“Welcome to the Springfield Shopper, established in 1883. The newspaper was founded by Johnny Newspaperseed, a fourteen year old boy who roamed America, founding newspapers.” – Newspaper Tour Guide “If he’s so smart, how come he’s dead?” – Homer Simpson
Tag: Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner?
Quote of the Day
“I hope you all enjoy your ride to and tour of the Springfield Shopper newspaper. Groundskeeper Willie and I will stay behind to remove all traces of asbestos and the word ‘evolution’ from our school.” – Principal Skinner “Next stop: Margaritaville! . . . Oh, they’re still here.” – Groundskeeper Willie
Behind Us Forever: The Great Phatsby
“What can I say except thanks for the predictable champagne, pizza that’s hardly ‘numero uno’, and ice cream cake which reminds us why make thirty-one flavors when you can’t get vanilla right?” – Retiring Food Critic Every once and a while, Zombie Simpsons puts its nose to the grindstone and actually tries to make an interesting episode. The Lego episode wasn’t very good, but it was at least visually interesting and ambitious. That “Kang and Kodos are real” episode was maybe gonna be the second movie and actually had some ambition to it. “The Great Phatsby” was certainly promoted like…
Quote of the Day
“I’ve given out my share of bad reviews.” – Homer Simpson “The only bad review you gave was to a slice of pizza you found under the couch.” – Daphne Beaumont “It lost some points cause it had a Hot Wheel on it.” – Homer Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Welcome to Planet Springfield, the restaurant owned by me, Chuck Norris, Johnny Carson’s third wife, and the Russian mafia!” – Rainier Wolfcastle
Reading Digest: Cranky with the Media Edition
“Wow, a bustling metropolitan newsroom, funneling scoops from all over the globe.” – Lisa Simpson “Hi, are you interested in a subscription to the Shopper?” – Sales Dude “Low introductory rates.” – Sales Lady “No, please, you gotta help old Gil. What’s it gonna take to keep you on the phone? Dance for you? But you wouldn’t even see it. Alright, I’m a dancin’!” – Gil This week, I make only tangentially relevant complaints about several linked articles: lazy sourcing, inappropriate pageview whoring, and two instances of recycled content that sort of, somehow had something to do with the show.…
Unfortunately, Agreeing With Us Isn’t Enough
“Well, what do you think?” – Homer Simpson “This is a joke, right?” – Springfield Shopper Editor Thought Catalog is one of those small, independent new media outlets that’s trying to make its place in this brave new on-line publishing world. Their about page is full of noble sentiments and phrases like “an experimental media group”, “We believe all thinking is relevant”, and “help shape culture by empowering you”. Their shtick is to be “value neutral” editorially, which means that you can publish a piece there about whatever the hell’s on your mind provided that you can string two words…
Quote of the Day
“This is where we store Ann Landers and Dear Abby for their twenty-three hours of daily sleep.” – Tour Guide “My advice is to free us or let us die.” – Ann Landers
Reading Digest: In 50 Words Edition
“Oh, it’s so hard to get to five hundred words.” – Homer Simpson Our old friend Galileo of “In 10 Words” has five links this week, all of them perfectly quoted. Plus I saw on Twitter that he went to Rifftrax Live for Manos last night (which was excellent and will be happening again in October). This intro is fifty words long . . . now. Enjoy. Lisa & Maggie Simpson Get Inked – Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week is this interview with a woman who has one of the hands down damndest Simpsons tattoos I’ve ever seen. It…
Crazy Noises: Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner?
“Lard, ho! Tis a good sign, Homer’s unfastened the top button on his pants.” – Captain McAllister “Uh, no, he’s been walking around like that since Thanksgiving.” – Akira “I’m surprised he just doesn’t give it up and go for sweatpants.” – Captain McAllister “He says the crotch wears out too fast.” – Akira “Yargh, that’s gonna replace the whale in my nightmares.” – Captain McAllister For the fourth summer in a row, we here at the Dead Homer Society will be spending some time discussing twelve year old Simpsons episodes. This year we’re doing Season 11. Why Season 11? …
Reading Digest: Esteemed Publication Usage Edition
“Over the years, The Shopper merged with the Springfield Times, Post, Globe, Herald, Jewish News, and Hot Sex Weekly to become Springfield’s number one newspaper.” – Tour Guide There was quite a bit of newspaper usage this week, most of it rather good and from shockingly respectable publications. (There was even one from the Financial Times called “European politicians and Homer Simpson”, but it’s paywalled and I don’t give enough of a shit to register.) More importantly, today is your last chance to tweet your favorite Simpsons quote to Daily Simpsons. I haven’t submitted one, but I’m going to predict…
Quote of the Day
“Who are you and why are you ruining my retirement party?” – Mimi the Food Critic “I’ll have you know I wandered off from the tour.” – Homer Simpson Happy Birthday Al Jean!
Friday Link Dump – Not About Season 12 Edition
“Listen, we’ve been meaning to have a talk with you about your reviews. Everything’s a rave! ‘Nine thumbs up’, what the hell is that?” – Garth Tralawney, TV Critic There have been more half assed reviews of Season 12 in the inbox in the last two weeks than I care to think about. Most of them are glowing in a “look at all the features!/this show is a timeless classic” kind of way. Today’s link dump is the stuff that wasn’t those, this includes a neat eBay item, bad web design (as if we should talk), lots of excellent usage…
Partial Interview with George Meyer
“Wow, my first published article, hoo! Although someone else’s name is on it.” – Lisa Simpson “Heh heh, welcome to the humiliating world of professional writing.” – Homer Simpson Earlier this month a book called And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft and the Industry came out. It appears to be exactly what it sounds like. Mike Sacks, the author, was interviewd and let this precious gem drop: TV writers are given a lot of territory. Aren’t screenplays every comedy writer’s dream? When you look at The Simpsons, Freaks and Geeks or Arrested Development,…