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

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Obligatory and appropriate:

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

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Now I’m all hungry for steamed hams.

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I also like the German Expressionist version.

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Came here for Worker and Parasite - was not disappointed.

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

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That was great! Especially the music and sound effects.

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

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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.)”

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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.

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

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

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

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Tlc Cooking GIF by Lexi Martone

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