The Simpsons (TV Series)

Behind the Laughter (2000)

Jim Forbes: Narrator

Quotes 

• Narrator : Then, another bombshell. An anonymous tipster alerted Uncle Sam... that the Simpsons were evading their income taxes.

  [cut to a darkened Kwik-E mart, with Apu in the Shadows] 

  Apu : Yeah, I finked on Homer but he deserved it. Never have I seen such abuse of the "Take A Penny, Leave A Penny" Tray.

• Narrator : The dream was over. Coming up: Was the dream really over? Yes, it was. Or was it?

• Carl : Bart was always blowing his spare cash by paying us to kiss each other.

  Lenny : [beat]  Hey, did we ever get that money?

  Narrator : But interracial homoeroticism was only chapter one of Encyclopedia Self-Destructica.

• Narrator : The Simpsons' TV show started out on a wing and a prayer. But now the wing was on fire and the prayer had been answered... by Satan.

• Narrator : For the Simpsons, everything was coming up roses. But those roses contained ready-to-sting bees.

• Narrator : Before a riot could break out, Jimmy Carter came to the rescue with his comedy break dancing.

  Jimmy Carter : [to rap music]  Got a brother named Billy, and my teeth look silly! Break it down now!

  [Carter begins breakdancing on stage] 

• Narrator : It was an evening none of them would ever forget. Or would they? No.