“That’s very nice, Dad, but it’s wrong for you to reward violent competitive behavior. However, I will sit up front with you if it’s a fatherly gesture of love.” – Lisa Simpson “Okay, hon . . . sucker! Competitive violence, that’s why you’re here!” – Homer Simpson A few days ago, a poster on HFBoards, a hockey discussion site, put up a link to us. This was on the 624th post of a thread titled “Favorite Simpsons moments – Part 2”. Being a sucker for Simpsons discussions, I went all the way back to post #1 and started reading. There’s…
Month: July 2010
Quote of the Day
“Hey, hey, hey, hey, stop it! I made a special cake for you to ruin, it’s over there.” – Marge Simpson “Oooh!” – Homer Simpson
Reading Digest: Pop Culture and Do-Gooder Edition
“Krusty, what are your plans for the royalties?” – Kent Brockman “Well, we gotta pay for promotion, shipping, distribution, you know those limos out back? They aren’t free. Whatever’s left we throw down the well.” – Krusty the Klown Lots of creative, fan made takes on pop culture this week, including nesting dolls, desktop images, and a ton of artwork. In addition to that, both Yeardley Smith and Julie Kavner are lending their considerable talents to charitable causes. Plus we’ve got the usual assortment of YouTube and usage, some rock climbers, a poorly forged petition signature, and Shakespeare in Northern…
Quote of the Day
“Now, just meet me back here after the show.” – Homer Simpson “Thanks, Dad. Sure you’re not going to be bored?” – Bart Simpson “Boy, some of the best times I’ve ever had were in the back seat of a car.” – Homer Simpson
“The Simpsons Movie” Makes Baby Jesus Cry
“Well, you know what? I’m glad you’re nervous, because that means we’re on the right track!” – Herb Powell Several weeks ago I came across bobservo’s post about The Simpsons Movie commentary in which he described how the creators of the movie basically focus grouped it into oblivion. There are two commentary tracks on the disc and, having slogged my way through the all-star one (Brooks, Groening, Jean, Castellaneta, etc.), I have to agree with him. The commentary reveals another problem as well, one that resulted from all that focus group feedback, but we’ll get to that in a second.…
Quote of the Day
“One drop of this love potion, and you will have any man you desire.” – Princess Opal “Really? What are the magical ingredients?” – Selma Bouvier “Mostly corn syrup, a little rubbing alcohol, you’ll be lucky if it doesn’t make your hair fall out, actually.” – Princess Opal
Crazy Noises: Treehouse of Horror VIII
“Oh hi, as the FOX censor, it’s my job to protect you from reality.” – FOX Censor There’s no new Zombie Simpsons until September, so we’re going to spend the summer overthinking Season 9. Why Season 9? Because we did Season 8 last summer, and Season 9 was when the show started becoming more Zombie than Simpsons. Since we’re too lazy to do audio and too ugly to do video, we’ve booked a “chatroom” (ours is right between the one with the sexy seventh graders and the one with the bored federal agents pretending to be sexy seventh graders). So…
Quote of the Day
“Imagine that, sleeping quietly after a bug attack, and Todd’s as dry as a bone. Lisa, you’re a wonder, I’m going to recommend you to everybody.” – Ned Flanders
Crazy Noises: Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
“Bart, this is Patches. And what was your name?” – Lisa Simpson “Poor Violet.” – Poor Violet “Oh, I don’t like where this is going.” – Bart Simpson There’s no new Zombie Simpsons until September, so we’re going to spend the summer overthinking Season 9. Why Season 9? Because we did Season 8 last summer, and Season 9 was when the show started becoming more Zombie than Simpsons. Since we’re too lazy to do audio and too ugly to do video, we’ve booked a “chatroom” (ours is right between the one with the sexy seventh graders and the one with…
Quote of the Day
Tarragon image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user dr.jd; soy sauce from Flickr user Creative Tools. “Bad news, Dad, we’re out of food. We’re even out of the basic elements of food. You ate all the tarragon and you drank all the soy sauce.” – Bart Simpson
DHS Editorial: Reply to Bill Oakley
Last Monday’s post about “Homer’s Enemy” attracted the notice of longtime Simpsons writer (Season 3 – Season 10) Bill Oakley, who sent us an e-mail. That e-mail is reprinted here; our response is below. “He’s right, you know.” – Moe “About the ox?” – Principal Skinner “About everything, damn it!” – Moe First of all, thanks to Mr. Oakley for taking notice of us, and deeming us to have our heads far enough up our asses to deserve correction, but not so far as to make it unworthy of his time to offer that correction. Furthermore, we hope he understands…
Bill Oakley’s Letter to Dead Homer Society
Last Monday’s post about “Homer’s Enemy” attracted the notice of longtime Simpsons writer (Season 3 – Season 10) Bill Oakley, who sent us an e-mail. That e-mail is reprinted below, with permission and in its entirety. You can read our response here. Fellas: You do realize that the Homer depicted in “Homer’s Enemy” is a satirical take on certain elements of Homer’s character and history that we (meaning, the writers at the time) always found excessive, right? At least that’s what it was intended to be, and I realize the distinction may well be so subtle as to be meaningless…
Quote of the Day
“If you have the fever, there’s only one cure: take two tickets and see the game Sunday morning.” – Kent Brockman “Warning, tickets should not be taken internally.” – Announcer “See because of me, now they have a warning.” – Homer Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Candy and sodas for all!” – Homer Simpson
Saturday Morning Cartoons
“Deploy, damn you! Deploy!” – Martin Prince This episode is rock solid genius, and while I could go on and on about almost any scene, I’ll just point out one thing and be done. The image above is of a ten-year-old child on fire, not only is it hilarious, it’s not even the only joke on screen. There is The Simpsons, and there is everything else.
Collectable Cookies
“I don’t know why I did it. I don’t know why I enjoyed it. And I don’t know why I’ll do it again.” – Bart Simpson Shitty, unimaginative marketers have long taken advantage of the idea of “collecting”. The basic premise is simple enough: you create a group of things, and all but dare people to spend money getting them all. The more they get, the better for you. It’s simple, easy and profitable; and on some level it even makes sense, e.g. all the players on a Major League roster, or all the main characters from a Star Trek…
Quote of the Day
“Are you hyperventilating?” – Allison Taylor “No, I just like to smell my lunch.” – Lisa Simpson
Reading Digest: Guest Voice Apathy Edition
“And you wouldn’t believe the celebrities who did cameos, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Jackson, of course, they didn’t use their real names, but you could tell it was them.” – Lisa Simpson This week it came out that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg (who has a movie coming out) and Mad Men’s Jon Hamm (fourth season starts this weekend) will be guest voicing on the next season of Zombie Simpsons. I care so little about this that I didn’t even find a link worth linking. On the plus side, there’s some excellent usage, a “think of the children” moment, a preacher who knows…
Quote of the Day
“Maybe you could take a class at Springfield Community College.” – Lisa Simpson “I think it’s a very nice idea. Don’t you Homer?” – Marge Simpson “Do I have to do anything?” – Homer Simpson “No.” – Marge Simpson “Great, fine, go nuts!” – Homer Simpson
Quote of the Day
“By the way Homer, what’s your least favorite country, Italy or France?” – Hank Scorpio “France.” – Homer Simpson “Ha ha, nobody ever says Italy.” – Hank Scorpio Happy birthday Albert Brooks!