@@youssef16844 It's not just loans. If you own a house, car, land, etc. You have to constantly pay property tax on it. If you don't pay the property tax, it gets forcefully taken from you. That said, property tax is theft, and civilians don't truly own anything anymore.
Let's not forget that Mr. Burns isn't exactly a man with a stable mind, Let's not forget he never remembers Homer's name, so why would he remember the Great Depression?
@@321Tdog One of the yes men has bright blue hair. He's been used repeatedly in the show, but usually in an aggressive or antagonistic role, so this is really the only time we see him smiling and acting submissive.
Kinda have to appreciate how Mr. Burns doesn't really blame his yes-men for the situation. He likely realized that he should have known better, so it was still his own fault.
That would be the case if the characters actually aged as they should age. But if they had then Bart would be 40+ at this point and Grandpa Homer dead.
@@florinivan6907 There were multiple episodes showing us the life of all the 3 Simpson children. The only constant was that Maggie had a better life than the other 2 kids in all the scenarios.
Ironically, his paper stocks are probably worth a great deal of money (presumably something like Confederated slave holdings would be from the 1840s/50s and hold value to collectors).
Just the detail of the wall being slightly bluer where the picture was - implying its been there forever - shows the real attention that went into these classic Simpsons. What a run they had.
You know, after watching this I actually felt sorry for Burns. I have been in companies where the CEO is sorounded by yes men and this kind of thing happens.
@@StrayCatboy Something tell me that a self described forest catboy isn't the kind of person we should be turning too for financial or economical advice.
@@joelhampartsoumian8439 He wasn't necessarily talking about himself, and even if he was you didn't even address his point you just shit on him for his name, literally a non-argument.
@@judyhopps9380 the respect is for not hurting your opponent . Executing stunts with perfection. Everyone knows they can end careers with a single wrong move .
it existed at the time. like for example the kennedy's joe kennedy was so rich john f kennedy didn't even notice there was a depression during that time. he had to read about it in the history books. lol
@@dariog36th or people of all ages these days not knowing the gov lies to them Ruins their lives Big companies and gov want to control everything you do
"Transatlantic Zeppelin" - LOL, that's great because during the 1930s there was a lot of hype about an emerging USA-Europe airship passenger flight industry, so it would've been the sort of thing that looked promising to invest in... until the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937 killed it overnight. Underrated reference. xD
@@toomanyaccountsMakes one wonder if we could do it right, do it better this time. Ah, but it would probably end up like that Futurama episode "The Birdbot of Ice-catraz".
He JUST got done cheerfully saying that he assumes the slave trade stocks are doing well, but the voice acting is so damn good that when he says "What will I do?" it sounds so sincere that it actually makes me feel bad for him. Of course, the writing, music, and animation also play a big part in achieving this, but in particular, it's a huge testament to Harry Shearer's skills that he can take one of the worst people in Springfield and make him sound so beaten down and sympathetic, even though he deserves what's happening to him.
Plus, his little sort of whimpery "oh"'s sound like his voice is quivering from sadness as well as being the perfect portrayal of how old people tend to say those kinds of "oh"'s. It's perfect
“Smithers, why didn’t you tell me about the stock market crash of 1929?” ‘It happened 25 years before I was born sir.’ “That’s your excuse for everything.” 😂
It's a double joke on how ancient Burns is. 1) he relies on Smithers for all his news and 2) he's been in business for twice as long as Smithers has _,existed._
Season 9 won 3 Emmy's. Although a few episodes I didn't like. I didn't like the Skinner episode. I liked his character being a Vietnam vet Norman bates. The all singing all dancing episode was lame as well as Lisa the Skeptic, where they find the angel bones-- too preachy. So was the one where Lisa finds out Simpsons get dumb with age, but she discovers female simpsons are intelligent. That episode was some cringey girl-power crap. The season had the joy of sect, the Krusty comeback and the Omega Man treehouse of horror and those were probably the only good ones.
@@landofthesilverpath5823 Seasons 9 and 10 had the odd classic and a couple of decent episodes, but season 8 was the last true great season. After 8 there is a decline. I can't watch anything after 10.
and thats why he should have diversified his slave holdings. if he'd just listened to cartman and invested in college athletes he'd be doing just fine today
Well he must have done something terrible to the last guy who disagreed with him. So yeah being alive looking for a new job is probably better than whatever happened to them.
@@FuryanJedi13 Well pretty much all his good employees left, leaving him with assorted slackers and bad employees. He actually removed a lot of employees since there weren't enough sales to need so many workers, - the company's bad reputation spread around.
Bret says he was originally going be drawn as a generic "mad viking" character, until the writing staff noticed how many people were asking for his autograph while he was at the studio. Then they drew him in as himself.
Is that the voice and character of that wrestler? Because burns walks up to him and I expected him to ask for an autograph on his portrait, by the wrestlerm
Lol I came here because I remembered the '25 years before I was born' moment. This video was not recommended. And today this 5yo video gets it's first comments? What a coincidence.
@@dieblauebedrohung Obvisiously they were, but isn't it odd anyway? To look for a 5 yo video, exactly the day the comments became enabled again. I mean, merely regarding to stochastics.
I had to look up all of Mr. Burns’ “blue chip” investments, which makes the scene all the funnier, if not a little charming. It’s so interesting to see how much has changed since when Mr. Burns’ investments made sense, even though human nature seems to remain unchanged.
@@UltimateFormula1Fan Yes, they've basically all stayed the same age since the 90s. I'd like to think that it always remained the 90s in the Simpsons world throughout every new season since the 90s, since that would help explain the characters having not aged since then. However, the newer (and inferior) Simpsons writers kept throwing in elements of the times each season was made, and not of the 90s. They threw in 2000s references and celebrities throughout each season of the 2000s, and threw in 2010s references and celebrities throughout each season of the 2010s, and it freakin threw everything off balance. And "That 90s show" episode where Homer and Marge were young and without kids yet in the 90s. Seriously? Never mind any of the actual seasons of the 90s and early 90s when Bart was 10 and we were seeing flashbacks of Homer and Marge's young pre-child bearing days having been in the 70s. The 90s seasons were the much better ones anyways, seasons 2 - 8 were the Golden Simpsons. Any season after the turn of 2000 are the Zombie Simpsons, and I really want to think that they just never really happened. They messed the entire timeline up, and they were much less funny and clever with their jokes and references. To me, the Simpsons ended after season 8 when we got our first mistake episodes such as the "Principal and the pauper" episode which messed everything up with our until-then familair characters and story lines
Imagine if the Simpsons ended at season 8. It would be regarded as maybe the best comedy show of all time, hands down lol (not that it already isn't by some people)
True but I personally think it should’ve ended around Simpsons movie, simpsons could’ve ended at it’s last high note and also have the pop culture legacy that it has today.
There are some gems even in the latest seasons ... Yeah ,there are a few stinkers but so does every other show ...compared to modern family guy even zombie Simpsons is art ...
initially he was guest voicing for another character, some made up wrestler. The show runners had no idea how famous Bret Was at the time but they soon knew based on the reaction of their employess to him, and so they turned the random wrestler into Bret Hart at the last minute.
Smithers said the 1929 crash was 25 years before he was born so that means he was born in 1954 and this episode aired in 1997 which would have made him 43 at the time
The US media and government told us we were winning in Vietnam. They were wrong. The US media and government told us we were winning in Iraq. They were wrong. The US media and government told us Osama was in Afghanistan. They were wrong. The US media and government is telling us that Putin is losing in Ukraine. I doubt it. US out of NATO now. US out of Ukraine now. No more US money nor weapons in Ukraine. Europeans, Ukrainians and Russians are all smarter than we are. They can talk this out without us.
@@andreschang8526 Yeah except this isn't the 1970's buddy. What we call "Media" is not The Media anymore. You are talking about the major cable news networks. Only idiots and complete morons listen to propaganda platforms like Fox News. There is this thing called social media where anyone with a phone in their pocket can record and report or independently verify anything that they witness or get told.
@@jja1483 Because basically, unless specifically plot relevant, the characters almost never actually get older or younger, so the ages are usually based off of 1989 presumably. 25 years after 1929 is 1954, so assuming that's when Smithers was born, and that the ages are based on the current day in show being 1989, Smithers would be about 35. Don't quote me on that, I may have gotten a few numbers wrong.
It's funny when jokes about investing in the air lines and stuff was probably very relevant at the time but now you'd have to have a history lesson to understand the joke.
Lots of people that are the friend of the friend at high places, put there to fit some agenda, or just simply inherited the position. Burocracy also "helps". One would think common sense would be to hire the best people for the job smh
"Corporations" are "incompetent"? What does that even mean? Lol I love the super serious, completely ignorant comments on RU-vid clips of old comedy shows.
@@gyozakeynsianism see: Sears, Radio Shack, Blockbuster, every company involved in the financial crisis of 2008, etc. Eventually the wrong people get to the top and refuse to see their mistakes.
I just came for tips. Confederated Slave-Holdings, TransAtlantic Zeppelin, Amalgamated Spats, Congreve's Inflammable Powders and the Baltimore Opera Hat Co. Now to log into my 401k...
Mr. Burns had the right idea: Buy when there is blood in the water, even when its your own. The problem is that he didn't do his homework on his investments and leaned into a knee-jerk reaction. Edit: I now realize that I missed the most important thing. What Mr. Burns did was not a trading strategy at all. It was just a collection of stock purchases. A trading strategy involves both buying and selling, by definition.
You're way over-thinking it. The entire joke is that he's old and doesn't know what the blue chip industries are anymore. He wouldn't have even needed to do research if he just bought an index fund.
@@OdysseusKing Well its "stocks" not "industries" those things are related but not identical. But excepting that, that is the joke. But its not an accurate joke. With blue chips stocks, the value is all ready in the price, by definition. So buying blue chip stocks won't get you a faster rate of return than buying any other asset. Mr. Burns wanted a quick turnaround. For that, you need an actual arbitrage strategy. What you are talking about, buying index funds, works well enough for most people as long as inflation stays low and you can wait more than 10 years for your returns. But that is not the case here. Mr. Burns is old like you said. He probably can't wait 10 years for his returns.
Since all the companies Burns invested his remaining money into are all non-existent as their products are long obsolete, I wonder where the money all went to?
You know, I must wonder why exactly people fear any world power if they happen to be corrupt. I mean, how is that fancy military equipment supposed to compete with Europe and the USA if it doesn’t even work, isn’t maintained, or was scrapped for parts?
What's genius about classic Simpsons is you start the episode feeling sorry for Burns and by the end you realise how wrong you were for every pitying him. So revolutionary for the time
Maybe they told Mr. Burns they invested the cash but actually they stole it? Because the lawyers knew the moment Mr. Burns would lose all his money, he wouldn't be able to pay them.
I, too invested in Transatlantic Zeppelins, Amalgamated Spats, U.S. Hay, and the Baltimore Opera Hat Company. I am now living in the lap of luxury in a palatial Art Nouveau villa!
@@HassanKhan-rk2hu It was - he was asked in an interview later why he sounded like a 'typical pro wrestler' rather than himself, and he said that's because he assumed thats what they wanted.
Mr.Burns does Stock Plays to the opposite of Cathie Woods and still manages to lose money on dead Blue Chip Stocks that isn't physically possible to buy. 🤣
Burns: Why didn’t you tell me about this market crash 💥? Me: Weren’t you a soldier in WW2? Also me: Continuity fell out when he invested in slavery before he was conceived.
