“Being a clown sucks. You get kicked by kids, bit by dogs, and admired by the elderly.” – Homer Simpson
Tag: Homie the Clown
Crazy Noises: A Midsummer’s Nice Dream
“Yeah Dad, it was bad enough when you tried to pass yourself off as Tom Bosley, but Krusty?” – Lisa Simpson “You weren’t complaining when I got you this close to Chachi.” – Homer Simpson “What’s a ‘chachi’?” – Bart Simpson In our ongoing mission to bring you only the shallowest and laziest analysis of Zombie Simpsons, we’re keeping up our Crazy Noises series for Season 22. Since a podcast is so 2004, and video would require a flag, a fern and some folding chairs from the garage, we’ve elected to use the technology that brought the word “emoticon” to…
Quote of the Day
“When I started this clown thing I thought it would be nothing but glory, you know, the glory of being a clown. I tell you, it’s hard, tiring work. But when I see the smiles on their little faces, I just know they’re getting ready to jab me with something.” – Homer Simpson Happy birthday David Silverman!
Reading Digest: Real World Usage Edition
“You will now go back to your hometowns, and do kids parties, swap meets, and all the other piddling crap I wouldn’t touch with a ten foot clown pole.” – Krusty the Klown This week we’ve got quite a few links to real world applications of Simpsons stuff. It’s all here, from comparisons to SpongeBob, good homes for those promotional statues from the movie, building-sized murals, anti-mold remodeling, and what may be the greatest toilet paper dispenser in the long and glorious history of toilet paper dispensers. There’s also an awesome Ned Flanders costume, a list of great B-plots, and…
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Image taken from Wikimedia Commons. “We need more ammo. Let’s go to Big Five.” – Fat Tony Happy birthday Joe Mantegna!
Bad News
“Stop, stop, he’s already dead.” – Adorable Child The headline here tells you everything you didn’t want to know: The Simpsons Renewed, Will Pass 500 Episodes On one level, this is expected. While the show was only officially renewed through Season 22, they’ve already talked publically about a Season 23 Christmas episode that was in production. Contained within the article is both good news and bad news. The good news: Vulture has learned that Fox has renewed The Simpsons for a 23rd season of animated adventures, taking it through its landmark 500th episode (specifically, it takes the show up to…
Quote of the Day
“Mom?” – Lisa Simpson “I think I’ll have some wine.” – Marge Simpson
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Ian Broyles. “Hey Krusty, Krusty, you remember the time we got loaded and set those beavers loose in that pine furniture store?” – Chief Wiggum
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“Does anyone hear me complaining about the breasts?” – Krusty the Clown
Justin Fargas, they hardly knew ye
“And now the winner for the most promising new series on cable: Old “Starsky and Hutches”.” – Homer Simpson “Accepting the award is the son of the guy who played Huggy Bear.” – Announcer Our fantasy football league (Yea! football’s back!) just had its draft the other day, and in the late rounds I found myself in a position where Justin Fargas was my best move. I can hear you football fans now, “No! what were you thinking! he’s a Raider! you might as well have drafted a Lion!” But was I worried? No. Because this man is the son…
Simpsons Fandom: Ur Doin It Wrong
“So, what do you think of the Lady Krusty Moustache Removal System now, Angelique?” – Johnny Unitas “It’s Krusteriffic, Johnny Unitas. But is my upper lip supposed to bleed like this?” – Angelique “Probably.” – Johnny Unitas A guy in the UK has what may be the largest collection of crappy Simpsons merchandise on the planet. According to thisisbristol.co.uk: A Bristol man believes he has the biggest collection of Simpsons memorabilia in the world. Glynne Williams has more than 30,000 items linked to the popular cartoon TV series, but they are currently all in his loft in Patchway. The 42-year-old…