“Coping with Senility?” – Reverend Lovejoy “No! I’m here for Microwave Cookery. No, wait, Coping with Senility.” – Jasper
Month: August 2010
Reading Digest: Lisa’s Wedding Edition
“We’ve been invited to the wedding of our only graduate to read at an adult level.” – Principal Skinner “It must be Lisa Simpson, because of course, Martin Prince perished in that science fair explosion.” – Miss Hoover “Not quite perished, my lady love. Although some days I wish I had.” – Martin Prince Lots and lots of people made note of the fact that last Sunday was Lisa’s wedding date. Most of the blog posts and articles I came across were little more than a screen grab of the invitation and a few words about the passage of time. …
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“You know her?” – Lisa Simpson “Aye. Shary Bobbins and I were engaged to be wed back in the old country. Then she got her eyesight back, suddenly the ugliest man in Glasgow wasn’t good enough for her.” – Groundskeeper Willie “It’s good to see you Willie.” – Shary Bobbins “That’s not what you said the first time you saw me!” – Groundskeeper Willie
Even the Pet Sematary Couldn’t Bring Back Zombie Simpsons
“The cafeteria staff is complaining about the mice in the kitchen. I want to hire a new staff.” – Lunchlady Doris The first sad news out of Comic-Con was that there was going to be a Christmas 2011 episode, which implied a full Season 23. This was made official in a link e-mailed to us by reader Landry H: The cast are signed through season 23, the creators see no end in sight as long as people keep watching. Drag. (And nevermind that “people” is a fairly loose term given the unstoppable slide in the show’s ratings.) On the plus…
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"Listen, I’m not going to lie to you, those are all superior machines. But, if you like to watch your TV, and I mean really watch it, you want the Carnivale. It features: two pronged wall plug, pre-molded hand grip well, durable outer casing to prevent fall apart." – Outlet Mall Salesman “Sold! You wrap it up, I’ll start bringing in the pennies.” – Homer Simpson
Crazy Noises: Lisa the Skeptic
“Miss Simpson, how can you maintain your skepticism in spite of the fact that this thing really, really looks like an angel?” – Kent Brockman “I just think it’s a fantasy. If you believe in angels, then why not unicorns or sea monsters or leprechauns?” – Lisa Simpson “Oh, that’s a bunch of baloney, Lisa, everyone knows leprechauns are extinct!” – Kent Brockman 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…
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“Okay piglet, start squealing! Where’d you get the lemons for this lemonade?” – Martin Prince “This is Country Time lemonade mix, there’s never been anything close to a lemon in it, I swear!” – Shelbyville Kid
Crazy Noises: The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons
“Yarrr, I’m not attractive.” – Sea Captain 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 log on to your dial-up AOL and join us. This…
Zombie Simpsons: Only Two Years Behind South Park
A little while ago it came out that some of the cast of Glee was going to do voices for an upcoming Zombie Simpsons episode. “Ho-hum and on to the next item”, I thought to myself. But eagle eyed reader Alice noticed something else: ‘Elementary School Musical’, which airs Sunday, September 26, sees Lisa attend performing arts camp, where the Glee stars are fellow campers. Where have I heard that title before? Oh, right. Calling something “Elementary School Musical” isn’t the world’s most cunning play on “High School Musical”, but at the same time, South Park did it two years…
Quote of the Day
“Ugh, I am through with working. Working is for chumps.” – Bart Simpson “Son, I’m proud of you! I was twice your age before I figured that out.” – Homer Simpson
Animation Showcase: Homer Goes to College
– By Bob Mackey When The Simpsons had its prime-time debut in 1989, the show’s animation was considered crude by most. While it’s true that the visuals improved by leaps and bounds after that first rocky year, the original 12 episodes of The Simpsons – despite their roughness – still stand as a major leap forward in the progress of television animation. And over The Simpsons’ first handful of years, talented artists like Brad Bird, David Silverman, Jeffrey Lynch, Jim Reardon, Wes Archer, and Rich Moore (amongst others) not only defined and refined the look of the show; they also…
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“Please, don’t take the steam tray. Sir!” – Frying Dutchman Cook
Time Flies
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“Mr. Smithers plus guest. Well, there’s only one person I would want to bring . . . oh Mr. Burns, we’ll thaw you out the second they discover the cure for seventeen stab wounds in the back. How’re we doing boys?” – Mr. Smithers “Well, we’re up to fifteen!” – Professor Frink