You took out the funniest part, where you notice his boat is in his driveway as if he sailed it all the way to his house. I am not sure why , but that always made me laugh uncontrollable.
I liked it too, but I think it's a repeated gag. I can't remember which came first but in an episode after Maud died flanders is dating and goes on a 'swan shaped pedal boat ride' with a date that doesn't go well. He then goes to see homer and in a brief cut you see the swan boat in the driveway.
Also, that number 6 states that it took him 33 years to make that specific boat (and each boat of the same nature in the past) would mean that he's been on the island more than 99 years. Very clever joke, nods to the absurdity and surreal nature of much of the premise of The Prisoner.
@@frankyace4371 When you die you get to have sex with all the cartoon characters you want. She will be there and we will have our way with them. All of them. Merry Christmas.
“Oh no, an anti escape orb!” Homer coming up with that name on the fly always makes me laugh. Like he already knew this massive bubble was attempting to hinder his escape from the Island. This episode was a great tribute to the Prisoner
"That's the THIRD time that's happned!" Probabably referencing two Prisoner episodes: "The Chimes of Big Ben" (where No. 6 has to quickly abandon a boat he made as an art exhibit, in an escape attempt to sail away), and "Many Happy Returns". (Where No.6 builds a raft to escape from the Village, after finding himself completely alone).
"Um, actually..." There was a third: _Checkmate,_ in which Number 6 tries to fake a Mayday call from a downed aircraft, then rides a raft out and meets a boat called the Polotska that answered his Mayday. Unfortunately, the Polotska is another resource of The Village.
Me too and actually got to stay overnight in the village , in the morning when I woke up I threw the curtains open prisoner Style , unfortunately when I visited the tide was in so I didn't get to run on the beach
He was actually the first guy Peter Jackson wanted to play Gandalf in the LOTR movies, but McGoohan was too ill to take on the role. Not that Ian didn't do a good job, but I'll always wonder what the Prisoner Gandalf would have been like...
I’ve van a lifelong fan of Patrick McGoohan’s, and as any fan of hood, this episode was such a terrific way for Pat to show he wasn’t a upright as many thought (he has a marvellous sense of humour, and was also a huge hit of The Simpsons, so he was delighted to this.
Iron Maiden wanted to use some lines / soundclip from The Prisoner show as an intro to their song 'The Prisoner'. One of the band's managers / producers rang Patrick but bungled what he was asking, the band were upset as they though he was going to think they were stupid and say no, but Patrick said "Just do it".
I finally got round to watching The Prisoner recently. For anyone who hasn't seen it, trust me, if anything this parody undersells how much of a mindfuck it is.
Richard Clarke While it May wonderful consider they have gotten All the surviving Beatles (RIP George Harrison) Michael Jackson Dustin Hoffman Aerosmith Patrick Stewart (Stonecutter) And that is a quick start. They have gotten great guest voices.
@@Tigerman1138 their list of guest stars is full of A listers but I think it is still impresive given that Mcgoohan seemed to be particularly complex / strict and even conflictive sometimes and this was not some random role he got once it was a brainchild of his, I am no expert in his life but he seemed like one of those guys you could believe if someone told you he, so to speak, slammed the door in the face of someone that came to him with an idea such as this, but it happened so maybe he mellowed a lot in his old age or maybe he never was that much of a hardass to begin with.
@@g.sergiusfidenas6650 I think it's fair to say he was an intense man IRL, but it seems he had a pretty good sense of humor too. On the audio commentary for this episode, one of the writers (I think) says how he knew McGoohan's wife and she said he was really proud of this guest spot. Also, a bunch of the people who worked on The Simpsons were big Prisoner fans, so it was a bit of a mutual admiration society (pun sort of intended)
There's a reason- The Prisoner is one of the weirder TV shows in history. Brilliant (at least the 1960s version, the remake was disappointing) but weird. Be Seeing You. 6
...then you'll just love a B&W film starring Walter Huston variably known as All That Money Can Buy and The Devil and Daniel Webster. I call it the first Twilight Zone movie.
*"Shut up!* That's why." has always been one of the funniest lines in the series for me, because of how it sounds like the woman is about to break down in tears during it.
It's great because everything is implied. You never find out exactly why she's so upset or why she created such a poor anti-escape mechanism. It leaves things up to interpretation.
This shows that Paddy McGoohan had a great sense of humour and could take the piss out of himself despite rumours that he was a difficult prude etc. Love this episode.
I LOVED the island part of this episode so much as a kid. In high school, it inspired me to sculpt a flower pot of a flamingo wearing a tuxedo with a numbered button and a top hat. Thanks to The Simpsons for introducing me to The Prisoner. I believe I was 16-17 when I was able to get my hands on a few of the DVDs in the mid-2000s-- too late in my life if you ask me XD
I have been lucky to visit Portmeirion and actually stay in the village . The prisoners house is now a souvenir shop selling lots of prisoner merchandise , it was something I wanted to do for a very long time if you get the chance you must visit
I'd be the guy that thought it was a reference to The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996). I didn't expect a pop culture reference from the 60s. Maybe it was the Koala, probably Southpark and Family Guy to blame for having low and recent expectations. The Prisoner should be shown in public schools. It speaks to democracy, manufactured concensus, government programs like MK Ultra/Charles Manson and much more.
A brilliant show by a complex, brilliant man; as was the DANGER MAN/SECRET AGENT series, which is to The Prisoner what The Hobbit is to Lord of the Rings. I used the "Keep your head" "I will not be pushed, filed...etc" dialog on my radio program,SPACE PIRATE RADIO continuously from 1974 till 2002. cheers and "Be Seeing You."
I watched and was a fan of The Prisoner in the 1970s, but never knew of this Simpsons parody episode, which first aired in December 2000, until now, almost exactly 22 years later (December 2022)!
I just typed in "Simpsons the island" to finally find out what the reference is about. I am satisfied now. "That's the third time that's happened." always makes me laugh :D
I believe he was joking. ...That said, the first two attempts probably had better supllies, that he eventually ran out of. The fourth guy is going to make an escape attempt made of poo and hair.
its the same guy from the prisoner. and the prisoner aired in 1967. so the fact that he appeared in 2000 (when this episode aired) and was STILL on the island meant he was there for 33 years. which means the reason why he never escaped prior was because it took him 3 decades to build this particular escape raft.
Moral of the story: If you find a way to escape a place like that, don't let another person there know about it, especially if you were there longer than them and they teased you about their number compared to your number, or else they'll be ungrateful and screw you over by escaping without you. Then again, he should've known better by that point since it happened to him twice already.
I really feel sorry for number six when homer ditched him aha. he seemed like a good man when he offered to take homer on an escape with him... he also says he's done that three times. god he's a good guy XD probably am overreacting since he's such a minor character in a very big show but still he seems cool.
SongMeanings It was a running theme of The Prisoner that #6 never escapes no matter how he tries, even in the end it's hinted that he never really got away, he was just given a really long leash. Be Seeing You.
@@agimasoschandir But his apartment door opens automatically for him just like his house in The Village did, even down to the same sound. It hints that whoever ran the place is still watching him, and gave him a longer leash to run on so he'd finally start talking and quit being such a nuisance to their operations. Plus the short little butler gent could be his new handler, who better to spy on you than someone who tends to you every day?
This is so much better after watching The Prisoner. It can be hard to keep up with all the pop culture references in The Simpsons, but The Prisoner is absolutely worth watching regardless.
They thought it was yet another example of The Simpsons going downhill due to Mike Scully wanting the show to be more like Family Guy and/or South Park where it's wall-to-wall weirdness and vulgarity.
@@canaisyoung3601 Not really, I hadn't watched The Prisoner when I first saw this episode and even then I felt everything was too "specific" to not be a reference to something.
@@canaisyoung3601 I'd say it's at least better to parody something older than risk dating the work by parodying something that was recent at the time.
As someone who grew up in the early 00's watching the Simpsons a lot of the references/parodies to older Cinema went over my head and I just thought it was a fun ridiculous episode. Now being an adult and seeing later seasons through the 2020s do references and parodies to Cinema I engaged in growing up, I hate it, it just feels hacky. I wonder if older generations felt the same back in the early 00's
Hey Folks, All of you forgot the Episode "The Joy of Sect", when Marge tries to scape the cult´s farm and she is persecuted by the Ballon, but finally traps Hans Moleman!!!!
FWIW, full disclosure, Patrick Mcgoohan used some of the No-6 character in a 1975 episode of Colombo called "Identity Crisis". A great deal of dialogue by PMG was lifted directly from The Prisoner. PMG was clearly having fun with the viewing audience.
Larry He was still alive then. He didn’t die until I believe 2008/2009. The exact year of the more recent Prisoner mini-series on AMC. Coincidence? Maybe.
Well he did also play the bad guy in the movie Silver Streak; a great fun movie. Also a Disney movie called "The Scarecrow." Just 'cause you spend most of your career doing intense serious dramatic roles doesn't (or shouldn't) stop you from having fun and laughing at yourself once in awhile. Most people have more than one emotion.
I'm on the run, I'm killin' to eat I'm starving now, feelin' dead on my feet Goin' all the way, I'm nature's beast Do what I want and do as I please Run, fight to breathe, it's tough Now you see me, now you don't Break the walls I'm comin' out Not a prisoner, I'm a free man And my blood is my own now Don't care where the past was I know where I'm going out
the question is has number six been here 33 years in total with every 11 someone like homer coming along, or has he been there 99 years and simply using someone else's immortality formula?
Brilliant spoof of The Prisoner. My father watched it when he was a kid and he told me he hated it and that watching The Prisoner was like being on drugs. Maybe he didn't understand The Prisoner. The Prisoner was a mystery series.
The Prisoner series is really something to watch. Luckily it's a short series with a conclusion. good or bad ending, I won't spoil. Reboot, the classic cgi series also did a Prisoner parody.
With its ending I doubt you COULD spoil it...but let the rest try to figure it out. Check a mid-Nineties Stateside TV series, Nowhere Man, starring Bruce Greenwood. In places it comes real close.
We want information, information, information. Who are you? The new number 2. Who is number 1? You are number 6. I am not a number I am a free man. Laughter. Cue Clive Burr’s drums..
Finally people are respecting more the Mike Scully seasons, these are the ones I grew up with. This was when the Simpsons already jumped the shark and was already old enough for people to claim it was only downhill from here, and the Mike Scully seasons showed that the show was dropping in quality and also losing the charm of the old seasons with very weird episodes, even by the show's standards, but on their own, these episodes are still quite enjoyable and I think the visuals and animation are some the best Simpsons has to offer.
@@RabbiHerschel There were only supposed to be 7 episodes, but in 67 there was no such thing as a "Mini series " , so Lew Grade asked him for 13 so he coulod sell it, so he did, and he expected that to be it. However it proved so popular, Grade asked for another 13. This caused 2 problems, he'd already signed up for the role in "Ice Station Zebra" so he couldn't be there for all the "2nd" season, and he also could, not padi it any more, so he ended it after another 4 episodes.
"I've worked on this for 33 years" The subtle joke here is that this episode aired in 2000 whilst The Prisoner aired 1967. He's been trapped on this island since the show itself.
But have y’all ever seen the last episode of the Prisoner? Basically it makes you question whether the literal of interpretation of the Village being a government implemented program to extract and protect secrets from people is even real, it gets really trippy at the end
@@JaggedBird yeah, #1 ended up being the main character himself. which doesn't make sense why the village was trying to get information from him all that time lol. Did you watch the episodes before that?
It was already becoming quite surreal even before that, pretty good show must be a blast to watch it while high for those how enjoy those kinds of things.
@@rebeccatom2188 METAPHOR. It was a metaphor! Something about how we all imprison ourselves by being conformist and serving The Man -- as #6 did during his intelligence career. Other parts of "Fall Out" clearly indicate that various segments of society (intellectuals, the justice system, The Youth, etc.) are so inherently flawed and contentious with another that they are helpless to improve the lot of the individual -- if indeed that is their aim. The ep seems to suggest that CONTROL is what each of them wants instead, and it's that against which the "free man" must struggle.
Unsurprisingly, both The Prisoner and The Simpsons have borne up well over time, and have shown not only cleverness and entertainment value but also wisdom about the world and social constructs in which we live.
Some people say The Simpsons was their introduction to The Prisoner. For me, however, it was a 90s CGI-animated show called ReBoot. The episode is called Number 7.
I'm pretty sure - as a long-time David Lynch fan - that the idea for "The Prisoner" started with a dream where he saw that scene of the face pushing against the balloon as he was trying to escape from the island, so he had to include it as he saw it. Because otherwise, as pointed out here, it's a completely ridiculous and impractical idea.
Am i the only one who believes this guy really invented the Fountain of Youth because 33 years of building multiplied by 3 attempts so 99 years he's been trying to get off that island
This video is so cool. I cant believe the Simpsons made an episode like one of the Prisoner episodes. Even though Simpsons named it differently. It is still cool but weird. :D
People know that The Prisoner was a real BBC show from the 1960s, right? It was very trippy. Patrick McGoohan was a spy who wanted to quit but instead got sent to the Island. He was always trying to find out who Number 1 was, and how to get off the Island. In the late 70s or early 80s I would watch episodes of The Prisoner on PBS and after each episode there was a detailed analysis of all the subtext and symbolism in the episode
I have the series on DVD and novels and other books about the series. Rover appears as well. I have this Simpsons episode on DVD. The cartoon Pinky and the Brain also spoofed the series.
Wait... so it took the guy 33 years to craft the boat, and Homer is the third guy to steal his boat? Meaning he's been crafting boats for 99 years? Just how old is this guy?
I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen a Simpson run from and anti-escape orb, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t much but it’s weird that it happened twice.
