The Simpsons' "steamed hams" gag as a Soviet-banned film

[Rusty_Blazenhoff]

Originally published at: The Simpsons' "steamed hams" gag as a Soviet-banned film | Boing Boing

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[gracchus]

Obligatory and appropriate:

[At least “Worker and Parasite” wasn’t banned]

[snigs]

Now I’m all hungry for steamed hams.

[SpunkyTWS]

I also like the German Expressionist version.

Steamed Hams but it's a German Expressionist Film

[stevev]

The Simpsons - Worker and Parasite

[vytautas_malesh]

Came here for Worker and Parasite - was not disappointed.

[knoxblox]

Being a Soviet animation fan, I’d say the artwork was spot on.

[muser]

That was great! Especially the music and sound effects.

[bcsizemo]

I feel like that would have been right at home on MTV’s Liquid Television.

[generic_name]

It’s weird how certain Simpsons bits take on a life of their own.

I saw someone wearing a similar shirt to this one, but with the older BK logo, and the tag line “Steamed Hams, ALBANY (Not Available in Utica.)”

[unhallowed]

Having grown up on 60s and 70s realist cartoons (alongside Warner Bros and Hanna Barbera), this is definitely spot on. The Russian one is pure gold.

[knoxblox]

I’ll just leave this here for anybody that’s interested…a whole list of animated Soviet-era films.

[some_guy]

I saw a French New Wave version someone did but this is way better.

[Gyrofrog]

Is Czech animation close enough? It reminded me of Fantastic Planet.

[knoxblox]