“I think it’s full, sir.” – Mr. Smithers “That’s ridiculous! The last tree held nine drums!” – C.M. Burns NOTE: Back in September, in response to Alf Clausen’s firing, I posted what would be a new chapter for an expanded version of “Zombie Simpsons: How the Best Show Ever Became the Broadcasting Undead”. The book is still being shopped to publishers, and early responses have been mixed, in that some of them ignore it, and others reject it. But it’s Simpsons Day, and I’m a long way from giving up on it, so here is another new chapter. It’s very…
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Why Zombie Simpsons Is Unkillable
“Is it my imagination, or is TV getting worse?” – Lisa Simpson “Enh, it’s about the same.” – Homer Simpson NOTE: I’m in the process of shopping an expanded version of “Zombie Simpsons: How the Best Show Ever Became the Broadcasting Undead” to publishers. I don’t know whether or not it will ever make it to store shelves, but if it does, the following would be one of the new chapters. (If you end up reading it again in a bookstore a year from now, try to look surprised.) I’m publishing it today in light of Alf Clausen’s firing, which…
Attention Star Wars and Star Trek Fans, Geeks, and General Enjoyers
“No, I do not have a receipt. I won it as a door prize at the Star Trek convention. Although I find their choice of prize highly illogical, as the average Trekker has no use for a medium size belt.” – Comic Book Guy Hello, everyone. My New Year’s Resolution was to blog more; and since 2016 is now one quarter gone, I’m going to try and get right on that. I’m not sure yet what that means around here. I haven’t seen a Zombie Simpsons episode since January, and I’m pretty happy about that, but Reading Digest is definitely going…
Gamblor On Your Phone
“Marge, I want you to admit you have a gambling problem.” – Homer Simpson “You know, you’re right, Homer. Maybe I should get some professional help.” – Marge Simpson “No, no, that’s too expensive. Just don’t do it anymore.” – Homer Simpson Any time I start writing a post for this site, I can never be sure just how long it’s going to end up. Sometimes, I’ll think I’ve got some big post that’s gonna take awhile, only to find myself done much quicker and shorter than I thought. Other times, I’ll figure I’ve got a nice compact idea for…
Saturday Morning Navel Gazing
“Anyway, we got a great show for you! Well, actually, the last half hour is a real garbage dump. Ugh. We’ll be right back.” – Krusty the Klown Ever since the entire text was finally published back in June, the web pages for the mini-book have been among the most popular here at Dead Homer Society. The daily numbers bounce up and down like a carnival ride, but the biggest ups come when someone links to it on Reddit, 4chan, a message board, or something similar (note to everyone: please keep doing that). What’s remarkable is how consistent they are…
“Zombie Simpsons” Update
“To those who doubt the power of the magic 8-ball, I say: behold my F!” – Bart Simpson You may have noticed that since last weekend the “Zombie Simpsons: How the Best Show Ever Became the Broadcasting Undead” pages have undergone some revisions. The text of the book here at the site is now completely updated to the official 1.1 version of the text. In addition to that, the main page has been revised to account for the fact that the book is now completely up at the site and not being parceled out chapter by chapter. The Kindle version…
Information Wants to Be Free
“Lisa, we can’t afford all these books.” – Bart Simpson “Bart, we’re just gonna borrow them.” – Lisa Simpson “Oh, heh heh, gotcha.” – Bart Simpson All the chapters of “Zombie Simpsons: How the Best Show Ever Became the Broadcasting Undead” are now on-line. You can read the whole thing from start to finish for the impressive cost of absolutely nothing. Of course, if you want to feel really good about yourself as a Simpsons fan, you can still buy it at Amazon for just $2.99. Just click the purchase button and your brain will release some more endorphins. Special…
“Zombie Simpsons” Update
“Bart, have you ever read ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’?” – Mrs. Krabappel “I’m halfway through it, I swear!” – Bart Simpson Before we return to our regularly scheduled programming tonight, I want to highlight a few comments from the original book post: Anonymous 19 May 2012 at 6:12 pm Awesome! But I must ask… do you have any plans to publish this in ePub format, so it can be read on every single e-reader in the world that isn’t a Kindle? Yes? I’m very new to this whole eBook/e-reader/e-words thing. (I don’t even own a Kindle, I had to…
Will There Ever Be a Rainbow?
“I’m not some dizzy starlet who can’t string two words together!” – C.M. Burns It is my great relief to announce a project that has been the better part of a year in the making: “Zombie Simpsons: How the Best Show Ever Became the Broadcasting Undead”. It’s a mini-book (~22,000 words) that is as close as I can come to a definitive statement on how The Simpsons became Zombie Simpsons. Table of contents: Part I – Putting the Spring in Springfield 1 – What Is Zombie Simpsons? 2 – The Terrible World of 1980s Television 3 – The Most Anti-Authority…