Both images from Conservation International. “Why here’s the fellow. Wiry, fast, firm proud buttocks, reminds me of me.” – C.M. Burns Deep in the jungle primeval in Colombia, a couple of new species were discovered, a frog and two toads, to be precise. One of them, pictured above of the genus Rhinella, was dubbed, in an excellent publicity ploy, the “Mr. Burns” toad. Unlike that “Homer Simpson gene” from a few months ago, these scientists have a Simpsons alum to back up their gimmick. Here’s Dr. Robin Moore: "As for the new beaked toad, it is easily one of the…
Year: 2010
Quote of the Day
“Now son, on your first day of school I’d like to pass along the words of advice my father gave me.” – Homer Simpson “Homer, you’re dumb as a mule and twice as ugly. If a strange man offers you a ride, I say take it.” – Abe Simpson
Crazy Noises: Lisa Simpson, This Isn’t Your Life
“I’ll give you the address of a nice preschool.” – Dr. J. Loren Pryor In our ongoing mission to bring you only the shallowest and laziest analysis of Zombie Simpsons, we’re keeping up our Crazy Noises series for Season 22. Since a podcast is so 2004, and video would require a flag, a fern and some folding chairs from the garage, we’ve elected to use the technology that brought the word “emoticon” to the masses: the chatroom. Star Trek image macros are strictly forbidden, unless you have a really good reason why Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk. This…
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user grahamc99. “Akira, my good man, when do we break blocks of ice with our heads?” – Bart Simpson “First you must fill your head with wisdom, then you can hit ice with it.” – Akira
Compare & Contrast: Marge & Lisa At Breakfast
“Lisa, there are a lot of people in world who like to tell you what you can’t do. But they don’t always know what they’re talking about.” – Marge Simpson In both “Lisa Simpson, This Isn’t Your Life” and “Separate Vocations”, Lisa becomes afraid that, despite all her ambition, talent and drive, she’s going to end up like her mother. The two setups are as close to identical as can be expected given that they were broadcast nineteen seasons apart. But they take radically different directions once Marge learns of Lisa’s fears. In The Simpsons, Marge reacts like a loving…
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“Why don’t you go see Grampa?” – Lisa Simpson “What can he do?” – Bart Simpson “He’ll give you good advice, he’s the toughest Simpson alive.” – Lisa Simpson “He is?” – Bart Simpson “Yeah, remember the fight he put up when we put him in the home?” – Lisa Simpson Happy birthday John Swartzwelder!
Marge Acts Like a Child, Until She Doesn’t, Then It Ends
“A homemaker? I might as well be dead.” – Lisa Simpson “Lisa, it’s not that bad.” – Marge Simpson For all those who have ever wondered what would happen if Zombie Simpsons took “Lisa’s Sax”, “Separate Vocations”, and “Lisa’s Pony” and added in a hash of “Bart the General” as a B-plot, wonder no more. It lasts about twenty-two minutes, moving glacially from one overwrought plot point to another, pausing occasionally for a bizarre aside that the writers think is clever. In that last category, we have the interminable gas station scene at the beginning, Willie’s bizarre floor-waxer conniption fit,…
Quote of the Day
“Marge, where’s the Duff?” – Homer Simpson “We’re all out, Homer.” – Marge Simpson “D’oh!” – Homer Simpson “Would you like some fruit juice?” – Marge Simpson “Don’t toy with me, woman.” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary to “Dead Putting Society”! Original airdate: 15 November 1990.
Sunday Preview: “Lisa Simpson, This Isn’t Your Life”
Tonight’s follow up to last week’s underwhelming Treehouse of Horror episode is “Lisa Simpson, This Isn’t Your Life”. We’ve got a dull, lifeless description from Simpsons Channel, which merits a dull, lifeless response: Discovering that Marge was once a stellar A+ student whose grades plummeted after being distracted, Lisa fears that she will end up just like her mom unless she pledges to focus solely on academics in an encore episode. When Marge makes a secret deal allowing Lisa to attend her dream school, Lisa learns a lesson in family and altruism. Meanwhile, Bart puts Nelson in his place and unintentionally…
Sunday Morning Roundup
spacecoyote! The above image is full of win. And I mean full. All linguistic efforts, be they praise or criticism, will fall short. In other news, Kokairu posted her Season 2 roundup. All I’ll say is that, if you’re in an old enough post office, a mural like the one from “Blood Feud” is not uncommon. But that doesn’t make that one any less awesome. Third, what appears to be the main thread on No Homers about the Season 23 renewal is titled: Renewed! Zombie Simpsons lives on to 2012 That’s right, it’s called “Zombie Simpsons”, and it is not…
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“From now on I’ll use my gossip for good, instead of evil.” – Helen Lovejoy Happy birthday Maggie Roswell!
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Image taken from Wikimedia Commons. “We need more ammo. Let’s go to Big Five.” – Fat Tony Happy birthday Joe Mantegna!
Reading Digest: Premier and Renewal Edition
There were two events that generated quite a bit of Simpsons related internet activity this week. The first, obviously, was the unfortunate refusal of Zombie Simpsons to die. The second was the premier of Simpsons alum Conan O’Brien’s new show on TBS. Both generated multiple links below. There’s also some excellent usage, some fan made stuff, even more Treehouse of Horror lists, and an ex-teacher who uses the show (among other things) to get kids to learn math, er, “maths”, as he is British. Before the links though, I’d like to introduce something new. (I was going to do this…
Quote of the Day
Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Qfamily. “Pita? Well, I don’t know about food from the Middle East. Isn’t that whole area a little iffy?” – Helen Lovejoy “Hey, I’m no geographer. You and I, why don’t we call it ‘pocket bread’, huh?” – Fleet-a-Pita Saleswoman
Bad News
“Stop, stop, he’s already dead.” – Adorable Child The headline here tells you everything you didn’t want to know: The Simpsons Renewed, Will Pass 500 Episodes On one level, this is expected. While the show was only officially renewed through Season 22, they’ve already talked publically about a Season 23 Christmas episode that was in production. Contained within the article is both good news and bad news. The good news: Vulture has learned that Fox has renewed The Simpsons for a 23rd season of animated adventures, taking it through its landmark 500th episode (specifically, it takes the show up to…
Quote of the Day
“Who’s that?” – Bart Simpson “Oh, that’s my brother Asa. He was killed in the Great War. Held a grenade too long.” – Mrs. Glick “This one’s for you Kaiser Bill, special delivery from Uncle Sam and all the boys in D Company. Yeah, Johnny, Harris, Brooklyn Bob, and Reggie, yeah, even Reggie, he ain’t so stuck up once you get to-” – Asa
Compare & Contrast: Vampire Segments
“This cape is giving me a rash.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson In Season 5’s Halloween special, the final segment is a vampire story. In Season 22’s Halloween special, the final segment is also a vampire story. Let’s take a look at them, shall we? The difference is apparent immediately. The Simpsons starts things off with the family quietly watching television, complete with the dogs playing poker painting in the background as a transition from the lead-in. The news report situates things firmly in the Springfield we’ve all come to know and love: the police are incompetent, Brockman is an idiot,…
Quote of the Day
“Hello, I am not interested in buying your house, but I would like to use your restroom, flip through your magazines, rearrange your carefully shelved items, and handle your food products in an unsanitary manner. Ha, now you know how it feels!” – Apu Nahasapeemapetilon “Thank you, come again.” – Homer Simpson
Crazy Noises: Treehouse of Horror XXI
“And now, our parody of ‘Mad About You’, entitled ‘Mad About Shoe’! Gimme a kiss baby, no tongue, ha ha! . . . Ohh, you’re not going to like our ‘NYPD Shoe’ sketch. It’s pretty much the same thing.” – Krusty the Klown In our ongoing mission to bring you only the shallowest and laziest analysis of Zombie Simpsons, we’re keeping up our Crazy Noises series for Season 22. Since a podcast is so 2004, and video would require a flag, a fern and some folding chairs from the garage, we’ve elected to use the technology that brought the word…
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“You just got citric acid in my eye! You’ll pay for that, Springfield.” – Shelby