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3sDidn't graduate? How low can you get?
1.93sBarney, where's your cummerbund?
2.17sIt fell in the toilet.
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1.94sMarge, I have my pride.
3.17sI'm going to go to night school, earn my high school diploma...
3.34sand get back my Most Improved Odor trophy!
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2.75sYou're a comedy writer? My God, you're so old.
0.67sI want my check!
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2.02sYou're a writer, all right.
0.67sHere you go, Simpson.
1.92sI want another one!
4.54sYou're a funny guy. How would you like a staff job? I'll start you at $800 a week.
1.33sMy chest hurts.
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3.34sAll right, leeches, I want you to see what a good writer looks like.
1.94sHis name is Abraham Simpson,
4.54sand he's got something you couldn't get at your fancy schools-- life experience.
2.94sActually, you know, I wrote my thesis on life experience, and--
1.92sQuiet!
2.43sAbe, tell 'em about your amazing life.
3.04sI spent 40 years as a night watchman at a cranberry silo.
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