“Get out of my office!” – Matt Groening Happy birthday!
Tag: 138th Episode Spectacular
Makeup Quote of the Day
“But for that ending to work, you would have to ignore all the Simpson DNA evidence. And that would be downright nutty.” – Troy McClure
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“Well, I didn’t win. Here’s your pizza.” – Lionel Hutz “But we did win!” – Marge Simpson “That’s okay, the box is empty.” – Lionel Hutz Happy birthday Brad Bird! Also, Phil Hartman would’ve been 70 today. Happy birthday.
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“Hello, I’m Troy McClure. You may remember me from such FOX Network specials as Alien Nosejob and Five Fabulous Weeks of the Chevy Chase Show.” – Troy McClure
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“As wacky as those kids were, they were no match for Captain Wacky, later renamed Homer.” – Troy McClure
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“Right about now, you’re probably saying, ‘Troy, I’ve seen every Simpsons episode, you can’t show me anything new’. You’ve got some attitude, mister.” – Troy McClure Happy 20th Anniversary to “The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular”! Original airdate 3 December 1995.
Reading Digest: Krusty Sketches Edition
This week we’ve got some fan made renderings of Krusty (and Bart) that run the gamut from quick sketch to very refined, but all of them have real style to them. In addition to that, we’ve got more than the usual number of people who agree with us, a couple last Marcia Wallace tributes, some local theater, an open letter to Azaria, and a couple of late but worthy Halloween costumes. Enjoy. The Elevens: Tonight: A Shot Of Theater Presents: The Simpsons Did It! – Attention those of you in and around Northampton, Massachusetts, this is cool: “November 7th, 14th, 21st,…
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“I’d sell my soul for a Formula One racing car.” – Bart Simpson “That can be arranged.” – Satan “Changed my mind, sorry. . . . Cool.” – Bart Simpson “Bart, stop pestering Satan!” – Marge Simpson Happy birthday Nancy Cartwright!
Reading Digest: Groening Appreciation Edition
“The Simpsons began as the brain child of cartoonist Matt Groening, the already famous creator of such comics as Damnation, Johnny Reb, and True Murder Stories.” – Troy McClure This week we’ve got three links to articles about Groening, two of which are tied for Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week. First there’s an old magazine article that’s a really nice time capsule of Groening perched on the cusp of worldwide fame, and then there’s a bunch of other cartoonists celebrating the rich bastard he became. In addition to that we’ve got some cool fan made art, some evidence that…
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“Well, at least tell me the details of your plot for world domination!” – Not James Bond “Oh, ho, ho, I’m not going to fall for that one again.” – Not Blofeld
Compare & Contrast: Cliffhangers & Cultural Relevance
“This past summer, all of America was trying to solve the mystery of who shot Mr. Burns, then they found out it was the baby.” – Troy McClure Twas the summer of 1980, and America was atwitter over a television cliffhanger about who had shot a character named J.R. on a primetime soap opera called Dallas. T-shirts were produced, bets were placed, and, if the Wikipedia article titled simply “Who shot J.R.?” is to be believed, that year’s presidential contest even got into the act with jokes and buttons. When the shooter was revealed that autumn, it became one of…
Source Material
“They haven’t changed a bit, have they?” – Troy McClure Apologies for the relative lack of posts the last few days. I had a couple of ideas go south on me, and Google Alerts has been bone dry of interesting ephemera of late. Today is the 24th anniversary of the premier of the shorts, and all the internet coughed up (that I saw, anyway) was a few “On this day” type things. In honor of this momentous occasion, however, here’s part of the very first one (easily recognizable from its inclusion in “The 138th Episode Spectacular”) as it appeared on…
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Image taken from Wikimedia Commons. “Yes, the Simpsons have come a long way since an old drunk made humans out of his rabbit characters to pay off his gambling debts.” – Troy McClure Happy birthday Matt Groening!
Collect the Whole Set!
“Maybe the drawings were a little crude, but all the characters were there: Itchy & Scratchy, Grampa Simpson, and Krusty the Klown.” – Troy McClure Look at this picture of a Krusty stuffed animal (it’s the same one I put on our half assed Twitter feed yesterday). That has to be among the worst deviated septums in the history of stuffed animals. His nose is above his eyes! And let’s be clear, the people in charge of merchandising for FOX can’t blame this on shoddy manufacturing at whatever third world factory slapped this thing together for them. The mouth and…
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“Can it be that the champion of child literacy can’t even read himself?” – Judge Snyder “Is it a crime to be illiterate?” – Krusty the Klown “Alright, alright, see this, Krusty? This is a B, and this is Exhibit B: betting slips! Obtained by this court, indicating you have lost substantial sums of money on sports gambling!” – Prosecutor “Is it a crime to bet on sporting events?” – Krusty the Klown “Yes, it is!” – Prosecutor “Oh.” – Krusty the Klown Happy birthday Sam Simon!
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“And what better place to premier their creation than on The Tracey Ullman Show? The nation’s showcase for psychiatrist jokes and musical comedy numbers.” – Troy McClure Happy birthday James L. Brooks!
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“Get outta my office!” – Matt Groening Happy Birthday Matt Groening! Tequila shots for everybody!
Thou Shalt Not Doubt the Comprehensiveness of SNPP
Earlier today, when I was writing the post about the Al Jean quote, I watched the “hard core nudity” credits from “The 138th Episode Spectacular”. I was trying to get a quick overview of nudity in the show and while I was aware that most of it would be nudity of the “male’s ass” variety (the go to nudity for comedy), I knew that wasn’t all of it. One of the few that isn’t is this screen shot, ostensibly from Season 6’s “Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy”: But when I considered it for a moment I thought it looked a bit…
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“Who knows what adventures they’ll have between now and the time the show becomes unprofitable.” – Troy McClure