“George and I just wanted to be private citizens again, go where nobody cared about politics. So we found the town with the lowest voter turnout in America.” – Barbara Bush “Just happy to be here among good, average people, with no particular hopes or dreams.” – George H.W. Bush
Month: April 2011
Compare & Contrast: Flashback History
“Aw, it’s a boy, and what a boy!” – Homer Simpson “Uh, that’s the umbilical cord. It’s a girl.” – Dr. Hibbert Continuing on yesterday’s theme of the astonishingly excellent episode that aired on Sunday, this week’s Compare & Contrast is highly abnormal. Instead of highlighting how Zombie Simpsons takes ideas that have already been done and manages to make them worse in every possible way, this week’s post gets to stack up two episodes that take equal care with their stories, characters and jokes. Because while the concepts here are similar, nothing is repeated and everything ties together. Unlike…
Quote of the Day
“Ah, Homer, I hope Crusher and Low Blow didn’t hurt you.” – C.M. Burns “You know, you could’ve just called me.” – Homer Simpson “Oh yes, but the telephone is so impersonal. I prefer the hands on touch you only get with hired goons.” – C.M. Burns
Still Got the Magic
“It’s back to the basics, classic Itchy & Scratchy!” – Bart Simpson “We should thank our lucky stars they’re still putting out a program of this caliber after so many years.” – Lisa Simpson From time to time, people ask us what we would do if Zombie Simpsons ever broadcast a good episode. Would we kick it just because it’s Zombie Simpsons, or are we open minded enough to say that, yeah, even here in 2011 the show can still be good? Well, I’m here to tell you that last night’s episode on FOX was outstanding from end to end,…
Quote of the Day
“Now, I know we love the puppies very much, but I think they’re getting to be a problem.” – Marge Simpson “Yeah, they ate all my socks. I have to wear Lisa’s to school today.” – Bart Simpson “How do you explain the culottes, boy?” – Homer Simpson “Well, I have to coordinate, don’t I?” – Bart Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Lisa, I’m Faith Crowley, patriotism editor of Reading Digest.” – Faith Crowley “Ohh, I love your magazine. My favorite section is How to Increase Your Word Power. That thing is really, really, really . . . good.” – Homer Simpson “Well, good.” – Faith Crowley
College Students to Zombie Simpsons: Meh
“Someone squeezed all the life out of these kids. And unless movies and teevee have lied to me, it’s a crusty, bitter old dean.” – Homer Simpson If you Google “Zombie Simpsons”, the first result is a post I wrote last year called “The Cost of Zombie Simpsons”. Not being familiar with anything more than the barest outlines of Google’s proprietary alchemy, I can only guess as to why it’s that one and not another. But if I had pick of our back catalog to occupy that choice spot of search real estate (it gets more traffic than all but…
Quote of the Day
Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user _Fidelio_. “What a day, eh Milhouse? The sun is out, birds are singing, bees are trying to have sex with them, as is my understanding.” – Bart Simpson
Reading Digest: Bottom of the List Edition
“Your name’s not on the list.” – Bernard the Bouncer “I didn’t even tell you my name.” – Homer Simpson “Okay, what’s your name?” – Bernard the Bouncer “Homer Simpson.” – Homer Simpson “Not on the list.” – Bernard the Bouncer There’s quite a few lists with Simpsons stuff on them this week. Unusually, the show tended to come in closer to the bottom than the top. In another coincidence, we’ve got more than the usual number of people who don’t like Zombie Simpsons. There’s also the more typical assortment of random stuff, including a drawing of that sun blocking…
Quote of the Day
Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user leiris202. “What noble visionary thought up April Fools Day?” – Homer Simpson “Like Halloween and Christmas, April Fools Day traces its origins to pagan ritual.” – Lisa Simpson “God bless those pagans.” – Homer Simpson