“Well, I’m glad some people could resist the lures of the big game.” – Reverend Lovejoy“Oh my God! I forgot the game!” – Parishioner
Tag: Lisa the Greek
Quote of the Day
“Hey, Homer, you wanna go bowling next Sunday?” – Barney Gumble “Barney, are you nuts? That’s the Super Bowl! How ’bout the Sunday after that?” – Homer Simpson “Well, my ma’s coming in from Norway, but, uh . . . what the hell.” – Barney Gumble
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“Well, we had fun too. Right now Bart is modeling his new clothes for his friends.” – Marge Simpson “You gotta come out sometime, Simpson.” – Kearny
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“It’s time for the never tedious Super Bowl halftime show!” – Brent Gunsilman “People of Earth, we’ve come ten billion light years to bring you this halftime message of peace!” – Guy in Terrible Alien Costume ♫”One two three o’clock, four o’clock, rock! Five six seven o’clock, eight o’clock, rock! Nine ten eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock, rock! We’re gonna rock around the world tonight!”♫ – Singers in Terrible Alien Costumes “Oh, this sucks! Come on, snipers, where are you?” – Bart Simpson Enjoy Maroon 5, everybody!
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“It is the playoffs! It’s five below! And there’s one loyal fan wearing nothing but a g-string and the team colors painted on his body.” – Brett Gunsilman “He doesn’t look too happy.” – Smooth Jimmy Apollo “Well, maybe the paint has shut off his pores and he’s slowly suffocating. Still, that is a real fan!” – Brent Gunsilman
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“Hey, Homer, didn’t you say if Duff Dry wins your daughter loves you?” – Barney Gumble “Not Duff Dry, Washington!” – Homer Simpson “Okay, okay, they’re both great teams.” – Barney Gumble
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“And with the score at the half Buffalo 14, Washington 7, it’s time for the never tedious Super Bowl halftime show!” – Brent Gunsilman “People of Earth, we’ve come ten billion light years to bring you this halftime message of peace!” – Guy in Terrible Alien Costume
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“Uh, Mom, could you loosen my blanket a little? Dad tucked me in too tight and it’s cutting off the circulation in my arms and legs.” – Lisa Simpson
Reading Digest: No End to Licensed Merchandise Edition
“Oh, Dad, you must’ve bought me every Malibu Stacy accessory there is!” – Lisa Simpson “Not quite. They were out of Malibu Stacy lunar rovers.” – Homer Simpson This week we’ve got links to more designer t-shirts, Lego knockoffs, a crappy alarm clock, a small “collector’s” model of Powell Motors’ last design, and I think I forgot a couple. Also, we’ve got two links from Australians who’ve gotten their first taste of Moe’s and Duff. (If this keeps up all the way through the actual 25th anniversary in December, I may have to re-title these posts “Merchandising Digest”.) Fortunately, that’s not all we’ve got. There are several cool fan made items as well, including NHL logos, embroidery, and an actual Zombie Bart. Oh, and the Bartkira project released a teaser book. There’s also some behind the scenes information about “The Cartridge Family”, a great reference, and an actual Springfield getting a Simpsons mural. Enjoy. Simpsons gun episode: “The Cartridge Family” was kind to the NRA, but they didn’t get it (VIDEO). – Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week is this blog post about “The Cartridge Family” that includes Scully explaining a few things: Scully says that the NRA sent an angry letter to the Simpsons staff, proving that the organization didn’t get it. “It’s like they didn’t watch the show,” Scully says. Moe’s Tavern – Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel – Pictures from that mini-launch of Duff in Australia, including kegs of the stuff. Had some Duff Beer at Moe’s Tavern, Springfield – More of the above, including a great look at the menu. Bart Simpson zombie – Cool (and creepy) fan made drawing. BARTKIRA – The Bartkira project has released a short book as it continues its massive task. Only $15. Bart Simpson Embroidery – Excellent fan made Bart. The look on his face is great. I can picture him saying “Yessum”. Colette x ELEVENPARIS – More new fancy t-shirts. These are from the same company as that all blue Marge one. They aren’t as good as that one, but they’re not terrible either. BREWING UP SOME FUNK: Grand Funk Railroad’s Don Brewer talks about the early days and sweet, sweet Connie – Don Brewer is aware of Homer’s opinion of his competent work: CRAIG: How does it feel to have Homer Simpson as a big fan of yours? BREWER: (LAUGH) I was honored. When they sent me the script for that episode they wanted to use one of my songs, “Shinin’ On.” And I read what (Homer) was going to say about each guy in the band. And he was telling his kids about Grand Funk Railroad, and I was like, wow. I guess we are Americana now. Steve Sax gets tiny residual checks from his appearance on classic Simpsons – Heh: Steve Sax tells @Midday180 he gets quarterly residual checks from the Simpsons worth $0.45 to $0.73. Back in my day, that was a lot of money. Really? Nah. SDCC 2014: Simpsons and James Bond Hot Wheels Exclusives are Announced – And the prize for this year’s “First Mention…
Reading Digest: Super Bowl Menagerie Edition
“It’s a touchdown for halfback Dan Beerdorf! Duff Dry has won the Duff Bowl!” – Commercial Announcer “They wanted it more.” – Moe As we here in America approach one of our most sacred high holy days, the internet responded with a torrent of Simpsons/football related links, references and usage. There’s even one for the Super Bowl’s hapless sibling, the Pro Bowl. In addition to that, we’ve a whole bunch of cool fan made stuff, most of which comes from an awesome Reddit collection of a painter who does Simpsons requests, a funny interview with Shearer, a harmless Zombie Simpsons-Super Bowl promo, and the first Choo-Choose Valentine’s link of the year. Enjoy. And Now For Something Completley Different……. Vol. 2: Will The Real Mr. Sparkle Please Stand Up? – Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week is this brief collection of real life Mr. Sparkles, everything from window washers and women’s underwear to arm tattoos. Cool. I make real life Simpsons paintings for fun and here are few I made last year (including some that were commissions from this subreddit!) – A collection of fan made paintings and similar from Reddit. My favorite is probably #14, the actual Super Nintendo painted to look like Chalmers. The whole collection is fantastic. (Many thanks to reader Jodi for sending this in!) Harry Shearer: Nixon didn’t like blacks, Jews, communists, the French… – Shearer is the best: How long has The Simpsons got left? We’ll be on the air until Fox finds another comedy show that can work at 8pm on Sunday – so I’ll say another 55 years. There are people who have voted in several elections who are younger than our show at this point. Has anyone unexpected said they’re a fan of the show? I don’t talk to presidents or popes so I don’t know. What I find most interesting is if someone asks me to do one of the voices, whether they’re a five-year-old girl or a 70-year-old man, when they see the voice come out of a human body they all get the same look of bewilderment, surprise and delight. It’s really fun to see that. Guess Who? – The beginnings of a Lisa (or Maggie) cross stitch. And she’s doing one of Chef Bender as well. Don’t forget to post the final results. The Grammies Apparently Happened Recently – Now this is coverage of music industry self promotion I can get behind: Legal Disclaimer: Mr. Simpson’s opinions do not reflect those of the producers, who don’t consider the Grammy an award at all Excellent usage. (A late!) Sunday Night Sketchbook 26/01/14 – Scroll halfway down for a cool fan made sketch of Ralph after he grew up to be a caterpillar. (Also, the Iron Giant one is pretty damn cool.) What If Our Favorite Fictional Characters Aged and/or Kept Up With The Times – Heh: 6) In ‘The Simpsons’, Bart and Lisa would be in their early to mid thirties. Bart would probably be finishing up a five to ten year stint in Springfield State…
Smooth Jimmy Apollo on the AFC Championship Game
“And now with his picks for today’s games, the man who’s right 52% of the time, Smooth Jimmy Apollo.” – Brent Gunsilman “Thank you, Bret. Our first game today, Denver and New England, is too close to call.” – Smooth Jimmy Apollo “Oh.” – Homer Simpson “But, if you’re one of those compulsive types who just has to bet, well, I don’t know . . . Denver.” – Smooth Jimmy Apollo “Woo-hoo, Denver, yeah!” – Homer Simpson But don’t lose heart, Patriots fans, because we all know how that ended: When you’re right 52% of the time, you’re wrong 48% of the time.
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“This team is fired up! We came here to play!” – Football Player “Alright!” – Homer Simpson “He’ll lose.” – Lisa Simpson “What? Didn’t you hear what he said?” – Homer Simpson “Look at the fear in his eyes, listen to the quiver in his voice. He’s a little boy lost in a game of men.” – Lisa Simpson “You think we should bet against him?” – Homer Simpson “I’d bet my entire college fund on it.” – Lisa Simpson “You got it. Moe, twenty-three dollars on New York!” – Homer Simpson
Reading Digest: Late Scratch Edition
“After evaluating millions of pieces of data in the blink of an eye, the Gamble-Tron 2000 says the winner is . . . Cincinnati by . . . two hundred points? Why you worthless hunk of junk!” – Professor Frink Sorry for the late Reading Digest, everybody. I hope your Friday at work/school/whatever wasn’t too dull without it. This post was originally going to contain a link to the first Kindle issue from the spinoff site, but Amazon appears to be having some difficulties and it looks like it’s not going to be ready today. So here’s a regular Reading Digest post instead. The good news is that the internet was bountiful this week. We’ve got several people reviewing old episodes, YouTube interviews with both David Silverman and James L. Brooks, two different real life Moe’s Taverns opening (one licensed, the other not), fully legal video of “The Longest Daycare”, several people who agree with us, real life patented, space age, out of this world moon waffles, and, a Simpsons themed podcast featuring previous DHS guest authors Lenny Burnham and Wesley Mead. Enjoy. Homer Simpson’s Patented Space Age Out of This World Moon Waffle – Smooth Charlie’s Link of the Week is this piece of internet genius wherein someone actually made Homer’s moon waffles! Mmmm, liquid smoke. Podcasts – Secret Lover – Our old friend Lenny’s television podcast takes on the best show ever. The link above is to iTunes, but you can also visit the main website here. Top Twenty Simpsons Episodes (According to Me) – Great list with lots of quotes and context and not a trace of Zombie Simpsons. The Longest Daycare Now Online – Well, they didn’t win an Oscar, but you can now watch the whole Maggie short on FOX’s official YouTube account: Bitching about the Academy Awards is a pointless as it is possible to be, but that is way better than Paperman. David Silverman on Guiding ‘The Simpsons’ to the Oscars via ‘The Longest Daycare’ – A twenty-five minute interview with David Silverman. It starts with how he got started as an animator and how he got involved with the show and moves up through the short, including one of the best explanations for 3D I’ve ever heard. (That starts around the 11:00 mark.) I liked this exchange: Interviewer: So, just we’re gonna do a short, might as well do it in 3D? Silverman: Oh, yeah, I mean, it pays well. Heh. James L. Brooks on His ‘Simpsons’ Journey, from ‘Tracey Ullman’ to the Oscars – The same guy interviewing Brooks. The story about drunken David Silverman at the Christmas party comes in around the 9:00 mark. My Kind of Nerds. – A salute to nerds includes this cool Simpsons cross stitch from Flickr user the.barb: Well done. The Simpsons: Tapped Out becomes one of the highest grossing games in Google Play – Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the TV show is made: Even though it has only been a few…
Quote of the Day
“Well, I’m glad some people could resist the lures of the big game.” – Reverend Lovejoy “Oh my God! I forgot the game!” – Parishioner
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“The happiest day of my life was three Sundays ago. I was sitting on my Daddy’s knee when the Saints, who were four and a half point favorites but only up by three, kicked a meaningless field goal at the last second to cover the spread.” – Lisa Simpson “Dear God.” – Ms. Hoover Happy 20th Anniversary to “Lisa the Greek”! Original airdate 23 January 1992.
Write About Lisa Simpson for Someone Besides Us
“Look Dad, I made a modest studio apartment for my Malibu Stacy doll. This is the kitchen, this is where she prints her weekly feminist newsletter . . . Dad! You’re not listening to me!” – Lisa Simpson Few things drain the joy out of entertainment more than social or political patronization. Even if you agree with a particular cause or sentiment, it isn’t fun to have righteousness clumsily thumped into your skull, especially by rich, do-gooder celebrities. Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney are two musicians of indescribable talent, but “Ebony & Ivory” is agitprop of such brazen low quality that even Pravda would have trouble defending it as anything other than pandering. Before Zombie Simpsons obliterated every trace of humanity from its characters, Lisa was immune from those kind of blandishments. She believed in radical ideas like women being people too, but she came at it from the ideologically compromised perspective of an ordinary little girl. She couldn’t pretend that a song or a statement could make equality all right for ever and ever because she still had to get up in the morning and live life in a world where that was plainly untrue. That’s all over “Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy”, of course, but the same daily feminism is baked into everything from “The Call of The Simpsons” and “Moaning Lisa” to “Homer Badman” and “Summer of 4 Ft. 2”. Lisa isn’t a great character because she can be deployed to advocate for whatever trendy liberal idea happens to be de rigueur in Los Angeles. She’s a great character because her life sucks, but she kicks the hell out of it anyway. With that in mind, allow me to steer you to this Tumblr post: WE ♥ LISA SIMPSON zine contributors needed The details: I’m making a zine dedicated to Lisa Simpson & Feminism because I think she is such a great role model ♥ So I’m looking for contributors who’d like to share their memories and experiences of Lisa’s time on our screens. I’m mainly looking for writing, but art is totally fine too! Send your submissions to bsiveyer@gmail.com – DEADLINE 6th November It’s Saturday morning (well, here in the States, anyway). The entire weekend is yawning before you, and I know how much so many of you, chicks and dudes, love Lisa Simpson.
Reading Digest: Question Mark in the Headline Edition
“Money comes and money goes, but what I have with my daughter can go on for eight more years!” – Homer Simpson Since the renewal news dropped late on Friday evening last week, just about any time someone typed “the Simpsons” into the internet this week it was about there being two more years of Zombie Simpsons. Those get tedious after a while, but there was a pleasant trend to it: articles asking if the show really should have been renewed or if it was maybe better to let it die. Lots of them. I’ve linked a few below, and in addition to that the renewal news also gave us one very informative industry insider piece, two interviews with Al Jean that I think he might have done in his sleep, and two YouTube heavy flashbacks to the dawn of FOX. There’s some non-renewal stuff too, including vintage TV Guides, an awesome sculpture from banana artisans who work exclusively in the medium of banana, and the usual assortment of excellent usage and random stuff. Enjoy. The Lost Art of TV Guide Advertising, Vol. 8 of 265,890 – Many thanks to reader Eric for sending in Smooth Charlie’s Click of the Week, twenty-four pages of Simpsons ads (and an article) scanned from TV Guide in 1989-1991. These are a great taste of what the atmosphere around the show was like in those years. I’d particularly like to point to the ads for “Lisa’s Substitute” and “The War of the Simpsons”, which feature Bart despite the fact that he is anything but the main attraction in those episodes. Remember, “Bartmania” was real, but the show itself was never Bart centered. Marge Simpson in Banana – Someone carved Marge into a banana. Yes. Ten thousand times yes. Polone: Why the Simpsons Salary Standoff Was a Sign of the New Hollywood Economy – A deconstruction of the negotiations from a true Hollywood insider. Of all the summation pieces I’ve read this week, this is far and away the best. It’s also worth noting that he has slightly different numbers than the other ones that get bounced around, which doesn’t mean that his are closer to the truth, just that all public salary numbers for Zombie Simpsons are to be regarded as suspect, no matter how many times they are repeated. Flashback: The Simpsons Are Born — And So Is a Vast, Right-Wing Conspiracy – A YouTube heavy retrospective on the birth of FOX and the birth of The Simpsons. Did a pop song bring ‘The Simpsons’ to life? – And here’s some very old video of Tracy Ullman pre-The Tracy Ullman Show, including on the Johnny Carson show in full pop star mode. Top 10 Potential Simpsons Spin-Offs – Here’s a neat list of some potential spin-offs for once Zombie Simpsons finally does end. Like Father, Like Daughter – Reminisces about growing up with a movie and Simpsons obsessed father. Aww. Harry Shearer discusses his comedy inspirations and why he doesn’t really go to…
Quote of the Day
“C’mon Dad, doesn’t take a genius to realize that Houston’s failed to cover their last ten outings on away turf the week after scoring more than three touchdowns in a conference game.” – Lisa Simpson “Oh, my little girl says the cutest things.” – Homer Simpson Happy birthday Yeardley Smith!
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“Look at these prices! We could finally get rid of those termites for the cost of this meal.” – Marge Simpson
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Mad Jon’s photo. “You see, Lisa, your mother has this crazy idea that gambling is wrong, even though they say it’s okay in the Bible.” – Homer Simpson “Really, where?” – Lisa Simpson “Ahh, somewhere in the back.” – Homer Simpson