I saw this on Boing Boing just now: I’d never heard of “Hai Karate” as an aftershave, but the words instantly pinged the roughly 2/3 of my brain devoted to storing Simpsons quotes. In Season 3’s “When Flanders Failed”, Akira’s closing line in his commercial is, “High karate, at low, low prices.” A search of the episode pages on both SNPP and Wikipedia turned up nothing. Despite a long “Pop Culture References” section, Wikipedia’s Hai Karate article does not mention Simpsons. The question is: Was that an intentional reference? I’m inclined to say that it was. The rather extensive list…
Day: September 3, 2010
Reading Digest: The Internet Loves ‘Glee’ Edition
“Hey, those girls you paid to scream are doing a great job.” – Moe “I didn’t pay any girls to scream.” – Nigel “Huh?!” – Moe Earlier this week, promotional images for Zombie Simpsons take on a two year old South Park episode hit the internet. In the aftermath, the yellow, chin-less versions of three members of the Glee cast went up on more websites than I can remember. If you want to see them (and the guys from Flight of the Conchords, but far fewer people care about that), Simpsons Channel has you covered, but there’s no point in…
Quote of the Day
“What do you think of the banners?” – Principal Seymour Skinner “Nothing but transparent toadying.” – Superintendent Chalmers “They were the children’s idea. I tried to stop them.” – Principal Seymour Skinner “It’s always the children’s fault, isn’t it Seymour?” – Superintendent Chalmers “Yes, yes it is sir.” – Principal Seymour Skinner