“Maybe the drawings were a little crude, but all the characters were there: Itchy & Scratchy, Grampa Simpson, and Krusty the Klown.” – Troy McClure Look at this picture of a Krusty stuffed animal (it’s the same one I put on our half assed Twitter feed yesterday). That has to be among the worst deviated septums in the history of stuffed animals. His nose is above his eyes! And let’s be clear, the people in charge of merchandising for FOX can’t blame this on shoddy manufacturing at whatever third world factory slapped this thing together for them. The mouth and…
Day: July 17, 2010
Cities on the Grow
“It’s a proud day as Springfield is declared one of America’s four hundred fastest growing cities.” – Narrator Via Burn Down Blog comes this excellent example of the kind of short form propaganda films that were the basis for “Springfield: City on the Grow” at the beginning of “$pringfield”. “NEWS of the DAY” produced this in 1963 as part of “The Changing Face of Great American Cities”. (I’m not sure how well the embedding will work here, the site that’s hosting the video is a little odd, so if you can’t see it you can view it directly at the…
Quote of the Day
♫ When the working day is done / Girls just wanna have fun / That’s all we really want ♫ – Homer Simpson