Marge: So… you want to go on tour with a traveling freak show.
Homer: I don't think I have a choice, Marge.
Marge: Of course you have a choice.
Homer: How do you figure?
Marge: You don't have to join a freak show just because the opportunity came along.
Homer: You know, Marge, in some ways, you and I are very different people.
Homer: I don't think I have a choice, Marge.
Marge: Of course you have a choice.
Homer: How do you figure?
Marge: You don't have to join a freak show just because the opportunity came along.
Homer: You know, Marge, in some ways, you and I are very different people.
This quote comes from the Homerpalooza Episode (recap on TV.com or an expanded section on the Simpsons Archive, with quotes, gags, jokes, and more)
Anyway, Homer accidentally takes a canon-ball in the gut and lives, prompting an offer that he join the "Pageant of the Transmundane" (which by the way would make a great Fantasy Football team name or a prog-rock group & album name) - leading to a jump-cut where Homer has obviously just told Marge.
There is no way to describe how funny this exchange is without hearing it. What makes the whole thing work is that Homer doesn't make any jokes or act crazy. He's calm, polite, thoughtful, as if he's considering the strange ideas of someone from a far-off land, so foreign to him, and not in any way applicable, but interesting nonetheless. My entire family (especially my brother and I) use this quote regularly when someone says something so profoundly outside our experience. You should too!
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:) I use this line a lot. Not many people get it.
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