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Month: December 2012
Quote of the Day
“Expiration date? June, Nineteen Eighty Ni-uh, Two Thousand Twelve . . . yeah.” – Homer Simpson “Homer, are you ordering junk of the TV again?” – Marge Simpson “Shh, they’ll hear you!” – Homer Simpson
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“Nice PJs, Simpson! Did your mommy buy ’em for you?” – Jimbo Jones “Of course she did. Who else would have?” – Bart Simpson “Alright, Simpson, you win this round.” – Jimbo Jones Happy birthday, Tracey Ullman!
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“Well, as a matter of fact, my refrigerator wasn’t running. You spared me quite a bit of spoilage. Thank you, anonymous young man.” – Principal Skinner “D’oh!” – Bart Simpson
Reading Digest: Goodbye 2012 Edition
“Man alive, what a stink-o thousand years: blimp wrecks, teenagers . . . then again we had two teevee shows with Andy Griffith!” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson For the second week in a row there’s just not much cooking on the internet. But while Simpsons fandom may take it slow from time to time, it never sleeps, and this week we’ve got two links to people saying goodbye to the last year with some very similar Simpsons flair. There’s also a bunch of great fan art, an electronic remix of the theme song, the Prime Minister of Canada’s Twitter aide…
Quote of the Day
“Good Lord, my Stormin’ Norman commemorative plates stolen! . . . again.” – Principal Skinner
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“Oh, my God! Someone’s trying to kill me! . . . Oh, wait. It’s for Bart.” – Homer Simpson
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“Lousy piece of junk!” – Homer Simpson “Hey, I got that for my birthday!” – Todd Flanders “Now I have to face stupid reality again.” – Homer Simpson
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“Americans have grown up with the image of the jolly fat man, Dom DeLuise, Alfred Hitchcock, and, of course, Santa Claus. But in real life, Santa would be suffering from gall stones, hypertension, impotence, and diabetes.” – Kent Brockman
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“This year’s tree is just perfect. That old aluminum one was so fake.” – Lisa Simpson “I couldn’t agree more. From now on, it’s plastic all the way.” – Marge Simpson
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“Well that nice lady set the cause of biological warfare back thirty years!” – C.M. Burns “We’re only now finally caught up.” – Mr. Smithers Happy birthday Harry Shearer!
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“Excuse me, Mr. Simpson, on the Itchy & Scratchy CD-ROM, is there a way to get out of the dungeon without using the wizard key?” – Database “What the hell are you talking about?” – Homer Simpson
Reading Digest: Simpsons Day Celebration Edition
“Stealing! How could you? Haven’t you learned anything from that guy who gives those sermons at church, Captain Whatshisname?” – Homer Simpson The internet’s annual holiday/end of year ennui has set in, so we’ve got a shorter than usual Reading Digest this week. We do have several links marking Simpsons Day (which I will see become a real holiday if it’s the last thing I ever do), including a couple of looks at other events on December 17th plus a history of the show and other cartoons. There’s also a DJ version of the theme song, obscure animation, more about…
Quote of the Day
“Looks like this is the end.” – Moe “Ah, it’s alright. I couldn’t have led a richer life.” – Barney Gumble
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“Now, why do they call this a urine monkey? . . . Oh, I just found out.” – Krusty the Klown “That’s funny for so many reasons.” – Bart Simpson
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“Arnie Pie in the Sky with the morning commute. Traffic this morning is as bad as it gets. Due to a fire at the Army testing lab, a bunch of escaped, infected monkeys are roaming the expressway. Despite the sweltering heat, don’t unroll your windows cause those monkeys seem confused and irritable.” – Arnie Pie
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“I’ll buy her that pony she’s always bugging me for.” – Homer Simpson “We can’t afford to buy a pony.” – Marge Simpson “Marge, with today’s gasoline prices we can’t afford not to buy a pony.” – Homer Simpson
Some Simpsons Day YouTube
“Oh, Marge, sitting next to the boss, the best night of the year and it’s ruined!” – Homer Simpson Last year Simpsons Day fell on a Saturday and I got to spend the whole thing sitting on my ass and watching cartoons. Sadly, today is a work day, but there’s still plenty of great, old Simpsons stuff to enjoy on-line. For starters, check out this 1990 interview with Groening, Brooks and Simon: Near the end, the interviewer asks about all the merchandise (remember, this was the absolute height of Bartmania), and Groening plugs some of the upcoming licensed crap: We’ve…
Quote of the Day
“Look at that pig, stuffing his face with donuts on my time! That’s right, keep eating, little do you know you’re drawing ever closer to the poisoned donut! . . . there is a poisoned one, isn’t there, Smithers?” – C.M. Burns “Uh, no, sir. I discussed this with our lawyers, they consider it murder.” – Mr. Smithers “Damn their oily hides!” – C.M. Burns Happy 20th Anniversary to “Homer’s Triple Bypass”! Original airdate: 17 December 1992. [And Happy Simpsons Day!]
Sunday Preview: To Cur, With Love
When a fire at the retirement home forces Grampa to move back in with the Simpsons, Homer throws out his back on moving day. While “resting” at home, he gets hooked on the super-addictive tablet game, “Villageville.” And, in his distraction, he loses the family dog, Santa’s Little Helper. Everyone is angry with Homer for not seeming to care about the missing dog, but Grampa tells them the story of Homer’s long-lost childhood pup, Bongo. I am curious if Santa’s Little Helper runs away, or if a laid-up Homer actually finds a way to “lose” him from the couch. I know…