Noted author John Updike died last week. In 2000 he was a guest star in that excruciatingly bad episode where Krusty finds out he has a daughter and proceeds to get into a mob war over her violin. (It didn’t make any sense then, either.) In April of 2001 Updike discussed his guest spot at a “meet the author” type event in Cincinnati; he also said this: I used to watch The Simpsons faithfully until they changed the hour when it was shown, and it suddenly no longer fit with my domestic rhythm. So I can’t claim to be a morbidly avid…
An ongoing ramble by Charlie Sweatpants . .