The Simpsons (TV Series)

Love Is a Many Strangled Thing (2011)

Paul Rudd: Dr. Zander

Quotes 

• Dr. Zander : Homer, to emphasize the seriousness of this situation, I'm going to turn my chair around backwards.

  Homer Simpson : [screams] 

• Dr. Zander : Bart, I'm trying to get you to feel something for your father!

  Bart Simpson : I feel something for him. Here it comes.

  [he belches] 

  Dr. Zander : Why, you little...!

  [strangling him] 

  Dr. Zander : Ooh, this is a tough neck. Oh, it's so strong. It's like an oak.

  Homer Simpson : You see? You see how that boy pushes your buttons?

  Dr. Zander : We'll talk when he's dead!

• Dr. Zander : Wait a minute! You strangle your own son?

  Homer Simpson : Yeah, strangling. I'ts not the only tool in my parenting arsenal, but it's the sharpest.

• Homer Simpson : Doctor, you made me see my life of through Bart's neck.

  Dr. Zander : Homer, you've made a lot of progress. I'm sure with a few years of biweekly sessions, I'm sure...

  Homer Simpson : Uh, I lied about having health insurance.

  Dr. Zander : And you're cured.

• Dr. Zander : You're serious? You mean you lay your hands on your son's neck?

  Homer Simpson : Yeah. I guess it's the way I was brought up.

  [Flashback to Homer as a boy] 

  Grampa Simpson : Homer, your grades are a disgrace. No more TV for a month.

  Homer Simpson : Why you little...

  [Strangles Grampa] 

• Marge Simpson : So whatever you did to my husband was too effective.

  Dr. Zander : Yes, one of the most common complaints about therapy.