I don’t know if it’s just a natural slowdown at the end of the year or what, but I just didn’t come across the usual volume of Simpsons related stuff this week. Fortunately, I quoted liberally from what I did find and gave this the appearance of substance rather than the substance of substance. Uh oh, maybe Zombie Simpsons is rubbing off on me. Anyway, there is some neat stuff this week, including stories about Groening, Simon, and some humorously erotic fan art. Enjoy. [Note: After I decided to use this image for the header I checked to see if…
Day: December 17, 2010
Behind the Scenes
For some more Simpsons Day YouTube fun, here are a couple of very old behind the scenes videos. This first one is really cool. It’s a home video tour of Klasky-Csupo studio back at the very beginning of the show. I have no idea where it came from, and it isn’t really informative per se, but it is fascinating. These are the rooms those early episodes were drawn: There are a lot of familiar names, plus late 80s fashions and gizmos, on display. And, wow, David Silverman looks…
Groening on The Tonight Show in 1991
On Simpsons Day last year I posted an old video of Groening on Letterman right before “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” premiered. He wasn’t exactly camera comfortable then. Here’s an interview with him from The Tonight Show in 1991 (this must be Leno guest hosting for Carson), and he’s got his shtick down much better. This has to be shortly after the premier of the third season when the show couldn’t get a bigger, and even then Groening only rates as the third guest. What’s funny is…
Quote of the Day
“Now whatever you do, boy, don’t squirm. You don’t want to get this sucker near your eye or your groin.” – Tattoo Removal Guy Happy Simpsons Day everybody!