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Moe's is the local tavern in Springfield. It is named for its owner, Moe Szyslak.

Interior

The bar was described by Dr. Hibbert's daughter as smelling "like tinkle". The inside of the bar is dank and scant. The bar serves Duff Beer, Henry K. Duff's Private Reserve, Red Tick Beer, Tuborg, and a beer flavored with dogs.

Inside Moe's Tavern

His bar features a few pool tables (to which Barney Gumble once "made sweet love" and then "befouled," in that order), a dartboard, the occasional rat, a love tester machine, a bull-riding machine, a racing washing machine and dryer sold to him by Herb Powell, a cigarette vending machine, and a jukebox. A jar of pickled eggs perpetually sits on the bar counter.

As female customers are so rare, Moe uses the women's restroom as an office. Moe claims that there "haven't been any ladies at Moe's since 1979"

Moe's back room has often been the site of numerous illegal operations. Among these are: smuggling Pandas ^[2], Kidnapping Shamu ^[3] and running a Deer Hunter-style Russian Roulette game.

Moe's Tavern always closes on Wednesdays, as Moe performs charity work by reading to the homeless at the same refuge where Flanders serves soup. ^[4]

Incarnations

Moe's Tavern has been reinvented a few times over the years. During these times, at least, he had many more customers, including women:

• The tavern was originally called Meaux's Tavern. ^[5].
• Moe renamed his tavern Flaming Moe's when Homer's cocktail drink became popular.^[6]
• The bar was onced named Moe's Cavern in the past. ^[7]
• Moe's was briefly converted into a family restaurant called Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag but it was reverted it when he was unable to tolerate the family atmosphere.^[8]
• It appeared that Moe has moved to a new location on the Squidport named Moe's Brewing Co. Homer is amazed that Moe's moved to a fancier place. In fact, it was actually a long tunnel that lead to the original Moe's. A visitor remarked, "Hey, this isn't faux dive. This is a dive," to which Moe replies "You're a long way from home, yuppie-boy. I'll start a tab."^[9]
• During a brief period of Prohibition in Springfield, Moe's Tavern was converted into a speakeasy. The sign on the front read Moe's Pet Shop, and the bar and booths flipped over to display pet cages whenever federal agents show up to bust the speakeasy. ^[10]
• Moe revamped his tavern for yuppie hipsters, renaming the bar M. ^[11]
• When Homer took a mortgage on his house to save Moe's, Marge partnered up with Moe to revamp the bar as an English pub called The Nag & Weasel. The pub's sign indicated that Marge is the nag and Moe is the weasel.^[12]
• When Homer convinced the town that the Rapture was coming, Moe sold his bar to Japanese businessmen who converted it into a sushi restaurant named Tokyo Roe's. ^[13].
• During the 90's, Moe's Tavern was allegedly turned into a Cigar bar. At one point, after Barney expelled tons of smoke, Moe tried to use the opportunity to steal a fellow patron's watch, but the smoke dissipated before he could successfully steal it. He then tried to make an alibi that he was just "coming on to him", but the alibi backfired when the patron invites him to his apartment (implying that he was gay.).

Regular customers

It appears that Moe's tavern has only six regular patrons, Homer, Barney, Lenny, Carl, Sam and Larry. Moe pointed out that due to their frequent habit of drunk-driving, "91% of all traffic accidents in this city are caused by you six guys." ^[14]

Barney's bar tab was so large that Moe had to send it to NASA to get it calculated. It totaled $14 billion. Initially, it was believed to be $70 billion, but that was revealed to be the cost of the Voyager space craft.

Other regulars

The scene is usually set in Moe's Tavern when Homer Simpson is there. While there, we often see Lenny, Carl and occasionally Charlie, Homer's colleagues at the nuclear plant. Moe's is usually the place where Homer takes new found friends to hang out, such as Principal Skinner before his marriage.

The two barflies usually seen are Sam and Larry. Sam always wears a cap and Larry has a balding head.

See also - Sam & Larry

Other Patrons

• Aerosmith ^[15]
• Stephen Hawking ^[16][17]
• U2 ^[18]
• Red Hot Chili Peppers ^[19]
• Jay Leno ^[20]
• Wade Boggs ^[21]
• Johnny Carson ^[22]
• Joe Frazier ^[23]
• Jamie Farr ^[24]" (An autographed photo with the Legend: 'To Moe, the Inspiration for Corporal Klinger...now where's my beer?')
• R.E.M ^[25]
• The owner of King Toots
• A man with glasses that are out of focus
• Hugh Jass (a man who coincidentally has the same name that Bart uses for a prank call)
• An unnamed person who has a cowlick and easily passes out
• A gay man who was under the impression that Moe's Tavern was a gay bar
• Ruth Powers
• Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo ^[26] whose name Homer uses as an alias. When Moe insults the name, Shabadoo bursting into tears and running out of the bar; Barney calls out sympathetically after him, "Come back, Joey Joe Joe!")
• A potential patron was Guy Incognito, a man who looked like Homer and talked in a voice similar to his but had a mustache and wore a top hat and tails. Guy wanted to order a drink one time, but Moe thought it was Homer (Homer was banned from Moe's in that episode) in disguise and kicked him out not realizing his error. Homer sees this man lying in the gutter out the front of Moe's and realises he looks just like him but instead of investigating this further, Homer chases after a dog with a puffy tail.
• An unknown character who thinks Homer's name is Bill.
• Barney's dog Shaggy was seen joining the regulars. When Moe commented that he was sick of hearing "shaggy dog stories", Shaggy left in a huff.

Performances

A small stage stands at one end and has been host to a few performances

• Aerosmith ^[27]
• Red Hot Chili Peppers  ^[28]
• The Be Sharps ^[29]
• Krusty the Clown (during his "rebel comic" phase)^[30]

Location, Address and phone number

Moe's Tavern is located on Walnut Street, next to King Toot's Music Store. Across the street is the Moeview Hotel and factory once owned by Bart Simpson.

The phone number varies from time to time. Mr. Burns once tried to call Smithers but did not know his phone number. He tried the buttons marked with the letters for Smithers (764-8437(7)) and called Moe's ^[31]. Bart is asked to call Homer by Principal Skinner, the number visible on the card is WORK: KLondike 5-6832 HOME: KLondike 5-6754 MOE'S TAVERN: KLondike 5-1239, Moe answers the phone and Bart asks for Homer Sexual ^[32]. However, in another occasion, Homer phones the bar at 355-1337. ^[33]

Prank calls

Moe is frequently the victim of prank telephone calls from Bart Simpson, often followed by a violent threat of vengeance from Moe. Bart's calls to Moe have asked for:

• Maya Buttreeks (my-a butt reeks)
• Anita Bath (I need a bath)
• Al Coholic (alcoholic)
• I.P. Freely (I pee freely)
• Oliver Clothesoff (all of her clothes off)
• Ollie Tabooger (I'll eat a booger) (backfired; Homer was running the bar at the time and didn't understand the joke)
• Jacques Strap (jockstrap)
• Seymour Butts (see more butts)(the prank call was re-utilized in Futurama as "Seymour Butts")
• Homer Sexual (homosexual)
• Mike Rotch (my crotch)
• Bea O'Problem (B.O. problem)
• Amanda Huggenkiss (a man to hug and kiss)
• Hugh Jass (huge ass) (backfired; there was a Hugh Jass present)
• Ivana Tinkle (I want to tinkle)
• Heywood U. Cuddleme (hey, would you cuddle me?) (This prank call was done on a telegraph, as the Simpsons were living in a house from 1895 when Bart did this one)
• I'm a stupid moron, with an ugly face, and a big butt, and my butt smells, and I like to kiss my own butt. ^[34]

Behind the Scenes

Moe's Tavern is based on a real bar called Moe's by Loyola Marymount in Playa Del Rey, CA on Culver Street. The owner of Moe's actually bears a striking resemblance to the Simpson's Moe.

A bar called Moe's Tavern can be seen opposite the bank in the film Dog Day Afternoon. Hank Azaria stated that Moe's voice was based on that of Al Pacino's character in the same film.

On the Middle East Broadcasting Center on the Arab version of the show, where The Simpsons is known as Al Shamshoon, the characters drink soda at Moe's Tavern because alcoholic beer is forbidden in Islam.

A DVD featurette on The Complete Tenth Season features a clip collection of these crank calls from Seasons 1 through 7.

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