Part of me forgot I hadn’t seen these people in seven years. We had all changed since then. We had all grown into adults in one way or another. I just had to get sober to get there.

My evening ended dancing to Whitney Houston's “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” with my former choir director, followed by some genuine goodbyes. As I walked out of the building, my former classmates shouted from the rooftop (literally) - saying how nice it was to see me. It was nice to see them too.

Cleveland

This morning, I woke up bright and early to get a jump start on my day. I took the two and a half hour drive from Pittsburgh to Cleveland with the sole purpose of visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The area was flooded with locals for a charity walk to cure kidney disease, but after a little searching I found parking and began the short walk to the front of the museum. Outside the building stood a red, people-sized structure that read “LONG LIVE ROCK.”

Walking into the building, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. There is no possible way one person can see everything in that place in one day. I wanted to read every little thing. I wanted to watch every video on every artist and gain all the knowledge I could gather. However, since I spent an hour and a half solely on the Beatles area, I knew this was going to be difficult.

Some of the things I found most interesting:

The footage of the negative perception of rock and roll is fascinating. Who knew so many people really believed rock and roll listeners doubled as Satan worshipers?

Hand written lyrics are really cool - from John Lennon to Joe Strummer to Sia to Billy Joel - it’s just really incredible to see that it started on a piece of wide-ruled looseleaf paper. 

Angus Young’s schoolboy uniform is more awesome in person. So are David Bowie’s suits.

Never have I wanted to touch a guitar more than when I saw Kurt Cobain’s guitar today.

Akron

I arrived in Akron late this afternoon and for the first time since I left, I really feel like I’m on vacation. I spent a couple hours watching House of Cards at my Airbnb home for the evening with my new buddy Tig, who has been attached to me since I walked in the door. This is the friendliest cat I have ever met.

After Tig and I spent a little time relaxing, I decided to go to a meeting, more specifically a womens big book meeting. This weekend is AA Founder’s Weekend in Akron, Ohio. Sadly, Founder’s Day was yesterday, so I missed the festivities. I did, however, love this meeting. I met some wonderful women, exchanged some phone numbers and I look forward to talking to them further about recovery and about my adventures.

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Sabias que, el 10 de noviembre de 2002, en el episodio de "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" de Los Simpson, las estrellas invitadas fueron Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, y Brian Setzer y operan un campamento de rock and roll. www.relaxvideobar.com (en RELAX VIDEO BAR)

[teenysnicotinegum]

I just saw "How I Spent my Strummer Vacation" and now I need to give Disco Stu a hug

Omg, me too. His life is so sad. Even after the writers made him even more depressed in the episode “Puffless”. Now they’re making him take Zoloft??? Hell to the no. Disco Stu life can’t be that tragic. He needs hugs every chance he gets.💕💕💕💕💕