Yesterday Digital Spy put up an interview with longtime Simpsonista David Mirkin. (He worked on the show from the beginning pretty much through the start of Zombie Simpsons and then on-again, off-again in more recent seasons.) It’s an interesting read, including the welcome information that we’re a long way off from a second movie. Here’s the part that rankles: Matt Groening said that he doesn’t see an ending in sight for the show. Do you agree? “I pray for an end! I would like to meet another human being who doesn’t work on the show! And maybe say ‘hi’ to a…
Day: August 25, 2009
2 Simpson Quizes: 1 Live, 1 YouTube
There’s a Simpsons pub trivia competition tonight (Aug 25th) in Denver at a bar called, no shit, Moe’s. I do not live in Denver, oh well. However for all us non-Front Range people there is also a Simpsons YouTube quiz at that link: Setting aside the remix-techno-soundtrack I find this quiz a bit bizarre. On the positive side it’s moderately difficult (I got all ten right, but I had to guess on one) and features no Zombie Simpsons questions. Hooray. Against it is the fact that it misspells (among other things) Smithers’ first name. It’s “Waylon” not: I just find…
Quote of the Day
“Ah, Smithers. How’d the beating go?” – C. Montgomery Burns “Sir, I– there was no beating.” – Waylon Smithers “What? Well that’s a hell of a thing, why?” – C. Montgomery Burns “Because I– I called it off.” – Waylon Smithers “Judas!” – C. Montgomery Burns