“See that ship over there? They’re rebroadcasting Major League Baseball with implied oral consent, not expressed written consent. . . . Or so the legend goes.” – Homer Simpson The big news this week was the official announcement of the streaming package for The Simpsons and Zombie Simpsons. It’s today’s second link, and it sounds like it’ll be pretty cool . . . if you’re one of the few people who’ll be able to get it, as there are an appellate court’s worth of restrictions and hoops to jump through. A young Canadian who got around all that has been rendered…
Day: January 17, 2014
Compare & Contrast: Overprotective Fathers
“Samantha!” – Mr. Stanky “Dad!” – Samantha Stanky “Noooooo!” – Mr. Stanky As far as nothingburger girlfriend characters go, Kumiko is so empty that she makes the relatively one-dimensional Rene from Season 9 look like Katniss Everdeen. Rene at least talked to Moe before dating him out of pity. Kumiko apparently fell in love with Comic Book Guy without even so much as meeting him. But even that vacuous characterization is rich and deep compared to Kumiko’s father, who shows up out of the blue and instantly becomes the focus of the episode despite failing, after his very first scene,…
Quote of the Day
“To Marge, and all the blissful years I’ve spent hiding from her in this bar.” – Homer Simpson “Hear, hear!” – Drunks