I was hoping to have a meaty and informative post today based on an hour long appearance Mike Scully did on sportswriter Jonah Keri’s podcast last week. Foolishly, I assumed that Scully talking television, The Simpsons, and pop culture for such a long time had to have a few blog worthy nuggets for a boring week in August. I was wrong. About halfway through I thought I was in trouble because I only had like three and a half sentences of notes. But I stuck it out hoping for something, a snarky quote, an interesting behind the scenes story, anything. …
Month: August 2011
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Image shamelessly yoinked from here. “Dad, I don’t understand. What is she saying you did?” – Lisa Simpson “Well, Lisa, remember that postcard Grampa sent us from Florida of that alligator biting that woman’s bottom?” – Homer Simpson “Oh yeah, that was brilliant!” – Bart Simpson “That’s right, we all thought it was hilarious, but it turns out we were wrong. That alligator was sexually harassing that woman.” – Homer Simpson “And the dog in the Coppertone ads, same deal, Dad?” – Bart Simpson “That’s kind of a gray area.” – Homer Simpson
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“I always just figured my wife was my soul mate. But if it’s not Marge, then who is it? Where do I begin looking?” – Homer Simpson “This really goes beyond my training as a furniture salesman, sir. Now, if you don’t want the sofa I’ll have to ask you to leave.” – Furniture Salesman
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“I am going to punish you for this, Bart, and it won’t just be a simple caning this time.” – Principal Skinner
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user zappowbang. “I thought we agreed to consult each other before any major purchases.” – Marge Simpson “Well, you bought all those smoke alarms and we haven’t had a single fire.” – Homer Simpson
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“Being a clown sucks. You get kicked by kids, bit by dogs, and admired by the elderly.” – Homer Simpson
Reading Digest: Reluctant (But Pun Free!) Guest Voice Edition
“Damn you, paparazzo!” – C.M. Burns As a general rule, I tend to ignore Zombie Simpsons guest voice news. Almost without exception, the guest voices fade instantly into the indistinguishable morass of forgettable episodes, so I don’t see the point in noting them beforehand. However, and I give her and her publicists a lot credit for this, it’s basically impossible to ignore Lady Gaga. Earlier this week it came out that she’s doing a guest voice on Zombie Simpsons, then the internet exploded, and as a result we have two links about it. (And if I have to read one…
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Image yoinked from here. “Tell you what, you come with me to an N.R.A. meeting, and if you still don’t think guns are great, we’ll argue some more.” – Homer Simpson
Simpsons Go Canyonero: The Indifference of Selling Out
– By Hank Pumpkins of Love in the Time of Sausage “I’m so hungry, I could eat at Arby’s”. That one line, delivered by Sherri—or maybe Terri—worked wonders on my young, impressionable mind, and only nearly eight years later, on a dare in college, did I finally try Arby’s. It turns out, the fries are pretty good. There’s a secret shame in admitting that The Simpsons held such political sway over my taste-buds, but in the years since, I’ve come to see I haven’t been the only one—which makes me wonder if there was a marginal dip in sales after…
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“Well, sir, where should we dump this batch? The playground?” – Mr. Smithers “No, all those bald children are arousing suspicion. To the park!” – C.M. Burns
Crazy Noises: The Old Man and the C Student
“They cut out the best word!” – Bart Simpson “Didn’t that movie used to have a war in it?” – Hans Moleman “C’mon! You’ve been warned.” – Orderly For the third summer in a row, we at the Dead Homer Society are looking to satisfy your off-season longing for substandard commentary on substandard Simpsons. This summer we’ll be looking at Season 10. Why Season 10? Because we’ve already done Seasons 8 and 9 and we can’t put it off any longer. Prior to Season 10, we watched as the show started falling over, this is when it fell over. And…
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“Principal Skinner, how’s your transportation project coming?” – Lisa Simpson “Oh, excellent. Not only are the trains now running on time, they’re running on metric time. Remember this moment, people, eighty past two on April 47th, it’s the dawn of an enlightened Springfield.” – Principal Skinner
Crazy Noises: Mom and Pop Art
“You’ve gone from hip to boring. Why don’t you call us when you get to kitsch?” – Gunter For the third summer in a row, we at the Dead Homer Society are looking to satisfy your off-season longing for substandard commentary on substandard Simpsons. This summer we’ll be looking at Season 10. Why Season 10? Because we’ve already done Seasons 8 and 9 and we can’t put it off any longer. Prior to Season 10, we watched as the show started falling over, this is when it fell over. And while the dust wouldn’t settle completely for another season or…
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“We are insured, aren’t we, Mom?” – Lisa Simpson “Homer, tell your child what you bought when I sent you to town to get some insurance.” – Marge Simpson “Curse you, magic beans!” – Homer Simpson “Oh, stop blaming the beans.” – Marge Simpson
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“So, I’m afraid your son is trapped down the well.” – Lou “You must think we’re the worst parents in the world.” – Homer Simpson “Yes, that’s pretty much the feeling down at the station.” – Eddie
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“Clear!” – Dr. Hibbert “Oh, doctor, I was in a wonderful place filled with fire and brimstone, and there were all these guys in red pajamas sticking pitchforks in my butt.” – Homer Simpson
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“Now step over to the abdominator and I will shout slogans at you. Push! Harder! Go past the max! Reach over the top! Master your ass!” – Rainier Wolfcastle
Reading Digest: Quadruple Agreement Edition
“Well, I guess this is a case where we’ll have to agree to disagree.” – Ned Flanders “I don’t agree to that.” – Principal Skinner “Neither do I.” – Mrs. Krabappel Most weeks I come across at least one person who, in talking about The Simpsons, will mention its precipitous decline in quality. This week I came across four – count ’em four! – such people. (One of them even used the term “Zombie Simpsons”.) So the end of this week’s Reading Digest is pure catnip, but there’s a bunch of other fun stuff as well. There’s a crazy fun…
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“Homer, did you tell the mafia they could eliminate my competitors with savage beatings and attempted murder?” – Marge Simpson “In those words? . . . Yes.” – Homer Simpson
Anyone But Steve Allen OR 10 Gifts The Simpsons Gave To Comedy
– By Django Gold, head curator at mcgarnagle.com The Simpsons was a special show, and like any other popular creative work that found a large audience, it was only a matter of time before its influence started popping up elsewhere. It’s been over twenty years since the show debuted, and in that time a generation of comedy writers who grew up watching, re-watching, and quoting the show has made their own bones in show business. What follows is a sampling of certain aspects of The Simpsons that have since shown up in countless other comedy bits. I’m not claiming The Simpsons…