“What about the Sunsphere?” – Bart Simpon “Heh, you mean the Wigsphere. You’re welcome to go up there if you want to see 16,000 boxes of unsold wigs. Now you gentlemen gonna buy some wigs or ain’t cha?” – Wig Guy Watch this and marvel at 1982 computer graphics and “the spectacular Sunsphere”: Needless to say there are a lot of related videos from that memorable 1982. Milhouse never knew what he missed. Most interesting thing I found skimming the Sunsphere’s Wikipedia article: As a result of European starlings depositing too much guano on the tower’s frame, in 2003, the…
Day: September 2, 2009
Lisa & Bart Figures
Back at the beginning of the summer we had a post about someone who was trying to sell a life size fiberglass Simpson family (complete with couch!) that was used as a theater-lobby promotion for the movie. Now there’s a craigslist ad for just Lisa and Bart. The whole family was going to set you back five grand, but, provided you live somewhere in or around Los Angeles, Bart and Lisa can be yours for just $195 each. By the way, Bart’s not doing the Bartman there or anything. When these things were on the couch Bart was watching upside…
Quote of the Day
Image used under CreativeCommons license from Flicker user Bernt Rostad. “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, contrary to what you’ve just seen, war is neither glamorous nor fun. There are no winners, only losers. There are no good wars. With the following exceptions: The American Revolution, World War II and the “Star Wars” trilogy.” – Bart Simpson