JASPER: SEASON 5

Episodes:

Homer's Barbershop Quartet - Jasper auditions to the be the new fourth member of the Be Sharps, after Chief Wiggum is dismissed. He sings the "Theme from a Summer Place," making up his own lyrics. Later, Grampa is listening to "Baby on Board" on the radio when Jasper arrives and implores him to change the channel.

Dialogue:

JASPER (singing): "Theme.... from a Summer Place...
From a Summer Place,
the Theme,
from a Summer Place,
It's the Theme...."

JASPER: "[Grunt] Paul Harvey's on...."

Reference Note: "Theme from A Summer Place," performed by Percy Faith & his Orcchestra, was the #1 single for 1959. The song was written by Max Steiner for the film A Summer Place. The proper lyrics for the song, written by Mack Discant, can be found here.

Reference Note: Paul Harvey is an American radio broadcaster.

Cape Feare - Jasper attends Sideshow Bob's parole hearing. Later, when the Simpsons return from Terror Lake and find a sadly neglected Grampa has turned into a female, Jasper steps up (in a brown pinstripe suit) and asks to date his former best friend.

Dialogue:

JASPER: "Not so fast! I want to court this fair lady."
GRAMPA: "There's something you should know about me..."
JASPER: "I've got Steve & Edie tickets."
GRAMPA: "I'm all yours!"

Reference Note: Steve & Edie were a husband and wife singing team.

Deleted Scenes:

Jasper's courtship of woman-fied Grampa continues in a boat on the river, where they sing "Daisy Bell" to one another.

Deleted Dialogue:

JASPER: "Not so fast! I... rented a canoe."

JASPER (singing): "It won't be a stylish marriage."
GRAMPA: "We can't afford a carriage."
JASPER: "But you'll look sweet..."
GRAMPA: "...Upon the seat..."
JASPER & GRAMPA: "...of a bicycle built for two!

Homer Goes to College - No appearance

Rosebud - Jasper is part of the mob of crazed beer-drinkers and television watchers who invade the Simpson residence after Homer refuses to return Bobo to Mr. Burns. When the mob successfully claims the bear, Maggie becomes tearful and upset, prompting a change of heart among the crowd. They proceed to the hospital to sing for the patients.

Dialogue:

JASPER: "What have we become?"

Editor's Note: Jasper is mispainted in two of the exterior shots, wearing an orange vest, cyan shirt and navy pants.

Treehouse of Horror IV - No appearance, although the judge in the Court of the Damned seems to have Jasper's voice.

Marge on the Lam - No appearance

Bart's Inner Child - Jasper attends Brad Goodman's "Inner Child Workshop." When Brad initiates an audience chant of "Be Like the Boy," he throws it out to "the seniors in the back," but Jasper and his friends mangle the quote.

Dialogue:

JASPER, GRAMPA, CRAZY OLD MAN: "We like Roy! We like Roy!"

Boy Scoutz N The Hood - When Bart arrives at his first Junior Campers meeting, the other Campers are partaking in "Sponge Bath the Old Folks Day." Jasper is in a tin washbasin, surrounded by eager Junior Campers with sponges.

Dialogue:

JASPER: "Help yourself... but stay above the equator!"

The Last Temptation of Homer - No appearance

$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) - In the flashback sequence, Jasper (circa 1945) watches a newsreel with Abe at the Aztec Theatre. In the present day, the two of them enter the social security office to get their money.

Dialogue:

GRAMPA: "The way people act around here, you'd think the streets were paved with gold!"
JASPER: "They are."

Editor's Note: Young Jasper's voice is noticeably higher in pitch than old Jasper's voice.

Homer the Vigilante - Springfield becomes obsessed with home security, prompting one resident to erect an elaborate laser defence system around his home, which local children - and Otto - begin throwing stones at in order to see the show. Jasper is walking by, and gets hit in the eye by a beam, momentarily curing him of his cataracts. A second beam renders him blind. Later, Jasper, Grampa and Malloy (the cat burgler) volunteer to help Homer guard the museum. Jasper is then spotted helping Grampa steal a small sculpture while they are "on a break."

Dialogue:

JASPER: "Ow! Oh, my cataracts are gone... I can see again! All the beauty of nature--OH!! I'm blind! Oh well, easy come easy go."

Bart Gets Famous - No appearance

Homer and Apu - No appearance

Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy - Jasper and Grampa attend a "Meet TV's Matlock" event. On the bus home, a confused Jasper asks Grampa why he's not as excited as he should be. Later, Jasper is part of the large crowd of elderly folk complaining to Grampa at the Krusty Burger.

Dialogue:

JASPER: "I don't know what's eatin' you, Abe. For three weeks all you could talk about was meeting Matlock. Now you've met him, swiped his pills.... [Reading pill label] 'Take one every hour to prevent spastic heart convulsions.' ...but you ain't said a word!"

JASPER: "I cut my tongue on these pancakes!"

Deep Space Homer - No appearance

Homer Loves Flanders - Jasper attends church with Grampa.

Bart Gets an Elephant - When Bart's efforts to coax a prize elephant out of the KBBL team fail, he is thrown out of the studio. As the radio station returns to the air, Bart can be heard above the music, shouting "Where's my elephant?" At the Retirement Castle, Grampa remarks that they're playing the elephant song.

Dialogue:

JASPER: "I love that... it reminds me of elephants."

Burns' Heir - No appearance

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song - No appearance

The Boy Who Knew Too Much - Jasper serves on the jury in the trial of Freddie Quimby. He appears throughout the second and third acts of the episode. Jasper, like all other jury members besides Homer, votes to convict Quimby.

Dialogue:

JASPER: "Good. I heard the dog from Frasier is going to ride the dolphin from SeaQuest."

JASPER: "Hmm... why bother votin'? He's guilty!"

JASPER: "Let's vote, my liver's failing."

JASPER (AND JURY): "Guilty!"

Reference Note: The dog from Frasier is named Eddie, an annoying Jack Russel Terrier whose real name is Moose. The dolphin from SeaQuest is called Darwin, who on the show is given the ability to talk by science fiction technology.

Editor's Note: This is a poor episode in terms of Jasper consistency. In one shot, his eyeballs are yellow; in another, he has no vest.

Lady Bouvier's Lover - Jasper attends the Seniors Swing Dance (his partner is unidentified). Later, after Mrs. Bouvier rejects Grampa's romantic advances, Jasper leads other Retirement Castle residents in an attempt to cheer Grampa by presenting him with a novelty cake concealing an elderly babe, who dies before she can pop out of the cake. Inexplicably, Jasper is later seen attending Mrs. Bouvier's wedding to Grampa's rival, Mr. Burns.

Dialogue:

JASPER: "Hi Abe, we heard you was in need of some cheering up! So we got you a special cake."

JASPER: "Uh oh... better call the nurse...."

Secrets of a Successful Marriage - Jasper attends two adult-education classes: "How to Chew Tobacco" and "How to Eat an Orange." His first attempt to spit tobacco juice results in the brown juice dribbling down his beard.

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