(remixed upbeat music) (lively trumpet music) ♪ Um actually ♪ (parodying the tune of
"The Simpsons" theme song) (buzzer chiming) - From Mr. Snrub to Jub-jub,
nerds like a lot of things. But there's something
they love above all else, and that is correcting people. This is a Simpsons
episode of "Um, Actually." - [Haley] Ooh. (Mike laughing) - Joining us today, we have Haley Mancini. - Ah, hi everybody! - [Mike] Kirk Damato. - Weeza wuzza? - [Mike] And, Julia Prescott. - Ahoy hoy. - Man, I already smile on my face. (panel laughing together) You know the weird thing is that we've done so many episodes of this, and The Simpsons is probably the thing that I actually know the most about and I've done the fewest questions about. But man, this is gonna be fun. This is gonna be a great time. - Then we'll quiz you later. - Right, right. The student will become the teacher. - [Hayley] Yeah!
(Mike laughing) I've already accepted that
I'm gonna lose to Julia. - No!
(everyone laughing) No. - Look, life is just one
failure after another. - Right, right. - I would just wish Julia wins. - I'm gonna say we're all gonna have a perfectly cromulent time today. - Oh! - Very good. - It's gonna be big in our
souls, yeah it's gonna be okay. (everyone chuckling) - [Mike] Lovely. Well, the three of you
are all Simpsons fans. I have here a stack of
Simpsons statements, things about "The Simpsons"
that are incorrect somehow. Something wrong with these,
up to you to correct me. All corrections must be
preceded with the phrase, "Um actually." If you don't I won't give you the point, and you can interrupt
me whenever you want. Let's go ahead and get started
and buzzers at the ready, and we'll start with our
first statement here. (air whooshing) In 2001, "The Simpsons"
ended a clip show episode with a parody of "We
Didn't Start the Fire," called "They'll Never Stop the Simpsons," which summarized past episodes and speculated about crazy
episodes yet to come. Some potential future episodes include Marge becoming a robot,
Moe getting a cell phone, and Selma marrying Grandpa Simpson. All of which later became real
plot points in later seasons. (buzzer chiming) - Okay, um actually, Marge doesn't become a robot? That's not an episode that comes up. - That would make sense, and that is in fact the correct answer. (Haley cheering) (Haley grunting in victory) But yeah, there's other--
- This is my robot. I don't know why I did, (laughing) somebody asked me why I do this, the other day and I was
like, "I don't know!" - Well now I've become
self conscious about this. (panel laughing) Ah yeah. All those other things
were eventually things that you do actually see in "The Simpsons" which feels like a weird
meta joke on ourselves. It was just like, "Eh, yeah." What was once a, "could you even imagine if
we did a story like this?" Has become, yes. - [Julia] But then when you
get greenlit for season 30, you start to go, "What were we talking about in 2001? Does any body know? Let's go back." - [Kirk] Moe gets a cellphone,
let's see some positivity. - [Hayley] From season 30
we only hire from Harvard. We're runnin',
- Right, right, right. - I do get it, 'cause there are some times I've been writing sketches, CollegeHumor for a long time, and there are definitely
some times where it's like, "'Kay, another week I
need some more ideas." And it's like, "what
do I have in the file?" (everyone agreeing) "What's going on back here?" - Absolutely yeah. - Well that was that. That point will go to Hayley. (bell ringing)
- Whoo! - And we will move right along. (air whooshing) Even characters on "The Simpsons" like to give you things to correct. In the episode "Lisa's Substitute," a substitute teacher, Mr. Bergstrom, enters class dressed as
a Texan cowboy from 1830 with three things wrong with his outfit. Lisa wins his hat after
correctly identifying the anachronistic revolver, the "state of Texas" belt
buckle and the digital watch. (buzzer chiming) Yes, Kirk. - I don't believe it's the revolver. - Ah no, there was a Smith &
Wesson revolver that was not, - Aghh. - [Mike] formed at that time. (buzzer chiming)
- Um actually. It was the watch, is not correct? - The watch is not correct,
do you remember what it is? - Do I have to know what it is? (everyone laughing) - I will give it to you unless someone else can tell me what it, - I just know that, I know
the other two are right, is all I know, she's like, "Texas didn't become a
state until da-da-da-da-da." So I know that. I also know that Mr. Bergstrom
looks like our friend, Josh Covitt. (Mike laughing) - Can I add a fact about this episode that is not in regard to the question? - Absolutely. - That he was played by of course, Dustin Hoffman in "Lisa's Substitute." Do you know what his end credit-- - [Haley] Yes, I do! - Name? What was it? - Sam Etic, or? - Sam Etic.
- [Mike] Sam Etic. - Sam Etic, yeah. - 'Cause it was a joke
about anti-semitism. - [Kirk] See, I thought she
had said something about Jewish cowboys. But I couldn't remember the exact joke, that there were Jewish cowboys. - That. - So we all get a point. - Yeah! - Okay we're all on the board,
- Points for all! - [Mike] Kirk actually,
you've landed on what it is. You didn't say "Um actually," but the three things
that Mr. Bergstrom has are the three things that I listed, which are, the belt buckle, the revolver and the digital watch. But what Lisa identifies are
the belt buckle, the revolver, and that Mr. Bergstrom is Jewish and she does not believe that
there were any Jewish cowboys. Which he's like, "I'll give it to you but, I was also wearing a digital watch, which is what I was really looking for." - So it seems that this fits perfectly with giving me a point. I focused in on the digital watch. But I didn't know what
the other thing was, - [Julia] I still say we
should all get a point. - [Haley] And I said "Um actually." - [Kirk] I didn't wanna
be offensive, I was like, "How do I put this in a way that's--" - "How do I talk about how
Mr. Bergstrom is Jewish without sounding like I'm--" - You already said the Sam Etic thing, - Right. (Haley laughing) - Dem rules say, rules say, - [Kirk] Yeah, it's fair,
I don't need the point. - [Mike] I'm gonna give it to Haley, it feels appropriate for
this particular question, (bell ringing)
- Hooray! - [Mike] and Kirk didn't
say, "Um actually." - She argues her way into another point. (laughing) - Well a point for Haley there. - Yay! - Yay. Here's our next question. (laughing) (air whooshing) "Do the Bartman," a 1991 song featuring Bart Simpson rapping, topped the charts in the United
States, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway,
and the United Kingdom. Additionally, it reached
the Top 10 in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Spain,
Sweden, and the Netherlands; and was certified gold
in the United Kingdom. (buzzer chiming) Yes, Julia. - Um actually, it wasn't certified gold in the United Kingdom? - It was. - Dammit! I really thought you were
gonna ask an M.J. question, so I was really prepped for that. - Waiting for like, where is-- - I was like, "He wasn't credited, okay." - "But he's in there." - "But he's in there." - "You could tell it was them." - [Julia] Yeah.
(buzzer chiming) - Um actually, isn't
it just "the Bartman?" Isn't it just "Bartman?" It's not "Do the Bartman," is it? - I think it is, "Do the Bartman." - [Haley] Okay well you know. I had nothing to say about what countries. - Look, we'll check on it. Maybe I got it wrong. - [Kirk] It's probably
one of those countries, but I don't actually, I'd have to hear it
again if I'm gonna guess. (buzzer chiming) - I'm gonna try again. - Yes please. - Um actually it wasn't a 1991 song? - It was 1991, I wouldn't do that. - [Julia] Dammit! - I wouldn't be that mean. (buzzer chiming) - Put us out of our misery. - Um actually, Finland hated it. It didn't hit their-- - I'll go ahead and I'll call it 'cause we're just gonna end up, (Haley laughing) we're gonna end up guessing countries. - [Julia] I think they
actually love "The Simpsons," because I know they love Conan. - Really, the Fins? - I feel like they're-- - Oh yeah, that's right, yeah. - Interesting. - Okay so what was it? - It did not top the charts
in the United States. (panel gasping) - [Mike] Of all those
countries where it did, - Oh that makes sense. - because it was not released as a single in the United States. - [Haley] Oh.
- [Julia] Mm. - [Mike] So even thought
it got a lot of radio play, and was very popular here, it didn't actually
qualify for any of these official rankings of where it charted. - [Haley] They didn't
release it as a single? - [Mike] Isn't that crazy? Clearly it's popular. - Oh my gosh. - It was part of "Simpsons
Sing the Blues," so what? Did it win accolades as
part of an album here for "The Simpsons Sing the Blues?" - [Mike] That's a good question. I don't know if it-- - I don't think it did (laughing) - [Fact Checker] I'll look
that up but there is one thing that we need to correct which is that, So first of all, it is
called, "Do the Bartman." But while it did top the charts in '91 it actually is a 1990 song. (Julia clapping) - Oh!
- Oh! - [Mike] You know what? - All right I had to, - We'll retroactively give that to Julia. (Julia cheering)
(bell ringing) - You got one of the cool Jeopardy, "we'll give you points for that guess." - I love it! (laughing) - [Mike] We didn't mean
to make the mistake, - [Julia] By default! (Julia and Haley chanting "By default") (Kirk laughing)
- Stop that chanting. Well, didn't mean to do that but I guess that'll go to Julia
for a mistake that we made. - That's not the first time
I've heard that in my life. (Mike and Haley laughing) - Well we will move right along here. (air whooshing) In a show with so many characters, not everyone is going to get a name. Here are some recurring characters who don't have a real name. Blue-Haired Lawyer, Springfield's
most prominent lawyer; Old Jewish Man, who sang
"The Old Gray Mare," and was once a Warner Bros. Executive; The Yes Guy, who is a
tribute to Frank Nelson and The Comic Book Guy, who runs the-- (buzzer chiming) yes? - [Kirk] (laughing) Comic
Book Guy has a name, and it is, Jeff Albertson. My point! (Haley hissing) - Kirk, you did not say "Um actually." (Haley screaming)
(buzzer chiming) - Um actually, um actually, um actually! Comic Book Guy has a name
and it's Jeffery Albertson. Jeff-ery Albertson. (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, when Comic
Book Guy was first conceived he did not have a name. And I don't think that we
should assign him a name because it was retroactively
given in a later season. - Holy crap. - [Mike] Hmm.
- [Kirk] What? - I don't think you could
say that something is a, wait... (Haley laughing) - Um actually, when Comic
Book Guy was first conceived it was just Comic Book Guy, and for years on "The Simpsons"
he was just Comic Book Guy. And then as a gag in an
interesting Easter egg, in a later episode,
(buzzer chiming) they assigned him a name, and
I don't think that counts. - Um actually, it was
the Super Bowl episode and they did it specifically because it was the Super Bowl episode and they knew that it
would get this reaction. They knew that one day, Kirk
Damato would get it right, (buzzer chiming) and he would do the thing
he does in every episode, he forgets to say, "Um really," (groaning) - Um actually, he's proving my point more. - Actually, actually, actually, actually. - I just wanna comment that
as Kirk was landing on this, he said, "And he forgets
to say, "Um, really!"" (everyone laughing) - I feel bad about this, but I am gonna give this to Haley. (Haley cackling) There's one rule. You gotta say "Um actually." - [Kirk] I know, I know, okay! I will get it next season. - [Mike] I think as upsetting as it is, we have to accept canon
as it gets established. - [Haley] Yes, as upsetting as it is, we have to accept Haley's point. (Mike laughing) - If the Star Wars
prequels get to be canon, then Jeffery Albertson gets to be. - [Julia] All right, all right. That's a reasonable argument. - But yeah. All things that you said were also things that I was going to mention. Like that, this was sort
of intentionally designed to get a rise out of people. To be like, "what if we give him the
most mundane name possible? Wouldn't people hate that?" And it turns out, yes they do. (panel laughing) - They certainly do. "Yes I certainly do." - There's more of a mystique if it is just this sort of unnamed. Like you're just Comic Book Guy, and you're defined by
this position you hold. - Well also I mean when
you're writing television you don't think too hard that
a trivia show on internet T.V is going to be picking apart
your decisions that are made, - Absolutely.
- [Julia] right before lunch. (Mike laughing) you know? - [Haley] But those side
characters always end up, every single show I've ever written on, there's a side character that we're like, "Person that Catches Frisbee, oh my god, they became
a huge part of the," - [Julia] I know, I know. - Grew into a vital part of the show. - [Mike] "I love that Frisbee Guy." - He's got no emotional hang
ups that I need to follow. (Julia is drowned out by laughing) - [Kirk] He just has
to catch that Frisbee. - He just catches it and goes, "Got it!" - That point will once again go to Haley. (bell ringing)
- Dammit. - [Mike] And this will bring us to our first shiny question of the game. (twinkling music) (lively band music) (chimes ringing) Shiny questions, like shiny Pokemon, are worth the same number of points. Just a little bit different
and a little bit rarer. This is a game we're
calling, "Be Our Guest Star," - Oh no. - [Mike] Or, "See Our Vest Star." As you know there have been
a ton of special guests on "The Simpsons." In fact, I believe it holds the record for "most special guests
any show has ever had." On the other side of this card, we have images of just some of the people who have appeared on the
show but one of them has not, so it is up to you to try to find. - This is gonna be so hard. - [Mike] Try to identify
the person on the other side of this card who has not lent
their voice to "The Simpsons." First person who can identify
it will get the point. Go ahead, take a look. (intense music) - [Haley] Oh my gosh. Uh, (buzzer chiming) - Oh god, I didn't even have this. - Um actually. Rupert Murdoch wasn't on it? - Incorrect. - Wow. - [Mike] Yeah. - What do you know. (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, Stephen
Hawking wasn't on it? - Incorrect. - [Julia] Dammit. (buzzer chiming) - (sighing) you know sometimes
you just gotta take a chance. - [Mike] Sure. - There's a safe bet here
and there's a hard bet here. Props to you for going
through Rupert Murdoch who I didn't think would be part of it. But, I'm gonna go with um actually, I guess I have to say that. Quentin Tarantino, that's my risky bet. - That is correct. (panel cheering) - [Kirk] Here's the thing, - [Haley] I never would've guessed that. - You see, Quentin
Tarantino, the character does appear in an Itchy the Scratchy, Itchy the Scratchy... - Itchy the Scratchy that's, (laughing) - I earned my place here. I beat 15,000 other people
who were supposed to be here. I got them sick so they
had to cancel and I'm here. Quentin Tarantino's in that episode but it's not voice by him. - Yeah that's correct Kirk. So yeah his image is portrayed on the show but he does not lend his voice. Well, a point for Kirk there. (bell ringing) D'oh! We screwed up, and you caught us. Here's some of our favorite
corrections from you. @DukeofZouk says, "children beating Tio de Nadal with sticks don't sing a Spanish rhyme. It's in Catalan, as this
tradition is from Barcelona and the surrounding regions. The song encourages the log to
poop out yummy nougat candy." And who could resist that? What's this? Fresh off the press is from
our exclusive DropOut Discord. Bowerbird says, "Um, Actually in Dungeons and Dragons, Derro aren't necessarily
related to Dwarves. They are described as Dwarf-like, and Duergar theorize that they might have once been Dwarves driven
insane by Mind Flayers, but nobody knows for certain, least of all the Derro themselves." I will give you something
that is very point-like, but is not a point. Seerofmind413 says, "Um Actually, technically
Santa in Futurama isn't called Robot Santa
as there is no other Santa to confuse him with. The term "Robot Santa," is for the fans not the actual characters, therefore it's technically just Santa." And for this very technical technicality, I will give you one Christmas point. (chimes ringing) This brings us back to
our regular old standard "Um, Actually," questions. - [Haley] Standard ugly questions. - [Mike] Gross old regular ones. (air whooshing) "The Trouble with Trillions"
features a trillion dollar bill that has all the
presidents having a party, Carter is passed out on the couch. The bill is stolen by Mr. Burns, who is later arrested by two FBI agents for grand-grand-grand-grand larceny. (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, Carter's not the
one passed out on the couch. - Incorrect. - Damn. (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, it's not the FBI. - Incorrect. (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, it's not all
the presidents having a party. - That is correct, can
you be more specific? - It is... (whispering) It's a president, on there. - Mhm, mhm. - [Julia] But it's not all
the presidents having a party. - [Haley] I knew it! That's what I was ringing in on first, and then I was like wait, - [Kirk] Carter is
passed out on the couch. - They have so many presidential
jokes over the seasons. - [Mike] Yeah. I'll give you the point, unless someone else can
tell me what it should be. - [Haley] Has all the presidents, - Just gimme the point. (Mike snickering) - [Haley] Okay, I don't know. - All right, Julia you're
gettin' that point. - Aw yeah! (Haley cheering) (bell ringing) - This is intended to be a little tricky. So, Truman is on the trillion dollar bill. He prints it to help reconstruct
Post World War II Europe. That specific line, "it has
money with all the presidents," that is a different joke
from the Mr. Plow episode. - That's it!
- Oh my gosh. (crosstalk) - [Mike] In which he claims to have a ten thousand dollar bill. - I knew there was one person on it, and then when you started
saying the rest of the thing I was like, "no wait." - [Mike] I've heard this before. - [Haley] Yes! - You have heard it
before, Homer's invented 10,000 dollar bill,
has all the presidents. - This is why they tell
you during the SAT, when they're teaching
you how to do the SAT's they're like, "go with your first answer and
don't second guess yourself." - [Mike] Yeah. Here's our next question. - Oh no I'm so scared of all of this. (violin music) (air whooshing) - [Mike] He's Troy McClure, and you may remember him
from such educational and self-help work as: "Smoke Yourself thin," "Meat
and You- Partners in Freedom," "Firecrackers: The Silent Killer," - [Haley] Um actually,
(buzzer chiming) "Meat and You," is incorrect. - Oh, don't think so. You sound very confident
though which make me, - Did you finish? - I did not finish. - [Julia] Okay. - Oh, I thought you had finished. - Oh no, we got a lot more here. - I'm really fallin' apart. - [Mike] "Smoke Yourself Thin," "Meat and You - Partners in Freedom." "Firecrackers: The Silent Killer," and "60 Minutes of Car Crash Victims." (buzzer chiming) You may also, - Um actually, it's not "60
Minutes of Car Crash Victims." - [Mike] Nope that is a real thing you may remember Troy McClure from. You may also remember
him from such films as, "Redioactive Man," "Everybody Poops," "The Erotic Adventures of
Hercules," (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, I got it. - Yeah, yeah. - He's not Radioactive Man. - He actually is in a Radioactive Man, he is in, what are the specifics of this? - [Fact Checker] I believe
he is in the original version of Radioactive Man. (crosstalk) - I said the same thing
when I saw this question. I was like, "that's not right." But there is an earlier
version of Radioactive Man that Troy McClure-- (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, it's not "Everybody Poops." - That is correct.
(bell ringing) - They would never, plus they're
far too creative in those. - [Mike] Well he wasn't
in "Everybody Poops," Denis Leary was in "Everybody Poops." (panel chuckling) - According to within
the Simpsons universe. - But that one doesn't
follow that Troy McClurian kind of path of, "Erotic
Adventures of Hercules," yeah. - "Fireworks: the Silent Killer." - It has to have a colon in
there to get a double joke. It's a two-hander we call in the industry. - [Mike] I just have to read the last one that we didn't get to which is the, "The Contrabulous Fabtraption - [Together] of Professor
Horatio Hufnagel." - That's the best one. - Do you more to mention? - [Fact Checker] Yeah,
Troy McClure portrayed Radioactive Man in the 1980's
Radioactive Man trilogy that didn't do very well. - [Haley] Oh yeah!
- [Julia] Great. - It's like a throwaway
joke in one episode was it. - Well there you go in
case you're wondering for the Denis leary "Everybody Poops," Leary plays a constipated
Gorilla sitting atop a throne and ends up with a truck
load of shit dumped on him. That is that. - That's some satire. - [Julia] Yeah. - Look I know some of these questions are from those post 10 episodes but I have to okay? I'm sorry. We'll keep it moving. (air whooshing) Every year since its second
season "The Simpsons" has released a special
"Treehouse of Horror" episode composed of multiple short stories of science fiction and terror. These episodes are
considered non-canonical since they often feature
death and disfigurement of beloved characters; however that also means
that Kang and Kodos from the planet Rigel
VII are also not canon, even though they have appeared in every single Treehouse of Horror. (buzzer chiming) Yes? - Um actually they haven't appeared in every single Treehouse of Horror. - They have actually.
- [Kirk] Ah balls. - [Mike] Even if it's just
like a, (buzzer chiming) - Um actually they're not from Rigel VII? - They are from Rigel VII. (buzzer chiming) - [Mike] Julia. - Um actually there are
episodes that are not Treehouse in which Kang
and Kodos have appeared. - That is correct. - Oh that is real subtle. - There is in fact exactly one episode, very late Simpsons, in
which Kang and Kodos appear canonically. Which means that, and it is, let's see. It is season 26, episode 10. - Yes baby.
- Yeah Julia. - Anything goes post season 20 baby. That's when they reset the timeline of when Marge and Homer met,
they made it to the '90's, that's when they got silly McBain style. (everyone laughing) I love it. - [Haley] They started changing birthdays, like days of the month too. - They were changin' birthdays. And they were coming under fire for that. But they've always said in their defense that they're just having fun and that's what they should be doing. They're making a comedy program. - [Mike] True.
- [Haley] That's true. - Well that point will go
to Julia. (bell ringing) And this will bring us to
our second shiny question. (harp music) (lively band music) (chimes ringing) This is a very simple game. This is, "What's Wrong With This Picture?" So on the other side of
this card you will see an image that we have altered in some way. First person who can identify
what is wrong with this image will get the point. And flip. (intense music)
(buzzer chiming) - [Kirk] Oh.
- [Mike] Julia's buzzin' in. - Well I believe that
Smithers' hair isn't accurate. - That is incorrect. - Damn. (intense music) (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, okay I'm gonna go for it. This is wild. Um actually, this is from the first season in which Smithers was black. - That is correct. - [Julia] Ah, you're right! You're right, you're right.
- [Haley] Yass! (bells ringing) - [Mike] This is from
very very early season. - This isn't trying to
steal a point or anything, but just, first season again like we said, they were trying to find their footing. In what world, does an
animator color stylist do this to a button. - [Mike] Do it blue? - In what world, do they do, - [Mike] It should be a big red button. - I mean come on. - [Haley] Very limited palette. - Yeah.
- Yeah I guess so. - Yep. Very early Simpsons
where Smithers was black. - [Julia] Why not? - It's just sort of interesting to me how, because "The Simpsons" have
been going on for so long you get used to this, "oh well this is what it is for, 20 how long whenever seasons, that is," yeah there is a lot of
time for things to change, especially nearly-- - I like change. (everyone laughing) (chimes ringing) - Me make mistake? That's un-possible. If you noticed something
that I got wrong though, you can correct me by
tweeting @UmActuallyShow or go into the DropOut Discord #um-actually-corrections
channel and correcting me there. If we like what you have to say, we might feature it in a future episode. (chimes ringing) And we will go on to our
next old regular question. (air whooshing) Hans Moleman has died dozens
of times on "The Simpsons;" he's been eaten by alligators,
executed by electric chair, crushed by a giant donut, eaten by wolves, run over by Homer's car more than once, impaled by a sword and crushed
by exploding whale flesh. Despite his apparent immortality, the 101 year old man is-- (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, um actually! Um actually, he is 31. - That's correct (laughing) You were ready for that. Jumpin' on that. - I knew that was gonna get asked, I was like a Moleman
question always comes up. - Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just wanna say that
I knew that answer too, and I wrote a book about
"The Simpsons" last year and there was a chapter devoted to it. - To his age? - If you look it up, yep. - Just his age wow. - I bought your book,
and I love your book. - Aw, thanks Haley. - I never learned how to read. Mrs. Krabappel never
taught me how to read. - "I've been calling her Crandall." - Oh! - That's one of my
favorite jokes of all time, because it's so genuine. He's so humiliated. - And it happens in season 6, - [Mike] Years and years, - "I've been callin' her Crandell!" - Yes, I mean, yeah. That's a joke that you
pitch in a writer's room and they're like, "take lunch, go home, you did it." - I was gonna ask you about your book, and specially about this,
just tell me more about, - [Julia] Oh yes, so
co-host a podcast called, "Everything's Coming Up Simpsons," or it used to be called that, now we're in a new version of it called, "Around Springfield," where we're doing a 20
episode mini-season of it for Maximum Fun in the podcast network where we interview Simpsons writers and other Simpsons folk
about non-Simpsons things. So we co-wrote this book, it's called "100 Things the
Simpsons Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die." We talk about the writers, we talk about the voice over actors. We talk about their relationship with Fox and how unique of a situation that is. Sort of the early stories that
you hear about "The Simpsons" but like, we just lay
out all the facts for it, but then we also talk about
some of our favorite characters. One of my favorite chapters is called, "Pathetic People of Springfield." So yeah, that's available
on Amazon right now. - [Mike] That's great. - [Haley] And I read it! And it's great. - [Mike] "And that's how I knew
the answer to this question" - So if you wanna know the
answer to trivia, read her book. - [Julia] Oh yeah. - [Mike] Here we go with our next one. (air whooshing) In episode "2F09" when Itchy
play Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone he strikes the
same rib twice in succession yet it produces two
clearly different tones. While you might think that
this is a fire-able blunder, there is in fact an explanation: any time you see something
like this, a wizard did it. (buzzer chiming) - Um actually a wizard didn't do it, but you want me to go on. - [Mike] I do, you are right. And I do want you to go on. But I'll give you the point but, - [Haley] Yeah but, - Yeah. Is it something to do with sort of like, the music copyright issues
of playing certain melodies and registration within BMI or ASCAP? - Oh that's very funny. That's not even near where I'm going no, I'll give you the point unless
someone else can be more, (buzzer chiming) - Well let me ask you, why would grown man with a t-shirt, who's this genius at work, spend all of his time watching
a children's cartoon show? - [Mike] That is correct.
- That's the correct answer. - That is in fact the explanation
that is given for this. "a wizard did it," appears
at a later episode, in which Professor Frink asks
about episode BF12 of Xena, in which Xena's battling barbarians while riding a winged Appaloosa, yet in the very next scene, she's clearly on top of a winged Arabian. The xylophone question
is asked, what you said. - That's from the episode, "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show," which was written by David X. Cohen, so do I get points for that? - I'll give, uh, a classic on this show which is that, adding more information unfortunately does not get you the point. - [Offscreen Female] Kirk
didn't say, "Um, actually." - Oh my god! (buzzer chiming) (Mike laughing) - [Julia] What he said! I knew it! - And all it takes is-- - [Mike] Yes, you know what? It's the name of the game. Like, it's Julia's now. - What is the game called? I can't read it. I never learned to read! I feel like a little, - [Julia] If I won by default again, if I won by default I would love that. It's a theme in my life. - [Haley] I really thought
that this question, I felt this question was gonna happen, but I thought that you
were gonna do like, "2G09." - [Mike] Oh like I was gonna
change the episode title. - Because 2F09 is correct. And I thought, I was like ready for that. - [Mike] I mean I absolutely wanted to do a question about this, because it's a whole question
about, just nerdy fans, (buzzer chiming) being like super pedantic
and like correcting things. - Um, actually, did anyone
say the answer again. Since I'd rang in and can I ring in again and say "Um, actually," first? - Julia did say, "Um
actually, what Kirk said." - [Kirk] Oh. (Julia and Mike laughing) - "Can I Borrow a Feeling," Kirk? - I wish (laughing) - [Mike] Here's the thing, - [Kirk] "At least I've
got my singing career." "I sleep in a car that's
shaped like a racing bed." - (Haley and Mike) "I sleep
in a big bed with my wife." - Oh. - You should let Arby's
deal with the rest. - Normally I would maybe take pity on you, - That's okay. - [Mike] But one, it's three times, so it's very funny. - And now Beetlejuice is gonna show up. - And two, you were already
sort of adding information onto Julia's and so I
think the comedy should, I'm gonna give that point to Julia. - It's fair. (bells ringing) - [Mike] It's also just funnier this way. - No, I own it. I don't know what's wrong with me. There is a Simpsons reference
that's appropriate for this, and perhaps you can
put it in the comments. - Well this brings us to
our last shiny question of the game. (harp music) (lively band music) (chimes ringing) - Oh no, are we gonna have to draw? - You are gonna have to draw. - [Julia] No! (panel laughing) - Don't worry I won't
be judging your talent, or ability here. This is a game called Fictionary, where I give you the name
of a creature or monster, and it is up to you to draw it
to the best of your ability. Again, not looking for
high quality drawings here, but looking for the key features
that define that creature. Your creature is, the Esquilax. - [Kirk] I knew it! I knew it was that, I knew it. - The Esquilax. - Oh shit. - You guys. Okay, this is I think the only time I've ever gotten a point on this. "Um actually Kirk, you
scored many points before, 'cause you're good at this show. Half the time." I've gotten this drawing
when I beat that guy who's an artist and I
was like, "eat it man." - I was gonna no you're not, because I was on that one. It was a Kappa. - It was a Kappa. Oh okay, it just has to
look like the Esquilax. - [Mike] Yeah we're looking
for the key features of the Esquilax. (intense music) - Kirk is capping his pen. - That pen is capped. - Julia, are you? - I think I'm ready. - How're you doing Haley? - Oh yeah sure, why not? - [Mike] All right.
- [Haley] Yeah. - So Haley lets see your Esquilax. - Okay so this is an Esquilax. It's a horse with hippo
feet and a spiky tail. As is commonly found
in the future Simpsons. (Mike laughing) - [Mike] Very good. - It's canon. - Kirk, can you show us the Esquilax? - The Esquilax, the rare medieval creature with the head of a rabbit
and the body of a rabbit. - [Mike] That is correct.
- Agh, yes! - I have two Esquilaxes of my own at home. - Oh!
- I bet you do. - [Kirk] I do! - Julia can you show us your Esquilax? - Mine is also a rabbit, but I also threw in
dignity just as a bonus. (Haley and Mike laughing) So the kind of a scrappy dignity, but if you knew dignity you'd
recognize it when you see it. - Fantastic, well let's go ahead. Let's take a look at that Esquilax and see what it should
look like over here. - [Haley] That's right,
- [Mike] There it is. The Esquilax is of course, a horse with the head of a
rabbit, and the body of a rabbit. Kirk and Julia, you both
drew beautiful Esquilices? Esquilaxes? (crosstalk) - So that is a point for each of you. Haley I'm sorry to say, no
point for your drawing there. - I won't even try to
argue it like I always do. (laughing) (chiming ringing) - Well this brings us to our
last question of the game. - Oh no. (pin ball machine music) - Our last question as always,
concerns real life skills. (air whooshing) When you're writing
formal standard English, you'll want to be sure you're
using real, medular words. While the acceptability of
words is socially defined, one simple standard is its
appearance in the dictionary. All of the following words
first appeared on "The Simpsons" and can now be found in either
the Oxford English Dictionary or Merriam-Webster: embiggen, cromulent, meh, Jebus, (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, embiggen is
not in Webster's dictionary. - Embiggen is in one of those two. If it's not in Webster's
then it's in the Oxford. - I swear to God I just had it, okay. - [Mike] Embiggen, cromulent,
meh, Jebus, craptacular and d'oh. (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, no I was
just enjoying craptacular. But my answer for that is, Jebus, um actually, Jebus is
not in the dictionary? - Incorrect. (buzzer chiming) - Um actually, craptacular
is not in the dictionary. - Craptacular is, yeah. - [Julia] Damn. - All right, so, (buzzer
chiming) um actually, cromulent isn't. - That's correct. - [Haley] Yes!
- [Kirk] What? That's a perfectly cromulent word. - Despite being perhaps
the most cromulent word on this list, - [Julia] I'm sorry. Um
actually, not to pull this card. - [Mike] Please. - And maybe this person was
wrong, but as I mentioned, I just recorded an episode
with David X. Cohen, creator or, co-developer
of Futurama or whatever. And in our conversation, we talked about cromulent being accepted into Webster's dictionary
and embiggen not. - Let's check on it. When I was looking at this, what I found was the other
way around which is that like, embiggen was and cromulent, - [Julia] That could've been, - That's what I thought. - [Mike] even though it has like, I think it's perhaps
more, what did you find? - [Fact Checker] It's listed
on their "Words We're Watching" which is like their potential candidates to be entered into the dictionary list. But it's not actually there. - That feels like a gray area to me. - Yeah, it's not an official inclusion. They're considering it, but like, it does feel like a notable exclusion 'cause I would have put
cromulent over Jebus or, - Yeah especially with
religious ties with Jesus. - [Haley] Wow so "The
Simpsons" are like Shakespeare. They created their own, (crosstalk) - [Mike] There literally
are a lot of words, yeah. - [Haley] Weird. - [Mike] Also I said
medular words at the top, which is not a word. - Right.
- I did think so, but I was too afraid because I'm dumb. I was like, "I don't think
that's a word," but boy I'm, - [Julia] I knew you were gonna land on that question though,
for it being cromulent. - Was that Haley's? That was Haley's point. - That's mine.
- Yes, so it's tie? - And so what is it now? Six, two, six? - That's a good zip code. (Mike laughing) - [Haley] Six, two, six is
part of Bart's combination. - I think you're making that up. Anyways, if it is then, - 36, 24, 36. - Whaaat? - Because I had the same
locker combination in school and I was like, "Am I Bart?" - [Fact Checker] 36-24-36, yep. - [Mike] Wow. - I remember numbers. - But six, two, six, is not one of those, Those three numbers
separately are in there, but six, two, six, I could've been six, five,
six which is actually, I'm really proud of myself. - [Mike] That's true. The number of things you answered that just whizzed passed you. - [Kirk] Yeah, I think I did pretty well. - [Mike] You gotta say,
"Um, actually," man. - And I, one day. - It's basically the
only rule on the game. Well that means that
Haley and Julia are tied, as winners for this round. (Haley and Julia cheering) - Good job, that's amazing. - Well that is it for our episode. (grand horn music) Join us next time for even
more pedantic corrections here on "Um, Actually." (panel cheering) (Mike shushing) (Mike humming piano tune) (Haley humming piano tune) - I love it. (chimes ringing) - And that's it for this
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