“Your life long dream was to run out on the field during a baseball game, and you did it last year. Remember?” – Marge Simpson Last night I came across something in a news feed. I had already known that Seth Rogen was the writer of last Sunday’s Zombie Simpsons, but I didn’t know that it was some sort of attempt at self-actualization. AP Television writer Lynn Elber, stating this was a dream of Rogen’s, quotes him as saying “As a writer it always just seemed like the Holy Grail…. …I can die a happy man now.” I hate to have…
Day: September 28, 2009
Zombie Simpsons Rocked by Family Guy Spinoff
Ahh, the sweet cleansing feeling of numbers. Zombie Simpsons scored the lowest season premier in its history last night, inflicting itself upon a mere 8.21 million people. The Cleveland Show, premiering directly afterwards, increased the ratings by more than a million people (to 9.42). (Family Guy itself checked in at 10.17 million.) There are at least a million Americans out there who’ve become so turned off by Zombie Simpsons that they didn’t even watch it while waiting for the latest from Seth MacFarlane. Excellent. For historical comparison sake, here are the last five season premiers of Zombie Simpsons: Season 16…
Quote of the Day
“Oh brilliant, a cash settlement. I could have figured that out, you buttoned-down maggot!” – C. Montgomery Burns “You have any cream?” – Lawyer “Oh yes, of course, where are my manners?” – C. Montgomery Burns