QotD and Actual Good Simpsons News

“It’s a good thing you drifted by this brothel.” – Chief Wiggum Back in 2012, one of this coolest things this blog ever did was score free tickets for commenter Hank Pumpkins to see Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play in Washington DC. You can read his review here. Well, it turns out the play (by Anne Washburn) is getting made into a movie (by Boots Riley). I found this out clicking on Boots’s IMDb just now before going to see I Love Boosters this later this afternoon. No cast or timeline according to this, but I never saw the play so this announcement…

Double Secret Makeup Quote of the Day

“Hello, Moe? We know you’re the one behind this so knock it off or we’re going to the cops!” – Lisa Simpson “No, no. I’ll take care of it. . . . Okay it’s over, get ’em out of here! . . . Alright, andale! Andale!” – Moe

Quote of the Day

“We’ve left it all behind. How can you make a clean break with your life?” – Marge Simpson “Relax, Marge. I tied up all the loose ends before we left.” – Homer Simpson “Hello! Hello! You have my pills! . . . Hello! . . . I’m cold and there are wolves after me.” – Abe “Grampa” Simpson

Quote of the Day

“Now, when I say ‘Hello, Mr. Thompson’ and press down on your foot, you smile and nod.” – FBI Agent “No problem.” – Homer Simpson “Hello, Mr. Thompson.” – FBI Agent “I think he’s talking to you.” – Homer Simpson

Quote of the Day

“Well, what about that tattoo on your chest? Doesn’t it say ‘Die Bart Die’?” – Blue Haired Lawyer “No, that’s German for ‘The Bart, The’.” – Sideshow Bob “No one who speaks German could be an evil man.” – Parole Board Lady “Parole granted!” – Parole Board Chair

Quote of the Day

“Sideshow Bob tried to kill me on our honeymoon.” – Selma Bouvier “How many people in this court are thinking of killing her right now? . . . Be honest.” – Blue Haired Lawyer “She’s always leaving the toilet seat up.” – Patty Bouvier

Quote of the Day

“The following neighborhood residents will not be killed by me.  Ned Flanders.  Maude Flanders.” – Sideshow Bob “Oh, isn’t that nice?” – Ned Flanders

Quote of the Day

“Wow, a houseboat.  You know, the great thing is, if you don’t like your neighbors, you can just pull up the anchor and sail someplace else.” – Homer Simpson

Quote of the Day

“Hey, kids, wanna drive through that cactus patch?” – Homer Simpson “Yeah!” – Bart Simpson “Yeah!” – Lisa Simpson “No!” – Sideshow Bob “Welp, two against one.” – Homer Simpson

Quote of the Day

“This isn’t just because of Sideshow Bob, it’s a chance to turn around all our stinking lives.” – Homer Simpson “I’ll be Gus, the loveable chimney sweep.  Clean as a whistle, sharp as a thistle, best in all Westminster, yeah!” – Bart Simpson “Shutup, boy.” – Homer Simpson

Quote of the Day

“But who’d want to hurt me?  I’m this century’s Dennis the Menace.” – Bart Simpson “It’s probably the person you least suspect.” – Homer Simpson “That’s good, Dad.” – Lisa Simpson

Quote of the Day

“Hello, Moe?  We know you’re the one behind this, so knock it off or we’re going to the cops!” – Lisa Simpson “No, no, I’ll take care of it.  Okay it’s over, get ’em out of here!  Alright, andele!  Andele!” – Moe Happy 20th anniversary to “Cape Feare”!  Original airdate 7 October 1993.

Quote of the Day

“Robert, if released would you pose any threat to one Bart Simpson?” – Lawyer “Bart Simpson?  The spirited little scamp who twice foiled my evil schemes and sent me to this dank, urine soaked hell hole?” – Sideshow Bob “Uh, we object to the term ‘urine soaked hell hole’ when you could’ve said ‘pee pee soaked heck hole’.” – Parole Officer “Cheerfully withdrawn.” – Sideshow Bob

Quote of the Day

“Well, I’d like to help you, ma’am, but I’m afraid there’s no law against mailing threatening letters.” – Chief Wiggum “I’m pretty sure there is.” – Marge Simpson “Ha, the day I take cop lessons from Ma Kettle-” – Chief Wiggum “Hey, she’s right, Chief.” – Lou “Well, shut my mouth.  It’s also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling . . . boys, knock it off!” – Chief Wiggum

Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play: Enjoyed By All

By Hank Pumpkins Let me start out by saying this: I both love to pretend, and am horrible at, being a journalist, a profession where my egocentrism is at odds with my sheer obliviousness. Which explains why I showed up to the Wooly Mammoth Theatre haughty with lofty perceptions of how I would craft my review-de-resistance—and also why I showed up looking like a sweaty bum, wearing a White Sox cap, my trusty Toms loafers, and a t-shirt of Boba Fett if he were a dog (“Boba Fetch”, a bartender explained to me later—like I said, oblivious). Were I a…