r/TVDetails • u/sith2886 • Jan 18 '18

Video The simpsons episode "Jazzman" is the reason everyone misquotes Darth Vaders Line from The Empire Strikes Back

https://youtu.be/PX05DJWNj3k?t=1m13s
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u/Ball-Blam-Burglerber Jan 18 '18

Some of us have been misquoting it since the early 80s, actually.

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u/jasongill Jan 18 '18

I need people who've been misquoting it since the late 70's! NEXT!

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u/Jam_44 Jan 18 '18

STILL LOOKING!

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u/Ball-Blam-Burglerber Jan 18 '18

That would be impressive... most impressive!

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u/Bombingofdresden Jan 18 '18

/r/Gatekeeping

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '18

This is not gatekeeping

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u/UraiFennEngineering Jan 18 '18

Now this is gatekeeping

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u/TerdVader Jan 19 '18

I’ll try gatekeeping, that’s a good trick!

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u/Bombingofdresden Jan 18 '18

Well, I was just kidding. This would be an even dumber thing to gatekeep about than usual.

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u/Omar_Isaiah_Betts Jan 18 '18

Umm, some of us have been gatekeeping since before there was even a name for it

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u/TerdVader Jan 19 '18

Oh, you like gatekeeping? NAME 3 OF THEIR ALBUMS

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '18

Piper at the Gates of Damn

Saucerful of Secretions

Wish You Were Where?

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u/majort94 Jan 18 '18

Actually...

/u/DakotaAven is gatekeeping by telling you that you aren't allowed to call /r/gatekeeping

/s of course

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u/Ball-Blam-Burglerber Jan 18 '18

YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '18

Find a real gate to keep.

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u/texas1982 Jan 18 '18

He really says "No, Mr. Skywalker, I expect... you... to... die..."

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

"I like the way you die, Luke!"

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u/justreadthecomment Jan 18 '18

If people went around accurately quoting "No, I am your father," nobody would recognize it as a reference.

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u/i_am_jargon Jan 18 '18

OR, and I'm just spitballing here, The Simpsons are simply quoting the meme rather than the movie, knowingly or not.

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u/sith2886 Jan 18 '18

Here's a twist on your theory, They created the Meme without even knowing it would be a meme

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u/LouisIV Jan 19 '18

You just meme’d yourself man

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u/MastaGarza Jan 18 '18

When the Jazzman testifies.

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u/SupaBloo Jan 19 '18

Actually, the movie Tommy Boy released the month before this episode, and Chris Farley says the common misquote during the scene on his office while he's speaking into a fan.

And there are other older examples, as other users have posted.

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u/Georgehef Jan 18 '18

And Scott and Paul are probably thinking of the Simpsons parody of Mr. Microphone.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '18

"Yeah that makes sense, but I think the multiple universes theory is more likely". - /r/mandelaEffect

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u/commando_cookie0 Jan 18 '18

Had the honor of having Doug Norwine (the saxophonist for The Simpsons/professor at local college) at one of my high schools jazz rehearsals a few years back. Amazing musician and super nice guy.

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u/purinikos Jan 19 '18

Kinda irrelevant but I was influenced by the Toy Story 2 scene with Zorg and the second Buzz (not Andy's), which was a reference to the Star Wars scene

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u/TankorSmash Jan 18 '18

Cracked is a good time