“It’s an old fashioned hole diggin’! By gar it’s been a while!” – Jasper To put it extremely mildly, “Radio Bart” is one of the most exquisitely produced and hilarious 22 minutes of television ever created. But you already knew that. What you may not know is the rich history of people falling down holes. PopMatters is here to enlighten you with a two part article that’s heavy on two things: “Radio Bart” and people falling down holes. This, from part one, sucked me in: The referential glee dissipated somewhat as the years passed and the show’s quality and intellectual…
Day: February 15, 2010
Zombie Simpsons Tanks Again
The 20th anniversary shine appears to have completely worn off and Zombie Simpsons is slinking into its usual winter doldrums. Last night’s bizarre compilation of curling scenes and unrelated montages was watched by a mere 5.87 million people. Hooray. For the record that’s the second straight episode to fall below six million and the fifth worst ever, narrowly missing out on fourth to last season’s “Coming to Homerica”. As usual Family Guy did better while its two spinoffs did slightly worse. The only disappointing thing about this number is that it isn’t lower. Right now the crown of Least Watched…
Quote of the Day
“Get outta my office!” – Matt Groening Happy Birthday Matt Groening! Tequila shots for everybody!