Fifteen years ago, when The Simpsons was still on the air, The Critic had a scene set in the “Oliver Twist Preschool”. Skip to the 4:30 mark: For anyone who can’t get the video, here’s the important part: Adorable Child Laborer: Sir, have we made enough Simpsons merchandise yet? Cruel Workhouse Guy: Never! Never, indeed. Three years before that, The Simpsons itself made fun of its own production process: Again, for anyone who can’t see the video (or in case it gets pulled): Kent Brockman: I’m here live in Korea to give you a first hand look at how American…
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Quote of the Day
“Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; what great men he would join. John Marshall, Charles Evans Hughes, Warren Burger… mmm, burger.” – Homer Simpson
Reading Digest: Guest Voice Apathy Edition
“And you wouldn’t believe the celebrities who did cameos, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Jackson, of course, they didn’t use their real names, but you could tell it was them.” – Lisa Simpson This week it came out that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg (who has a movie coming out) and Mad Men’s Jon Hamm (fourth season starts this weekend) will be guest voicing on the next season of Zombie Simpsons. I care so little about this that I didn’t even find a link worth linking. On the plus side, there’s some excellent usage, a “think of the children” moment, a preacher who knows…
Quote of the Day
“Homer, we’d like to talk to you.” – Marge Simpson “But then I won’t be watching TV, you can see the bind I’m in.” – Homer Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Hubba hubba, oh you kid.” – Bart Simpson “Thank you dear, now be good for Grampa while we’re at the parent-teacher meeting. We’ll bring back dinner.” – Marge Simpson “What are we going to have?” – Lisa Simpson “Well, that depends on what your teachers say. If you’ve been good, pizza. If you’ve been bad… uh, let’s see… poison.” – Homer Simpson “What if one of us has been good and one of us has been bad?” – Lisa Simpson “Poison pizza.” – Bart Simpson “Oh no, I’m not making two stops.” – Homer Simpson
That’s Okay Lisa, We Can’t Believe This Is Still Happening Either
“Bart has been guilty of the following atrocities: synthesizing a laxative from peas and carrots, replacing my birth control pills with tic tacs.” – Mrs. Krabappel Well, that was unpleasant. A few weeks ago Bart was way out of character worrying about his future. This time he’s way out of character worrying about not having a brother. As per usual the nonsensical storyline wasn’t nearly meaty enough to fill the allotted time so there was plenty of clock killing montages (including a star studded dream sequence that was as humorless as it was unbelievably long). What jokes there were tended…
Reading Digest: Movie Leftovers Edition
“It’s just not the same.” – Bart Simpson To go along with the fact that the Simpsonize Me website is still down we’ve got two other links to leftover stuff from the Simpsons movie this week. Also there’s a little bit of video, some pointless internet lists, one piece of excellent usage, and a blogger who agrees with us. Enjoy. Limited "unlimited" claims should be banned – This is a discussion about how services are pretty much always lying to you when they promise unlimited anything. It starts by quoting Lionel Hutz questioning Marge about what happened at the all…
Isn’t There An Award Show I Could Be Watching?
“TV sucks.” – Bart Simpson “How The Test Was Won” will be airing in about a half-hour, and instead of doing my duty and watching it so I may rip on it, I am seriously considering watching the Cops marathon on Tru TV. The Comcast (ugh) promo clearly states that Bart is going to be swept under the rug again, and Homer will have to avoid getting hurt because his insurance has lapsed. Homer hasn’t been safe from a weekly life-threatening injury in 11 years, so my guess is that he’s screwed. But don’t take my word for it, watch…
Quote of the Day
“Homer, do you want your son to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or a sleazy male stripper?” – Marge Simpson “Can’t he be both, like the late Earl Warren?” – Homer Simpson “Earl Warren wasn’t a stripper.” – Marge Simpson “Now who’s being naive?” – Homer Simpson