We’ve posted a few Tweets about Marge Simpson’s upcoming Playboy cover, but let’s take a few minutes to assess what is surely one of the show’s most asinine promotional gimmicks ever. Scratch that, let’s just use another animated gif: Genius Playboy CEO Scott Flanders (seriously) says: …The idea is to attract readers in their 20s to a magazine where the average reader’s age is 35. Right, because the first image I want to think of when I’m knocking one out in the morning is a cartoon character and implied nudity. Then again, what do I know? We get more hits on…
Day: October 10, 2009
In Which I Use Wikipedia to Prove Something of No Importance
I was clicking around the other day when I came across Lenny’s Wikipedia page. It’s a fairly typical Wikipedia article for a character of Lenny’s renown, approximately 2500 words, semi-scholarly tone, etcetera. Naturally there is an entire heading devoted to “Relationship with Carl Carlson”. Here is the beginning of that section: In the non-canon episode "Behind the Laughter", Lenny and Carl are constant companions. Despite Lenny and Carl appearing to be best friends, as of the eighth season, Carl had yet to meet Lenny’s alleged beauty-queen wife.[30] A running gag through the series is the possibility of a sexual relationship…
Simpsons Alumni Update: Harry Shearer
Shearer has created an art installation called The Silent Echo Chamber (hee hee). I’ll let The Columbus Dispatch explain: The installation — previously shown in Chicago; New York; and Ridgefield, Conn. — features news feeds of politicians, TV hosts and commentators captured in the moments before going on live television. They fidget with microphones, scratch, adjust clothing and watch themselves on monitors. The vignettes, shown on a continuous loop, are from the 2008 presidential campaign and include candidates Barack Obama and John McCain; and James Carville, Anderson Cooper, David Gergen, Sean Hannity, Larry King and Henry Kissinger, among others. It’s…
Quote of the Day
“What the hell was that?” – Kodos “Calling home planet, this is Ensign Kang reporting a cigar shaped object moving at tremendous speed.” – Kang “Sure Kang, I’m writing it all down.” – Rigel IV Control