“Willie hears ya. Willie don’t care.” – Groundskeeper Willie After the Season 22 finale, I wrote a post noting the vast difference between the marketing of the Flanders-Krabappel cliffhanger and the one for “Who Shot Mr. Burns?”. Where once there was a national advertising campaign and genuine fan interest, now there were a couple of lame internet downloads and the sound of crickets. I was curious to see how FOX would handle the inevitable Season 23 promotional stuff, however. In theory, people cared about the fate of “Nedna”. In practice, even the marketing department thought otherwise. I watched a lot…
Month: September 2011
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“These prestigious wrought iron security gates are bullet proof, bomb proof, and battering ram resistant. Now-” – Chief Wiggum “Then what happened to Johnny D?” – Principal Skinner “He forgot to lock them.” – Chief Wiggum
Compare & Contrast: Mob Boss Endings
“I am-a confused.” – Don Vittorio DiMaggio Given its manic-depressive pacing and weird four-segment structure, it’s not always easy to tell when Zombie Simpsons is moving from one act to another. It has a tendency to meander and stutter step its way through what can only generously be called a story, tossing off things that may or may not be jokes along the way. For example, take what was supposed to be the second act of “The Falcon and the D’Ohman”. When we come back from the first commercial break, Jack Bauer is having dinner with the Simpsons at their…
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“Hey, sometimes a guy just likes his skin to look its yellowest.” – Bart Simpson Happy birthday Gabor Csupo! [Edited to remove redundant word. Whoops.]
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Image shamelessly yoinked from here. “Yes, Krusty?” – Bart Simpson “Bart, I need to get your fingerprints on a candlestick. Meet me in the conservatory chop chop. Don’t worry, everything’s gonna be all right.” – Krusty the Klown
Crazy Noises: The Falcon and the D’Ohman
“And why is a cafeteria worker posing as a nurse?” – Superintendent Chalmers “I get two paychecks this way.” – Lunchlady Doris “D’oh.” – Superintendent Chalmers As part of our tireless efforts to demonstrate the many ways Zombie Simpsons fails to entertain, Season 23 will be subjected to the kind of rigorous examination that can only be produced by people typing short messages at one another. More dedicated or modern individuals might use Twitter for this, but that’s got graphics and short links and little windows that pop up when you put your cursor over things. The only kind of…
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“Next case, the National Council of Churches versus Lionel Hutz.” – Bailiff “Oh, right, that thing.” – Lionel Hutz
Welcome Back, Zombie Simpsons! (Now Please Go Away Forever.)
“This celebration is a sham, and it’s all my fault.” – Hollis Hurlbut If anyone out there was worried that Zombie Simpsons might have taken time over the summer to sharpen its rusty stories or tighten its blundering dialogue, last night’s clumsy splatter-fest should put their mind at ease. I suppose we can give them points for consistency, but that’s about it. In a mere twenty minutes they told a hopelessly stupid ten minute story and filled the enormous gaps around it with their favorite kinds of filler material. There was a pointless celebrity cameo voicing himself. There were untethered…
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“Who is that bookworm, Smithers?” – C.M. Burns “Homer Simpson, sir.” – Mr. Smithers “Simpson, eh? How very strange, his job description clearly specifies an illiterate.” – C.M. Burns Happy 20th anniversary to “Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington”! Original airdate: 26 September 1991.
Sunday Preview: The Falcon and the D’Ohman
There are two crappy celebrity plots this week, so Dave had two images to properly splatter with blood: Most people don’t think of Kiefer Sutherland as the kind of comedic genius you have on over and over again. Most people also don’t like Zombie Simpsons. And here’s the other guy for some reason. From what I can tell, Homer gets kidnapped and Marge becomes a chef. It’s gonna be a long season.
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Image shamelessly yoinked from here. “It may be on a lousy channel, but the Simpsons are on TV.” – Homer Simpson Turn on your television and turn off your brain, because Season 23 starts tonight. Better yet, just leave the television off too.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Oh hi! I’m Troy McClure. You might remember me from such self help videos as ‘Smoke Yourself Thin’ and ‘Get Confident, Stupid!’. Well now I’m here to tell you about the only real path to mental health. That’s right, it’s the Brad Goodman something or other.” – Troy McClure Phil Hartman would’ve been 63 today. Happy birthday.
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“Kids, you heard the cartoon rat. If you haven’t already run to your parents begging to go, do it now. You won’t be missing anything funny, I’ll just be sitting here reading this grown-ups newspaper.” – Krusty the Klown Happy birthday Brad Bird!
Reading Digest: Fictional Fiction Edition
“We now return to Troy McClure and Dolores Montenegro in ‘Preacher with a Shovel’.” – TV Announcer “But irrigation can save your people, Chief Smiling Bear!” – White Man This week we’ve got a couple of links elaborating on the many fake books, movies and products that cropped up on The Simpsons. Before we get to those, however, that stupid quote from a News Corp executive about a “Simpsons channel” I mentioned last week spun itself to new levels of internet fame this week and needs to be knocked down. If you don’t care, skip to the second set of…
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“I must protest! You’re abusing a program intended to help the unfortunate.” – Lisa Simpson “I’m not saying it isn’t sleazy, honey.” – Homer Simpson
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Image yoinked from Wikipedia. “What are you going to spend your money on, kids?” – Marge Simpson “There’s a special on tacos down at the taco mat, hundred tacos for a hundred dollars. I’m gonna get that.” – Bart Simpson “I’m going to contribute my money to the corporation for public broadcasting.” – Lisa Simpson “Tacos? Public broadcasting? I won’t have you kids throwing your money away like that.” – Marge Simpson
Crazy Noises: Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
“Don’t ask me, I don’t know anything. I’m product of American education system. I also build poor quality cars and inferior style electronics.” – Americatown Waiter 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…
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“Good luck on your trumped up lawsuit, Dad.” – Lisa Simpson “Thanks. That means a lot to me.” – Homer Simpson
Crazy Noises: They Saved Lisa’s Brain
“Do I detect a note of sarcasm?” – Lindsey Naegle “Are you kidding me? This baby is off the charts!” – Professor Frink “Ooh, a sarcasm detector, that’s a real useful invention!” – Comic Book Guy 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…
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“That sounds like Gabriel’s trumpet. You know what that means, kids.” – Ned Flanders “Yay! Judgment Day!” – Rod & Todd Flanders