The Simpsons (TV Series)
Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (1995)
Kelsey Grammer: Sideshow Bob
Quotes
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[appearing on the stadium television]
Sideshow Bob : Hello, Springfield. Sorry to divert your attention from all the big noises and shiny things. But something's been troubling me lately: television! Wouldn't our lives be so much richer if television were done away with?
Moe : What?
Dr. Hibbert : Surely he's not talking about VH-1.
Sideshow Bob : Why, we could revive the lost arts of conversation and scrimshaw. Therefore I submit to you, we abolish television, permanently!
Homer Simpson : Go back to Massachusetts, pinko!
Sideshow Bob : Oh, and one more thing: I've stolen a nuclear weapon. If you do not rid this city of television in two hours, I will detonate it. Farewell.
[Bob cuts the link. People start to panic, then Bob reappears]
Sideshow Bob : By the way, I'm aware of the irony of appearing on TV in order to decry it, so don't bother pointing that out.
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Sideshow Bob : Well, if it isn't my arch-nemesis, Bart Simpson. And his sister, Lisa, to whom I'm fairly indifferent.
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[reading from a bomb's casing]
Sideshow Bob : "Best before November 1959." Dammit, Bob. There were plenty of brand new bombs, but you had to go for that retro 50s charm.
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Sideshow Bob : [high-pitched] All of Springfield trembles before the might of Sideshow Bob...! Blasted helium!
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Sideshow Bob : [after his demands are met] Yes. They're giving in.
[pause]
Sideshow Bob : Blast. I should've made more demands. Like some tasty marmalade... Well, maybe next time...
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Sideshow Bob : I renew my objection to this pointless endeavor. Informally now and by affidavit later. Time permitted.