"Cremains of the Day" Season 35, Episode 15 In many ways, Larry Dalrymple was a supporting player in our lives. He didn't grab our attention with memorable catchphrases... or comical accents.
They said in a tweet that even mentioning Sam, would require them to give him his own episode or cut away on why he isn't there (which they already used for Barney).
It’s kind of ingenious how they used the ‘kill off random side character no Simpsons fan has not thought about for years for shock value/ratings boost” trope and actually managed to weave a decently emotionally affecting narrative out of it. Larry might be a seemingly random character to kill off and make a big deal out of, considering he was basically a background character. But that’s precisely the point the episode makes. The tragedy of Larry was he was a background character and none of the guys, Springfield or us the audience truly paid attention to him until he was gone. Leaving us with a sobering message about loneliness and how we often tend to forget some people. Never taking the time to reach out and give some connection to all those lonely people. Also, this Yellow Submarine/Elinor Rigby homage is on point.
Very true, I’ve started to get interested in the history of background characters like Larry and Sam because of this episode. Tragic that neither of them ever got more than a few lines in their 35 years of appearances. Let’s hope Sam returns one day and is doing well
As a kid I don't know why but I always remembered Sam and Larry in Moe's tavern for some reason. I always thought "they're always there, but I never get to know who they really are".
@@jacobr5627Matt Selmann said that had Sam been there, the episode would have been too different. So they had to ignore him (and also send Barney away).
Larry the Barfly, died in the bar and was buried along with his name Nobody came Reverend Lovejoy, wiping the sweat from his brow as he walked from the grave Nobody was saved
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HuS5NuXRb5Y.html Though Larry would certainly fit in as a stanza in the original song The Simpsons made it as a tribute to Larry (and lonely people that are in our lives that we won't miss till they are gone.)
@Dalek44 actually I think Larry did try to but they just ignored him in homers words he said that "Larry never really fit in" and its seen in a book that Larry really cared about them and said the moes was the happiest place for him just cause they were there. And that's incredibly realistic. I was a Larry to my friend's. I cared about them dearly, but I was often forgotten and left alone. This episode was really hard to watch since I could relate to Larry without the gem smuggling and alcoholism :(
I actually quite liked this episode. Its treatment of Larry reminded me of The Amazing World of Gumball, where they make you invested in a side character you otherwise wouldn't have thought twice about. (Bar)Fly high, Larry ❤
Yeah but Charlie, the guy with the glasses, and got sucked into Mr burns tube thing, isn't he hasn't been seen since the government agents arrested him for conspiracy
Is it bad I sometimes feel myself being Larry myself? I'm pretty much a "Background character in real live". Like, I do want to do something interesting, meet people but in the ned I just can't. I just either sit or stay alone, minding my own business and I even talk little in real life, when I absolutely have to.
@dahaka-rd6tw as someone who's about to get his first counselling qualification I can firmly say, definitley go out there and spend time with people in person, human connections are very very important! I recommend suishi and karate classes, you'll meet people and get a great meal! Trust me I know
@@williambowes-xt2sm I actually was going to suggest a club of some kind. Whatever interests you probably has a group gathering somewhere out there that would love to have you on board. Reading, bowling, music, you name it.
@@boydixonentertainment definitley do something that involves getting to know people, I highly recommend it, I suggest a good community centre place do karate or something, social connections will cure what ails ya and turn you into Bruce Lee, it's to do with the pre frontal cortex
I think generally speaking everyone is always a background character in someone else's life. TBH that's quite a lot of people these days. There's more problems with Larry than just on the surface. Larry is an example of someone who is in a bad situation and doesn't take the initiative to make it better. He drinks to mask the pain instead of taking action. The problem is being unhappy, but being ok with doing nothing about it.
Just like in real life. There are a lot of Larrys over there. But nobody will know or care until they're gone. They don't deserve that but they got it.
I think there are many men in this world who live lives of quiet desperation,uncared for and unappreciated, many of them either end up dead from suicide or they find what little solace they can at the bottom of a bottle.
When I first read the information about this episode before it's aired about someone in Homer's life passes away I have no idea at the time which character is going to die but I never thought this character is the one.
After the news broke out, producer Matt Selman had some fun on Twitter with pictures of Homer's family members... and Larry. It was fun seeing all the memes & shitposts that came after.
Same! And since all of the pictures kept showing Homer and the barflies, I legit thought that it was gonna be Barney who died since a lot of people who work on the show hate him and have basically put him through hell.
I use to think the song was called Ah Look At All The Lonely People ( just cos those lyrics seem to hit your ears the moment it starts ). It's a clever parody like.
I don't think the Simpsons would kill off a popular character like Barney. Especially after the mixed reception "Clown in the Dumps" got, as well as how Maude's death negatively affected Ned as a character.
This is a good point. Larry is one of those characters you kinda feel bad for, but he has made no effort to actually make his situation better. It's hard to explain, but there's a group of people who are almost ok with being unhappy. It makes no sense saying it out loud, but the more I look at it the more I can't unsee it.
Yeah a lot of people are more comfortable being miserable than working on being less miserable. Especially after you spend so long miserable that it becomes part of your identity. People don't like the idea of changing who they are for the approval of other people, and they don't see any value in changing for their own sake. There are approximately 4 billion different reasons a person could choose to be unhappy and comfortable.@@casualgamers3369
@@Dobbles862 The song is in the Revolver album, but it's in the Yellow Submarine movie as well while Old Fred is looking throughout Liverpool looking for someone to save Pepperland.
TBH this is a pretty bad parody in terms of following the structure of the original. I understand it's probably to avoid copyright restrictions though.
There's footage of Larry and it's only 2 minutes long.. I wonder what's going to happen to Sam.. Is he still being held in prison? That is only my theory because he was arrested when Homer was working with the FBI for his rushed tax form shaped like a football.
It's has been long rumoured that she was sick with something & may have recovered recently. She's a private woman, so we may not know the truth unless somebody asks one of the crew members.
@@adexo_o It's unlikely they used AI as The Simpsons is a union show & they might be in hot water if they did as I think they have to disclose it to the unions & the general public.
She sounded fine in another episode this in season called "Murder, She Boat". It's has been long rumoured that she was sick with something. She's a private woman, so we may not know the truth unless somebody asks one of the crew members.
Ahhhh, Look at all the lonely barflies. Ahhhh, Look at all the lonely barflies. Larry the barfly, Sat at a stool every night, And he ordered a beer. Shedding a tear. Look at him eating, Checking his phone all alone, As he sits with his pain. Chicken chow mien. All the lonely Larrys. They all come to an end. All the lonely Larrys. Forgotten by their friends.
No Barney, eh. I had to look at the Wikipedia entry: not killed off (I haven't seen the show in 20 years, so I have no idea what's happened). So where is he? I'm gonna guess they quietly moved Barney off the show for the most part. Too triggering for our neurotically sensitive culture, so moralistic and censorious. The Beatles tune is barely recognizable, no doubt because of the lawyers, so why bother? I don't like to be so negative, but this is bad, imo. I guess I'm the only one, oh well
I hate that the music had to be changed like this because Simpsons didn't have the rights. I know it can only barely sound like the original, but the changes made to the rhythm and pitches make this sound horribly off-putting and unmusical, in my opinion.
After spending minutes of my life going through the comments I feel like Peter Griffin when he gets that Star Bucks gift card: “This has been an unproductive use of my time.”
Waiting so long after your show peaked and now resorting to kill off very minor characters is somewhere between pointless and pathetic, but The Simpsons will continue on this road until the final indignity, meaning cancellation.
@@firechillbro720 It's pointless to argue over opinions, but to give my view context, I watched the first 12 seasons of the show, right from the first episode, and ever since they turned Seymour Skinner into Armand Tanzarian and voluntarily erased Apu, I lost all respect for the show and the creator.
@@gabrielboorom2683 yeah I never watch modern simpsons cause I hear that it's trash but like this episode might be an exception it was a pretty wholesome episode with some pretty decent jokes but yeah u prolly right most of the modern episodes are pretty bad
