- The latest Tweets from Simpson Wrestling (@sstormwrestling). The official Twitter account of Storm Wrestling. Indianola, IA.
- Apr 13, 2001 the Simpson's are the best on t.v. But i can't believe they could release such a bad game. I realise that this was made back in 2001 but back then they still had better graphics than this. They don't look like they are fighting, they look like they're having a cat fight. The game play is terrible and the special moves aren't so special as they don't have much affect on your opponent.
'Gorgeous Grampa' | |||
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Episode no. | Season 24 Episode 14 | ||
Directed by | Chuck Sheetz[1] | ||
Written by | Matt Selman[2] | ||
Production code | RABF06[3] | ||
Original air date | March 3, 2013 | ||
Episode features | |||
Couch gag | The Simpson family and several secondary characters do the Homer Shake. | ||
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'Gorgeous Grampa' is the fourteenth episode of the 24th season of The Simpsons and the 522nd episode overall.[3] It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 3, 2013.
Plot[edit]
Homer becomes addicted to a reality TV show called Storage Battles and decides to participate in a storage unit auction as a result. He wins the storage unit with $1000, outbidding several townspeople and elephant Stampy. The family goes through its contents to find it is full of women's clothes and muscleman magazines belonging to Grampa Simpson. Marge comes to the conclusion that Grampa is a closeted homosexual who was forced to be heterosexual through most of his life. Homer and Marge set Grampa up with Waylon Smithers, but the plan fails when Mr. Burns arrives and scares Smithers off. Marge then admits to Grampa that she thought he was homosexual, to which Grampa becomes enraged and Mr. Burns reveals that Grampa actually used to be an old-time Gorgeous George-type wrestler called 'Glamorous Godfrey', whose radical fighting style was heavily despised by the wrestling fan community, forcing him to retire. Burns reveals himself to be Godfrey's biggest fan (and only living one); he then persuades Grampa to return to the wrestling scene, which Grampa does. Though he is again met with loathing, Grampa continues the act under Burns's manipulation.
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Bart soon becomes fascinated with Grampa and starts mimicking the mannerisms Grampa uses in the ring. However, he also attracts hatred and it worries Homer and Marge, but pleases Grampa and Burns. Under Burns's supervision, Grampa and Bart partner up in a tag team wrestling match. Marge tries to appeal to Grampa, but he turns her efforts down. However, he changes his mind when he observes Bart harassing the audience and takes on another wrestling identity that he calls 'Honest Abe' in order to convince Bart to stop his ways. When Burns protests against this, Grampa and Bart defeat him in the ring. Afterwards, the two retire from wrestling.
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Feb 15, 2007 How to Win at Arm Wrestling. Most people see arm wrestling as a battle of strength, but champion arm wrestlers know that technique is critical. In fact, winning an arm-wrestling match has less to do with brute strength than with the way in. Jan 12, 2017 How to Always Win at Arm Wrestling. While we generally prefer to settle all important disputes through the time-tested method of Rock Paper Scissors, sometimes that's not enough.
Robert David Sullivan of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B-, saying, 'The season has already been heavy on nostalgia and on Grampa appearances, so it's not a pleasant surprise when the Simpsons stumble upon a storage unit with boxes of feather boas, wigs, and perfume sprayers in boxes marked 'Property of Abe Simpson'.'[4]
Ratings[edit]
The episode received a 2.2 in the 18-49 demographic and was watched by a total of 4.66 million viewers. This made it the most watched show on Fox's Animation Domination line up that night.[5]
Syndication edits[edit]
The 'Homer Shake' couch gag was removed from repeated airings in the US and all airings in the UK, presumably due to what it parodies.[citation needed]
References[edit]
The Simpsons Arm Wrestling
- ^'FoxFast.com - View, Screen, Download'. Direct.foxfast.com. Retrieved 2014-04-15.[permanent dead link]
- ^Chris Ledesma Twitter. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ abReg. #PAu003625982 in the Copyright Catalog. United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^David, Robert (2013-03-03). ''Gorgeous Grampa' | The Simpsons | TV Club | TV'. The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
- ^'Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', 'The Amazing Race', 'Celebrity Apprentice', 'Red Widow', 'The Cleveland Show', 'America's Funniest Home Videos' Adjusted Up; '60 Minutes', 'The Simpsons' Adjusted Down'. Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
External links[edit]
- 'Gorgeous Grampa' on IMDb
- 'Gorgeous Grampa' at TV.com
- 'Gorgeous Grampa' at theSimpsons.com
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gorgeous_Grampa&oldid=936266930'
Simpsons Homer Arm Wrestling
August 19th 2015
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Jessica Simpson Arm Wrestling
Bart Wood is the guy standing between Word Armwrestling League finalists, two pullers who have battled a gauntlet of competitors to do final battle in The Pit over a $20,000 stack that can be theirs if they win just one more series. Wood is the WAL’s main referee, a puller himself with more than 20 years competing and reffing matches.
The 40-year-old union cement finisher by day started reffing in 1995, a few years after he started pulling. Wood, a former world champion power lifter who lives in Erie, PA, says that having competed himself makes reffing that much easier. He knows the mindset of the pullers he is policing, because he has been there. Wood knows that some pullers will take any edge they can get, if a ref doesn’t see it.
“When I’m competing, I’m trying to get away with all the advantages,” the father of 5 said. “As a referee, I’m eliminating those advantages and making sure there’s a fair start.”
Wood can be seen on ESPN holding the chalked up hands of the WAL athletes, calmly yet insistently tugging them into position to ensure a clean start to the match. He must ensure that he can see the knuckles of both mens’ thumbs, to ensure no one gets an upper hand in the grip department. He must also ensure their wrists are straight and that they are centered before he lets them go.
As he’s lining them up, Wood said he can feel if the puller is going to try to go inside or if they’re going to press up high. Not on his watch. Wood said the WAL on ESPN is taking not only armwrestling, but officiating the sport to a whole new level. Never has there been so many refs so focused on ensuring a match is clean, he said. Having been part of the sub culture himself for years, Wood said he knows everyone’s tactics for getting an edge.
“I know what most of the guys do,” he said. “I prepare myself as I see them walking to the table. I know where they’re going to try and gain advantage, and it’s easy for me to dissect it.”
Wood also focuses on taking control of the table, no matter what big names are up there, or what complaints they might make. Many of the big names have competed elsewhere in the armwrestling scene, but the WAL requires a whole new level of professionalism on the part of officials to go along with the sports ascendance into the mainstream.
“You need to have patience, a quick eye and be able to make a judgment call and be able to have presence to where you take control of the table, no matter who the competitors are,” Wood said. “It’s not for everybody. You can lose control, and you’ll never be able to get them to listen to you.”
Reffing in the WAL is a lot like competing, he said.
“You have to be crisp and fresh,” Wood said. “It’s the same mental aspect. It’s the concentration, and making sure my eyes are focused. As soon as I get the match off, boom, I’m down to the elbow as fast as I can.”
Wood has to get down to the elbow so he can see when a pin has occurred. His wife, Jennifer, is also a WAL sub-referee. Like an officiant in any professional sport, Wood feels the heat of the spotlight, but loves it nonetheless. He’s right up in the action and still gets the rush the competitors feels.
“I love how in the heat of the moment, tempers can flare, but then after it’s done, everyone is shaking hands and complimenting each other on a job well done,” Wood said. “Nothing better than going to work and truly loving what you do.”
The 40-year-old union cement finisher by day started reffing in 1995, a few years after he started pulling. Wood, a former world champion power lifter who lives in Erie, PA, says that having competed himself makes reffing that much easier. He knows the mindset of the pullers he is policing, because he has been there. Wood knows that some pullers will take any edge they can get, if a ref doesn’t see it.
“When I’m competing, I’m trying to get away with all the advantages,” the father of 5 said. “As a referee, I’m eliminating those advantages and making sure there’s a fair start.”
Wood can be seen on ESPN holding the chalked up hands of the WAL athletes, calmly yet insistently tugging them into position to ensure a clean start to the match. He must ensure that he can see the knuckles of both mens’ thumbs, to ensure no one gets an upper hand in the grip department. He must also ensure their wrists are straight and that they are centered before he lets them go.
As he’s lining them up, Wood said he can feel if the puller is going to try to go inside or if they’re going to press up high. Not on his watch. Wood said the WAL on ESPN is taking not only armwrestling, but officiating the sport to a whole new level. Never has there been so many refs so focused on ensuring a match is clean, he said. Having been part of the sub culture himself for years, Wood said he knows everyone’s tactics for getting an edge.
“I know what most of the guys do,” he said. “I prepare myself as I see them walking to the table. I know where they’re going to try and gain advantage, and it’s easy for me to dissect it.”
Wood also focuses on taking control of the table, no matter what big names are up there, or what complaints they might make. Many of the big names have competed elsewhere in the armwrestling scene, but the WAL requires a whole new level of professionalism on the part of officials to go along with the sports ascendance into the mainstream.
“You need to have patience, a quick eye and be able to make a judgment call and be able to have presence to where you take control of the table, no matter who the competitors are,” Wood said. “It’s not for everybody. You can lose control, and you’ll never be able to get them to listen to you.”
Reffing in the WAL is a lot like competing, he said.
“You have to be crisp and fresh,” Wood said. “It’s the same mental aspect. It’s the concentration, and making sure my eyes are focused. As soon as I get the match off, boom, I’m down to the elbow as fast as I can.”
Wood has to get down to the elbow so he can see when a pin has occurred. His wife, Jennifer, is also a WAL sub-referee. Like an officiant in any professional sport, Wood feels the heat of the spotlight, but loves it nonetheless. He’s right up in the action and still gets the rush the competitors feels.
“I love how in the heat of the moment, tempers can flare, but then after it’s done, everyone is shaking hands and complimenting each other on a job well done,” Wood said. “Nothing better than going to work and truly loving what you do.”