Crazy Noises: Hurricane Neddy

“Past instances in which I professed to like you were fraudulent.” – Homer 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 “Skittle-brau”). Today’s episode is 808, “Hurricane Neddy“. Charlie Sweatpants:…

Zombie Simpsons and Zombie Doris

“I can feel death’s clammy hand on my shoulder!  Wait, that’s my hand.” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson This list is a pretty impressive display of Simpsons trivia.  It’s real deaths of real people that changed the way The Simpsons went.  Doris Grau and Phil Hartman I knew about, but the other four were news to me.  Go read the whole thing, it’s quite good. This deserves special notice as a further illustration of how horrifyingly soulless Zombie Simpsons truly is: Doris Grau died from lung cancer (who could have guessed?) on December 30, 1995, a scant eight days before the…

Quote of the Day

“Dad, you look totally classy.  You could be Abe Lincoln’s father’s boss.” – Bart Simpson “Can you see the pie stains?” – Homer Simpson “It’ll be dark.” – Lisa Simpson