As of this writing, Bill Oakley has 3,660 followers on Twitter. Last week, he tweeted the following, innocuous Season 7 quote: Since Oakley’s followers (the ones that are real people who actually follow their Twitter feeds, anyway) are fans of the show, they responded with some of their favorite Simpsons-related telephone gags. Here they are (and remember that it’s Twitter, so read bottom to top): According to Twitter, it was twenty-six minutes from Oakley’s initial tweet to the one where he thanks everyone and says he can’t keep up any longer. In that time he retweeted fifteen quotes or references…
Month: September 2011
Quote of the Day
“You made it! Did you have any trouble getting past the security guards?” – Homer Simpson “Security guards?” – Lisa Simpson
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“Smithers, where’s that union representative? He’s twenty minutes late.” – C.M. Burns “I don’t know, sir, he hasn’t been seen since he promised to clean up the union.” – Mr. Smithers “What the hell?” – Football Player
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“Dad, is it right to take things from people you don’t like?” – Lisa Simpson “Sure it is, honey. You do mean stealing, don’t you?” – Homer Simpson
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“Dad, remember those self hypnosis classes we took to help us ignore Grampa?” – Bart Simpson “Do I ever, it’s five years later and I still think I’m a chicken! I’m a chicken, Marge!” – Homer Simpson “I know. I know.” – Marge Simpson
Reading Digest Supplemental: Old Unofficial Clothing Edition
“Check it out, Spinal Tap kicking Muammar Gaddafi in the butt, the timeless classic, now two for a dollar.” – T-Shirt Guy We’ve got two links this week to old but excellent bootleg clothing, one a T-shirt, the other what looks like a handmade sweater. It’s almost needless to say, but both have a lot more personality than the official crap. In addition to that we’ve got a list of NFL coaches and the Simpsons characters they (kinda) resemble, a long review of an ancient video game, and a couple of long posts about old Simpsons. Enjoy. GRAPHICS: Average Daily…
Quote of the Day
“The number you have dialed can no longer be reached from this phone, you – negligent – monster.” – Telephone Voice
They’ll Never Stop “The Simpsons” (But Someone Really Should)
– By Matt Mackinnon Everyone is aware of the vast difference in quality between the first ten seasons of The Simpsons and the ten seasons of Zombie Simpsons that followed. But you don’t have to reach as far back as Season 5 to find huge dips in the quality of the show. No. In fact, you can see a huge drop off in the quality of the show within Zombie Simpsons itself. In fact, it might be time to divide Zombie Simpsons into two different categories. A zombie divided against itself, cannot stand! (That’s a George Costanza reference . .…
Quote of the Day
“And I haven’t seen my father since.” – Krusty the Klown “That is so sad.” – Lisa Simpson “Krusty, do you think about your father a lot?” – Bart Simpson “All the time . . . except when I’m at the track. Then it’s all business.” – Krusty the Klown