When I was taking that quiz Dave put up yesterday I noticed that there were links to quizzes for Family Guy, South Park and Futurama as well. Rather than add to internet’s already vast archive of arguments over the relative merits of these shows, I’m simply going to point out a telling numerical discrepancy. In raw numbers The Simpsons quiz had 63 characters, the South Park and Family Guy quizzes had 42 each and the Futurama quiz had 30. But the Simpsons quiz doesn’t have more characters because it’s been on longer. In fact, all of the 63 characters were on…
Month: June 2009
Quote of the Day
“Why isn’t Dad ever interested in anything I do?” – Lisa Simpson “Well, uh, do you ever take an interest in anything he does?” – Marge Simpson “No. Well, we used to have burping contests, but I outgrew it.” – Lisa Simpson “Hmmm. Well, if you want to get closer to him then maybe you should bridge the gap. I do it all the time. I pretend I’m interested in looking at power tools, going to those silly car chase movies, and . . . some things I’ll tell you about when you’re older.” – Marge Simpson
Yet Another Simpsons Internet Quiz
It’s Monday morning. You’re at work, likely hungover. Why focus on the task at hand when you can distract yourself with the magic of the Internet? Today’s time-waster comes courtesy of Sporcle, a stupidly named website with a great Simpsons-related quiz. Basically, you have ten minutes to name 63 characters you know and love. I’m happy to say I got all of them right with five minutes to spare, which apparently that puts me in the top 7.7% of the nearly 520,000 folks who’ve participated. Take the quiz and then leave a comment and let us know how you did.
Quote of the Day
“Smithers I’m back in the pink, full of pith and vinegar!” – C.M. Burns “Just remarkable, sir.” – Mr. Smithers “You know, it’s funny Smithers, I tried every tincture and poultice and tonic and patent medicine there is, and all I really needed was the blood of a young boy.” – C.M. Burns
Quote of the Day
“Bart, where’d you get that shirt.” – Homer Simpson “I dunno, came out of the closet.” – Bart Simpson “Ahh . . . huh.” – Homer Simpson
Quote of the Day
“You’re asking me to live a lie, I don’t know if I can do that.” – Selma McClure “It’s remarkably easy!” – Troy McClure
Homer the Street Sign
Last Monday a blog post went up at OnMilwaukee.com (with the picture at right) about an official looking street sign some enterprising individual attached to the real street sign for Homer Street. That is fucking cool, no matter how you slice it. The city, naturally, saw things differently and had the sign pulled down. Now, in Milwaukee you can apparently apply for a license for street art of this nature, but in order to do so the original artist has to step forward and so far no one has. This led to a second blog post at OnMilwaukee asking for…
Friday Link Dump – Excellent Usage Edition
“Ohh, he card reads good.” – Homer Simpson There are several examples of people getting their quotes right and using them in context this week. Also there’s another amusingly out of date cranky old guy (he doesn’t like swearing and backtalk), a woman who hates shorts and Simpsons merchandise made in Chinese prisons. If you’re overweight and looking for love, it pays to be a man – You mean that different standards are applied to men and women? I’m shocked. What does this have to do with The Simpsons? Well, nothing really, but the story has a picture of Homer…
Quote of the Day
“Now, make sure we have plenty of cold cuts, and put some beer on ice-” – Homer Simpson “Um, Homer, I’m a vegetarian and I don’t drink.” – Leon Kompowski “Are you sure you’re here voluntarily?” – Homer Simpson Rest in peace, Leon.
Synergy Tips Its Hand
Our old friends at IGN are filling the summer months with content the same way we are: by talking about old episodes. So far I’ve ignored these, I don’t need anyone to tell me that Marge vs. the Monorail is awesome, nor do I have much use for a review that docks a point from “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet” because people don’t praise it often enough. It’s all drivel; though if they ever get around to positively reviewing some piece of shit from a later season I’ll probably be forced to weigh in with a flurry of pointless but cathartic ranting.…
Quote of the Day
“Wait til I tell Marge.” – Homer Simpson “Oh yes, Bouffant Betty. Well I would prefer we kept your marriage a secret. You see, a lot of women are going to want to have sex with you, and, ah, we want them to think they can.” – Nigel “Well, if I explain it to Marge that way I’m sure she’ll understand.” – Homer Simpson … “C’mon honey, it’ll only be until we finish our tour of Sweden.” – Homer Simpson
Crazy Noises: The Canine Mutiny
“Bills, bills, oh, a rejection letter from The New Yorker subscription department.” – Marge Simpson In an attempt to fill the summer with love, hate and pointless Simpsons commentary we at the Dead Homer Society are going to spend some time overthinking Season 8. Why Season 8? Because Season 8 is when The Simpsons really began to deteriorate into Zombie Simpsons. That’s why. Because we’re cutting edge and ultra-modern we’re using a newfangled, information-superhighway fad called a “chatroom” to conduct our conversation. This text has been edited for clarity and spelling (especially on “scotch” and “crotch”). Today’s episode is 820 “The…
Quote of the Day
“Well, time to go to work.” – Homer Simpson “Little do they know, I’m ducking out early to take the Duff Brewery tour.” – Homer’s Brain “Roll in at nine, punch out at five, that’s the plan.” – Homer Simpson “Heh heh heh, they don’t suspect a thing . . . Well, off to the plant!” – Homer’s Brain “Then to the Duff Brewery.” – Homer Simpson “Uh-oh, did I say that or just think it?” – Homer’s Brain “I gotta think of a lie fast.” – Homer Simpson “Homer, are you going to the Duff Brewery?” – Marge Simpson “Ahhhhhhh!”…
Crazy Noises: The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
“Excuse me, but ‘pro-active’ and ‘paradigm’, aren’t these just buzzwords that dumb people use to sound important? Not that I’m accusing you of anything like that. I’m fired aren’t I?” – Itchy & Scratchy Writer “Oh, yes.” – Roger Meyers Jr. In an attempt to fill the summer with love, hate and pointless Simpsons commentary we at the Dead Homer Society are going to spend some time overthinking Season 8. Why Season 8? Because Season 8 is when The Simpsons really began to deteriorate into Zombie Simpsons. That’s why. Because we’re cutting edge and ultra-modern we’re using a newfangled, information-superhighway fad…
Quote of the Day
“It’s not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.” – Lisa Simpson “Don’t you ever, ever talk that way about television.” – Homer Simpson
Your $5,000 Ass Here
Via MTV’s Movies Blog comes the mother of all Simpsons merchandise. If it looks familiar that’s because this is one of the promo pieces that were shipped to theaters for the movie. I don’t recall the one at my local multiplex having an extra seat next to Homer (there was a rope around it to keep people from breaking it), but what do I know? It is neither cheap nor small, the eBay description lists it as 12 feet long and weighing in at approximately 400 lbs and the “BuyItNow” price, before shipping, is $5,000. Somewhat bizarrely, that’s not a…
Quote of the Day
“Okay, okay, okay, okay, where do you want to go?” – Homer Simpson “Anywhere but hamburgers, pizza, or fried chicken!” – Lisa Simpson “Fine, we’ll go to Mars!” – Homer Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Lisa Simpson, are you ready to go on a voyage of intellectual self discovery?” – Skinner Voice “I think so.” – Lisa Simpson “Is that a pie or a quiche?” – Skinner Voice “A pie.” – Lisa Simpson “You may enter.” – Hibbert Voice
Quote of the Day
“I swear Monty, you are the devil himself.” – Jacquilene Bouvier “I-who told you?!” – C. M. Burns
Friday Link Dump – Cranky Old People Edition
“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: hell in a handbasket!” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson “Get off my lawn!” is widely recognized as the mating call of the North American Wailing Geezer. We have a couple of different examples this week, including a neck and neck race for Worst Usage. Note: Father’s Day, the less popular of Hallmark’s two days to make you feel guilty for being born, is Sunday. As a result every writer and their brother is citing Homer this week, usually by saying something like “Your dad may not be like Homer Simpson, but this year…