“Marge, I’m bored.” – Homer Simpson “Why don’t you read something?” – Marge Simpson “Because I’m trying to reduce my boredom.” – Homer Simpson In countless discussions with other Simpsons fans over the years the one question that always seems to come up is “Why?”, as in “Why did the show get so bad?” I’ve heard a lot of different theories which always seem to boil down to something overly simple, ‘this guy left’, ‘that guy took over as show runner’, ‘they just ran out of topics/ideas’. The reality, as John Ortved documents exhaustively in his new book “The Simpsons:…
Day: October 26, 2009
Spurlock Update: Enter Stan And Kyle
Via Spurlock’s Twitter feed we find that yesterday he interviewed Matt Stone and Trey Parker. There’s no specific word on whether or not this is for the Simpsons special, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned following Spurlock these last few months it’s that he’s involved in an enormous number of projects. But it seems unlikely that he’d be interviewing the creators of the most successful non-Simpsons animated show for something other than his upcoming Simpsons thing. So get ready for the obligatory quotes from Stone & Parker about how much The Simpsons meant for them, how it opened doors,…
Quote of the Day
“But what to do with poor Hugo? Too crazy for Boys Town, too much of a boy for Crazy Town. The child was an outcast. So, we did the only humane thing.” – Dr. Hibbert “We chained Hugo up in the attic like an animal and fed him a bucket of fish heads once a week.” – Homer Simpson “It’s saved our marriage!” – Marge Simpson