Tonight’s Zombie Simpsons will probably engage in a simplistic racial fairy tale that would make James Cameron blush, except that they don’t have any fancy graphics to make it all okay. Other than that, I don’t have much else to add, so here’s Simpsons Channel with the quickie description: When Lisa discovers that her Southern ancestors helped a slave named Virgil (guest voice Wren T. Brown) escape to freedom, she presents her family’s story during Black History Month. And here’s one HOMER-MANIACO Internet-orgasming over said description: THE SIMPSON ARE THE BEST SERIES OF HISTORY,THE KINGS OF TV,I LOVE SIMPSON,MY FAVORITE…
Month: February 2010
Quote of the Day
“And when the doctor said I didn’t have worms anymore, that was the happiest day of my life.” – Ralph Wiggum “Thank you Ralph, very graphic.” – Ms. (Elizabeth) Hoover
Quote of the Day
“Oh, I thought they were playing ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ tonight.” – Dr. Julius Hibbert
Bill Oakley Interview
In today’s Reading Digest post I put up a link to an interview with Bill Oakley from a television show called “Outlook Portland”. I couldn’t find the video or a transcript on the show’s blog or on the website of the television station. Since I’m an idiot it didn’t occur to me to take three seconds and check the world’s largest and most popular video site. Fortunately, someone from Outlook Portland showed up in the comments and pointed me to the first place I should’ve looked, YouTube. (When I was watching it on YouTube.com for some reason it would not…
Reading Digest: Quality(?) Over Quantity Edition
Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Xopher Smith. “Guess what? For a dollar a man sold me thirty-five “Casper”s and a dozen “Lois Lane”s.” – Lisa Simpson I think the total number of links is down this week, but I also think I spent more time on some of them than I usually do. Whether or not this means an increase in quality or an increase in useless bloat is up to you, the reader. There’s an Ortved book review, a great blog (it’s the first link), some fan made art that combines Krusty and vodka, a…
Quote of the Day
“The last pineapple! And plenty ripe, too!” – Mrs. Glick “But I’m not fruit, I’m a kid!” – Lisa Simpson “That’s what the pumpkin said.” – Mrs. Glick “Hi Lisa. We’re going to be in a pie!” – Ralph Wiggum
A Fact About Zombie Simpsons
“Kids, Itchy & Scratchy can’t be here today, but instead we’ve got the next best thing! It’s the Stingy and Battery show!” – Krusty the Clown Simpsons Wikia has a great page where they list all of the Itchy & Scratchy episodes. Helpfully, there’s even a table that lists the title of the Itchy & Scratchy episode next to the title of the Simpsons episode in which it appears. Even more helpfully, the table lists which season each episode is from and you can sort by season. This means we can easily and quickly see when and where Itchy &…
Quote of the Day
“Is that a good siren? Am I approved?” – Homer Simpson “You ever known a siren to be good?” – Cowboy Bob Happy 20th Anniversary to “The Call of the Simpsons”!
Crazy Noises: Boy Meets Curl
“Ohhh doctor! We are seconds away from the 100M Butterfly and with the East German, heh heh, women, shaving their backs 9,000 miles away, the Americans are heavy favorites.” – Not Keith Jackson In our continuing mission to bring you only the finest in low class, low brow, and low tech internet Simpsons commentary we’re bringing back our “Crazy Noises” series and applying it to Season 21. Because doing a podcast smacks of effort we’re still using this “chatroom” thing that all the middle schoolers and undercover cops seem to think is so cool. This text has been edited for…
Quote of the Day
“This is the snack holder where I can put my beverage, or, if you will, cupcake.” – Homer Simpson
Synergy Skips to the End
Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Rose Robinson. “I’m sorry, but my mother always said if you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all.” – Marge Simpson “Will that hold up in court?” – Homer Simpson “No, I’ve tried it before.” – Lionel Hutz On previous occasions I have described IGN’s Simpsons reviews as being written in a style known as “corporate fanboy”. It has the same willful blindness to mediocrity that characterizes fanboy screeds, but there’s an air of discomfort about it that its formality cannot fully conceal. Case in point, this week’s review…
Quote of the Day
“Will you cook my dinner for me? My parents aren’t around and I’m not allowed to turn on the stove.” – Ralph Wiggum
Way Down in the Hole
“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…
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!
Watered Down Orange Drink Has More Substance Than This
“My god man, I’ve watered her down as far as she’ll go. I cannot water no more!” – Groundskeeper Willie There were three competitive curling scenes in this episode. They all started and ended the same way. I don’t think they recycled any footage but, really, would it surprise you? In between curling segments the audience was repeatedly clubbed in the face with the fact that Homer and Marge love each other and a number of clock killing montages, including a hallucination, a one joke opening ceremony, and a Fantasia take off that finally got us to the credits. Despite…
Sunday Preview: “Boy Meets Curl”
Believe it or not, we first previewed this episode back in August and predictably forgot about it. Since then, the curling clusterfuck has gained a weaksauce title and a guest star (Bob Costas will play himself), but these menial changes have done little to alter our opinion that it’ll be a clumsy rehash of an existing Zombie Simpsons episode with a different sport. If you care, here’s the official description from the recently redecorated Simpsons Channel: Homer takes Marge out for a romantic evening of ice skating and hand-holding, but upon entering the rink, they encounter a curling team practicing.…
Quote of the Day
“Bah! This is just another Hallmark Holiday cooked up to sell cards.” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson “Awww, a Valentine from my granddaughter.” – Jasper “Can I have the envelope?” – Abe “Grandpa” Simpson
A Review Worthy of Zombie Simpsons
Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user g_kat26. “No children you’re not seeing things. This, my little friends, is a schwa.” – Principal Skinner I generally avoid criticizing the tics and tacks of other people’s grammar and sentence construction. When it comes to the rules of the English language my knowledge is scant; the whys and wherefores of clauses and participles have always eluded me. On top of that I have a principled objection to the idea that my communications with other people should be rigidly governed by rules that were created long before I was born. If…
Quote of the Day
“The bee bit my bottom! Now my bottom’s big!” – Homer Simpson