“Ah, and my dear, dear Smithers, you’re no longer needed at all. You’re fired. Ta.” – C.M. Burns We’re now two episodes into Season 22, and there has been nary a synergistic peep from FOX owned subsidiary IGN. Last year, they “reviewed” the premier before it was even broadcast and had one of their puff pieces up each Monday after a new Zombie Simpsons aired. This year, all they’ve got is the generic description text that FOX puts out, and the episode pages for both new ones do not have a link to a review. This means that the “Synergy”…
Day: October 5, 2010
Wanted: Background Artist
Very late in “Loan-a-Lisa”, Lisa and Nelson go to an entrepreneur’s convention. There’s no real plot reason for this to happen, but they had to cram the Facebook guy into this episode somehow. And so was born one of the most pathetic scenes in a pathetic episode. In the credit where credit is due department, they did have some creative signs in the interior establishing shot of the convention, but that’s all they had. Once that was over, all that happened was crappy animation, lame exposition, and the laziest and worst kind of guest voice: the celebrity cameo. Mark Zuckerberg,…
Quote of the Day
“Oh no, Chinese fire drill! Serious this time!” – Fireworks Guys