"I was saying Boo-urns"

About this episode

In this episode, the hosts discuss character appearances in The Simpsons and the suitability of the show for younger viewers, while highlighting Hans Moleman.

Eat The Pudding: A Simpsons Podcast   Episode 2: “I Was Saying Boo-Urns”   Welcome to the Eat The Pudding fan podcast, where Michael and Ian explore the Simpsons universe in all its colourful and cromulent forms. This is the second episode: “I Was Saying Boo-Urns!”.  In our opening episode, we asked listeners to send in interesting questions ... and the good people have provided! As part of the ensuing conversation, we discuss blink-and-you-miss-’em character appearances and whether The Simpsons is suitable for younger viewers. And in the first part of a Season Four arc, Michael cherry-picks one of his favourite episodes.  This episode’s Spotlight On Springfield shines unforgivingly on the sad, lonely figure of Hans Moleman, who pops up in countless episodes, has a different job every time and seems to die on screen even more often than Sean Bean.  If you would like to send us a voice message to include in the show, we have set up a special page on SpeakPipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/EatThePudding . No need to sign up – all you have to do is click on the link, record your message and press send.  All our contact information can be found at our…

People in this episode

Hosts: Michael Smith, Ian Winick

Topics covered

• The Simpsons
• character appearances
• suitability for younger viewers
• Season Four arc
• Hans Moleman

Keywords

• The Simpsons
• Boo-Urns
• Hans Moleman
• character appearances
• younger viewers
• Season Four

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eat The Pudding, SpeakPipe, Linktree, Instagram, Bluesky

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