Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Sideshow Bob" in English language version.
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Tonight, "The Simpsons" will air its 600th episode, and that milestone is also the Fox series' annual Halloween episode.
The Simpsons had only screened one season when Konami released this side-scrolling beat em up in 1991.
Hans Conried ... Dr. Terwilliker ... Writers: Dr. Seuss, Allan Scott ... domineering piano instructor, Dr. Terwilliker ... tyrannical instructor
Sure, in one sense it's an archival release, a way to get the "Cape Feare" medley on the same disc ...
telling a story set in the future, with an alternate history ... a David Fincher-esque style of storytelling and visuals ... Jess Conrad, who wrote the episode, came-up with the idea of doing a David Fincher-esque style of storytelling and visuals
According to David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder, the imagery of disability in fictional text is a common trope ... what they call narrative prosthesis ... used by authors to drive a story forward ... a symbolic signifier responsible for the encoding of character traits ... an agent of high culture and intellectual enlightenment ... rendered an ability rather than a normative deviance. ... marked by his freak hair and oversized feet ... functions as narrative prosthesis ... huge feet do not make him an outsider ... practical device for crushing grapes ... Bob appears only occasionally on the show; his character does not develop and provides a theme for setting up a story ... is regularly "punished" for his immorality by being sent to Springfield Penitentiary ... Bob's feet were once the object of evidence after Bob had disguised himself as Krusty ... Though he is disgusted by being a clown and by the low culture that surrounds him ... Bob's existence is both based and dependent on popular culture ... elements that correspond to our cultural understanding of a clown and cartoon character
According to David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder, the imagery of disability in fictional text is a common trope ... what they call narrative prosthesis ... used by authors to drive a story forward ... a symbolic signifier responsible for the encoding of character traits ... an agent of high culture and intellectual enlightenment ... rendered an ability rather than a normative deviance. ... marked by his freak hair and oversized feet ... functions as narrative prosthesis ... huge feet do not make him an outsider ... practical device for crushing grapes ... Bob appears only occasionally on the show; his character does not develop and provides a theme for setting up a story ... is regularly "punished" for his immorality by being sent to Springfield Penitentiary ... Bob's feet were once the object of evidence after Bob had disguised himself as Krusty ... Though he is disgusted by being a clown and by the low culture that surrounds him ... Bob's existence is both based and dependent on popular culture ... elements that correspond to our cultural understanding of a clown and cartoon character
According to David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder, the imagery of disability in fictional text is a common trope ... what they call narrative prosthesis ... used by authors to drive a story forward ... a symbolic signifier responsible for the encoding of character traits ... an agent of high culture and intellectual enlightenment ... rendered an ability rather than a normative deviance. ... marked by his freak hair and oversized feet ... functions as narrative prosthesis ... huge feet do not make him an outsider ... practical device for crushing grapes ... Bob appears only occasionally on the show; his character does not develop and provides a theme for setting up a story ... is regularly "punished" for his immorality by being sent to Springfield Penitentiary ... Bob's feet were once the object of evidence after Bob had disguised himself as Krusty ... Though he is disgusted by being a clown and by the low culture that surrounds him ... Bob's existence is both based and dependent on popular culture ... elements that correspond to our cultural understanding of a clown and cartoon character
Krusty: "If you know who cut off Jebediah's head ... turn him in! ... free slide whistle, just like Sideshow Bob's!" ... Crowd: 'The head! Kill 'em!' ... On-screen: Bob plays the slide whistle beside Krusty and later appears among the town-square crowd. ... On-screen: Bob has a rounded hairstyle beside Krusty; in the closing crowd, he has the taller hairstyle used after his redesign. ... Krusty: "If you know who cut off Jebediah's head ... turn 'em in ... a free slide whistle just like Sideshow Bob's!" ... On-screen: after Bart returns the head, Bob stands among the town-square crowd confronting him.
Bart: 'Sideshow Bob framed him, and I got proof!' ... Bob: 'Yes, I admit it. ... That's why I framed Krusty!' ... Krusty: 'Do you want me to shoot Sideshow Bob out of a cannon?' ... Bob: 'His hackneyed shenanigans robbed me of my dignity for years.' ... Bob: 'But we will also learn about nutrition, self-esteem, etiquette—and all the lively arts.' ... Bob: 'Next week, chapter 35 of The Man in the Iron Mask: "The Death of a Titan."' ... Bob: 'a new segment exploring preadolescent turmoil. I call it "Choices."' ... Bart: 'Sideshow Bob really fills his shoes with big ugly feet.' ... Bart: 'Take him away, boys.' ... Chief Wiggum: 'we made a terrible, terrible mistake.' ... Krusty: 'the important thing is that I regain the trust of the children.' ... On-screen: Krusty fires Bob from a cannon. ... On-screen: after Bob is exposed, Krusty is released and Bob is taken away.
Sideshow Bob: 'Do you know what prison is like for a lifelong, conservative Republican?' ... Selma: 'Tomorrow we'll be Mr. and Mrs. Bob Terwilliger.' ... Bart: 'Chief Wiggum, think you have room in your jail for a two-time loser?' ... Selma: 'I bought stock in a mace company just before society crumbled.' ... Bob: 'I just hope people don't think I'm marrying you for your money.' ... Bart: 'Then it hit me. The gas!' ... 'All it needed to explode was a single spark, say, from a cigarette.' ... On-screen: Springfield police hold Bob in custody while Bart explains the scheme.
'No one who speaks German can be an evil man. Parole granted.' ... Bob: 'I shall send you to heaven before I send you to hell.' ... Recorded message: 'I am coming to kill you slowly and painfully.' ... On-screen: Bob emerges from beneath the Simpsons' car and repeatedly steps on rakes. ... Bart: 'Anyway, I was wondering if you could sing the entire score of the H.M.S. Pinafore.' ... Bob: '♪ That he is an Englishman ... an Englishman ♪' ... Bob: 'And now, the final curtain.' ... Chief Wiggum: 'You're under arrest.' ... Bob: 'No, that's German for "the Bart, the."' ... On-screen: after Bob's performance, the houseboat drifts back to Springfield.
'you are hereby granted a full and complete pardon.' ... Prison guard: 'Congratulations, Robert Underdunk Terwilliger.' ... Lisa: 'You don't have the intelligence.' ... Bob: 'I did it!' ... 'when I find my way out of this ... cesspool.' ... Birch Barlow: 'you'll see the next mayor of Springfield.' ... 'Bob, come in.' ... Bob: 'Huh! "Attempted murder." Now, honestly, what is that?' ... Bob: 'Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?' ... Kent Brockman: 'For Sideshow Bob, 100%.' ... 'there is a one-percent margin of error.' ... Bob: 'Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals and rule you like a king! That's why I did this—to protect you from yourselves.' ... Anonymous source: 'one name—Edgar Neubauer.' ... On-screen: the anonymous source is revealed as Smithers. ... Lisa: 'The dead have risen, and they're voting Republican.' ... Bob: 'Someday, I'll have my vengeance.' ... On-screen: Bob is again shown in a prison cell.
'you are hereby granted a full and complete pardon.' ... Prison guard: 'Congratulations, Robert Underdunk Terwilliger.' ... Lisa: 'You don't have the intelligence.' ... Bob: 'I did it!' ... 'when I find my way out of this ... cesspool.' ... Birch Barlow: 'you'll see the next mayor of Springfield.' ... 'Bob, come in.' ... Bob: 'Huh! "Attempted murder." Now, honestly, what is that?' ... Bob: 'Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry? Do they?' ... Kent Brockman: 'For Sideshow Bob, 100%.' ... 'there is a one-percent margin of error.' ... Bob: 'Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals and rule you like a king! That's why I did this—to protect you from yourselves.' ... Anonymous source: 'one name—Edgar Neubauer.' ... On-screen: the anonymous source is revealed as Smithers. ... Lisa: 'The dead have risen, and they're voting Republican.' ... Bob: 'Someday, I'll have my vengeance.' ... On-screen: Bob is again shown in a prison cell.
'Hey, where is Sideshow Bob?' ... 'Uh, he ran off.' ... Soldier: 'Gotcha! Ya TV-hatin' mutant.' ... Bob: 'My crusade against television has come to an end.' ... Krusty: 'Coming at you live from the civil defense shack in the remote alkali flats of the Springfield badlands.' ... Bob: 'How naive of me to think a mere atom bomb could fell the chattering Cyclops.' ... 'You see, this is a kamikaze mission. You and I are going to kill Krusty the Clown!' ... Soldier: 'Gotcha!' ... Soldier: 'Ha-ha! You TV-hating mutant!' ... On-screen: a military police officer handcuffs Bob. ... On-screen: the bomb explodes without destroying the city; Bob abducts Bart and pilots the Wright Flyer toward Krusty's shack.
Reverend Lovejoy: 'You know, it's hard to believe this model prisoner could be the same monstrous fiend who once ran for mayor.' ... Bob: 'you obviously still blame me for what happened at your audition.' ... 'We'd fall to our deaths, but we'd save the entire town.' ... Reverend Lovejoy: 'It's a pleasure to have recommended you for the work-release program.' ... Bob: 'Cecil? Is it really you?' Cecil: 'Hello, brother.' ... Cecil: 'Thanks for driving me, big brother.' ... Cecil: 'Once I blow up the dam, there will be no evidence of missing concrete.' ... 'Perhaps they'll blame the master criminal.' ... Cecil: 'Yes. I'm framing you.' ... Bart: 'No, Chief. Bob's innocent.' ... Bob: 'I'm older. I get the top bunk.' ... Bart: 'He's planning something evil—I know it.' ... Bart: 'Wherever you go and whatever you do, I'll be there watching and waiting.' ... Bob: 'You're still angry that Krusty picked me instead of you.' ... 'You wanted to be Krusty's sidekick since you were five!' ... On-screen: Bob frees Bart and Lisa; Bob and Lisa try to disarm the explosives while Bart stops Cecil from detonating the dam.
Network executive: 'We're losing male teens.' ... Krusty: 'You're giving me notes while I'm on the air?' ... 'but now these jerks have sucked all the fun out.' ... Krusty: 'It'll be my last!' ... Bob: 'You've erased my past. Now I'll erase your future.' ... Krusty: 'I mistreated him and drove him to a life of crime.' ... Bob: 'Ah, here we are. "Have Bart kill Krusty."' ... Bart: 'It makes me sad that you're getting the death penalty.' ... Krusty: '♪ Oh, Bob, you repaid my abuse with raw hatred ♪' ... Bob: 'Oh, that sweet, funny man.' ... Bob: 'We are good together, Krusty.' ... Bob: 'Mm, that's good plastic explosive.' ... On-screen: Bob hypnotizes Bart, straps the plastic explosive to him, and later abandons the murder after hearing Krusty's apology.
Chief Wiggum: 'All right, Bob, if you help us catch the guy trying to kill Homer, we'll make it worth your while.' ... Bob: 'Now, I will need round-the-clock access to your husband.' ... On-screen: Wiggum speaks with Bob in his prison cell. ... Sideshow Bob: 'Now I'm going to take some advice that was given to me by Lenny and kill you without delay.' ... Homer: 'Frank Grimes Junior!' ... Sideshow Bob: 'Dear God... grown accustomed to your face!' ... Sideshow Bob: 'But now, I must steal away into the night.' ... Closing song: '♪ The very reason that I live ♪'
When the Simpsons go to Italy to get a car for Burns, they discover that Sideshow Bob has become a beloved small-town mayor. ... Bob: 'This is my bride, Francesca, and my son, Gino.' ... Francesca: 'If the Simpsons have dishonor you, they have dishonored our family. And we should take revenge as a family.' ... Gino: 'Vendetta! Vendetta! Vendetta for me papa!' ... Bob: 'Please don't destroy the new life I've created here.' ... Lisa: 'Yeah, but he's a wanted killer.' ... Bob: 'These feet are made for stomping.' ... 'Ready, feet? Start stomping.' ... On-screen: Gino is toddler-sized beside Francesca. ... On-screen: Lisa reveals Bob's Springfield Prison uniform. ... Villager: 'You have brought shame upon our humble, Mafia-controlled village. You are welcome in Salsiccia no more.' ... Bob: 'Simpson family, I hereby swear a ... vendetta.' ... On-screen: Gino angrily chases a butterfly through the Colosseum ruins. ... Dialogue: Francesca: 'If the Simpsons have dishonored you, they have dishonored our family, and we shall take revenge as a family.' ... Gino: 'Vendetta! Vendetta! Vendetta for mi papa!' ... On-screen: Bob crushes grapes with his oversized feet.
'Dame Judith Underdunk! ... greatest classical actress of her generation.' ... 'every member of his family played a part!' ... 'You're all under arrest.' ... Bob: 'that will overheat, then explode, setting off this TNT.' ... Dr. Hibbert: 'This man is dead.' ... 'Stop that cremation!' ... On-screen: Lisa and the Simpsons stop the cremation and free Bart. ... On-screen: Bob locks Bart in a coffin at the empty funeral home while the assembled Terwilligers laugh. ... Announcer: 'his widow, Francesca, and his son, Gino.' ... On-screen: Gino is visibly older and taller than in "The Italian Bob".
Wanted listing: "Sideshow Bob". ... On-screen: Bob slips through the open prison gate while the guards watch Marge and Homer leave.
On-screen: Bart holds a keychain bearing the initials 'S' and 'B'. ... Bart and Lisa: 'Sideshow Bob!' ... Dialogue: 'He ruined the wedding, getting his revenge on us at last!' ... 'Because he knows that if Mom and Dad don't get married, I'll never be born!' ... Krusty: 'I was with Bob the whole day.' ... Patty: 'Now there's no evidence to tie us to the kidnapping.' ... Lovejoy: 'Do you remember when I remarried you two after Homer got that divorce?' ... Marge: 'We know it was you, Selma Bouvier.' ... On-screen: Patty and Selma are revealed as Homer's kidnappers.
On-screen: the Simpson family crosses the Cheers set dressed as its regulars; Sideshow Bob follows dressed as Frasier Crane.
Bart: 'Oh, I don't need a brother, and no dream will convince me I do.' ... On-screen: Bob and Cecil fly kites together.
Bob: 'the only geographic location in the U.S. where five states meet, and where you will meet your doom.' ... Officer: 'Welcome to my jurisdiction.' ... Bob: 'I began by removing Walt's face.' ... Bob: 'where your murder will be unprosecutable.' ... 'No single act is against any law.' ... On-screen: Bob wears Walt's face over his own, then removes it; state police surround him and he raises his hands.
Mayor Quimby: 'We are here to banish the Simpsons.' ... Sideshow Bob: 'I believe you know my position.'
Bart: 'They let Sideshow Bob out of prison again.' Bart: 'Huh, didn't know they still ran those trains.' ... On-screen: Bob runs onto the tracks toward Bart and is struck by a train.
Bob: 'Python jaw... unhinge!' ... On-screen: Bob unhinges his jaw and lunges at Kearney.
Bob: 'So when Monsarno Labs asked for experimental subjects, I ... gladly volunteered.' ... 'I wrote up my results and went from subject to scientist.' ... Lisa: 'Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass.' ... Bob: 'Lisa, we can talk Walt Whitman.' ... Lisa learns that Sideshow Bob is the chief scientist at a big chemical engineering company. ... 'You're going to take DNA from these historical figures and add it to your own!' ... Bob: 'I shall be the wisest and strongest maniac ever to bring the blessings of dictatorship to the world!' ... Family member: 'Could you take a picture of me with my family?' ... 'Oh, would you take another for safety?' ... 'Now, can you take one with my husband's camera?' ... Bob: 'Python jaw... unhinge!' ... 'love the earth and sun and animals' ... Bob: 'Oh, right, I gave myself gills.' ... Teenager: 'We're here to stop you with the help of the teenage abstinence class!' ... On-screen: the teenagers attack Bob. ... On-screen: Bob chases Bart and Lisa and then jumps from the dam. ... Bob: 'Who am I kidding? My only exit ... is a final one.'
Sideshow Bob: 'Krusty, condolences on your loss.' ... Setting: prison yard.
Lassen: 'We should team up.' ... Bob: 'Who gets to gut him ...?' Lassen: 'I assumed we'd take turns.' Bob: 'No deal.' ... Lassen: 'I can get you out of here.'
In the annual Fright Fest Halloween episode, Sideshow Bob finally kills Bart, only to reanimate him. ... Bob: ''Twas I who texted you! Using Milhouse's phone.' ... Bob: 'I killed Bart dead.' ... 'Reanimate?' ... On-screen: Bob repeatedly kills reanimated versions of Bart; the Simpsons rescue Bart, who uses the machine to turn Bob into a creature amalgamation. ... On-screen: Bob lures Bart into the band classroom with Milhouse's phone and kills him with a spear gun.
Closing song: "In the house next door to Flanders ... There's a devil boy named Bart." ... On-screen: Bob and other inmates wipe Bart's graffiti from Hettie Mae Boggs's poster.
Homer: "Aah! Sideshow Bob!" ... Sideshow Bob: "So we decided to form this furious four." ... On-screen: Maggie kills Bob and the other living members of the Furious Four. ... Closing song: "♪ 600 ♪"; Bob appears among the featured characters.
"Now, there are 12 types of visits to Cuba that are legally permitted." ... On-screen: Bob waits silently in the Cuban customs line.
Sign held by Sideshow Bob: 'Die Clown'. ... On-screen: Bob stands among the crowd above the frozen lake while Krusty struggles beneath the ice.
Therapist: 'Have you ever thought of how your life could've gone had you committed to good?' ... Bob: 'I don't want to kill you anymore.' ... 'Five minutes to launch.' ... Bart: 'So, why'd you save us?' ... Bob: 'Because I realized I don't want to kill you anymore.' ... Bob: 'I rewrite it every time the tide goes out.' ... On-screen: an older Bob, now a lighthouse keeper, writes "DIE BART DIE" in the sand. ... On-screen: Bob has tied Bart and Milhouse to the missile as its launch countdown begins.
Fat Tony: "Dear Lord, who sees all ... you know I am innocent." ... On-screen: Bob escapes through the open prison gate and is struck by a truck carrying rakes.
Bart: 'Find the person who stole the presents.' ... Bob: 'Very well.' ... 'S.B. is Smithers and Burns!'
"Swish and slash and spin and kick and slice that belly and hello, guts." ... On-screen: Obeseus slices Bob's gladiator in half. ... Dialogue: "Swish and slash, and spin and kick, then slice that belly and hello, guts."
Card caption: "Just what you've always wanted". ... On-screen: Bob holds a Bart-shaped wrapped present.
On-screen inscription by Sideshow Bob: "Die, Kirk, die." ... On-screen lettering on Kirk's chest: "Die Kirk Die". ... On-screen: Sideshow Bob writes "Die Kirk Die" on Kirk's chest. ... Krusty: 'It's Krusty Burger's 50th anniversary, and I want you to celebrate with me at Krusty Fest.'
To track down a gruesome serial killer, Lisa turns to a murderer from her past. ... Bob: 'Wait. Did you only ask me to sing to forestall your gruesome end?' ... Bob: 'Speak in riddles or drop a clue in a clever anagram' ... Lisa: 'Wha-- I can't be the killer.' ... Bob: 'Split personalities?' ... Lisa: 'Professor Lisa had no idea she was my accomplice.' ... Bob: 'The penultimate.' ... "♪ He remains an Englishman ♪" ... On-screen: security footage shows Lisa committing the murders; Lisa waits in Bob's new cell and gleefully slashes him. ... Officer: 'we could use your help on a case.' ... Lisa: 'they'd send me to your prison.' ... On-screen: Bob kills Bart as Lisa watches.
To track down a gruesome serial killer, Lisa turns to a murderer from her past. ... Bob: 'Wait. Did you only ask me to sing to forestall your gruesome end?' ... Bob: 'Speak in riddles or drop a clue in a clever anagram' ... Lisa: 'Wha-- I can't be the killer.' ... Bob: 'Split personalities?' ... Lisa: 'Professor Lisa had no idea she was my accomplice.' ... Bob: 'The penultimate.' ... "♪ He remains an Englishman ♪" ... On-screen: security footage shows Lisa committing the murders; Lisa waits in Bob's new cell and gleefully slashes him. ... Officer: 'we could use your help on a case.' ... Lisa: 'they'd send me to your prison.' ... On-screen: Bob kills Bart as Lisa watches.
Bob: 'a luxury suite meant for my wife's luggage.' ... Bob: 'You expose my past to my wife.' ... Marge: 'if your wife turns up dead' ... Sociopath. ... the narcissist. ... Bob married my sister for her money. ... proper medication. ... Tasha, why? ... Bob. ... Mel. ... Bob: 'Hello, Simpsons. Bart.' ... Bob: 'Sociopath. Two distinct diagnoses. With a slight touch of ... the narcissist.' ... On-screen: Tasha throws Bob from the cliff; he survives and later speaks with Sideshow Mel. ... Bob: 'all I really needed was the love of a good woman. And the proper medication.'
On-screen: Bob repeatedly steps on rakes, whose handles strike him in the face.
Bart: 'Look, that's Sideshow Bob's mother.' ... Lisa: 'Dame Judith Underdunk! She's the greatest classical actress of her generation.' ... Sideshow Bob: 'For my first witness I call my father, Dr. Robert Terwilliger, Senior.' ... On-screen: Dame Judith has the same curly, spiked hairstyle as Bob and Cecil.
When the Simpsons go to Italy to get a car for Burns, they discover that Sideshow Bob has become a beloved small-town mayor. ... Bob: 'This is my bride, Francesca, and my son, Gino.' ... Francesca: 'If the Simpsons have dishonor you, they have dishonored our family. And we should take revenge as a family.' ... Gino: 'Vendetta! Vendetta! Vendetta for me papa!' ... On-screen: Gino angrily chases a butterfly through the Colosseum ruins. ... Dialogue: Francesca: 'If the Simpsons have dishonored you, they have dishonored our family, and we shall take revenge as a family.' ... Gino: 'Vendetta! Vendetta! Vendetta for mi papa!'
On-screen: Bob repeatedly steps on rakes, whose handles strike him in the face.
Kelsey Grammer ... injecting ... deliciously vile energy ... Springfield just wouldn't be the same without him. ... Kelsey Grammer scores big-time by injecting caustic, bitter, contemptuous and deliciously vile energy into his rendition of Sideshow Bob. Springfield just wouldn't be the same without him.
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he is shot out on a cannon ... he plummets to the ground, his afro burned off, his body limp ... In Krusty's absence, Sideshow Bob transforms the show ... into a "Cavalcade of Whimsy", a high-minded master class for Ivy League-bound rugrats.
Bob's plans to kill Selma ... kill Selma through a gas explosion set off by one of her beloved cigarettes ... musicality and a poetry to his performance ... an exemplar of over-class rage, a snob with a vendetta. ... He manages to make a prissy elitist scary. ... respect children's intellects even if he has to kill and frame and maim to do so ... aristocratic rage lurking underneath Grammer's impeccable good manners
Bob hijacks a nuke and the Duff blimp, demands that Springfield unplug the TV drug forever, ... my dark horse pick for best…Bob…ever. ... actually detonates the (thankfully faulty) bomb, and then kidnaps Bart to kill the defiantly schticky Krusty (broadcasting from a civil defense shack in "the remote alkali flats of the Springfield badlands").
Bob hijacks a nuke and the Duff blimp, demands that Springfield unplug the TV drug forever, ... my dark horse pick for best…Bob…ever. ... actually detonates the (thankfully faulty) bomb, and then kidnaps Bart to kill the defiantly schticky Krusty (broadcasting from a civil defense shack in "the remote alkali flats of the Springfield badlands").
Bob is absolutely blameless. ... work-release job alongside his brother Cecil ... a hydrological and hydrodynamical engineer. ... a turning point for the relationship. ... Bob does save him ... a variety of funny Frasier parallels ... Like Frasier and Niles, Bob and Cecil needle each other ... Bob saved Bart as well, heroically so.
Bob is absolutely blameless. ... work-release job alongside his brother Cecil ... a hydrological and hydrodynamical engineer. ... a turning point for the relationship. ... Bob does save him ... a variety of funny Frasier parallels ... Like Frasier and Niles, Bob and Cecil needle each other ... Bob saved Bart as well, heroically so. ... All he wants is to get out of prison and lead a normal life, even preventing his own brother's evil plot in the bargain. Bart is suspicious ... even when Bob is trying to save his life. ... Bob is judged as guilty as Cecil in the end. ... they're not that dissimilar after all
Sideshow Bob still always signals an above-average episode ... Bob's brother Cecil ... David Hyde Pierce ... Terwilliger boys' father ... John Mahoney.
once Bob/"Walt" made his appearance, the rest of the show moved at a brisk pace ... the Face/Off business ... the logic of it was well-constructed. ... The showdown at Five Corners played out just like "Cape Feare," complete with rake gag.
Kelsey Grammer ... some 24 years after his first appearance as the fright-wigged, intermittently homicidal, incongruously cultured Robert Underdunk Terwilliger ... can make the character as vitally funny and menacing as ever. ... Bob and Lisa are a natural pairing. ... secretly been splicing the hell out of himself with animal DNA and plotting to steal that of historical figures in order to essentially transform himself into a supervillain. ... his experimentation is cartoonish, even for The Simpsons. But more crucially, it's just unimaginatively lazy. ... tries to eat a teenager with his genetically modified python jaw ... Bob tries to kill himself in grief over what he's become ... Bob's implanted himself with gills
Apart from Mason, Kelsey Grammer gets one line as Sideshow Bob ...
Bart's machinations at Blazing Guy ruin both his teaching and running naked and setting things on fire careers land him in prison guard blues ...
impaling ... with a spear gun ... bring Bart back to life ... murder him ... luring Bart ... with a faux Milhouse text ... severing Bob's head ...
Kelsey Grammer ... another reliably funny, tongue-tripping treat ... glimmers of ... self-awareness ... greying Bob ... writes his long-ago tattooed threat "Die Bart, Die" on the beach.
recruit Bob to be a mall Santa. ... Kelsey Grammer's obvious joy in the villainous role ... Bob's appearances have waxed and waned in comic effectiveness.
Sam Simon had worked on Cheers, so that's how I got involved in that. ... He just called one day and said, 'Hey, Kels, I remember you used to sing a lot on the set of Cheers.' ... playing Dr. Frasier Crane for nine years on Cheers
Kelsey Grammer, who had worked with Rabb in the theater, would later claim to have used him as the model for Sideshow Bob
I always think Kelsey [Grammer]'s work picks everything up when he's in the show.
the writers began playing up these connections, first bringing in David Hyde Pierce to voice Bob's brother Cecil ... John Mahoney as their patriarch.
the writers began playing up these connections, first bringing in David Hyde Pierce to voice Bob's brother Cecil ... John Mahoney as their patriarch.
Kelsey Grammer has managed to shape his wild-haired, big-footed snob into a full-fledged character ... Bob's well-documented voter-fraud scheme involves stuffing the voter logs with the dead ... a full-fledged character ... motivations beyond an obsession with killing Bart. ... Robert Underdunk Terwilliger's mania ... extends to the whole of humanity. ... finest half-hour of political satire ... people pulling the lever without knowing why ... politicians who'll say anything.
THE VERY REASON THAT I LIVE (Featuring Kelsey Grammer) ... HULLABA LULA (Featuring Kelsey Grammer)
officially open at Universal Studios Hollywood ... and Universal Orlando Resort ... has taken control of the park to get his revenge ...
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A reformed Sideshow Bob has been released from jail and proposes marriage to Selma.
But what about that tattoo on your chest? Doesn't it say, "Die Bart, Die?"
his symbolic 'duel' between two sets of tattooed knuckles ('LOVE' and 'HATE')
He is an elitist who detests lowbrow culture ... stands for highbrow and the Simpson family ... lowbrow entertainment. ... an episode about the entire Sideshow Bob family that is characterized as snobby and elitist ... filled with intertextual meta-humour based upon Grammer's Frasier ... every part of Sideshow Bob's family playing a role
He is an elitist who detests lowbrow culture ... stands for highbrow and the Simpson family ... lowbrow entertainment. ... an episode about the entire Sideshow Bob family that is characterized as snobby and elitist ... filled with intertextual meta-humour based upon Grammer's Frasier ... every part of Sideshow Bob's family playing a role
More than three-dozen original songs ... bundled ... "The Very Reason That I Live" with Sideshow Bob. ... Hullaba Lula (featuring Kelsey Grammer) ...
an exclusive sneak peek clip below ... Lisa playing the role of Clarice Starling and Sideshow Bob taking on the iconic role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter. ... THE SIMPSONS © 2023 by 20th Television.
Air title appears to be Brother From Another Series. Working title appears to be Sideshow Bob's Brother. Writers: Keeler, Ken.
They soon realize that Krusty was framed by an impersonator. ... Sideshow Bob ... admits that he was tired of being the brunt of Krusty's jokes.
Bart saves Selma from Sideshow Bob's maniacal scheme to blow her up. ... Police Chief Wiggum escorts Sideshow Bob to jail.
the houseboat has drifted back to Springfield, where Police Chief Wiggum places Sideshow Bob under arrest.
Sideshow Bob parodies the popular Christmas song "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" with the help of some Disney Villains.
recurring character themes are for ... Sideshow Bob ... The "Cape Feare" episode called for a Bernard Herrmann style score ... The only recurring character themes are for Mr. Burns, Krusty the Clown, and Sideshow Bob. ... extra French horns, trombones, tuba and percussion
He is so great. ... he has this love of musical theater and he has the vocal instrument to go with it. ... He's just amazing. ... so I know whatever I write is going to be sung the way I've heard it.
Robert Underdunk Terwilliger Jr., PhD – SIDESHOW BOB
Robert Underdunk Terwilliger Jr., PhD – SIDESHOW BOB
Sideshow Slob ... Sideshow Bob ... comic story ... 21 pages ... publication date: [January] 2012 ... on-sale date: 2012-01-18 ... Script: Ian Boothby (credited) ... Pencils: John Delaney (credited)
We also have the return of Sideshow Bob with Kelsey Grammer, which is always great.
Kelsey Grammer plays Sideshow Bob.
no longer wants to kill Bart ... retire to a lighthouse ... "Gone Boy" only captured the most tepid moments of each.
Sideshow Bob's appearance coincides with a rash of stolen UPS packages. ... the Christmas present crime wave is ... one of Mr. Burns Grinchy indulgences ...
Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria and Kelsey Grammer are all on hand to lend their voices.
Actor Kelsey Grammer, who plays Frasier ... alongside his father and brother in the programme, John Mahoney and David Hyde Pierce.
October 11 - The Simpsons: "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
For Sideshow Bob, Bart Simpson epitomizes not only the viewer, but also the champion of television. ... competition between media: fatal contests for applause and audience. ... first meet Sideshow Bob as a dejected artist ... speaks with classical diction ... He loathes the popular chum of television and yearns for the gravitas of theatrical tragedy and comedy. ... cast into the role of sideshow clown ... inherit the spotlight ... substitute for Krusty
He wins in a landslide, getting 100 percent of the vote.
Bob is offered ... to experience the passage of time and accumulate and retain an eventful history. ... eventfulness without progression. ... Francesca and Gino stand by him, and they swear a vendetta against the Simpson family. ... his head to come just past their knees ... comes up to his mother's waist ... no longer those of a toddler. ... Whilst on a trip to Italy, the Simpsons end up stranded in the small Tuscan village of Salsiccia, where it turns out that Bob is the mayor. ... Bob is desperate that the family not reveal to his wife (and to the citizens of the town) that, in America, he is a criminal with a long and violent record. ... Bob has a son of toddler age, Gino, by his Italian wife, Francesca. ... Lisa becomes intoxicated during a town banquet and reveals Bob's criminal past. ... Bob loses his position as mayor. ... This is contrasted with the temporal experiences of the Simpsons themselves, for whom there is eventfulness without progression.
Bob is offered ... to experience the passage of time and accumulate and retain an eventful history. ... eventfulness without progression. ... Francesca and Gino stand by him, and they swear a vendetta against the Simpson family. ... his head to come just past their knees ... comes up to his mother's waist ... no longer those of a toddler. ... Whilst on a trip to Italy, the Simpsons end up stranded in the small Tuscan village of Salsiccia, where it turns out that Bob is the mayor. ... Bob is desperate that the family not reveal to his wife (and to the citizens of the town) that, in America, he is a criminal with a long and violent record. ... Bob has a son of toddler age, Gino, by his Italian wife, Francesca. ... Lisa becomes intoxicated during a town banquet and reveals Bob's criminal past. ... Bob loses his position as mayor. ... This is contrasted with the temporal experiences of the Simpsons themselves, for whom there is eventfulness without progression.
The leitmotif is derived from Bernard Herrmann's main theme music for CAPE FEAR.
one tends to inherit the character from one's own father ... He looks like and speaks like his father. ... shares his father's cruel and criminal character ... out of rage, chases a butterfly within the ruined walls of the Coliseum ... with his mother, helps Bob to try to kill the Simpsons ... associated with the cruel aristocratic and anti-democratic Shakespearean character of Coriolanus ... young Marcius, the general's son, raged against a beautiful butterfly and destroyed it ... The allusion to the Shakespearean Roman drama is clearSpecifically printed p. 42 (PDF p. 8), in § 3, "Ridiculing the Shakespeare myth": the discussion of Gino and Francesca and the comparison with young Marcius in Coriolanus.
"Sideshow Bob Roberts" ... these episodes utilized Machiavellian principles.
"Sideshow Bob Roberts" well illustrates the battle of ideologies on the show and its engagement with the politics of sexuality. ... Smithers states: "Unfortunately, Side Show Bob's ultraconservative views conflict with my choice of, um, lifestyle." ... whereas in the past Smithers' sexual orientation was private and apolitical, it has now become public and overtly political.
According to David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder, the imagery of disability in fictional text is a common trope ... what they call narrative prosthesis ... used by authors to drive a story forward ... a symbolic signifier responsible for the encoding of character traits ... an agent of high culture and intellectual enlightenment ... rendered an ability rather than a normative deviance. ... marked by his freak hair and oversized feet ... functions as narrative prosthesis ... huge feet do not make him an outsider ... practical device for crushing grapes ... Bob appears only occasionally on the show; his character does not develop and provides a theme for setting up a story ... is regularly "punished" for his immorality by being sent to Springfield Penitentiary ... Bob's feet were once the object of evidence after Bob had disguised himself as Krusty ... Though he is disgusted by being a clown and by the low culture that surrounds him ... Bob's existence is both based and dependent on popular culture ... elements that correspond to our cultural understanding of a clown and cartoon character
According to David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder, the imagery of disability in fictional text is a common trope ... what they call narrative prosthesis ... used by authors to drive a story forward ... a symbolic signifier responsible for the encoding of character traits ... an agent of high culture and intellectual enlightenment ... rendered an ability rather than a normative deviance. ... marked by his freak hair and oversized feet ... functions as narrative prosthesis ... huge feet do not make him an outsider ... practical device for crushing grapes ... Bob appears only occasionally on the show; his character does not develop and provides a theme for setting up a story ... is regularly "punished" for his immorality by being sent to Springfield Penitentiary ... Bob's feet were once the object of evidence after Bob had disguised himself as Krusty ... Though he is disgusted by being a clown and by the low culture that surrounds him ... Bob's existence is both based and dependent on popular culture ... elements that correspond to our cultural understanding of a clown and cartoon character
The episode they are referencing ... is Cape Feare (1993), which itself is an appropriation of 1991's film Cape Fear.
a group of survivors of the fall of civilization recreating episodes of the long-running animated Fox television series The Simpsons.
But what about that tattoo on your chest? Doesn't it say, "Die Bart, Die?"
to understand the humorous implicature, the ... audience is expected to know that die in German is the definite article. ... even German viewers may find this play confusing ... Neither Ukrainian nor Russian versions boast of an effective solution as they lose the double entendre.
Bart foils Bob by convincing him to sing the entirety of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore.
According to David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder, the imagery of disability in fictional text is a common trope ... what they call narrative prosthesis ... used by authors to drive a story forward ... a symbolic signifier responsible for the encoding of character traits ... an agent of high culture and intellectual enlightenment ... rendered an ability rather than a normative deviance. ... marked by his freak hair and oversized feet ... functions as narrative prosthesis ... huge feet do not make him an outsider ... practical device for crushing grapes ... Bob appears only occasionally on the show; his character does not develop and provides a theme for setting up a story ... is regularly "punished" for his immorality by being sent to Springfield Penitentiary ... Bob's feet were once the object of evidence after Bob had disguised himself as Krusty ... Though he is disgusted by being a clown and by the low culture that surrounds him ... Bob's existence is both based and dependent on popular culture ... elements that correspond to our cultural understanding of a clown and cartoon character
Bob is offered ... to experience the passage of time and accumulate and retain an eventful history. ... eventfulness without progression. ... Francesca and Gino stand by him, and they swear a vendetta against the Simpson family. ... his head to come just past their knees ... comes up to his mother's waist ... no longer those of a toddler. ... Whilst on a trip to Italy, the Simpsons end up stranded in the small Tuscan village of Salsiccia, where it turns out that Bob is the mayor. ... Bob is desperate that the family not reveal to his wife (and to the citizens of the town) that, in America, he is a criminal with a long and violent record. ... Bob has a son of toddler age, Gino, by his Italian wife, Francesca. ... Lisa becomes intoxicated during a town banquet and reveals Bob's criminal past. ... Bob loses his position as mayor. ... This is contrasted with the temporal experiences of the Simpsons themselves, for whom there is eventfulness without progression.
Bob is offered ... to experience the passage of time and accumulate and retain an eventful history. ... eventfulness without progression. ... Francesca and Gino stand by him, and they swear a vendetta against the Simpson family. ... his head to come just past their knees ... comes up to his mother's waist ... no longer those of a toddler. ... Whilst on a trip to Italy, the Simpsons end up stranded in the small Tuscan village of Salsiccia, where it turns out that Bob is the mayor. ... Bob is desperate that the family not reveal to his wife (and to the citizens of the town) that, in America, he is a criminal with a long and violent record. ... Bob has a son of toddler age, Gino, by his Italian wife, Francesca. ... Lisa becomes intoxicated during a town banquet and reveals Bob's criminal past. ... Bob loses his position as mayor. ... This is contrasted with the temporal experiences of the Simpsons themselves, for whom there is eventfulness without progression.
Bob is offered ... to experience the passage of time and accumulate and retain an eventful history. ... eventfulness without progression. ... Francesca and Gino stand by him, and they swear a vendetta against the Simpson family. ... his head to come just past their knees ... comes up to his mother's waist ... no longer those of a toddler. ... Whilst on a trip to Italy, the Simpsons end up stranded in the small Tuscan village of Salsiccia, where it turns out that Bob is the mayor. ... Bob is desperate that the family not reveal to his wife (and to the citizens of the town) that, in America, he is a criminal with a long and violent record. ... Bob has a son of toddler age, Gino, by his Italian wife, Francesca. ... Lisa becomes intoxicated during a town banquet and reveals Bob's criminal past. ... Bob loses his position as mayor. ... This is contrasted with the temporal experiences of the Simpsons themselves, for whom there is eventfulness without progression.
the episode sees Bob released from prison into a program working for brother Cecil (David Hyde Pierce).
concerning his retirement and the end of his show ... before moving on to the return of Sideshow Bob.
Even Sideshow Bob makes an appearance: a truly undaunting experience in which you simply tap evil Bob to arrest him.
In a running reference to Wile E. Coyote, those plans are continuously foiled by less intellectual people. ... Stepping on rakes is another running gag
Sideshow Bob is a brilliant creation.
to understand the humorous implicature, the ... audience is expected to know that die in German is the definite article. ... even German viewers may find this play confusing ... Neither Ukrainian nor Russian versions boast of an effective solution as they lose the double entendre.
Only this time, instead of his diabolical plan being foiled at the last possible moment, Bob will actually kill Bart Simpson.
Kelsey Grammer reprises his voice role as the villainous aesthete and is also joined by guest voice star Chloe Fineman.
Kelsey Grammer's grand voice-performance as Sideshow Bob is Frasier pickled in arsenic. ... 3. CAPE FEARE ... genius in its repetitive stupidity.
a real treat for anyone who can't get enough of Grammer and Pierce's pretentious, pseudo-intellectual banter.
Kelsey Grammer's grand voice-performance as Sideshow Bob is Frasier pickled in arsenic. ... 3. CAPE FEARE ... genius in its repetitive stupidity.
PREVIOUSLY UNAIRED BONUS TRACKS ... HULLABA LULA (FEATURING KELSEY GRAMMER)
To this day, it's frequently counted among the series' very best episodes in critic and fan lists.
Sideshow Bob is lured into confessing to fraud on the stand, "A Few Good Men" style.
Selections from H.M.S. Pinafore in "Cape Feare."
Bart foils Bob's latest plans by asking him to perform the complete score of "H.M.S. Pinafore."
It's just a fun character. He is, I think, the greatest animated villain of all-time
Guest Voice Cast: Chloe Fineman as Tasha, Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob.
We deal with how Bob would really feel once he accomplished this goal he's had his whole life.
evil dudes like Nelson the bully and Sideshow Bob getting in my way ...
I'm really, really careful about approving new Sideshow Bob episodes ... I never want to feel like we're burning the character out.
Sideshow Bob ... will kill Bart during the show's Halloween episode this fall.
Bart's arch nemesis, a now surgically altered Sideshow Bob, is released from prison, ... Bart must figure out which newly arrived citizen is really Bob in disguise.
Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons is portrayed as a "crazy" loner with a physical disability.
the return of Sideshow Bob, with guest stars John Mahoney as his father ... Sideshow Bob will also be part of the new Simpsons ride.
the return of Sideshow Bob, with guest stars John Mahoney as his father ... Sideshow Bob will also be part of the new Simpsons ride. ... and David Hyde Pierce as his brother
It revolves around Lisa Simpson's pursuit of revenge against Sideshow Bob, who has been incarcerated after a feud with Bart turns fatal.
we're not really killing Bart because it's the Halloween show ... I was always the kind of kid that wanted Coyote to eat the Roadrunner, so this made me very happy
we're not really killing Bart because it's the Halloween show ... I was always the kind of kid that wanted Coyote to eat the Roadrunner, so this made me very happy
bought enough time for the houseboat to reach Springfield ... Bob in his prime—his vengeful, glorious, hilarious prime.
the Simpsons came across Bob as the happy mayor of a small village, until Lisa divulged that Bob was an attempted-murderer. Canning, Robert (December 2, 2009). "The Simpsons: Top 10 Sideshow Bob Episodes". IGN. introduction and ranked list, nos. 10–1. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2026.
the only ones I'd consider clunkers. These remaining episodes are all quite fun ... we're left with ten episodes to fill ten slots ... All the things we love ... were missing ... a whole lot of laughs ... Funeral for a Fiend ... The Italian Bob
Bob faked his own death and made it appear Bart was to blame. ... making Mahoney's father character just as uppity and snobbish as his animated sons
Bob finds himself in a bit of an existential crisis without his defining purpose in life
Sideshow Bob, Jeff "Comic Book Guy" Albertson, and Mr. Burns are just a few of the characters to make the jump into the game.
Where they were uppity snobs, aghast at the common people and situations they encountered, their father was a down-to-earth, average guy. Instead of keeping that dynamic ... Bob faked his own death and made it appear Bart was to blame. ... making Mahoney's father character just as uppity and snobbish as his animated sons
Funeral for a Fiendat no. 9 and
The Italian Bobat no. 10; Robert Canning:
the only ones I'd consider clunkers. These remaining episodes are all quite fun ...;
we're left with ten episodes to fill ten slots;
“The Italian Bob” falls lowest in the ranking;
All the things we love about a Sideshow Bob episode—the vengeance, the familiar settings and characters, the elaborate scheming—were missing from this half-hour. Without it, Bob wasn't nearly as entertaining, and the episode didn't result in a whole lot of laughs.. Canning, Robert (December 2, 2009). "The Simpsons: Top 10 Sideshow Bob Episodes". IGN. introduction and ranked list, nos. 10–1. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2026.
the only ones I'd consider clunkers. These remaining episodes are all quite fun ... we're left with ten episodes to fill ten slots ... All the things we love ... were missing ... a whole lot of laughs ... Funeral for a Fiend ... The Italian Bob
Overall, this was a great return to form for an appearance from Sideshow Bob.
2. Sideshow Bob ... Sideshow Bob is a man of contradictions ... doesn't seem to match up to the well spoken and even musically talented maniac. ... Sideshow Bob is a man of contradictions; his goofy appearance, complete with palm tree like hair, doesn't seem to match up to the well spoken and even musically talented maniac.
SEASON FIVE: 'Cape Feare'. ... we present what we think is the best episode from each of the past 17 seasons.
Bob cannot bring himself to kill Bart because he has grown too fond of him.
Outside of Frasier, Grammer's most enduring role came as a voice actor, playing the mop-haired criminal clown Sideshow Bob.
he loves to sing, which is one of the reasons he was cast as Bob by Sam Simon ... Sam had worked on Cheers ... we've had him sing pretty much every time he's been on ... Bob say, "Tired gag." ... I can't tell anybody else not to ... one reason the rake sequence got so long is the show was short ... I can add a little time here ... Sam Simon had always said ... if you do a joke and it's funny and then you repeat it and it's not funny, but then you keep coming back to it, it gets really funny ... that was the principle ... why did you decide to make Sideshow Bob the focus of this Halloween short? ... he loves to sing ... we thought him doing a Halloween version of "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" would be great
he loves to sing, which is one of the reasons he was cast as Bob by Sam Simon ... Sam had worked on Cheers ... we've had him sing pretty much every time he's been on ... Bob say, "Tired gag." ... I can't tell anybody else not to ... one reason the rake sequence got so long is the show was short ... I can add a little time here ... Sam Simon had always said ... if you do a joke and it's funny and then you repeat it and it's not funny, but then you keep coming back to it, it gets really funny ... that was the principle ... why did you decide to make Sideshow Bob the focus of this Halloween short? ... he loves to sing ... we thought him doing a Halloween version of "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" would be great
David Silverman wanted to put it at the end and have Bob say, “Tired gag.” ... that's the last time I'll do it. ... I can’t tell anybody else not to.. Kleinman, Jake (October 11, 2024). "How Sideshow Bob Became a Disney Villain". Inverse (Interview with Al Jean). Opening answer on making Bob the short's focus; questions about Bob's casting, singing, and rake gag. Retrieved September 4, 2026.
he loves to sing, which is one of the reasons he was cast as Bob by Sam Simon ... Sam had worked on Cheers ... we've had him sing pretty much every time he's been on ... Bob say, "Tired gag." ... I can't tell anybody else not to ... one reason the rake sequence got so long is the show was short ... I can add a little time here ... Sam Simon had always said ... if you do a joke and it's funny and then you repeat it and it's not funny, but then you keep coming back to it, it gets really funny ... that was the principle ... why did you decide to make Sideshow Bob the focus of this Halloween short? ... he loves to sing ... we thought him doing a Halloween version of "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" would be great
For Sideshow Bob, Bart Simpson epitomizes not only the viewer, but also the champion of television. ... competition between media: fatal contests for applause and audience. ... first meet Sideshow Bob as a dejected artist ... speaks with classical diction ... He loathes the popular chum of television and yearns for the gravitas of theatrical tragedy and comedy. ... cast into the role of sideshow clown ... inherit the spotlight ... substitute for Krusty
Like a self-aware Farmville, Tapped Out encourages world-building and comparing progress with friends, but also acknowledges the strangeness of this genre.
He wins in a landslide, getting 100 percent of the vote.
Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons is portrayed as a "crazy" loner with a physical disability.
The latest Disney+ Simpsons short will see Sideshow Bob team up with iconic Disney villains to discover the "true" meaning of Halloween.
Today is the long-awaited official opening of the Simpsons ride at Universal Studios!
Sideshow Bob—voiced by Kelsey Grammer—will get out of prison again, this time with the words Die Bart Die tattooed on his chest.
Bob is reunited with his brother, who is voiced by Grammer's "Frasier" sibling, David Hyde Pierce.
You just returned to voice Sideshow Bob in "The Simpsons'" latest Treehouse of Horror Halloween episode on Fox.
We had talked about doing a Simpsons movie using Sideshow Bob as the big villain ... and saved him for the ride.
Sideshow Bob — a clownish figure played by Kelsey Grammer and made all the funnier by his articulateness and intelligence.
the two men ... play brothers ... he was hired to be Niles Crane
I won an Emmy for Sideshow Bob, for the episode "The Italian Bob".
This is a variation of the "no harm, no foul" defense ... the "Sideshow Bob" defense.
With his smooth, deep voice, Grammer has been sought after for voice-over work, performing as Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons.
one tends to inherit the character from one's own father ... He looks like and speaks like his father. ... shares his father's cruel and criminal character ... out of rage, chases a butterfly within the ruined walls of the Coliseum ... with his mother, helps Bob to try to kill the Simpsons ... associated with the cruel aristocratic and anti-democratic Shakespearean character of Coriolanus ... young Marcius, the general's son, raged against a beautiful butterfly and destroyed it ... The allusion to the Shakespearean Roman drama is clearSpecifically printed p. 42 (PDF p. 8), in § 3, "Ridiculing the Shakespeare myth": the discussion of Gino and Francesca and the comparison with young Marcius in Coriolanus.
we figured that would revert back ... Interviewer: 'At the end of it, he was still a good guy, right?'
Bart, marooned on a houseboat, averts death at the hands of Sideshow Bob. ... By the time Bob's renditions are over, the boat has run aground and the police are on hand to apprehend him.
Sam Simon called me ... he liked Cole Porter. And I said, 'Oh, this is Ellis Rabb.'
Sam Simon called me ... he liked Cole Porter. And I said, 'Oh, this is Ellis Rabb.' ... I started to just kind of record him in my head. ... when Sam Simon called ... I first read the script ... 'Oh, this is Ellis Rabb. This is the guy.' ... I usually always record it if we do it again. But they may be opting for the original. ... it's funny to just have it be exactly the same ... I'd probably just go with the original. ... I mean, he casts a long shadow through the universe.
It was the one episode that we're short on time-wise and a writer goes, 'What about more rakes?'
"Sideshow Bob Roberts" ... these episodes utilized Machiavellian principles.
The character's name is Dr. Terwilliker, an evil piano teacher. That's where Matt got the name.
We repeated the sequence exactly, and somehow turned a slapstick joke into a surreal classic.
Bird directed multiple episodes, and even designed the character of Sideshow Bob.
Working from lyrics within the script, he writes the music behind the words.
If only one piece of Western culture were to survive the apocalypse, you could do worse than the "Cape Feare" episode of "The Simpsons."
Southwest Terwilliger Boulevard ... culturally sophisticated jailbird Sideshow Bob Terwilliger just keeps coming back in his quest to exact revenge on Bart.
Bart, marooned on a houseboat, averts death at the hands of Sideshow Bob. ... By the time Bob's renditions are over, the boat has run aground and the police are on hand to apprehend him.
Later in the process, we introduced movie tropes into itIncludes an interview with Brian Kelley.
bei Sideshow You Ballons zerplatzen lassen. Eigentlich gibt es da Tickets, ihr habt aber auch eine 1%ige Chance, Donuts zu treffen.
The episode encapsulates the best of the entire series: parody of well known pop culture, sight gags ... brilliant guest performances, and wonderful randomness.
Ellis Rabb, one of the most respected actors and directors in the American theatre
"Sideshow Bob Roberts" well illustrates the battle of ideologies on the show and its engagement with the politics of sexuality. ... Smithers states: "Unfortunately, Side Show Bob's ultraconservative views conflict with my choice of, um, lifestyle." ... whereas in the past Smithers' sexual orientation was private and apolitical, it has now become public and overtly political.
Sideshow Bob has escaped from prison and has taken over the park ... doing everything he can to destroy you.
The leitmotif is derived from Bernard Herrmann's main theme music for CAPE FEAR.
Bart becomes convinced that his new neighbor is actually archenemy Sideshow Bob.
Sideshow Bob proved himself a worthy antagonist to Bart Simpson ... in a Cape Fear spoof.
I'd actually request to animate Krusty's scenes because he cracked me up. ... Sideshow Bob is another one. ... these two characters are hilarious ... Sideshow Bob is another one
consider his "Simpsons" villain, the stentorian Sideshow Bob.
its headiest ("Black Widower", a Sideshow Bob classic)
First appearance: February 25, 1990, "The Telltale Head" ... "Writing for Kelsey is great," says executive producer George Meyer. ... He can give the kind of purple, florid, melodramatic speeches that most of the characters would never give. And he can sing.
4. "Cape Feare" ... The Sideshow Bob episodes (featuring the sterling voice work of Kelsey Grammer as Bob) seem to take place in some other continuity ...
Sideshow Bob first appeared ... merely as a background character on "The Krusty the Clown Show."
Sideshow Bob ... realizes that Bart's trying to distract him ... Lisa's forced to watch her brother's gory murder right in front of her ... adult Lisa, who's now trying to catch a serial killer ... the serial killer Lisa's been looking for is ... Lisa herself ... Lisa locked in Bob's cell, gleefully murdering him
[Sam Simon] called me one afternoon and asked, 'Hey Kelsey, can you still sing?' ... painting his bathroom and hanging wallpaper ... Ellis would regale me with these stories ... 'this guy ... I'm gonna use him someday.'
[Sam Simon] called me one afternoon and asked, 'Hey Kelsey, can you still sing?' ... painting his bathroom and hanging wallpaper ... Ellis would regale me with these stories ... 'this guy ... I'm gonna use him someday.'
[Sam Simon] called me one afternoon and asked, 'Hey Kelsey, can you still sing?' ... painting his bathroom and hanging wallpaper ... Ellis would regale me with these stories ... 'this guy ... I'm gonna use him someday.'
I like that Sideshow Bob has this lighthouse ... he's sort of thinking about the life that he wastedInterview with Al Jean.
It's Sideshow Bob kills Bart, a Godzilla parody and a parody of Chronicle.
Cecil, who's played by David Hyde Pierce (the actor who portrayed Dr. Crane's brother, Niles, on Frasier) ... watching a lot of 'Frasier' at the time ... 'What if we have Sideshow Bob's brother?' ... sent it to the "Frasier" writers to peruse before putting the episode into production ... they took exception to ... showing a character named "Maris" ... Niles' wife was never once shown on-screen ... the character being shown in the episode wasn't actually supposed to be Niles' ex-wife ... "Of course it's Maris. It's Kelsey and David, it's clearly Maris."
Cecil, who's played by David Hyde Pierce (the actor who portrayed Dr. Crane's brother, Niles, on Frasier) ... watching a lot of 'Frasier' at the time ... 'What if we have Sideshow Bob's brother?'
Grammer brings a more intellectual type of villainy to Springfield, and no one could pull off this kind of character other than him.
Lisa is shocked to discover Sideshow Bob is now the chief scientist ... Bob frames Krusty in order to steal his TV show. ... Bob is paroled and marries Selma. ... The Simpsons enter witness protection to escape Sideshow Bob. ... Bob turns Bart into the Manchurian candidate to kill Krusty. ... The Simpsons turn to Bob for help when someone tries to kill Homer. ... Sideshow Bob fakes his death to get to Bart. ... "Wedding for Disaster" — Homer disappears on his re-wedding day, and Bob is the prime suspect.
Lisa is shocked to discover Sideshow Bob is now the chief scientist ... Bob frames Krusty in order to steal his TV show. ... Bob is paroled and marries Selma. ... The Simpsons enter witness protection to escape Sideshow Bob. ... Bob turns Bart into the Manchurian candidate to kill Krusty. ... The Simpsons turn to Bob for help when someone tries to kill Homer. ... Sideshow Bob fakes his death to get to Bart.
I love both the characters of Krusty and Sideshow Bob. ... I requested certain scenes to do the key drawings for. Those two characters are both really absurd and strangely real to me. ... I didn't have an assistant director on that. That was really before we figured out how to work overseas. ... they basically ignored a lot of our instructions.First published June 28, 2005; the page also displays October 28, 2005.
a group of survivors of the fall of civilization recreating episodes of the long-running animated Fox television series The Simpsons.
Sideshow Bob ... has escaped from jail, stolen Scratchy's character suit and is loose in the park. His goal: Destroy it all.
a live-action children's film based on a script by Theodor Geisel ... a young boy forced to endure hours of piano lessons
Kelsey Grammer ... The Simpsons ... Winner ... as Sideshow Bob.
5 Emmys ... Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 2006 ... Kelsey Grammer, as Sideshow Bob. ... For two decades, Grammer played psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom Cheers and its spin-off Frasier, winning four Primetime Emmy Awards ... for the role.
Nominee ... Outstanding Animated Program - 2018 ... Gone Boy.
standing mutely next to Krusty the Clown in "The Telltale Head" ... polysyllabic vocabulary and love for Gilbert and Sullivan ... writers could indulge their artier inclinations. ... Sam Simon ... had made note of Grammer's mellifluous singing voice ... to seduce, marry and (attempt to) kill Marge Simpsons's sister Selma ... rigs the election to become Springfield's Republican mayor ... waging a war on television ... casting Bob as Bart's unlikely saviour ... pairing him up with different characters, like Homer ... Al Jean has likened the dynamic to that of Wile E Coyote and the Roadrunner ... the perfect Simpsons antagonist ... villainy was tempered by a vaudevillian buffoonishness ... appeared with a goofier look ... design ... sharpened and evolved ... to better suit Grammer's smooth baritone ... Thanks largely to Sam Simon ... the producers were convinced to go with Grammer for the role of Bob ... a deranged killer who gets out of prison and plans revenge (on Bart) ... None of Bob's appearances in the past two-and-a-half decades have had the impact of "Cape Feare" ... classic, memetic "rake gag" ... writers needing to fill time ... unforgettable piece of surrealist comedy ... only recorded one rake-in-the-face reaction sound ... not expecting to hear it nine consecutive times ... Weinstein: 'It was really fun to figure out these new angles for Bob' ... 'what if the Springfield Republican party needed a new candidate for mayor ... and Sideshow Bob was the perfect candidate?' ... original (78-page-long) script for "Krusty Gets Busted" ... Sideshow Bob was written with James Earl Jones in mind ... Bob, who sang Cole Porter's "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" at one point during the episode ... His voice fits in with the regular cast ... he doesn't feel like an outsider ... Sideshow Bob's deep, overly theatrical voice
Rather than have him be homicidal ... The manipulative, Yale-educated Sideshow Bob
Rather than have him be homicidal ... he and Weinstein decided to have Sideshow Bob run for office
the Simpsons end up stranded in a small Italian village where a rehabilitated Sideshow Bob reigns as mayor.
Kelsey Grammer returns ... as ... Sideshow Bob, David Hyde Pierce as ... Cecil Terwilliger, and John Mahoney as their father, Mr. Terwilliger.
Bart and Lisa search for answers and are led on a cryptic trail of clues, leading them to Sideshow Bob.
Bart becomes convinced that his new neighbor, Walt, is his archenemy, Sideshow Bob (guest voice Grammer), disguised and back for revenge.
Lisa is shocked to discover that Sideshow Bob is now the chief scientist at a massive chemical engineering company.
Sideshow Bob finally kills Bart, only to reanimate him.
Sideshow Bob manipulates Millhouse into revealing where Bart is hiding.
hiring the criminal mastermind Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, PhD as his television sidekick.
Sideshow Bob ... ends up running for mayor against six-term winner "Diamond Joe" Quimby.
Sideshow Bob Roberts is the definitive cultural statement about political populism.
Sideshow Bob threatened to detonate a 10 megaton atomic bomb unless all Springfield's television stations ceased transmission for good.
kill off Bart – albeit briefly, as the Treehouse series is non-canonical
Sideshow Bob ... is limited by his three cartoon fingers, and can only display LUV and HAT.
Sideshow Bob stepping on a rake nine times would be followed up with a surreal two-minute performance of HMS Pinafore.
2. Cape Feare (season 5).
The episode is Cape Feare (the one where the family goes into witness protection after Sideshow Bob threatens to kill Bart). ... Seven years later, the group is now running an amateur theatre company ... another 75 years ... the villain ... no longer Sideshow Bob but Mr Burns
All the animation and voices for the attraction are original, performed by the original voice cast.
1. Phil Hartman: ... 2. Kelsey Grammer: ... 'His voice is so rich,' Jean says.
'Cape Feare' (1993) / 'Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming' (1995) / 'The Brother From Another Series' (1997). Forget Frasier. These are Kelsey Grammar's best roles.
hunt down and murder his pint-size nemesis, Bart ... "Cape Feare" as the show's most meticulous and manic pop-culture takeoff.
for this fall's annual Halloween episode, Sideshow Bob will finally succeed. ... I hated frustration comedy so we'll scratch that itch.
Sideshow Bob and the ghost of Grimey join forces with two other characters over a shared hatred.
From Cape Fear, the part about [Sideshow Bob] stepping on the rakes ... It really hits my funny bone.
the "ultimate Sideshow Bob episode." ... entering the witness protection program ... Chris Turner: "By the seventh or eighth time it's funny. It's a comedic exercise."
hunt down and murder his pint-size nemesis, Bart ... "Cape Feare" as the show's most meticulous and manic pop-culture takeoff.
the prison number (24601) worn ... by ... Sideshow Bob is Jean Valjean's ... "Animated characters ... don't get old."
an update adding in ... Sideshow Bob and the rest of the Terwilliger family ... missions to unlock all five of the Terwilliger clan ...
However, when Sideshow Bob devolved into an out of control genetic monster, it was silly even for him.
Executive producer Al Jean likens him to Wile E. Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons.
Was a name we saw in a hymnal in high school ... It's 'Onderdonk'. And @Joshstrangehill and I are certain cause we wrote that script. ... Oakley linked to the Wikipedia page of Henry Onderdonk.Holmes reports that Oakley linked to Henry Onderdonk's Wikipedia biography when explaining the hymnal origin. This report and Kurp's reproduce the same statement about the script's spelling.
one of the show's most iconic and theatrical antagonists.
That baritone voice, the Shakespearean delivery ... make Sideshow Bob one of the best reoccurring characters on the show.
critiquing ... from within that same medium ... inability to transport it into his television career ... comments on the show's own attempt ... include references to literature, sculpture, painting ... Sideshow Bob ... develops a fiendish plan to abolish television: he steals an atomic bomb and blackmails the city to turn off all broadcast. ... shaped by the television he watches ... main target of Sideshow Bob's anger because of what he represents
critiquing ... from within that same medium ... inability to transport it into his television career ... comments on the show's own attempt ... include references to literature, sculpture, painting ... Sideshow Bob ... develops a fiendish plan to abolish television: he steals an atomic bomb and blackmails the city to turn off all broadcast. ... shaped by the television he watches ... main target of Sideshow Bob's anger because of what he represents
The episode they are referencing ... is Cape Feare (1993), which itself is an appropriation of 1991's film Cape Fear.
Sideshow Bob makes his escape from the Springfield Jail.
