Month: December 2009
Quote of the Day
“Please, kill me.” – T.G.I. McScratchy’s Waiter
Who’s This Guy? (Updated: Nailed It)
Recognize the guy at left? He appears in the the Simpsons character poster and SimpsonCrazy cannot identify him (he’s just to the right of Kang). All they know for sure is that it’s not Gunter/Ernst or Chase/Pyro/Gyro. The poster only goes up to Season 9 so it’s not something from the depths of Zombie Simpsons. Whoever he is, I don’t think he has any lines or I’d have remembered him by now. Dave and Mad Jon were also unable to think of who it is. It’s not Burns’ personal trainer from either “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Since you get paid either way, would it be a big deal to just let my dog pass?” – Bart Simpson “I see, rubber stamp, thank you very much, next in line, is that it?” – Emily Winthrop “Yeah.” – Bart Simpson “Heavens to Mergatroyd. Bart, perhaps I cling to the old ways like a well chewed shoe as the traditions I was weaned on are put to sleep or neutered one by one. But my time has not passed yet! The world does not need another college graduate who doesn’t know how to Sit!” – Emily Winthrop Happy Birthday…
Quote of the Day
“Just get over here and bring fifty bucks for bail.” – Homer Simpson “Fifty bucks! What’d you do, kill a judge?” – Barney Gumble
More Potential Simpsons Actors
Lists like this one, of different famous actors and which simpsons character they could play, seem to come along every so often. (I linked to one a while back that was apparently taken from here. The one I originally linked to didn’t have the names, the original one does.) Of this list I’m particularly fond of Jodie Foster as Ms. Hoover, Joe Pantoliano as the sarcastic guy, and Jon Hamm (great picture of him with a five o’clock shadow) as Lenny.
Quote of the Day
“Ah, good evening Zohar the Adulterer, my wife sends her warmest regards.” – Homer the Thief “Ah yes, she is a good woman, very good.” – Zohar the Adulterer “Thank you my lusty friend.” – Homer the Thief
John Ortved’s Simpsons Playlist
As part of the promotion for his book Ortved went on Largehearted Boy and created a playlist of songs that are, even in some small way, related to his book and the show. Some highlights: The Damned "Jet Boy Jet Girl" The Simpsons story really begins with Matt Groening in LA in the very early 80s punk scene. This song, originally by Elton Motello, perfectly captures the subversiveness and irreverence of Groening’s early work: it’s a punk track about a gay love triangle whose chorus, "oo-hoo-oo-oo; he gave me head," mocks those 60s surfer tunes which were, at one point,…
The Petty Greed of a Large and Wealthy Organization
“Oh I feel for you my child and, I’d like you help you . . . ahem.” – Rev. Lovejoy There was some hubbub over the long holiday weekend because L’Osservatore Romano, an official Vatican newspaper, said some nice things about The Simpsons. This doesn’t particularly surprise me, Zombie Simpsons has become so institutionalized that even the world’s oldest surviving organization no longer finds it threatening. That kind of approval is a pretty damning indictment for a program that found its original popularity in an explicitly anti-authority message. But I was curious as to what exactly the Catholic Church found…
Quote of the Day
“I can’t help but feel that if we had gotten to know each other better my leaving would actually have meant something.” – Lisa Simpson
Quote of the Day
“What you ladies don’t understand is that Blanche is a delicate flower being tramped by an uncouth lout who . . . uhh, forget it! Just strike the sets, clear the stage! This production is-” – Llewellyn Sinclair “Homey, I didn’t get the part. You were right, outside interests are stupid.” – Marge Simpson “Wait a minute!” – Llewellyn Sinclair “Uh-huh, I’ll come home right away. Alright, I’ll pick up a bucket of fried chicken, extra skin, rolls, chocolate cream parfait . . .” – Marge Simpson
Simpsons Writer Buys Cool Simpsons Artwork
Joseph Cavalieri, he of stained glass Simpsons fame, sold one of his works to long time Simpsons and Zombie Simpsons writer John Frink. We got a press release: After seeing Joseph’s work online, John and his wife were particularly interested in purchasing “Il Momento Della Morte” (The Moment of Death). Mr. Frink lives in LA, and was visiting New York during the holidays, so a studio visit was arranged. Immediately after his airplane landed at JFK, Frink, along with his wife and three children, rented a van and stopped by Cavalieri’s studio in the east village of Manhattan. Here he…
Quote of the Day
Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user danisabella. “If you get lost, remember, you can always find east by staring directly at the sun.” – Bart Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Herb, let me give you the grand tour. This is one of our many light switches, it functions in both the on and off mode. On, off, on, off . . .” – Homer Simpson “Homer, he knows how to work a light switch.” – Marge Simpson “Oh yeah, right. I don’t know what this switch does.” – Homer Simpson Merry Christmas and have a great 1985 from the Dead Homer Society!
Quote of the Day
“Why is there a bird house in it?” – Selma Bouvier “Uhm, that’s an ornament.” – Homer Simpson “Do I smell gunpowder?” – Patty Bouvier
Bonus Quote of the Day
“It’s me sir, Bobo! Hug me, squeeze me, tug at my fur.” – Mr. Smithers “Enough! Stop this grotesque charade. Now find my teddy. Oh, and uh, leave the costume.” – C.M. Burns Happy birthday Harry Shearer!
Quote of the Day
“There is one more way to kill a man, but it is as intricate and precise as a well played game of chess.” – Fernando Vidal
DJ 3000 Lives
“Hey, hey. How about that weather out there? Woah! That was the caller from hell. Well, hot dog! We have a weiner!” – DJ 3000 “Man, that thing’s great!” – Bill “Don’t praise the machine!” – Marty Recently I discovered that one of the radio stations in my listening area has converted to a DJ 3000 format. There are no DJs, all the music is alt/pop rock from the mid 90’s ’till now, and the commercials are only 1 minute long and always followed by the Computer saying something like “That was short, now back to the music..” or “92.3,…
Spurlock Update: Commence Marketing Barrage
Morgan Spurlock was on a conference call with reporters recently to help promote his special. Wired wrote it up. The list of past guest stars who will be featured in the special now includes John Waters (Homer’s Phobia), Sting (Radio Bart) and Jerry Springer (Treehouse of Horror IX). Other than that there isn’t much new information. On a funnier and considerably more crass note, FOX will be slathering the color yellow over every available surface starting after New Year’s: For the week beginning January 3, graphical elements across Fox properties will turn yellow in honor of Matt Groening’s iconic characters.…
Quote of the Day
“Homer quit wallowing in self pity, pull yourself together and come get drunk with us.” – Carl