Earlier today, when I was writing the post about the Al Jean quote, I watched the “hard core nudity” credits from “The 138th Episode Spectacular”. I was trying to get a quick overview of nudity in the show and while I was aware that most of it would be nudity of the “male’s ass” variety (the go to nudity for comedy), I knew that wasn’t all of it. One of the few that isn’t is this screen shot, ostensibly from Season 6’s “Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy”: But when I considered it for a moment I thought it looked a bit…
Day: November 18, 2009
A Quote and a Speculative Question
For anyone wondering whether or not the two officially sanctioned instances of Marge being drawn with little to no clothes were coordinated, wonder no longer. The Toronto Sun has this from Al Jean himself: "It’s a little bit of a reference to our recent encounter with Playboy," Simpsons executive producer Al Jean said. "Marge goes to a photo shoot for a charity calendar and the photographer gets her a little tipsy, so she takes off a little more than she expects to. "The episode idea came first, because we work a year ahead. The Playboy thing (Marge was the cover…
Quote of the Day
“Wait a minute! What was that last thing you said? ‘Grampa’s Little Helper’… what’s that? Which one of you is the mailman?” – Grampa Simpson