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Difference between revisions of "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders"

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[[Image:EveryoneHatesFlanders.jpg|thumb|300px|"He's your perky, peppy nightmare-nieghborino!"]]
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{{Song
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|name = "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders"
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|image = [[File:Everybody Hates Ned Flanders.png|250px]]
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|singers = [[Dan Castellaneta]]<br>[[Harry Shearer]]<br>[[Hank Azaria]]<br>[[David Byrne]]<br>[[Nancy Cartwright]]<br>[[Tress MacNeille]]<br>[[Pamela Hayden]]
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|characters = [[Homer Simpson]]<br>[[Lenny Leonard]]<br>[[Carl Carlson]]<br>{{Ch|David Byrne}}<br>[[Ned Flanders]]<br>[[Rod Flanders]]<br>[[Todd Flanders]]<br>[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]<br>Springfielders
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|length = 1:10
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|writer = '''Music:''' [[Alf Clausen]]<br>'''Lyrics:''' [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] and [[Ken Keeler]]
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|album = ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''
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|appearance = "[[Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]"
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}}
  
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'''Everybody Hates Ned Flanders''' is a song written by [[Homer Simpson]]. It was supposed to be a Christmas carol, but when Flander's interupted Homer's writing of it, he decided to make a hate song about him. After hearing it in [[Moe's Tavern]], guest star David Buyrn decided to make it into a CD and have it play all over Springfield on radios, church choirs and kareoke bars. However, after hearing several knock-offs, Homer gives up on the song.It appeared in the episode "[[Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]"
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'''"Everybody Hates Ned Flanders"''' is a song written and performed by [[Homer Simpson]] and other people.
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[[Category:Songs]]
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== History ==
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The song was written by [[Homer Simpson]], who had written "[[Flanders Is His Name]]". After {{Ch|David Byrne}} heard it in [[Moe's Tavern]], he helped produce a version of the song, "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders".
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== Lyrics ==
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:'''Lenny and Carl:'''
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:F-L-A,
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:'''Homer:'''
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:His name is Ned!
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:'''Lenny and Carl:'''
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:E-R-S,
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:'''Homer:'''
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:That's a stupid name!
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:It's worse than Frankenstein or Dr. No!
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:'''David Byrne:'''
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:You can't upset him even slightly,
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:He just smiles and nods politely,
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:Then goes home and worships nightly,
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:His [[Leftorium]] is an emporium of woe!
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:'''Lenny and Carl:'''
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:F-L-A,
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:'''Homer:'''
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:''[mocking tone]'' Don't yell at Ned!
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:'''Lenny and Carl:'''
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:D-E-R,
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:'''Homer:'''
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:[[Maude Flanders|His wife]] is dead!
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:Everybody hates that stupid jerk!
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:'''David Byrne:'''
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:Springfield rocks with Homer's joyous loathing,
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:Filling clubs with angry Valentinos.
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:You don't have to move your feet,
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:Just hate Flanders to the disco beat.
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:'''Homer and David Byrne:'''
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:He's your perky, peppy, nightmare neighborino!
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:If you despise polite left-handers,
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:'''Homer, David and Ned:'''
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:Then I doubt you'll like Ned Flanders
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:Or his creepy little offspring, [[Rod]] and [[Todd]].
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:'''Todd:'''
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:That's us!
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:'''Rod:'''
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:Hooray!
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:'''Audience:'''
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:F-L-A!
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:'''[[Apu]]:'''
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:His name is Ned!
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:'''Audience:'''
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:E-R-S!
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:'''Apu:'''
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:He is so white bread!
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:'''Choir:'''
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:The smiling mustache geek who walks with God!
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== Other versions ==
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Other versions of the song include [[Everybody Hates Ned Flanders (William Shatner's version)|William Shatner's version of "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders"]] and "[[El Hombre Estupido]]", the Salsa remix.
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== Behind the Laughter ==
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The song is part of the "[[Everybody Hates Ned Flanders (Medley)]]" track on the album ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''.
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"Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" was nominated for a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics}} in the {{W|55th Primetime Emmy Awards}}. However, it lost to "Aren't They All Our Children" from ''The Concert for World Children's Day''.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2003/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 2003"]</ref>
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== Appearances ==
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*{{ep|Dude, Where's My Ranch?}}
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*{{alb|The Simpsons: Testify}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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{{The Simpsons Testify}}
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[[Category:Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Emmy nominated songs]]
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[[Category:Songs by Homer]]
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[[Category:Songs by Lenny]]
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[[Category:Songs by Carl]]
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[[Category:Songs by Ned]]
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[[Category:Songs by Rod and Todd]]
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[[Category:Songs by Apu]]
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[[Category:Songs by Dan Castellaneta]]
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[[Category:Songs by Hank Azaria]]
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[[Category:Songs by Harry Shearer]]
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[[Category:Songs by Pamela Hayden]]
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[[Category:Songs by Nancy Cartwright]]
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[[Category:Songs by Tress MacNeille]]
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[[Category:Songs by David Byrne]]

Latest revision as of 13:04, January 28, 2023

"Everybody Hates Ned Flanders"
Everybody Hates Ned Flanders.png
Song Information
Singers: Dan Castellaneta
Harry Shearer
Hank Azaria
David Byrne
Nancy Cartwright
Tress MacNeille
Pamela Hayden
Characters: Homer Simpson
Lenny Leonard
Carl Carlson
David Byrne
Ned Flanders
Rod Flanders
Todd Flanders
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Springfielders
Length: 1:10
Writer(s): Music: Alf Clausen
Lyrics: Ian Maxtone-Graham and Ken Keeler
Album: The Simpsons: Testify
Appearance(s): "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"

"Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" is a song written and performed by Homer Simpson and other people.

History[edit]

The song was written by Homer Simpson, who had written "Flanders Is His Name". After David Byrne heard it in Moe's Tavern, he helped produce a version of the song, "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders".

Lyrics[edit]

Lenny and Carl:
F-L-A,
Homer:
His name is Ned!
Lenny and Carl:
E-R-S,
Homer:
That's a stupid name!
It's worse than Frankenstein or Dr. No!
David Byrne:
You can't upset him even slightly,
He just smiles and nods politely,
Then goes home and worships nightly,
His Leftorium is an emporium of woe!
Lenny and Carl:
F-L-A,
Homer:
[mocking tone] Don't yell at Ned!
Lenny and Carl:
D-E-R,
Homer:
His wife is dead!
Everybody hates that stupid jerk!
David Byrne:
Springfield rocks with Homer's joyous loathing,
Filling clubs with angry Valentinos.
You don't have to move your feet,
Just hate Flanders to the disco beat.
Homer and David Byrne:
He's your perky, peppy, nightmare neighborino!
If you despise polite left-handers,
Homer, David and Ned:
Then I doubt you'll like Ned Flanders
Or his creepy little offspring, Rod and Todd.
Todd:
That's us!
Rod:
Hooray!
Audience:
F-L-A!
Apu:
His name is Ned!
Audience:
E-R-S!
Apu:
He is so white bread!
Choir:
The smiling mustache geek who walks with God!

Other versions[edit]

Other versions of the song include William Shatner's version of "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" and "El Hombre Estupido", the Salsa remix.

Behind the Laughter[edit]

The song is part of the "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders (Medley)" track on the album The Simpsons: Testify.

"Everybody Hates Ned Flanders" was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in the 55th Primetime Emmy Awards. However, it lost to "Aren't They All Our Children" from The Concert for World Children's Day.[1]

Appearances[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 2003"


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