“I can’t believe it, we won another contest!” – Marge Simpson “The Simpsons are going to Delaware!” – Homer Simpson “I want to see Wilmington!” – Lisa Simpson “I want to visit a screen door factory.” – Bart Simpson “This’ll be the last season.” – Homer Simpson For the fourth summer in a row, we here at the Dead Homer Society will be spending some time discussing twelve year old Simpsons episodes. This year we’re doing Season 11. Why Season 11? Because we’ve done Seasons 8, 9 and 10 already, and it’s time to take an unflinching look at the…
Month: September 2012
Quote of the Day
“Mom, am I dumb?” – Bart Simpson “Honey, I’d love to reassure you, but right now mommy needs a tetanus shot.” – Marge Simpson
Crazy Noises: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
“Homer, look, we’re invited to Otto’s wedding. Ooh, and such delicate tissue paper . . . huh, zigzag?” – Marge Simpson For the fourth summer in a row, we here at the Dead Homer Society will be spending some time discussing twelve year old Simpsons episodes. This year we’re doing Season 11. Why Season 11? Because we’ve done Seasons 8, 9 and 10 already, and it’s time to take an unflinching look at the end of the show. Since Skype and podcasts didn’t exist in 1999, and we want to discuss these episodes the way the internet intended, we’re sticking…
Quote of the Day
“You are tampering with forces you can’t understand. We have major corporations sponsoring this event.” – Mayor Quimby “I hope you know you’re sponsoring a celebration for a murderous pirate.” – Lisa Simpson “A pirate? Well, that’s hardly the image we want for Long John Silver’s!” – Corporate Guy
Highlights from Jay Kogen on Reddit
“Alright, Kogen’s got Wolodarsky open in the end zone . . . he throws it . . . it’s complete, touchdown!” – Radio Announcer Yesterday, Jay Kogen, one of the original writers who departed in Season 4, went on Reddit for one of their “Ask Me Anything” posts. He talked a lot about the old days of the show, working with Bryan Cranston on Malcolm in the Middle, and just television writing generally. I’ve pulled some of the highlights below, though there is much, much more at the link. Turns out they had to fight for one everyone’s favorite sequences:…
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“Hey, it’s morning and Mom and Dad aren’t home yet.” – Bart Simpson “Don’t worry, Mr. Hutz is still here to take care of us.” – Lisa Simpson “Don’t touch my stuff! . . . Hey, this isn’t the YMCA.” – Lionel Hutz Happy birthday David Mirkin!
Quote of the Day
“Your new duties will include answering Mr. Burns’ phone, preparing his tax return, moistening his eyeballs, assisting with his chewing and swallowing, lying to Congress, and some light typing.” – Mr. Smithers
Quote of the Day
“Gimme, uh, thirty-thousand tickets.” – Scalper “That’ll be nine-hundred and fifty thousand dollars, please.” – Ticket Lady “Look, thing about that is, I only got ten dollars on me. Can I pay you the rest later?” – Scalper “Sure.” – Ticket Lady
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“And what does my little girl want?” – Homer Simpson “An absence of mood swings and some stability in my life.” – Lisa Simpson “Uh, how bout a pony?” – Homer Simpson “Okay!” – Lisa Simpson
Reading Digest: Politics and Entertainment Edition
“Live, from the Springfield Center for the Performing Arts, the wrestling match of the century! Today, Rasputin, the Friendly Russian . . .” – Wrestling Announcer “Didn’t he used to be the Mad Russian?” – Milhouse van Houten “Yes, but I’m afraid the forces of history have changed wrestling, perhaps forever.” – Lisa Simpson A shorter than average Reading Digest this week nevertheless contains two excellent Simpsons references in relation to both our upcoming electoral contest and mixed martial arts, which is like politics except that it’s run by less sleazy people. There’s also some decent YouTube, a cool fan…
Quote of the Day
“Hey, yeah, who are you? I saw you chasing Bart’s ambulance.” – Homer Simpson “Hutz is the name, Mr. Simpson, Lionel Hutz attorney at law. Here’s my card, it turns into a sponge when you put it in water.” – Lionel Hutz “Ooh, classy.” – Homer Simpson
Crazy Noises: Last Tap Dance In Springfield
“Okay, everyone, we need big smiles out there, so line up for dimpling. Now, this may hurt a lot . . . what am I saying, ‘may’?” – Little Vicki For the fourth summer in a row, we here at the Dead Homer Society will be spending some time discussing twelve year old Simpsons episodes. This year we’re doing Season 11. Why Season 11? Because we’ve done Seasons 8, 9 and 10 already, and it’s time to take an unflinching look at the end of the show. Since Skype and podcasts didn’t exist in 1999, and we want to discuss…
Quote of the Day
“If you pinch your cheeks they’ll glow . . . a little more. Try to break some capillaries, dear.” – Jacqueline Bouvier “Couldn’t we just use rouge for this?” – Marge Bouvier “Ladies pinch, whores use rouge.” – Jacqueline Bouvier
Crazy Noises: Kill the Alligator and Run
“Florida? But that’s America’s wang.” – Homer Simpson For the fourth summer in a row, we here at the Dead Homer Society will be spending some time discussing twelve year old Simpsons episodes. This year we’re doing Season 11. Why Season 11? Because we’ve done Seasons 8, 9 and 10 already, and it’s time to take an unflinching look at the end of the show. Since Skype and podcasts didn’t exist in 1999, and we want to discuss these episodes the way the internet intended, we’re sticking with the UTF-8 world of chat rooms and instant messaging. This text has…
Quote of the Day
“Well, I’d like to help you, ma’am, but I’m afraid there’s no law against mailing threatening letters.” – Chief Wiggum “I’m pretty sure there is.” – Marge Simpson “Ha, the day I take cop lessons from Ma Kettle-” – Chief Wiggum “Hey, she’s right, Chief.” – Lou “Well, shut my mouth. It’s also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling . . . boys, knock it off!” – Chief Wiggum
Season 15 DVD Announcement
“Otto!” – Bart Simpson “That’s what my driver’s license says!” – Otto We got an e-mail from one of FOX’s hip, edgy Web 2.0 marketing firms announcing some upcoming home video releases, including Season 15 on December 4th. This being a press release, there is very little interesting information contained within. In fact, there’s no text at all about Zombie Simpsons, just two images, one a cover mockup with Otto on the front, the other a recycled idea: Based on this, it’s a standard release with all the usual home video bells and whistles: audio commentary (ugh), deleted scenes, and…
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“The police haven’t had any luck finding the teacher’s editions.” – Principal Skinner “The dogs have picked up the scent of books . . . send in the battering ram.” – Chief Wiggum
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“But, Marge, I was a political prisoner.” – Homer Simpson “How were you a political prisoner?” – Marge Simpson “I kicked a giant mouse in the butt, do I have to draw you a diagram?” – Homer Simpson
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“I was incredibly moved by your reading. I don’t think God’s words have ever sounded so plausible.” – Bart Simpson
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“Now, here are some results from our phone-in poll. Ninety-five percent of the people believe Homer Simpson is guilty. Now, of course, this is just a television poll, which is not legally binding, unless Proposition 304 passes, and we all pray it will.” – Kent Brockman