Homer's Barbershop Quartet

My personal favourite episode, a lot of great characters get some brilliant gags. Don't delay just watch it.

A truly great beginning to the fifth season. At a swap meet it is discovered that Homer was once a big star in a barbershop quarter. As he tells the story we see all these parallels to the Beatles. Yoko Ono even tries to break up the group. Some terrific sight gags and clever dialogue take it to the next level. Meanwhile, it is barbershop!

While we're at it, I definitely don't agree with the people who say stuff like "seasons 1-8 are the only good ones," "season 2-9" etc., I mean I do think seasons 1-10 are the best, but I really like seasons 11-12 and some of 13-15. I also like the Simpsons movie, and lots of various other media, the games are great. But I'm sure in saying, to me, seasons 3-5 were the top three seasons. The episodes have so much charm, wit, interesting and enjoyable plots and great character dynamics and moments, sometimes endearing and even very melancholic. I love that with the Simpsons it doesn't rely on these poignant and touching scenarios but they're also not thrown in for the sake of it; they are naturally occurring and work within the context. I feel like this is a great episode which displays this, oftentimes through nostalgia/the whole sentimental side of things, and a kind of warm callback to, you guessed it, the Beatles. A more music-orientated episode. It's just really sweet, but still funny and ticks all the nostalgia boxes. This is easily a highlight to any season intro, and probably a top 25 episode of the entire show for me. The episode is feel good and has some good enjoyable moments. Also the music is catchy. Homer is great in particular. As well as Chief Wiggum. The ending is my favourite part hands down. Season five starts off fresh but familiar, funny and thoughtful. The episodes were also starting to look quite a bit better here, which I enjoy as well. The contrast into the following episode is also great because it's even better, as fantastic as this one is, even.

This is a very strong episode with a fun story and great humour.

I love the the tale of the B Sharps, particularly the subtleties of Homer's version of the story like the first suggestion for the band's name to be Handsome Homer Simpson + 3.

The scenes at the swap meet are great, plus everything in the build-up to Barney joining. All the rise and fall elements of the plot are excellent, especially with the Beatles parody being so good.

There are so many funny moments it's difficult to pick a favourite, but the part where Homer has to discuss the prospect of groupies with Marge has fantastic comic timing.