“Well, let me tell you something, boy, if you don’t stand up for yourself, bullies are gonna be picking on you for the rest of your life.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “Simpson! Give me your newspaper!” – Jasper “Why should I?” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “I wanna do the crossword puzzle.” – Jasper “No, I want to do the crossword puzzle.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “I said, give me that puzzle!” – Jasper “No.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “Gimme!” – Jasper “No.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “Gimme!” – Jasper “No . . . Well, I guess I can’t help you.…
Month: March 2014
Quote of the Day
“I know it’s good for a boy to have a part time job, but I’m not sure about the people Bart’s working for. I think they’re criminals.” – Marge Simpson “A job’s a job. I mean, take me, if my plant pollutes the water and poisons the town, by your logic that would make me a criminal.” – Homer Simpson
Quote of the Day
“If you don’t start making more sense we’re gonna have to put you in a home.” – Homer Simpson “You already put me in a home!” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson “Then we’ll put you in the crooked home we saw on 60 Minutes.” – Homer Simpson “I’ll be good.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Homer, I’d love to chitty-chat, but tonight’s the night I do my charity work.” – Ned Flanders “Oh, yeah, judge made me do that once, too. Stupid lack of public urinals.” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th Anniversary to “Homer Loves Flanders”! Original airdate 17 March 1994.
Sunday Preview: The Winter Of His Content
When the retirement home closes, Marge invites Grampa and two other elderly folks to stay at the Simpsons’ house. Nelson becomes Bart’s friend, after Bart defends him for wearing used underwear. This is going up a little late, but since I haven’t seen the episode, it’s still a preview to me. For those who did choose to watch it, feel free to let the rest of us know how it went. Or not. I don’t care.
Quote of the Day
“I don’t know about this dog. He’s kinda snooty.” – Homer Simpson “Homer, are you wearing a tie to impress Laddie?” – Marge Simpson “Do you think he noticed?” – Homer Simpson
Quote of the Day
“You’re fired! . . . But wait, perhaps I’m being too hasty. You are highly skilled . . . at goofing off! Now, don’t worry, Homer, you’re the kind of guy I could really dig . . . a grave for! Your indolence is inefficacious! . . . That means you’re terrible!” – C.M. Burns Happy birthday David Silverman!
Reading Digest: High School Matt Groening Edition
“Ah, my high school yearbook. You handsome devil . . . ‘I can’t believe I ate the whole thing’.” – Homer Simpsonr This week we’ve got two links to pictures of Groening, one from just a few years ago, and one from way back when he was a squeaky voiced teen. In addition to that, we’ve got a lot of cool YouTube this week (including a couple of clever Simpsons/Lego ones), some excellent usage, a couple of good lists, and a True Detective/Simpsons drawing from a kid. Enjoy. A tale of two Springfields – Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week is this…
Quote of the Day
“You know that little ball you put on the aerial so you can find your car in the parking lot? That should be on every car!” – Homer Simpson “Little ball.” – Powell Engineer
Compare & Contrast: Sideshow Bob On Top of a Dam
“This looks like the work of crazy old Sideshow Bob.” – Chief Wiggum “No, chief, Bob’s innocent! It’s the truth.” – Lisa Simpson “The truth, huh? That sounds like the testimony of crazy old Lisa Simpson.” – Chief Wiggum Sometimes Zombie Simpsons makes it hard to tell the difference between fan service and one of its regularly craptacular plot zigzags. Was the fact that Sideshow Bob chased Bart and Lisa to the top of a dam at the end of “The Man Who Grew Too Much” supposed to be a shout out to “Brother From the Same Planet”? Or was…
Quote of the Day
“Ooh, it looks like everyone in Springfield showed up for this.” – Marge Simpson “Could this town be any stupider?” – Snake
Compare & Contrast: Involuntary Commitment
"Sir! I’m so sorry my grocer committed you. We’ll never shop there again." – Mr. Smithers Like the practice of medicine in general, the treatment of mental illness has a longstanding history of cruelty, incompetence and abuse. People have undergone everything from lifetime confinement and mind changing drug regimes to electric shocks and lobotomies because of pseudo-scientific theories that often had (and have) more to do with the ignorance and prevailing prejudices of the people administering the "treatments" than they do with making the patients better. On top of that is the frightful prospect of a mentally healthy person becoming…
Quote of the Day
“I’ve got nothing but time until they fix that malfunctioning squishy machine.” – Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Quote of the Day
“Hey, who has better vacation ideas than AAA? According to the publisher of this AAA guidebook, no one.” – Milhouse van Houten
Behind Us Forever: Diggs & The Man Who Grew Too Much
“Grasping the child firmly in his talons, Socrates here will fly him to safety. Just watch . . . I don’t think he’s coming back.” – Falconry Guy First we got a nice long break from Zombie Simpsons, and then they made their triumphant return by dropping two great big steaming piles back-to-back. The first one, “Diggs”, is among the more tone deaf episodes I can recall in a while. It’s about a mentally ill kid who likes falcons and then gets hauled off to a loony bin for the rest of his life. They play it for sad, but…
Quote of the Day
“Watch yourself, Dad, you’re the highly suggestible type.” – Lisa Simpson “Yes. I am the highly suggestible type.” – Homer Simpson
Sunday Preview: The Man Who Grew Too Much
On a research trip, Lisa is shocked to discover that Sideshow Bob is now the chief scientist at a massive chemical engineering company, but they bond over their appreciation for high-culture. Marge attempts to preach healthy sexual practices to a teen church group, which goes awry. Now for part two of our special double episode extravaganza. Not only will Sideshow Bob grace us with an appearance, but apparently him and Lisa will buddy up tonight. I would say here’s hoping, but we all know what’s going to happen here.
Sunday Preview: Diggs
A transfer student who is an aspiring falconer swoops in to rescue Bart from school bullies, but Bart soon discovers that he and his new friend are not birds of a feather. Welcome back from the winter/Olympics/Oscars break. We actually have TWO zombie episodes tonight. Apparently in the first one Bart makes friends with this strung out bird lover voiced by Harry Potter. Enjoy.
Quote of the Day
“Why would you volunteer at the church?” – Homer Simpson “I don’t know. Guilt?” – Marge Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Barney, why don’t you fill out the groom’s side.” – Homer Simpson “Hey, down in front.” – Barney Gumble “Nein!” – German Guy