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Category: Simpsons
Quote of the Day
“Booo!” – Crowd “But it’s me: Moe! Wearing a sailor suit! Moe, with a lolly! It’s so out of character! Ain’t that worth nothing?” – Moe “Booo! Next!” – Crowd Happy birthday, Hank Azaria!
Homer’s Triple Bypass Gifs
“Bed goes up, bed goes down. Bed goes up, bed goes down.” – Homer Simpson Happy Simpsons Day everyone! In honor of this momentous occasion, we’re having .gifs. (As before, if there’s something else from this episode you’d like to see in a repeating compressed image file, please let me know.)
Behind Us Forever: Lisa With an S
“Dad, why are you singing?” – Lisa Simpson “Tell a lie! Tell a lie!” – Homer’s Brain “Because I have a small roll in a Broadway musical. It’s not much, but it’s a start.” – Homer Simpson “Bravo.” – Homer’s Brain I gave up on this episode halfway through (read more and you’ll see why). The basic idea is that Lisa wants to go to band camp, but Homer loses money in a poker game to Moe’s elderly, ex-Broadway star girlfriend. (I am not making that up.) Said ex-Broadway star comes over to the house and then takes Lisa on…
Behind Us Forever: Treehouse of Horror XXVI
“At last, I’m going to do what Bob never could: kill Bart Simpson!” – Cecil Terwilliger “By throwing me off a dam? Isn’t that a little crude for a genius like you?” – Bart Simpson “Ooh, I suppose it is. Enh. If anyone asks, I’ll lie.” – Cecil Terwilliger The annual Halloween episode has come and gone, and this year’s was just as bland and forgettable as last year’s, and the year before that, etcetera. Perhaps next year’s will break the cycle of boredom, but I guess we’ll have to wait to find out. – Before we get started, let’s…
Reading Digest: In Denial About Season 27 Edition
“Homer, I want you to look at this drawing Bart did.” – Marge Simpson “Oh, it’s beautiful! Oh, let’s put Bart’s beautiful drawing up on the fridge-” – Homer Simpson “Homer, stop! Would you please look at the drawing?” – Marge Simpson “Oh, alright . . . Ahh! Burn it! Send it to hell!” – Homer Simpson “I think we’re going to have to get Bart some help.” – Marge Simpson “Get it away.” – Homer Simpson Very short Reading Digest this week as pretty much everything tagged “Simpsons” on the internet was linked to FOX’s big marketing push for…
Reading Digest: Arty Milhouse Edition
“Ever since I became a movie star I’ve been miserable. I had to get up at 5am just for makeup. I like the way the blush brings out my cheekbones, but it’s not worth it.” – Milhouse van Houten There’s a simple and very creative Lego Milhouse picture this week that headlines a collection of cool fan art in the mediums of Lego, ink, cross-stitch and more. We’ve also got a bunch of lists, more Season 2, Burns memories, a couple of pieces of great usage, and more. Enjoy. May-August developments in new works… – Smooth Charlie’s Link of the week…
Reading Digest: So Short It Barely Exists Edition
“Well, it was a good ride while it lasted. Come on, kids, let’s go home.” – Homer Simpson “We are home.” – Bart Simpson “That was fast.” – Homer Simpson It’s a holiday weekend and I’m very pressed for time as I am going away from the internet for a few days, so this is a very short Reading Digest, but we do have an alternate reality Simpsons, some fan art, plenty of Season 2 recaps, some great usage, and moar Lego stuff. Enjoy. NOTE: I am aware via e-mail and such that the comments section has gone to hell…
Reading Digest: What Do You Want, It’s August Edition
“Lisa, don’t sit in front of that telly like a fly stuck in a toffee. It’s a great big world out there!” – Shary Bobbins “Been there, done it.” – Lisa Simpson Very short Reading Digest this week on account of the fact that there’s always a lull at this time of year because people with more sense than me are outside and away from their keyboards. We do have some love for Season 2, some extremely crappy merchandise, some excellent usage, some more Bart art, and an Icelandic Homer, so it’s not all bad. Enjoy. The Dark Past Of…
Reading Digest: Marriage Through Simpsons Edition
“There certainly are a lot of stains on the ceiling.” – Marge Bouvier “Marge, I’m sorry. I wish I could afford a better place.” – Homer Simpson “Homer, I’d be lying if I said that this is how I pictured my wedding day. But you are how I pictured my husband.” – Marge Bouvier “I am?” – Homer Simpson “Well, you may not look like Ted Bessell, but you’re just as nice.” – Marge Simpson A cultural touchstone as broadly known and deeply loved as The Simpsons is bound to bring people together, and someone wearing small pigs for cufflinks at…
Reading Digest: Global Calls for Cancellation Edition
“First of all, his accuser is a very shady character. That waiter, Mr. LaCoste, not only wasn’t born in Springfield, he wasn’t even born in this country!” – Blue Haired Lawyer “From now on, you tell me everything!” – Lionel Hutz This week we’ve got two different foreigners calling for the show to be sent to a farm upstate, and both are agreeably brutal towards Zombie Simpsons. In addition to that, we’ve got reports from that LA art show, the play has expanded its reach again, there’s some excellent fan art, another person’s going to try and watch them all, and…
Reading Digest: Bands! Edition
“You got Poison to play at our wedding?” – Becky “We’re Cyanide, a loving tribute to Poison.” – Cyanide Singer “We need a ride home!” – Cyanide Drummer This week we might have a link of the month instead of a link of the week. From Australia comes a list of bands with names from the show from all over the globe. I’ve linked maybe three or four of them on here, and I had no idea just how many there really were. It needs to be seen to be believed, and it’s hard to conceive of another show offering…
Reading Digest: Fan Made Crossovers Are Better Edition
“But first, move over Baltimore! Springfield has stolen your idea!” – Kent Brockman Some internet genius put together a version of the opening credits of the third season of The Wire, including the song, but with clips from only Season 3 of the show, and it works. Meanwhile, out in Los Angeles, someone’s putting together an art show that’s just about Bart and the various bootleg incarnations he spawned in the early 90s, all of which are more creative than, say, cramming the Simpsons into a Family Guy or Futurama episode. In addition to that, we’ve got lots of .gifs, Azaria talkin’ softball, Bart…
Reading Digest: Contradictory Beer Edition
“Here you go, Red Tick Beer.” – Moe “Hmm, bold, refreshing, and something I can’t quite put my finger on.” – Homer Simpson “Needs more dog.” – Red Tick Brewmaster This week FOX announced that Chile would be getting a real life Duff variant, apparently prompted by unlicensed (and, one assumes highly popular) versions that were already on sale. This is amusing in a “merchandising rules everything around me, get the money, dolla dolla bill ya’ll” kind of way, but it seems awfully contradictory. Duff is supposed to be crappy beer that only a swine would drink, but presumably if…
Quote of the Day
“Whoa, a talking dog! What were you guys smoking when you came up with that?” – Otto “We were eating rotisserie chicken. Can you just read the line, please?” – Not David S. Cohen Happy birthday David S/X Cohen!
Reading Digest: Pancakes Edition
“This is gonna be the best birthday breakfast Mom ever had.” – Lisa Simpson “Hey, Lis, you think that’s enough for her?” – Bart Simpson “Maybe one more.” – Lisa Simpson Since the Fourth falls on a Saturday this year, making tomorrow a de facto holiday, here’s Reading Digest a day early. The holiday mean that it’s shorter than usual, but we’ve got several excellent pieces of fan art, an unofficial Lego house, and pancakes, pancakes, pancakes! Enjoy. The Big Lebowski vs. The Pin Pals: Who Wins a Fictional Bowling Game? – He had to exclude Otto and Burns to make the…
Reading Digest: Moaning Lisa Has Aged Very Well Edition
“Just take mine. A simple cupcake will bring me no pleasure.” – Lisa Simpson This week we’ve got two links hearkening back to Season 1’s melancholy masterpiece “Moaning Lisa”, and two different fond remembrances of the first time someone ever watched the show. Season 1 often gets overlooked for the very understandable reasons that it both looks and sounds quite different than it would even in Season 2, but those episodes still resonate with people, and that’s astonishing. In addition to that, we’ve got a great Spider-Man put down, new old bootleg Bart, some .gifs, and a horrifying soccer mascot.…
Reading Digest: Why Yes, It Is Time for Zombie Simpsons To End Edition
“Homey, I know you love me. We don’t need to get married again.” – Marge Simpson “Yes we do! I got us a divorce this afternoon!” – Homer Simpson The internet was still digesting the fact that Homer and Marge are not getting divorced for part of this week as the news slowly filtered down to small town paper blogs and other low traffic sites that aren’t very swift on the uptake. We do have a couple of links from people taking the story as a starting point to advocate for the show finally being sent to a farm upstate,…
Reading Digest: Fucking CNN Edition
“Forget the hair, just give me the blush! Oh, we’re on.” – Kent Brockman Fucking CNN. This one is bad even by their impressive standards of idiocy and misinformation. Thanks to their sloppiness, the internet went briefly nuts this week over the supposed “revelation” that Homer and Marge were going to permanently separate in the upcoming season. Here’s what happened. On Sunday, Variety published a bog standard publicity interview with Jean about the upcoming season. The penetrating and hard hitting questions included, “How does it feel to reach season 27?” and “How do you still manage to keep it fresh and…
Reading Digest: Pondering the Absence of Shearer Edition
“Oh, sir, what will you do next?” – Mr. Smithers “Well, first I’ll get that new hip I’ve been hankering for, then, who knows? Beekeeping, boxing, bocce ball, the world is my oyster, Smithers! Farewell.” – C.M. Burns I’m finally digging out all the Shearer related stuff I didn’t have time to get to over the last couple of weeks, and I have found a couple of gems. There’s a Hollywood insider take, a journalist take, and a fan take, all on what his (potential) leaving means for the show. In addition to that, we’ve got some excellent references, great…