“Were you on my roof last night, stealing my weather vane?” – Ned Flanders “This interview is over!” – Homer Simpson The big 12 day marathon on a channel neither I nor millions of other people get will begin next Thursday morning. This week we’ve got several links about it, including the full transcript of a conference call interview Al Jean did earlier this week (there’s actual news for once!) and some very cool posters. In addition to that, we’ve got more of the fan made Lego Springfield, an unveiling date for the building sized mural in Oregon, Harry Shearer…
Month: August 2014
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“We visit with heavyweight champion Drederick Tatum, who reminisces about growing up in Springfield.” – Kent Brockman “That town is a dump! If you ever see me back there you know I really fucked up bad.” – Drederick Tatum
Primetime Cartoons: Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
“Mom! We can go on the factory tour and I can complain in person!” – Lisa Simpson “Honey, you’re not going to throw red paint at the executives, are you? The Keebler people were very upset.” – Marge Simpson Welcome to tonight’s open thread, or live blog, or live watch, or whatever it is we’re doing for the Season 5 episode “Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy”. The comment section is open, the Twitter hashtag is #NewHat, and feel free to quote things as you see fit. Also, please tell us, during or after, how you think we can improve this. As…
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“Hi, Dad . . . you know, there’s buns in the cabinet.” – Lisa Simpson
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“Isn’t that clever? It looks like a Cadillac drove right into the building.” – Marge Simpson “Help me!” – Hans Moleman
Primetime Cartoons
“Back up or it’ll hurt your eyes.” – Homer Simpson “Oh, it will not.” – Bart Simpson “Oh, yes it will.” – Homer Simpson First off, all the chapters of the “Tapped Out” minibook are now live here at the site. If you’ve been waiting to read it for free, now you can. Thank you to everyone who has purchased it, linked to it from message boards and aggregating sites, or simply read it. Now onto my next hair brained scheme . . . I’ve threatened to start a regular Simpsons watching liveblog here a couple of times now. With the…
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“Here comes something!” – Kodos “Remember the story. We’re newlyweds on our way to Earth Capital.” – Kang “Oh, shazbot.” – Kodos Goodbye, Robin Williams.
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“Ah, there’s nothing more exciting than science! You get all the fun of sitting still, being quiet, writing down numbers, paying attention . . . science has it all.” – Principal Skinner
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“Ralph, there are no right or wrong answers. But if you don’t pipe down I’m giving you an F!” – Kid First Industries Teacher “The before teacher yelled at me too.” – Ralph Wiggum
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“Hey, kids, wanna drive through that cactus patch?” – Homer Simpson “Yeah!” – Bart Simpson “Yeah!” – Lisa Simpson “No!” – Sideshow Bob “Welp, two against one.” – Homer Simpson
Reading Digest: Spreading Stupidity Edition
“Now for operation Strike Make Go Longer. . . . You know, I heard Skinner say the teachers will crack any minute.” – Bart Simpson “Skinner said the teachers will crack any minute, purple monkey dishwasher.” – Teacher “Well, we’ll show him! Especially for that purple monkey dishwasher remark.” – Mrs. Krabappel Sorry for the later than usual posting, but that Uproxx/Warming Glow thing was just too damn dumb to be dealt with in a snarky sentence or two. (That it came on a blog named after a Simpsons joke is just aggravazing.) As you’ll see, the stupid has already…
REMINDER: Even In The Early 1990s ‘The Internet’ Didn’t Hate On The Simpsons
“Go apple!” – Bart Simpson “Go orange!” – Nelson Muntz “Go banana!” – Ralph Wiggum This was originally going to be part of today’s Reading Digest, but this silly Warming Glow clickbait is making the rounds and needs a more thorough rebuttal: REMINDER: The Internet Hated On ‘The Simpsons’ During The Golden Era Let’s get started, shall we?: As it’s been noted around these parts, FXX will be airing all episodes of The Simpsons over 12 days in August along with an all encompassing website. As with anything regarding The Simpsons on the internet, there are also plenty of comments about…
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“Oh, sorry, Simpson, you’ll have to do the course again. I was trying to get this magic eye thing to work. Ah, look at that: a pony.” – Chief Wiggum
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“I’ve got a weekend job helping the poor, and I’m only eight.” – Lisa Simpson “Pfft, that’s not a job. I’s a waste of time. What can poor people pay you? Nothing! What satisfaction do you get from helping ’em? None! Who wants to help poor people anyway? Nobody!” – Homer Simpson
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“Bart, can we pick up that hitchhiker?” – Milhouse van Houten “I don’t see why not.” – Bart Simpson “Bart, can we stop for ice cream?” – Hitchhiker “Yes.” – Bart Simpson “Well, I didn’t think I was rehabilitated, but I guess they needed the extra bed.” – Hitchhiker
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“Marge, can we trade? I don’t trust these guys.” – Homer Simpson
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“Apple . . . apple . . . apple . . . c’mon, candy bar . . . hey, I know you! You’re that first apple I didn’t want!” – Homer Simpson
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“That’s Laddie. Bart says he won him at a church carnival, two towns over.” – Marge Simpson “In a truth telling contest, right, Bart?” – Lisa Simpson “To the best of my recollection, yes.” – Bart Simpson
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“Each two man team will work its way through the wilderness to a cabin hidden somewhere on this mountain. The routes are treacherous, so use your maps.” – Mr. Smithers “Uh, I lost my map.” – Homer Simpson “You haven’t been issued a map yet.” – Mr. Smithers
Reading Digest: Crossover Reaction Edition
“Fans reacted to these slapdash episodes with yawns, angry yawns.” – Behind the Laughter Announcer The big news this week was a five minute preview video of the upcoming Family Guy crossover, and it was everywhere. There were so many links from random sites that one was in Cyrillic, but outside of fawning headlines from radio stations and other teevee industry marketing appendages, the reaction was overwhelming negative, and we’ve got several links to prove it. You can see the video at a couple of them, but I wouldn’t recommend it. I made it two minutes in and gave up on about…