“Let’s all go to the lobby, let’s all go to the lobby. Let’s all go to the lobby, get ourselves some snacks!” – C.M. Burns We’ve got a few links to various movies this week and, as a special bonus, not a single one of them mentions the Oscars. There’s a list of what some of Troy McClure’s movies could’ve been, some excellent YouTube of various snack videos and parodies, and even some excellent usage in a movie review. There’s also a return appearance by Marge’s stupid Playboy cover, a rather excellent gambling story about Sam Simon, and one hell…
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All Downhill
“Gimme your fortune or I’ll pound your withered old face in!” – Nelson Muntz “Oh, I like his energy. Put him on the callback list.” – C.M. Burns Once the overwrought couch gag finally ended, and I think it may have been longer than Avatar itself, Zombie Simpsons had a secret media conspiracy inside the Statue of Liberty. To my astonishment, it was actually funny. To no astonishment whatsoever, the rest of the episode was not. Even by the filler-rific standards of Zombie Simpsons, the last, oh, seventeen minutes or so of this episode were filler-rific. Burns’ odd suicide alone…
Reading Digest: Detailed Analysis Edition
“Look, a bird has become petrified and lost its sense of direction.” – C.M. Burns “I think it’s a rock, sir.” – Mr. Smithers “We’ll see what the lab has to say about that.” – C.M. Burns This week’s post is bookended by long analyses of two separate episodes, “Rosebud” and “22 Short Stories About Springfield”. In between those, there’s a fad of which I was unaware, Simpsons takes on famous photos, some usage, and my own (mildly) detailed analysis of a very lazy essay about teevee dads. Enjoy. All Homer Needs Is Love – An oddly formal essay comparing…
Real Life Simpsons Intro from Estonia
“That midget taught me a lot about his native Estonia.” – Lisa Simpson What is it with the former Soviet republics this week? Hot on the heels of the “Samsonadzes” comes this kickass live action Simpsons opening from Estonian TV3 (via Coilhouse): I am speechless at the power of its awesomeness and I don’t even get most of the jokes. The general tenor of vague medievalism really makes it work. I’m not even sure what my favorite part is, the candles in band practice? The way Estonian Homer is working with an actual glowing rod? That he almost gets hit…
Quote of the Day
“Oh go eat some flowers!” – Bart Simpson “(shrieks) My secret shame!” – Homer Simpson
Friday Link Dump – Excellent Usage Edition
“Ohh, he card reads good.” – Homer Simpson There are several examples of people getting their quotes right and using them in context this week. Also there’s another amusingly out of date cranky old guy (he doesn’t like swearing and backtalk), a woman who hates shorts and Simpsons merchandise made in Chinese prisons. If you’re overweight and looking for love, it pays to be a man – You mean that different standards are applied to men and women? I’m shocked. What does this have to do with The Simpsons? Well, nothing really, but the story has a picture of Homer…
Alcohol and God, a winning combination
Another Wednesday, another sight gag: two out of these six vignettes are explored in some detail, but there’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it gem hidden in the upper right. Yep, there’s Reverend Lovejoy, hittin’ the sauce on the job. Classic.
Happy Birthday Steve Austin
“Hello Marge, I’m Lee Majors. Will you come away with me?” – Col. Steve Austin The Six Million Dollar Man turns 70 today. Happy birthday from all of us here at the Dead Homer Society and, may I say, that you are in remarkably good shape for a man your age.
Quote of the Day
“Hello Mr. … Kurns. I bad want … money now. Me sick.” – Bart Simspon
Friday Link Dump – Barney and Ecstasy Edition
“I can see why this is so popular.” – Homer Simpson Meet Zaky, the purple bear with a message of tolerance – Zaky is a Barney clone, only he’s a bear instead of a dinosaur and his original target audience was Australian Muslims. Now he’s going global: Zaky’s creator, Sydney film producer Subhi Alshaik, describes the mild-mannered cartoon character as “the opposite of Bart Simpson” who teaches “good, ethical, moral messages”. I would not have guessed that the opposite of Bart Simpson was a purple bear, but what do I know? Lunch Break: Jon Stewart’s 1994 Interview With Conan O’Brien –…
Quote of the Day
“Bart, get over to the mansion and open up all the windows! We want to get the old people smell out before we move in.” – Homer Simpson