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“Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.” – DJ 3000 “How does he keep up with the news like that?” – Bill

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“Get a rope, Bart!” – Marge Simpson “No, that’s okay. I’m pretty sure I can struggle my way out. First, I’ll just reach in and pull my legs out. Now I’ll pull my arms out with my face.” – Homer Simpson

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“Stop remembering TV and get back to work!” – Marge Simpson “What’s the point of all this cleaning? Are we so vain?” – Homer Simpson

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“That animal of yours is certainly bad tempered.” – Helen Lovejoy “Yeah, well, you’d be grumpy too if you were taken out of your natural habitat and gawked at by a bunch of slack jawed yokels.” – Lisa Simpson “Hey, ma, look at that pointy haired-ed little girl!” – Cletus

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“Look at this, Marge, fifty-eight dollars and all of it profit!  I’m the smartest businessman in the world.” – Homer Simpson “Stampy’s food bill today was three hundred dollars.” – Marge Simpson “Marge, please, don’t humiliate me in front of the money.” – Homer Simpson

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“Alright, I’ll be back in the morning to pick up Stampy.” – Mr. Blackheart “Here’s the keys.” – Homer Simpson “Elephants don’t have keys.” – Mr. Blackheart “I’ll just keep these, then.” – Homer Simpson

Reading Digest: Year End Cleaning Edition

“Now, each one of you take a floor and get started.” – Marge Simpson “I call the basement!” – Homer Simpson “Fine.” – Marge, Bart & Lisa Simpson “D’oh? . . . D’oh!” – Homer Simpson  With Christmas and New Year’s falling on Thursdays this year, the last two weeks have been somewhat disorienting.  With two of the biggest holidays of the year in the middle of the week, I’ve had to constantly remind myself what day it is.  And so, this morning, it dawned on me that not only was it Friday, but that I hadn’t put up a…

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“Gosh, I thought he’d be happier in his true habitat.” – Marge Simpson “Oh, I think he is.” – Wildlife Refuge Guy “Then why is he attacking all those other elephants?” – Marge Simpson “Well, animals are a lot like people, Mrs. Simpson.  Some of them act badly because they’ve had a hard life or have been mistreated.  But, like people, some of them are just jerks.  Stop that, Mr. Simpson.” – Wildlife Refuge Guy Happy 20th Anniversary to “Bart Gets an Elephant”.  Original airdate 31 March 1994.

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“I’m alive!  I’m alive!  And I owe it all to this feisty feline.” – Homer Simpson “Dad, ‘feline’ means cat.” – Lisa Simpson “Elephant, honey, it’s an elephant.” – Homer Simpson

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“Mr. Simpson, I think you’ll find this amount more than fair.” – Mr. Blackheart “Dad, I think he’s an ivory dealer.  His boots are ivory, his hat is ivory, and I’m pretty sure that check is ivory.” – Lisa Simpson “Lisa, a guy who has lots of ivory is less likely to hurt Stampy than a guy whose ivory supplies are low.” – Homer Simpson

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First Google Image result for “warped Africa map”, shamelessly yoinked from here. “Don’t worry, Stampy, I won’t let Homer sell you to that ivory dealer.  You and I are gonna run away together.  We’ll keep to the back roads and make our way south.  Then, if I know my geography, it’s just twelve miles to Africa.” – Bart Simpson

Reading Digest: Rumor Control Edition (Updated)

“After breakfast, me and Milhouse are going down to the ravine.  We got a tip from a six-year-old that there’s a dead Martian down there.” – Bart Simpson Before we get to this week’s links, let me take you on a brief tour of a rumor.  Yesterday afternoon, Springfield Springfield tweeted: ‘The Simpsons’ likely to end after current season, confirms Fox executive The tweet contained a link to this story from New York Daily News titled “‘The Simpsons’ likely to end after current season, confirms Fox executive: report”.  The keyword here is “confirms”, which is used right in the second…

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“It’s the four elephants of the apocalypse!” – Ned Flanders “That’s horsemen, Ned.” – Maude Flanders “Well, getting closer.” – Ned Flanders

Why Teevee Sucks (The Book)

“Mr. Blackheart?” – Lisa Simpson “Yes, my pretty?” – Mr. Blackheart “Are you an ivory dealer?” – Lisa Simpson “Little girl, I’ve had lots of jobs in my day, whale hunter, seal clubber, president of the FOX Network, and like most people, yeah, I’ve dealt a little ivory.” – Mr. Blackheart A few weeks ago, a reader (thanks Steve!) e-mailed me with a PDF copy of an unpublished book written by a longtime television writer named Andrew Nicholls.  Nicholls and Darrell Vickers, his writing partner, have been typing away for television since the 80s, including a number of recognizable titles…

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                        “You load sixteen tons, what do you get?/ Another day older and deeper in debt.” – Tennessee Ernie Ford “Amen, Ernie.” – Bart Simpson Happy New Year!