“Now, uh, you were saying how great I was?” – Homer Simpson

On account of Christmas and New Year’s there hasn’t been a Reading Digest in a couple of weeks.  (I should’ve made note of that in advance, but I deluded myself into thinking I’d get at least something up.  Sorry.)  And now in its return week it’s overwhelmed as the world takes note of FOX celebrating 450 episodes and twenty years.  Of course, only about a third of those episodes are actually Simpsons caliber and the real anniversary was three weeks ago, but we’re talking about FOX and Zombie Simpsons here, they’ve never been the most detail oriented of outfits. 

I’ve only linked a few of the many things I came across this week that slobbered undeserved praise all over the rotting corpse that is Zombie Simpsons, to link them all would be pointless.  No matter how many times people write “still great after 20 years!” it isn’t going to make Zombie Simpsons any less dumb.  But we’ve also got some excellent usage, a strange trivia quiz, lots of interviews and two people who think the show sucks now.  One of them seems normal, the other is either insane, a craigslist prankster, or both.  Enjoy.

Matt Groening interview – This is long and kinda dry, but it’s mildly interesting (via Twitter). 

Morgan Spurlock Celebrates ‘The Simpsons’ – This is just Spurlock talking Simpsons.  Also, Parade magazine has one of the goofiest and most chaotic corporate websites I’ve ever seen. 

Why are "The Simpson’s" still on the air? – Crazy people sometimes say things that makes sense, even if you have to wade through a whole lot of bigoty bullshit to get to their point.  This should give you the proper flavor:

This show has runned it’s course.

The rest of it isn’t any more coherent (though I did flag it for “best of craigslist”) and it calls Smithers “Wayland”.  See what you’ve done Ortved? 

DVD Giveaway: The Simpsons Season 20 – Want to surrender a bunch of contact information for a small chance at getting a free copy of one of the most craptacular Zombie Simpsons seasons ever?  I don’t, but I’m not you. 

And on the other hand, there’s a fist. – This is a defense of drinking and it has excellent usage.  This is easily my favorite link of the week. 

The Simpsons and Musical Parody – They didn’t title their website “Overthinking It” for nothing. 

What ‘The Simpsons’ can teach us about life – This is sort of cute, though I think they miss the point of a few things. 

Simpsons Trivia – now with answers – Someone put up 25 Simpsons trivia questions and the commenters nailed them pretty quick.  No Zombie Simpsons either. 

What sign does Marge Simpson seem to be? – Yahoo Answers is always good for a chuckle and that’s double true when it combines Simpsons with astrology.  This was chosen as the best answer:

she strikes me as a virgo or a cancer or an aquarius lolz maybe a gemini. that was random lol

There are twelve astrological signs, but they’ve got it narrowed down to only 1/3 of them.  Man do I love hating astrology. 

Will I get arrested for calling? – Oh Yahoo Answers, you’re at it again. 

Remember When The Simpsons Used To Be Good? – And finally, this is the entire post:

It used to be funny because it was true.
Mayor Quimby: "Are these morons getting dumber, or just louder?"

Bravo.