“Hey, can I drive?” – Barney Gumble “Well, I can’t see the harm.” – Duff Blimp Pilot There is one thing I completely enjoyed about “500 Keys”, the closing credits. Not just because it meant the episode was over, but for that violin rendition of the theme song. It was nicely done and will make a decent addition to the ever expanding catalog of different versions of the Simpsons theme. There were a couple of other things I didn’t completely loathe, but as is typical of such things, the episode promptly ran most of them into the ground. Skinner telling…
Tag: Lisa the Beauty Queen
Season 22 Upping the Guest Voice Count
Images shamelessly yoinked from SimpsonsChannel. “Oh, Lisa, this isn’t real. It’s just how you might look if you were a cartoon character.” – Homer Simpson Despite it’s football inflated numbers the last couple of weeks, Season 22 is still on pace to set a record for the lowest ratings. But that’s not the only record it’s on pace to break. Through eight episodes, Season 22 has managed to cram in an astonishing eighteen (18) different guest voices. That’s the most since way back in Season 11 (which had a record breaking 23 through eight episodes), and in terms of people…
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“Hey brush-head, you’ve been nursing that thing for an hour.” – Ice Cream Lady “You know, I was just wondering how someone who works in an ice cream store keeps such a trim figure.” – Bart Simpson “I’ve misjudged you.” – Ice Cream Lady Doris Grau would’ve been 86 today, happy birthday.
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♫ Hey there, blimpie boy, flying through the sky so fancy free! ♫ – Homer Simpson
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“That doesn’t look like her body.” – Bart Simpson “Torso used to be Dr. Ruth, her head is on a pike in the Chamber of Horrors.” – Springfield Wax Museum Guy
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“I said ‘Step pause turn pause pivot step step,’ not “Step pause turn pause pivot step pause!’ Oh, shudder!” – Choreographer
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Image used under CreativeCommons license from Flicker user joepyrek. “Before I sing the national anthem, I’d like to say that college football diverts funds badly needed for education and the arts.” – Lisa Simpson The first football Saturday is finally here, praise Jebus!
Zombie Simpsons is not better than “most” TV
“You’ve really done it this time, dum-dum.” – Ozmodiar Read our manifesto. Time and time again we hear people say that because Zombie Simpsons is better than “most” TV today, it’s still worth watching. It’s an impossibly tired and empty argument that we’ve discussed at length and beaten to a bloody pulp. And yet, I feel compelled to revisit this premise once again. Like my colleague Mr. Sweatpants, I too have been watching the Season 12 DVDs with a combination of dread and revulsion. I haven’t the stomach to sit through the commentaries, but I did transfer “HOMЯ” onto my iPod…
Animating the Fourth Wall
I was poking around for items for tomorrow’s link dump when I came across this from a blog called “Art Brut(e)”: See I was going to be really clever and somehow link “Mom and Pop Art” with “Duck Amuk” to Larry Johnson and it was going to be really clever, but the conceit doesn’t work anymore so– eh, why don’t you pick up an Art Forum or something. “Duck Amuck” is one of the most memorable Merrie Melodies ever and, prior to clicking that link, I hadn’t actually watched the whole thing (~7 min) in years. It’s still very clever…
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“Later, I’ll teach you the tricks of the trade: Taping your swimsuit to your butt, petroleum jelly on your teeth for that frictionless smile, and the ancient art of padding. (Purrs.)” – Bart Simpson
Let The Jokes Stand On Their Own
“Oh, that just kept goin’, hunh?” – Krusty the Klown When The Simpsons started going downhill, one of the most noticeable changes was the way jokes would be stretched. Instead of moving on from a funny line or exchange, the show would milk it for screen time. The examples of this over the years are far too numerous to catalog, but here’s one anyway. In that wet noodle “Take My Life, Please”, after the aged Dondelinger tells Homer the truth, he says “Now, if you’ll excuse me I’m going to sit under that tree and think of all the women…