“Well, let’s look at the contract ourselves, eh? Benefits! Perks! A green cookie on St. Patrick’s Day!” – C.M. Burns There are a few pieces of new information about the current money wrangling going on between FOX and the six principle voice actors. I’ve linked three articles below along with a summary of what actual news each contains. As of noon today, this what’s known to the internet: ‘The Simpsons’ producers accepted pay cuts | Variety (via): An unspecified number of executive producers have agreed to take an unspecified pay cut, but as yet no contracts have been signed. FOX…
Tag: Last Exit to Springfield
Quote of the Day
“Smithers, where’s that union representative? He’s twenty minutes late.” – C.M. Burns “I don’t know, sir, he hasn’t been seen since he promised to clean up the union.” – Mr. Smithers “What the hell?” – Football Player
Quote of the Day
“Ah, Homer, I hope Crusher and Low Blow didn’t hurt you.” – C.M. Burns “You know, you could’ve just called me.” – Homer Simpson “Oh yes, but the telephone is so impersonal. I prefer the hands on touch you only get with hired goons.” – C.M. Burns
Quote of the Day
“You can’t treat the working man this way! One day we’ll form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment we deserve. Then we’ll go too far, and get corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive!” – Squeaky Voiced Working Man “The Japanese? Those sandal wearing goldfish tenders? Ta ha! Bosh! Flimshaw!” – Grampa Burns [Edited because the commenters are better at this than I am.]
Folding Like Umbrellas
Via Cromulent Words comes this most excellent rendition of Lisa’s strike song from “Last Exit to Springfield”: In turn, this led me to YouTube’s related videos. Sure enough, there are more: Here’s one with a little Spanish flavor: This guy’s singing voice is remarkably accent free given that he appears to be a native German speaker: Germans love Lisa’s protest song: Piano? Piano: A man with aviator sunglasses has no time to waste. Here’s the up-tempo short version (only 29 seconds): A shirt is not required when you have this kind of enthusiasm: By the “folding tower”? Why not: And…
Quote of the Day
“Let’s look at a picture book: The Big Book of British Smiles.” – Dr. Wolf “That’s enough! That’s enough!” – Ralph Wiggum
Quote of the Day
“Sorry Mr. Burns, but I don’t go in for these backdoor shenanigans. Sure I’m flattered, maybe even a little curious, but the answer is no!” – Homer Simpson
The best kind of hatred
Ah, “Sight Gags” posts. It’s been a while, no? Let’s kick it off again – doesn’t that rainbow “HATRED” make you want to hug, then punch, someone?
Quote of the Day
“Cool, she’ll be a freak!” – Bart Simpson “Bart!” – Marge Simpson “We can stick her in a trailer, drive around the south, and charge two bits a gander.” – Bart Simpson
Quote of the Day
“Smithers, I’m beginning to think that Homer Simpson was not the brilliant tactician I thought he was.” – C.M. Burns
Quote of the Day
“If only we’d listened to that boy . . . instead of walling him up in the abandoned coke oven.” – C.M. Burns