“It’s just not the same.” – Bart Simpson

To go along with the fact that the Simpsonize Me website is still down we’ve got two other links to leftover stuff from the Simpsons movie this week.  Also there’s a little bit of video, some pointless internet lists, one piece of excellent usage, and a blogger who agrees with us. 

Enjoy.

Limited "unlimited" claims should be banned – This is a discussion about how services are pretty much always lying to you when they promise unlimited anything.  It starts by quoting Lionel Hutz questioning Marge about what happened at the all you can eat seafood restaurant.  The quote is almost dead on and even though Hutz is listed only as “Lawyer”, I’m still calling it excellent usage.

Me fail English? That’s unpossible! – YouTube for the hell of it.  No other reason given or needed.

Man getting hit by football – Speaking of short YouTube clips, here’s a ref taking a football in the groin.  (Also there’s a link to the Simpsons version.)   

it’s the Top 5… hairstyles in the movies! – Marge comes in at #1, beating out Princess Leia. 

100 Reasons to Love Winnipeg – #54:

Homer Simpson is from here. In 2002, Simpsons creator Matt Groening noted his father, also named Homer, was born in Canada, making the lovable cartoon character a Canadian, too. But from where? “Uh, if you went straight north from Kansas, where would that be? Winnipeg? Yes, Winnipeg!” Good enough for us.

Given what’s happened to their hockey team since it moved to Phoenix, I’m inclined to give this to them.

Ken Griffey Jr: The Forgotten Superstar – This rather schmaltzy article praises Griffey, mentions that the Simpsons was still good in 1997 and . . . doesn’t mention Griffey on the Simpsons.  How is that possible? 

Trinity Mirror gives away Simpsons comic – Some Scottish newspaper readers will get some free Simpsons comics this weekend. 

Awesome Pictures: The Simpsons do Abbey Road – It’s that Simpsons/Abbey Road picture I loathe.  (Just to be clear, I understand why people like this, it’s just sad that there’s a better one that is almost completely ignored.)

You know i love you – Well, at least one person’s doing that scavenger hunt thing.  Look at that entry form!  I don’t see a space for Social Security # and a blood sample, so those are probably on the next screen.

The WWE is a lot like The Simpsons – Simpsons characters with their professional wrestling equivalents. 

Panel offers comic relief for comic strips in distress – A brief recap of Groening’s appearance in Chicago last weekend. 

XUP – The faces behind some famous cartoon voices, including some Simpsons people and Mel Blanc, one of the all time greats. 

Simpsons Come to the Springfield Museum – One of those big couches from the movie is moving into the Springfield Museum in Springfield, Oregon. 

Real Life Kwik-E-Mart – Much like the giant couch, this appears to be from two years ago for the movie.  But it’s got pictures from inside the Kwik-E-Mart/7-11 and since I never went to one it’s kinda neat (via Twitter).

Best Simpsons Poker Scenes Ever – Only one of these scenes is from Zombie Simpsons (it’s from Season 12 when Krusty bets his daughter’s violin because the plot needed to move along), the rest are gold.  Also, there’s a clip of Homer winning at poker and not realizing it that has the image reversed and is in German.  Worth clicking just to hear Moe choke on his own rage in another language.

10 Best TV Neighbors – This list was obviously compiled by someone who watched a lot of television  from approximately 1985-1995, but Flanders is here so it makes the grade (via Twitter).

Can’t Sleep, Clown Will Eat Me – Ever Google the phrase at left?  Someone did and now you can see the horrifying results, especially the picture of the cat in the homemade clown bed. 

Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, and Cyndi Lauper get the Mattel treatment – Some ladies of the 80s (hey, that rhymes!) are getting the Malibu Stacy treatment.  Also, nice WordPress theme. 

Sam Sifton and ‘Meh’ – I don’t think “Meh” originated on The Simpsons, but it’s use on the show most certainly pre-dates Season 6.  

The Simpsons Plateau. – And finally, I get to end the way I like to, with another person who agrees with us:

The best closing line to any episode of The Simpsons has got to be: “Tell him I’m going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won’t be back for 10 minutes!”  This, astonishingly, was released in 1990, titled “Life On the Fast Lane“.  20 years ago.  What happened since then?  If I were to graph out my liking the Simpsons since it debuted back then to now, it would probably look like a plateau with steep ridges coming up from a valley, with hills to the East (fairly steep incline up to a fairly flat peak, fiarly sharp decline down to a low point, then up only a smudge).

That’s a little more credit than I give Zombie Simpsons, but I’m always happy to find another person who knows how bad the show’s gotten (and loves Season 1!).